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Author/historian Mark Landis has spent years researching and compiling this unique and important piece of Southern California history.
This book chronicles the fascinating 150-year saga of the sanitariums, resorts, and spring water, at Arrowhead Springs, California, in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. The development of Arrowhead Springs is intertwined with the pioneers and settlers who came to the San Bernardino Valley in the 1850’s, and established a collection of frontier communities that blossomed into the citrus belt of Southern California.
The resort’s chic hotels were a favorite haven for Hollywood’s greatest stars, as well as politicians, and tycoons of industry. The 1939 luxury hotel and the many other facilities that remain on the property today, stand as amazing reminders of the resort’s long and colorful history.
The history of the famous Arrowhead Spring water that is still drawn from the site is well chronicled and illustrated in this book. The rare photos and memorabilia contained in the book weave together the history and legends of Arrowhead Springs, from the development of the first crude sanitarium built by D.N. Smith in 1864, to the magnificent hotel at the site today.
232-page hardbound book is filled with more than 400 historic photos, ephemera, newspaper articles, illustrations, and maps. 8.5" X 11" hardbound, with color illustrated cover.
Celebrities, historic figures, locations, and subjects covered or mentioned in this book include the following - Celebrities: Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Colonel William Selig, David Horsley, Carl Laemmle, Al Jolson, Keene Thompson, Monte Brice, Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Warner Oland, Charlie Chan, J.L. Warner, Warner Brothers, William Powell, Richard Barthelmess, Clive Brook, Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Frank Capra, Joseph M. Schenck, Jay Paley, Edgar J. Mannix, William Goetz, Lou Anger, Constance Bennett, Claudette Colbert, Paul Revere Williams, Dorothy Draper, Lon Chaney Sr., Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, Tyrone Powers, Barbara Stanwyck, Errett Lobban Cord, Esther Williams, Carleton Varney, Judy Garland, Rudy Vallee, Pat Flick, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Irving Berlin, Rita Hayworth, Brenda Marshall, Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart, Louis B. Mayer, Conrad Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Jimmy Durante, Ben Gage, Eddie Cantor, Ida Cantor, Benarr Macfadden, Elizabeth Taylor, Jerry Lewis, Rocky Marciano, Hugh O'Brian.
Historic figures: Lieutenant R.S. Williamson, Walter Steele, Burton Frasher, Santos Manuel, Juan B. Alvarado, Jedediah Smith, Amasa Lyman, Charles Rich, Brigham Young, Isaac Williams, the Lugo Family, Fred T. Perris, Henry G. Sherwood, Dr. Hermann Brehmer, David Noble Smith, John Brown Sr., Horace C. Rolfe, William Holcomb, Governor Newton Booth, John Harvey Kellogg, Governor Robert Whitney Waterman, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas B. Elder, Don Vicente Lugo, Robert R. Darby, Sylvester Lyman, Gus Knight Jr., John Metcalf, Sir William Johnson, Dr. John Clarke, Seth Marshall, A.C. Denman, George W. Tape, Arthur B. Benton, Henry E. Huntington, William G. McAdoo, Arthur R. Peck, John S. McGroarty, Senator James D. Phelan, Harry Ward, Chief Perrin G. Trowbridge, Dr. Edgar Apolant, Thomas Hull, Henry J. Kaiser, W.D. Gilchrist, Hugo W. Druehl, Donald R. Lewis, Benjamin Swig, Gordon B Kaufmann, Edward Huntsman-Trout, Glenn Lampier, William Bright, Vonette Bright, Governor Mark Hatfield, Reverend Billy Graham, Guy F. Atkinson, John Lowe, Richard Thompson, President Jimmy Carter, Rod Garton, Hardy Jones, Neil Derry, James Penman, Deron Marquez, Jones Lang LaSalle, Mayor Pat Morris.
Locations and subjects; California, San Bernardino, Southern California, San Diego, Mission San Gabriel, Rancho San Bernardino, Mexico, The Estancia, Chino Rancho, Mormons, Crestline, Salt Lake City, Cajon Pass, Holcomb Valley, Battle Creek Sanitarium, Waterman Springs, Waterman Canyon, Penyugal Springs, Granite Springs, Los Angeles, Crafton, Loma Linda, Mound City, Mentone, Mentone Hotel, Redlands, Bear Valley, Bear Valley Dam, Big Bear Lake, Harlem Springs, Little Bear Valley, Little Bear Lake, Little Bear Dam, Lake Arrowhead, Arrowhead Reservoir and Power Company, Urbita Springs, Pacific Electric Railway, Santa Fe Railroad, Perrier Springs, Hollywood, Palm Springs, 1932 Summer Olympics, Coca-Cola Company, National Orange Show, Flood of 1938, Santa Ana Winds, Las Vega, Hotel El Ranch Vegas, MGM Studios, Arrowhead Spring Water Company, Puritas, The Water Train, Southern Pacific Railroad, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Coca-Cola Los Angeles, Beatrice Foods Company, Poland Springs, Campus Crusade for Christ, Fairmont Hotel Corporation, Chief Typoose, Indian Statue Restoration, Panorama Fire, Old Fire, Metropolitan Water District, LAFCO.
