Past Tense: 11.28.2013
65 years ago - 1948
Hollywood came to Idyllwild when the Rustic Theatre presented the first showing of “One Sunday Afternoon,” starring Dennis Morgan. Morgan...
Past Tense: January 27, 2022
75 years ago - 1947The Chamber of Commerce announced that a deputy sheriff would be assigned to the area, and a new...
Past Tense: May 27, 2021
70 years ago - 1951Sportland, in the village center, put up umbrella tables outside by the pool.
65 years...
Past Tense: June 6, 2019
A satisfied Lora Steere, 88, nestles next to husband Tom Steere, 92, married again after 62 years shown here in 1976....
Past Tense: August 17, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
Idyllwild School faced a crisis. There wasn’t enough room to accommodate the anticipated enrollment of 125 kids.
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“Alexander’s Ragtime...
Past Tense: March 10, 2022
65 years ago – 1957The Christian Science Society moved into a new location at Cedar and River drives, opposite Town Hall.
Past Tense: May 12, 2016
65 years ago - 1951
The Lions Club was making plans to construct a children’s playground adjacent to Town Hall.
60 years ago - 1956
It was...
Past Tense: April 22, 2021
70 years ago - 1951The last troop of Marines left Dark Canyon after completing several months of cold weather training to prepare...
Past Tense: April 5, 2012
55 years ago - 1957
Bee Krone composed the song “Let’s Keep America Beautiful,” and Philippe Buhler composed music for a string quartet which was...
Past Tense: Feb. 13, 2014
65 years ago - 1949: There were 30 to 40 inches of snow on the ground in town ...