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| Gary at Ft Tejon |
Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 090-Fort
Tejon
California Landmark Number: 129
National Registry ID: 1971000140
Team: YOLT
Date: October 4,
2013
Location:
Coordinates: Latitude: 34° 52.394′ N, 118° 53.73′ W
Address:
Fort Tejón State Historic Park
Description:
As you go up the Grapevine from
Bakersfield, you pass by Fort Tejon State Historical Park. A few
miles further is a rest stop. We asked ourselves, why not just stop
at the Fort for a break and gather in a little bit of our history? So
last
year we did that and enjoyed ourselves. Since then, we have made
it a tradition of stopping here on our way down to see our daughter.
The good thing about this year is that we were a bit earlier and with
Gary's parents. So we got out and enjoyed the area, including touring
the barracks and the capitan's home. Not bad for a rest break.
From NRHP:
This
military post was established by the United States Army on June 24,
1854, to suppress stock rustling and to protect Indians in the San
Joaquin Valley. As regimental Headquarters of the First Dragoons,
Fort Tejon, was an important military, social, and political center.
Camels for transportation were introduced here in 1858. The fort was
abandoned September 11, l864. Subsequently, it became headquarters
for the Tejon Ranch until acquired by the State in 1940. Considerable
restoration reconstruction is planned for the area.
From the History of Fort Tejon:
Fort
Tejon is located in the Grapevine Canyon, the main route between
California's great central valley and Southern California. The fort
was established to protect and control the Indians who were living on
the Sebastian Indians Reservation, and to protect both the Indians
and white settlers from raids by the wide-ranging and rather warlike
Paiutes, Chemeheui, Mojave, and other Indian groups of the desert
regions to the south east. Fort Tejon was first garrisoned by the
United States Army on August 10, 1854 and was abandoned ten years
later on September 11, 1864. References:
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