Historical Markers in Big Bear Lake, California

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Historical Markers in Big Bear Lake, California

1 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — 21 — Bellevill Holcomb Valley —

Founded in late 1859. Bellevill was named after Belle Van Dusen, the first child born in Holcomb Valley, she was the daughter of Ted Van Dusen, the town blacksmith and early pioneer. — — Map (db m78590) HM

2 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — Big Bear Solar Observatory —

BBSO is home to the world's largest aperture, and highest resolution solar telescope. The 1.6 meter primary mirror of the New Solar Telescope (NST) is housed in the first facility-class solar telescope made in the USA in a generation. The . . . — — Map (db m197808) HM

3 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — Big Bear Valley — The Lake You Love —

Big Bear Lake, as you see it now, is a hub for recreation and outdoor activities. Did you know if you stood on this spot in the 1880's you wouldn't see a lake at all? Until 1885, the lake in front of you was a sprawling wet meadow laced by a . . . — — Map (db m197780) HM

4 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — Champion Lodgepole Pine — How long does it take to become a Champion? —

Over 400 years ago, as the Spanish adventurer Cabrillo was exploring what is now Southern California, the mighty pine above you had just peeked through the soil. By the time Benjamin Davis Wilson discovered our valley in 1845, this tree had . . . — — Map (db m197487) HM

5 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — Grizzly Come Home Campaign — Big Bear Alpine Zoo —

In January 1996: A family of "Three Strikes" Grizzly Bears were captured outside of Yellowstone National Park. US Fish and Wildlife Bear Management guidelines directed the rangers to either find them a permanent home in a zoological facility . . . — — Map (db m197752) HM

6 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — 2 — Holcomb Valley — Reported missing

Named for William Francis "Bill" Holcomb, pioneer prospector who, in this valley discovered Southern California's richest gold field - May 5, 1860. — — Map (db m50610) HM

7 ► California, San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake — 725 — Old Bear Valley Dam —

In 1884 Frank Brown built an unusual dam here to supply irrigation water for the Redlands area. The single-arch granite dam formed Big Bear Lake, then the world’s largest man-made lake. Engineers claimed the dam would not hold, and declared it “The . . . — — Map (db m128510) HM

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