Idyllwild and the High San Jacintos by Robert B

Idyllwild and the High San Jacintos by Robert B. Smith

INDEX

Adams, Ansel...... 121 Alvin Meadow...... 124 “America’s Cleanest Forest”...... 125 Anza Valley...... 1 1 arts...... 111,119-123,126 Astrocamp...... 51,85,88,90 Atkins family...... 6 6 automobiles, early...... 19,23,45-46,48,50,56,63-64,71,99,105 Azalea Trails, Camp...... 80,88 Bailiff, Bert and May...... 103 Ballreich family...... 6 3 ballrooms...... 42-43,53,102 Banning-Idyllwild Road...... 33,39,44,52,73,98 Baptist Young Peoples Conference, California...... 9 2 barbershop...... 73,95,116 Barlows, W.J...... 6 8 Belden, C. Selden, Coral, and Ted...... 7 9 Black Mountain lookout...... 2,25,109 Blind Husbands...... 3 5 Bluebird Hill Curve...... 47,96,118 Bosworth, Chuck, Clarence, Jr., and John...... 7 2 Bosworth, Clarence, Sr...... 9 4 “Bowl, The” (Idyllwild Pines)...... 9 1 bowling alleys...... 42,73 Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Springs (see Pathfinder Camp) Boy Scouts, Riverside County (see Camp Emerson) Bungalow, The...... 39,42-43,64 Bush, Betty...... 106 Bush, John...... 105-106 Butts, Billy and Judy...... 69,72 Butts, William...... 6 9 buggy, horse-drawn...... 4 4 cabins, back-country...... 26,77,97,104-105,107-110 cabins, village and tourist...... 40,48,54,61-63,65-70,72,86,93 Cahuilla Indians...... 7,9,10,26,34 California Health Resort Company...... 4 0 Camp Emerson...... 2,80,84,90 campgrounds, public...... 8,17,20-24,54,112 camps, private...... 61,80-92 CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)...... 17,26 Cedar Street...... 56,114 “Center of Idyllwild” (see Fort, The) Chapman, Arthur...... 6 7 Christian Endeavor (see Tahquitz Pines Conference Grounds) churches...... 74-75,91 Circle Drive...... 73,75,93,95 North...... 56,65,69,73,75,93,95,117,127 South...... 63,81,117 Clark, Pearl...... 103 Cleveland, President Grover...... 8,17 Cleveland National Forest...... 2 4 Cole, A.W., Frances, Louise, and Victor...... 6 7 Comer, Will, Nellie, and Cora...... 2 1 Community Presbyterian Church...... 7 5 Conservation and Natural Science, Idyllwild School of...... 123 Control Road...... 39,45-47,49-50,55,89,98 Council Rock (see Suicide Rock) County Park campground, Riverside...... 2,23,125 Crane, Lou...... 7 7 Crawford, Joseph (toll road) 13,17,20,39,44-45 Creek House restaurant...... 117 Creekstone Inn...... 117 Cress, Hazel...... 115 croquet...... 55,89 Dalton, Janet...... 8 9 Dark Canyon...... 16,80,88,118 Dawson, Camp...... 2 2 DeMille, Cecil B...... 7 7 Depression (1930s)...... 17,26,30,39,52,61,76,116 Desert Sun School...... 85,88,90 Desperate Search...... 7 8 Devil’s Slide Trail...... 2,34 Dickinson, George (see Strong and Dickinson) DiMaggio, Joe...... 7 0 Domenigoni Flat...... 20,32,47,90,111 Dunn, Mike...... 124 Dutch Flat...... 9,18,20,113 Eagle Scout troop (see Izaak Walton League) Eisenstadt, Alfred...... 121 Elliott, Richard and Edith (see Desert Sun School) Elliott, Robert...... 100-101 Eloc Lodge (see Cole) Emerson, Claudius. . 8,23,39,49,51-52,55-57,61,65,71,74-75,90,93 land grants...... 61,74,80-81 Emerson, John and Lee...... 7 2 Emerson, Zelma...... 5 7 Emerson Hall (Idyllwild Pines)...... 8 7 Ewing, Henry, Will, and Florence...... 2 1 Farview Point...... 109 Faux Ever After...... 9 5 Fern Valley...... 2,18-19,31,71,83,98,115 Fern Valley Corners...... 117 Fern Valley Market...... 117 Field, Avery...... 