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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 in the Grapevine Canyon ( La Cañada de las Uvas ) between the San Emigdio Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains .
The Tejon Pass / t eɪ ˈ h oʊ n, t ə ˈ h oʊ n, ˈ t eɪ. h oʊ n /, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern California north to the Central Valley.
The Fort Tejon Historical Association (FTHA) is a historical society dedicated to preserving the historic site at Fort Tejon State Historic Park, in Kern County, California, and educating the public about the fort’s role in 19th century California and U.S. history.
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[citation needed] The area was garrisoned by the United States Army a year later, on August 10, 1854, as Fort Tejon, the first military fort in the California interior. [citation needed] The fort suffered extensive damage during the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake. [6] The first post office opened in 1895, having been transferred there from Tejon. [4]
Oct. 31, 1950: This air view shows the $630,000 grade separation of State Highway 121 to Grapevine, left, and State Highway 183 to Dallas, right.
The Sebastian Indian Reservation (1853-1864), more commonly known as the Tejon Indian Reservation, was formerly at the southwestern corner of the San Joaquin Valley in the Tehachapi Mountains, in southern central California. It was located in the southwestern Tehachapis, from Tejon Creek and Tejon Canyon, west to Grapevine Canyon (Canada de las ...