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Beale in charge of camels .................................................................... 40
Camel efficiency .................................................................................... 40
A mortal combat .................................................................................... 41
Inspector General Mansfield's report ............................................ 41
Telegraph line installed ...................................................................... 42
Dr. Letterman assigned to duty at the Fort .................................. 42
A horse thief ........................................................................................ 42
Wagons repaired in Los Angeles ...................................................... 42
Scathing criticism of Indian affairs ................................................ 42
Discussed abandonment of F ort ...................................................... 43
The Lost Padre Mine .......................................................................... 43
Abandoned .............................................................................................. 44
Fort begins to decay ........................................................................ 44
Soldiers march at Fort again .......................................................... 44
Camels carry mail in philat elic fete ................................................ 44
Fort recently deeded to State 'Of California ..... ............... 47
V PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FORT BUILDINGS 49
Written description of buildings ...................................................... 49
Examination of present buildings and ruins .................................. 51
No conscious provision for earthquake resistance ........................ 51
Rain and snow take their toll ....................................... ,.................. 51
The Mission Indians may have laid the bricks ............................ 52
The first adobe houses in this region ................................................ 52
No official plan ············---------------------------------------- -----------------------. ....... 53
VI. THE RUI NS TELL MUCH REGARDING CONSTRUCTION ........ 63
The buildings possessed an early California flavor .................... 63
Meager description of Fort buildings ............................................ 63
Shape of foundations .......................................................................... 64
Mortar .................................................................................................... 64
Adobe brick masons were sk illed ...................................................... 64
Size and type of brickwork .................................................................. 65
Probable method of making bricks ................................................ 65
Probable manner of laying bricks .................................................... 66
The source of lumber is uncertain .................................................. 66
Carpenter work ...................................................................................... 75
Mill work .................................................................................................. '15
Lathing and plastering ........................................................................ 75
Trim set in plaster ................................................................................ 76
VII. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................... 77
P reliminary steps leading to the formation of a state park........ 77
An historical museum hoped for ........................................................ 77
Authentic architectural rest oration ant icipated ............................ 78
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 87
Fort Tejon State Historical Mon um ent.............................................................. 91

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