The Tomahawk Project
The Tomahawk was not the first newspaper published in Tehachapi, but the weekly began publishing around 1899, and publication continued through June 6, 1919, when new owners changed the name to The Tehachapi News. Today’s Tehachapi News continues this publication. Transcription of locally-produced articles (as opposted to "canned" material received from other areas and sometimes used as filler) is underway. Check back regularly to see more articles.
Local Mention – Feb. 8, 1907
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Feb. 8, 1907 A, Notine was visiting at Los Angeles the first of this week. N.L. Smith was in from his Oak Creek ranch yesterday. L.P. Fickert was in town from his Bear Valley ranch yesterday. Mrs....
Local Mention — Feb. 1, 1907
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Feb. 1, 1907 The farmers have resumed plowing and seeding during the past week and the earth is being turned over as never before, Oliver Smith and Jos, Cunningham left here last Sunday for...
Proposed New Road – Mountain People Want A Nearer Road From The Caliente Valley To Bakersfield
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Feb. 1, 1907 Residents of Caliente, Amalie, Kernville and vicinity are discussing plans for a new road from Caliente to Bakersfield, and it is probable that a petition for such a highway will be...
Local Mention – Jan. 25, 1907
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 25, 1907 R.R. Taylor's physical condition was so much improved last Tuesday that it was deemed prudent to remove him to Pasadena. It is expected that the family will make that city their home...
Knights of Pythias Install Their Officers
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 25, 1907 The lately elected officers to Tehachapi Lodge of the order Knights of Pythias were duly installed in their respective stations last Tuesday evening. Past Chancellor C. Heath acted...
Slide at Tunnel 14 – Traffic Blockaded Twenty-Four Hours
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 25, 1907 All traffic over the mountain was again at a standitill for twelve hours last Saturday morning. A big slide at the entrance to tunnel 14 put a mass of earth and rocks onto the track...
Attached Engine – Former Employe Tied Up A Santa Fe Locomotive
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 The claim of O.M. Watts, the ex-brakeman who tied up a Santa Fe engine with an attachment the other day, was settled yesterday by Attorney Kaye, for Watts, and T.F. Allen, for the...
Explosion of Dynamite at Mt. Summit Tunnel – Kills George Dragsch And Injurs Three Others
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 25, 1907 An explosion of giant powder at the entrance to the tunnel at the Mountain Summit Manufacturing Company's works near Keene last Friday afternoon caused the death of George Dragsch,...
Local Mention – Jan 18, 1907
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 Miss Jessie Powell will lead the Epworth Laguee meeting next Sunday evening. Prayer Meeting and Song-service at the Parsonage next Thursday evening. All are welcome. Wa. Wiggins...
Wsggins Recovers Damage – From Power Company to Amount of $299.99
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 The suit of W.F. Wiggins against the Kern River Company for damages in the amount of $560 for an alleged breach of contract, was tried before a jury in Judge Bennett's department of...
New Constable’s First Arrest
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 On information from Caliente last Wednesday night, that a car had been broken into, Constable Williamson made his first arrest. The man who gave the name of C. Burns taken from a...
Local K. of P. Lodge Will Install Officers Next Tuesday Evening
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 The local lodge of Knights of Pythias will install officers for the present year at the regular meeting next Tuesday evening. District Deputy Grand Chancellor W.S. Millard, of...
A Very Close Call
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 The north bound Owl train ran into a boulder Sunday night and a serious wreck was averted by the fact that the train was moving very slow on account of the soft road bed, the only...
Telephone Line Wrecked by the Recent Heavy Snow
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 Reports coming in show that the recent storm was the greatest this country has known in many years. The fall of rain and snow in the valley was unusual while the mountains are...
Looking Up Tungsten Ore – United States Geological Surveyor Investigating Kern’s Mineral Deposits
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 L.F. Hess, a U.S. geological surveyor, is a visitor in this city gathering information for the department with which he is identified. Mr. Hess is particularly engaged in...
Masons Install Officers – ‘Went Home in the Morning’ – Members and Visitors Enjoy the Hour for ‘Refreshment’
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 18, 1907 At a special meeting of Tehachapi Lodge No. 313 F. & A.M. the recently elected officers were ushered into their respective offices with the impressive installation ceremony. Past...
Local Mention – Jan. 11, 1907
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 11, 1907 _____ G.C. Green of Randsburg, spent a few days in Tehachapi the first of this week. The officers of the local lodge of Masons will be installed to-morrow night. Miss Millie Buhn...
Resignation of R.R. Taylor as Justice of the Peace; Appointment of Chas. Heath
Originally published in The Tomahawk, Tehachapi, California, on Friday, Jan. 11, 1907 _____ The resignation of R.R. Taylor as Justice of the Peace, was accepted by the Board of Supervisors last Tuesday. The matter of appointing a successor came up yesterday. Two...