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...
by Rick Keppler | Jan 28, 2012 | History, Welcome
Kim Sweet and Rick Keppler present some history of the marina and village at Big Bear Lake, California. This presentation is illustrated with a collection of old historical photos showing the evolution of both the marina and the village area on the lake near the...
by Rick Keppler | Nov 20, 2011 | History, Welcome
There was once a time, before the dam was built, about 20,000 plus years ago when our Big Bear Lake was larger and up to sixty feet higher higher than it is today. How was this possible? Noel Blanc, the host of the “Good Day Big Bear” on Channel-6...
by Rick Keppler | Oct 2, 2011 | History, Mountain Roads, Welcome
The last sections of the old historic bridge across the Big Bear Lake dam are being removed. The bridge was built back in 1924. Removal of the old bridge across the Big Bear Lake Dam is nearly complete as of October 2, 2011. © Rick Keppler. The last couple sections...
by Rick Keppler | Sep 25, 2011 | History, Mountain Roads
As of September 24, 2011, the removal of the old bridge across the top of the Big Bear Lake dam is about two thirds complete. Jeanne Richards and Kaela Fengler of Big Bear Lake, check out the progress of the removal of the old bridge from the top of the Big Bear Lake...
