Chino Hills Historical Society Presents:
Camp Kinder Ring to Purple Haze, Part Two
Monday,
June 10, 2024 (Rescheduled from June 17)
The
Chino Hills Historical Society will host a presentation by Chino Hills resident
and historian Paul R. Spitzzeri at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10 at the Chino
Hills Community Center, 14250 Peyton Drive. (Rescheduled
from June 17.)
The June 10 Chino Hills Historical
Society meeting will continue the “Camp Kinder Ring to Purple Haze” series, “Part
Two” – about the history of the site off Canyon Hills Road where Ski Villa was
located, Canyon Hills Country Club, the Ponderosa Bar and Motel, and Purple
Haze, where counterculture was in full swing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mr. Spitzzeri has invited special guest Ingrid
Wicken, of the California Ski Library in Norco, to attend the meeting to share
her knowledge about Ski Villa.
On Monday, October 14, the next presentation
will be “In Hot Water: The La Vida and Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs Resorts.”
Mr. Spitzzeri has lived in Chino Hills for 27 years. He is the Museum Director at the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum in the City of Industry, where he has worked since 1988. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree in history from California State University, Fullerton. He has also published local, regional and state history in many journals and anthologies. His book, The Workman and Temple Families of Southern California, won a 2009 Award of Merit from the
American Association for State and Local History. Since 2008, Paul has maintained the blog www.carboncanyonchronicle.blogspot.com. He also writes a monthly column about local history for Champion Newspapers.
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