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1954 Map of Lamont

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Lamont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

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The Bakersfield city boundary expands into a landscape defined by petroleum extraction and industrial agriculture at mid-century. While the northern edge of the map shows established urban blocks and the historic Union Cemetery, the territory to the south transitions into the dense infrastructure of the Mountain View Oil Field and Edison Oil Field. These oil fields are webbed with pipelines, sumps, and pumping stations, illustrating the era's intensive resource development.

The presence of the Southern Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads, along with the East Side Canal and Weed Patch Canal, underscores the dual economic drivers of transport and irrigation. Small residential clusters like Lamont and Fuller Acres appear as worker-centric settlements amidst the grids of oil derricks and fields. Local schools, including Potomac Sch and Virginia Sch, provide anchor points for the genealogist tracking the growth of these communities during the 1950s and 1960s.