Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948 “Ma’s New Husband,” the first production of the Mountain Players, was a...
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: January 14, 2021
70 years ago - 1951Dr. M.M. Null directed the set up of Town Hall’s basement as a Red Cross emergency clinic. Its...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948 Sen. William Knowland, an overnight guest at the Idyllwild Inn, met formally...
Past Tense: December 14, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
November had been a cold month with a low of 14 degrees. Joe McGaugh reported 10 degrees in his cow...
Past Tense: June 14, 2012
60 years ago - 1952
MGM was filming “Desperate Search” around Lake Hemet, starring Jane Greer, Howard Keel and Keenan Wynn. The company headquartered at...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948 Sen. William Knowland, an overnight guest at the Idyllwild Inn, met formally...
Past Tense
75 years ago - 1948 The Town Crier was offering a $10 prize for anyone who spotted...
Past Tense: June 21, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
Fred Patton revealed he was smuggled into this area. “Back in 1895,” he recalled, “a man stole me from...
Past Tense: March 5, 2020
Town Crier archives
70 years ago - 1950 Ernie Maxwell and Ralph Accardi, conducting...