150th Anniversary Kern County Mexican Settlement Pioneers from the south

“Where Rolls The Kern, A History Of Kern County” by Herbert G. Comfort--1934 “History should not overstep the limits of truth, and indeed, in recording noble deeds, the truth is sufficient.” “County Histories as a class quite generally possess two outstanding characteristics. They are very often written by “one of the oldest inhabitants who remembers when;” and, all too frequently, in the opinion of this writer at least, from one-half to three-quarters of their total space is given over to biographies and “write-ups” of the county’s “prominent citizens” of today, whose chief claim to recognition in all too many cases is that they have subscribed in advance for one or more copies of the volume, at rather a round figure, or have otherwise contributed financially to the support of the work.”