Above: View from Moon Camp in Fawnskin
Harry Burden, a local farmer from Belleville, California, developed Moon Camp (circa 1920) one mile from downtown Fawnskin.  The camp given the name because of the crescent shaped store, restaurant and marina that once graced the curve of the shoreline.
At that time, part of the camp included the […]

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Above: Vic Forsythe’s comic strip that appeared in the October 1924 issue of Fawnskin Folks.
Victor Clyde Forsythe (August 24, 1885-May 24, 1962)
Early Fawnskin attracted many different artisans, including Victor Clyde Forsythe, a comic strip illustrator and desert landscape painter who was known to many simply as “Vic.”
In 1920, he built a small studio on […]

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The results are in–the 31st Doo Dah Parade was a fun affair with 46 entries (a far cry from the first parade with 3 entries). This year the Fawnskin Air Force showed up with FIVE planes!
Scroll down for GG’s slide show.
Correspondent Rick & his PA Nancy also took some great photos of the 2008 Fawnskin […]

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