is one of the first landmarks seen when you drive into town. These large derricks once dotted the landscape around the area. The Oil Museum had displays of the history of the town beginning with the Native Americans. The early people used the oil and tar that seeped from the ground as glue and for waterproofing materials.
We finally found out what those large wooden "wheels" were that we saw all over Taft when we saw them in the reconstructed Derrick at the Oil Museum.
Waterleaf Family Kern River Canyon, CA March 24, 2007 I found this "party flower" ("fiesta" means party in Spanish) blooming by a rock in the lower part of the Kern River Canyon. It was one of the many different flowers we found in the canyon.
