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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Kern County, California
Bakersfield is the county seat for Kern County
Adjacent to Kern County, California
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Near Fort Tejon Road near Interstate 5, on the right when traveling south.
In 1856 the U.S. Army started an experiment using camel for supply transport in the southwest. The camels proved ill suited to the American southwest.
In November 1859 a civilian contractor turned over 28 camels to the Army at Fort Tejon. . . . — — Map (db m32821) HM
James Dean made his last stop at this corner on Sept. 30th, 1955. The young actor died in a car crash a short time later while enroute to Salinas for an auto race. Althouh he appeared in only 3 films, James Dean remains a legend. — — Map (db m228036) HM
On Petroleum Club Road, on the left when traveling north.
America's most spectacular gusher blew in here on March 14, 1910. Initially 18,000 barrels per day, the flow later reached an uncontrolled peak of 100,000 barrels per day, completely destroying the derrick. This Union Oil Company well produced nine . . . — — Map (db m54267) HM
Near California Street (California Route 33) north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
This original iron structure served as the City of Maricopa's Jail for 50 to 60 yrs. (From the teens to the 1960's) It primary functioned as a "Drunk Tank." — — Map (db m54788) HM
On Lokern Road at Westside Highway (County Route 33), on the right when traveling west on Lokern Road.
Eight miles due west of this marker stood one of California's first commercial oil refineries. Between August 1864 and April 1867, approximately 4,000 gallons of illuminating oil produced there was shipped to San Francisco by the Buena Vista . . . — — Map (db m78295) HM
On State Highway 58 at State Highway 33, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 58.
Located one-eighth mile west of here is an
ancient asphaltum seepage in which hundreds
of Pleistocene Age (15,000-50,000 years ago)
birds, insects, and animals were trapped.
The skeletal remains found in the pit include
giant condors, giant . . . — — Map (db m168958) HM
On California Route 33 at D Street, on the left when traveling north on State Route 33.
The McKittrick Hotel and Penny Bar is the direct successor to the old Headquarters Hotel and Saloon built by Armando Bandattini in 1898. After the business was destroyed by fire in 1903, Bandattini rebuilt it here, in its original location at the . . . — — Map (db m130415) HM
On Maricopa Highway (Highway 166), on the right when traveling west.
In 1772, Don Pedro Fages, first recorded non-Indian to visit the southern San Joaquin Valley, crossed this spot on his way from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. Near this point crossed Father José María de Zalvidea in 1806, while accompanying the Ruiz . . . — — Map (db m54266) HM
On David Road at North Wheeler Ridge Road, on the right when traveling east on David Road.
Six miles east of this point was the site of the Butterfield Stage Line station Sinks of Tejón. Operating through present Kern County during 1858-61, this famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil War. — — Map (db m144943) HM
Near Airport Blvd at Sabovich Street, on the left when traveling north.
General Contractor, vintage aircraft re-builder, owner and collector. Al was born in December 1930 and was raised in South Pasadena and moved to Mojave after service in U.S. Army in 1956. He first came to Mojave in 1947 with his father Homer Hansen . . . — — Map (db m233802) HM
On Mojave-Barstow Highway (State Highway 58) at Airport Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Mojave-Barstow Highway.
This jet was used by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, California as the Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) in 1993 and 1994 to flight test space shuttle landing gear and braking systems. It was modified with a main landing . . . — — Map (db m121448) HM
On Mojave-Barstow Highway (California Route 58) at Airport Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Mojave-Barstow Highway.
Creating sonic booms over Mojave, the F-4 Phantom II could reach speeds of Mach 2.2. It was the last fighter to be flown by pilots attaining ace status in the 20th century. Upon its retirement in 1996, 316 F-4 aircraft were then converted to drones . . . — — Map (db m121454) HM
On Flightline Street, on the left when traveling west.
This display commemorates the Mojave area's rich mining history, which began with the discovery of gold on the Little Buttes north of the present day Silver Queen Road.
That discovery by W.W.Bowers was followed by many others in the region, . . . — — Map (db m53129) HM
On Jawbone Canyon Road at Aerospace Highway (California Highway 14), on the right when traveling north on Jawbone Canyon Road.
