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MARCH, 1964 Former President Eisenhower spends his winters in Palm Desert. The
late President Kennedy twice vacationed in Coachella Valley and President
Johnson has scheduled a meeting with South American leaders in Palm
This Month's Cover Springs.
"DESERT RATS" by VAL SAMUELSON The two figures represented on the front cover, their identities diffused
4 About the Authors by desert sun, could be golfers, sun-worshipping tourists, strolling residents,
explorers or scientists. They represent the increasing thousands of people
6 Coachella Cal who find Coachella Valley an escape from the tensely accelerated life of
By SIDNEY PHILLIPS nearby metropolitan areas.
7 New Books for Desert Readers They are discovering what long-time desert dwellers already know:
that the desert brings not only relaxation and physical well being, but a
10 Coachella Valley Guide return of confidence in the ability to be an individual rather than just another
By ROYCE ROLLINS
grain in the ever shifting sands of humanity.
18 Pools I Have Known
By GLORIA GREER Next month we will visit Utah and some of its more isolated areas,
21 Land of Cotton but this month let's explore complex Coachella Valley. ///
By CHORAL PEPPER
Jack Pepper, Publisher
23 Randall Henderson
By JACK PEPPER
DESERT is published monthly by Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, Calif. Second Class Postage paid at Palm Desert, Calif., and at additional mailing
25 Caution: Scientists at Work offices under Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No. 358865 in U. S. Patent Office, and contents copyrighted 1964 by Desert Magazine. Un-
solicited m on user i pt s ond photographs cannot be returned or acknowledged unless full return postaQO is enclosed Perm ission to reproduce contents
By HARRY JAMES must be secured from the editor in writing. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $4.50 per year [12 issues) in the U.S.; $5 elsewhere. Allow five weeks for change
of address, and be sure to send the old as well as new address.
Name ally, the Navajo's fine art of weaving If you wish to order books, send check or
Address was borrowed from the Pueblos. money order to
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Another popular misconception is
Coleville, California 96107
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MARKET BASKET Fine photographs, many in color, PHOTO ALBUM OF YESTERDAY'S SOUTHWEST
By Charles Shelton. Photos from 1860-1910
PHOTO CO. help author Maxwell tell his story of reproduced in photo album form. $15.00
P. O. Box 2830, San Diego 12, Calif.
Navajo rugs, the meanings of their CALIFORNIA DESERT WILDFLOWERS by Philip
Low priced photojinishing; film,
designs, identifications and distin- Munz. Handy, useful. 96 color photos, 172
cameras and Kodachrome guishing characteristics of famous drawings. Paper $2.95, cloth $4.75
processing. weavers. Because of monetary con- SOVEREIGNS OF THE SAGE by Nell Murbar-
ger. Tales of old timers about yesterday on
Developing & 12 jumbo prints ^ _ . _ siderations, it simply doesn't pay the the desert. $6.00
from Kodacolor film !p£.4Z
Navajos to weave anymore. Few of
Developing & 12 jumbo prints from LOST MINES OF DEATH VALLEY by Harold
Kodacolor film — including a * _ _ _
their children are learning to weave Weight. Selected tales of many lost mines
new roll of Kodacolor ipj.jU and it would seem that the art, like including Breyfogle's Gold. Map, photos and
Kodacolor reprints jumbo, . , that of weaving beautiful baskets, is notes. Paper, $2.00
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SAN GORGONIO PASS among San Diego citizens who had fought for the War-
San Gorgonio Pass was discovered in 1774 by Padre ner Route which would have exalted that city to the
Francisco Garces who went through it on his way to subsequent status of Los Angeles.
