City of Bakersfield General Services 1501 Truxton Avenue Bakersfield California
Date:
1942. Dedicated Oct. 18, 1942
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On back of base:) J. PALO KANGAS 1942 (Plaque on base:) CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARK/COLONEL THOMAS BAKER/1810-1817/IN 1863 COLONEL BAKER CAME TO/THIS LOCATION A FRIEND TO/ALL TRAVELERS./HIS SETTLEMENT/BECAME KNOWN AS "BAKERSFIELD."/THIS CIVIC CENTER IS HIS DREAM/COME TRUE. HIS MOTTO -/"TIME WILL JUSTIFY A MAN WHO MEANS TO DO RIGHT"/DEDICATED OCT. 18, 1942 "Colonel Thomas Baker"/Bakersfield/Bakersfield City Council/El Tejon Parlor No. 239 NDGW/Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 NDGW/Kern County Board of Supervisors/Kern County Chamber of Commerce/Public Donation/State Registered Landmark No. 382 signed
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Summary:
Colonel Thomas Baker sits on a rock, wearing a scarf, vest and coat, with a map on his lap and a compass in his proper right hand. He is in pioneer dress of the 1860s. The sculpture sits atop a rectangular base.
