Early Bakersfield Gardens

Bakersfield at the turn of the nineteenth century was little more than a frontier town, but despite its roughness, Bakersfield residents were able to beautify their surroundings. Early Bakersfield residents altered their landscape in both large and small ways to fit their preconceived ideas of how cities, homes, and gardens should appear. In addition to channeling the Kern River and draining the swamp that was Bakersfield, residents also planted hedges, shade trees, flowers, and lawns and built arbors and laid sidewalks in an effort to shape their surroundings.

Bakersfield imported a variety of non-native plants – many of which are familiar to the modern gardener and a few that have lost favor except to heritage gardeners. Bakersfield residents often chose plants that fit their ideas of what a garden should contain. Many of their ideas were shaped by their experience with gardens on the East Coast as well as in Europe. While many yards had pansies, roses, and lawns reminiscent of east coast yards, residents also experimented with other plants. For example, William Tevis had a large bamboo grove at his Stockdale farm and many Bakersfield residents marveled at century plants in both public and private gardens.

For this brief study, I focused on the time period from 1888 when famed photographer Carleton Watkins came to the area to photograph ranches and homesteads to 1905 when Bakersfield started to experience somewhat of a population boom. The following list was gathered from Carleton Watkins’ 1888 photographs (and his wonderful descriptions of the gardens), letters and diaries of early residents, and newspaper articles and advertisements. This is not an exhaustive list of all the plants that were used by early residents, but could be used as a starting point for someone wanting to recreate an early Bakersfield garden. But, a word to the wise, this article is not an endorsement of any plants; some of the plants that early Bakersfield residents planted are invasive and, in my opinion, should not be planted.

Flowers

African Lily
California Violet (native)
Canna Lily
China Lily
Chrysanthemums
Four O'clocks (native)
Geranium
Hollyhock
Honeysuckle
Hyacinth
Jessamine
Morning Glory
Pansy
Petunia
Poppy (native)
Smilax
Stock
Sunflower
Tiger Lily
Verbena
Virginia Creeper
Wisteria

Roses
Banksia
Cherokee
Cloth of Gold
James Sprunt
Marchal Neil

Trees
Acacia
Almond
Apple
Apricot
Ash
Cedar
Cottonwood
Cypress
Date Palm
Elm
English Walnut
Eucalyptus
Fan Palm
Fig
Gum
Japanese Maple
Locust
Lombardy
Nectarine
Olive
Orange
Peach
Pear
Pines
Plum
Pomegranate
Poplar
Prune
Quince
Tulip
Umbrella
Willow

A Little Shooting Bee with Dr. Lemke

Dr. Herman Lemke was living the proverbial American dream. Born in Berlin, Germany in 1864, Dr. Lemke “came from a very old and wealthy family and received a first class education.” He graduated from veterinary college at the age of 23, and after serving in the German army as a regimental veterinarian for a few years, he immigrated to the United States. He settled in Bakersfield in the early 1890s, and, after receiving his license to practice veterinary medicine from the State Veterinary Medical Board in 1893, he opened a practice on 18^th Street near Chester Avenue.

In October of 1893, he married Maud Roberts, the eldest daughter of a prominent local farmer and former Confederate colonel, Elisha M. Roberts (for whom Roberts Lane in Bakersfield is named). The couple celebrated the arrival of their first daughter, Eda, the following year: “Dr. Lemke is the proud and happy father of a daughter. He is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances that it is his first.” Another daughter, Gertrude, was born two years later. If Dr. Lemke’s standing in Bakersfield wasn’t secure in the community with his marriage to Maud, he cemented his prominence by hiring the architecture firm of B. McDougall and Sons to design his residence.  B. McDougall and Sons also designed the Southern Hotel, Kern County Hospital, and the Noriega and Olcese homes.

Dr. Lemke was also successful in his professional life. He maintained a thriving veterinary practice that advertised “Latest improved operating table. No danger,” was the deputy health officer for Kern County, and was on the board of the California State Veterinary Medical Association. This world crumbled and Dr. Lemke’s seemingly perfect life ended on the evening of April 16, 1896. While sitting down with his wife and daughter for supper, Lyons Brown, a former employee seeking restitution, shot Dr. Lemke twice. Dr. Lemke died at noon the following day.

Lyons Brown had worked for Dr. Lemke for about eight months but had been let go a few days prior to the shooting for insulting the Lemke’s housekeeper, Angelina Sellinger. At the time of his dismissal, Dr. Lemke owed him about $70, or two months’ worth of wages. Dr. Lemke informed him that he would have to wait to get his pay until Dr. Lemke was paid at the first of the month.  On the morning of the shooting, Brown went to the house and again demanded his payment. Relenting, Dr. Lemke told him that he would try to get the money and would meet him at the bank that afternoon. When Dr. Lemke went to the bank, Brown was not there. At about 7 o’clock that evening, Brown went to the house – first to the barn to retrieve some clothing that he had left behind and then he entered the house through the back door. Walking through the kitchen, he walked into the dining room. Mrs. Lemke sat with her side and back partly toward the door and was holding her daughter in her lap. Dr. Lemke sat across from her facing the doorway through which Brown had entered.

