Shannon WrayDec 22, 20203 minA WELL TOLD TALEShannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Kate Powell Harvey and her brother Robert Powell One of the most legendary people in...
Shannon WrayDec 22, 20204 minBURRO TRAINS TO BIG BEARShannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon The 1880s were the period when real mountain tourism became the rage. Travelers...
Shannon WrayDec 22, 20205 minSECRETS OF THE DESERT QUEEN MINEShannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon James McHaney and four of his siblings arrived in Mill Creek Canyon from Missouri in...
Shannon WrayDec 22, 20207 minA 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...
Shannon WrayDec 21, 20202 minA STRANGE, TRUE TALEShannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon In June 1901, the few residents of Mill Creek Canyon and some campers were terrified....
Shannon WrayDec 21, 20202 minTHIS ROUGH PARADISEShannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Mill Creek Canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California is one of the...
Shannon WrayAug 25, 20207 minCINEMATIC SEVEN OAKS - PART III: The Wolf and His MateBy Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon The woods around Seven Oaks, California, were crawling with film folk in 1917. When...
Shannon WrayAug 6, 20206 minCINEMATIC SEVEN OAKS- Part II: The Girl Who Ran Wildby Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Following on the big success of The Savage, filmed in Seven Oaks, California, and...
Shannon WrayJul 18, 20209 minCINEMATIC SEVEN OAKS - Part I: The Savageby Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon During the early silent film era, Seven Oaks, a small mountain resort enclave along...
Shannon WrayJun 6, 202010 minA MOVIE STAR ON MILL CREEKby Shannon Wray Author Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon Mary Pickford, known as Little Mary “America's Sweetheart,” came to Mill Creek...
Shannon WrayMay 18, 202015 minHOLLYWOOD 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...