"Josie" was born on June 18, 1875 in Silver City, New Mexico to Harvey and Harriet Whitehall. At 19 years old, she taught school in Pinos Altos, New Mexico. She married Herbert Hall Bishop on March 4, 1896, bearing him seven children. The Bishops . . . — — Map (db m78560) HM
On California Route 14 north of Nadeau Street, on the right when traveling north.
Just west of this point was the Southern Pacific terminus for the Twenty-Mule-Team Borax wagons that operated between Death Valley and Mojave from 1884 to 1889. The route ran from the Harmony Borax Mining Company works, later acquired by the . . . — — Map (db m123891) HM
On Flightline Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Mojave Airport was created in 1935 as part of the Kern County Airport System. The fledgling airport was built to serve gold mines near Mojave. At the outset of World War Two, the airport became a Marine Corps Air Station that trained Marine . . . — — Map (db m53126) HM
On Flightline Street, on the left when traveling west.
Far better it is to dare mighty things...even through checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore . . . — — Map (db m53128) HM
On Mojave-Barstow Highway (State Highway 58) at Airport Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Mojave-Barstow Highway.
This aircraft was used to train future Test Pilots & Flight Test Engineers from around the world by NTPS here at Mojave from 1994 - 2009. — — Map (db m121458) HM
On Flightline Street, on the left when traveling west.
In dedication to the pilots, air crews and personnel of Mojave, who trained, served and gave their lives in the service of this country, especially to those who valiantly fought for freedom in the great battles of World War II and Korea.
Semper . . . — — Map (db m53280) HM
On Flightline Street, on the left when traveling west.
Left Plaque:
The 1/5 scale flying model of Voyager was built by Glenn Dunlap of Cincinnati, Ohio, and donated to the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation in 2009.
The original Voyager, designed by Burt Rutan and built at Mojave . . . — — Map (db m53127) HM
Near Airport Blvd at Sabovich Street when traveling north.
Wen Painter was a pilot who exemplified a dedication to community service on the ground and in the air.
Wen served as a NACA and NASA Dryden engineer for decodes, on projects that included the Northrop HL-10 lifting body, which helped . . . — — Map (db m233800) HM
On China Grade Loop Road, on the right when traveling west.
In May 1899, Thomas A. Means owned the land where James and Jonathan Elwood discovered oil on the North Bank of the Kern River. They used a hand auger under the edge of the cliff checking for oil, and later moved to the top to drill. Oil surfaced . . . — — Map (db m64665) HM
On Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Highway 178) west of Doyle Ranch Road, on the left when traveling west.
William Scodie, born in 1827 in Prussia, originally moved to Keyesville in 1856 and opened an eating establishment. He relocated to this area in 1861 operating a way-station from his house. Stocking his front room with supplies, he sold to locals as . . . — — Map (db m113824) HM
On Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Highway 178 at milepost 79.8), on the right when traveling east.
Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trail-blazer who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Fremont expedition of . . . — — Map (db m159834) HM
Came to territory by
covered wagon in 1865
Settled here in 1876
Owned and operated
Gwynne Gold Mine, store
hotel and stage station
cattle rancher, Indian agent
Postmistress — — Map (db m83310) HM
In October of 1897 Mr. Jones opened a dry good store in Randsburg. His building was wiped out in the great fire of May 1898, but saved most of his stock by placing it in a fireproof cellar. After the fire he immediately built a new adobe building . . . — — Map (db m53854) HM
In 1896 Eugene Garlock constructed a stamp mill near this spot for the crushing of gold ore from the Yellow Aster Mine on Rand Mountain. Known originally as Cow Wells, by prospectors and freighters during the 1880’s and early 1890’s, the town of . . . — — Map (db m51672) HM
On Butte Avenue at Highland Avenue on Butte Avenue.
The Yellow Aster, or Rand Mine, was discovered in April, 1895 by Singleton Burcham and Mooers. The town of Randsburg quickly developed followed by the supply town of Johannesburg in 1896. Both names were adopted from the profusion of minerals . . . — — Map (db m50461) HM
On Butte Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Nicholas N. Miller – Randsburg Drug Store
Nicholas Miller, a native of Michigan, came to Randsburg in December of 1896 and opened a drug store a month later. He was burnt out in both fires of 1898 losing $4,000 in the last fire and an . . . — — Map (db m53851) HM
On Red Rock Randsberg Road at Butte Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Red Rock Randsberg Road.
