Bakersfield

The first non-native settlers in the Bakersfield area were from Mexico, in the area known as Rio Bravo, or Old Panama.

Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, the 4th Earl of Gosford, was a member of the British House of Lords and played an important role in the coronation of Edward the VII in 1901. He also owned a large farm near Bakersfield.

Located near the Grapevine in Kern County, this pueblo became a rancho in the Mexican-era and is the oldest Western settlement in the southern San Joaquin Valley.

County islands are unincorporated areas surrounded by land that is part of an incorporated city. These "islands" often lack city-level infrastructure and services.

Today's Stockdale Country Club began as the Tevis family estate, and was named for a Tevis relative, Sir Edmund Stockdale, the Lord Mayor of London.

James Ben Ali Haggin made a fortune in the Gold Rush, before acquiring a huge swath of Kern County.

The competency exam was a condition of probation for Dr. Hans Yu, who was accused of negligence in his care for three patients.

The civil rights leader led a march ahead of a speech at Bakersfield's Harvey Auditorium in 1960

Kern County isn't the only one to claim the title, which has been in use for close 90 years.

This historic Bakersfield hotel was reborn in 2010, and has a colorful history filled with Hollywood celebrities and an eccentric owner who once pointed a "missile" at city hall.