By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Driving along Highway 18, many have missed or wondered about the wooden oxen yoke sitting on a rock base at the unusual intersection with Daley Canyon. The Daley Road Monument is located between Rimforest and Rim of the World...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Baylis Park is located on the south side of Highway 18, about a half-mile east of the Lake Gregory Drive signal on Highway 18. This spot was a part of Pinecrest’s South Park, and the day-use picnic area was named to honor Dr....
By Rhea-Frances Tetley Mountain Historian The Mormon Road Historical Monument is California State Historical Site #96. It’s located just west of the Crestline Bridge on a portion of the original main road, which is now a large turnout. This is a restored...
RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Mountain Historian Now that school has just begun, let explore some nearby spots of historical interest that you can visit in your free time. On the way up the mountain, the Indian statue created by Joseph Leeland Roop in 1920 is just 300...
By Rhea-Frances Tetley Mountain Historian The mountains were a favorite vacation destination for a century, entertaining generations of Californians. Of course, the cooler summer weather in the mountains was the first appeal before the use of air conditioning....
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Skyland Campground – first established in the 1890s on the cliff overlooking San Bernardino – was surveyed and subdivided into vacation cabin sites by developers Ramsay and Charles S. Mann in 1923. The Skyland forest theme they...