Mission San Gabriel and named it Puerto de San Carlos. BEAUMONT
It was traversed again in 1775 by Jean Bautista de Anza
on his expedition to found San Francisco. The first Formerly a hamlet known as San Gorgonio, Beau-
American exploration took place in 1853 by a party of mont obtained its real start in 1886 as a real estate boom
U. S. engineers looking for a route for a transcontin- promotion. Its backers, Southern California Investment
ental railway through the great mountain barrier of Company, purchased water rights from surrounding
California, although the New England family of Dr. areas to insure a water supply, sponsored a newspaper
Isaac Smith had already purchased part of a Spanish called the Sentinel and built a $40,00 hotel. Excursions
land grant awarded to a naturalized Mexican citizen were inaugurated when as many as three trainloads at
named Paulino Weaver, and in 1820 established their a time of prospects arrived to partake of free lunches and
home there. sightseeing rides. Land values rose from $30 an acre to
$200 in eight months. Unfortunately the bubble quickly
Various attempts were made to run stages through burst and without developed agricultural resources to
the pass, especially after Bradshaw recommended it as maintain its prosperity, the town failed and stagnated
the shortest route to the Ehrenberg, Arizona gold rush, until a new development company revitalized it in 1907.
but in all but a few cases, the Warner's Route further Today it has a stable economy with permanent residents.
south was preferred. At last, in 1875, grading gangs About three miles west of town and visible from the
arrived on the heels of surveyors and construction of the highway where it crosses the ridge are steeply dipping
Southern Pacific Railway linked the desert to Los An- beds whose lower stratas contain many bones of extinct
geles via San Gorgonio Pass—causing much bitterness animals, comprising camels, large and medium sized
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PALM CANYON
At the head of Palm Canyon is a grove of some
4000 desert fan palms (Washington filifera), the only
palm native to the western U.S., ranging in age from
seedlings to 300 years old. Many of the giant ones show
traces of fire on their lower trunks. According to leg-
end, the Cahuillas, who picked clusters of berries from
the palms for food, always burned the trees that belonged
to a single family when the head of the family died, to
enable the departed to carry his berry clusters with him
on his journey.
This is the best known palm oases of the Colorado
Desert. The whole of Palm Canyon, which includes
Andreas, Murray, West Fork, Palm and Fern Canyons
is part of the Cahuilla Reservation and a small fee is
charged by the Indians for each car at the toll gate on
Palm Canyon Drive.
ANDREAS CANYON
Here is a place to picnic among cottonwood, syca- DR. MURRAY'S FIRST PALM SPRING'S HOTEL.
more and native palms to the tune of a rippling stream
of excellent water. For those who wander afoot there is BELOW: EXOTIC TAHQUITZ CANYON FALLS.
much to see—bedrock mortar holes in "Gossip Rock"
where native Desert Cahuillas ground mesquite beans
and seeds, Indian petroglyphs in a cave, rock shelters,
and stream orchids growing in shallow water along the
stream. The canyon was named for Captain Andreas,
a famous chieftain of the Cahuillas.
MURRAY CANYON
Named for Dr. Welwood Murray who built a health
resort and the first hotel at Palm Springs, this is the
least visited of the Palm Canyon group of side canyons,
but one of the best if you're a hiker and bird watcher.
FERN CANYON
Hiking here is easy for the most part and leads to
Dripping Spring, marked by a bank of maidenhair fern
for which the canyon is named.
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CATHEDRAL CITY
When Col. Henry Washington made the first sur-
vey of the canyon in 1858 he applied this name to the
canyon because he thought it resembled a cathedral's
apse. The city was mapped in 1925 and acquired its
name because of its location on the alluvial fan of the
canyon.
PALM DESERT
A vacant desert land used by General Patton as a
training site during World War II, Palm Desert was
founded as a real estate development in 1947 when Ran-
dall Henderson established it as the home of DESERT FORMER PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER BUYS CHANCE ON ROILS
ROYCE TO FURTHER C O M M U N I T Y BETTERMENT PROJECT.
Magazine. During the past few years the exclusive El-
dorado Country Club has brought fame to Palm Desert
as former President Eisenhower's winter home.
New residential developments along Fairway Avenue
across from the Eldorado are currently considered the
most fashionable on the desert. In spite of this, Palm
Desert remains a quiet, friendly, informal community
without the razzmatazz of Palm Springs and the beau-
tiful new College of the Desert located there insures sta-
bility.
