Linda Clark (James) and Marge Powers for offering their photos and directing us to Chuck Barbee—who is producing Wild West Country based on Bob Powers’ books about the area; to Chuck Barbee for sharing his scanned photos and for putting us in contact with Mike and Linda Thomas who made arrangements for us to use many of the photos in this book; to Morgan Lambert for giving us the rights to use Earl Lambert’s photos; and to Earl Lambert for his insights and talent to capture so many great photos of the time.

Kay Gouldin for the photo of her father Donovan in front of the Kernville phone switchboard and Jane Causey for allowing us to use the photo of the Onyx Store that was taken by her husband William Causey. We would also acknowledge Fred McPherson for his childhood insight to take so many photos of the River Children that have been used in our book.

Ann Clements provided a beautiful photo of the river used on the cover and other photos; Kathy McPherson for an excellent job making the stories come to life with her illustrations; Julie McPherson for her critical review and recommendations; Roberta McPherson who transcribed the taped stories from Dennis Hinkey and who was an excellent editor on many occasions; Donald Broz of Broz & Dian Technical Illustration in Ojai, California for scanning many photos and illustrations, and for creating the map from so many different sources; Laura Kath of Mariah Marketing in Los Alamos, Californiafor her suggestions about publishing and here editing; JJ Walker from Xpress Printing in Sisters, Oregon for the cover design; Greg Senner from the Kern County ESS Map Room tin Bakersfield, California that help find documents that were used to create the detail map in of the town; and the people at the Kern County Beal Memorial Library in Bakersfield, California that helped us find maps and the beautiful childhood recollections of Hazel Steinmentz (Tibbetts).