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National Park Attractions In Keene

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Keene is a census-designated place in Kern County, California in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern extreme of the San Joaquin Valley. Keene is located 8.5 miles northwest of Tehachapi, at an elevation of 2,602 feet . The population was 431 at the 2010 census, up from 339 at the 2000 census. The headquarters of the United Farm Workers , a national farmworkers organization organized and led by Cesar Chavez, is located in Keene, and is sometimes referred to as Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz . Keene is located in the greater Tehachapi area.
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  • 1. Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Keene California
    Cesar E. Chavez National Monument is a 116-acre U.S. National Monument in Keene, Kern County, California located about 32 miles away from Bakersfield, California. The property was the headquarters of the United Farm Workers , and home to César Chávez from the early 1970s until his death in 1993, Chávez's gravesite is located in the property's gardens along with that of his wife, Helen Fabela Chávez. Originally developed as a headquarters and worker housing area for a quarry, it served as a tuberculosis sanitarium in the early 1900s, until its acquisition by the UFW in the early 1970s.
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