by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 21, 2019 | Historical Videos, History
In 1885, Frank Brown built a narrow rock dam at the west end of Big Bear Valley. At the time it was reportedly the largest man made lake in the world. This is how it happened. Narrated by: Kim Sweet Produced & Written by: Rick Keppler
by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 21, 2019 | Historical Videos, History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rqmqTJA71U This Extreme Lake Levels – Big Bear Lake video presents the results of a 2003 geological study of the Prehistoric Environmental conditions in the Big Bear Lake valley, California. Dating back fifteen thousand to twenty...
by Kathy Hoffman | Mar 21, 2019 | Historical Videos, History
This tells the story of how the original Big Bear Lake Tour Boat, the Sierra launched in 1917, evolved into the Big Bear Queen that operates out of the Big Bear Marina today. Also told, is the story of “Step In Again 1”, a historic 1929 Chris Craft that...
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...