Brown again demanded payment from Dr. Lemke.  Upset at having his supper interrupted and his family disturbed, Dr. Lemke told Brown to leave and that he would talk to him after supper. According to Brown’s account, Dr. Lemke then pulled his pistol and threatened Brown. Both Dr. and Mrs. Lemke claim that Brown drew his pistol first. Regardless, Brown shot first. The first shot hit Dr. Lemke in the shoulder while he was still sitting down. Rising, the next shot struck him in the lower part of the right side of his chest. Brown’s next four shots went into the wall behind Dr. Lemke. With his revolver empty, Brown turned to run, and Dr. Lemke got off two shots with a bullet striking Brown in the left shoulder.

As Brown ran out of the house and towards downtown Bakersfield, he reloaded his revolver. Upon reaching the Arlington Hotel at 19^th and Chester Avenue, Brown turned himself in to Deputy Canaday. Brown was taken to the County Hospital and held under guard.

In the meantime, the Drs. Rogers, Helm and Fegusson were called to attend to Dr. Lemke. It was determined that Dr. Lemke’s lung and possibly intestines and liver were pierced. An operation was conducted and a hypodermic injection was administered, but Dr. Lemke fell into a coma at 8am the following morning and died at noon.

Although Brown confessed to the killing, there were witnesses, and Brown had openly threatened to harm Dr. Lemke in the days previous to the shooting, the trial was not straight-forward. First, there was trouble sitting a jury; some potential jurors claimed to have a history with Dr. Lemke and others were prejudiced against Brown. Dr. Lemke was not as well liked by everyone in the community as his standing seemed to indicate. And there was also the question of Dr. Lemke’s pistol.

The trial began on June 12, 1896. The jury consisted of F. W. Snyder, J. B. Fisk, W. Canfield, F. C. Clark, Henry Pscherer, F. D. Foss, R. W. Gay, G. H. Deacon, J. M. Ruth, John O’Toole, R. M. Brown, and Charles Graves (who, incidentally, married Dr. Lemke’s widow in 1898). District Attorney Alvin Fay and by J. W. Mahon prosecuted the case.

The prosecution called Dr. Fergusson as the first witness and he testified to the wounds. W. R. Macmurdo was next to be called. He had surveyed the house and testified as to the location and range of the bullet holes.  Charles Maul, who sat on the Coroner’s Jury, was called to identify Dr. Lemke’s pistol. Brown had earlier stated that Dr. Lemke had pulled his pistol first but had difficulty cocking it. Maul showed that the pistol was in working order, although upon cross-examination the “cylinder never revolved at all.” Under-sheriff Pyle later testified for the defense that Dr. Lemke’s pistol did not work well when he examined it after the shooting. Angelina Sellinger and Mrs. Lemke were then next to testify.  Mrs. Sellinger testified as to the events leading up to the shooting: Brown stopping by the house in the morning and then again in the evening. She was not in the room when shooting occurred. Mrs. Lemke testified:

The doctor and myself and children were at the supper table. Brown came in from the kitchen and went around to the northeast side of the table. The doctor was sitting at the south end. When Brown came in he said to the doctor: “Have you been down town?”

“Yes sir,” replied the doctor.

“I did not see you.”

“May be you don’t think I was.”

“I don’t say so.”

“Go out of my house you ----- of -----.”

“I won’t do it. I have come for a settlement.”

“I tell you go. This is my family.”

“I know it.”

At this the doctor put his hands on the table, slightly pushing back his chair, and started to get up, and then Brown pulled his pistol and remarked: “You ----- of a -------, do you see this?”

“This is all I heard them say,” said the witness,  “and then the shooting began.”

 W. H. Scibner was the last to testify for the prosecution and he reported on his conversation with Dr. Lemke following the shooting: As soon as he heard the shooting, he and Mr. Cogdon ran over to the house and found Dr. Lemke lying on the sofa.  Dr. Lemke told him that “Brown had insulted the cook and they had had a shooting scrape.” According to Scribner’s testimony, Brown shot at Dr. Lemke three times and then Dr. Lemke fired twice. Missing him with the first shot, the second shot hit Brown in the shoulder.

Brown took the stand in his own defense. His version of the events placed Dr. Lemke as the aggressor:

“I told him I would go, and I hesitated, and he said ‘Are you not going,’ and then he began to stretch up and pull his pistol and said ‘By God I’ll settle you!’”

“He then tried to work his pistol. He was up by this time on his feet, and I called out: ‘Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! If you don’t stop, ------- I’ll kill you!” I then pulled my gun and commenced to shoot.

 Defense attorneys Graham and Emmons called several witnesses to speak to the reputation of Dr. Lemke. Although it does not appear that anyone who knew Dr. Lemke testified, “ a number of [the witnesses] answered that [Dr. Lemke’s reputation] was bad, and they gave the names of citizens they had heard say so. Some of them had heard the same, but could not remember the names of those who had told them.”

