65 years ago - 1949 The Kemp sawmill was sold to a Big Bear firm. All of its logging equipment was moved off the Hill. 60 years ago - 1954 The ...
Past Tense: December 18, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Word from Tahquitz Peak Lookout was that Jess Southwell’s Thanksgiving dinner consisted of three strips of bacon, a bowl of rice a...
Past Tense: December 11, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Postmaster Rita Patton reminded everyone that unsealed Christmas cards required 2 cents postage. 60 years ago - 1954 The bi...
Past Tense: December 4, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Pete Hibbert passed away. He had been the lookout atop Tahquitz Peak for many years. 60 years ago - 1954 The America...
Past Tense: November 20, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Work was progressing on the first building of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, with Clarence Bischof as contractor. &nb...
Past Tense: November 13, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 A group of volunteer searchers plucked a lost deer hunter out of the rugged North Fork canyon just as he was about to spend his se...
Past Tense: November 6, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 The Town Crier was starting its fourth year publishing a newspaper on the Hill. 60 years ago - 1954 An open meeting was sch...
Past Tense: October 30, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Directors of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce voted to “reforest” the San Jacinto Mountains with Sequoia Giganteas. 60 yea...
Past Tense: October 23, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Idyllwild had 7 inches of snow and a low of 18 degrees. 60 years ago - 1954 With every $10 in purchases made at Dutton’s Co...
Past Tense: October 16, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 In a playoff in Palms Springs, Butler’s Nutcrackers defeated the Register Ragdolls to become Women’s Bowling League champs. ...