By Bill Pumford, Image from Thompson Collection TITLE: THE JOHN BROWN TOLL ROAD IN THE CAJON PASS – PART I: By the mid-1850s two paths led travelers through the Cajon Pass – one on the west side and one on the east side. The path on the west side could accommodate wagons but only with …
MILEPOSTS #1079
By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: THE DONKEY STEAM ENGINE: Logging was the big industry in the early 1900s in the San Bernardino Mountains. The largest operation was the Brookings Lumber Company. They logged 8,000 acres between Fredalba and Hunsaker Flats, which is present-day Running Springs, and extended northward to Heap’s Ranch and …
MILEPOSTS #1079
By Bill Pumford, Image from Russ Keller Collection TITLE: WHITELY MOTEL IN CRESTLINE: This week’s image is a postcard from the 1960s which depicts the Whitley Motel once located on Forest Shade in Crestline. Ernest and Manette Whitely built the small resort in the early 1950s which was located across the street from the present-day …
MILEPOSTS #1078
By Ken Brafman, Image from ROWHS Collection TITLE: LURING PINES IN RUNNING SPRINGS: Among the many early developers, entrepreneurs and visionaries that made their marks there is Raymond Luring. With a couple partners he formed the Luring Development Company in 1931, at a time when many companies were succumbing to the Great Depression. The company …