Foxtail Rangers at Fort Tejon

Foxtail Rangers at Fort Tejon

Bailey, Edward; Bender,H.P.; Bender,Mrs.H.P.; Borgwardt,Gertrude; Borgwardt,H.L.; Borgwardt,Mrs.H.L.; Clothing & dress; Fort Tejon (Lebec, Calif.); Foxtail Rangers; Group portraits; Houghton, Bessie; Houghton,Edward; Houghton,Mrs.W.E.; Leonard,Dan; Leonard,Mrs.Dan; Lopez,J.J.; McLeod,Jessie; Miller,Mrs.I.L.; Mills,Alex; Mills,Louise; Mills,Nita; Moulty, Bertha; Moulty,Albert; Moulty,Mrs.Albert; Peralta,Jose; Sherman,Charles E.

A Bakersfield group calling themselves the Foxtail Rangers removed the bark from the Lebec Oak in 1889 and found the previously-obscured inscription regarding the death of Peter Lebec. In 1890 they found a body,assumed to be Peter Lebec, in the same location, and reburied it.Lady in front of first tree with sailor collar is Bertha Moulty;the children in the picture are Louise and Nita Mills, Bessie Houghton, and Gertrude Borgwardt;the cook was Jose Peralta.

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1 photographic print; 13 x 21 cm.

San Joaquin Valley Library System

1890

Kern County Library

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