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.
Category Development
Pioneertown was founded in 1946 by a group of Western actors who had been several plans to develop the land surrounding Pioneertown and make it a resort.
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.
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!
Hearings Start on Vast Desert-Mountain Areas
The County Planning Commission has begun hearings on proposed general plans for a vast 19,000-square-mile desert area and 600,000 acres in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Pioneertown Water Dispute Awaits Public Utilities Board Decision
Pioneertown Water Dispute Awaits Public Utilities Board Decision A dispute between Pioneertown-Rimrock residents and Golden Empire over water company rights, has been laid in the lap of the state Public Utilities Commission. This action was brought by the filing of…
Pioneertown Water Firm Hearing Set
A public hearing on the complaints of Pioneertown and Rim Rock property owners about the ownership and operation of the water system has been set by the California Public Utilities Commission
Drive for Pioneer Loop
Due to Get Started Soon
Pioneer Pass Road, from the Twentynine Palms Highway through Yucca Valley and Pioneertown to Big Bear has long been the dreams of both the low and high desert residents.
Cow town
Pioneertown was built in 1947 as a set for western movies, according to Hester Guinan, who has lived in the town for 22 years and has been its Postmaster for 17 years.
Among the many cowboy sagas shot there were "Jeopardy" with Barbara Stanwyck, most of the Gene Autry and Cisco Kid films and recently "Tell them Willie Boy is here," starring Robert Redford.
Public Hearings Affect Valley
The first public hearing, concerning a requested zone change in Pioneertown, will take place before the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors tomorrow at 3 p.m. The hearing, requested on petition of actor Russell Hayden, one of the original Pioneertown developers, is for consideration of a zone change from rural residence (RR) to desert living (DL) in portions of section 20, Township 1 North, Range 5 East. The portions lie both north and south of Pioneertown Road and in the vicinity of Skyline Ranch Road.