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California Condor
Ethan McMillan
16 June 1963
Tyson
Ranch
About 300 Buck deer are legally shot on the Tejon
ranch each year- Ranch Patrolman investigate any
excessive shooting that goes on on the Ranch- All hunters
must spend the night off the ranch property- Both Dan
Garvin and Walter Frejuth feel that large birds are
relatively safe from being shot on Tejon Property-
The Northeast Portion of the Tejon Ranch is leased to
Mr. [illegible] - a Sheepman, who has sheep there now.
Mr. Frejuth said that up until two years ago he had
been manager of most operations on Tejon Ranch, but
at that time- the ranch operation was changed
radically- College educated personnel with degrees
in different phases of Ranch operation were brought
in and each new specialist had his own section
and operation to look after. Mr. Frejuth feel this move
has not proven successful on Tejon Ranch, stating many
instances to us of lack of experience by the new
personnel on a large operation causing problems.
Mr. Frejuth thought sections of Tejon Ranch would
be subdivided and sold in lots for development before
long.
We drove past the old Headquarters of Tejon Ranch
on our way up into the mountains, All Phases of
the operation did seem in a state of decline. The
buildings and fences about the Old Headquarters were
a state of disrepair. We proceeded up one of the
many roads that lead into the mountains on Tejon Ranch,
after getting to top of main Mt. Chain we shifted
the head of Tennis Canyon- and lunched on a
promontory overlooking both Antelope Valley- Los Angeles
basin- and Lower San Joaquin Valley as well as a good
view of Cummings and Bear mountains, This Point
was on the main ridge between the headquarters of