Editing Tehachapi Mountains (section)

==History==
[[Image:20050101 Tehachapi Windmills 04 pano.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|The eastern Tehachapi foothills:<br />panoramic view with the [[Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm]]]]
The origin of the name Tehachapi may come from the [[Kawaiisu language]], derived from the word '' "tihachipia" '' translated as "hard climb".<ref>[http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=610 Tomo-Kahni Resource Center] . accessed 12.12.2010</ref><br />
The historic [[Indigenous peoples of California]] with homelands in the Tehachapi Mountains were the:
*[[Kitanemuk]]
*[[Kawaiisu]]<ref>http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=610 Tomo-Kahni/Kawaiisu . accessed 12.12.2010</ref>
*[[Serrano people]]

The historic [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]]s in the Tehachapis are:
*[[Rancho El Tejon]] (1843)
*[[Rancho Castac]] (1843)
*[[Rancho La Liebre]] (1846)
*[[Rancho Los Alamos y Agua Caliente]] (1846)
All four Tehachapi ranchos were acquired over 1855 to 1866 and combined by [[Edward Fitzgerald Beale|Edward Beale]]. As the [[Tejon Ranch]] it stayed in the family until sold by [[Truxtun Beale]] 1912. The purchase was by a [[Harry Chandler]]—[[Moses Sherman]] lead syndicate of land investors, and became a public company in 1936. Tejon Ranch is still one of the largest private landholdings in the state, and currently an undeveloped agricultural and wildland entity. The Tejon Ranch corporation has recently proposed major new developments in portions of the Tehachapi Mountains, including the [[Tejon Mountain Village]] and [[Centennial, California]] planned urban center.