Past Tense: September 28, 2017

65 years ago - 1952 Extra game wardens were assigned to the mountains as deer season opened. A record crowd of hunters was anticipated. 60 years...

Past Tense: Dec. 1, 2011

65 years ago - 1946 Mrs. Huston at the Cedars Cafe in Fern Valley, beside Strawberry Creek, advertised that she wanted to trade a...

Past Tense: Sept. 20, 2012

60 years ago - 1952 Enrollment when Idyllwild Elementary School opened in the fall was 72 students.   55 years ago - 1957 Deer season opened on a...

Past Tense: August 6, 2020

Lisa Haley and the Zydekats perform at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series in 2010. Town Crier Archives 70...

Past Tense – 6-24.2022

75 years ago - 1947 Fred Patton revealed he was smuggled into this area. “Back in 1895,” he recalled,...

Past Tense

75 years ago - 1948 The PTA raised $150 at its first Hill...

Past Tense: July 22, 2021

Geno Schneider with Jack and little Jeff Clark manning the Tahquitz Peak Lookout in spring 1986. Jeff now assembles and transmits...

Past Tense: October 20, 2016

60 years ago - 1956 Hill Republicans and Independent voters turned out 134 strong to the Dwight Eisenhower birthday party at the Hillbilly Lodge. Featured...

Past tense: July 3, 2014

65 years ago - 1949 Everyone was invited to the dedication ceremonies for the Atwater Kent Bowl on the grounds of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation.   60...

Past Tense: June 8, 2017

70 years ago - 1947  A wave of ladybugs buzzed through the village, coming out of hibernation. Somebody proposed an annual village lottery on the...
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