Editing Running Springs, California (section)

== Surroundings and economy ==
Running Springs is a mountain community in the [[San Bernardino Mountains]]. It is an [[inholding]] in the [[San Bernardino National Forest]]. Situated at the junction of [[California State Route 18|State Route 18]] and [[California State Route 330|State Route 330]], it is a major gateway to the mountain communities of [[Lake Arrowhead, California|Lake Arrowhead]], [[Arrowbear Lake, California|Arrowbear]], [[Green Valley Lake]], and [[Big Bear City, California|Big Bear]] and is the closest community to [[Snow Valley Mountain Resort]]. It lies some {{convert|16|mi|km}} northeast of the city of [[Highland, California]], up State Route 330, at an elevation of {{convert|6080|ft|m}}. While there is no primary industry in Running Springs, there are service industries geared to the tourism market, as the San Bernardino National Forest is a year-round tourist destination.

[[Image:-7 Shay Sonora Class C.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.2|An example of a Shay logging locomotive. The gearing arrangement gives it greater pulling capacity (but slower speed), which is advantageous with heavy loads on steep grades typical of western logging railroads. This one is still in use on the [[Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad]] in [[Felton, California]].]]

Additionally, Running Springs, together with surrounding communities, form a [[bedroom community]] for commuters who are employed in San Bernardino.

Running Springs is a member community of the Rim of the World, an inhabited stretch of the [[San Bernardino Mountains]] and wholly contained in the [[San Bernardino National Forest]]. The Rim (as it is locally known) extends from [[Crestline, California|Crestline]] to [[Big Bear City, California|Big Bear]], a distance of some {{convert|30|mi|km}}. Running Springs is served by [[Rim of the World High School]] and Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School situated in [[Lake Arrowhead, California|Lake Arrowhead]].

Logging in the San Bernardino Mountains was once done on a large scale, with the Brookings Lumber Company operation the largest. It operated on {{convert|8,000|acre|km2}} between Fredalba and Hunsaker Flats (present-day Running Springs), and extending northward to Heap's Ranch and Lightningdale (near Green Valley Lake) between 1899 and 1912.  It built a logging railroad to bring logs to the mill at Fredalba.  The [[Shay locomotive]]s 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 the lowlands. About 60% of the finished lumber was hauled by wagon down the steep grades to the Molino box factory in Highland, which made packing crates for the citrus grown in the area. The remaining 40% went to the company's retail lumber yard in San Bernardino. In 1912, the company dismantled the Fredalba sawmill and moved much of the machinery to [[Brookings, Oregon]].<ref>Barnhill, John, "Logging No Easy Task," Trainboard Web site (http://www.nps.gov/gosp/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm) Retrieved 6-19-11.</ref><ref>"Forests of Inland Southern California," San Bernardino County Museum Web site ({{cite web |url=http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/exhibits/ff%20history.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |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 }}) Retrieved 6-19-11</ref><ref>"Lima Machine Works," photo of Brookings Lumber Co. locomotive (http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima/sn-154.htm) Retrieved 6-19-11.</ref><ref>"Logging the San Bernardino Mountains," Big Bear History Web site ({{cite web |url=http://www.bigbear.us/logging.html |title=Big Bear History |access-date=2014-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325220923/http://www.bigbear.us/logging.html |archive-date=2012-03-25 }}) Retrieved 6-19-11.</ref><ref>Garrett, Lewis, ''Place Names of the San Bernardino Mountains,'' pp. 37, 47, 77-78, Big Bear Valley Historical Society, Big Bear City, CA, 1998.</ref><ref>Robinson, John W., ''The San Bernardinos: The Mountain Country from Cajon Pass to Oak Glen: Two Centuries of Changing Use,'' pp. 25-47, Big Santa Anita Historical Society, Arcadia, CA, 1989.</ref><ref>Core, Tom, ''Big Bear: The First 100 Years'', pp. 306-8, The Core Trust, Big Bear City, CA, 2002.</ref><ref>Belden, L. Burr, "Brookings Turns Lumbering Into Big Business," ''San Bernardino Sun-Telegram,'' San Bernardino, CA, Nov. 29, 1953.</ref><ref>La Fuze, Pauliena B., ''Saga of the San Bernardinos,'' Hogar Pub. Co., 1984.</ref>