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1943 Map of Cummings Mountain

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Cummings Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Tehachapi Mountains dominate this landscape, where the Southern Pacific railroad maneuvers through complex terrain at Walong and Marcel. The high-altitude valleys of Bear Valley, Brite Valley, and Cummings Mountain are defined by an agricultural and institutional presence, including the California Institution For Women (Abandoned) and numerous private holdings like Grand Oaks Ranch and Spring Valley Farm.

Genealogists will find interest in the scattered residential and community sites such as Woodford (Keene PO) and the Kern Co Preventorium near Tehachapi Creek. The presence of the Indian Sch and Stonybrook Retreat reflects the social infrastructure of Kern County during the 1940s. Further south, the vast El Tejon region and Tejon Ranch mark the transition toward the drainage basins of Tejon Creek and El Paso Creek.