Editing Lake Arrowhead, California (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Lake Arrowhead Village 1959.ogv|thumb|left|thumbtime=7|Lake Arrowhead Village, 1959.]]
As a scenic mountain resort in the [[San Bernardino Mountains]], Lake Arrowhead's economy is almost completely supported by [[tourism]], both by casual vacationers and part-time residents. The primary tourism industries include real estate, lodging, dining, recreation, and retail sales.

While Lake Arrowhead has no official town center, the Lake Arrowhead Village serves as the main commercial area for both locals and tourists and includes a number of factory outlets, boutiques, restaurants, two banks, a post office and a supermarket.  One author visiting in 1978 described it as a "clean, Swiss-like community with many chalets."<ref>{{cite book |last=Reichert |first=Arthur |date=1978 |title=Tour the Country Roads: Discover the Rustic Wonders of California |location=Fresno, CA |publisher=Valley Publishers |page=90 |isbn=9780913548530}}</ref> Lake Arrowhead Village also hosts events all year long including a free Summer Concert Series, the county's largest free Oktoberfest and many other themed events such as car shows, dog shows, the Tour de Lake Arrowhead, Home Expo, and the popular Antique Wooden Boat Show.

The [[University of California, Los Angeles]] operates the nearby UCLA Conference Center, a full-service conference facility with lodging and meeting space. Other major employers include Mountains Community Hospital and [[Rim of the World Unified School District]].<ref>Search Results - Lake Arrowhead, California - [http://www.referenceusa.com/ ReferenceUSA] Current Businesses</ref>

Logging in the San Bernardino Mountains was once done on a large scale, with the Brookings Lumber Company operation one of the largest.  It operated on {{convert|8,000|acre|km2}} between Fredalba and Hunsaker Flats (present-day Running Springs), between 1899 and 1912.  It built a logging railroad to bring logs to the mill at Fredalba.  The Shay locomotives had to be disassembled and hauled by wagon up the mountain, since the railroad operated in the high country but did not connect to other railroads in lowlands.  Finished lumber was hauled by wagon down the steep grades to the Molino Box Factory in [[Highland, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/gosp/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm |title=Photo Gallery - Golden Spike National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) |publisher=Nps.gov |date=2014-08-12 |access-date=2014-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/exhibits/ff%20history.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926212020/http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/exhibits/ff%20history.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima/sn-154.htm |title=sn-154 |publisher=Shaylocomotives.com |access-date=2014-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigbear.us/logging.html |title=Big Bear History |publisher=Bigbear.us |access-date=2014-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325220923/http://www.bigbear.us/logging.html |archive-date=2012-03-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>