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1776: On April 26, Franciscan friar Francisco Garces became the first-known European to stand on the present site of Bakersfield. 1827: A 17-man expedition led by Jedediah Smith entered the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, marking the first entry to the area by American explorers from the East. 1853: The first recorded discovery of gold in Kern County was at a rugged area of Greenhorn Gulch, about a mile northwest of the upper Kern River. 1860: Christian Bohna arrived to become the first permanent settler at what was then called Kern Island, the site of the future city of Bakersfield. 1863: Col. Thomas Baker and his family arrived at Kern Island to begin reclamation of swampland from which Bakersfield would evolve. 1865: The first large-scale cotton production was attempted by brothers Solomon and Philo Jewett at their Rio Bravo Ranch. 1866: On April 21, the state Legislature created the county of Kern with Havilah as the county seat. 1868: Leaders of the Yowlumne...

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