Merle Haggard's childhood home is now in a new location. The train boxcar where Haggard was born and raised, which his father purchased in 1935 for $500, was permanently moved from its previous ...

Country legend Merle Haggard rose to fame from humble beginnings, growing up in a train boxcar home in Oildale, Calif. Now the unique dwelling will be honored for its service to the country community ...

Kern Pioneer Village will open the newly restored boyhood home of country music legend Merle Haggard on April 9 along with the Haggard Boxcar Festival. 23ABC got an inside look at the home Thursday.

Merle Haggard and his sister Lillian Rea would laugh at the comparison, but the converted boxcar in which they were raised was transported like a royal chariot the other day from their hometown, ...

Last July the late country music star joined his sister Lillian in watching the boxcar moved from Oildale to Pioneer Village in Central Bakersfield. Crews have been renovating the home ever since.

The music and spirit of Merle Haggard was alive and well at the Kern County Museum on Saturday. The museum hosted the third-annual Haggard Boxcar Music Festival, named after the railcar converted by ...

The first Haggard Boxcar Festival: Live music by Ben & Noel Haggard, Merle Haggard’s sons. The Strangers, Merle’s band, will accompany them. Music by Johnny Owens & the Buck Fever Band, James ...