By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: OHRMUND’S RESORT WAS CRESTLINE’S PLAYGROUND: For over 40 years there was a trailer park, billed as a family resort, located in Valley of Enchantment. It was started by Frank and Norah Ohrmund in the late 1940s. When Frank Ohrmund’s health began to decline the couple put the …
MILEPOSTS #1059
By Bill Pumford, Image from the Russ Keller Collection TITLE: ARDEN HOF CAFÉ IN LAKE ARROWHEAD VILLAGE: In 1949 the Arden Hof Café, located in Lake Arrowhead Village, was being operated by Bill and Mary McMurray. The Café was divided into two sections, the cafeteria and coffee shop. The cafeteria featured breakfast all day and …
MILEPOSTS #1058
By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: APPLES HELPED GROW THE MOUNTAIN: Mountain pioneers that settled in the San Bernardino Mountains planted an estimated 100,000 apple trees between the years 1875-1925. Apples were an important part of mountain living because they were the only fresh fruit that would keep through the winter, and they …
MILEPOSTS #1057
By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: THE OLD SWITCHBACK ROAD – PART II: William Van Slyke and W.R. Porter were contracted to build the switchback road and were assisted by project supervisor Jeff Daley whose father built the Daley Road. The road was completed in early 1892 for an estimated cost of $38,000 …
MILEPOSTS #1056
By Bill Pumford, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: THE OLD SWITCHBACK ROAD – PART I: The roads going into the San Bernardino Mountains have been evolving for more than 150 years. After the Mormons settled in the San Bernardino Valley in 1851 a road to harvest timber in the local mountains was built in 1852. …