Background
LaFuze, Pauliena B. was born on October 3, 1905 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Fred and Mary Belle (Flanagan) Gaither.
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SAGA OF THE SAN BERNARDINOS Is the culmination of a labor of love involving tremendous research by the author through newspaper files, diaries, journals, interviews, promotional brochures, county records, and authoritative historical works. It is essentially a chronicle. After an introductory section backgrounding the region's history from the Spanish settlement of California (1769) to California Statehood (1850), the mountain "Saga" reconstructs life year by year from 1851 to 1930. Mining, lumbering, dam, highway, and railroad building, vacation and recreational development, the dry and wet years, the hard winters and the mild, the storms and the fires march through in their proper time and context. Binding events together is the tale of the vital and strong mountain and valley people who met and mastered the problems ... many of whose children and grandchildren still reside nearby and will harken to familiar incidents. Although a mountain history, the work contains (and interprets) much that has a bearing on the history of San Bernardino Valley and the Mojave Desert. The comprehensive index maps a wealth of valuable reference material that should win the volumes welcome in many libraries. Out of print for decades, the Big Bear Valley Historical Society is honored and proud to present Saga of the San Bernardinos in a completely new and modem format. This exceptionally fine book contains the most comprehensive history of this mountain range yet written, and will become the key volume in any library on this subject. Many subsequent writers and authors consider this fine work the "bible" of these mountains, and the foundation for hundreds of articles about the San Bernardinos will be found on these pages. Meticulously researched, Saga follows a long and fascinating history in chronological order, and the author's unique writing style adds life and humor to this outstanding record of this high country.
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LaFuze, Pauliena B. was born on October 3, 1905 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Fred and Mary Belle (Flanagan) Gaither.
Bachelor, DePauw University, 1927.
High school teacher, Indiana, Wisconsin, 1927-1933; private tutor, Twin Peaks, California, 1951.
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President Woman's Club of Lake Arrowhead, 1960-1962, 1980-1982. Charter member Rim of the World Lake Arrowhead branch American Association of University Women (president 1965-1966). Member Crestline History Society, 1985-1990.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Cecil E. LaFuze, August 31, 1934. Children: Marilyn Jean, David Allan, Sharon Kathleen.