INDIAN WELLS
A government survey of 1920 especially commended
the good water found at a roadside trough with faucet
and provided by Indian Wells. Long before that, how-
ever, water from Indian Wells was utilized by the Ca-
huilla Indians who occupied the Colorado Desert as far
west as San Gorgonio Pass. These wells, installed by
the Cahuillas, were somewhat unique in that they had
steps leading into them and their contours sloped. To- EARLY DESERT GOLFER SHOWS LADIES H O W TO SWING. BELOW:
day it is rumored that water from these same Indian TODAY'S GOLFERS STILL D O I N G SAME T H I N G . (MIKE SOUCHAK, BOB
HOPE, ART WALL, JERRY DOGGETT).
wells keep the putting greens of Desi Arnaz' Indian Wells
Country Club healthy and green. At night, spectacular
lighting against the Santa Rosa Mountains provides an
attraction for visitors.
LA QUINTA
Located in one of the most beautiful of the Santa
Rosa's desert coves, there are may tales related to the
origin of this beautiful resort's name. One is that La
Quinta is derived from the Spanish word for "fifth".
Long ago when travelers in covered wagons or astride
crossed the desert and recognizable trails had been made,
"fifth day" stopping places were established along the
route. It is believed by some that the present La Quinta
was so named as a memorial to this desert legend of
hospitality. Another historian states that it was named
after the Spanish word meaning "country estate," while
yet another opinion is that it means "the retreat." What-
ever, it's a charming spot with many fine residences, a
picturesque hotel and an excellent golf course.
INDIO
Today Indio is famous as the date capital of Am-
erica, but it received its name in 1876 because of the
large number of Indians who comprised the settlement
when it was a railroad construction camp. Before that,
it was referred to by weary desert travelers as Indian
Wells because of an Indian campsite and wells nearby.
A colorful part of its history was an early weekly publi-
cation named Submarine and billed as the "most low-
down paper on earth," because it was published below
sea level.
Indio has recently come into its own as a central
location for desert explorers and a number of fine air-
conditioned motor lodge accommodations are available.
The springtime Date Festival with its Arabian setting
and camel and ostrich races is an annual event and at-
tracts visitors from all over the world.
ROMANTIC ARCHITECTURE ENHANCES COLLEGE OF THE DESERT.
COACHELLA
The town and the valley are believed to have
derived their name from a corruption of the Spanish
word "conchilla" meaning "shell." Once called Wood-
spur, the town was founded by James L. Rector in 1898
as a mesquite wood terminal for firewood which was
hauled to Los Angeles. Today it is a packing and ship-
ping center for grapes, cotton, citrus and other Coach-
ella Valley produce. The first date palm from North
Africa was transplanted in this area in 1898 and along
with neighboring Indio it is the largest producer of
dates in America.
THERMAL
Another date and grape producing center, the name
Thermal was applied to this settlement about 1888 when
it was established as a railway station because of the ex-
treme heat of the Salton Sea area. Today it is surrounded
with fine fields of alfalfa, citrus, dates and melons, some
of which are irrigated by water from wells. By crossing
the railroad tracks and proceeding eastward into the
Mecca Hills, 4-wheel drive travelers can have an adven-
turous time exploring hidden canyons where Indian pot-
sherds and indications of old mines may be found.
MECCA
DATE GROVES CONTRIBUTE TO COACHELLA VALLEY'S UNIQUE LAND-
This settlement received its exotic name because it
SCAPE. BELOW: A PAIR OF HAPPY CAMELEERS CELEBRATE INDIO'S resembles the Arabian Mecca in climate, but it was first
DATE FESTIVAL. called Walters and consisted only of a siding on the
Southern Pacific line to provide water from its 1,500 foot
well. It was also a staging point to gold and silver mines
in nearby mountains. The first experimental date gar-
dens were planted here and the old Caravansary adobe
hotel, the first building in the area, may still be seen.
