Before Our Time: Idyllwild’s “Name game” …
An old tradition my forebears brought from Britain is the habit of bestowing names on their homes. It reached Idyllwild in the 1920s to...
Before Our Time: Homes evolve, too …
One of the charms of living here on the Hill is the welcome absence of typical Southern California tract housing. As soon as I...
Before Our Time: Idyllwild furniture …
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...
Before our time: From Fern Valley Gardens to The Epicurian and now the sound...
One aspect of Idyllwild that helps maintain its small-village charm is the way commercial and residential activities get intermingled through both space and time....
Before Our Time: Before Kwikset came
You can’t commute from Fern Valley or walk about town these mild summer mornings for very long without noticing the seemingly abandoned scatter of...
Before Our Time: Resident-friendly development of Idyllwild …
As Idyllwild took shape and acquired its unique culture between 1920 and 1960, three developers played central roles. Two are well-known.
Claudius Lee Emerson controlled...
Before Our Time: What we do …
I’m sometimes asked what we do at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society, so let me share an example.
One of the minor charms of living...
Before Our Time: Rustic before Silver Pines …
I first got acquainted with the Silver Pines Lodge as an Idyllwild newcomer, when I learned about artifacts unearthed there by two Idyllwild School...
Before our time: J.M.V. Pathfinders to Idyllwild Pines …
From time to time in this column, I share anecdotes illustrating the adage that in order to be preserved, history must first be reconstructed....
Before Our Times: Horsepower …
“Getting there is half the fun.”
With summer vacation season well behind us, it may be easier to assess the validity of that old...