American History TV in Bakersfield, California

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2013 LCV Cities Tour” in Bakersfield, California, from June 3-7 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events and non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.

These were the programs shown during the Bakersfield LCV Weekend on American History TV:

Oil Industry in Kern County, California 313723-1

Colonel Thomas Baker 313721-1

19th Century Kern County, California 313720-1

Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta 313719-1

Chief Justice Earl Warren and Bakersfield, California 313725-1

1952 Bakersfield Earthquake 313724-1

Westward Migration and the Bakersfield Sound 313722-1 close