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1909 - 2009 Celebrating 100 years! "Land Of Many Acorns and Good Waters"Kawaiisu indians were the first people to live here. They called themselves the "Nu-oo-ah, "the people". The people called it Tah-ee-chay-pah, “the land of many acorns and good waters.” Locals couldn’t pronounce it, so they called it Tihichipa. The first non Indian explorers were in 1776 Spanish Padre Garces, then 1806 Padre Jose Marea. Jedediah Smith passed thru here in 1827, so others like Capt John Fremont and Kit Carson in 1844 could make their expeditions thru here. It was in 1853 Robert Williamson a government engineer decided the route through Summit Station (Tehachapi Pass) was best for the railroad. That didn’t get completed till 1876 once that last tunnel was completed.
In 1860 the first community was established and named Williamsburg after the first resident James Williams. It served mainly a trading center for all the local ranchers. Yet, Williamsburg was abandon around 1875 when the most of the buildings were relocated to the Summit Station and a new site was established and renamed Tehachapi because of railroad timetable.
Tehachapi has an elevation of 4,000 feet with the San Joaquin Valley on one side and the other the Mojave Desert. It consists of lush rolling hills dotted with ancient oak trees that are still prized by our community. Agriculture is still important here with sod and organic farms that still sprawl across our landscape. Horses, sheep, and cattle ranches are still very prevalent here, so be careful of loose wondering live stock. For quite sometime, my native people use to come and celebrate together the Powwow in June, but now this is held in Bakersfield usually at the Fair Grounds so keep an eye for it in our local or Bakersfield papers.
Tehachapi is working on revitalizing our wonderful historical down town area. We have improved sidewalks, crosswalks, beautiful antique street lights, relaxing music, and these really neat signs that have a map showing where all the significate sightseeing places to visit!Historical Markers of Kern CountyLandmarks for Kern Co.Tehachapi |
|  | "Tehachapi Loop" When the Tehachapi Loop was being built, they realized that it was steep for the trains to travel up through the mountains, so they created this huge loop so the trains can travel easier. It can be viewed if you exit Tucker Road then take a right on Highway 202 (Valley Blvd) then right onto Tehachapi Woodford Road and just follow it tell you reach the historical marker. Or you can keep traveling till you see the historical marker sign and exit to Keene and just follow the road and enjoy the wonderful scenery. Here is a great site to learn more about the LOOP! The Loop |
Passing by! Guess which one is moving and which one is standing still;-) Without the trains, life in Tehachapi would be like a bird without wings! Train Cam | | |
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Stephanie Mon Nov 2, 2009 04:17 UTC
I love your Tehachapi collage!! | angiebabe Sun Oct 18, 2009 21:59 UTC
Hiya!finally back to yr pgs!just today I stopped into the charity shop at end of my new street4 any travel bks&now have California's2003 RoughGuide!£1!yr town in it of course!says 1 of worlds largest windfarms with5100 generators!!love yr poppy pics! | ranger49 Wed Sep 2, 2009 16:29 UTC
Back for a bit more of the tour - so much here on your page to take. Another place to put on the list of things we want to see when hopefully we make it out to visit my sisternext year.Thanks for sharing. | jumpingnorman Tue Aug 25, 2009 16:21 UTC
You're very creative on that jumping pic of me at Tehachapi...hehehe...but when I'm there, I'll jump beside the Happy Trees and stay at the Stallion Springs...nice updates, Norman :) |
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