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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKS_tehachapi-museum_Tehachapi-CA.html
This structure was built in 1932 as the Kern County Branch Library. When a new library was constructed in 1981, the County gave the old building to the City of Tehachapi with the stipulation that it be used as a public building. In 1982 the City l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYY2_tehachapi-pass_Tehachapi-CA.html
Tehachapi Pass became the preferred route connecting the Mojave and the San Joaquin Valley after John C. Fremont and Kit Carson passed this way during the 2nd Fremont Expedition in 1844. Situated at the southern edge of the Sierra Nevada, Tehachap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXB_arrastra-at-railroad-park_Tehachapi-CA.html
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 location stone …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXX7_oak-creek-pass_Tehachapi-CA.html
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 r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7OX_old-town_Golden-Hills-CA.html
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 residen…