By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: THE LEGEND OF BLACK ANNIE: In December 1890 the Arrowhead Reservoir Company was incorporated. Company president Adolph Wood announced, “We shall be able to reverse the direction of the mountain streams and cause them to flow into the valley early in the summer of 1892.” A …
MILEPOSTS #1007
By Bill Pumford, Image from the Bill Pumford Collection TITLE: CLOUDLAND – THE DREAM DEVELOPMENT: This week’s image is a 1920 conceptual drawing of the Great Hall of the Cloudland Resort. Cloudland was the name of an extremely ambitious development project for a series of resorts in Southern California. The plan was to create a …
MILEPOSTS #1006
By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: LASSIE COME HOME: Released in 1943 during World War II, Lassie Come Home was the first in a franchise of seven MGM films featuring the venerable collie. This heartwarming drama had some two dozen filming locations and two of them were Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake. …
MILEPOSTS #1005
By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: SAN MORITZ LODGE: Over the past nearly 100 years changes in names and location have brought the popular San Moritz Lodge to its present location on the eastern shore of Lake Gregory. In the early 1920’s the Arrowhead Valley Club was formed. The term “Club” usually refers …
MILEPOSTS #1004
By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: ARROWBEAR LAKE: The community of Arrowbear Lake is located east of Running Springs, just off Highway 18. The town gets its name from the fact that it lies halfway between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake. By the early 1900’s Brookings Lumber Company’s practice of clear …