César E. Chávez National Monument Landscape: Cultural Landscape Inventory, César E. Chávez National Monument, National Park Service
Germano V, Burry-Trice O, Piercy V. 2014. César E. Chávez National Monument Landscape: Cultural Landscape Inventory, César E. Chávez National Monument, National Park Service. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 975938. NPS Pacific West Regional Office. Pacific West Regional Office/CLI Database
Cultural Landscape Inventory park report for César E. Chávez National Monument. César E. Chávez National Monument, known also as Nuestra Señora Reina De La Paz (La Paz), is located in the Tehachapi Mountains of California. The monument, northwest of the town of Keene, is operated by the National Park Service and the National Chavez Center. The landscape is characterized by a winding entrance road that crosses the Tehachapi Creek; a main cluster of wood-frame, Craftsman/bungalow, green and white buildings in one corner of the property; a tight cluster of concrete, Mission Revival buildings in another, remote corner; and wide swaths of rolling hills, rock outcrops, oak woodland, and oak savanna. La Paz is nationally significant for its association with César E. Chávez, an exceptionally important Latino leader in the history of the United States. It is also significant for its association with the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), the first permanent agricultural labor union in the history of the United States. The property’s period of significance, 1970-1984, represents a distinct phase in the productive life of César E. Chávez and in the larger history of the farm worker movement. The cultural landscape of La Paz reflects several periods of development that occurred during the property’s history, including subsistence activities of native peoples, a county quarry, a California State hospital, and its national significance as the home and workplace of César E. Chávez and the farmworker movement. Overall, the monument landscape is defined by the commemoration of an important figure in United States history, the natural environment the corresponds to the site’s developed areas, and the community associated with the property that left a lasting impression on the nation’s history. The Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) is an evaluated inventory of significant landscapes within units of the national park system. The CLI assists in the documentation and description of landscapes, creates a systematic way for park and program managers to share information, and provides an analytic tool to judge accomplishment and accountability.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Germano, Vida; Burry-Trice, Olivia; Piercy, Virginia
- Date of Issue
- 2014-12-30
- Publisher
- NPS Pacific West Regional Office
- Units
- CECH , PWR
- Keywords
- Central Valley, Cesar E. Chavez, Chavez, Civil Rights, Designed Landscape, Keene, La Paz, Labor Rights, Labor Union, Latino, Los Angeles, National Chavez Center, National Historic Landmark, Nuwa, Politics - Government, quarry, Railroad, San Joaquin Valley, Sanatorium, Social and Humanitarian Movements, Social Education, Tehachapi, UFW, United Farm Workers of America
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 975938: César E. Chávez National Monument