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: Nov. 22, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Carmen reminisced about the good old days in Idyllwild. They remembered Fern Valley as a fern-filled...
Past Tense: Nov. 15, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
“Hurricane Force Winds Leave Idyllwild in a Shamble,” screamed the Town Crier’s page one headline. The George Thomas Cedar, oldest...
Past Tense: Nov. 8, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
The possibility of establishing a branch of the Riverside County Library in Idyllwild was being discussed. County funds were not...
Past Tense: Oct. 25, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
Town Crier wound up its first year of publication, written, mimeographed and mailed from the Maxwell home. News was brought...
Past Tense: Oct. 18, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
The newly formed house committee for Town Hall took steps to waterproof the basement, purchase oil heaters and provide restrooms.
60...
Past Tense: Oct. 11, 2012
60 years ago - 1952
Volunteers were busy finishing the interior of the Catholic Church in knotty pine.
55 years ago - 1957
Celebrating Fire Protection Week,...
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...
Past Tense: Sept. 27, 2012
60 years ago - 1952
Extra game wardens were assigned to the mountains as deer season opened. A record crowd of hunters was anticipated.
55 years...
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...