Fort Tejon in California is a former United States Army outpost which was intermittently active from June 24, 1854, until September 11, 1864. It is located...
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The Tejon Pass /teɪˈhoʊn, təˈhoʊn, ˈteɪ.hoʊn/, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass...
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The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 a.m. (Pacific time) on January 9 in central and Southern California. One of the largest recorded...
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Parkfield earthquake (section Fort Tejon earthquake)
below the Parkfield episodes, last creating an 8.0 magnitude quake at Fort Tejon in 1857. These tremors were discovered using deep borehole seismometers...
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Tejon may refer to: Tejon, California Fort Tejon, California Tejon Pass Tejón, a Mexican name for Coati, an animal in the raccoon family Tejon Indian Tribe...
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Tejon Ranch Company (NYSE: TRC), based in Lebec, California, is one of the largest private landowners in California. The company was incorporated in 1936...
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the Peter Lebeck Oak. He is attested only by his grave marker, now at Fort Tejon, but the unknown circumstances of his identity and death have cemented...
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Owens Valley Indian War (section Captain George and others surrender, Paiute removed to Fort Tejon, Camp Independence abandoned)
removal of a large number of the Owens River indigenous Californians to Fort Tejon in 1863 was considered the end of the war. Minor hostilities continued...
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in 1776 Fort Tejon: 1854 fort, with the nearby former 1854 Chumash Sebastian Indian Reservation. Now Fort Tejon State Historic Park in the Tejon Pass area...
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troops drawn from the frontier forts of the District of Oregon and District of California (primarily Fort Tejon and Fort Mojave). Patriotic fervor swept...
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was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley shocks were in mostly unpopulated areas and only...
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0 or greater. The largest known earthquake in California was the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake that ruptured 200+ miles (320+ kilometers) of the San Andreas...
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Ridge Route (redirect from Tejon-Castaic Ridge Route)
The Ridge Route, officially the Castaic–Tejon Route and colloquially known as the Grapevine, was a two-lane highway between Los Angeles County and Kern...
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1857 Fort Tejon earthquake: About 350 kilometers (220 mi) were ruptured in central and southern California. Though it is known as the Fort Tejon earthquake...
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have the skills to control a foreign asset. One of the male animals at Fort Tejon was killed by another male during rutting season. Lieutenant Sylvester...
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The old Tejon Pass route was abandoned in favor of the route through Grapevine Canyon and Fort Tejon Pass was shortened taking the name Tejon Pass. Once...
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The Fort Tejon Historical Association (FTHA) is a historical society dedicated to preserving the historic site at Fort Tejon State Historic Park, in Kern...
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Joaquin Valley shifted away from the Old Tejon Pass route to the Stockton - Los Angeles Road, using the Fort Tejon Pass, and the Grapevine Canyon. The later...
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Lebec, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
trapper killed by a grizzly bear in 1837 in the area that later became Fort Tejon. He was memorialized in an epitaph at the site, found carved in a bare...
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Owens Valley Paiute in the Owens Valley Indian War and their removal to Fort Tejon. Moses A. McLaughlin was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1834. Little...
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Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and...
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Sierra Pelona Mountains in the Tejon Pass area. Its last major event in the area was the magnitude 7.9 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake. On April 16, 2005,...
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Cahuenga Chokishgna Chowigna Cow Springs Eldoradoville Falling Springs Fort Tejon Gaspur Guirardo Hahamongna Harasgna Holland Summit Hollands Holton Honmoyausha...
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (section Tejon Ranch)
Fort Tejon was abandoned in 1864. In 1865 and 1866, Beale purchased the Mexican land grants which now comprise the 270,000-acre (1,100 km2) Tejon Ranch...
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Township by 1870). Tejon – consisted of all of northern Los Angeles County and what is now southern Kern County. Centered on Fort Tejon When Kern County...
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U.S. Sword Identification, US M1833 Dragoon Sword. First Dragoons at Fort Tejon. Sheridan's 1833 Saber. Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry (Dragoon) Saber. USCAV...
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Frazier Park, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
there from Frazier Mountain trees for use at the new Army post at nearby Fort Tejon. Local historian Bonnie Ketterl Kane wrote that the mill was "supposedly"...
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is a list of forts and camps in California, established by military, commercial and other interests. Geography of California List of forts The California...
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Calif. Retrieved 30 December 2011. "Fort Ross SHP". California State Parks. Retrieved 31 December 2011. "Fort Tejon SHP". California State Parks. Retrieved...
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was killed by a fellow gang member for the reward in April 1866 near Fort Tejon in Kern County. In 1867, near Nevada, Missouri, a band of bushwhackers...
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