the West-End
of the
San Bernardino Mountains from Crestline
to
Running
Springs
from various points in time
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The Blue Jay Stables offered inexpensive horse rentals to visitors to the area from the 1940's to the 1960's. Public access to the lake was once possible, and what better way then by horse-back.
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by W. Lee Cozad
Smart's Home Cooking located in Agua Fria. Now the location of the hardware store. Depicted in the picture are the owners (sitting) and the waitress and the cook (standing).
Built by Stoney DeMent in 1934. He is given credit for the naming of Blue Jay - named after the mountain Stellar Jay's - mistakenly called Blue Jays by most. This community has grown from the site of a lumber mill to a busy commercial center. Originally homesteaded by the Wixom family in 1914.
The first ice rink was built in 1935. Later known as the Probst Ice
Castle. It featured an Olympic-size rink, where recent Olympian Michelle
Kwan trained.
Known as 'The Angling Lake' near Blue Jay. For those rugged outdoors
men that liked a controlled area and guaranteed catch; fresh fish for
dinner tonight!
