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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for Fort Tejon:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 6th May 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Tejon
Registry Address: 3 mi. NW of Lebec
Registry Number: 71000140
Resource Type: District
Owner: State
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 205
Contributing Buildings: 3
Contributing Structures: 17
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Transportation, Military, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1854, 1864
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Military facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

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