8,10,13,18-19,23,30,34,36,45,50-56, ...... 65-66,71,73,75-76,80-82,90,93,100 Field, Gaylor and Thyrsis...... 3 6 film industry...... 35,61,77-78 fires...... 39,42-43,59-60,85,94-95,100,102 fishing...... 17,31-33 Florida (see Valle Vista) Folly Peak...... 2,15 Forest Homestead Act of 1906...... 97,105-106 Forest Service, United States...... 17,24-25,97,111 Fobes, Ray...... 42-43 Fort, The...... 55,73,94 Foster, Paul...... 112 Foster Lake...... 18,113 Fourth of July parade...... 119 Fuller Mill Creek...... 2,9,30,36,103,118 Fuller Ridge...... 15,109 Fuller’s Mill...... 2,15,44,103-104,107 Fulmor, Alex C...... 5 0 Fulmor, Lake...... 12,33,50,92,118 furniture, craftsman...... 51,59,61,78-79 Garner Valley...... 9,11,77,84 George Thomas cedar...... 1 3 Girl of the Golden West, The...... 7 7 Girl Scout Council, Riverside...... 80,88 Glenwood Lodge...... 6 6 Gold Rush Days...... 113 golf...... 51,55 Gray, Ernest (E.B.)...... 8,38,47,57,71,82,86-87,91,93 Gray, Robert (Bob)...... 8,83-85,95,102,112,116 Gray, Virginia...... 116 Gray’s Photo and Souvenir Shop...... 93,95,116 Greene, Clara...... 103 Griest, Ellis...... 78,95 Halfway Spring...... 4 6 Hall, Milton...... 12,15 Hall, Canyon...... 2,12,33,92 Halona Hill...... 37-38 Hannahs, George...... 2,7,17,20-21,40,61,98 Hannahs, Sarah...... 20-21 Hemet, Lake...... 2,12,39,78,99-100 Hemet Dam...... 9,12,46,50 Hemet-Idyllwild highway...... 39,50,96,102 Hemet-Idyllwild Stage Line...... 4 3 Hemet News...... 4 5 Hemet Valley (see Garner Valley). Hidden Lake...... 2,27,29-30,126 Hidden Lodge...... 3 7 Highway 243...... 33,47,73,81,89,93,98,102,111 hiking...... 17,29-31,34,92,126 Hirsh, Bill...... 114 Hodge, Minnie...... 115 Hoffman, C.A...... 9 8 Holcomb, Hal...... 7 8 Holcomb, Polly...... 2 8 Hollywood (see film industry) homes...... 63,66,70 homesteading...... 2,15,62,97,104,106 horseback riding (see riding) Horsley, Elmer...... 9 4 Hughes, Charles Beverly...... 2,15,103-104,106 Humber, Rollin...... 114 Humber Park...... 31,123 hunting...... 17,33,42 “Idlewilde”...... 2 1 “Idyllwild Among the Pines”...... 5 2 Idyllwild Area Historical Society...... 8,69,127 Idyllwild Arts Academy (see also ISOMATA)...... 4 7 Idyllwild Breezes...... 6 5 Idyllwild Café...... 7 9 Idyllwild Community Recreation Center...... 7 0 Idyllwild Garage...... 9 5 Idyllwild Golf Club...... 55,90 Idyllwild, Inc (see also Emerson, Claudius)...... 57,61,65,71,93 Idyllwild Inn (see also Bungalow). . . . . 8,22-24,39,43,48-49,51-61, ...... 65-66,72-74,93-94,96,99,101,111-112 Idyllwild Inn Motel...... 112 Idyllwild Mountain Inn...... 112 Idyllwild Mountain Park Company (see Strong and Dickinson) Idyllwild Pharmacy...... 95,116 Idyllwild Pines, Camp...... 2,47,81-82,86-87,91-92 Idyllwild Plunge...... 51,55,73,93,96 Idyllwild Sanatorium...... 39-43,64,94,112 Idyllwild School...... 38,40,76 Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA)...... 8,47,111,119-123 Idyllwild Ski Club...... 3 6 Idyllwild Store...... 31,51,64,72-73,93-95 Idyllwild Sundries Store...... 116 Idyllwild Town Crier...... 111,114-115,117 Idyllwild Water Company...... 111,113 Idyllwild Youth Orchestra...... 122 Idylwilde, Camp...... 20-21,40,112 Indian Creek...... 12,33 Iron Garden...... 1 6 ISOMATA (see Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts) Izaak Walton League...... 123-125 James, Harry...... 9 2 James Reserve...... 12,92 Jo’An’s Restaurant...... 43,93 Johns, Pat...... 7 2 Johnson, Eleanor Poates 28 Johnson, Jerry...... 