August 1, 2019 By Ken Brafman, Image from the Piper Flyer Association archives HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY SMOKEY BEAR!: On Sunday, August 11 from noon to 3 p.m. a V.I.B. (Very Important Bear) will be returning to our Mountain History Museum for his annual visit. As always Smokey will be posing for photos and delighting kids of …
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August 8, 2019 By Bill Pumford, Image from Russ Keller Collection This week’s image is a photo of the High Gear Café and Garage from the 1950s. The High Gear Garage was opened in 1932 a few years after the completion of the new High Gear Road. In the 1930s the vast majority of automobiles …
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August 15, 2019 By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection This week’s image is a photo of our local Arrowhead Queen. As in years past the Rim of the World Historical Society is sponsoring two special tours on the Arrowhead Queen this summer. The popular tours are scheduled for Saturday August 17th and Saturday September 21st. …
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August 22, 2019 By Ken Brafman, Image from the Mark Landis Collection One of the frequent history questions we get at the museum is about the Arrowhead Springs Hotel. People are curious about its history, its current status, and plans for its future. The hotel’s history begins in 1864 with the establishment of a sanitarium …
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August 29, 2019 By Ken Brafman, Image from the Keller William Archive. The first white man ever to set foot in Little Bear Valley was a fur trader, who was a partner of Jedediah Smith, in 1826. At that time, about 40 Paiute Indians, a warlike tribe, used the mountains for their hunting grounds. At …