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Stanley Abel
Stanley Abel (1892-1975), who served as Kern County's Fourth District Supervisor for 24 years. He served as publisher of Taft's Oilfield Dispatch. Mount Abel (Cerro Noroeste) and Abel Canyon were named after him. He resided in Kern County…
Stephen Barton
Stephen Barton started the town of old Isabella, which was located on the site of the present Isabella Lake, He died July 1912. Photo courtesy of A. O. "Gus" Suhre.
Thomas Eveleth
Thomas (Tom) Eveleth was born in Tehachapi, California. He served as a Bakersfield City Councilman in the 1950s. He was an internal revenue collector, an income tax consultant, and an accountant. He was survived by a son, also named Thomas, of…
William E. Drury (1869-1944)
William E. Drury (1869-1944) founded Bakersfield Garage and Auto Supply Company and was director of the Kern County Automobile Club of Southern California.
William E. Youle
William E. Youle (1847-1926) came to California in 1877 and helped drill the first commercial oil well in the state, in Bakersfield. He was active in the Maricopa and McKittrick oil fields, and he drilled the first oil well in the Midway field.