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  • Premiere showing of '4:52: The Tehachapi Earthquake,' Aug. 29

    Charles White, contributing writer|Aug 20, 2022

    Join us for the first viewing of a new short video that commemorates the 70th anniversary of the devastating 1952 Tehachapi earthquake that destroyed downtown Tehachapi. The date and time of 4:52 a.m., July 21, 1952 was seared into the minds of Tehachapi residents for decades. Even today, old timers have stories to tell about the most devastating event in Tehachapi history, an earthquake of such magnitude that it was felt throughout the state, from San Diego to Northern California. It was the...

  • Errea Garden dedication, May 28

    Charles White, contributing writer|May 14, 2022

    Work on the redesign of the Errea Garden is nearing completion. A portion of the original garden was lost to a new owner several years ago and the Heritage League was given a new portion of land behind the Errea House. For three years, work has been ongoing to redesign and repurpose the garden, enclosed by a new wooden fence enclosing the garden. Mary Cunningham volunteered to be the chairperson and has worked for three years on redesigning and doing much of the work herself, assisted by Board...

  • Vintage Christmas decoration sale at the Errea House, Nov. 27

    Charles White, contributing writer|Nov 20, 2021

    On Saturday, November 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Errea House porch, 311 S. Green St., Tehachapi, there will be a sale of vintage Christmas items collected over a 50 to 60-year period. There are many large mechanized Christmas figures made before the "computerized" era and some require electricity to operate. There are also other, smaller Santa figures, stuffed bears and tree ornaments. Many of these Christmas items were contributed by museum board member Rich Erdman. After the death of...

  • Calling artists for Christmas sketch contest and raffle at Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White, Tehachapi Heritage League|Oct 9, 2021

    The Tehachapi Heritage League will hold several special Christmas events this year. To help celebrate we will publish our “Christmas Around the World” booklet featuring traditions, customs and recipes from the United Kingdom. We will include the winning sketches of the Christmas sketch contest in the booklet. “Christmas Around the World” booklets will be on sale at the Tehachapi Museum and Errea House Museum beginning Dec. 3. Christmas sketch contest There are four age divisions in the sketch...

  • Boy Scouts come to Errea House's aid

    Charles White, Tehachapi Heritage League|Oct 9, 2021

    The Errea House garden on Green Street in Tehachapi is undergoing major changes and some projects are beyond the capabilities of the not-so-young volunteers that help the Heritage League Museum on a monthly basis. A cry for help went out and was answered by our local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of Scout Leader Zack Powell, two members of his troop volunteered to dig up and stack pavers and move a large mound of rocks into gabion cages to form a wall. Garrett...

  • Tehachapi Museum and Errea House Museum reopen June 19

    Charles White, contributing writer|Jun 19, 2021

    After being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tehachapi Museum and Errea House will reopen on Saturday, June 19 from noon to 4 p.m. They will continue to be open Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. In July the schedule will expand to Saturdays and Sundays, and eventually Friday will be added to the schedule. On 4th of July the museums will open early at 11 a.m. Cupcakes will be served on the Errea House porch at 1 p.m. to celebrate the 48th birthday of the Tehachapi...

  • Pop-Up Christmas Sale at the Errea House with hand carved Christmas Sleigh

    Charles White, contributing writer|Dec 5, 2020

    On Saturday, December 5, the Tehachapi Heritage League is holding a Pop Up sale in the Errea Garden at 11 a.m. There will be an array of items for Holiday gifts. Available will be tea cups planted with succulents, handmade Christmas stockings, goats' milk soaps, Blue Oak coffee, Moessner jams, irradiated green glass, Christmas decorations, stocking stuffers, collectibles and, of course, a wonderful silent auction item, a sleigh carved by local wood carvers, Don Kordes and his daughter, Janice Po...

  • Temporary closure of the Tehachapi Museum and Errea House

    Charles White, President of the Tehachapi Heritage League|Mar 14, 2020

    Following the guidelines of the California Department of Public Health and the City of Tehachapi, the Tehachapi Museum and the Errea House Museum will be closed until further notice. The situation will be reassessed on April 12. At that time, depending on the extent to which the Coronavirus has spread or been contained, a decision will be made to either extend or end the closure. The Tehachapi Heritage League looks forward to better days, when we can again provide a quality museum experience to...