26,28,94,111,113 Junior Rangers, Idyllwild (see Izaak Walton League) Kamper’s Kingdom...... 2 Keen, John and Mary...... 39-40,77,99 Keen Camp...... 2,8,11,40,46,49-50,77,85,94,97,99-102 Keen Camp Road (see also Mayberry Road)...... 39,46,49 Keen House...... 39-40,76,99 Kenworthy...... 9,11 Ketchum Memorial Fountain...... 8 2 Kolb, Frances and Ivy...... 103 Korean War...... 118 Krone, Dr. Max and Beatrice (“Bee”)...... 119 Lake Fulmor (see Fulmor, Lake) Lake Hemet (see Hemet, Lake) Law, George...... 97,110 Law, Lela...... 110 Levy, Jane...... 3 5 Lewitsky, Bella...... 121 Lindley, Dr. Walter...... 39-41,43,53 Lily Creek...... 2,32,113 Lily Rock (see Tahquitz Rock) Little Strawberry Valley...... 1 2 logging...... 7-9,12-15,17-20,97,111 Long, Charlie...... 3 2 Lookout Café...... 9 8 Lookout Road...... 3 7 Lowe, Ralph A...... 41-42 Luiseño Indians...... 1 0 Marais, Josef and Miranda...... 123 Marine Corps, U.S...... 118 Marion Mountain...... 2,18-19,32 Marion View Drive...... 3 7 Maxwell, Betty...... 111,115,124 Maxwell, Ernest...... 8,111,115,120,123-126 Scenic Trail...... 126 Mayberry, Edward...... 1 2 Mayberry Road...... 12,39,46,50,99 McCall Park...... 4 6 McCormick, Blanche and Maud...... 3 2 McGaugh, Joe...... 124 McGuffin, Ann...... 106 McGuffin, Anna...... 105 Miller, Veenie...... 2 8 mining...... 7,9,11 Monroe, Marilyn...... 7 0 Moote, Dorothy...... 104,108 Moote, Francis D.R. (“Frank”)...... 104,106-107 Moote Poundstone, Kathleen...... 108 Moote, Mabel...... 104-105 Moote Smith, Margaret...... 108 Moote Camp...... 104-108 Morris, Rita...... 2 5 mortar, bedrock...... 1 0 Mountain Center...... 8,39-40,46,50,58,87,99,102 Mountain Center Lodge...... 102 Mount San Jacinto (see San Jacinto Peak) Mount San Jacinto Golf Club...... 51,90 Mount San Jacinto State Park...... 2 Munholland, John...... 6 8 museum, historical (see Idyllwild Area Historical Society) Music Man, The...... 120 North Circle Drive (see Circle Drive) Oak Cliff...... 39,44-46,49-50 Old Idyllwild Road (see Control Road) Out West magazine...... 4 1 “Out Where the West Begins” (see Chapman) Owl, The...... 42-43 oxcart, logging...... 1 3 Palms to Pines Highway...... 102 Park Lane...... 9 3 Pathfinders Camp, J.M.V...... 8 4 Patterson, Earl and JoAnn...... 107 Patton, General George...... 96,118 Patton, Jim...... 114 Peak and Pine Camp...... 2,81,89 Pickford, Mary...... 7 7 Pine Cove...... 2,44,50,79,96,98 Pinecraft...... 7 9 Pine Crest Avenue...... 117 Pine Nook...... 7 2 Pinewood...... 15,25,30,36,97,104-109 Pinewood Syndicate...... 104,107 Pines to Palms Highway...... 102 Poates, Anna (“Ma”), Eleanor (see Johnson), and Virginia...... 2 8 Poates, Vic...... 114 Post Office, Idyllwild...... 51,64,94-95,98 Poundstone, Donald...... 108 Queen of Angels Catholic Church...... 7 5 Railroad, Southern Pacific ...... 12,52,62,97 Rainbow Inn...... 8 1 ranching, cattle...... 7,9,11,17,26,97,110 Rayneta...... 20,64 Red Kettle restaurant...... 95,116 Religious Education Council, Southern California...... 8 1 Ridgeview Drive...... 9 3 riding, horse- and muleback...... 17,26-28,42,52,62,70,77,88-89 Risher, Bruce...... 8 River Drive...... 66-67 river rock construction...... 66-67,81,117 Riverside County Board of Supervisors...... 4 9 Robbins, Royal...... 3 5 Robinson, John...... 8 Roberts, Chuck...... 114 rock-climbing...... 17,34-35,92,111 Ruppelt, Jim...... 1 1 Rustic Man, The (see Holcomb, Hal) Rustic Shop and Tavern...... 