Oildorado Celebrates 100 Years!
The 10 days of Oildorado commemorate Taft’s 100 years as an incorporated city with a celebration that takes everyone back to a time when rugged pioneers carved out a bustling community in the middle of one of the world’s most productive oil fields. Planned and staged by the non-profit Oildorado, Inc., the celebration is packed with activities aimed at saluting those pioneers. There is something for everyone: the biggest parade in Kern County, dedication of oil worker monument, entertainment, oil field skills contests, queen pageant, melodrama, petroleum industry trade show, dances, barbecues, car show, vintage aircraft fly-in, carnival, casino night, dinner theater and much more.
Oildorado Headquarters and Mercantile
Taft’s 100th birthday bash is giving the historic Pioneer Mercantile building at Fifth and Main streets a new lease on life. The restored Taft landmark is the ideal location for Oildorado headquarters as well as the official site for all sorts of merchandise and memorabilia marking the celebration. The impressive building – just a few steps from the Oildorado Midway – has been awarded the City of Taft’s first-ever Historic Building Designation. It also will shine a spotlight on the Oilworker Monument by hosting sculptor Benjamin Victor for special artist-in-residence workshops and demonstrations.
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Oilworker Monument To Be Unveiled!
The mission of the monument committee is to erect a monument in Taft dedicated to honor the men and women who have worked in the oilfields. Until the present time, no monument, building, or edifice has been dedicated to honor the accomplishments of those men and women. Those to be honored would include those who have worked for major oil companies, and all who have serviced the oilfields in any manner.
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