FORT TEJON CASINO NIGHT TO HELP FUND RECONSTRUCTION.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer Additional money for Fort Tejon's $20 million reconstruction may be in the cards tonight. Nineteenth-century games of chance - such as Faro Faro, town, Portugal Faro (fä`rō), town (1991 pop. 31,966), capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost town in Portugal, it is a seaport from which fish, fruit (especially dried figs), wine, and cork are , Hazzard and Wheel of Fortune - plus live music, dancing, refreshments and candlelight tours of Fort Tejon This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. will be featured tonight at a fund-raiser to rebuild the Civil War-era fort on the Grapevine, about 40 miles north of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, . ``Old Fort Tejon Casino Night'' is the latest fund-raiser designed to spur a slow-moving, 50-year effort to reconstruct the 146-year-old Army fort's 18 adobe structures - a project roughly projected to cost about $20 million, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. state park interpreter Sean Malis. Eighty percent of tonight's $10 admission fee will benefit the next restoration phase - the fort kitchen and mess hall - while 20 percent will go to state parks, he said. State park officials and volunteers since 1940 have restored just three structures at Fort Tejon, due to limited funding obtained mostly through the private sector. Historic interpreters - who re-create daily activities of 1850s fort soldiers and inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. for state park visitors - use the reconstructed buildings to provide visitors with hands-on ``living history'' exhibits that demonstrate daily fort life in the Old West. ``We have numerous construction projects going on that would help us show people, and give them a unique look at, what these people's lives were like,'' Malis said. ``It wasn't just soldiers who lived there. Civilian men, women and children and tradesmen, like blacksmiths, spent a great deal of time there. There's a lot we can learn from their experiences.'' Living histories differ slightly from exhibits, because state park interpreters in period reproduction clothing offer visitors hands-on experiences with furnishings and amenities from the 1850s. Visitors at Fort Tejon may observe and assist state park interpreters as they churn butter in the army kitchen or perform woodwork skills in the carpentry shop, using square nails and no modern tools. ``We feel it makes coming to the Fort more meaningful to visitors,'' Malis said. Shortly after California earned statehood state·hood n. The status of being a state, especially of the United States, rather than being a territory or dependency. , the U.S. Army in 1854 built the 205-acre Fort Tejon post to guard basic routes through the Tehachapi mountains Te·hach·a·pi Mountains A range of southern California extending from east to west between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges north of Los Angeles. and to keep peace between white American The term white American (often used interchangeably with "Caucasian American"[2] and within the United States simply "white"[3]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European, Middle Eastern, and North African descent residing in the United States. settlers and the American Indians American Indians: see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the; Natives, Middle American; Natives, North American; Natives, South American. . ``It was a relatively quiet post,'' said Fort Tejon volunteer William Johnson William Johnson may be:
Fort Tejon closed in 1861 when soldiers were called back to the East Coast to fight in the Civil War, reopened in 1863 and finally was abandoned the following year, Johnson said. It was donated in 1939 to the state Parks and Recreation Department. Since then, efforts to reconstruct the fort have progressed slowly due to tremendous expenses for archeological studies, plus specialty engineering and design plans to make the buildings structurally sound and historically faithful, park officials said. Reconstruction projects at the fort have been funded through private and nonprofit sectors, because park funding allocated by the state Legislature primarily covers operating costs at the park, which receives an estimated 100,000 to 125,000 visitors annually, he said. The Historic Fort Tejon Foundation is responsible for raising funds for restorations and holds special events, such as ``living histories'' on the first Sunday of every month and civil war re-enactments every third Sunday each month. THE FACTS Old Fort Tejon Casino Night will be from 6 to 10 tonight in the fort's Gambling and Saloon Hall. The evening will feature candlelight tours of the old military installation, games of chance that were popular in the Old West, refreshments, dancing and music provided by the Rose of El Tejon Band. Fort Tejon is off the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. north of Frazier Park. Take the Fort Tejon Exit. The fort is on the west side of the highway. Tickets are $10. For information, call (661) 248-6692. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box Photo: (1 -- Color in SAC only) The Barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. building at Fort Tejon State Park is one of several renovated adobe structures that visitors can tour on the historic site. (2--Color -- Ran in SAC only) The old U.S. Army fort dates from 1854, new steps are installed at the Barracks. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: THE FACTS (See text) |
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