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Frazier Park is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is west of Lebec, at an elevation of .〔 It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. The population was 2,691 in the 2010 census, up from 2,348 in 2000. ==History== The earliest record relating to Frazier Park was a report in 1854 that lumber was being produced there from Frazier Mountain trees for use at the new Army post at nearby Fort Tejon. Local historian Bonnie Ketterl Kane wrote that the mill was "supposedly" at the southeast end of the present community. She cited another report that a Kitanemuk Indian referred to the site Campo del Soldado (Soldier's Camp), "which was where the soldiers stayed when they cut timber from a mountain they called Pinery Mountain, today's Frazier Mountain."〔''A View From the Ridge Route,'' Volume II, "The Fort Tejon Era," Bonnie's Books, 2002. ISBN 0-9703992-2-7〕 The community itself was established in 1925 by Harry McBain, who named it in 1926 for Frazier Mountain, on its southern flank. Its post office was established on September 14, 1927, with Charles B. Fife as the first postmaster.〔Richard Bailey, ''Kern County Place Names,'' cited in Curtis Darling, ''Kern County Place Names,'' Pioneer Publishing Co., 1998.〕 The current Mayor of Frazier Park is Thomas Lauchlan. Frazier Park was also used in filming for ''The Waltons'' television show.〔(Imaging service for Northern California libraries )〕 Frazier Park is also the setting of the 2011 film ''The FP''.〔http://drafthousefilms.com/film/the-fp〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frazier Park, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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