Editing Idyllwild–Pine Cove, California (section)

==History==
Idyllwild was once the summer home for bands of [[Cahuilla|Cahuilla Indians]], who migrated there to escape the heat of lower-elevation deserts. The Cahuilla's [[grinding slab]]s can still be seen in Idyllwild.

Idyllwild was originally known as Strawberry Valley because of the wild [[strawberry|strawberries]] that grow there, especially beside the creek that runs through the town, Strawberry Creek. Shepherds regularly brought their flocks to the valley. In the 1880s, the Domenigoni family of [[San Jacinto, California|San Jacinto]] homesteaded land near what is now [[Idyllwild Arts Academy]]. In 1889, George and Sarah Hannahs built a summer camp next to their sawmill in upper Dutch Flat and named it Camp Idyllwilde. By the 1890s a [[toll road]] had been built from [[Hemet]], which opened Idyllwild to settlement, [[logging]], and [[tourism]]. A [[post office]] was established in 1893; at this time, the town was called Rayneta after the Hannahs' son Raymond.

In 1901, the Idyllwild Sanatorium was built to treat [[tuberculosis]] patients. It was soon remodeled as a resort called Idyllwild Among the Pines, and later Idyllwild. The same year, the town's name was changed to Idyllwild.

The [[Tribe of Tahquitz]] Boy Scout honor society was created in Idyllwild in 1925.

With the advent of the automobile, Idyllwild became a weekend tourist attraction for [[Southern California]]ns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-20/damaged-roads-leave-idyllwild-isolated-alone|title=Idyllwild prized its isolation. Now, with the roads into town wrecked, it feels all alone|last=Rainey|first=James|date=2019-07-21|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722134729/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-20/damaged-roads-leave-idyllwild-isolated-alone|url-status=live}}</ref> For many years, the town presented itself as an [[alps|alpine]] village, and hotels and businesses had [[Germans|German]] or German-sounding names, but this practice ended during [[World War II]].

From the 1930s to the 1950s, Idyllwild was a center for the production of "knotty pine furniture", the fine [[log furniture]] made in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] style. Under Charles "Selden" Belden's direction, the furniture was produced by the Idyllwild Pinecraft Furniture Company and, later, C. Selden Belden Idyllwild Pinecraft. The furniture is now "[[collectible]]" and can be found in many Idyllwild houses and cabins.<ref>Johnson, Kim Jarrell (March 22, 2015) [https://www.pe.com/2015/03/22/back-in-the-day-idyllwild-furniture-business-grew-from-necessity/ "BACK IN THE DAY: Idyllwild furniture business grew from necessity"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819114927/https://www.pe.com/2015/03/22/back-in-the-day-idyllwild-furniture-business-grew-from-necessity/ |date=August 19, 2018 }} Riverside Press-Enterprise. (Retrieved April 26, 2020.)</ref>

In the 1950s, the [[Yosemite Decimal System]] of grading routes was developed at Tahquitz by members of the Rock Climbing Section of the Angeles Chapter of the [[Sierra Club]].<ref>''Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills'', 6th ed., The Mountaineers, Seattle, Washington, {{ISBN|0-89886-426-7}}. p. 550.</ref> In 1957 architect [[Frank Gehry]] designed and constructed his first private residence. Built along with USC classmate/architect Greg Walsh, the David Cabin shows early inspirational Asian influences and characteristics of Gehry's [[List of works by Frank Gehry|later works]], including unfinished ceiling beams and other exposed materials. It is on Middle Ridge Drive.

In the late 1960s and 1970s, there was an influx of [[hippies]] to Idyllwild that changed the town and alarmed many longtime residents. [[Timothy Leary]] lived on a ranch in nearby Garner Valley, with the ranch serving as the headquarters of [[The Brotherhood of Eternal Love]].<ref>Hollingshead, Michael (1974) ''[http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lsd/holl9.htm The Man Who Turned On the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521091250/http://www.druglibrary.org/SCHAFFER/lsd/holl9.htm |date=May 21, 2006 }}.'' Abelard-Schuman. Chapter 9.</ref> In 2019 YouTube celebrity [[Logan Paul]] bought the ranch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2019-11-06/logan-paul-buys-timothy-learys-former-lsd-ranch-in-the-san-jacinto-mountains|title=Logan Paul buys Timothy Leary's former LSD ranch in the San Jacinto Mountains|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 6, 2019|author=Jack Flemming|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213173934/https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2019-11-06/logan-paul-buys-timothy-learys-former-lsd-ranch-in-the-san-jacinto-mountains|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1974 to 1979, Idyllwild hosted the Idyllwild Bluegrass Invitational, then Southern California's only [[bluegrass music]] festival (it was inspired by the Julian Banjo-Fiddle Contest, which takes place on the third weekend in September). From the 1950s through the 1970s Idyllwild also hosted the Bear Flag Festival, which honored California's Bear Flag and marked the passing of the [[grizzly bear]] from California, the last of which, according to local legend, was killed at Hurkey Creek in Garner Valley.

