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Tehachapi
California Condor Eben Mcmillan 26 Ju
went on. This lady couldn't get Chicken eggs to hatch -
I drove to Keene where the fire crew had no now
word of condor. [illegible], the fellow who was in
charge of the station here at Keene, had only been
moved here from Mojave two weeks ago, and knew
nothing of condor but was interested and wanted to
be of help if possible.
The McCarthy's were not home at Bealville -
Mrs. Mary Hennig who with her parents the
Lawrence Browns, run the general store at Caliente.
Mrs. Hennig told me of seeing one condor in the road
and at least two more on the nearby hillside one
afternoon about two years ago. This was north
and east of Caliente, on the Lien Trail road. She also
took the school children from the Caliente school to
a spot about 4 miles down-river from Caliente to see
8 or 9 Condor feeding on a dead cow. She had seen the
condor when returning from Bakersfield. This was 6 or
7 years ago.
Mrs. Hennig will keep Condor notes for us,
I drove on up Caliente creek stopping to chat with
three fellows working on the road who knew of Condor,
had not seen any of late. One of these men had seen
condor on top of Cummings mountain, during the summer
when he built a road there.
Van Zachery of Loraine Fire Station at Keene Co.
Knew nothing of Condor but is interested and will
be on the watch for them. As Buck - - , who ma
the Toll Gate Lookout between Loraine and Keene,
said he doubted that condor came by Toll Gate
but that he had seen them on Blue mountain look
To the north of Glenville when he relieved the OP
there at times - Buck will be on the lookout job