By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: MOUNTAIN HISTORY 101 – PART 1: The first white man ever to set foot in Little Bear Valley (now known as Lake Arrowhead) was a fur trader, who was a partner of Jedediah Smith, in 1826. Smith was a colorful character known for skirmishes with grizzly …
Mileposts #1119
By Russ Keller, Image from the Russ Keller Collection TITLE: HOME BUILDING – 75 YEARS AGO: Russ Keller has graciously permitted the Rim of the World Historical Society to republish this column that Russ originally published on January 27th of 2005.: This image is from an old postcard, circa 1930, entitled “Valley of the Moon …
Mileposts #1118
By Bill Pumford, Image from the Russ Keller Collection TITLE: MARY PUTNAM HENCK: March is the month in which Women’s History is celebrated. Amongst other well-known women on the mountain like Audrey MacKay, Julia Dexter, and Sara Switzer we have Mary Putnam Henck. Mary was born Mary Perkins Putnam in 1882 in River Falls, Wisconsin. …
Mileposts #1117
By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: SNOWSTORMS FROM THE PAST: The recent historic snowfall that blanketed the mountain, and severely impacted the Crestline area, was not a unique occurrence. This week’s column is a revisit to January 2020. The image shows a significant snowfall that occurred circa 1940’s at Weber’s Market in …