Category Old News
Random Old Newspaper Articles from 1946 through 1996. Fifty years worth of the unique history of Pioneertown California.
PIONEERTOWN
Pioneertown
Pioneertown A ghost town haunted by people By Jack Delaney WE ENTERED the central compound of Pioneertown with caution, expecting a fight to tumble through the saloon doors any minute, or the “fastest gun in the West” to make a…
California Golden Empire
California Golden Empire New Yucca Valley City Plans Restoration of Pioneertown If one listens closely these days, one will hear strange sounds disturbing the normal stillness of California’s high desert. These are the sounds of men and machines as they…
Pioneertown–Golden Empire
Pioneertown–Golden Empire Exciting Development Preserves ‘Old West’ Pioneertown California, a 19th century-designed town once used us it movie set for numerous Western movies in the 1040’s and 50’s. is fast becoming the “capital” of one or met most exciting land…
Planners OK Airport, Peril Seen by Aviation Director
Fire Destroys
Red Dog Saloon
Three Fires Claim Two Landmarks
LA Times April 11, 1966
Pioneertown Restaurant Burns; $50,000 in Damage
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…