Editing Lake Arrowhead, California

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'''Lake Arrowhead''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[San Bernardino Mountains]] of [[San Bernardino County, California]], surrounded by the [[San Bernardino National Forest]], and surrounding the eponymous [[Lake Arrowhead Reservoir]]. Lake Arrowhead is located 13 miles north east of the [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] city limits. The population of the CDP was estimated at 12,424 in the 2010 census. It was formerly called "Little Bear Lake", until around 1920, when a group from Los Angeles, the Arrowhead Lake Company, bought the lake and the land surrounding it, and changed its name to Arrowhead Lake.

Tourism is the primary economic generator for the area, contributing several million dollars per year to the county and providing hundreds of full-time and part-time jobs for local residents.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} The area is host to over four million visitors a year. There are 400 guest rooms in hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts, vacation cabin rentals, condos, and rustic cabin lodges and resorts.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}

==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>

==Geography==
[[File:RH-Cabin.jpg|thumb|Lake Arrowhead weekend cabin designed by MGM film star [[Ruth Hussey]]]]
Lake Arrowhead is located in the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire region]] of [[Southern California]], about 20 minutes north of the [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] city limits. Its economic center is at the intersection of State Routes 173 and 189. The CDP has a total area of 19.0 square miles (49.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 17.7 square miles (45.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}; 6.46%) is water.

Lake Arrowhead is a private lake governed by the Arrowhead Lake Association and is for restricted use by Lake Arrowhead property owners.

: Lake size: {{convert|782|acre|km2}} (capacity)
: Shoreline: {{convert|14|mi|km}}
: Elevation: 5106.70 (capacity)
: Maximum depth: {{convert|185|ft|m}}
: Lake width: {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}
: Lake length: {{convert|2.2|mi|km}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://damsafety.water.ca.gov/damlisting.cfm 
 |title=Listing of Dams 
 |publisher=California Department of Water Resources, Division of Dam Safety 
 |access-date=2007-02-21 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430014436/http://damsafety.water.ca.gov/damlisting.cfm 
 |archive-date=2007-04-30 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>

Outside of Lake Arrowhead Village there are several residential communities, which include [[Cedar Glen, California|Cedar Glen]], [[Blue Jay, California|Blue Jay]], [[Rimforest, California|Rimforest]], Skyforest, Twin Peaks, [[Crest Park, California|Crest Park]], Hook Creek Tract, Deer Lodge Park, Arrowhead Villas, Grass Valley, and Agua Fria.  There are three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school in the area.<ref>[http://www.rimsd.k12.ca.us/ "Rim of the World Unified School District"]. 2011. Last accessed 28 Mar 2011.</ref>  {{convert|7|miles}} north of Lake Arrowhead is the [[Pacific Crest Trail]].

[[Santa's Village (Lake Arrowhead)|Santa's Village]] at Lake Arrowhead was a popular theme park from 1955 to 1998, and reopened in 2016. It was the first franchised one in the United States, with two others in the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] and [[Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santasvillage.net/santas.village.skyforest.html |publisher=Santasvillage |title= Skyforest |access-date= 2010-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santasvillage.net/santas.village.history.html |publisher=Santasvillage.net |title= Santas Village History |access-date= 2010-05-21}}</ref>

==Demographics ==

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Lake Arrowhead had a population of 12,424. The population density was {{convert|655.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Lake Arrowhead was 10,729 (86.4%) White (73.0% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0639444.html |title=Lake Arrowhead CDP QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |publisher=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=2014-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702004348/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0639444.html |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref> 95 (0.8%) African American, 93 (0.7%) Native American, 152 (1.2%) Asian, 33 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 847 (6.8%) from other races, and 475 (3.8%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,709 persons (21.8%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0639444|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030405/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0639444|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Lake Arrowhead CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 12,389 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 16 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 19 (0.2%) were institutionalized.

There were 4,672 households, 1,563 (33.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,746 (58.8%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 413 (8.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 258 (5.5%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 217 (4.6%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 64 (1.4%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 984 households (21.1%) were one person and 358 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.65.  There were 3,417 families (73.1% of households); the average family size was 3.07.

