RJ Martinez interviews Bear State Books Publisher Chris Brewer. Martinez was seeking advice about searching for the historical Mexican presence in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California.
Bear State Books in Exeter, California is a publisher of San Joaquin Valley history books. They re-publish classic works and new books about California history and literature by local and California authors.
The Bakersfield Arch, at the old Bakersfield Inn has endured for nearly seventy years, as a landmark of Bakersfield. It was built at a cost of $25,000 by Griffin Steel Construction, and placed into position in a single hour on a Sunday in June, 1949. The arch is a…
This clip was filmed by Tiffany Rocque, one of C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicle representatives who came to California and the Bakersfield area to film a series on Bakersfield. I did a couple of segments of the series on my great great grandfather, Colonel Thomas…
Chris Brewer contributed to a video on the Daltons. The video, produced by the California Auctioneers and Appraisers, interviewed California historian Chris Brewer and others about the history of the Dalton Brothers and the Wild Bunch gang and describes in detail the…
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