Angelus Oaks, California
| Angelus Oaks, California | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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 Angelus Oaks, California
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| Coordinates: 34°8′45″N 116°58′57″W / 34.14583°N 116.98250°WCoordinates: 34°8′45″N 116°58′57″W / 34.14583°N 116.98250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
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| • Total | 0.500 sq mi (1.295 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,800 ft (1,800 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 312 |
| • Density | 620/sq mi (240/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 92305 |
Angelus Oaks is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States, and has a population of 312 as of 2010, down from an estimated population of 535 in 2000. It is surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest and located northeast of Redlands on California State Route 38.
Angelus Oaks was initially called Camp Angelus. In 1849 there was a big gold strike in Holcomb Valley near the town of Big Bear. The only way to get supplies in and the gold out was by mule trains. The mule train traveled up the Santa Ana River stopping overnight in Seven Oaks and then took the old switch back trail (still visible on the mountain across from the Angelus Oaks Lodge) up to the gold fields. Eventually, a wagon road was built to replace the mule skinner trail.
In the late 1870s, cattle rustlers, operating out of San Bernardino, would bring their stolen herds up to Angelus Oaks to hide them. Due to the configuration of the opening of the mountain down by the Ranger Station, the opening to the canyon was not visible to posses passing by searching for the stolen herds.
Beginning in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the stagecoach, using the old wagon road, would bring passengers and mail up the old wagon road through Angelus Oaks, on to Seven Oaks and then up the back side of the mountain to Big Bear. The now Angelus Oaks Lodge was first built as a stagecoach stop for changing horses at the top of the climb and for serving up sandwiches to passengers. It also served as a small grocery store for the local community. The original wagon road is the small road that now runs along the front of the Lodge and crosses over to the current chain up turn-out.
In 1919, with automobiles now traveling up the road to Big Bear, the Angelus Oaks Lodge became a perfect spot to replenish the water in their radiators. A few cabins were built by two brothers that owned the Lodge at that time. These crude cabins were nothing more than four walls and contained only cots for sleeping and a wood-burning stove for heat and cooking.
The original school was a log cabin on a hill located behind and rented from Glen Lodge. This lodge had a full restaurant, bar, gas and repair station, grocery store, hotel, cabins, and a dance hall with a large fireplace. In 1953 the first teacher, originally from South Dakota and a graduate of USC, was Orville Young. He lived with his family in Camp Angelus and taught the community children from 5–13 years of age at Camp Angelus Elementary. In 1956 the natural wood clad (later painted red) one-room school-house serving grades 1-7 was built, and closed permanently in 2004. Glen Lodge burned down in the late sixties.[citation needed]
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