by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 22, 2019 | History, Places of Interest
The Big Bear Historical Museum first opened to the public in 1982. It is located in Big Bear City just off of Greenway. The Big Bear Museum is the most visible result of the hard working volunteer members of the Big Bear Valley Historical Society, who have been...
by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 22, 2019 | History, Mountain Roads
In the early 1880’s, Big Bear Village, Fawnskin, and Big Bear City didn’t exist. The only community in Big Bear Valley was a little mining town at the north/east end of Baldwin Lake called Baird’s town, and the only two roads into the valley were actually...
by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 22, 2019 | Big Bear Communities and Towns, History
As a result, Fawnskin’s rapid development slowed to a crawl, and all of the early resorts that once dotted the north shore of the lake, except for one, eventually disappeared into history. Meanwhile, new development along the south side of the lake escalated, and has...
by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 22, 2019 | History, The Lake and Dams
BIG BEAR’S NATURAL LAKE Big Bear lake is a man made lake. All of the published history to date, including this author’s book Vanishing Big Bear, tells us that Big Bear Lake was originally created when a Redlands farmer by the name of Frank Brown built a...
by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 22, 2019 | History, The Lake and Dams
The story of our multi arch dam dates back to 1885, when a Redlands farmer by the name of Frank Brown built a rock dam at Big Bear which created the lake that we have today. The original rock dam under construction at Big Bear Valley in 1884. — Rick Keppler...
