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When the United States entered World War I, Kern County's 50,000 residents were in a unique position to contribute with their gold and silver mines, oil fields and a growing agriculture industry.

The oil fields blossoming north of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ along the Kern River and on the west side of Kern County in the even larger Midway-Sunset Oil Fields were drawing in workers from all over the world for the good wages. The railroads of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe were hauling the oil north and east out of Kern County to support the growing war effort.