65 years ago - 1950 A new attraction at the Labor Day carnival was Zeke’s hayride. A team of six horses pulled the wagon and took children on free rid...
Past Tense: September 3, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Angling in the area had never been so good. More than 9,000 catchable-sized trout had been planted in lakes Hemet and Fulmor. 60 y...
Past Tense: August 27, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Lora Steere, nationally known sculptress, conducted the first class at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts. 60 years ago - ...
Past Tense: August 20, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Les Selander was directing a Western film in Idyllwild with “so many cowhands in jingling spurs clomping through the village.” 60 ...
Past Tense: August 13, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Trail improvements, the stringing of a phone line from Tahquitz Peak to Round Valley, campsite maintenance and the building of a w...
Past Tense: August 6, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 The director of ISOMATA (now Idyllwild Arts) announced that a four-week workshop session was canceled because a number of the male...
Past Tense: July 30, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Hill motorists, children and inexperienced horsemen “unaccustomed to city streets” were warned to be careful during the busy vacat...
Past Tense: July 23, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 The local square dance class completed nine lessons, which was the complete course, in one week. Then it announced it was opening ...
Past Tense: July 16, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Realtors were advertising cabins with fireplaces for $3,750 and acre-sized lots for $1,250. 60 years ago - 1955 C.L. Emerson died ...