Gold was discovered on the slope of Rand Mountain in 1895. From this discovery, the town of Randsburg sprang up almost overnight. By 1899, the town had over 3500 residents. Randsburg boasted a 100-stamp mill and conservative estimates are that . . . — — Map (db m78578) HM
The Commercial Hotel
The mining boom of 1922 created a demand for more hotels. To help fill this demand Mrs. Artibe had the Commercial Hotel built in 1922. The lumber for this hotel was finished by the Johannesburg Lumber Company.
My Place . . . — — Map (db m196347) HM
On Butte Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The Joint
Ray and Olga Guyett purchased this building in the 1950’s and established The Joint, restaurant and bar. The Joint has been the center of Randsburg’s social life for over forty years and has the distinction of being the longest run . . . — — Map (db m53853) HM
On Butte Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The Whitehouse Saloon
The Whitehouse Saloon was thought to first open as Whitehouse in the late “Teens” under the management of H.B. “Moses” Elder and his brother Emmett Elder. It was closed down by Prohibition in 1920 . . . — — Map (db m53855) HM
On Red Mountain Road, 0.8 miles west of U.S. 395, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Rand Camp began as a tent city, erected by eager miners who rushed to the Mojave Desert following a major gold discovery in April 1895. A year later, the town of 1,500 had been renamed "Randsburg." Saloons sprouted, a U.S. Post Office was . . . — — Map (db m153141) HM
On U.S. 395, 0.2 miles south of Red Mountain Road, on the right when traveling south.
Kelly Silver Mine
Silver was discovered directly behind this building around 1918. The Kelly Silver Mine was the richest in the world at the time, albeit other silver mines in the area were very profitable as well. As a result, the . . . — — Map (db m152428) HM
On U.S. 395 just north of Red Moutain Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
One of the richest silver strikes occurred in the community of Red Mountain. The Kelly and Grady claims started a silver boom which brought prosperity to this region in the 1900's. In one 60 day period over $170,000 in silver was mined from a hole . . . — — Map (db m158901) HM
On U.S. 395 just north of Red Mountain Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1919 the famous Kelly Silver Mine was discovered up the hill and in the same year, the Silver Dollar Saloon opened. This was one of the first saloons to open during the silver boom. The Rand Mining District had three booms - Gold in . . . — — Map (db m169762) HM
On Red Mountain Road, 0.8 miles west of U.S. 395, on the left when traveling west.
In the background of this sign are the huge tailing piles of The Baltic Mine.
This area is part of the old Stringer District and was discovered in 1896 (a year after the famous Yellow Aster Mine in
Randsburg was happened upon) by William . . . — — Map (db m153090) HM
On Red Mountain Road, 0.8 miles west of U.S. 395, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Few local miners still burrow underground, lured by the rich yellow gleam of gold. Most gold now recovered from California’s Rand Mining District is microscopic in size, and so finely dispersed that it is invisible to the naked eye. Rock containing . . . — — Map (db m153105) HM
On Red Mountain Road, 0.8 miles west of U.S. 395, on the left when traveling west.
South of this sign (in Red Mountain) is The Kelly Silver Mine. Discovered around 1919, it was the richest Silver Mine in the United States
at the time! Its total output was around $13 Million Dollars (more in today's prices!) When first . . . — — Map (db m153132) HM
On U.S. 395, 0.2 miles south of Red Mountain Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Owl Hotel, where the action was!
Dedicated to Hattie, Little Eva and the girls of the line.
While the men mined silver, they dug for gold. — — Map (db m152430) HM
Near Red Mountain Road, 0.8 miles west of U.S. 395, on the left when traveling west.
North of this sign is the famous Yellow Aster Gold Mine in Randsburg. Three friends, Fredrick Mooers, John Singleton
and Charles Burcham discovered the Yellow Aster Gold Mine in 1895 and so was the beginning of the famous Rand
Mining District! . . . — — Map (db m153138) HM
On Abbott Drive just west of California Route 14, on the left when traveling north.
