Gribblenation

California State Route 204 is part of the old surface route alignments of US Route 99, US Route 399 and US Route 466 within the City of Bakersfield.  California State Route 204 is a 5 mile State Highway which co-signed as the California State Route 99 Business over Union Avenue and Golden State Avenue.    This blog is part of the larger Gribblenation US Route 99 Page.  For more information pertaining to the other various segments of US Route 99 and it's three-digit child routes check out the link the below. Gribblenation US Route 99 Page Part 1; the history of US Route 99, US Route 399, US Route 466 and California State Route 204 within the City of Bakersfield The founding of Bakersfield traces it's origins back to the Kern River Gold Rush of 1851.   The Kern River Gold Rush led directly into the emergence of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road by 1853.   The Stockton-Los Angeles Road was a replacement of the earlier El Camino Viejo.  Unlike El Cam...