Past Tense: July 28, 2016
65 years ago - 1951
Hikers from the Pathfinder camp experienced a near-tragedy when lightning knocked them to the ground while descending San Jacinto Peak.
60...
Past tense: May 29, 2014
A Russian brown bear in a cage at Snow White Laundy in the 1960s. Laundry owner Bill Neuhoff owned the bear. Clarence Bischof, owner...
Past Tense: January 4, 2018
70 years ago - 1948
A Christmas fire at the dump caught many firemen in their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. Swede Pitt tramped among the the burning...
Creature Corner: May 9, 2013
Oreo is our special dog of the month. Just like April, he is blooming with new tricks. Only a couple years old, this bright...
Past Tense: April 5, 2012
55 years ago - 1957
Bee Krone composed the song “Let’s Keep America Beautiful,” and Philippe Buhler composed music for a string quartet which was...
Past Tense: June 28, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
It was announced that whoever was nearest the button would blow the fire siren daily at noon. No guarantee...
Past Tense: August 25, 2016
60 years ago - 1956
Tahquitz Pines dedicated the new stone entrance archway at a ceremony attended by more than 100 people.
55 years ago -...
Past Tense: December 16, 2021
65 years ago - 1956Former California Attorney General Robert Kenny was in town paying a visit to his former business associate, Hazel...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948 The Town Crier was offering a $10 prize for anyone who spotted...
Past Tense: December 24, 2020
70 years ago - 1950Two men, Mike Dunn and Bill Bratton, set a record for the hike from Idyllwild to Palm Springs,...