Snow-capped San Bernardino Mountains, around 1915
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The Logging Boom & Arthur Gregory

In the 1850s this basin was "Houston Flat," a roaring center of mountain logging. Then in 1926 citrus grower Arthur Gregory Sr. arrived for its timber and left with a far bigger idea: damming Houston Creek to create the lake that now bears his name.

Crestline, California1850s – 1926Written by historians, never AIResearched & written by Luke Ollett, Janine Jenkins

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