July 30, 2020 By Russ Keller – Guest Columnist Photo Credit: Russ Keller Collection INFORMATION NEEDED: This week’s image comes from a real color photo depicting a monument in or near Grass Valley near Lake Arrowhead. The monument states: “Site of Grass Valley Sawmill 1869 – 1890 San Bernardino National Forest.” There is a date …
MILEPOSTS #985
July 23, 2020 Contributed by Larry Steimle, Image from Larry Steimle Collection FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN PREFERRED: In January 1942 Leonard “Skipper” and Margery Steimle purchased Pacific Electric Company’s employee vacation camp near Blue Jay. Larry Steimle, Skipper’s son, writes, “The original name chosen for the new camp was Beverly Pines. Dad had taught for several …
MILEPOSTS #984
July 16, 2020 By Bill Pumford, Image from Russ Keller Collection MOUNTAIN KITCHEN IN RIMFOREST: This week’s image is a real photo postcard of the Mountain Kitchen restaurant in Rimforest. The Mountain Kitchen was established in 1946 in what was known at the time as Rim Village. The area was originally called Rim of the …
MILEPOSTS #983
July 9, 2020 By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection CAMP SEELY – LA’S PLAYGROUND: The name Camp Seely was derived from the Mormon Seely brothers (David and Wellington) who established an early water-powered sawmill at this location in the 1850’s. The sawmill was washed away during the winter floods of 1861 and David …
MILEPOSTS #982
July 2, 2020 By Bill Pumford, Image from Russ Keller Collection HOW DID CRESTLINE GET ITS NAME?: This week’s image is a 1915 photo of early Crestline at the present-day corner of Highway 138 and Crest Forest Drive. During the period 1890 to 1910 a number of camps were established in what is now Crestline. …