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"In 1876 the Debating Society of Tehachapi was organized with Charles McVicar, the President, and Simon Alexander, the Secretary. Debates were held each week, and a newspaper correspondent hoped that, because of such organizations, instead of Tehachapi being regarded as 'that rough place,' outsiders would realize that the citizenry had a 'taste for literature and moral sentiment.'"

– William Harland Boyd