Ridge Route & US-99 | Lebec, Tejon
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The Trail to Kashtiq by John R. Johnson · Calif. Journal of Anthropology, Winter 1978
The Fort Tejon Earthquake of 1857 · (New York) Harper's Weekly, 2-21-1857
Pyramid Lake and Substation Mark 26th Year by Estelle Foley, August 2000
Recollections of a Boy Ranger by Mike Shuman, July 1998
Story of the Ridge Route by Harrison Scott · California Historian, Summer 1997
A History of Gorman by Bonnie Ketterl Kane, March 2002
Reliving Ridge Route History, Automobile Club of Southern California · Westways, March 2001.
ACR 98: 1915 Ridge Route Highway Historical Monument, by Assemblyman George Runner, 7-20-2001.
Memories of The Tumble Inn by Paul T. Mill, November 2000

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LW2128 - The Lebec Oak & Peter le Beck's Grave Marker (4 Views), 2001. (From 1837.)
LW2129 - Enlisted Men's Barracks at Fort Tejon, 2001. (From ca. 1854.) 125K.
JJ1002 - Serrano Indian at Fort Tejon, c. 1900.
AL1902 - Cowboys of Castaic and Tejon Ranch, Stereoview Photograph, July 5, 1902. 249K.
AL1903 - Gorman, Cyanotype Photograph, 1903. 154K.
LW2010 - Piru Canyon Bridge, Color Postcard, 1910s. 130K.
LW2210 - The Tumble Inn Hotel and Restaurant, 1910s-20s.
LW2190 - Climbing the Tejon Grade, 1914.
SR1601 - National Forest Inn, ca. 1916.
AL1917 - Lebec, CA on the Ridge Route. Postcard, 1917. 240K
LW2202 - Sandberg's Summit Hotel. Postcard, 1920.
LW2185 - National Forest Inn, Real Photo Postcard, ca. 1920. 207K.
AL1921 - National Forest Inn, Travelers on the Ridge Route (2 Views), Photographs, 4-20-1920.
AL1930 - National Forest Inn, Business Card, ca. 1920s.
LW2211 - Hotel Lebec, Linen Postcard, ca. 1920s.
CU1920 - General Petroleum, Lebec Station, Real Photo Postcard, ca. 1920s.
CU1921 - General Petroleum, Lebec Station, Real Photo Postcard, ca. 1920s.
LW2041 - Ridge Route, Elev. 4,000 feet, 1920s. 130K.
HS9017 - Ridge Route: Serpentine Drive, Real Photo Postcard.
LW2136 - Looking Toward Piru Canyon, Tinted Postcard, 1920s. 107K.
LW2012 - Bridge Across Castaic Creek, Color Postcard, 1920s. 98K.
LW2017 - Winding to the Summit, Color Postcard, 1920s. 130K.
LW2008 - Swede's Cut, Color Postcard, 1920s. 130K.
LW2009 - Climb to Swede's Cut, Color Postcard, 1920s. 130K.
LW2021 - Grapevine Grade & Straightaway, Color Postcard, 1920s. 130K.
LW2032 - Sandberg's Summit Hotel, Color Postcard, ca. 1920s. 130K.
LW2026 - Castaic Valley & Lake (near Lebec), Color Postcard, ca. 1920s. 130K.
AL1974 - Weldon Canyon, Newhall, Real Photo Postcard, ca. 1920s.
AL1927 - Ridge Route Between Hotel Lebec and Fort Tejon, Photograph, ca. 1926. 99K.
AL1926 - Tourists in Front Of Hotel Lebec (3 Views), Photographs, ca. 1926.
ES1927 - Tourist in Front Of Hotel Lebec, Photograph, 1927. 127K.
SR2801 - Dance Hall at National Forest Inn, 1928.
LW2029 - Hotel Lebec, Postcard, 1920s-30s. 98K.
AL1975 - Hotel Lebec, Postcard, 1920s-30s.
LW2083 - Col. Charles Lindbergh Goes Gliding in Lebec (14 Views), 1930.
AL1903 - Gorman Cafe, Hotel, and Garage, Photograph, ca. 1930s. 162K.
LW2236 - Highway 99: North side of Grapevine, 1934.
LW2112 - Hotel Lebec Coffee Shop, Postcard, 1940s.
LW2013 - Traveling the Ridge, Linen Postcard, 1940s. Color, 130K.
AL1946 - Grapevine on the Ridge, Postcard, 1940s. Color, 109K.
LW2237 - Highway 99: South side of Grapevine, 1943.
PM0000 - The Tumble Inn (Mountainview Lodge), 5 Views + Diagram, 1944. Color.
LW2025 - Hwy. 99, "Winding Through the Mountains," Linen Postcard, ca. 1950. Color, 163K.
AL2051 - Hwy. 99, "The Grapevine," Real Photo Postcard, ca. 1950's. Color.
AL2052 - Gorman Motel and Restaurant, Real Photo Postcard, ca. 1950s. Color.
SU5527 - Truck Traffic on Highway 99 South of Bakersfield (3 Views), 1955.
RK5701 - Lebec Lodge (Hotel), 1957.
SU6001 - Sandberg's Summit Hotel, 1960.
SU6002 - Ridge Route Road Bed, 1960.
SU6003 - Ridge Route Highway, 1960.
JK0021 - (3) Views from the Ridge Route, 1967-70.
LW2351 - Top Of The Vine Casino (Lebec) Gaming Chips, 1995-1999.
LW2213 - Liebre Summit on the Ridge Route (6 Views), 2-19-2006.
LW2214 - Sandberg Inn site on the Ridge Route (6 Views), 2-19-2006.
LW2269 - Lamp Posts from Hotel Lebec, 9-23-2012.