  • New exhibits at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Feb 29, 2020

    In spite of an early spring this year, a new exhibit in the Textile Gallery features warm winter clothing for children and adults, featuring fur items from the museum’s collection. One exhibit features two children’s jackets in rabbit fur with tiny mittens and a hat with a tiny mouse. The children’s coats are accompanied by a mother’s dress in black with rabbit fur along the collar. A mink jacket with an evening dress, an ermine cape, and a Persian lamb collar with matching muff complet...

  • See new exhibits at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Feb 1, 2020

    Several new exhibits will be installed for February First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum. A new exhibit in the Textile Gallery will feature warm winter clothing for children and adults, featuring fur items from the museum’s collection. Another new exhibit features clocks from local clock collector Lynn Mazie. It features many of the smaller clocks from her collection. She began collecting in the early 1970s when she saw a mantle clock that reminded her of the clock in her childhood home. That c...

  • Kick off the New Year at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Dec 21, 2019

    For Jan. 3 First Friday, join us at the Tehachapi Museum for champagne and appetizers to kick off the New Year! The Christmas decorations will still be up and all Christmas items will be on sale, including Christmas jewelry. Other selected merchandise discounted, also. Special exhibits include a display of gnomes collected by Sheryl Bovi. The fanciful gnomes are shown in many different settings. They were sculpted by Dr. Thomas Fetzer Clark, known as Tom Clark, a native of Elizabethtown, North...

  • New exhibits for Christmas at the Errea House Museum and the Tehachapi Museum features Italy

    Charles White|Nov 23, 2019

    For the Dec. 6 First Friday, the Tehachapi Museum will feature several new exhibits, along with the opening of "Christmas Around the World," this year featuring Italy. Each year the Museum features Christmas customs and traditional foods from countries around the globe. Festivities start on First Friday and continue until Sunday, Dec. 22. On First Friday traditional Italian appetizers and cookies will be served along with wine and champagne from 5 to 8 p.m. Each year a small booklet is produced...

  • New exhibit of Tom Clark Gnomes at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Oct 26, 2019

    A new exhibit of fanciful gnomes will open on First Friday, Nov. 1 at the Tehachapi Museum. The collectible figures are shown in many different settings, including several created for Christmas. They were sculpted by Dr. Thomas Fetzer Clark, known as Tom Clark, a native of Elizabethtown, N.C. He trained in sculpture at Roberts School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Museum School of Art in Boston, Mass., and at City and Guilds of London School of Art. Gnomes are legendary creatures found...

  • New Fickert Ranch exhibit at Errea House Museum

    Charles White|Oct 12, 2019

    On Saturday, Oct. 5, Fred Fickert and his wife Anne visited Tehachapi for the opening of the Fickert Exhibit at the Errea House Museum and for the dedication of a plaque commemorating the historic Fickert Ranch Cemetery in Bear Valley Springs. The exhibit in one of the bedrooms at the Errea House features a walnut Victorian bed and dresser from the old ranch house, along with many photos of the Fickert family, going back to the current Fred Fickert's great grandfather, the original Frederick...

  • New exhibit on the Fickert family and Bear Valley Springs at the Errea House Museum

    Charles White|Sep 28, 2019

    A new exhibit on the Fickert family of Bear Valley will open on Saturday, Oct. 5 at noon in the Errea House Museum at 311 S. Green St. For a preview of the exhibit, the Errea House will be open for First Friday on Oct. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. A brief history is included, as well as photos of the family, the ranch and the development of Bear Valley Springs. Victorian furniture from the Fickert ranch house, tools and other artifacts will be included in the exhibit. Fred Fickert will be present on...

  • Special Exhibit of Matchbooks and the Milano Gallery featured at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Aug 31, 2019

    A collection of matchbooks in the Community Case and Native American artifacts will be featured for September First Friday on Sept. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. Matchbooks have been around since 1892 when Joshua Pusey patented the idea of paper matches. The tips were dipped in a solution of sulphur and phosphorus and stapled to a piece of cardboard. The Diamond Match Company promptly purchased Pusey’s patent. In 1894, a company salesman named Henry Traute got his first order for 10 million matchbooks f...

  • Exhibit of matchbooks featured at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Jul 20, 2019

    The Tehachapi Museum is featuring a collection of matchbooks in the Community Case for August First Friday on Aug. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. Matchbooks have been around since 1892 when Joshua Pusey patented the idea of paper matches. The tips were dipped in a solution of sulphur and phosphorus and stapled to a piece of cardboard. The Diamond Match Company promptly purchased Pusey's patent. In 1894, a company salesman named Henry Traute got his first order for 10 million matchbooks featuring ads for...

