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“THE PATCH”
Story by Martin Libhart • Photos by Martin Libhart and Pam Conrad
Famoso, California is an that a town by the name of Pozo area” is the fuel and food stop
WWW.ROSSPISTONS.COM unincorporated area in the valley also existed along the Butterfield at exit 44 to Famoso Road from
Overland Mail stagecoach route in
north of Los Angeles, located
Highway 99. Residences and
(310) 536-0100 approximately 20 miles north of nearby San Luis Obispo County, business are not what Famoso is
Bakersfield. Early in its history the name was changed to Famoso known for, but rather the thousands
it was known as Pozo, a name in 1895. The post office closed for of acres that are home to many
given to it by the Southern Pacific a brief time in 1919, relocated and vineyards, nut groves, orchards and
Railroad when it began to serve the resumed operation in 1940, then oil wells. The Bakersfield area is
area in the 1870’s. A post office was closed permanently in 1946. Today, home to significant oil production,
later established to serve the area with only a small structure here and many active wells are scattered
in 1888. When it was discovered and there, the primary “populated throughout the area north of
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