History:
Hagen canyon was named by German
immigrant Rudolph Hagen. He acquired the land you
see by buying mining claims in the area. He
eventually had a small outpost in the Ricardo
Campground area where he built a diner with a . . . — — Map (db m221411) HM
On Las Flores Avenue, 0.1 miles east of China Lake Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
The MK IV was the more sophisticated follow-on to the better-known
MK III "Fat Man" implosion-type device that was detonated over Nagasaki
on 9 August 1945 to force an end to World War II.
The same size and weight as the MK III and of very . . . — — Map (db m153188) HM WM
On Las Flores Avenue east of China Lake Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
China Lake is one of the nation’s premier weapons laboratories. Established in 1943, China Lake supports Naval aviation and warfighter requirements, and will continue to arm the Fleet into the future. The Station conceived of and developed rockets . . . — — Map (db m168225) HM
A Monument to
Determination and Perserverance
William Henry "Burro" Schmidt
Took thirty eight years to hand dig this
half-mile long tunnel--Completed in 1936
Born in Rhode Island, January 30, 1871
Died in Ridgecrest, Calif., January . . . — — Map (db m114470) HM
On Locust Street at Diamond Street, on the right when traveling east on Locust Street.
Immaculate Heart
of Mary Catholic
Church, established
Aug 12, 2015.
This building once
housed a Masonic
Lodge and the
church pictured below.
Wayside Community Chapel
Church, built in 1934 from land
donated by the LA Rescue . . . — — Map (db m186316) HM
On Manly Road, 0.4 miles north of Truman Road, on the right when traveling north.
Visited by Padre Garces (1776) while following Old Horse Thief Trace later known as Joe Walker Trail. Fremont stopped here (1844). The famished Jayhawk Party (1850) found water here while struggling from Death Valley to Los Angeles. Still later was . . . — — Map (db m156684) HM
On Manly Road, 0.2 miles north of Truman Road, on the left when traveling north.
Willow Springs was a stage station on the Los Angeles-Havilah Stage Lines, 1864-1874. From here light traffic went through Oak Creek Pass via Tehachapi to Havilah and Kernville; heavy traffic went northwest to the Inyo mines, or via Jawbone Canyon . . . — — Map (db m156685) HM
On Shafter Avenue north of Merced Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The Shafter Cotton Research Station, established here in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed the "Acala" varieties which were exceptionally well suited to the San Joaquin Valley. The quality of the acala cottons and the marketing . . . — — Map (db m52055) HM
On Central Valley Highway at Poso Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Central Valley Highway.
This building originally located four blocks southeast of
this site was opened for use and dedicated October 11, 1917.
Until closed in 1978, this building served as Shafter’s
gateway to the world as the mail, Western Union Telegraph,
express, . . . — — Map (db m130325) HM
On Vultee Street at East Lerdo Highway on Vultee Street.
This plaque at Shafter Airport commemorates the world's first man-powered flight to complete the Kremer Circuit, August 23, 1977. The circuit, a figure eight around two pylons one-half mile apart, was completed in six minutes, twenty-two seconds. . . . — — Map (db m131044) HM
On James Street north of Pacific Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1913 by Kern County Land Company to accommodate prospective land buyers for the settlement of Shafter. Listed 1989 National Register of Historic Places. Supported by California Office of Historic Preservation Grants. Restored 1989 by . . . — — Map (db m130233) HM
Near Supply Row near East 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
As Taft’s first 100 years is being celebrated in 2010, let’s look back to see from where we came. Taft got its start when the railroad laid tracks to Taft and beyond. Siding Number Two was where it all started along the tracks in the vicinity of 2nd . . . — — Map (db m54388) HM
In memory of the men,
women and children who
were the pioneers of the
Midway Sunset Oilfields,
never to be forgotten. This
cemetery was established
November 1911 by
William Brooks of the Taft
Undertaking Company on
land supplied by . . . — — Map (db m200454) HM
On North 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Constructed on the basic plan of Sutter’s original fort one hundred years after its erection in Sacramento by that distinguished pioneer Captain John Augustus Sutter. The building of this replica of one of the most outstanding landmarks to the early . . . — — Map (db m130655) HM
On North 10th Street south of West Ash Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built of native adobe, The Fort is a replica of Sutter's Fort in Sacramento. Originally it was built to accommodate county, state, and federal offices, as well as be utilized as a town hall. The Fort was dedicated on May 22, 1940. — — Map (db m169407) HM
Near Lake Station Road, 2.7 miles north of Gardner Field Road.
