Editor:
This cute town could be even nicer if everyone who walked around town picked up one piece of trash. What happened to the sign that said “America’s Cleanest Forest?” Could we please tidy up this town?
Mim Andrews
Idyllwild
Readers Write: Help clean up the town
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Editor:
This cute town could be even nicer if everyone who walked around town picked up one piece of trash. What happened to the sign that said “America’s Cleanest Forest?” Could we please tidy up this town?
Mim Andrews
Idyllwild
70 years ago – 1950 Les Selander was directing a Western film in Idyllwild with “so many cowhands in jingling spurs clomping through the village.” 65 years ago – 1955 At Dutton’s Corner Store in Fern Valley, 3 pounds of tomatoes were being sold for 19 cents. 60 years ago – 1960 Despite a move…
Thank you very much for your information about Strawberry Creek where it runs through Idyllwild Pines Camp. It is good to know the rules regarding access to the creek and how one can walk along this lovely area. My family and others have done this for years and have always picked up any litter we…
65 years ago – 1949 The U.S. Forest Service reported that 90 inches of snow had fallen in Idyllwild since Oct. 1. 60 years ago – 1954 Local children, in the spirit of making this “America’s Cleanest Forest,” launched a cleanup campaign. 55 years ago – 1959 ISOMATA appointed a committee to develop plans for…
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Between 1925 and 1960, Idyllwild became widely known as a center for the manufacture of craftsman-style furniture. Hal Holcomb, “the Rustic Man,” started it around 1923 with his manzanita creations. When Holcomb moved away in the early 1930s, Ellis Griest and his Woodland Craft products came to the fore. But the master of the trade…
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