Idyllwild-Pine Cove

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Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Suicide rock
Suicide rock
Location in California
Location of Idyllwild-Pine Cove in Riverside County (above) and in California (below)
Basic data
State : United States
State : California
County : Riverside County
Coordinates : 33 ° 44 ′  N , 116 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 44 ′  N , 116 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 3,874 (as of 2010)
Population density : 109 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 35,568 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of
which 35,542 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 1629 m
Postal code : 92549
Area code : +1 951
FIPS : 06-36203
GNIS ID : 2408414

Idyllwild-Pine Cove is a census-designated place in Riverside County in the US state of California , which is made up of the three neighboring communities Idyllwild , Pine Cove and Fern Valley . The community is flanked by the two popular climbing rocks, Tahquitz Peak and Suicide Rock . Idyllwild-Pine Cove is known for the mountain resort "Mile-high Idyllwild" and its cultural scene, which is supported by the "Idyllwild Arts Foundation", which was formerly part of the University of Southern California , and the annual music festival "Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines" excels.

Even in snowy winters you only need an hour from the mountainous Idyllwild-Pine Cove via California State Route 74 to get down into the warm desert.

The towns of Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Fern Valley are all independent localities (i.e. not cities ). The United States Census Bureau lists the three places under the name Idyllwild-Pine Cove as a single census-designated place , although the residents often disagree with this.

Idyllwild-Pine Cove has 3874 inhabitants (as of the 2010 census ).

geography

Politically speaking, Idyllwild-Pine Cove is located in central western Riverside County in the US state of California in the USA . The village is completely surrounded by a community-free area. The California State Roue 243 runs right through the city, and the California State Route 74 runs south of the city limits .

The community is located in the San Jacinto Mountains , the highest point of which is San Jacinto Peak , Southern California's second highest mountain, at 3302 m . The place itself lies at about 1,600 m in a high mountain valley, which is divided by the year-round flowing Strawberry Creek. The district of Pine Cove is located on a ridge 300 m above Idyllwild. The local flora is dominated by the yellow pine .

The cities of Los Angeles and San Diego , about 200 km away, can be reached by car in two hours, and the popular resort of Palm Springs is an hour away.

Idyllwild-Pine Cove has 3874 inhabitants (as of 2010) and extends over an area of ​​35.568 km², of which 25.542 km² are land; the population density is thus 109 inhabitants per square kilometer and is very low.

history

Tahquitz Rock at sunset

Idyllwild once served the Cahuilla as a summer camp, who wanted to protect themselves from the heat in the lower deserts. Traces of tool use are still there today. A Cahuilla legend tells of its chief Tahquitz, after whom a rock in Idyllwild-Pine Cove is named today.

Idyllwild was originally named Strawberry Valley because of the wild strawberries growing here ; The deposits were particularly large at Strawberry Creek, also named afterwards. Shepherds came into the valley with their sheep. In the 1880s, the Domenigoni family from San Jacinto settled near what is now the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. In 1889, George and Sarah Hannahs set up a summer camp not far from their sawmill in the higher Dutch Flat . From the 1890s a toll road was built from Hemet , which made Idyllwild attractive for settlement, timber harvesting and tourism . In 1893 a post office was established in the settlement; this was then named Rayneta after Sarah Hannah's first son Raymond .

In 1901 the "Idyllwild Sanatorium" was built to treat tuberculosis patients . The complex was soon converted into a holiday resort called "Idyllwild Among the Pines", which shortly thereafter changed its name to "Idyllwild". Since 1901 this has also been the name of the place.

With the invention of the automobile, Idyllwild became a weekend attraction for Southern Californians . For years the place presented itself as an alpine village, the hotels and companies had German or German-sounding names during this time. In the Second World War, this appellation was abandoned.

From the 1930s to the 1950s, Idyllwild was a center of the pine furniture industry. Under the direction of Charles "Selden" Belden, the furniture was produced by the "Idyllwild Pinecraft Furniture Company", later this task was carried out by "C. Selden Belden Idyllwild Pinecraft". The furniture produced at that time are now considered collector's items and can still be found in many houses and huts in Idyllwild.

From the 1950s, the area became a refuge for wealthy medium-sized companies from nearby Los Angeles, who at that time were considered alternative in the broadest sense. The Pearlman Mountain Cabin , with which the architect John Lautner anticipated the later space-age architecture, is a testimony to this era . In the late 1960s and 1970s, the place experienced a strong influx of hippies . These changed the natural environment and worried many long-time residents. Timothy Leary lived on a ranch in nearby Garner Valley that served as the headquarters of The Brotherhood of Eternal Love . Today the area serves as a retreat for families with children with cancer.

From 1974 to 1979 the Idyllwild Bluegrass Invitational took place, at that time the only bluegrass festival in Southern California . In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Idyllwild also hosted the Bear Flag Festival, a festival in honor of the flag of California . It also served to commemorate the disappearance of the grizzly bear from California. According to a local legend, the last California grizzly bear was killed at Hurkey Creek in nearby Garner Valley.

Another legend reports that at irregular intervals a large, humanoid creature was spotted in Idyllwild , which was nicknamed "Idyll-Beast". The creature was featured in the documentary Monster from Mt. Atlas in the early 1970s . Mount Atlas is a small rocky outcrop in the hill country, about 2 km from the town center.

Most of the high school age students from Idyllwild attend a school in Hemet , which is why they have to cover a distance of 56 km and 910 m difference in altitude on the school bus. Parents from Idyllwild have been campaigning for a local high school since the 1950s, but all attempts have so far been given up.

In 1925 the Boy Scouts of America group "Tribe of Tahquitz" was founded in Idyllwild .

The Yosemite Decimal system for grading the difficulty of hiking and climbing trails was founded at Tahquitz Rock in the 1950s by members of the Sierra Club .

Idyllwild as well as Garner Valley and Lake Hemet have been used as filming locations several times since the silent film era, for example for parts of the 1914 silent film The Squaw Man . In later years westerns such as Guns and Guitars (1936), Heading for the Rio Grande were made at the Garner Ranch (1936), Springtime in the Rockies (1937), Brothers in the Saddle (1949), Riders of the Range (1949) and Storm over Wyoming (1950). The Garner Ranch was also known as Ponderosa Ranch in the Bonanza television series . In 1962 the film Kid Galahad - Harte Fäuste, HOT LOVE with Elvis Presley was filmed in Idyllwild and its surroundings, as was later a funeral scene in the film Die Wild Engel (1966), as well as parts of the Airwolf series and commercials for the car manufacturers General Motors , Dodge and Ford .

politics

Idyllwild-Pine Cove is part of the 28th District in the California Senate , currently represented by Democrat Ted Lieu , and the 71st District of the California State Assembly , represented by Republican Brian Jones . Idyllwild-Pine Cove also belongs to California's 36th Congressional District , which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 1 and is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. OpenStreetMap
  2. Information on Idyllwild-Pine Cove at City-Data.com (English)
  3. The Man Who Turned on the World Schaffer Library of Drug Policy (English)
  4. Around the Capitol, Senate District 28, District Map (English)
  5. Around the Capitol, Assembly District 71, District Map (English)
  6. Around the Capitol, Congressional District 36, District Map (English)