Initially the jury was in a deadlock and asked to be discharged. The judge encouraged the jury to continue deliberating, and after an additional hour and a half of deliberation, they found Brown not guilty of killing Dr. Lemke. On leaving the court room one of the jurors was overheard telling Brown: “Be careful and don’t get into any more trouble like this.”

Leaving the courthouse, Brown boarded the train and headed to his home state of Kansas where the Tulare Register noted he will “likely find satisfaction after his arrival east in posing as a bad man from the wild west.” At least some Bakersfield residents weren’t happy with the outcome either: "It will scarcely be claimed by any one that the action of the jury in the case of Lyons Brown makes “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” in Kern county any safer than it has been in the past.”

But life went on. Dr. Lemke’s widow married one of the jurors, Charles Graves, and, after Mr. Graves died, she married Robert Davis. The Lemke’s youngest daughter Gertrude died at the age of twelve, and the eldest daughter married, had a family, and lived until the age of seventy-three. Lyons Brown’s whereabouts after leaving Bakersfield are a little more shrouded. According to an Ancestry.com search, there is a James Lyons Brown (1872-1938) who was born in Kansas and died in New Mexico and who married and had a family. Perhaps he took the juror's advice to heart.

Bakersfield in Ashes: The Great Fire of 1889

As promised, here is my power point presentation from this morning's talk at the Beale Memorial Library - Bakersfield in Ashes: The Great Fire of 1889. I am still working out some kinks with the presentation as it appears online so I may be tweaking it in the next few days. Let me know if you have any ideas. Also, I do not own the rights to the images so I put a "X" across the images to protect me as well as you. Enjoy! Follow this link: Bakersfield in Ashes: The Great Fire of 1889

1891-92 City Directory for Bakersfield and Sumner

It seems that I must have too much time on my hands, but I cannot help myself. While volunteering at the Beale Library, I transcribed the 1891-1892 city directory for Bakersfield and Sumner. I tried to be as accurate as I could, but I am sure there are mistakes so please check with the source. The Beale doesn't have the original dirctory (I believe the original is up in San Francisco - go figure), but it has it on microfilm, which is almost as good if you are just wanting the basic info. But, online is even better, and I hope you agree.

Enjoy!

The Bensel, Matiland and Co's Kern County Directory, 1891-1892

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My Favorite Local Architect

Please see my other post "The McDougalls: A Family of Architects in Bakersfield" for more information about the McDougall family (they really are my favorite!)

Yes, I have a favorite local architect, and it’s not the obvious choice of Biggar or Cullemore. My favorite local architect is Benjamin McDougall! You probably haven’t heard of him, but if you have lived in Bakersfield for any length of time, you are familiar with his work. Benjamin came to Bakersfield with the firm B. McDougall & Sons. Benjamin was one of the sons. B. McDougall & Sons consisted of Barnett McDougall (1825-1905) and his sons, Charles C. (1857-1930), Benjamin G. (1865-1937), and George B. (1868-1957). Barnett McDougall was born in New York and came to California in 1856. He was a pioneer builder/architect with offices in San Diego and San Francisco.

Charles, Benjamin, and George along with their sister Nellie (1863-1898) were born in San Francisco. All three sons trained in their father’s office while Benjamin also studied at the California School of Design. When Barnett retired from the firm, the sons formed McDougall Brothers. A brief but great biography of the McDougalls is available here: http://historicfresno.org/bio/mcdougal.htm

The earliest Bakersfield building that I have been able to attribute to the McDougalls is the Southern Hotel, which was completed in March 1889. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the building three months after it was completed. In fact, the Great Fire of 1889 destroyed much of Bakersfield. The Great Fire consumed fifteen blocks, 147 businesses, 44 homes, 5 hotels, and about 1,500 people were left homeless. Rebuilding was rapid. Less than a year after the fire, California Superintendent of Public Education commented, “No better evidence is needed of the energy, enterprise and true pluck of the people of Bakersfield, than the fact that since the great fire, there has been completed, or are now in process of completion $620,000 worth of new and substantial buildings. It does one good to be amongst such people if only for a short time” (1890, 2/17, Sacramento Daily Union, V62, #153, Schools and Things).

To complete the work, architects, contractors, carpenters, and brickworkers flocked to Bakersfield. Because of their previous work in the town, the McDougalls were uniquely situated to take advantage of the building boom. For the next fifteen years or so, most major buildings in Bakersfield were designed by the McDougalls.

The entire McDougall family lived in Bakersfield at one time or another, but Benjamin seemed to have spent the most time in our city. For a time, he and is wife lived in Bakersfield and their first child was born in Bakersfield. Benjamin eventually returned to San Francisco where he built up a lucrative career. I’ve been searching high and low for buildings designed by the family, and HERE is a list of what I have found.

(I removed the list because it was becoming more and more cumbersome to edit. Please see the link for the list! thanks!)

