By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: VALLEY OF ENCHANTMENT – A MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY: The well-known community of Valley of Enchantment (popularly known as VOE) is located roughly between Crestline and Cedarpines Park. The land now occupied by VOE was once owned by Byron Waters who was a homesteader in the area. Waters, as …
MILEPOSTS #1076
By Bill Pumford, Image from Russ Keller Collection TITLE: CAMP ANGELUS: This week’s image is of a postcard showing the Lodge at Camp Angelus. The postcard was mailed in 1943 and if you look closely, you can see the black “X” on the cabin where the postcard writing visitor stayed. These days Camp Angelus is …
MILEPOSTS #1075
By Ken Brafman, Images from ROWHS Collection TITLE: QUESTIONS, WE GET QUESTIONS: The Mountain History Museum in Lake Arrowhead is open seasonally and offers a vast collection of mountain history exhibits in an informal, fun setting. There’s a mountain general store and post office replica, and a timeline that shows the formation of the mountain …
MILEPOSTS #1074
By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: CRESTLINE’S UNLIKELY FIRST POSTMASTER: The stern-looking gentleman, this week’s image, is former Keystone Cops scriptwriter Samuel W. Dillin. He had heard about John Baylis’ Pinecrest resort, about the Rim of the World Drive, and all the other wonders and potential of the mountains, so when he was …