150th Anniversary Kern County Mexican Settlement Pioneers from the southWhere Rolls The Kern, A History Of Kern County by Herbert G. Comfort 1934 History should not overstep the limits of truth, and indeed, in recording noble deeds, the truth is sufficient. County Histories as a class quite generally possess two outstanding characteristics. They are very often written by one of the oldest inhabitants who remembers when; and, all too frequently, in the opinion of this writer at least, from one half to three quarters of