By Bill Pumford, Image from the ROWHS Collection TITLE: DAY’S RESORT IN ARROWBEAR: This well-known spot in Arrowbear has enjoyed a number of varied lives during the past nearly 100 years. This week’s image is from the Russ Keller collection. In 1925 Frank and Mary Day built a resort which was well placed on Rim …

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By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: FLASH GORDON IN LAKE ARROWHEAD: One of the early, fantastic adventure sound serials was “Flash Gordon,” produced by Universal Pictures in 1936, and starring every young lad’s hero, Larry “Buster” Crabbe. Crabbe was born in Oakland in 1908 and his family moved to Hawaii when he …

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By Bill Pumford, Image from the ROWHS Collection TITLE: THOUSAND PINES RESORT AND CAMP IN CRESTLINE Thousand Pines has long been known as a Christian Camp but early last century it enjoyed life as a high-end resort. In 1913 Charles W. Brashear purchased 300 acres above Crestline where he intended to build a resort. Brashear …

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By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: ACORNS: A FUNDAMENTAL FOOD: A highlight of every visit to Rock Camp in north Lake Arrowhead is an encounter with the awe-inspiring metates along the trail. The Serrano people came up to the area for thousands of years to escape the desert heat and to take …

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