Historic and Geologic Resources
of South Central California

(Including, Tehachapi, the Mojave Desert
 and Southern San Joaquin Valley)

 

Tehachapi Area Resources
 

Survey of Tehachapi Valley and Pass in 1853

Indians of the Tehachapi Area

The Supernatural World of the Kawaiisu by Maurice Zigmond (1977) (html)

The Supernatural World of the Kawaiisu by Maurice Zigmond (1977) (pdf file)

Indians of Mission San Fernando, that later lived at Rancho El Tejón

Father Garces', May 1776 visit to Tehachapi

United States General Land Office Deed (Patent) Records For the Tehachapi Area

Township 31 South, Mount Diablo Meridian
Township 32 South, Mount Diablo Meridian

San Bernardino Meridian

What are Townships, Ranges and Meridians anyway?

US General Land Office / Bureau of Land Management

Patent Records for the Entire State of California

Historic Monuments in the Tehachapi Area

1877 Map of the Tehachapi Area (Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler's  Atlas Sheet No. 73)

Regional Map (Including Tehachapi, Bakersfield, Keyesville)
Tehachapi Area Map

Simplified geologic history of the Tehachapi Area

T-HACHA-P Pears

A Tehachapi Historical Bibliography

Christian Churches of Tehachapi

 

Regional Historical Resources

Mojave Desert Mining History

Local Area Links

 

Historic Central California Reference Material


Early Newspaper Clippings of the Southern San Joaquin Valley
    (Includes Fort Tejon, Indians, Tehachapi, Havaliah, Bakersfield, Mining)

1851-1852
1853
1854-1859
1862-1864

Kern County Historical Society

Keyesville Indian Massacre of April 19, 1863

The Indian School in Tejon Canyon

The Owens Valley Indian War


 

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