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Who built Kern County? Who made it the unique place in America it has become? Buck Owens and Merle Haggard get their share of credit and blame, but Bakersfield and the southern San Joaquin Valley have produced plenty of other notable heroes, artists, athletes, film stars, writers, visionaries, statesmen and stateswomen over the years. Here is a sampling. Col. Thomas Baker: Credited as the founder of Bakersfield, a town named — so the story goes — because the Ohio native made his alfalfa fields available to the horses of weary travelers passing through what became known as “Baker’s field.” Edward Fitzgerald Beale: Best remembered for establishing Tejon Ranch south of Bakersfield. A close friend to Ulysses S. Grant, he became a hero of the Mexican War at the Battle of San Pasqual by crawling through the lines with Kit Carson to get help. Thought to be the first to bring news of the California gold strike to the East. Appointed superintendent of Indian...

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