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Constable Jeanne Peterson talking to a gentleman. Mrs. Peterson was the first woman constable in California according to the local paper.

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.

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

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

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…

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…

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.

Men showing off their costumes for the Horned Toad Derby.

Mrs. Peterson became the first female constable in Coalinga.

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