Setting out in a stage-coach, for an outing in the mountains for Will Thomson's bachelor party. From left (not counting the hostler at the horse's head) : George Murry, Gerald Lumley, Charles Traeger, Dr. Hatcher, John Hewey, J. H. Williams, Dave…
Second building of Standard School, built 1911, located at Oil Center Road, which road was later renamed China Grade Loop;school named for Standard Oil company which donated the land; building was moved farther south about 1918, and later moved to…
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…
Advertising for the Star Horse Market located at 933 L Street in Fresno. Pictured is a Percheron draft horse. Earl C. Buchanan arrived in Fresno in 1899 and operated a livery business. After selling his stables he operated a horse and mule market…