Fort Tejon State Historic Park Maps

Lebec, CA

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Fort Tejon State Historic Park Description

Fort Tejon is located in the Grapevine Canyon, the main route between California's Great Central Valley and Southern California. The fort was established to protect and control the Indians who were living on the Sebastian Indian Reservation, and to protect both the Indians and white settlers from raids by the Paiutes, Chemeheui, Mojave, and other Indian groups of the desert regions to the southeast. Fort Tejon was first garrisoned by the United States Army on August 10, 1854 and was abandoned ten years later on September 11, 1864. There are restored adobes from the original fort and the park’

Coordinates
: 34.874, -118.894
Area
: 647 acres (2.62 km²)
Official Link
: Fort Tejon State Historic Park