The age distribution was 3,043 people (24.5%) under the age of 18, 968 people (7.8%) aged 18 to 24, 2,571 people (20.7%) aged 25 to 44, 4,104 people (33.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,738 people (14.0%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males.

There were 11,875 housing units at an average density of 626.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,428 (73.4%) were owner-occupied and 1,244 (26.6%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 7.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 12.4%.  8,647 people (69.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,742 people (30.1%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Lake Arrowhead had a median household income of $57,672, with 11.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 8,934 people in 3,243 households, including 2,445 families, in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|780.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 8,857 housing units at an average density of {{convert|773.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 90.5% White, 0.6% African American, 0.9% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.9% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.6%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

There were 3,243 households, of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. Of all households 18.7% were one person and 6.0% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.8 and the average family size was 3.2.

The age distribution was 28.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% 65 or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median household income was $60,826 and the median family income was $65,183. Males had a median income of $50,016 versus $35,526 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,176.  About 7.3% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], Lake Arrowhead is in {{Representative|casd|19|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|34|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Lake Arrowhead is in {{Representative|cacd|23|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|23}}</ref>  In the [[United States Senate|Senate]], California is represented by [[Alex Padilla]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]) and [[Adam Schiff]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]).<ref>{{cite web | title=Senators of the 111th Congress | url=https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=CA | publisher=senate.gov | date=14 Feb 2021 | access-date=2021-02-14}}</ref>

==Climate==
The Lake Arrowhead Community has a unique climate for Southern California with four distinct seasons which support an array of outdoor recreational activity and year-round beauty. Lake Arrowhead has a Warm-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csb''). During the summer, warm temperatures and monsoon thunderstorms are common. During the winter months, large pacific storms bring plenty of snow. The area receives about 300 annual days of sunshine per year. Beginning in late 2011, a catastrophic drought began affecting Lake Arrowhead along with the rest of California. By November 2016, the lake level dropped {{convert|11.975|ft|m}}. This drop exposed much of the lake floor and beached most of the docks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrowhead Lake Association |url=http://www2.ala-ca.org/mapper/lake.level |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220144920/http://www2.ala-ca.org/mapper/lake.level |archive-date=20 February 2020 |website=ala-ca.org}}</ref> As of February 2019, the lake has rebounded to just {{convert|2|ft|m}} below the historical average.

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|Jan record high F = 71
|Feb record high F = 72
|Mar record high F = 77
|Apr record high F = 87
|May record high F = 93
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 101
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 89
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 72

|Jan high F = 44.4
|Feb high F = 44.9
|Mar high F = 52.0
|Apr high F = 60.0
|May high F = 67.0
|Jun high F = 76.4
|Jul high F = 81.1
|Aug high F = 81.8
|Sep high F = 74.2
|Oct high F = 63.0
|Nov high F = 51.5
|Dec high F = 43.0
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|Jan mean F = 36.5
|Feb mean F = 37.4
|Mar mean F = 41.8
|Apr mean F = 48.0
|May mean F = 53.9
|Jun mean F = 62.8
|Jul mean F = 69.1
|Aug mean F = 69.4
|Sep mean F = 63.0
|Oct mean F = 52.9
|Nov mean F = 42.7
|Dec mean F = 36.0
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|Jan low F = 28.7
|Feb low F = 29.8
|Mar low F = 31.6
|Apr low F = 36.1
|May low F = 40.8
|Jun low F = 49.1
|Jul low F = 57.1
|Aug low F = 57.1
|Sep low F = 51.9
|Oct low F = 42.8
|Nov low F = 33.8
|Dec low F = 29.1
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|Jan record low F = 6
|Feb record low F = 5
|Mar record low F = 11
|Apr record low F = 15
|May record low F = 25
|Jun record low F = 30
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 33
|Sep record low F = 30
|Oct record low F = 18
|Nov record low F = 13
|Dec record low F = 6

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|Jan precipitation inch = 8.36
|Feb precipitation inch = 9.87
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.17
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.76
|May precipitation inch = 1.15
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.26
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.12
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.13
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.31
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.06
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|Jan snow inch = 3.0
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|May snow inch = 0.8
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|Jul snow inch = 0.0
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|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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|access-date = February 26, 2023
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}}

