
Open to exploration
You are welcome to poke around as more content is added to this websiteSouthern Pacific Railroad, The Loop, Tehachapi Pass. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins circa 1876. Courtesy of California State Library
Welcome to TehachapiHistory.com
A few very special people have done an excellent job of researching and recording the history of Tehachapi, California, and I am privileged to have known a number of them. (Stay tuned!) Some of this research has found its way into books and articles (in print and...
Organizing Tehachapi History
This website was born of an idea to try to organize the history of Tehachapi, California, to make more information easily accessible to more people. That's a big job. I started gathering information and then decided it would be easier to create the infrastructure...