by Rick Keppler | Aug 27, 2017 | book, History, Welcome
The new hardcover historical book “Vanishing Big Bear – 2” by Rick Keppler has just been released. It is now available at the Big Bear Museum, and at the following retail locations around the valley: Butchers Block – Interiors on Fox Farm Road – Haus & Home...
by Rick Keppler | Jan 20, 2013 | History, Hollywood Connection
A couple miles west of the Big Bear village, up in the hills off of USFS road 2N10, nestled in the woods, is a small manmade lake, which is the home of the Cedar Lake Christian Camp. Today it provides lodging and camping accommodations to private groups, and is also...
by Rick Keppler | Jan 20, 2013 | History, Hollywood Connection
Famous film director/producer Cecil B. DeMille was one of the first Hollywood producers to use Big Bear as a location for a filming. He not only filmed in Big Bear Lake, he built a home up here, and became involved in real estate development on the south side of...
by Rick Keppler | Nov 25, 2012 | History, Hollywood Connection, Videos
We plan to add a lot more historical videos to this Big Bear History site. So we’ve created a new “Historical Video” section on the menu bar above. To get things started we posted a new video about the historic Mel Blanc home in Sawmill Cove....
by Rick Keppler | Sep 13, 2012 | History
The August 25, 2012, Big Bear Classic Boat Show had a beautifully restored 26‘ Chris Craft named “Step In Again 1”. Sixty years ago, this boat was a familiar site on Big Bear Lake. It was part of a fleet of four “Step In Again” high performance tour boats that...
