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...
by Rick Keppler | Sep 6, 2019 | Big Bear Lake Fire Department, Big Bear Lake history, Historical Videos, History, Marc Durban, Rick Keppler, San Bernardino History, Vanishing Big Bear-2
Surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear residents are well aware of the constant threat of both domestic and wildfires. This four part series of historical videos looks at how the Big Bear Lake communities have dealt with the threat of fire over the...
by Rick Keppler | Aug 24, 2019 | Big Bear Lake history, Charles Peckham, Historical Videos, History, John Fisher, Pine Knot Lodge, Rick Keppler, Vanishing Big Bear-2
A new book on the history of Big Bear Lake was published released in July 2018, called “Big Bear Lake – The Struggle For Land Water & Power” by Charles Peckham. This video is an excerpt from Chapter 18, about the history of Pine Knot Landing, and a fleet of...
by Rick Keppler | Jul 25, 2019 | Big Bear Lake history, Big Bear Lake movies, Dale Evans, Historical Videos, History, Hollywood Connection, Mel Blanc, Rick Keppler, Roy Rogers, San Bernardino History
This video tells of Roy Rogers and Dale Evens, and their involvement in the Big Bear Lake community back in the 1940’s & 1950’s. It includes clips from a few Movies and TV shows that Roy and Dale filmed in and around Big Bear. The images for this video were...
by Rick Keppler | Jul 25, 2019 | Big Bear Lake history, Big Bear Lake movies, Dale Evans, Historical Videos, History, Hollywood Connection, Mel Blanc, Rick Keppler, Roy Rogers, San Bernardino History
This video tells of Roy Rogers and Dale Evens, and their involvement in the Big Bear Lake community back in the 1940’s & 1950’s. It includes clips from a few Movies and TV shows that Roy and Dale filmed in and around Big Bear. The images for this video were...
by Rick Keppler | Jun 15, 2019 | Big Bear Lake history, Guy Maltby, Harry Kiener, Historical Videos, History, Peter Pan Woodland Club, Rick Keppler, Vanishing Big Bear-2
This is the story about the Peter Pan Woodland Club resort at Big Bear Lake. For many years it was Big Bear’s most exclusive resort. It also created Big Bear City. The historical images in this video were provided by the latest edition of “Vanishing Big Bear-2”, and...
