by Rick Keppler | Feb 17, 2020 | Andy Devine, Andy Griffith, Big Bear Airport, Big Bear Lake history, Big Bear Lake movies, Historical Videos, History, Rick Keppler
In the 1970’s, actor/entertainer Andy Griffith made a few movies that were filmed almost exclusively at various locations throughout Big Bear Lake. These movies provide us with a visual record showing how Big Bear Lake has changed over the last forty years. One of the...
by Rick Keppler | Dec 4, 2019 | Big Bear Lake history, Big Bear Lake Village, Cecil B DeMille, Charles Peckham, Historical Videos, History, John Fisher, Pine Knot Lodge, Rick Keppler
The history of the Pine Knot Lodge and the Big Bear Lake Village have always been linked very closely together. Recently revealed documentation, published in Charles Peckham’s book “Big Bear Lake”, shows just how closely linked they actually were. It turns out that...
by Rick Keppler | Dec 4, 2019 | Big Bear Lake history, Big Bear Lake Village, Cecil B DeMille, Charles Peckham, Historical Videos, History, John Fisher, Pine Knot Lodge, Rick Keppler
The history of the Pine Knot Lodge and the Big Bear Lake Village have always been linked very closely together. Recently revealed documentation, published in Charles Peckham’s book “Big Bear Lake”, shows just how closely linked they actually were. It turns out that...
by Rick Keppler | Oct 16, 2019 | Big Bear Lake Fire Department, Big Bear Lake history, Fawnskin, Historical Videos, History, Mel Blanc, Rick Keppler, Vanishing Big Bear-2
Our four part series of “Living With Fire” looks at how the Big Bear Lake communities have dealt with the threat of fire over the last 100 years. This Part 4 episode takes a quick look at how the Big Bear Valley Fire Departments evolved since the 1940’s. The images...
by Rick Keppler | Oct 1, 2019 | Big Bear Lake Fire Department, Big Bear Lake history, Historical Videos, History, Rick Keppler, The Latest, Vanishing Big Bear-2
Our four part series of “Living With Fire” tells how the Big Bear Lake communities have dealt with the threat of fire over the last 100 years. This Part 3 episode takes a look the Great Fire of 1946. The images for this video were provided by the recently published...
