By Tom Powell – Guest Columnist, Image from Rhea-Frances Tetley TITLE: RIM OF THE WORLD HISTORICAL SOCIETY 35TH ANNIVERSARY – PART II This is a continuation of the Crest Forest Historical Society story from last week. After a time, the society meetings shifted from Rim Lanes Bowling to the Presbyterian Church on Lake Drive in …
MILEPOSTS #1046
By Tom Powell – Guest Columnist, Image from Bill Pumford TITLE: RIM OF THE WORLD HISTORICAL SOCIETY 35TH ANNIVERSARY – PART I This is the story of how the Rim of the World Historical Society came to be. In 1986 Bonnie Rivera and I ran as co-candidates for the title of Honorary Mayor of Crestline. …
MILEPOSTS #1045
By Ken Brafman, Image from Roger Hatheway Collection TITLE: GREEN VALLEY LAKE SNOW BOWL AKA SKI HILL: Not too many years after the first settlements were established in the San Bernardino Mountains, tobogganing, sledding and snowshoeing became popular at private resorts. In the 1910s improved roads allowed many resorts to stay open year-round. As local …
MILEPOSTS #1044
By Ken Brafman, Image from Ken Brafman Collection TITLE: LAKE ARROWHEAD RANCH OUTDOOR SCIENCE CAMP: The motto of Lake Arrowhead Ranch Outdoor Science Camp was, ‘Where life is an adventure, not a race.’ The camp was located on Cottage Grove Road about a mile from the Village. The Los Angeles Unified School District set up …
MILEPOSTS #1043
By Bill Pumford, Image from Christopher Cook TITLE: CAMP MOZUMDAR IN CEDARPINES PARK – PART II: In 1938 the Temple of Christ was built which had been designed by William Lodge, an admirer of Mozumdar, although it was never intended to resemble the Taj Mahal, as has been thought. The interior of the temple was …