The Empty Space

I was at the Empty Space Theatre at 706 Oak Street last week to view a performance by my sister-in-law's sister. Before the show, a few of us were sitting around discussing what they Empty Space was before it was the Empty Space. My brother made the off-hand comment that we will probably never know. Well, I accepted that challenge, and tonight I am in the Beale Library doing a little bit of research.

Taking for granted that 706 Oak Street has always been 706 Oak Street, which is a bit iffy I know, I found that the space has had quite a few occupants over the years. The building appears to have been built about 1969-1970. Unfortunately, 706 Oak Street is not listed on the county assessor's website. It is kind of lumped in with 700 Oak Street, which they claim was built in 1948 with several remodels. Incidentally, Pizzaville USA is at 700 Oak Street, and it's been there since at least 1967. I think I need to go have a slice of that historic pizza.

Anyway, the 1970 city directory has the first listing for 706 Oak Street, and it lists Metro Audio Muzak (yes, "Muzak" as it was the '70s) as the resident. Over the years, Lost Hills Wine Co, West Coast Beauty Supply, and Body of Christ Church have also occupied the space. Needless to say, the Empty Space hasn't been empty!

Oh, and my sister-in-law's sister's performance was excellent. It was a one-woman show that wove three stories in exploration of the meaning of home: one story was about a tortoise who went on an adventure without her shell; another was about a woman who finds a tortoise in the ruins of a house and discovers that she is like the tortoise; and the third was about a Londoner who loses herself in the city in order to find her way back home.

1900 Kern City Directory

The city of Kern is now East Bakersfield. When Kern merged with Bakersfield, the names of the streets changed. In 1900, Kern still had its own identity and character. Below is a list of the original street names and what they are today.

