West Kern Oil Museum

West Kern Oil Museum 1168 Wood St, Taft, CA 93268 Taft, CA 93268 Driving past the orchards, stockyards, and oil wells of central California, it seems only natural to come across the expansive yard of retired oil derricks and other oilfield equipment that greets any visitor to the West Kern Oil Museum. The West Kern…

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The Kern County Museum

Kern County: Rich in Oil and History Kern County has been a major oil hub since oil started being extracted back at the turn of the 20th century. Even before wildcats began drilling for black gold, Native Americans had been using the black, sticky material that seeped out of the ground to waterproof baskets and…

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