  • No First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum in July

    Charles White, Tehachapi Museum|Jun 22, 2019

    Due to the holiday weekend, the Tehachapi Museum will not be open in July for First Friday. We will resume First Friday in August. For the July 4 weekend, the Museum will be open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. In addition, the Museum will be open on the 4th of July from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate the Museum’s 46th birthday. Birthday cake and lemonade will be served on the Errea House porch at 1 p.m. Please join us!...

  • Tehachapi Museum to feature Prohibition era exhibit and Gene Stirm's 'Lilac Houses' paintings

    Charles White, Tehachapi Museum|May 25, 2019

    Join us at the Tehachapi Museum on Friday, June 7 for First Friday. A new exhibit on the Prohibition era will be opening celebrating the roaring 20s, a confluence of women's right to vote, the prohibition of alcohol and a booming economy. It's just what the nation needed after the gloom of WWI. In addition, Gene Stirm's series of paintings titled "Lilac Houses" will be exhibited. He features three historic houses with their lilac bushes in full bloom, painted in an impressionist style. The...

  • Jewelry of Linda Turco featured at Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Apr 27, 2019

    First Friday on May 3 will feature the jewelry of Linda Turco at the Tehachapi Museum. Linda has been fascinated with the artistry of jewelry, beadwork in particular, since childhood. Her background as a graphic designer helped to shape her color and design ideas. After she and her husband retired to Tehachapi, her love of beadwork flourished. Linda's designs range from hand-woven beaded necklaces, bracelets and earrings, to focal stone cabochons surrounded by elaborately beaded bezels and rope...

  • Tehachapi Mountain Carvers featured at the Tehachapi Museum

    Charles White|Mar 30, 2019

    First Friday on April 5 at the Tehachapi Museum will feature the opening of a new exhibit of carved wood objects by the Tehachapi Mountain Carvers club. The club, originally started by 15 people who were involved in woodcarving classes offered through the Parks and Recreation Department in 2001, applied to be a chapter of the California Carvers Guild. TMC was chartered as CCB Chapter 62. In 2010, a new woodcarving class was started at the Tehachapi Senior Citizens Center. An enthusiastic group...

  • Tehachapi Museum featuring the Tehachapi Community Theater

    Charles White|Feb 16, 2019

    Join us on March 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. for First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum. A new exhibit opening in March highlights the 50th Anniversary of the Tehachapi Community Theater. Programs, posters and costumes from the past 50 years will be featured. TCT now performs in the BeeKay Theatre, a beautifully restored venue that allows for professional quality plays and musicals. The year-long celebration culminates in a Gala to be held in October. Several continuing exhibits will be ending this month,...

  • Main Street Tehachapi celebrates 20 years

    Charles White|Feb 2, 2019

    Most Tehachapi residents know Main Street Tehachapi from the many fun and entertaining events that bring residents and out of towners to the historic downtown area, such as the upcoming Wine and Chocolate Walk, the Ugly Sweater Wine Walk in November, the newest wine walk, Sip Sip Hurray, coming up in June and the Summer Farmers Market. Recently MST has provided $20,000 in grants to Downtown businesses for façade improvements and repainting. Last year $5,000 was donated to assist the City with...

  • Tehachapi Museum and Errea House featuring Vintage Valentine cards, Pez dispensers and displays of pottery

    Charles White|Jan 19, 2019

    Join us on Feb. 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. for First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum and start your Valentine celebration early. Vintage Valentine cards will be featured, along with candy boxes, tins and special Valentine-themed appetizers will be served. Continuing exhibits include a display of the pottery of Mata Ortiz, a region of NW Chihuahua, Mexico featuring a portion of the collection of sisters Mary Cunningham of Tehachapi and Gianna Ranuzzi of Berkeley. Many of the items were purchased in Mata...

  • Tehachapi Museum and Errea House featuring Pez dispensers and displays of pottery

    Charles White|Dec 22, 2018

    On First Friday in January the Tehachapi Museum will feature several continuing exhibits from 5 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The Community Case features a display of the pottery of Mata Ortiz. The Mata Ortiz region of NW Chihuahua, Mexico has a pre- Columbian history as a trade and cultural crossroads between its site of Paquime and the cultures of central Mexico and the Hohokam, Anasazi and Mogolion people of what is now the American Southwest. The dream of one man started an...

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