Receiving water from the Coachella branch of the Ail-
American Canal, the area is now celebrated as the earliest
producer of spring vegetables (January and February).
A few miles east of Mecca are Painted Canyon and Hid-
den Springs where Cahuilla Indians once camped. Spe-
cimens of fossilized shell, quartz, and bloodstone attract
rockhounds and vivid coloring attracts photographers
and sightseers. Before the highway enters Shaver Can-
yon, en route to Painted Canyon (see map), it crosses
a sandy strip marking the old beach of prehistoric Lake
Cahuilla, ancestor to the present Salton Sea. ///
COACHELLA VALLEY
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swimming pools page IS
agriculture page 21
men of character page 23
desert preservation page 25
desert cacti page 30
water sports page 32
tramway page 36
museum page 39
artists page 42
celebrities page 45
Pools I have known
by GLORIA GREER
T ODAY'S COTTON pickin' fin- ora raised cotton even before the object of the experiment was to pro-
gers are replaced by c o t t o n Spanish came. duce in the Utah territory all of the
pickin' machines, and that's A Jesuit priest in Sonora, Father cotton needed for the Mormon popu-
straight from a gentleman who Pfefferkorn, wrote in 1758 that the lation, especially during the Civil
knows the whole cotton pickin' busi- planting of more cotton would be of War, the industry was found to be
ness. especial advantage to the natives of unprofitable. One much quoted poet
Sonora because of the high cost of of Utah's Dixie in St. George wrote:
Mr. George Newman, manager of
Growers Gin Company, claims the linen "However," he lamented, "even The wind like fury here does blow
cotton industry as the most stable though cotton could be raised in Tliat when we plant or sow, sir,
of Coachella Valley. This is because abundance in Sonora, the Opatas We place one foot upon the seed,
cotton farmers are guaranteed an in- alone spin, plant and weave cot- And hold it till it grows, sir.
come by government support and ton for clothing. The rest of the In-
dians of Sonora are satisfied with the Then, in 1863, the editor of the
control of crops. If it weren't for Los Angeles News advised the grow-
such controls, western cotton growers garment nature gave them and the
Spaniards might not have enough to ing of cotton as an additional activ-
could increase production and thus ity for the Colorado Indians who
lower the price of cotton, but as long eat, but their shirts must be of linen!"
His great regret was that Sonora were already cultivating corn, beans,
as they do exist, cotton will probably and melons. This suggestion stimula-
remain in sixth place among the wasn't under the domain of the Ger-
mans, English or French who, he be- ted so much interest that several
higest income producing Coachella ranches in El Monte planted cotton
Valley crops. Grapes are first. lieved, would make such munificent
use of its available products. "How- seed, the products of which were sent
Although the Coachella branch ever," he continued, "Spaniards are to an exhibition in France where
of the Colorado River's Ail-American Spaniards!" judges regarded the California pro-
Canal system has made it possible in duct equal to that grown in the
recent years to produce cotton in In other parts of New Spain cot- southern states. By 1865 a number of
great quantities, as a western product ton was assiduously pursued. The immigrants had arrived looking for
it is far from new. About 250 years city of Puebla was especially distin- suitable land for the cultivation of
ago Jesuit padres in Baja California guished in the manufacture of cotton this staple, but as an industry it
encouraged its cultivation. As it was and imitated perfectly the same kinds wasn't until almost a hundred years
not in keeping with Christian mod- of Chinese goods which arrived by later that California cotton contribu-
esty for the pagan Indians to appear boat through Acapulco on the Man- ted much to the state's economy.
naked at Church ceremonies, the ila galleon from the Philippines each For use in textiles, cotton goes
missionaries felt called upon to pro- year.
