Historic Sites in Lebec, CA

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This memorial plaque placed in memory of Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale First Superintendent of Indian Affairs in...

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Wm. B. Rose, in 1875, a mile east; built an adobe stage station on the site of the Overland Mail Way Station establis...

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This military post was established by the United States Army on June 24, 1854, to suppress stock rustling and for the...

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The first and only "Camel Brigade" of the United States Army commanded by Lt. Edward E. Beale 1857-1864. San...

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The Sebastian or Tejon Indian Reservation (headquarters 10 miles east of here) was established in 1853 by Gen. Edward...

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In 1772, Don Pedro Fages, leaving the first written record of explorations in the south San Joaquin Valley, passed th...

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- Experience frontier California life of the 1850s and 1860s. Talk with soldiers who grumble about fatigue detai...

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Jefferson Davis, Father of National Highways, as Secretary of War 1853-57 sponsored the importation of 33 camels for ...

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Although little is known about Peter Lebec, it is believed that he was killed by a grizzly bear, and buried under thi...

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In 1856 the U.S. Army started an experiment using camel for supply transport in the southwest. The camels proved ill ...

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The Park is open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm daily until further notice.Fort Tejon is located in the Grapevine Canyon, the main ...

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In 1772, Don Pedro Fages, first recorded non-Indian to visit the southern San Joaquin Valley, crossed this spot on hi...

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El Camino Viejo (The Old Highway) began as an inland trail prior to 1800. It was originally a refugee route running b...

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Six miles east of this point was the site of the Butterfield Stage Line station Sinks of Tejn. Operating through pres...

Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale