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HISTORY
Big Bear Through
the Years
From the Gold Rush to snow resorts, Big Bear boasts a storied past.
GOLD IS FOUND IN BIG BEAR
In 1855, early settlers in Big Bear
Valley discovered gold. A few
years later, the first recorded
mining operation began
at Starvation Flats,
near what is now
the intersection of
Division and Big
Bear Boulevards.
1845
THE PIONEERS
In pursuit of outlaws who had
been raiding ranches in Riverside,
Benjamin Wilson led a posse into
the mountains. Once they reached
the top of the mountain range,
Wilson and his team found a valley
swarming with grizzly bears, inspiring the moniker of Big Bear Valley.
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1859
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THE BEGINNING OF A
RESORT TOWN
As a sign of the times to come,
the Valley's first resort lodging,
the Bear Valley Hotel, opened
its doors. New roads increased
access to the Valley as well; in
1908, the first roundtrip through
the mountains by automobile was
completed in 13 hours and 17
minutes - a breakneck pace at
the time.
1883
1860-1879: THE GOLD RUSH
In 1860, a bear hunter named
William Holcomb found gold in the
backcountry after tracking a bear's
trail to a creek filled with flakes
of gold. News of the discovery
spread, and Southern California's
largest gold rush was on.
BIG BEAR LAKE IS BORN
To supply citrus farms in Redlands with water, Frank Brown began construction on a dam across the Valley, creating a reservoir that became
Big Bear Lake.
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PRE-1840: THE NATIVES
The first known inhabitants of Big
Bear were the Yuhaviat (meaning
"people of the pines"), who have
lived in the Big Bear region for
thousands of years.
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