History: We're all fourth it! How generations in Kern have celebrated

If you're dreading the mayhem certain to come Monday at the hands of illegal- fireworks fiends, be glad you weren't around in 1875. Blacksmith Joe E. Smith of Bakersfield had the inspired idea to celebrate the country's 99th birthday by packing black powder into a rectangular hole on an Path to Full Story on The Bakersfield Californian

Posted: Friday Jul-1-2016 5:30 PM

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