===Inclement weather===
Heavy snow and winds have caused major power outages in the area. A storm in the last week of December 2021 left many homes without power for a week.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yap |first1=Angela |title=A Message from Southern California Edison: Storm Brings Down Trees, Utility Poles & No Internet |url=https://mountain-news.com/news/41018/a-message-from-southern-california-edison/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |publisher=Mountain News |date=January 5, 2022}}</ref> Similarly on Thanksgiving weekend 2019, homes were without power for up to four days.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Dakota |title=Thousands without power in Lake Arrowhead area because of winter storm |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-01/thousands-power-outage-lake-arrowhead-area-winter-storm |access-date=27 February 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Lake Arrowhead has appeared in a variety of movies, including ''[[The Squaw Man (1914 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' (1914), ''[[The High Hand]]'' (1926), ''[[The Wolf Dog]]'' (1933), ''[[Fighting Trooper]]'' (1934), ''[[Heidi (1937 film)|Heidi]]'' (1937), ''[[Of Human Hearts]]'' (1938), ''[[Down in 'Arkansaw']]'' (1938), ''[[Spawn of the North]]'' (1938), ''[[North of the Yukon (1939 film)|North of the Yukon]]'' (1939), ''[[Comin' Round The Mountain]]'' (1940), ''[[Untamed (1940 film)|Untamed]]'' (1940), ''[[The Royal Mounted Patrol]]'' (1941), ''[[Wild Geese Calling]]'' (1941), ''[[North of the Rockies]]'' (1942), ''[[Can't Help Singing]]'' (1943), ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'' (1946), ''[[Sand (1949 film)|Sand]]'' (1949), ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' (1961), ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' (1964), ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965), ''[[Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!]]'' (1966), ''[[Pufnstuf (film)|Pufnstuff]]'' (1970) and ''[[The Laundromat (2019 film)|The Laundromat]]'' (2019).<ref>Schneider (1970), Jerry L. (2014). ''Western Movie Making Locations Volume 1 Southern California''. Lulu Press, Inc. {{ISBN|9781312711556}}.</ref>

Of special note, the exterior shots for the movie ''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]'' (1927) were filmed here.<ref name="IMDB">IMDB</ref>  The film won three Academy Awards at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.<ref name="IMDB"/>

In addition, the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center (or a set made to look like it) was the setting for the TV series ''Dragnet,'' Season 3, Episode 13 of the 1960s re-boot, where Friday and Gannon attend a conference for [[Los Angeles Police Department]] officers to discuss problems and solutions.

Lake Arrowhead is mentioned in passing in [[Raymond Chandler]]'s 1939 detective novel ''[[The Big Sleep]].''

==Arts and sciences==
The Lake Arrowhead Communities have numerous cultural events and organizations. The Arrowhead Arts Association is a non-profit corporation dedicated to cultural enrichment sponsoring quality musical performances and providing musical education and scholarships for local youth from preschool through college. The Mountain Skies Astronomical Society is also located there.

==Education==
It is in the [[Rim of the World Unified School District]].<!--UNI 32610--><ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06071_san_bernardino/DC20SD_C06071.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: San Bernardino County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=8 (PDF p. 9/12)|access-date=2024-10-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06071_san_bernardino/DC20SD_C06071_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

== Architecture ==

Located approximately {{convert|80|miles}} from downtown Los Angeles, many Hollywood stars and wealthy Angelinos built homes in the area starting in the 1920s and 30s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelakearrowheadvillage.com/history/|title=History|website=Lake Arrowhead Village : Shopping, Dining, Entertainment...it's our Nature|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>  These homes and estates were designed by some of the most significant architects practicing in Southern California at the time. These architects included:

*[[John Byers (architect)|John Byers]]
*[[Roland Coate]]
*[[Robert D. Farquhar|Robert Farquhar]]
*[[Gordon Kaufmann|Gordon Kaufman]]
*[[Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury]]
*[[Morgan, Walls & Clements]]
*[[Lutah Maria Riggs|Lutah Marie Riggs]]
*[[Lloyd Wright]] (Frank Lloyd Wright's son)
*[[Rudolph Schindler (architect)|Rudolf Schindler]]
*McNeal Swasey<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/1924/|title=PCAD - McNeal Swasey|website=pcad.lib.washington.edu|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*[[Paul Williams (architect)|Paul Revere Williams]]
*[[William Lee Woollett (Architect)|William Woollett]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/495/|title=PCAD - William Lee Woollett|website=pcad.lib.washington.edu|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>

