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Merle Haggard Blvd.

Street Named Changed To Honor Haggard

POSTED: 9:34 am PST February 3, 2006
UPDATED: 10:13 am PST February 3, 2006

The City of Bakersfield has a new street named for one of it's most famous sons.

Bakersfield's Planning Commission is re-naming a small stretch of roadway from Truxtun Avenue to the Amtrak Station "Merle Haggard Way."

The new name replaced S Street.

The "Okie from Muskogee" grew up in Oildale and is credited as one of the early pioneers of the Bakersfield Sound, along with Buck Owens.


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