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.
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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...