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Walnut Rv Park
Distance: 48.2 Mi19130 Nordhoff St
91324-3654 Northridge -
Not A Cornfield
Distance: 51.9 Mi20700 Ventura Blvd Ste 328
91364-6282 Woodland Hills -
Mountains Restoration Trust
Distance: 53.0 Mi3815 Old Topanga Canyon Rd
91302-1854 Calabasas -
The River Project
Distance: 58.0 Mi11950 Ventura Blvd Ste 9
91604-2635 Studio City -
Frankel Publishing
Distance: 60.7 MiPO Box 824
90272 Pacific Palisades
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Description
Fort Tejon was founded in 1854 on Grapevine Creek, 17 miles from its originally intended location on Tejon Creek. Maj. Donaldson of the 1st U.S. Dragoons selected the site for the new Fort at its present location because of the ready availability of water, fuel and forage. Originally called Camp Canada de las Uvas for the wild grapes in the area, it was officially christened Fort Tejon, (Tejon meaning Badger in Spanish), over the objection of Brevet Lt. Col. Benjamin L. Beall, 1st Dragoons, who suggested "Fort Le Beck," after a trapper who had been killed by a bear there.