Most [[High school (North America)|high school]]-age students in Idyllwild attend school in [[Hemet, California|Hemet]], which requires them to travel by school bus some {{convert|35|mi|km}} in distance and {{convert|3000|ft|m}} in altitude to and from school. Since the 1950s, some Idyllwild parents have advocated for a high school in the town. There have been many attempts at establishing high schools, but most were short-lived. Startup schools that failed included Hi-Lo, or LIFE (Living in Free Education, a public school where Idyllwild Arts Academy now stands, operated by Mary Glavin in 1973–76),<ref>Pinkerman, John (May 8, 1974) [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19740508.2.35 "Alternative Education – Unique School Success."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904012011/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19740508.2.35 |date=September 4, 2017 }} ''Desert Sun''; California Digital Newspaper Collection. (Retrieved 10-29-2015.)</ref><ref>Squier, Gary (October 5, 2006) [http://towncrier.com/onlinesubs/2006.10.05.online.pdf "Hi-Lo students reunite and remember local school."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080230/http://towncrier.com/onlinesubs/2006.10.05.online.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }} ''Town Crier.'' (Retrieved 10-29-2015.)</ref> New Schole Ranch (a private school in Mountain Center), and Freedom Schools, Inc. (a private school operated in Mountain Center by Mary Ellen DuBay). Desert Sun School (later called the Elliott-Pope School), a private boarding school that accepted boarders and day students, closed in December 1990, due to financial mischief, after operating for 65 years.

Idyllwild, Garner Valley and [[Lake Hemet]] have been used for filming since the silent film era. Although most of [[Cecil B. DeMille|Cecil B. DeMille's]] [[The Squaw Man (1914 film)|''The Squaw Man'']] (1914) was filmed in the Los Angeles vicinity, footage of cattle on the open range were shot at the "H.J." Ranch at Keen Camp, midway between Idyllwild and Garner Valley.<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, pp. 8–9, {{ISBN|0-8131-2324-0}}</ref> A number of Westerns have been filmed at the Garner Ranch in Garner Valley: ''Guns and Guitars'' (1936), ''Heading for the Rio Grande'' (1936), ''Springtime in the Rockies'' (1937), ''Brothers in the Saddle'' (1949), ''Riders of the Range'' (1949), and ''Storm over Wyoming'' (1950). The Garner Ranch also stood in for the Ponderosa in episodes of the TV show ''[[Bonanza]]''. In 1961 and 1962, the [[Elvis Presley]] musical ''[[Kid Galahad]]'' was filmed in the Idyllwild vicinity. The 1980s television series ''[[Air Wolf]]'' and various car commercials were also filmed in the area. The biker funeral procession from the 1966 film ''[[The Wild Angels]]'' was filmed in Idyllwild and included the Silver Pines Lodge, which was named Hillbilly Lodge at the time of filming. Some of Steven Suptic's ''Sugar Pine 7'', a YouTube comedy series, takes place in Idyllwild.

In 2012, a [[Golden Retriever]] named Max was elected as the "Mayor" of Idyllwild (which, as part of an unincorporated community, has no local government) out of a running of fourteen dogs and two cats as part of a fundraising event held by and for the non-profit organization Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends (ARF). In 2013, Mayor Max died, and [[Mayor Max II|Maximus Mighty-Dog Mueller II]], another Golden Retriever, arrived in Idyllwild to complete the remainder of the term. In March 2014, as the end of Max's term approached, Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends surveyed the people of Idyllwild, inquiring for their interest in another election. The response was widespread and consistent: they wanted Mayor Max for life. No other elections were held and the Mayor Maxes have assumed the positions. Mayor Max II died on July 30, 2022, after a brief medical issue, and was succeeded by Mayor Max III.<ref>[http://www.mayormax.com "Office of the Mayor of Idyllwild"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121323/http://www.mayormax.com/ |date=January 19, 2019 }}. (Retrieved August 3, 2022)</ref>