Past Tense: August 18, 2022
75 years ago - 1947Idyllwild School faced a crisis. There wasn’t enough room to accommodate the anticipated enrollment of 125 kids.• •...
Past Tense: August 25, 2022
75 years ago - 1947August rainfall was already 3.72 inches. Average for the whole month in recent years had been running 1.23...
Past Tense: July 28, 2022
70 years ago - 1952Capt. Carmen Durr-ance, international president of NIP, was on the Hill. NIP stands for Not Important People. The...
Past Tense: August 26, 2021
65 years ago - 1956Tahquitz Pines dedicated the new stone entrance archway at a ceremony attended by more than 100 people.
Past Tense – August 29, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
The PTA raised $150 at its first Hill social event.
60 years ago - 1953
The thunderstorm that drenched Idyllwild proceeded northward,...
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...
Past Tense: Feb. 13, 2014
65 years ago - 1949: There were 30 to 40 inches of snow on the ground in town ...
Readers Write: Looters
Editor:
It was a stirring sight to see so many Idyllwilders on the street last week waiting for a...
Past Tense: Aug. 11, 2011
60 years ago - 1951
It was reported that wild turkeys turned loose on the Wellman ranch were doing well and reproducing as hoped.
55 years...
Past Tense: Jan. 30, 2014
65 years ago - 1949
So much snow had fallen during January that plans were underway to organize a ski club on the Hill.
60 years...