Hwy 99 Archives - Harvesting my life https://ernestlowe.com/tag/hwy-99/ Six decades of Ernest Lowe's offerings to the world Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:51:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The naming of Teviston https://ernestlowe.com/the-naming-of-teviston-19th-century-land-baron-lloyd-tevis-is-namesake-for-black-okie-town/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:51:59 +0000 http://ernestlowe.com/?p=1036 Lloyd Tevis ­once owned more land than he could ride across in a day’s time. He fought Miller & Lux for the water of the Kern River way back before it became a channel of dry sand. In 1961 I pulled off 99 into Teviston as a storm ended and the dark sky opened to … Continue reading The naming of Teviston →

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­once owned more land
than he could ride across
in a day’s time.
He fought Miller & Lux
for the water of the Kern River
way back before it became
a channel of dry sand.

In 1961 I pulled off 99
into Teviston
as a storm ended
and the dark sky opened
to let the setting sun shine
upon the shacks of Black Okies.

Teviston was lit up
puddles reflecting day’s last light.
The homes
pieced together from scrap wood
glowed intensely.

How would Lloyd Tevis
have calculated the value
of this one and only memorial
to his great wealth?
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