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Bakersfield, California

Kern County · Population 403,455 · Card no. 6937

The Kern County seat and the capital of the southern San Joaquin Valley, built on oil, farming and a particular kind of country music.

The Bakersfield Sound, made by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, was a hard-edged answer to Nashville.
Owens built the Crystal Palace here and played it until his death.
Kern County produces more oil than any other county in the country.

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