The old Yokuts village of Tulamniu was named Buena Vista by Spanish Commander Fages in 1772. (One of first place names in south San Joaquin Valley.) Fr. Zalvidea again recorded the site in 1806. This village was occupied for several centuries. . . . — — Map (db m130232) HM
Near Wood Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Jameson # 17 oil derrick, which was drilled in 1917 and produced until
the 1980’s, was scheduled to be torn down. In 1974 the local American
Association of University Women and several dedicated people convinced
Jameson Oil Company to donate . . . — — Map (db m88603) HM
On Old Town Road at Woodford Tehachapi Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Town Road.
The oldest settlement in Tehachapi Valley, known as 'Old Town,' was established here during the 1860s. It was long an important station on the road between Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. The community began to decline when residents . . . — — Map (db m139964) HM
A street dance held in 1915 commemorated the first electric streetlights installed in Tehachapi. The site of the dance was the corner of Green and F Street. The building there housed the Masonic Lodge and Post Office in 1915, and the mural shows the . . . — — Map (db m53119) HM
The arrastra was a very primitive way of milling or crushing gold ore, using a mule walking in a circle and “drag” stones, a method brought to the New World by the Spaniards. The Tehachapi Heritage League moved the arrastra to this . . . — — Map (db m50254) HM
On D Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on D Street.
Located on the northeast corner of "D" and Green Streets, this house was built in 1880 by August Weferling. The redwood tree in front was planted the day he married his second wife, Luella Duty Weferling (an early Tehachapi businesswoman), in 1905. — — Map (db m52801) HM
To quote the authors, Frank F. Latta, Arnold R. Rojas, and Bonnie Ketterl Kane, per Rancho El Tejon’s Mayordomo (Supervisor) of almost sixty years, Don Jose Jesus Lopez (J.J.), about Avelino Martinez; “He was a little dried up gnome of a man, . . . — — Map (db m98873) HM
On West D Street at South Curry Street on West D Street.
B.M.Denison House - Located on the northeast corner of "D" and Curry Streets, this house was constructed entirely from cedar wood in 1898 by B.M. Denison. He planted the first commercial Bartlett Pear orchard along Curry Street.
1880s . . . — — Map (db m52811) HM
On Bear Valley Road, 3.8 miles north of Cummings Valley Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1872, the fifteen families residing in what is now Bear Valley Springs joined together to
build a schoolhouse in order to provide an education and source of community structure for
their children. The original schoolhouse was erected near . . . — — Map (db m209103) HM
On Green Street, on the left when traveling south.
Originally opened in 1936, the Beekay Theatre survived the historic earthquake of 1952 and endured a number of façade changes before burning in the 1990’s. The reconstruction preserves the original façade behind, which lies a fully modern theatre. . . . — — Map (db m52969) HM
On Green Street south of Tehachapi Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Tehachapi has had a long association with limestone and cement due to the naturally occurring limestone deposits in the region. As early as 1877 a kiln in Antelope Canyon was producing 400 to 500 barrels of lime. Throughout the area there is . . . — — Map (db m134506) HM
On Iris Way at Violette Court, on the right when traveling north on Iris Way.
“I’m coming to see you Tom”, said James Hayes. “Well, come a’ shooting” Godwin replied ---and he did!
Tom Godwin was a farmer, stock raiser, and owner/manager of the Mountain House bar and restaurant, but he was also the Tehachapi town . . . — — Map (db m232409) HM
On West F Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Sacrifices of few ensured the freedom of many. A grateful community remembers those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during time of war and peace, whose courage and personal sacrifices defended and preserved our freedom. — — Map (db m79895) WM
On S Green Street, on the left when traveling north.
