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Bashing Bakersfield, 1873-1922, A Lookback
- Author(s):
- Gilbert Peter Gia (see profile)
- Date:
- 2013
- Subject(s):
- Gambling--Law and legislation, Liquor laws, Prostitution, Murder, Municipal government, Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Crime, Malaria--Epidemiology
- Item Type:
- Monograph
- Tag(s):
- vice, mosquitos, reputation, horse racing
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/6x42-1b54
- Abstract:
- In the 1980s Tonight Show host Johnny Carson dropped B-bombs on Bakersfield, but by that time newspapers had long bruised the town’s image. The scolding about summer heat, tar-and-feathering, vigilante hangings, rigged town elections, and an expanding red-light district. A local newspaper wrote, in 1882, “This town, or its name rather, has become almost proverbial as the home of the gambler and sportsman. Horse racing, foot-racing and dog fighting are the everyday amusements, and at night time the gambling houses and dance halls are in full blast.”
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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