Fort Tejon
- Also Known As: Fort Tejon State Historic Park
- Vicinity: 3 mi NW of Lebec
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1853/07/00 | Edward Fitzgerald Beale | Military | Edward Beale establishes Tejon Farm, 50000 acres near Fort Tajon, the first attempt to move Native Americans to an argricultural reservation | |||
1854/00/00 | US Army establishes Fort Tejon | |||||
1855/00/00 | Edward Beale buys Rancho La Liebre in 1855, Rancho El Tejon and Rancho de los Alamos y Agua Caliente in 1865, and Rancho Castac in 1866, creating Tejon Ranch. | |||||
1912/00/00 | Truxtun Beale, Edward's son, sells the Tejon Ranch to a group of investors led by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler and land developer Moses Sherman. |
Particulars for Fort Tejon: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Military |
Historic Use | Military facility |
Level of Significance | National |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | State |
Area of Significance | Transportation |
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (book) | Book | Hampton Sides | Setting |
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