Vanishing Big Bear-2 is the latest version of the original Vanishing Big Bear which was first published in 1995. This edition illustrates the rich history of Big Bear Lake with a collection almost 500 historical images dating from the mid 1800¿s up through the 1960s. The text and images are organized into 15 chapters covering 75 topics. This book provides the reader with a photographic legacy of the Big Bear that once was.