By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: Exclusive Origins of the Squirrel Inn: Following the success of the Big Bear Dam project in the 1880s new water projects were explored in the western San Bernardino Mountains. Around 1890 the Arrowhead Reservoir Company was formed and one of its first actions was to build the …
MILEPOSTS #1067
By Bill Pumford, Image from Bill Pumford TITLE: SELZNICK MANSION IN RUNNING SPRINGS: The haunting image displayed in this week’s image shows mop up by firefighters of the Selznick mansion after the fire in 1991 which destroyed the fine structure. In the 1920s and 1930s several cabins were built by notable Hollywood personages on the …
MILEPOSTS #1066
By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: BLUE JAY ORIGINS: In the 1860s the West was experiencing a housing boom, which created the need for lumber. A lot of lumber. A prime resource in the San Bernardino Mountains was lumber and many communities got their start by way of establishing sawmills. Jonathan Jamesby moved …
MILEPOSTS #1065
By Bill Pumford, Image from the ROWHS Collection TITLE: UNCLE TOM’S CABIN AT LAKE ARROWHEAD: One of the perhaps lesser-known structures in Lake Arrowhead is Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It’s thought to have been built in 1930 to be used as a duck hunting lodge. It was certainly close enough to Lake Arrowhead, and with the …