Past Tense: Nov. 10, 2011
65 years ago - 1946
The E.H. Kincaides bought the Cole house nearing completion on the corner of River Drive.
60 years ago - 1951...
Past Tense: Nov. 27, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
Game Warden Cliff Donham was double-crossed by the very squirrels he protected. When investigating his car’s lack of power, it...
Past Tense: July 5, 2012
60 years ago - 1952
Evie Kretsinger passed on a comment on TV: “Before the dawn of civilization, primitive man ate raw meat in dark...
Past Tense: Sept. 1, 2011
55 years ago - 1956
Idyllwild School registered 90 youngsters in kindergarten through seventh grades. Last week, 290 students attended the first day of the...
Past Tense: Feb. 16.2012
55 years ago – 1957
Police called off the search for Stephen D. Gallagher, who was reported missing while hiking in Tahquitz Canyon. All that...
Past Tense: Sept. 22, 2011
60 years ago - 1951
The crew drilling well no. 2 for the Fern Valley Mutual Water Co. were experiencing their toughest assignment in years....
Past Tense: Dec. 13, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
November had been a cold month with a low of 14 degrees. Joe McGaugh reported 10 degrees in his cow barn, but people thought he was just trying to get ice cream the easy way.
Past Tense: Aug. 4, 2011
60 years ago - 1951
At a joint Chamber and Lions Club committee meeting, members announced plans for a community recreation program, which the Lions...
Past Tense: March 1, 2012
55 years ago - 1957
During what used to be conservation week, Izaak Walton League hosted the Junior Rangers and Girl Scouts at the...
Past Tense: Oct. 4, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
Postmaster Harry Wendelken lamented, “There’s Idyllwilds all over the country, and all the mail for the other Idyllwilds comes to...