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The first non-native settlers in the Bakersfield area were from Mexico, in the area known as Rio Bravo, or Old Panama. -
Visalia's history dates back to 1852, making it the oldest city in the Central Valley south of the delta. -
Colonel Thomas Baker helped found both Visalia and Bakersfield.
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