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NO. 588 KERN RIVER SLOUGH STATION - Just south of this point stood the Kern River Slough
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537:– Located 14 miles east southeast of Reeds Station, in the vicinity of the mouth of Cow Springs Creek Canyon.
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199:. Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks
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944:Golden Hills
939:Goodmanville
929:Fuller Acres
924:Frazier Park
874:Dustin Acres
834:Buttonwillow
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557:Green Valley
359:Pacheco Pass
315:Redwood City
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1539:Reefer City
1519:North Muroc
1504:Martensdale
1436:settlements
1409:Thomas Lane
1404:Spicer City
1394:Sand Canyon
1259:Desert Lake
1196:communities
899:Edwards AFB
864:Derby Acres
819:Benton Park
804:Alta Sierra
729:Bakersfield
706:Bakersfield
699:County seat
620:Los Angeles
585:– Located 8
496:Bakersfield
428:Kings River
406:Fresno City
235: /
60:Kern County
1696:Kern River
1680:Categories
1534:Quartzburg
1529:Petersburg
1399:South Lake
1299:Keyesville
1254:Claraville
1249:China Lake
1129:South Taft
1109:Rivergrove
1019:McKittrick
1014:Lost Hills
954:Greenfield
949:Greenacres
934:Glennville
884:East Niles
869:Di Giorgio
859:Cottonwood
754:Ridgecrest
542:Mud Spring
521:Tejon Pass
517:Fort Tejon
492:Kern River
223:118°58′3″W
220:35°15′35″N
203:2012-10-07
152:References
50:California
1564:Tehichipa
1544:Rio Bravo
1489:Kernville
1464:Gold Town
1414:Twin Oaks
1384:Riverkern
1379:Rio Bravo
1279:Grapevine
1274:Fruitvale
1234:Canebrake
1214:Bealville
1169:Weedpatch
1094:Randsburg
1064:Old Stine
1059:Old River
984:La Cresta
979:Kernville
959:Hillcrest
919:Ford City
839:Casa Loma
769:Tehachapi
749:McFarland
614:, of the
599:north of
417:Riverdale
388:Dos Palos
377:Los Banos
308:San Mateo
300:San Bruno
1549:Sageland
1469:Isabella
1444:Asphalto
1389:Saltdale
1359:Pentland
1349:Old Town
1344:Oil City
1334:Monolith
1229:Caliente
1144:Stebbins
1119:Rosedale
1114:Rosamond
999:Lakeside
964:Inyokern
904:El Adobe
744:Maricopa
626:Source:
330:San Jose
130:See also
1499:Leliter
1479:Joyfull
1459:Garlock
1309:Loraine
1289:Havilah
1284:Gypsite
1264:Edwards
1054:Oildale
1024:Mettler
914:Fellows
909:Fairfax
824:Bodfish
759:Shafter
590:⁄
442:Visalia
36:Country
1434:Former
1374:Reward
1354:Panama
1314:Midoil
1269:Famoso
1244:Cawelo
1239:Cantil
1174:Weldon
1159:Tupman
1154:Tarina
1034:Mojave
1004:Lamont
889:Edison
739:Delano
716:Cities
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113:Lamont
56:County
1631:This
1573:Other
1514:Muroc
1304:Lerdo
1204:Actis
1184:Woody
1009:Lebec
974:Keene
829:Boron
774:Wasco
724:Arvin
632:(PDF)
555:near
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1637:stub
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174:ISBN
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