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Some years back I ordered, from a little catalog, a strip of something with inserted flower seeds. A...

I have mentioned before that I originated in Mojave and only moved to Tehachapi in 1937. During my...

In 1950, when I began living in the Southland, it was, and still is, 200 miles from Oceanside,...

The Hoppers are not a family that moved here recently, but little hopping insects; grass hoppers and...

I was fortunate to be able to grow up, during most of my childhood, in the same town with long-time...

In the early 1800s, the entire San Joaquin Valley of Central California was populated by the Native...

One hundred thirty-eight years ago there was a small frame building on West F Street. A frame...

The first time I heard about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was in 1950. My Marine husband and I...

There used to be a radio program whose host gave news as it was supposed to have happened. After...

There hangs on my wall, among an assortment of family photos, a photo of a fine looking lady. Her...

Father Joseph Mohr had journeyed to Oberndorf , a small town in Austria. It was his new assignment...

As a young person, when I still lived in Mojave, it was a special day when we could come to...

I remember one Dec. 31, 2016, New Year's Eve when Father Time, old 2016, made an effort to throw...

When you find that someone who should remember has forgotten your birthday, you say, "Oh, don't...

This finishes off a thumbnail sketch of the happenings that I once jotted down. It's a mighty long...

I left you in the early days of the 20th Century in "nineteen 'aught' nine." That's the way the old...

Sometimes it's interesting to read little timelines listing events of many years ago. I don't...

Some years ago I was asked by the Friends of the Depot to speak at one of their meetings about my...

When in high school I read a poem that began, "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the...

The Tehachapi Heritage League has received permission to open the doors of the Museum and Errea...

One of my earlier memories from the 1930s was Tehachapi's 4th of July free barbecue! It was taken...

Even though the pictured home was destroyed by the 1952 Earthquake, at one time in the 1890s, it...

Since the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, people have had a love affair with tr...

We all, on occasion, make a visit to a cemetery and in this time period we find most of them well ma...

The religious celebration of Easter is eternal and the reason for the commemoration of the day...