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The first free library in the county was the Beale Memorial Library. It was created in 1900 by Mary Edwards Beale and her son Truxtun Beale. It was dedicated to the memory of their husband and father, General Edward Fitzgerald Beale. [5] The Kern County Library System (originally called the Kern County Free Library) was organized on July 11, 1911.
In Lamont, the local branch of the Kern County Library is open just two days a week, ... Nov. 5—SHAFTER — It's no secret that when budgets get tight and pandemics invade communities, libraries ...
The library was constructed from 1913 to 1915 and replaced Bakersfield's original library building. Architect O. L. Clark designed the building in the Classical Revival style; the library is the only surviving building designed by Clark in Bakersfield. The library is designed as a central block with two wings at the east and west ends.
Nov. 20—Attention bookworms: The Kern County Library Department announced Monday it will expand hours of operation at its Frazier Park branch starting Tuesday, Nov. 28. Under the new schedule ...
The Southwest contains major residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, as well as parks, shopping districts, and a four-year university. Most of the land that makes up the region was originally owned by the Kern County Land Company. That company later became Tenneco West and is currently known as Castle and Cooke.
This week on Kern County In Depth, we examine the far-reaching implications of children growing up in a screen-saturated world.
Kern County Library, ... (Headquarters Branch) St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO; St. Louis Public Library - Overview of Ask a Librarian;
Ridgecrest is a city in Kern County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 395 in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake). It was incorporated as a city in 1963.