A Street = Alpine

B Street = Butte

C Street = Chico

D Street = Dolores

E Street = Eureka

F Street = East 18th Street

G Street = Grove/East 19th Street

H Street = East 21 Street

I Street = Sumner

J Street = Jackson

K Street = Kentucky

L Street = Lake

M Street = Monterey

N Street = Niles

O Street = Oregon

P Street = Pacific

Q Street = Quincy

Adsat, L., r 1420 K Street
Alexis, Mrs., r 914 H Street
Alverez, A. (widow), r 618 G Street
Ames, M. E. (widow), nurse, r 1001 M Street
Anderson, A. R., r 1017 I Street
Anderson, G. R., laborer, r 1017 I Street
Anderson, J. J., r 819 Baker Street
Anderson, Mrs. J. J., prop. Western House, 819 Baker Street
Anderson, S. H. (widow), r 1115 King Street
Andra, A., r 9004 King Street
Anso, Besant, r 508K Street
Arana, John, butcher, r 607 M Street
Ardizzi & Olcese, gen'l mdse, 623-625 I Street
Arth, Chas. P., barber shop and bath room, 635 I Street
Ashman, Mrs. A., cashier, Hotel Kern
Athenour, M., bartender, r 518 H Street
Avery, R., engineer, r 1000 K Street
Avilez, Jose, r 423 G Street
Babtiste, P., tank washer, r 626 J Street
Bachelder, I. O., clerk, r 528 M Street
Badger, C. P., conductor, r 707 K Street
Badger, Chas. T., r 711 K Street
Baisseranc, Frank, r 722 J Street
Baker, T. E., cigars and tobacco, 633 I Street, r 1007 E Street
Baker, W. C., well borer, r 1723 M Street
Baldwin, Annie (widow), r 708 J Street
Baldwin, Louis W., machinist, r 708 J Street
Balou, Elmer, engineer, r 800 K Street
Barber, WM, car inspector, r 931 I Street
Barnett, J. R., car inspector, r 619 K Street
Barsher, James, machinist, r 820 K Street
Barstow & Duran, Proprs. Superior Restaurant, 815 Baker Street
Bates, Jas, foreman, r 601 H Street
Beardfort, C., car repairer, r 819 Baker Street
Beatty, Mrs., r 1001 I Street
Becker, Mrs. Delia, dressmaker, r 611 I Street
Bell, switchman, r 800 K street
Benson, M. J., town marshal, 811 Baker Street, r 722 L Street
Bernard, A., fireman, r 605 I Street
Bernard, E. M. (widow), r 605 I Street
Bernard, J. A., r 605 I Street
Bernard, Miss C., r 605 I Street
Bernard, V., sheep herder, r 533 M Street
Bico, T. (widow), r 612 G Street
Black, Charles, r 531 G Street
Bowers, Miss B., r 816 K Street
Bowers, R. E., stock raiser, r 816 K Street
Bowers, R. J., stock raiser, r 816 K Street
Bowers, W. R., r 816 K Street
Bowers, W. V., bookkeeper, r 816 K Street
Boyd, S. M., warehouseman, r 626 J Street
Brill, R., r 1014 K Street
Brobant, J. N., engineer, r 721 M Street
Brockman, G. H., hostler, r 1026 M Street
Brotherton, Miss Etta, waitress, Hotel Kern
Brownstone, D., gen'l mdse, 703 I Street, r 214 E Street
Bruech, W. M., machinist, r 508 M Street
Bruno, Jake, painter, r 824 K Street
Brunson, E. A., fireman, r 1010 H Street
Bullet, George, r 1301 I Street
Burns, Fred, machinist, r 617 M Street
Cahill, Michael, engineer, r 515 I Street
Call, G. W., laborer, r 706 N Street
Caloway, Thos., fireman, r 620 K Street
Cameron, A. D., conductor, r 1005 I Street
Canty, Jas., fireman, r 723 K Street
Carlisle, F. H., brakeman, r 715 K Street
Carlisle, W. J., brakeman, r 413 I Street
Carlock, G. H., drayman, r 529 H Street
Carr Bros, meat market, 703 K Street
Carr, Frank, car inspector, r 1105 I Street
Carrol, J. S., Hotel Kern
Central Hotel, 637 I Street
Cesmat Hotel, 622 H Street
Cesmat, M., r 616 J Street
Cesmat, Stable, 615 H Street
Chapin, Arthur, brakeman, r 617 N Street
Chester, D. L., r 1012 H Street
Clark, A. S., plumber, r 1402 K Street
Cleland, M. E., machinist, r 1226 K Street
Clement, John, r 1006 H Street
Cole, WM, engineer, r 619 K Street
Collins, Roscoe, blacksmith helper, r 910 Baker Street
Connell, H., hostler, r 827 O Street
Cooper, G., r 524 K Street
Cooper, Joseph, r 820 K Street
Coronado, Martin, musician, r 817 I Street
Coronado, Mrs. M. W., dress maker, r 817 K Street
Courtney, W., blacksmith helper, r 1115 King Street
Cox, J. B., hostler, r 1500 K Street
Craig, F. W., bookeeper, r 800 K Street
Crosby, F. A., engineer, r 1000 K Street
Cross, Thos., machinist, r 713 L Street
Croy, Geo. W., conductor, r 709 L Street
Cullen, James, saloon, r 609 I Street
Cummings, Geo., r 909 Baker Street
Cuna, John, r 1315 L Street
Cuneo, A., r 401 H Street
Cuni, Cesare, r 1321 L Street
Curran, Jas., city trustee; brick mfg, 811 Baker Street, r 508 Sonora
Curran, W. H., r 1103 Beale Street
Curtis, E. F., r 529 H Street
Day, C. E., county tax collector, r 1012 E Street
De Giorgi, G., r 623 G Street
Dempsey, clerk, Cesmat Hotel
