KERN COUNTY

TOLLGATE

Kern County Fire Department

June 14, 1940:  "New items added were Toll gate lookout, $750."  (Bakersfield Californian)

August 5, 1954: "A 30-man crew from the Keene, Edison, Loraine, Tehachapi and Arvin substations of the Kern County fire department yesterday brought a 50-acre forest fire under control in less than three hours on the Carl Arnold Ranch two miles west of Loraine in Caliente Canyon.
     Chief Elmo Freear credited the short life of the fire to the prompt report of smoke in the area by the Tollgate fire lookout and the early convergence of a large group of men and equipment on the scene of the blaze.
     Cause of the fire is still undetermined, as fire prevention investigators continue probing the area today in search of possible clues."(Bakersfield Californian)