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• 1 2022-09-22T21:51:17-07:00 Lake Arrowhead Fire, 1951 10 Jackie Hung Scalar Project plain 2022-12-02T10:49:03-08:00 The image depicts people on the shore of Lake Arrowhead, located in the San Bernardino Forest just east of Los Angeles, observing the smoke from a developing fire.[1] At 1:12 pm on Sunday, July 22, 1951, forest rangers discovered the fire on the north side of the lake near the dump beyond the dam.[2] Over 500 firemen and volunteer fighters worked to contain the flames along with a specialized team of 50 Native Americans who were brought in to help.[3] By the second day, the fire had burned 3500 acres, with backfires sparking along the perimeter. The flames moved to surround Squint’s Ranch, four miles north of Lake Arrowhead, but no structures were harmed.[4]
  
  Officers believed that if low wind speeds continued, then the fire might have been controlled by Wednesday, July 25, and possibly even extinguished by Thursday July 26.[5] However, on Tuesday, July 24, winds picked up to 25 to 30 miles per hour, driving the fire deep into Willow Creek and Deep Creek.[6] Fortunately, a thunderstorm came through early in the morning of July 25, dropping 1.5 inches of rain on Big Bear Lake, which sits just east of Lake Arrowhead, and putting out the fire. Over four days, the fire had burned over 5000 acres of land, endangering over 200 homes and destroying two cabins and a US Forest Service fire truck.[7] Two men, John Camp Jr., 26, and Patrick H. Miller, 24, sustained minor injuries while fighting the fire as volunteers. Fortunately, no one died.[8]
   

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  [1] “Crews Best Forest Fire”, The Windsor Daily (July 25, 1951), 9
  
  [2] “Fire Rages at Lake Arrowhead”, Los Angeles Times (July 23, 1951), 1
  
  [3] “Winds Fan Arrowhead Blaze Out of Control”, Los Angeles Times (July 24, 1951), 1. “Fire Rages at Lake Arrowhead”, Los Angeles Times (July 23, 1951), 1. “Crews Best Forest Fire”, The Windsor Daily (July 25, 1951), 9
  
  [4]  “Winds Fan Arrowhead Blaze Out of Control”, Los Angeles Times (July 24, 1951), 1
  
  [5]“Lake Arrowhead Fire Almost Under Control”, Los Angeles Times (July 25, 1951), 1
  
  [6] “Crews Best Forest Fire”, The Windsor Daily (July 25, 1951), 9
  
  [7] “Lake Arrowhead Fire Almost Under Control”, Los Angeles Times (July 25, 1951), 1
  
  [8]  “Fire Rages at Lake Arrowhead”, Los Angeles Times (July 23, 1951), 1