Kern County Fair 1871-1952: Racing, Rodeos, Giant Pumpkins, Lop-Eared Rabbits and Big Tops (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781733886017)

This is the first complete-as-humanly-possible history of the Kern County Fair through 1952. Inside are exhaustively researched and documented details of the business goings-on that made Kern fairs possible from the mid-1870s to the Great Quake of 1952. Included throughout are scores of fun, nostalgic, sweet, and thrilling stories and descriptions of horse races, rodeos, hot-air balloons, death-defying aerial performers, speed demons, musicians, and spectators of the time.

Author: Gilbert Peter Gia
ISBN-10: 173388601X
ISBN-13: 9781733886017
Publisher: Historicbakersfieldandkerncounty
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d