January 3, 2019 by Ken Brafman Photo Credit: Ken Brafman TITLE: METATE TRAIL: This week’s image comes from a real 8 x 10 black & white photo. The Metate Trail is just north of the community of Lake Arrowhead and offers a small taste of the over 500 miles of hiking opportunities in the San …
Category: January 2019
Milepost #906
January 10, 2019 By Bill Pumford, Photo from ROWHS Collection TITLE: ALPINE TERRACE RESORT: This week’s image is taken from a photo showing the Lodge of the Alpine Terrace Resort located in Twin Peaks. As some of you may recognize, this is the current Antlers Inn. In 1923 Gregory Dexter decided to purchase lots in …
Milepost #907
January 17, 2019 By Cindy Justice, Photo from ROWHS Collection TITLE: SNOW VALLEY SKI RESORT: This week’s image is of the first steel-towered single chair lift in Southern California which was built in 1949 at Snow Valley Ski Resort. The picture, taken in the early 50s, is on display at the Mountain History Museum. Snow …
Milepost #908
January 24, 2019 By Ken Brafman, Photo from the Rothman Collection TITLE: SQUINT’S ‘MOONSHINE’ RANCH: This week’s image comes from a real 1920’s photo and represents a colorful period in our mountain’s past. A few miles north of Lake Arrowhead is 80-acre Squint’s Ranch. William ‘Squint’ Worthington (the tall man on the right) was only …
Milepost #909
January 31, 2019 By Bill Pumford, Image from Mark Landis TITLE: Camp Cajon MONUMENT Project: This week’s image is a composite of markers representing the Camp Cajon Monument Project. On July 4, 1919, Camp Cajon was opened as a rest stop for motorists traveling through the Cajon Pass. Camp Cajon consisted of several unique buildings, …