Fort Tejon was established by the United States Army in 1854 and was active for ten years. It is located in the Grapevine Canyon part of the Tejon Pass along the main route through the mountains separating California's Great Central Valley from Los Angeles. The mission of the fort was to protect white settlers from attacks by Native American groups, including the Paiute and Mojave, and to monitor the less aggressive Emigdiano living nearby. The Emigdiano, who were closely related to the Chumash of the Santa Barbara area, had several villages near Fort Tejon and were generally cooperative with the European settlers and the Army. US Army Seal The United States Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Grapevine is a village located at the foot of a notorious road grade known as The Grapevine in the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley along Interstate 5 (formerly U.S. Highway 99). ... Tejon Pass Tejon Pass (elevation 4,183 ft/1,275 m) is a mountain pass at the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... The California Central Valley Part of the Valley as seen from overhead A typical Central Valley scene at ground level The California Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the state of California. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Native Americans in the United States (also known as Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States and their descendants in... Paiute (sometimes written as Piute) refers to two related groups — Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute — of Native Americans speaking languages belonging to the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family of Native American languages. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Rafael, a Chumash in the 1800s Pre-contact distribution of the Chumash The Chumash Indians, a Native American tribe, mainly inhabited the southern coastal regions of California, in the vicinity of what is now Santa Barbara and Ventura, extending as far south as Malibu. ... Mission Santa Barbara, known as the queen of the missions. Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ...

The great earthquake of 1857 that became known as the Fort Tejon earthquake was in fact centered nowhere near Fort Tejon. The fort became associated with the earthquake simply because the area near the epicenter was sparsely populated and the most reliable report of the shaking was issued from the fort, nearly 150 km distant. The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred on January 9, 1857, with an estimated magnitude of 8. ... The epicenter is directly above the earthquakes focus. ...

Fort Tejon is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...

External links

• The Fort Tejon Historical Association