60 years ago – 1951 The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce endorsed county plans for a local building code. 55 years ago – 1956 The Town Crier ...
Past Tense: Oct. 20, 2011
60 years ago – 1951 Native Americans from the valley were gathering acorns in Strawberry Valley, where the crop was tremendous. 55 years ago ...
Past Tense: Oct. 13, 2011
55 years ago – 1956 Of the 651 registered voters from Pine Cove to Anza, 384 were Republican, 225 were Democrats, and 42 declined to state their...
Past Tense: Oct. 6, 2011
60 years ago – 1951 With only a couple of deer season weeks left, just 94 bucks had been shot locally, compared to 193 in the previous year and ...
Past Tense: Sept. 29, 2011
60 years ago – 1951 The Town Crier was making plans to celebrate its fifth anniversary. Ernie Maxwell, the paper’s founder, banged out the first...
Past Tense: Sept. 22, 2011
60 years ago – 1951 The crew drilling well no. 2 for the Fern Valley Mutual Water Co. were experiencing their toughest assignment in years. The ...
Past Tense: Sept. 15, 2011
60 years ago – 1951 A county road crew was erecting concrete walls for a new bridge over Strawberry Creek at Fern Valley corners. 55 years ago &...
Past Tense: Sept. 8, 2011
In these photos from the Sept. 20, 2001 edition of the Town Crier, Idyllwild residents respond in positive ways to the tragedy that affected all Ameri...
Past Tense: Sept. 1, 2011
55 years ago – 1956 Idyllwild School registered 90 youngsters in kindergarten through seventh grades. Last week, 290 students attended the first...
Past Tense: Aug. 25, 2011
55 years ago – 1956 Tahquitz Pines dedicated the new stone entrance archway at a ceremony attended by more than 100 people. 50 years ago –...