An "unusual name for an unusual place," Tehachapi is actually a Southern Paiute description for the convergence of the Mojave Desert and the wetlands of California\'s southern Central Valley.
These hamlets were known by the area\'s ranchers, farmers, loggers, miners, merchants, and outlaws as Old Tehachapi and New.
In 1876, the Southern Pacific Railroad used the Tehachapi Valley to link Northern and Southern California rail lines near the thriving dual communities of Williamsburg and Greenwich.
An "unusual name for an unusual place," Tehachapi is actually a Southern Paiute description for the convergence of the Mojave Desert and the wetlands of California\'s southern Central Valley