Family Food Mart
Buttonwillow CA, 93206
I have driven by or through the town of Buttonwillow California several times but have never stopped to look around. So this trip I spent a little time exploring. The town of about 1500 people sits on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, west of Bakersfield in Kern County. The town started as Company Headquarters and company store for the Miller Lux Holdings Co in the 1880s. The town and post office were established in 1895 and named Buena Vista. The name quickly became Buttonwillow named for a lone buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) that had long been a landmark in the valley. The Yokut people used the tree as a meeting place on their Trans-valley trail. The Miller Lux Headquarters had been built close to the tree.
Family Food Mart
Buttonwillow CA, 93206
I have driven by or through the town of Buttonwillow California several times but have never stopped to look around. So this trip I spent a little time exploring. The town of about 1500 people sits on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, west of Bakersfield in Kern County. The town started as Company Headquarters and company store for the Miller Lux Holdings Co in the 1880s. The town and post office were established in 1895 and named Buena Vista. The name quickly became Buttonwillow named for a lone buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) that had long been a landmark in the valley. The Yokut people used the tree as a meeting place on their Trans-valley trail. The Miller Lux Headquarters had been built close to the tree.