By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: MOUNTAIN HISTORY 101 – PART 1: The first white man ever to set foot in Little Bear Valley (now known as Lake Arrowhead) was a fur trader, who was a partner of Jedediah Smith, in 1826. Smith was a colorful character known for skirmishes with grizzly …
MILEPOSTS #1025
By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: THE CAVALRY CAME TO LAKE ARROWHEAD: Tony Burke was an early promoter of Lake Arrowhead Village. He was British, and was a member of the Dragoons Cavalry Unit in World War I serving under Lawrence of Arabia. After 1918 he had a chance meeting with the …
MILEPOSTS #1024
By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: PETER PAN WOODLAND CLUB: One of the best-known resorts in Big Bear was the Peter Pan Woodland Club which was built in the mid-1920s and offered exclusive resort services such as a figure eight shaped swimming pool, lodge, movie theater, tennis courts, bridal paths, and a nine-hole …
MILEPOSTS #1023
By Ken Brafman, Image from the Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: FIRST MOUNTAIN PIONEER FAMILY: In the spring of 1851 a large caravan of 437 men, women and children in 150 wagons left Salt Lake City along with 588 oxen, 107 horses and 52 mules. They journeyed southward on the Old Spanish Trail with the goal …
MILEPOSTS #1022
By Bill Pumford, Image from the Laura Pumford Collection TITLE: DAFFODIL GARDEN IN RUNNING SPRINGS: As spring comes to the mountains and daffodils are making their annual appearance, we are reminded of the Bauer Daffodil Garden in Running Springs which amazed and delighted local residents and visitors alike for decades. Many people brought their friends …
MILEPOSTS #1021
TITLE: WALTHER LEAGUE CAMP IN ARROWBEAR: This week’s image is a photo of the Walther League Camp from the 1930s in Arrowbear. The Walther League is a youth organization sponsored by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and is named after Carl Ferdinand Walther (1811-1887). Walther was a prominent German American Lutheran theologian who was …