far back into prehistory in both
vide clothing. For this purpose the In 1855-59 Utah Mormons con- hemispheres, although its archeologi-
Fathers raised cotton and taught the ducted a cotton experiment. It was cal record is incomplete, as cotton
neophytes to spin, weave and make supposed that cotton might be raised fabrics and plant material have sur-
their own clothing. Owing to the in the Santa Clara valley of southern vived only in the driest of areas. Suf-
sterility of the country, however, Utah by the Mormons. Cotton raised fice to say, however, a small frag-
most of the cloth had to be imported the first year cost $3.40 per pound ment of cotton fabric and piece of
from Mexico over to Baja. It is be- (as opposed to 31c per pound for cotton string were recovered from the
lieved by many historians that cer- Coachella Valley cotton today) and
tain highly civilized Indians of Son- neck of a silver vessel during the ex-
the second year, $1.90. Although the cavations at Mahenjo-Daro in West
DEEP CANTON
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March, 1964 / Desert Magazine / 25
try, for the elevations run from a
mere 400 feet all the way up to 4600
feet above sea level. At the higher
levels there are pinyon and juniper
and at the lower levels palms, smoke
trees, palo verdes, "desert willows",
and cacti. Near the laboratory build-
ings are the ruins of an old Indian
settlement, and back on the ridge
of Coyote Canyon are piles of small
rocks which mark an ancient trail to
the Indian villages that once existed
around Indian Wells and Salton Sea.
To get the desert reseach project
started, Philip L. Boyd, a member of
the Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity of California, donated approxi-
mately 1,500 acres of land to the Uni-
versity—quite a gift, when one con-
siders present land prices in the area!
Mr. Boyd was also the source of the
money for the purchase by the Uni-
versity of three sections of govern-
ment land. Indeed, the only tax-
payer money used was for the fence
and some construction.
Because of Mr. Boyd's generosity
and his dedication to the development
of the whole project, the Regents, at
a meeting when Mr. Boyd was not
present, decided to name the labora-
tory center itself the "Philip L. Boyd
Desert Research Center." Following
this action a sign was placed on the
gate so designating it. The sign dis-
appeared within a few days, and there
is a rumor that this act of "vandal-
ism" was committed by none other
than the ever-modest Philip L. Boyd
himself.
ABOVE: ONE OF THE LARGEST DESERT BIGHORN HERDS IN CALIFORNIA ROAMS THE DEEP CANYON
REGION. THIS IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR ANIMAL FOUND IN OUR DESERTS. Another important contributor to
OPPOSITE: PHILIP L. BOYD, DESERT LOVER AND PATRON OF THE DEEP CANYON DESERT RESEARCH I he project was Mrs. Berthat R. M.
AREA. Sperry who in memory of her hus-
BELOW: OLD INDIAN TRAIL IS MARKED BY PILES OF STONES. SNOW-CAPPED MT. SAN GORGONIO band, the late John L. Sperry, gave
RISES IN THE DISTANCE. considerable financial help with the
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construction and furnishing of the Kansas, made his headquarters at the
laboratory building. The National Center for several months while
Science Foundation also has given studying ancient packrat nests. These,
sizeable grants. he found, contained evidence of cli-
Dr. Wilbur W. Mayhew and Dr. matic variation and ecological changes
Lars H. Carpelan, both of the Life in the nearby desert areas. Dr. H.
Sciences of UCR, worked with the Saint Girons of the Centre National
Bureau of Land Management to se- de la Recherche Scientifique of Paris,
cure additional land to complete the France, collected here material for his
laboratory building, and Lloyd P. Te- work on the comparative histology of
vis, Jr. also played a vital role in the the endocrine gland of reptiles and
Center's genesis. His earlier work as of the comparative ecology of reptiles
an associate with Caltech's mobile in arid zones. Graduate student Wal-
desert laboratory proved invaluable ter R. Moberly came from the Uni-
when he transferred his activities to versity of Michigan to work on the
the Center. natural history of our fat old friend
the chuckwalla. Dr. Jose M. Cei,
Already in this great scientific pre- Director of the Institute of Biology of
serve zoologists, botanists, ecologists, the University of Cuyo in Argentina,
entomologists, herpetologists, and all has made a comparative study here of
the rests' of the "ists," are art work. the^ ecology of the Colorado Desert
Speaking of herpetologists, one of the anc\the deserts of western Argentina.
