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1934 Map of Lokern

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Lokern
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1934
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1934

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Indian Burial Mounds and multiple individual Indian Burial Mound sites dot this landscape of the San Joaquin Valley, revealing a complex indigenous history long before the arrival of modern irrigation. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of man-made waterways, including the West Side Canal and Old East Side Canal, which redirected the natural flow of the Buena Vista Slough to support the region's agricultural development.

Industry and transport are centered near the southern end of the sheet at Lokern, where the Southern Pacific railroad runs parallel to the Bakersfield Highway. The presence of the Dover Pump and various irrigation channels like the School House Ditch and Corn Ditch illustrate the mid-20th-century transition of the arid Buttonwillow Ridge area into a managed hydraulic environment. Small outposts like Corn Camp further reflect the seasonal and labor-driven settlement patterns of the era.