By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian In July 1994, almost 32 years ago, Joseph Putnam Henck (Joseph for his father and Putnam after his mother but was known as Putty) spoke before the Crest Forest Historical Society at Leisure Shores in Crestline. Putty had a...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY HISTORIAN Mary Putnam Henck, after whom the Rim of the World Unified School District’s Intermediate School in Lake Arrowhead was named in 1969, was a very active person her whole life. The naming of the school was a well-earned honor for...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Joseph E. Henck and his uncle and father purchased the 440 acres that have become Skyforest from the Kuffel family. The Kuffels were an early pioneer family, who have a canyon named for them. They had homesteaded the area...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian They say April showers bring May flowers, reflecting the fact that April is the month of seasonal change. Historically up here, April often witnessed new projects beginning, as the snows of winter diminished and the flowers began to...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian April has a poor image in the minds of most, because it has two big tax days within it. First is Property Tax Day. The inability to pay property taxes during the Great Depression of the 1930s resulted in many mountain property...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian In September of 1962, John Dexter had just completed a two-month restoration of a historic logging wagon and he donated it to the Twin Peaks community, where he had deep family roots. It was at the urging of the Worthwhile Club...
