Oil Center, California

Oil Center was located several miles north of Bakersfield and east of North Chester Avenue. Established following the discover of the Kern River Oil Field in 1899, during the oil boom of 1910, Oil Center had as many as 5,000 residents.
 
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Oil Center, circa 1910
 
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Aztec School
Oil Center, California

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