Lebec, California
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Lebec is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Kern County, California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,239.
Lebec as seen from I-5 southbound in 2021
A distinctive residential house in Lebec
Lebec Post Office
Homes in Lebec, CA.
Fort Tejon
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Fort Tejon in California is a former United States Army outpost which was intermittently active from June 24, 1854, until September 11, 1864. It is located in the Grapevine Canyon between the San Emig
Lebec, California
…feet (1,061 m). Lebec is named in honor of Peter Lebeck (or Lebecque), a French trapper killed by a grizzly bear in 1837 in the area that later became Fort Tejon. He was memorialized in an epitaph at the site, found carved in a bare spot on an old oak tree. The epitaph read PETER LEBECK / KILLED BY A X BEAR…
Fort Tejon Barracks
Parade ground at Fort Tejon, California, June 2006. The restored barracks are at left and the commanding officer's quarters are at the center, to the right of and behind which are the stabilized but unrestored officers' quarters. Split rail fences outline the foundations of buildings that have not been reconstructed.
East end of the restored barracks building. The unreconstructed kitchen/mess hall is outlined by split rail fence to the left.
Barracks interior showing soldiers' quarters.