The Voice Magazine July 2017

The Friends of the Big Bear
Library keep Chautauqua
alive in Big Bear Lake
Eliza Tibbets, a founder
of the city of Riverside and
a pioneer of California’s citrus
industry, is the historical
character to be portrayed by
Sandra Petterson during the
2017 History Alive…Chautauqua
program presented
by The Friends of the Big
Bear Library as part of the
2017 Old Miners Days celebration
in Big Bear Lake. The
History Alive…Chautauqua
program will take place at
2 p.m. on Saturday, July 22,
at Summit Christian Fellowship
Church, 41965 Garstin
Drive, Big Bear Lake, (across
the street from the library.)
A reception will immediately
follow at the library at 41930
Garstin Drive, Big Bear Lake.
During special opportunity
drawings attendees of
The Friends of the Big Bear
Library History Alive…
Chautauqua program will
have an opportunity to win
a free brunch and tour of the
historic Mission Inn.
This History Alive…
Chautauqua event presented
by The Friends of the Big
Bear Library is open to the
general public at no charge.
Reservations are not required;
however, seating is
limited and early arrival is
recommended. For more information,
please call the library
at (909) 866-5571.
This year’s historic figure
portrayed in The Friends of
the Big Bear Library History
Alive…Chautauqua program,
Eliza Tibbets, was an
activist in Washington, DC,
for progressive social causes,
including freedmen’s rights
and universal suffrage before
heading west. As a leader
bringing the citrus industry
to Redlands, she successfully
cultivated the area’s first two
Washington naval orange
trees. Eliza Tibbets was also
a spiritualist and frequently
hosted séances.
Petterson is a California
native and was for many
years a Big Bear Lake resident.
Sandra currently lives
in Riverside and serves as a
docent at the historic Mission
Inn Hotel in Riverside
where she portrays Tibbets
during the hotel’s annual
Festival of Lights.
(The Mission Inn Hotel
& Spa hosts an annual Festival
of Lights celebration as
a free, six-week-long Christmas
holiday extravaganza
featuring one of the nation’s
See Tibbets page 15
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