Before Our Time: Saunders Meadow was more than a road to the transfer...

  Saunders Meadow has supported educational programs for the past 70 years, but its varied history reaches back far earlier than the 1940s. Thanks in...

Before Our Time: Desert Sun School

For nearly a century teaching and learning have been major activities in and around Idyllwild. Among the schools and camps responsible, one of the...

Before Our Time: Drought is nothing new here …

“O, sunset land! O, sunset land! As on thy highest mount I stand, I look away across the plain, And wonder will it ever rain.” Thus did J.P....

Before our Time: Electricity on the Hill — fragile …

The recent power outages due to high winds or scheduled maintenance should remind us, even today, not to take the centralized electrical grid for...

Before Our Time: The post office, a multi-tasking service …

The post office has long been a favorite spot for locals to see friends, spread information and gossip, and hold impromptu conferences. A 1922 photo...

Before our time: Libraries in Idyllwild: past and present …

Like a growing number of Hill residents, I’ve been spending more time lately at our public library. Its move to Strawberry Plaza in 2012...

Before our time: From Fern Valley Gardens to The Epicurian and now the sound...

One aspect of Idyllwild that helps maintain its small-village charm is the way commercial and residential activities get intermingled through both space and time....

Before Our Time: Newspapers a historic and a history source …

As my late-blooming interest in local history has deepened, I’ve become increasingly impressed with the value of old newspapers. They preserve a contemporary record of...

Before our time: J.M.V. Pathfinders to Idyllwild Pines …

From time to time in this column, I share anecdotes illustrating the adage that in order to be preserved, history must first be reconstructed....

Before our time: Lawler Lodge …

Lawler Lodge, on Highway 243 in Dark Canyon, is one of the more obscure landmarks in our mountains. Its namesake, however, was anything but...
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