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“Who’d give a dime to see a piss ant eat a bale of hay?” – Rodney Meter Auctioneer Rod of Lancast...

“There is a day to cast your nets, and a day to dry your nets.” – Traditional Fisherman’s Saying...

“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” – David O. McKay...

“Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick any two.” – Sign on a desk This sentiment indicates that a customer can g...

“Tootie would go with her mother and brothers to stay with her Dad, who worked as a miner in R...

"I began collecting insects when I was only seven or eight years old. My parents were very...

The Tehachapi Mountains can be a challenging place to garden. Many of the plants carried in chain...

Roses generally do well in Tehachapi, and my recommendation for one of the best miniature roses you...

I'd like to tell you about the beautiful pear orchard that once grew within Tehachapi city limits, n...

"We spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on...

“When people who had never heard of Tehachapi would ask where it was, I’d tell them ‘We’re about h...

“A good laugh and long sleep are the two best cures for anything.” – Irish Prove...

"The night Prohibition was enacted in 1919, there were 13 saloons and only two churches in...

"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason." – Edward R. Murrow...

U. S. Postal Service: "State the names of other post offices near the proposed one in Tehachapi,...

"When I was growing up in Tehachapi, we could hike and explore all over this place, on both sides...

Under blue Tehachapi skies, a creek chuckled and splashed as it flowed, newly-invigorated by recent...

After graduating from Marine Corps boot camp in 1943, prior to being shipped to the Pacific Theater...

The Tehachapi Mountains are home to at least six species of tree oaks and perhaps that many shrubs...

January weather in Tehachapi can be snowy, windy and extremely cold, or it can be sunny and mild...

Since the Tehachapi Mountains can get very cold in winter, and we usually have snow, you may wonder...

When most people think about Tehachapi and fruit trees, the first type that comes to mind are apple...

If you want to learn more about the Native Americans of the Tehachapi Mountains, the first two...

A friend of mine, Manney Cowan, grew up here and lived in Tehachapi, and people used to pay him to...

Sierra Nevada Natural History By Tracy I. Storer and Robert Usinger 1963 University of California...