1974 BIG BEAR LAKE CALIFORNIA Old Miners Days PINBACK Pin BUTTON Badge MINING CA

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Big Bear Lake
is a small city in
San Bernardino County
,
California
, located in the
San Bernardino Mountains
along the south shore of
Big Bear Lake
, and surrounded by the
San Bernardino National Forest
. The city is located about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of the city of
San Bernardino
, and immediately west of the
unincorporated town
of
Big Bear City
. The population was approximately 5,019 at the 2010 census, down from 5,438 at the 2000 census. Being a popular year-round resort destination, however, the actual number of people staying in or visiting the greater Big Bear Valley area regularly surges to over 100,000 during many weekends of the year.
History
[
edit
]
Big Bear Lake
was inhabited by the indigenous
Serrano Indians
for over 2,000 years before it was explored by
Benjamin Wilson
and his party. Once populated by only the natives and the
grizzly bears
, from which the area received its name, the population of the Big Bear Valley grew rapidly during the Southern California
Gold Rush
from 1861 to 1912. Grizzly bears were not found in the region after 1908.
[3]
Today, there are black bears in the region since their introduction in 1933,
[3]
and they are sometimes sighted in residential areas.
A trip to Big Bear Lake from
San Bernardino
took two days on horse-drawn coaches. Kirk Phillips was a local who took a trip to New York City and saw the world's first bus line. This inspired him to create the world's second bus line from
San Bernardino
to Big Bear Valley using White trucks with several rows of seats. This made it possible for the villages to grow and for Big Bear Lake to become the first mountain recreation area in
Southern California
.
[4]
Many people traveled to enjoy recreation on the lake, however, another major draw was the natural hot spring. Emile Jesserun bought 40 acres (16 ha) of land that included the hot spring and built the first major resort in Big Bear, the Pan Hot Springs Hotel, in 1921.
This resort was followed with others that strived to be the best by creating a country club atmosphere complete with the amenities required to lure the Hollywood celebrities of the time including
Cecil B. DeMille
,
Shirley Temple
, and
Ginger Rogers
.
It was also a popular place for shooting on location, as they did for the filming of the 1920 version of
Last of the Mohicans
and a number of
Bonanza
episodes in the 1960s at
Cedar Lake
. 1924 saw Big Bear populated with 44 resorts and a constant stream of vacationers. The Pan Hot Springs Hotel, like many of the other resorts and hotels in Big Bear, was extensively damaged by fire in 1933.
[
citation needed
]
Big Bear Lake was one of the filming locations for
Daniel Boone
,
Gone with the Wind
, Disney's
Old Yeller
, the 1969 musical film
Paint Your Wagon
, the 1983 movie
War Games
, the opening to
NBC
's children's program
HR Pufnstuf
and the ending scene in
Better Off Dead
.
Winter activities are also popular in Big Bear. The first ski jump in Big Bear was erected in 1929 and quickly claimed a world ski jump record. More jumps were built in Big Bear Lake and the Viking Ski Club of Los Angeles began to use them for competition and events. The move to a winter resort town was solidified in 1952 when Tommy Tyndall opened a resort in Big Bear Lake now known as
Snow Summit
.
[5]
In the summer of 1968,
Caltech
began construction of
Big Bear Solar Observatory
(BBSO) located on the north shore of Big Bear Lake. Due to extensive rain and snow, the lake rose several feet and BBSO was surrounded by water at the time construction was completed using makeshift barges in May 1970. BBSO, now operated by the
New Jersey Institute of Technology
, is still a major Big Bear Lake landmark connected to the north shore by a dirt and rock causeway.
Since 1970, Big Bear Lake has held its annual
Oktoberfest
. The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest also sports the highest
Biergarten
in the U.S. (in elevation). Big Bear Lake was incorporated as a city on November 28, 1980.
During the 1990s, the city became famous as a training spot for
boxing
champions.
Oscar de la Hoya
,
Mike Tyson
,
Fernando Vargas
,
Gennady Golovkin
, and
Shane Mosley
are among the famous boxers who have trained at Big Bear.
In February 2013, a major manhunt occurred in the Big Bear Lake area to find
Christopher Dorner
, who by that point had killed three people. A standoff ended in nearby
Angelus Oaks
.
Geography
[
edit
]
Big Bear Lake is located at
34°14′29″N
116°54′12″W
(34.241295, −116.903289).
[6]
According to the
United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 6.5 square miles (17 km
2
). 6.3 square miles (16 km
2
) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km
2
) of it (2.88%) is water. It is located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of the city of
San Bernardino
, and immediately west of
Big Bear City
.
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