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Public Forums => Wrightwood History => Topic started by: GRAHAM_RANCH on Sep 15, 08, 09:44:38 PM
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So, what is this place today?
Fifty years ago this month, the local news media that covered the happenings in the small community of Wrightwood was called Wrightwood Mountain News. It covered Wrightwood, Big Pines and of course Pinon Hills. Only thing was, Pinon Hills wasn't called Pinon Hills back then...just simply Desert. Fifty years ago a firebug was at large, starting seven fires...six in one day. In the area west of Spruce, east of Mill St, north of Eagle and south of Apple, not too many houses existed. Fact was, the area was still considered forest and the arson fires were considered class-A forest fires. Lucky, only three and one half acres were totally destroyed before volunteers (mostly teenagers) fought the fires to a standstill. Fire captain Chet George was elated for the help and expressed his thanks this way: " I'd like to express everyone's gratitude for the willingness and untiring efforts of the teens who did a fine and thorough job helpin' bring the fires under control." But............"The fire department cannot carry insurance on teenager volunteers. In the event of injury, the fire department is not liable." Betcha getting volunteers for the next fire was a little bit of a chore.
Fifty years ago a forger wanted from St. Louis to the west coast finally got corralled by a local deputy named "Doc" Martin. The infamous bad guy was A. G. Ayers, aka Clayton N. Edwards, and he was in Wrightwood...either just a-passin' through or planning a spot for his next dastardly deed. Pasadena Police earlier gave Wrightwood a jingle and warned them to keep a sharp eye out for their most wanted. Things were different back then then they are now. Once in a while deputies passed through during their patrol time. Ol' Doc immediately saw the suspect and took him into custody so swiftly that Edwards himself admitted that he had no idea what was going on.
Meanwhile, up on Lark, a cabin owner was preparing to share an old 400 year old family recipe. Ah, the tasty Lugwig Flanner Cake batter...all ready to go to a friend's for breakfast treat. Driving away from home, and en route to her friend's, the car door sprang opened...and unfortunately, the cake batter wasn't properly seat-belted in (wasn't a state law back then). Splat! went the bowl and the batter into the mountain dust. Undaunted, the gals did have their breakfast...it was just hotcakes, out of a ready-mix package
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So...what IS this place today?? ???
Did I miss it?
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The present day Applewood Court
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Oh, now I see it! My son and I were wondering out loud about Applewood Court's history. Cool, thanks!
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The present day Applewood Court
Oh yeah!!! Thanks for the cool info