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The Idyllwild Area Historical Society held their annual meeting on Sunday afternoon at Silver Pines Lodge. The speaker this year was Steve Lech, park planner for Riverside County and local historian, who gave a slide show presentation and lecture on the history of the Pines to Palms highway. Photo by Barbara Reese

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