The first non-Indian man known to visit the local Indians in the Tehachapi area was Father Francisco Garces in 1776. He didn’t record much about them other than to record that they gave him food and were friendly people.
In 1826, mountain man . . . — — Map (db m134566) HM
On South Curry Street just south of West D Street, on the right when traveling south.
This house was built by Dr. Russell Peery in the 1890s. It was originally constructed in Cummings Valley for use as a hotel and spa. Later dismantled, it was moved to the present site. In 1928, it was used as a high school, and continued until . . . — — Map (db m52813) HM
On Green Street, on the left when traveling north.
Green Street was named for Peter D. Greene, who came to the Tehachapi Area in 1856, when he set up camp in Mormon Gulch near Tehachapi where he prospected for gold (named after a company of Mormons who had previously prospected for gold there.) He . . . — — Map (db m136213) HM
On Green Street, on the left when traveling north.
California became a state in 1850. Settlers could lay claim to land by homestead, timber, mining and pre-emption rights. John and Amanda Brite were the first permanent settlers in the Tehachapi area, arriving in 1854 from Texas, building a mission . . . — — Map (db m134562) HM
On South Green Street south of East E Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Erra family occupied this dwelling for 75 years. The structure was built by a doctor in "Old Town" (or "Tehichipa") 4 miles west of Tehachapi between 1870 and 1875. It was moved to this location on log rollers about 1900. It is the only . . . — — Map (db m52800) HM
The first Methodist & Episcopal Church in Tehachapi was built here in 1881. It was later torn down and the present house was built with the wood from the church. — — Map (db m52802) HM
On Green Street north of E Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the early days of the Tehachapi Valley traveling was arduous as there were only trails and wagon tracks, a few toll roads and the stage routes. The road to Bakersfield from Tehachapi followed the current Woodford – Tehachapi Road, curving and . . . — — Map (db m135039) HM
On E Street near Green Street, on the left when traveling east.
The current building, which was built to house the post office, replaced two older houses. It is now privately owned and houses offices of local businesses.
Across the alley behind the building, there was once a small, tin building that housed . . . — — Map (db m71108) HM
On East Tehachapi Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
The Richfield Service Station was built here in 1921 by Jack and "Doro" (Theodore) Leiva, who operated the station and adjoining cabins for travelers for over 50 years. It was named the Bartlett Richfield Station due to the many Bartlett Pear trees . . . — — Map (db m52895) HM
On South Curry Street, on the right when traveling east.
Built by Joe Gallinger in 1880, it was purchased in 1926 by Jim and Lucinda (Callie) Wiggins Brite. Upon Lucinda's death in 1944, the Davis family purchased the house. It was customary to drive sheep and cattle along Curry Street to the railroad . . . — — Map (db m52890) HM
On South Green Street just south of West F Street, on the right when traveling south.
This building was contructed after the 1952 earthquake to house a post office, a department store, an electric shop, a variety store and a drug store. The photo shows the two-story frame hotel (formerly the Old Summit School, which was moved to this . . . — — Map (db m52968) HM
On Green Street at E Street, on the right when traveling north on Green Street.
In 1947 the Tehachapi Soil Conservation District was organized to advise the farm industry. It was apparent by the early 1960s that if agriculture were to continue as economic force in the District, additional water had to be found. In the early . . . — — Map (db m135047) HM
On D Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling south on D Street. Reported missing.
McFarland House - Located on the northwest corner of "D" and Green Streets, this house was built in the late 1800s by the McFarland family, who operated a sawmill and box factory in Tehachapi, circa 1890.
Late 1880s House - Located . . . — — Map (db m52810) HM
On Green Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1859 and 1860 miners drifted into the area from the Kern River Valley. They found gold and silver in the hills and canyons of the Tehachapi Range. In 1876 the Tehachapi Mining District was formed. In 1877, J.J. Hendrickson made a small fortune . . . — — Map (db m134560) HM
On East F Street, on the left when traveling east.
1906-1914: City of Los Angeles builds and operates plant to make cement for Los Angeles Aqueduct and also constructs town named Aqueduct to house workers and families.
