Our story
It started with
a nurseryman
from Corona
Charles Holloway loved to fish, so in 1914 he hauled boat parts up the old Clark Grade to assemble them in Big Bear Lake — and someone asked to rent one before he even got it in the water.
Charles knew he was onto something. He built a camp with 16 cabins, 30 rental boats, a general store and a barbershop.
In 1971, two couples — Marge and Don Hafen, and Betty and Bruce Turner — bought the property from the Moores, ending a 57-year era, and expanded with three more acres a few years later.
Loren Hafen runs the family business today with his brother and cousins. Holloway's has been one of the leading businesses in Big Bear Lake since 1914, and still serves the community and guests from around the world.