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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...

Shannon Wray
Dec 21, 20203 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Dec 21, 20204 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Dec 21, 20207 min read


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....

Shannon Wray
Dec 21, 20202 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Dec 21, 20202 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Aug 25, 20207 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Aug 5, 20206 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Jul 18, 20209 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
Jun 5, 202010 min read


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...

Shannon Wray
May 17, 202015 min read
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