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 by common people who were enchanted by the surrounding forest wilderness. Isolated here; high above the chaos of modern life; they have preserved a vestige of mid-20th-century small-town America in the woods. This collection of around 200 previously unpublished photographs; including stunning images by the gifted photographers Avery Field and Harry Wendelken; offers glimpses of the paths along which village and wilderness have shaped each other.
#292663 in eBooks 1996-11-01 1996-11-01File Name: B0093DKYII
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