MILEPOSTS #1093

By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: CREATION OF LAKE GREGORY: In the early 1930s, despite the nationwide depression, civic leaders in Crestline were anxious to find new and creative ways to increase tourism for the area. In the early 1900s a dam and lake were proposed for the Huston Flats area that included …

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MILEPOSTS #1092

By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: FRANK A. TETLEY, RENAISSANCE MAN: One of the many so-called self-made men who played an important role in the early years of mountain development was Frank A. Tetley. His family immigrated to America from England in 1868, when he was two, and settled in Massachusetts. He left …

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MILEPOSTS #1091

By Bill Pumford, Image from the WCLA Collection TITLE: WOMEN’S CLUB OF LAKE ARROWHEAD: One of the longest-running civic organizations in the San Bernardino Mountains is the Women’s Club of Lake Arrowhead. A group of women got together in early 1926 to organize and officially create the club known at the time as the Woman’s …

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MILEPOSTS #1090

By Bill Pumford, Image from Bill Pumford Collection TITLE: SMOKEY BEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Smokey has had a productive life. In the early 1940s there was concern that World War II might bring incendiary devices to the United States to burn our forests and cities. The National Forest Service started a campaign to warn the public …

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