Peter LeBeck ECV Marker - Ft. Tejon, CA
N 34° 52.466 W 118° 53.564
11S E 327010 N 3860752
Ft. Tejon's most intriguing mystery - the life and death of Peter LeBeck.
Waymark Code: WM2ZTT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2008
Views: 52
In his railroad route exploration report of 1853, R.S. Williamson wrote about the large valley oak with the following deeply carved into the wood: "Peter LeBeck, killed by a x bear, Oct. 17, 1837". Nothing else is known about the life or death of Peter LeBeck.
The ECV plaque states: "In memory of a pioneer of whom only conjecture can speak". Dedicated October 14, 1972 by E Clampus Vitus Peter LeBeck Chapter 1866.
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