Select List of Books on Kern County History
Alfred P. Clark, Ph.D., Instructor
Among the many useful books on one or more aspects of Kern County are the following (primarily taken from http://cmug.com/~minesroad/ref.Kern.html and a list provided by resource personnel at the Office of the Kern County Superintendent of Schools):
- Arvidson, Lucy.
- Alaawich (Our Language). Banning, California: Malki Museum,
1976.
- Bailey, Richard C.
- Explorations in Kern. Bakersfield, California: Kern County Historical Society,
1962.
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- Bailey, Richard C.
- Heart of the Golden Empire: An Illustrated History of Bakersfield. Woodland Hills, California: Windsor Publications,
1984.
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Bailey, Richard C.
- Heritage of Kern. Bakersfield, California: Kern County Historical Society, 1957.
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Bailey, Richard C.
- Historical Chronology of Kern County Bakersfield, California: Kern County Museum, 1976.
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Bakersfield Fire Department.
- Bakersfield Fire Department Illustrated Souvenir. Bakersfield,
California: Brewer-Pipkin Publications, 1987.
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Blanford, Louise.
- A History of Kern County Library. Bakersfield, California: Kern County
Historical Society, 1967.
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Boyd, William Harland.
- A California Middle Border: The Kern River Country, 1772-1880. Havilah, California: The Havilah Press, 1972.
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Boyd, William Harland.
- Kern County Wayfarers, 1844-1881. Bakersfield, California: Kern County
Historical Society, 1977.
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Boyd, William Harland.
- Lower Kern River Country 1850-1950: Wilderness to Empire. Bakersfield,
California: Kern County Historical Society, 1997.
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Boyd, William Harland, Ludeke, John, and Rump, Marjorie, eds.
- Inside Historic Kern. Bakersfield, California: Kern County Historical
Society, 1982.
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Brewer, Chris, and Pipkin, Don.
- Bakersfield and Kern (East Bakersfield) California. Bakersfield,
California: Brewer-Pipkin Publications, 1986.
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Brewer-Pipkin Publications.
- Bakersfield and Kern City Directory, 1899. Bakersfield,
California: Brewer-Pipkin Publications, n.d.
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Brock, John M., Jr.
- An Illustrated History of Kern County. Bakersfield,
California: Kern County Historical Society, 1976.
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Burmeister, Eugene.
- The Golden Empire: Kern County, California. Beverly Hills, California:
Autograph Press, 1977.
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Comfort, Herbert G.
- Where Rolls the Kern, a History of Kern County, California. Moorpark,
California: Enterprise Press, 1934.
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Cummins, Marjorie W.
- How Coyote Stole the Sun. Braun-Brumfield, 1992.
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Cummins, Marjorie W.
- The Tache-Yokuts Indians of the San Joaquin Valley. Fresno,
California: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1979.
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Darling, Curtis.
- Kern County Place Names. Bakersfield, California: Kern County
Historical Society, 1988.
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Elliott, W.W.
- History of Kern County, California. San Francisco, California: W.W. Elliott and Co.,
1883.
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Gavin, Camille, and Leverett, Kathy.
- Kern's Movers and Shakers. Bakersfield, California: Kern View Foundation,
1987.
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Gavin, Camille.
- Yokuts Uses of Native Plants. San Diego, California: Millionaires Press,
1992.
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Hample, William, compiler.
- Historical Site Markers Kern County. Bakersfield, California: Kern County
Historical Society, 1991.
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Kern County Centennial Observance Committee.
- Kern County Centennial Almanac. Bakersfield, California: Kern County Centennial Observance Committee, 1966.
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Kern County Library.
- Kern County Pioneer Recollections. Bakersfield, California: Kern County Library, 1985.
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Kreiser, Ralph F., and Hunt, Thomas.
- Kern County Panorama. Bakersfield, California: Kern County
Historical Society, 1961.
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League of Women Voters of Bakersfield
- Greater Bakersfield: A Profile Bakersfield, California: League of Women Voters of Bakersfield, 1976.
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Lewis Publishing Co.
- A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and
Kern, California. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892.
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Lynch, Barbara, and Prior, Holly.
- The McEvers. Bakersfield, California: Poppy Press, 1983.
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Maynard, John Arthur.
- Bakersfield: A Centennial Portrait. Encino, California: Cherbo, 1997.
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Miller, Thelma.
- History of Kern County, California. 2 vols. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1929.
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Morgan, Wallace Melvin.
- History of Kern County, California. Los Angeles, California: Historic
Record Co., 1914.
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Robertson, Deanne, and Robertson, Peggy.
- Camels in the West. Sacramento, California: Arcade House, 1979.
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Robinson, W.W.
- The Story of Kern County. Bakersfield, California: Title Insurance and Trust
Co.,1961.
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Rodgers, Glendon J.
- Exploring Kern County. Bakersfield, California: Reed Print, 1985.
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Rodgers, Glendon J.
- Stories Along the Kern. San Francisco, California: Fearon Publishers, 1958.
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Street, Richard Steven.
- A Kern County Diary Bakersfield, California: Kern County Museum, 1983.
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University of California. Farm and Home Advisors.
- Kern County at a Glance. Bakersfield, California: University of California, Farm and Home Advisors, 1995.
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Walker, Ardis M.
- Francisco Garces, Pioneer Padre of the Tulares. Visalia, California: Limited Editions of Visalia, 1984.
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Walker, Ardis M.
- The Rough and the Righteous of the Kern River Diggins. Balboa Island, California: Paisano Press, 1970.
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Walker, Ardis M.
- Sierra Prologue Recollections of the Kern Frontier. Bakersfield, California: Bakersfield Californian, 1984.
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