Race Against Nature It is not possible to close these pages without a mention of a leading citizen and a great race; a race against both time and nature. The … [Read more...]
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Bill and Bath Tub One more story about our friend Bill. When living at the Dam as Keeper those many years and with five children , it was decided to have a … [Read more...]
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Johnson’s Five Feet Frank Johnson built the first theatre on my east forty feet, then he wanted a well so he had to have five feet more. I sold it to him but … [Read more...]
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Log Cabin Group of 1916 In 1916 ten groups of log cabins were the most buildings aside from the cabins for the Pine Knot Lodge and Knight’s second camp on … [Read more...]
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Heller’s Broadcasting Station When Dr. Heller came over from the north shore and built the first two story building in the business section, he had a vision … [Read more...]
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The Big Snow The big snow. This was really something to tell them back home. No former record approached this. Twenty eight buildings laid flat; two dead and … [Read more...]
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Clever Boys Stole and Filled Cabin At one period several cabins were broken into, ransacked, and radios, guns and blankets stolen and little evidence of the … [Read more...]
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Jack’s Turkey Party Of course having big parties for a meal or a night for outsiders as guests of a cabin owner was a common occurrence, and some of these … [Read more...]
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Peddar’s Road – Jessoran’s Toboggan Mr. Peddar had the finest cabin near town in the early days and for locomotion he had built a kind of sleigh to go on … [Read more...]
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When the Big Bear Lake CA Dam was completed, many many trees were submerged. Ninety-One Hundred Stumps Those out on the lake today have little idea what the … [Read more...]
