Before Our Time: By Robert B. Smith
With Avery Field’s photography, others saw Idyllwild …
Picture postcards are an ever-popular item in scenic areas such as Idyllwild. We certainly have had our...
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: Another Mountain Center Fire — 1943 …
The fire erupted unseen in dried-out brush, and wind drove it through Mountain Center before the first fire crew arrived. As flames raced down...
Before our time: An Idyllwild institution — the Chamber of Commerce …
An Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce with 700 members? Dream on! And yet.....
Our Chamber’s recent demise piqued my curiosity about its origin. I found evidence...
Before Our Time: Idyllwild School …
Most of us with careers in education know the sense of relief that comes with the end of a school year. I suspect that...
Before Our Time: Lakes on the Hill …
The absence of a local lake has helped shape Idyllwild’s lasting character, a fact for which many Hill residents are grateful. But as with...
Before Our Time: The Chef in the Forest …
A Minnesota reader, fondly recalling childhood vacations here, recently sparked my curiosity about one of Idyllwild’s more outlandish characters. In January 1966, Warren Jacober...
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: Photographers record history …
Fortunately for present and future Idyllwild residents, much of the Hill’s history is preserved in photographs.
We’ve seen more than our share of outstanding...
Before Our Time: Pines to Palms before the highway …
As winter wears on, Hill residents occasionally escape the cold with a jaunt down California Scenic Highway 74 to the desert. Driving it today,...