Denney, J. B., Hotel Kern
Depauli, J., Ardizzi & Olcese, r 602 J Street
Desanno, Fred, apprentice, r 921 I Street
Dilley, A. A., bartender, Hotel Kern
Donavan, Chas., boiler maker, r 819 Baker Street
Donhue, D., engineer, r 614 K Street
Dorgan, T. W., telegraph operator, r 622 J Street
Dorr, J., barber, r 610 K Street
Dougherty, Richard, r 705 L Street
Drouillard, H. J., prop. Hotel Kern, r 713 I Street
Dugan Charles, machinist, r 809 I Street
Dugan, G., machinist, r 809 I Street
Dugan, J. F., gen'l mdse, 808 Baker, r 809 I Street
Dugan, Miss Lizzie, r 809 I Street
Duncan, Charles, telegraph operator, r 1003 I Street
Dwyer, W. J., carpenter, r 1027 Miller Street
Dyer, Chas., boiler helper, r 1009 I Street
Eichenauer, Henry, boot and shoe repairer, 629 I Street, r 716 L Street
Elliott, W. L., r 819 Baker Street
Ellis, Miss Ella, r 715 N Street
Emery, Clarence, r 923 N Street
Emmert, A. W., teamster, r 611 N Street
Emmert, WM, r 1105 M Street
Erttibou, J. B., butcher, r 911 H Street
Espitallier, M., prop. Kern City Saloon and bakery, 723-725 H Street
Eyraud, Jean, 701 I Street, r 501 H Street
Fairchild, C. H., ticket agent, r 808 J Street
Farris, H., r 707 M Street
Farrow, Annie (widow), r 927 E Street
Farrow, Basquil, yardman, r 927 E Street
Farrow, Kalup, fireman, r 927 E Street
Feedler, Frank, fireman, r 723 K Street
Fembling, fireman, r 927 E Street
Fergusson, WM, engineer, r 920 K Street
Fitzgerald, J., teamster, r 1004 E Street
Flemming, J. R., mgr Kern Drug Co, 701 I Street
Ford, James, night inspector, r 918 H Street
Foster, J. M., carpenter, r 927 N Street
Fowler, A. H., engineer, r 427 M Street
French Hotel, 631 H Street
French, R. E., master mechanic, r 812 J Street
Frianzi, Adolph, r 1300 L Street
Frianzi, Albert, fruits and confectionery, 631 I Street, r 1300 L Street
Fuller, Fred, engineer, r 405 H Street
Galli, G., soda works, 406 G Street, r 410 G Street
Gellespie, P., engineer, r 1000 K Street
Genrich, Mrs. Carrie, r 529 K Street
Gillespie, R. M., pump machinist, r 915 M Street
Gillette, L. B. (widow), r 1017 I Street
Gilmore, Byrd, r 1013 I Street
Gilmore, L., engine wiper, r 1013 I Street
Gilmore, Miss H., r 1013 I Street
Gimore, M. A. (widow), r 1013 I Street
Gist, J. R., engine inspector, r 918 H Street
Gittins, Louise (widow), r 715 M Street
Golage, Sam, r 1301 I Street
Green, Charles, r Cesmat Hotel
Gregory, A. W., r 615 K Street
Grijalva, T., peddler, r 403 G Street
Grimaud, M., teamster, r 927 F Street
Guhm, L., r 620 K Street
Guilfoyle, R., brakeman, r 513 I Street
Gunter, A. C., brakeman, r 908 King Street
Gwynn, J. L., car foreman, r 812 K Street
Hampshire, H., prop. Cesmat hotel, 622 H Street
Hand, Walter, machinist, r 1402 K Street
Hand, William, blacksmith, r 907 Baker Street
Handsch & Ismard, blacksmith, 701 Baker
Harbaugh, J. N., foreman "Standard", r 617 I Street
Hardcastle, Arthur T., painter, r 631 I Street
Hardy, J. J., Cesmat Hotel
Harrison, WM, carpenter, r 1115 Beale Street
Hartley, K. P., r 1014 E Street
Hathway, Mrs. E., r 711 K Street
Haven, F., conductor, r 700 N Street
Haynes, J. D., engineer, r 1010 Baker Street
Hein, Charles, boiler maker, r 815 Baker Street
Henry, Al, bartender, r 1217 Baker Street
Herrera, A., r 609 Kern Street
Herrick, H. S., stenographer, r 827 N Street
Hill, Henry, tomale dealer, 429 I Street
Hill, I., fireman, r 819 Baker Street
Hoffman, Albert R., meat market, 619 I Street, r 808 M Street
Hollis, C. L., machinist, r 827 M Street
Holman, George, engineer, r 524 K Street
Honn, H. M., traveling fireman, r 900 N Street
Horr, B. W., machinist helper, r 1006 M Street
Howe, B. M., oil driller, r 728 M Street
Huffman, W. H., car inspector, r 717 M Street
Humphreys, T., asst res engineer, r 530 J Street
Hunniston, C. H., engineer, r Hotel Kern
Hutchings, C. H., switchman, r 1002 M Street
Hutchings, W., fireman, r 623 K Street
Iberia Hotel, 525 I Street
Iler, I. D., engineer, r 723 M Street
Jackson, Burt, carpenter, r 822 K Street
Jacobs, J. E., carpenter, r 503 M Street
Jaynes, T. W., cigars and tobacco, 817 Baker Street
Johnson, C., boiler washer, r 626 J Street
Johnson, Harry, machinist, r 1100 K Street
Jones, Harry, engineer, r 708 M Street
Jones, W., painter, r 827 M Street
Karr, Geo, store keeper, SP, r 827 N Street
Keller, fireman, r 918 H Street
Kelsey, J. W., clerk post office, r 831 I Street
Kendall, Jas. H., r 1026 M Street
Kennedy, John, fireman, r 810 K Street
Kennedy, Mrs. (widow), r 810 N Street
