70 years ago – 1950 Cliff Campbell was running trail rides into the back country from his corrals at the Idyllwild Dairy.  65 years ago – 1955 Representatives of major conservation organizations met at Bowman Arts Center for the third-annual conservation conference.  60 years ago – 1960 General building contractor William J. Burke advertised a…

70 years ago – 1950Plans for state riding and hiking trails received a boost when portions of the local trail system were inspected and found to be favorable. 65 years ago – 1955Desert Sun School over Saunders Meadow Way reopened with one of the largest enrollments in its history. 60 years ago – 1960It was…

70 years ago – 1952Evie Kretsinger passed on a comment about TV: “Before the dawn of civilization, primitive man ate raw meat in dark caves and gazed at the pictographs he had painted on the walls. As man became civilized, he dined by candlelight and food became a social ritual. Now, man is right back…

75 years ago – 1947A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet. 70 years ago – 1952Paul and Mary Gormley were manning the lookout post at Ranger Peak. During the rest of the year, the Gormleys worked as cook and butler for a family in the San Francisco area.• • •The…