Past Tense: August 20, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Les Selander was directing a Western film in Idyllwild with “so many cowhands in jingling spurs clomping through the village.”
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Past Tense: February
65 years ago - 1951 Idyllwild Fire Chief Bill Price had his truck equipped with a radio so he could keep in touch with...
Past Tense: September 6, 2018
70 years ago - 1948
“Don’t look for the Town Crier next week,” advised the editor. “We’re skipping every other week to do our winter...
Past Tense: November 3, 2016
70 years ago - 1946
Ernie and Betty Maxwell founded the Town Crier in the attic of their home using a mimeograph and handwritten headlines.
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Past Tense: June 7, 2018
70 years ago - 1948
Due to error, Dick Elliott’s name was omitted from the ballot in the school district election. But the diligence of...
Past Tense: April 8, 2021
70 years ago - 1951Ranchers and property owners in the Anza Valley organized an electric cooperative to bring electricity to 300,000 agricultural...
Past Tense: June 6, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
Due to error, Dick Elliott’s name was omitted from the ballot in the school district election. But the diligence of...
Past Tense: January 19, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
There were 300 families living year-round in the area.
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Art Morris and his county crew were busy widening Circle...
Past Tense: September 10, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
A new attraction at the Labor Day carnival was Zeke’s hayride. A team of six horses pulled the wagon and...
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.
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