most astonishing sights to be seen
there is that of one of this ilk taking
the temperature of a husky rattle-
snake—he doesn't put the thermome-
The list is almost endless. Indeed
it would be impossible to mention in
a short article all the scientific pro-
curious
ter under the reptile's tongue! jects that already have been carried why gas air conditioning
on in this research area. The neces- is the finest for year-
Of particular interest to many of sary need for desert research can be
us are Lloyd Tevis' studies of the des- -round desert living?
readily comprehended when one con-
ert bighorn, the most spectacular ani- siders the arid regions of Mexico, In-
mal found in our deserts. One of the dia, Tunisia, Iraq, Australia, Israel, Let us prove to you that nothing
largest herds in California roams the Egypt and South America.
Deep Canyon region. Recent develop- beats modern Gas air conditioning
ments in the general area have de- In December 1963 Dr. Herman T.
Spieth, Chancellor of UCR, an- for your desert home or business.
prived them of many of their old
waterholes, and a particular hillside nounced approval by the Board of A highly efficient packaged unit
once favored by the ewes for lambing Regents of the Universtiy of Califor-
has been despoiled by a commercial nia of the establishment of a Dry can be quickly and easily installed
development. Tevis sees reason for anywhere. It heats, refrigerates,
hoping that the bighorn may be able
to adapt to these changing conditions dehumidifies and filters the air.
and will manage to survive because of Operating costs are very low. There
other waterholes and new lambing
places which have permanent protec- are no moving parts to cause noise
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flints, granites and schists. A series of
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the river back to its course, but it
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Salton Basin.
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the Salton Sea sparkles like a giant The people rebuilt the canal, ex-
sapphire in blazing sun. At the upper end of the sea the tending it to water every part of the
Coachella Valley, with citrus groves two valleys and, in record time, made
It is a land of sharp contrasts: high and date palms, is a bit of the Old it the largest irrigation system in the
and low, drab and colorful, new and World in the New; at the lower end western hemisphere. They c o p e d
old; it contains rich agricultural dis- the Imperial Valley, extending to the with heat and dust, sea and sand, salt
tricts thriving on irrigation, and Mexican border, is a vast checker- and silt; they assumed staggering
naked burning deserts. People have board of green fields and feedlots debts, adjusted crops to conditions
come from far and near to wonder that supply American tables with never experienced by anyone any-
at its unique features, and have re- everything from lettuce and carrots where—and brought the land to a
mained to play. In the last decade to sugar and quality beef. high level of productivity. Today
the basin has become a winter vaca- people from arid regions all over the
tionland without the winter. It is a land for hard sweating work world come to the Salton Basin to
as well as for leisure and play, the study techniques used.
Summer, or near summer, abides two so delicately balanced that one
in the basin the year round. Months is not complete without the other.
of torrid days, with temperatures Small wonder that the people who
that sometimes reach 130 degrees, are The basin was formed in geologic call the area home have a profound
followed by balmy winters with many eras millions of years ago; sea and respect for the land. Their pride in
clays in the high 70's and low 80's. agriculture are new. They came into achieving the impossible gives them
Nights are always sheer magic. being less than sixty years ago, and the stimulus. they need to live and
grew up together—paving the way for work in the intense heat that blan-
The dark brown Chocolate Moun- the vacationland that was to follow. kets the basin. In early summer the
32 / Desert Magazine / March, 1964
SALTON SEA...