Kennicott, W. B., train dispatcher, r 1208 Baker Street
Kern City Bakery, 725 H Street
Kern City Restaurant, 727 I Street
Kern City Saloon, 723 H Street
Kern City Sewage & Drainage Co., 811 Baker Street
Kern Drug Co., 701 I Street
Kern Hotel, 713 I Street
Kirkner, Henry, engineer, r 621 N Street
Knight, H. S., farmer, r 1004 E Street
Knowlton, Fred, train master, r 804 J Street
Krausse, Ed, engineer, r 1209 Beale Street
Kuhl, M., pipe fitter, r 900 K Street
Laberge, Frank, fireman, r 620 K Street
Lacoste, G. J., Verdier & LaCoste, r 637 I Street
Lamb, T. A., boiler helper, r 713 K Street
Lambert, Peter, r 607 H Street
Larson, G. W., blacksmith, r 1218 Baker Street
Lash, T. G., fireman, r 819 Baker Street
Lavis, Chas., painter, r 722 K Street
Lawless, G. P., pipe fitter, r 714 K Street
Le Court, A. E., bartender, Hotel Kern
Leavitt, Fred, cook, Hotel Kern
Lee, train dispatcher, r 711 K Street
Lemasters, John, postmaster, r 1002 M Street
Lewis, WM, fireman, r 918 H Street
Libby, Harry, r 914 Baker Street
Library Hall, 1013 Baker Street
Lindgren, C. J., contractor & builder, r 811 Baker Street
Lindsey, r 714 J Street
Livermore, J. J., laborer, r 430 M Street
Longhead, R. S., r 1404 K Street
Lopez, J. (widow), r 431 G Street
Luce, C. H., conductor, r 1104 Beale Street
M E Church, King and N Streets
Mahoney, J. E., bartender, r 800 Baker Street
Maio, Charles, machinist, r 1032 F Street
Malloy, M. J., boilermaker, r 819 Baker Street
Maloney, Joe, brakeman, r 626 J Street
Maloney, R., switchman, r 819 Baker Street
Marion, A. W., Justice of the peace, 812 Kern Street, r 1401 Baker Street
Martin, Ed., machinist apprentice, r 623 K Street
Martine, M., r 1326 K Street
Matlock, WM, SP freight agent, r 1109 Beale Street
May, Geo S., transfer, r 824 M Street
McArthur, fireman, r 819 Baker Street
McComas, J. E., engineer, r 1219 Baker Street
McCullough, G. F., engineer, r 1426 K Street
McElroy, G. A., conductor, r 618 M Street
McGrath, M. J., train dispatcher, r 707 K Street
McHugh, James, miner, r 928 M Street
McIntosh, F., plasterer, r 819 Baker Street
McKeever, Charles, waiter, r Hotel Kern
McKenzie, M. H., physician, r 624 M Street
McKernan, P., conductor, r Hotel Kern
McKnight, machinist, r 819 Baker Street
McNulty, S. C. (widow), r 722 K Street
Medlock, H., waiter, r Hotel Kern
Meloon, Will, carpenter, r 831 I Street
Metzger & Orr, plumbing and tinning, r 719 H Street
Metzger, E. B., Metzger & Orr, r 500 M Street
Miller, Ely, machinist, r 1015 I Street
Miller, T., fireman, r 623 K Street
Millott, J. E., machinist, r 1115 King Street
Mills, Edmund, car inspector, r 801 I Street
Monaghan, Chas., machinist, r 619 K Street
Monatti, C., engine wiper, r 1300 L Street
Montaya, L., hack driver, r 627 M Street
Moore, H. (widow), r 1100 K Street
Moore, John, r 911 Baker Street
Morehouse, R. C., machinist, r 827 M Street
Morgan, WM., fireman, r 723 K Street
Morrell, F., laborer, r 807 H Street
Morrell, Julian, r 801 H Street
Morrison, A. B., pastor M. E. Church, r 724 N Street
Morrison, C. V., foreman, r 1418 L Street
Mouliot, Martin, miner, r 612 J Street
Mouser, Samuel, track walker, r 1016 E Street
Moyner, H. C., engine wiper, r 1426 L Street
Moyney, Jean, section hand, r 532 G Street
Mulcahy, M., machinist clerk, r 623 K Street
Murphy, Patrick, r 808 K Street
Murray, J., machinist, r 1032 H Street
Newcomb, T. G., freight handler, r 1224 H Street
Nicholson, fireman, r 723 K Street
Ninez, Josie (widow), r 512 G Street
Norbrey, W., machinist, r 805 N Street
Noriega, F., liveryman, r 519 I Street
O'Connor, W. H., machinist, r 1025 E Street
O'Hare, M. E. (widow), r 808 K Street
Olcese, A., clerk, r Western house
Omeda, N., r 617 G Street
Opplinger, H., watchmaker and jeweler, r 627 I Street
Orr, Frank, r 831 H Street
Orr, T. B., Metzger & Orr, r 420 Baker Street
Owen, H. T., brakeman, r 1015 F Street
Oyster, W. M., plumber, r 800 N Street
Panero, John, r 410 G Street
Paquette, P., blacksmith and horse shoer, 611 H Street, r 605 K Street
Parish, F., r 604 K Street
Parker, L. A., r 504 H Street
Parr, Jess, blacksmith, r 507 H Street
Pauly, L. G., principal of school, r 216 E Street
Payne, J. W., r 909 Baker Street
Peck, Thos., r 713 L Street
Penfield, engineer, r 718 M Street
Perez, Joe, cattleman, r 433 I Street
Phillips, Bradley, teamster, r 427 G Street
Phillips, John, saloon, r 805 H Street
Phipps, S. W., fireman, r 1204 Baker Street
Pierroder, H., saloon, r 704 H Street
Pierson, Chas. J., conductor, r 807 M Street