1910: Aqueduct train station and post office are renamed Monolith. . . . — — Map (db m52988) HM
The paths of four sailplane design pioneers have crossed here at Mountain Valley
Airport. Irv Culver, Jim Maupin, Don Mitchell and Irv Prue all designed, built and flew
homebuilt sailplanes. They advanced soaring technology, piloted their own . . . — — Map (db m204640) HM
Near Woodford-Tehachapi Road south of Country Club Drive, on the left when traveling south.
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” as we were assured by Mark Twain, and so it is with the Nüwa/Kawaiisu people, the hunter/gatherers who inhabited the areas from the Southern Sierra Nevada, through the Tehachapi . . . — — Map (db m139925) HM
On Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road, on the right when traveling north.
Father Francisco Garces used the Oak Creek Pass in 1776 to return to the Mojave after exploring the San Joaquin Valley, as did Fremont in 1844-45. Until the building of the railroad through the Tehachapi Pass in 1876, Oak Creek Pass was the only . . . — — Map (db m50250) HM
On South Curry Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built as the Odd Fellows Hall in the early 1930's, it was later used as a movie theatre, dance hall and labor union hall. It was once owned by St. Malachy Church and used as a church hall (1949-53). The structure survived the 1952 earthquake intact, . . . — — Map (db m52892) HM
On West F Street, on the right when traveling east.
The present, remodeled bank building was constructed in 1936 as the second St. Malchy Church. In the early 1980's the structure was sold to the newly formed Sierra National Bank, which was acquired by the Bank of the Sierra in May 2000. — — Map (db m52888) HM
On South Curry Street south of East D Street, on the right when traveling south.
This house was built by Dr. Russell Peery in 1890. He owned a drug store in Tehachapi and was noted for having developed the "gold cure" for arthritis. It later became the residence of Albert Ancker, a long time banker who was a President of the . . . — — Map (db m52812) HM
On F Street at Green Street, on the left when traveling west on F Street.
In this village scene from before contact with the white man, women weave baskets and grind foodstuffs in bedrock mortars. Children play games, as the men make tools and weave rabbit pelt blankets. The border shows more recent members and elders of . . . — — Map (db m140486) HM
On Green Street, on the left when traveling north.
Tehachapi’s early settlers grazed cattle on the abundant grass of the open range until the great droughts of the 1860s & 70s reduced the herds. Herds increased again in the 1880s and large ranches began such as the Hill Ranch, the Tehachapi Cattle . . . — — Map (db m134558) HM
On Green Street at E Street, on the right when traveling north on Green Street.
Golden Hills, Bear Valley Springs, Stallion Springs, Alpine Forest Park, Mountain Meadows, Sand Canyon.
Golden Hills – In early 1960s, the purchase of four ranches in the Old Town area by the Murchison Brothers of Dallas, Texas, became the . . . — — Map (db m135041) HM
On South Curry Street, on the right when traveling east.
The original Red Front Blacksmith Shop was located directly across the street from this mural. The workers pictured represent many local ranching families. The images in the ovals next to the buildings show scenes from Tehachapi's ranching history. . . . — — Map (db m53116) HM
On Green Street, on the right when traveling south.
The first bank in Tehachapi was incorporated on October 11, 1892, in a dry goods store on "G" Street (now Tehachapi Boulevard). The founder and first President of the Bank of Tehachapi was Isadore Asher, who operated the bank in the rear of this . . . — — Map (db m52966) HM
On this site, the first frame building in Tehachapi was built by Mary and Bernard Kessing. They replaced the original wooden building in 1905 with a beautiful brick building named the Kessing Building, which was destroyed in the 1952 earthquake. A . . . — — Map (db m53123) HM
On Tehachapi Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
This style of telephone booth was unique to Southern Pacific Railroad. Untold hundreds were manufactured at the West Oakland Maintenance of Way Shops. Inside each booth was a Western Electric model 1517 BU wood-encased telephone with a . . . — — Map (db m232280) HM
On Green Street at F Street, on the right when traveling north on Green Street.
On February 16, 1914 Silas Christofferson made the first flight over the Tehachapi range above Tehachapi at an “altitude of 800 feet and was in plain view of the mountain folk who turned out in large numbers to see him pass.” There was another . . . — — Map (db m134502) HM
