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Those Were The Days

Those Were The Days

Those Were The Days: Mary Putnam Henck changed these mountains

BY RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian   J. Putnam Henck spoke to the Rim of the World Historical Society in 1994, sharing his memories of his family and especially his mother, Mary Putman Henck. Despite living in the mountains, and being an older mother, Mary Henck...
Discovering the mountain’s roots

Discovering the mountain’s roots

By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor   The third time, as they say, is the charm. The Lake Arrowhead New Friends of the Library intended to kick off their monthly gathering with historian Russ Keller on Jan. 16. However, power outages on that day and then on Jan. 23...

The Burnt Mill and Battle of Indian Hill

The Burnt Mill and Battle of Indian Hill

By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian   The Serrano Indians (Yuhaaviatam tribe) are the indigenous people of these mountains. They have many legends of their creation, with the Eye of God rock outcropping and the hot springs in the Big Bear area being very sacred to...

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