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Jim and Teri Frerichs of Tehachapi have a beautiful, interesting garden with many recycled items and antiques integrated with the plants and flowers to create themed growing areas and whimsical displays. Their yard itself is worthy of a newspaper article, but the Frerichs have a much richer and layered story of their connection with Tehachapi, beginning with Jim’s arrival as a seven-year-old boy in 1932. . . The tale begins when Jim’s father, Henry Frerichs, left Iowa in the 1920s seeking a better life in California. He travelled with four other Iowans and the five of them roamed California together working at different jobs, including plucking turkeys for the poultry industry. They also worked a stint at the cement  plant at Monolith, building new silos, which is how they ended up in this area. Henry got a job at the Stoneybrook Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Keene in 1932 and sent for his wife Theresa and children Carolyn, Helen and Jim to come out from Iowa...
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