Past Tense
70 years ago - 1948
The dump, the Town Crier learned, was a...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948
“Don’t look for the Town Crier next week,”...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948
The PTA raised $150 at its first Hill...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948
At long last, a suitable place was found...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948
A Christmas fire at the dump caught many firemen in their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. Swede...
Past Tense: December 29, 2022
Ray Fobes and his stage, the first stage line operating from the old Hotel Hemet to Idyllwild. Called the “Owl” (also...
Past Tense: December 15, 2022
75 years ago - 1947November had been a cold month with a low of 14 degrees. Joe McGaugh reported 10 degrees in...
Past Tense: November 24, 2022
75 years ago - 1947Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Carmen reminisced about the good old days in Idyllwild. They remembered Fern Valley as...
Past Tense: October 13, 2022
70 years ago - 1952Volunteers were busy finishing the interior of the Catholic Church in knotty pine.
65 years...
Past Tense: October 6, 2022
75 years ago - 1947Postmaster Harry Wendelken lamented, “There’s Idyllwilds all over the country, and all the mail for the other Idyllwilds...