
The San Andreas Rift Zone creates a striking geological corridor through this portion of the Tehachapi Mountains and Tejon Pass. Surveyed in the early 1930s with late-1940s culture revisions, the map highlights a critical transportation bottleneck where the Golden State Highway and a major Transmission Line snake through the mountainous terrain. Settlement is concentrated around the community of Gorman, an essential stopover point for travelers navigating the pass between the Central Valley and Southern California.
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1903 · Tejon
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1932 · Beartrap Canyon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1933 · Quail
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1933 · Gorman
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1938 · Beartrap Canyon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1938 · Gorman
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1938 · Black Mountain
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1938 · Quail
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1942 · Frazier Mountain
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1944 · Frazier Mountain
USGS Topo · 1:31,680