Saddleback Inn

playing in the dining room. The innkeeper hadn't been the only
one to witness strange things going on at the Saddleback Inn.
The night kitchen personal have stories to tell too. One where
cups that had just been washed and turned upside-down to dry,
instantly are all turned right-side up (that'd sure be my last day
working here!) At this point my husband, me and my
goosebumps walked up the creaky wooden steps to our second
floor room, which is directly over the dining room (and as I recall
aren't ghosts able to go through walls, or ceilings in my case?)
Luckily, I made it through the night without sighting or sound,
but told my husband never to inform me of these sort of facts
ahead time ever again! This place should be perfect for you thrill
seekers. I have to admit, we really liked our room, Howard's
Hanger Room, which was frequented by the reclusive Howard
Hughes. It had a large Jacuzzi tub, a thick quilted bedspread,
and a sunny nook to sit and enjoy the morning paper and
mountain view. Our winter Wednesday room rate of $110, we
couldn't complain. Be sure and ask for the AAA discount.

Located at the entrance to Lake Arrowhead Village in Lake
Arrowhead.

Telephone (800) 858-3334

Website: www.saddlebackinn.com

In 1919 two ambitious sisters moved from the
mid-west to Lake Arrowhead with aspirations of
building their dream castle, which they named
The Raven. This twenty-eight room, three story
English tavern played host to the Southland's elite
for thirty-four years before it was sold in 1953 to
a realtor who named it The Arrowhead Inn &
Cottages. It continued to be a popular place for
lodging until 1983 when it changed hands for a
final time and is now the Saddleback Inn. We had
heard from a friend, the night before our arrival,
that the place was haunted. In disbelief I checked
the Internet to find that they did have a cottage
named "The Haunted Cabin". It seemed the

rumor was true. When we inquired about it with the innkeeper at
check-in, she pulled from her file cabinet an old photo of a little girl
with short dark hair and a precarious smile and proceeded to tell
us about her first hand experience with something supernatural,
Hannah. Evidently way back when, Hannah's parents had brought
her to the tavern and left without her. The two sisters raised the
abandoned child as best as they could, but Hannah died of
pneumonia at the age of five. The innkeeper told how one
particular morning, while the dining room was getting ready to
open for breakfast, she was listening to the waitress's daughter
laughing and playing in the dining room, she sometimes would
have to take her little girl with her to work. The waitress came to
her that same morning, white as a ghost. Really shaken up, and
fearing she wouldn't be believed, she reluctantly told the
innkeeper how she just finished vacuuming and pushed in all the
chairs, but when she turned around they were all pushed back out.
After discovering that the waitress hadn't brought her daughter to
work that morning, she reassured the waitress that she did, in fact
believe her, because she heard a little girl, Hannah, laughing and