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How Crestline Got Its Name
In 1906 a syndicate of San Bernardino investors bought 630 acres atop this ridge for $11,000 and held a contest to name their new summer colony. The winner — "Crestline," the line of the crest — stuck, even though the town never did: it remains an unincorporated community of about 11,600, with no mayor and no city hall.
Crestline, California
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The "Swingingest Town in America"
For a few decades, this Swiss-themed mountain town had a wilder alter ego: "Crestline, the Swingingest Town in America," where local lore counts 47 gambling halls and a 1948 sheriff's raid that hauled off some 800 illegal slot machines.
Crestline, California
