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Coalinga Constable.

L-R: Jake Zwang ; Frank Alvaro ; Constable Jeanne Peterson and Joe Bengard in 1939.

Mrs. Peterson became the first female constable in Coalinga.

Men showing off their costumes for the Horned Toad Derby.

L-R Gail Cox, twin of Bryson, worked for Public Health; Dr. J. Emmitt Cox, family doctor and school doctor in Coalinga ; Dr. Edward Cox worked with father in Coalinga ; Dr. Bryson Cox practiced in Coalinga and Fresno with his father.

K. W. Jones homesteaded his ranch in the 1800's. He lived worked & died on Graces Creek in the Kettleman Hills. Mr. Jones made his coffin from a cottonwood tree, polished it by hand. He dug his grave and placed rocks and petrified wood around the…

K.W. Jones homesteaded his ranch in the 1800's. He lived, worked & died on Garces Creek. He cut down a Cottonwood tree and made his coffin, polished it by hand. Mr. Jones dug his grave and placed rocks and petrified wood around the lot in…

Dr. Mountford was a doctor in Coalinga for many years.

Dr. Mountford was a doctor in Coalinga for many years.

Dr. Mountford was an avid outdoorsman who fished and hunted. He is shown here at a duck hunt on Tulare Lake on 2-17-1916.