{{anchor|Bennati House|Bennati Cabin|Lake Arrowhead Country Club}}
In the early years of development, the architectural committee of the resort community mandated that homes be built in the [[:Category:Neo-Norman architecture|French Norman]]  or [[Tudor Revival architecture|English Tudor Style]]. Rudolf Schindler, a modernist architect, designed what is known as the first modern [[A-frame house]] in 1936 for Gisela Bennati, as his interpretation of French Norman style architecture. The first known sketches for the Bennati Cabin date from 1934.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/9017/|title=PCAD - Bennati, Mrs. A. Gisela, House Lake Arrowhead, CA|website=pcad.lib.washington.edu|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> Schindler did sketches for "triangle-based house designs" as early as 1922, but none of those designs were built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usmodernist.org/schindler.htm|title=USModernist Rudolf Schindler|website=usmodernist.org|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> Lake Arrowhead is also home to what has been sometimes referred to as the world’s largest A-frame structure, the clubhouse of the Lake Arrowhead Country Club.

The following is a list of people who have owned or built homes in Lake Arrowhead: [[O'Melveny & Myers|John O'Melveny]], J.B. Van Nuys<ref>{{Citation|last=Bilanchone|first=Catherine M.|chapter=Van Nuys, Isaac Newton (1835–1912)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West|publisher=SAGE Publications, Inc.|isbn=9781412905503|doi=10.4135/9781412952439.n299|year=2006}}</ref> (one of the developers of Lake Arrowhead and son of Isaac Newton Van Nuys, founder of Van Nuys, CA), Rhoda Rindge & Merritt Adamson<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adamsonhouse.org/history.php|title=Welcome to Adamson House|website=www.adamsonhouse.org|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> (founders of [[Malibu, CA]]), [[Jack Northrop|John Northrop]], Katherine Iten<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dBYEAAAAMBAJ&q=Katherine+Iten&pg=PA89|title=Orange Coast Magazine|last=Communications|first=Emmis|date=January 1982|publisher=Emmis Communications}}</ref> (Iten Biscuit Company/NABISCO),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northomahahistory.com/2018/11/28/a-history-of-the-iten-barmettler-biscuit-company/|title=A History of the Iten-Barmettler Biscuit Company|last=Sasse|first=Adam Fletcher|date=2018-11-28|website=North Omaha History|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> [[Edward L. Doheny]], [[Jules Stein]], [[Conrad Hilton Jr|Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, Jr.]], [[Dan Duryea|Dan Dureya]], [[Max Factor Sr.|Max Factor]], [[Thomas F. Hamilton]], Prince Massianoff, [[Leo McCarey]], [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Myrna Loy]], [[Ruth Hussey]], [[Shirley Temple]], [[Lon Chaney]], [[Doris Day]], [[June Lockhart]], [[Walter Huston]], [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], [[Loretta Young]], [[Liberace]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Priscilla Presley]] and [[Frankie Avalon]] to name a few.<gallery>
File:Dan Dureya House, "Minkot", Swasey & McAfee, Architects, 1923.jpg|Dan Dureya House, "Minkot", Swasey & McAfee, Architects, 1923
File:Princes house facade.jpg|Prince Massianoff House, Chas.Bugg, Architect/Builder, 1923
File:1927 National Historical Register French Normandy Lakefront Estate.jpg|"Shady Point", Roland Coate Architect,1927
File:Bennati Cabin Lake Arrowhead.jpg|Bennati Cabin, Rudolf Schindler, Architect, 1934
File:Doheny Dock House.jpg|"Happy Landing", Doheny Estate, Dock House, Gordon Kaufman, Architect, 1935
File:Hamiltair Boat House.jpg|Hamiltair Boathouse, Paul Williams, Architect, 1936
File:Lloyd Wright House, Lake Arrowhead.png|House, Lloyd Wright, Architect, 1963
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Lake Arrowhead}}
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*[http://www.lakearrowhead.net Lake Arrowhead Communities Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.lakearrowheadcsd.com/ Lake Arrowhead Community Services District]
*[https://ala-ca.org/ Arrowhead Lake Association]

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