By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Danaher brothers of Michigan purchased one of the last areas of uncut forest from the aging David Seely, who had opened with his brother the first sawmill in the mountains in 1853. They paid $24,000 for 1,600 acres of pristine...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Did you know that two Crestline roads are named from William Knapp’s lumbering days? Obviously, Knapp’s Cutoff is named after Knapp, but who was he? Knapp lived 30 years in the San Bernardino Mountains, ranching and lumbering....
By Rhea-Frances Tetley Historian Part 3 of 3 Frank (Francis LeBaron) Talmadge operated a successful lumbering business in the San Bernardino Mountains from the latter 1860s into the 1890s. In the 1880s, an agreement was made between the lumbermen to set...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Part 2 of 3 Francis (Frank) Talmadge led a life of adventure, hard work, financial success leaving a legacy impacting the mountain area into the middle of the 20th century. Talmadge worked in and helped others build their...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Part 1 of 3 Francis (Frank) Lebaron Talmadge first saw the San Bernardino Mountains in 1853 after many months on the trail. A noted hunter, Talmadge had supplied the westward wagon train with fresh meat shot by “Foxsong,” his...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon. Editor As he began his historical presentation on April 17, Russ Keller reminded the audience at the library in Blue Jay that James Mooney – who owned Little Bear Lake and developed the Little Bear Resort – died in 1919 during the flu...
