Real estate blog entries tagged with bracken fern manor by Kat DeLong, REALTOR (Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert)

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bracken fern manor: ACTIVE-RAIN SUCCESS STORY COMES FROM CONTEST ENTRY--Great things happen here! - 09/27/08 01:55 PM

I wanted to start my Saturday morning off on a positive note, with a positive post, by sharing my "latest" Active-Rain success story. I don't usually write about them, but I thought I would today, if for no other reason except, to encourage Rainers who may not have had one (success story). YET.
Back in March (2008), our own MELISSA GRANT who was then heading up the BLAST FROM THE PAST Group, challenged us to a contest about history. We were to write a post about something historic in our area. Since I love exploring the past of a town, any town, and I know loads about my area, I decided I'd give the contest … (35 comments)

bracken fern manor: Lake Arrowhead's Bracken Fern Manor & Connection to Mobster, Bugsy Siegal - 03/28/08 09:58 AM

Lake Arrowhead has always had ties with the Hollywood bunch. MANY celebrities now, as well as then, have called Lake Arrowhead home....an escape from the hustle-bustle of Los Angeles and other large cities below. But the most famous celebrity ever to own property in Lake Arrowhead was the notorious mobster, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegal."
Bugsy (he lothed being called Bugsy) talked the Chicago Mob into backing his new venture, which is now known as BRACKEN FERN MANOR. This Alpine-style inn opened as Club Arrowhead in The Pines on July 4th, 1929. The inn had state of the art amenities, such as electricity! More importantly, it catered to the rich and famous, offering gambling, illegal liquor and … (16 comments)

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