By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Squirrel Inn was a private resort owned by members of the Arrowhead Mountain Club, which opened in 1893 and had yearly dues of $500, which kept it exclusive. The members were the powerful and rich of that Gilded Age, including...
During The Gilded Age, persons of wealth had access to most anything they wanted; they created clubs and organizations to associate with others of their class and interests. As the Arrowhead Reservoir irrigation project was begun, the creation of the Arrowhead...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The lumbering industry in the Little Bear Valley area was moving forward full speed in the 1880s and the steam-powered lumber mills were cutting the larger trees that the earlier mills couldn’t handle. The lumbermen usually left...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Logging in the San Bernardino Mountains started during the 1840s Mexican era using primitive sawpit methods, followed by David Seely who built a water-powered sawmill on Seely Flats in the 1850s. Lumbering moved into Little Bear...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor The Lake Arrowhead branch library in Blue Jay was the place to be for folks who are curious about the history behind a number of mountain spots. This was Russ Keller’s monthly historical presentation, sponsored by the Lake...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Highland Mill was built in the early 1890s by the Danaher brothers. They had to build a road with a trestle bridge over a deep gorge to get to the previously inaccessible virgin timber area near current day Running Springs. They...