Pitney, F. R., r 600 M Street
Porst, H., machinist, r 724 M Street
Post Office, 821 Baker Street
Pounds, Luther, r 827 N Street
Quackenbush, r 701 M Street
Quinn, Jas., machinist, r 725 N Street
Rae, Ellis, brakeman, r 722 K Street
Raines, Mrs. N. G., r 1123 Beale Street
Ralston, E. C., conductor, r 614 M Street
Raymond, A., r 724 J Street
Reisner, Fred, blacksmith, r 808 M Street
Reynard, Edward, engineer, r 1123 King Street
Richardson, J. J., pump repairer, r 1103 I Street
Robb, E. A. (widow), r 507 H Street
Roberts, E. M., car repairer, r 906 King Street
Roberts, J. W., brakeman, r 712 K Street
Robison, Roy, blacksmith, r 600 K Street
Roesdale, John, r 626 I Street
Rogers, J. W., r 623 M Street
Rosell, A. D., baggageman, r 921 I Street
Ross, r 819 Baker Street
Routh, J. M., carpenter, r 708 K Street
Roux, John, r 810 H Street
Ruth, Harry, saloon, r 800 Baker Street
Ryan, D. H., section foreman, r 723 K Street
Ryan, Dan, round house fireman, r 1223 Beale Street
Sartiat, Peter, r 510 K Street
Scatena, G., r 410 G Street
Scholtz, G., car repairer, r 924 K Street
Settle, J. R., fireman, r 819 Baker Street
Seymour, E. H., fireman, r 624 J Street
Seymour, Mrs. K. J., r 708 J Street
Shaffer, J. W., city trustee; real estate and insurance, 812 Kern Street, r 815 M Street
Shaver, Mrs., r 401 I Street
Shelley, Mrs. A. E., r 626 J Street
Shepperdson, engineer, r 800 K Street
Shields, J., boiler wiper, r 626 J Street
Siebert, r 626 J Street
Silber, Miss Elsie, r 808 J Street
Sillinger, B., r 712 J Street
Smith, Burt, engineer, r 620 K Street
Smith, Carment (widow), r 514 G Street
Smith, Geo., laborer, r 514 G Street
Smith, M., carpenter, r 513 G Street
Smith, M. P., boiler maker, r 704 K Street
Smith, Mrs. Florence, r 514 G Street
Smith, W. C., r 819 Baker Street
Snyder, W. A., brakeman, r 608 K Street
Solley, A., night watchman, r 1105 I Street
Speake, S. M., conductor, r 620 J Street
Spencer, Harry, painter, r 909 Baker Street
Standard, weekly newspaper, 617 I Street
Stephenson, W. W., r 1200 Baker Street
Stevens, E. P., r 1000 K Street
Stewart, Miss Eliza, waiter, r Hotel Kern
Stone, Ben F., conductor, r 719 N Street
Stratheartn, Geo., fireman, r 926 K Street
Stroble, G. F., constable, r 714 K Street
Sturm, H., coppersmith, r 814 M Street
Sumner, Frank, brakeman, r 722 K Street
Superior Restaurant, r 815 Baker Street
Sweetzer, H. E., train dispatcher, r 802 J Street
Tandy, Carroll, engine wiper, r 413 I Street
Taute, D., r 726 J Street
Taylor, Chas., machinist, r 708 K Street
Tettlack, Oscar, r 914 Baker Street
Thayer, Joe, r 631 M Street
Theile, Mrs. E., r 717 K Street
Thompson, Harry, fireman, r 1119 Beale Street
Thompson, J. N., real estate, r 905 Baker Street
Thorne, Walter, fireman, r 623 M Street
Toland, Ralph, engineer, r 613 M Street
Tolar, W. E., grocer, r 703 K Street
Tompkins, B. W., car repairer, r 514 M Street
Totty, E., clerk, r 819 Baker Street
Tousley, C. L., r 719 K Street
Tredway, Clint, engineer, r 920 K Street
Tresch, Rob, fireman, r 723 K Street
Tuner, Harry, r 727 M Street
Turner, A. (widow), r 727 M Street
Verdier & Lacoste, props. Central Hotel, 637 I Street
Verdier, M E., Verdier & LaCoste, r 1092 H Street
Viaz, N., r 419 G Street
Vivian, Joseph, laborer, r 915 H Street
Wagner, Mrs. L., r 718 J Street
Ward, J. T., carpenter, r 710 J Street
Warren, r 1314 K Street
Warren, M. H., car repairer, r 525 M Street
Waterman, W. J., r 808 N Street
Weir, Geo., r 1314 K Street
Wells, H. E., r 1326 L Street
Wells, K. (widow), r 909 Baker Street
Western House, 819 Baker Street
Whitaker, Chas., livery stable, 1020 Baker Street, r 1012 Baker Street
Whitsitt, F. H., physican, r 621 I Street
Whyers, L. G., engineer, r Hotel Kern
Wilcox, B. H., carpenter, r 714 M Street
Wilcox, Robert, fireman, r 723 K Street
Willee, C., fireman, r 723 K Street
Williams, G. G., librarian, r 801 N Street
Williams, H. F., H. F. Williams & Co, r Hotel Kern
Williams, H. F. & Co, real estate and insurance, 811 Baker Street
Wilson & Carlson, saloon, 807 Baker Street
Wilson, W. B., conductor, r 405 H Street
Wineow, H. M., foreman, r 708 K Street
Witt, G. E., machinist, r 927 M Street
Wood, time clerk S P, r 1008 K Street
Woods, W. H., machinist, r 1412 K Street
Woody, AL, chief clerk SP, r 1215 Baker Street
Wylie, r 1011 I Street
Young, T. M., clerk S&P, r 403 H Street
Young, Thos. J., carpenter, r 931 I Street
Zwick, Chas. A., prop. Zwick's Resort, r Zwick's Resort

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