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...
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 | 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...