A WELL TOLD TALE
Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Kate Powell Harvey and her brother Robert Powell One of the most legendary people in...
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Shannon Wray
- Dec 21, 2020
- 4 min
BURRO TRAINS TO BIG BEAR
Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon The 1880s were the period when real mountain tourism became the rage. Travelers...
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Shannon Wray
- Dec 21, 2020
- 5 min
SECRETS OF THE DESERT QUEEN MINE
Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon James McHaney and four of his siblings arrived in Mill Creek Canyon from Missouri in...
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Shannon Wray
- Dec 21, 2020
- 7 min
A GLACIER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon In June 1892, the Los Angeles Herald and the Los Angeles Times were at war. The cause...
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Shannon Wray
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
A STRANGE, TRUE TALE
Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon In June 1901, the few residents of Mill Creek Canyon and some campers were terrified....
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Shannon Wray
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
THIS ROUGH PARADISE
Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Mill Creek Canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California is one of the...
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Shannon Wray
- Aug 25, 2020
- 7 min
CINEMATIC SEVEN OAKS - PART III: The Wolf and His Mate
By Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon The woods around Seven Oaks, California, were crawling with film folk in 1917. When...
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Shannon Wray
- Aug 5, 2020
- 6 min
CINEMATIC SEVEN OAKS- Part II: The Girl Who Ran Wild
by Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Following on the big success of The Savage, filmed in Seven Oaks, California, and...
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Shannon Wray
- Jul 18, 2020
- 9 min
CINEMATIC SEVEN OAKS - Part I: The Savage
by Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon During the early silent film era, Seven Oaks, a small mountain resort enclave along...
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Shannon Wray
- Jun 5, 2020
- 10 min
A MOVIE STAR ON MILL CREEK
by Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Mary Pickford, known as Little Mary “America's Sweetheart,” came to Mill Creek...
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Shannon Wray
- May 17, 2020
- 15 min
HOLLYWOOD AND "THE EYES OF THE WORLD"
by Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Mill Creek Canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains was a movie-making location almost...
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