Idyllwild and the High San Jacintos

by Robert B. Smith, Idyllwild Area Historical Society, The Idyllwild Area Historical Society

Book Overview

Southern California's hidden treasure lies in the San Jacinto Mountains. Capped by the last 10,000-foot peaks on the way to Mexico, these mountains have enriched human lives for centuries. Discovered by loggers in 1876, partially stripped of their trees during California's first population boom in the 1880s, then protected by federal edict in 1897, these mountains attracted a special breed of settler. The uncommon village of Idyllwild was created...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738559857
• ISBN13: 9780738559858
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"