26,28,78 Sampson, Minnie and Winnie...... 3 2 Samuelson, Val...... 119 San Bernardino National Forest...... 2 5 San Gorgonio Peak...... 109 San Jacinto Fault...... 1 0 San Jacinto Forest Reserve...... 8,17,24,97 San Jacinto Mountain Lumber Company...... 9 5 San Jacinto Peak...... 2,25,30,50 San Jacinto River...... 39,45,88 Saunders, Amasa...... 4 0 Saunders, Blanche and Maud...... 3 2 Saunders Meadow...... 2,51,85,90 sawmills...... 14-16,44,63,92,103-104,107 Scenic Trail (see Maxwell, Ernest, Scenic Trail) Scherman, Anton 13-14,18,20,63 Seeger, Pete...... 123 Seven Pines Trail...... 3 0 Shideler, Marge...... 115 Silver Pines Lodge...... 28,78 Simpson, Bob and Winchell...... 109 Simpson, Dick and Sherry...... 36,107,109 Simpson, Evangeline Sumner...... 25,36,109 skiing...... 36-38 Skunk Cabbage Meadow...... 123 Smith, Penny...... 108 snow...... 17-18,36-38,42,57-58,118 Snyder, Harriet (see also Peak and Pines Camp)...... 8 1 South Circle Drive (see Circle Drive) South Ridge...... 1 9 Sportland...... 9 4 stagecoach 42-43 State Park (see Mount. San Jacinto State Park) Steere, Lora...... 57,120 Sternberg, Harry...... 122 Stone Creek...... 2,9 Stonehenge...... 6 6 Strawberry Creek...... 2,21,32,47,81,84,113,124 Strawberry Valley Lodge...... 42,94 Strawberry Valley Lumber Company...... 2 0 Strong, Ada...... 3 2 Strong and Dickinson...... 39,43,51,64,71,83,90,99 Strong, Frank (see Strong and Dickinson) Summit Camp...... 2,98 Sweeters, Carl...... 103 swimming...... 17,36,51,55,70,73,87-88,93,96,102 Suicide Rock...... 2,8,18,34-35 Sumner, Evangeline (see Simpson, Evangeline Sumner) Sumner, Richard...... 107 Tahquitz Creek...... 110,124 Tahquitz Lodge...... 2,49,85,87,94,100-102 Tahquitz Meadows, Camp...... 85,87,102 Tahquitz Peak...... 2,19,57,82,90,100,112 Tahquitz Pines Conference Grounds...... 2,83,86 Tahquitz Rock...... 2,8,18-19,34-35,57,82,112 Tahquitz Valley...... 97,110,124 Takwus (see Cahuilla Indians) Tauquitz Lodge (see Tahquitz Lodge) Taylor, Malcolm (“Mac”)...... 102 tennis...... 42,56,70,88,102 tent cabins...... 22,42,48,63,85-86 Tilson Thomas, Michael...... 122 Tollgate Road...... 47,55,84,89 Toll Road (see Crawford) Town Crier (see Idyllwild Town Crier) Town Hall...... 114,126 Trailfinders Camp...... 9 2 Tramway, Palm Springs Aerial...... 111 University of California (see James Reserve) University of Southern California...... 111,119 Village Centre shops...... 112 Village Center Drive...... 9 3 Village Lane shops...... 9 5 Village Market...... 9 4 Vista Grande...... 2 von Stroheim, Erich...... 3 5 Wagner, Roger...... 120 wagons...... 64,103 Walker Elliott, Anita...... 99-102 Walker, Percy...... 99-100 Warner, Kate...... 32,62 Warner, Will...... 3 2 Warren, Governor Earl...... 111 Welches Carriage Inn...... 7 3 Wellman, Frank...... 110 Wellman’s Ciénega...... 110 Wendelken, Flo...... 2 3 Wendelken, Harry...... 8,16,23,59-60,70,73,75-76, ...... 83,91,94-96,98,110,118 Wendelken, Sandra...... 23,96,118 Wheeler family...... 7 0 “White Special” (see Owl) wilderness...... 8,26-27,29-30,97,109-110,123-124,126 Willow Creek...... 2,97,110 Willson, Meredith...... 120 Wood, Walter...... 5 1 Woodland Craft...... 78,95 Woodpecker Cottage...... 6 8 Woods, Martha...... 7 6 Woodsman Breakfasts (see Izaak Walton League) World War II...... 39,60-61,76,96,116,118 Wright, Loyd and Jane...... 7 0 Wycliffe Associates (see Tahquitz Pines) YWCA, Pasadena (see Tahquitz Meadows)