Planners OK Airport, Peril Seen by Aviation Director
Pioneertown yesterday won county approval for its airport – but, warns the county aviation director, novice fliers better not try flying in or out of there.
Historic Newspaper Archives
Lots in Golden Empire First Unit Half-Sold
Preliminary sales reports received by Benton Lefton, head of the California Golden Empire, indicated that 50% of the available lots developed to date in the first phase of this 30-square-mile planned community have already been sold on a reservation basis – less than 90 days after of land development was announced.
Fire Destroys
Red Dog Saloon
The long bar was used as an interior shot in countless western movies, filmed here in years gone by. The back portion of this bar, an authentic antique, was reported to have come from France via sailing ship to New Orleans in the post-Civil War period. From there it was dismantled, crated and shipped by wagon train to California. It, too, was destroyed.
Three Fires Claim Two Landmarks
The Golden Stallion restaurant sustained $50,000 damage from a blaze Sunday, the California Division of Forestry said, following a blaze two days earlier that cost $45,000 damage to the Red Dog Saloon.
LA Times April 11, 1966
The third fire in a week in tiny Pioneertown in Yucca Valley burned actor Jack Bailey's Golden Stallion restaurant to the ground after an employee fell asleep smoking, causing more than $50,000 damage, officials reported. Friday a $45,000 fire destroyed the Red Dog Saloon a block of the street, and a third fire last Monday caused $3,500 damage. Officials said the fires were apparently unrelated.
Pioneertown Restaurant Burns; $50,000 in Damage
The third fire in a week in tiny Pioneertown burn the Golden Stallion restaurant to the ground yesterday, causing more then $50,000 damage, the California Division of Forestry reported.
Golden Stallion Awes Firemen With ‘Death’ Leap
Golden Stallion Awes Firemen With ‘Death’ Leap You can‘t convince the firemen who fought the Golden Stallion fire Easter morning that the life-size plastic stallion atop the building didn’t have a life of it’s own. “We were off to the…
C of C Delegates Attend Meeting of Pioneer Loop
The executive committee of the Pioneer Loop Organization Will meet at 7:30 tonight (April 21) at the San Gorgonio Savings and Loan Assn. conference room at Banning. Agenda includes discussion of bylaws, appointments of a nominating committee for both active and honorary officers and board of directors.
Action Set for Improvement
Of Old Pioneer Pass Road
Big Bear Lake -- decisive action in the form of an appeal through congressional representatives and the office of the secretary of the interior, Still working a Dell was taken last night by the Pioneer Loop Association in the matter of improvement of the old Pioneer Pass Road.
Golden Empire (Pioneertown) Reports Big
Response in First 90 Days of Land Sale
Preliminary sales reports received by Benton Leflon, head of the California Golden Empire, Indicate that 50 percent of the available lots developed to date in the first phase of this 30-square-mile planned community has already been sold on a reservation basis—less than 90 days after the development was announced!