Category Old News

Random Old Newspaper Articles from 1946 through 1996. Fifty years worth of the unique history of Pioneertown California.

Pioneertown Lives in Hope,
But There’s, Dust on the Six-Guns

PIONEERTOWN, "a replica of the West as it used to be" is a town built to function both as a permanent western movie set and as a real town with legitimate business houses. It is located on the high desert about 30 miles north of Palm Springs. It Is the birthplace of the Judge Roy Bean series and other famous Westerns.

Pioneertown (10-16-62)

October 18, 1962
Hi Desert Star
New News, Old News

Pioneertown (10-16-62) By CAROLYN EVANS(Too late for last week) Some of the Duarle members of the Les Angeiles Sheriff’s Posse No. 5 staying in Joshua Treeover thee weekend rode up along the Skyline trail to the Red Dog in Pioneertown.…

Pioneer Pass Golf Challenge to Open

The Fifth Annual Pioneer Pass Golf Challenge will feature the 28 mile "World's Longest and Only 19th Hole," connecting the Hi-Desert with the resorts of the San Bernardino Mountains. It is sponsored by the Park and Recreation Districts of Big Bear Valley and Yucca Valley.

Jackass Mail April 24 1965

April 24, 1965
Pioneertown Sun
Old News

Jackass Mail April 24 1965

County Sheriff’s Rangers Set Spring Ride May 13

The annual spring ride of the San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Rangers, complete with the authentic flavor of the Old West, will get underway in the Yucca Valley – Pioneertown area

Sheriff’s group plans annual spring ride

his year's four-day roundup will be headquartered at the Pioneertown rodeo arena. Featured activities will be horse racing, campfire gatherings and music from the days of the early west.

Private Dump Northwest Of Yucca Valley Rejected

The dump was proposed by Golden Empire, Pioneertown Developers, on 160 acres one mile north of Burns Canyon Road five miles southeasterly of its intersection with Mount Springs Road.

Jackass Mail July 10, 1965

Burro’s Note Shows He’s Only a Jackass

“The burro race drivers are mean and cruel. When we get tired and lay down they pour sand in our ears or tie ropes around our lower jaw to pull us upon our tired feet. Even Indian Joe in Arizona wasn’t this mean; he only hit us with a piece of cactus. These drivers will tell you they are not cruel to us, but they are liars. The guard turn their heads to such cruelties. One driver even had a prod stick with a wire from electric batteries attached to it. But the batteries were too low to shock us. Go see for yourself, Mr. Buie, and tell your readers to help stop this cruelty, and I’ll give you a ride sometime.

Burro Race Queen Contest Under Way

As one of the kickoff events of the “Miss Burro” contest, some of the young contestants from Big Bear and the Pioneertown- Yucca Valley area exchanged visits and ticket-selling sprees over the weekend, it was reported by Samuel A. Moore, Pioneertown activities chairman.