Hours: 11 to 4 Thurs–Monday
Closed Tues & Wed
101 W. Tehachapi Blvd
661-823-1100
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Written by Carol Westover
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Here’s a short quiz to show you what’s been going on at the Depot, visitor-wise.
(Answers to the following questions can be found at the bottom of this article).
Exactly how popular has the Tehachapi Depot Museum been since it opened to the public on June 5, 2010?
- How many visitors overall would you guess we have greeted? NOTE: A visitor can be a single person or a family, but is represented by a signature in the guest book located there at the Reception Counter in the Depot.
- A) 3,045 B) 2,318 C) 1,061
- How many visitors would you say were from within the State of California, but not from either Tehachapi, Bakersfield, Caliente, Bealville, Arvin, or Bodfish, all of which have been heavily represented in our guest book?
- How many cities are in the State of California?
- A) 2,765 B) 1,266 C) 5,500
- How many of these cities were represented by visitors to the Depot Museum?
- How many states in the Continental United States?
- How many states were represented by visitors to the Depot?
- We know the town of Tehachapi has a world-wide reputation because of the Tehachapi Loop, but can you guess at the number of foreign countries represented in just the first seven weeks of operation of the Depot Museum?
- Answers: 1– (C) 1,061; 2– (B) 152; 3– (B) 1,266; 4– (C) 152; 5– 48; 6– (A) 32; 7–(B) 10.
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Written by Carol Westover, FOTD Secretary
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FRIENDS OF THE TEHACHAPI DEPOT NEED YOUR HELP!
We are so excited! The Tehachapi Depot Museum will have a grand opening June 5, 2010 and it is scheduled to be open five days a week 11AM to 4PM Thursday through Monday.
The Museum will offer so much to this community, it offers a lot of great memories and was built with a lot of pride by all who worked on it. It will incorporate a park for all to enjoy. This is only a few items that the Museum will bring to the Community. However to make it work we need you.
Friends of the Depot will be managing the facility. To make this a successful adventure, we need your help. Below are a few areas in which we need volunteers. All positions are equally important, but the ones in bold are needed to keep it open five days a week.
No special skills or experience is required–just a desire to help
We appreciate your support and will forward your name to our Volunteer Coordinator.
Docent training will probably begin late April.
Please contact Carol Westover, Board Secretary at 823-7832 or you may contact Linda Gordon at Trains, Etc. 822-7777
- Museum Docents
- Gift Shop Personnel
- General Membership Support
- Board Members
- Newsletter Staff
- Fundraiser Volunteers/Ways & Means
- Graphic Arts (Signs, Promotional Items)
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Friends of the Tehachapi Depot (FOTD) is now distributing Save Mart S.H.A.R.E.S. cards to raise funds for the Tehachapi Depot Museum. S.H.A.R.E.S. is an acronym for Supporting Humanities, Arts, Recreation, Education & Sports in our community. Using a S.H.A.R.E.S. card when purchasing groceries at Save Mart stores is an easy way to donate to FOTD. Our organization will receive a quarterly check for 3% of the cardholder's qualified purchases.