Orange Belt Stages

Orange Belt Stages was a bus company based in Visalia, California, affiliated with the Trailways Transportation System.

The company had its beginning in 1916, when Cyril Haworth began a taxi service in Kern County, California,[1] serving oil field workers in McKittrick, Taft, and Bakersfield.

[1] Cyril "Pop" Haworth had three sons; two assumed control of the company as partners in 1943: Thoburn (T.S.)

[4] The company owned Orange Belt Adventures, a travel agency offering tours and charters.

The company ceased operations in 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism.

Advertisement for Orange Belt Stages in Porterville, California , 1967