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a Vacation Land
of the cross are faceted with jewel- ing hands nursed it back to conscious-
like precision and bits of the silicate ness. Upon recovering, the dove turn- BOATING/HIKING
in which it was found still cling to ed into a beautiful angel who told EXPEDITIONS
it. The specimen came from near them of her flight across the ocean
Taos, New Mexico. ESCALANTE CANYON
from the Holy Land where she had
witnessed the Crucifixion of Christ. GLEN CANYON
The Virginians have a l e g e n d
about these Fairy Crosses which, they LAKE POWELL AREAS
Moved by her story, the fairies wept.
believe, bring favor and good luck
to the wearer, especially at Easter time. As their tears fell to the ground, they SEND FOR EXPEDITION LITERATURE
Over 1900 years ago, a group of solidified into these perfectly shaped WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS
fairies were dancing atop a high hill crosses. Should you find one and Ken Sleight, Guide
near an Indian campsite. Not far wear it, good luck will be yours—
away was an ancient lake. While especially at Easter time! /// • SNOIlia3dX3 0NTK30NOM . SNOIliaidXJ aNVlUiaNOM •
After perhaps 100,000,000 years, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES A LIGHT-COLORED GRANITIC DIKE, FORMED FROM MOLTEN ROCK
and the gradual rise of the solidified DURING THE PROCESS OF MOUNTAIN BUILDING. SCENE IS AT WINDY POINT WEST OF THE
TRAM ENTRANCE.
sediment from beneath the depths of
the ancient sea, great forces within
the earth's crusi stirred. Molten rock
called magma, generated by these
forces at great depth, sought release
from the tremendous pressures of the
buckling crust. As a result, this great
body of molten rock began to rise up-
ward along a 1000-mile corridor
through fractures and fissures in the
overlying sedimentary rocks.
The vast amounts of heat radiating
upward from the magma effected
great changes in these sedimentary
strata, and gradually these layers were
changed, or metamorphosed, into
their metamorphic equivalents. Shales
were altered to slate, sandstone to
quartzite, and limestone to beds of
marble.
The loss of heat caused changes
within the molten rock itself, and
gradually localized portions became
• sufficiently cool so that crystallization
and solidification took place. All this
occurred far beneath the earth's sur-
face, for our mountain range was yet
in the early stages of birth, during
which its granite core was being compressive stresses along the 1000- San Andreas fault in the Coachella
formed. mile corridor, and slowly, the massive Valley, actually is a more active fea-
Periods of quiescence alternated core was shoved upward through the ture as is indicated by continued
with periods of great crustal unrest. surface. earth-quake shocks. The 1918 San
During these latter periods of diastro- As these constructive mountain Jacinto quake caused serious property
phism, portions of the magma, now building forces abated, Weathering damage to that city as well as to the
cooled and solidified, would be shat- and erosion, the destructive agents of nearby town of Hemet. Less destruc-
tered by massive compressive forces Nature took over and reduced the tive temblors have been recorded
within the crust. Molten rock at young range to a relatively low sur- along the fault wthin the last few
depth would then be injected by tre- face. These opposing processes con- months.
mendous pressures along the resulting tinued their see-saw battle over the That Mt. San Jacinto is still grow-
fractures. Here, surrounded by solid, next 100,000,000 years. Mountain-
ing can be established from occur-
relatively cool rock, the magma would size granitic chunks would be eleva-
ted slowly along fault zones, only to rence of these quakes, for an earth-
quickly crystallize, forming thin veins, quake is simply the shock wave which
be worn down again after the massive
or fissure fillings of granitic rock. pulses of energy within the crust sub- radiates outward when rocks slip
It is these thin, ribbon-like bands sided. rapidly along a fault—the process by
of rock of varying composition, and which the mountain attained its pre-
It has been only within the last sent elevation.
hence contrasting color, that are so several hundred thousand years that
vividly exposed to the tramway travel- Mt. San Jacinto has been squeezed up- Since the rise of this lofty sentinel,
er on the sheer granite face of Mt. San ward from a relatively low feature it has been witness to the passage of
Jacinto. These fracture fillings, called to its present lofty 10,831-foot eleva- events of both Nature and man. Dur-
dikes, bear mute testimony to the vio- tion. During this squeezing process, ing the recent Ice Age, it saw its
lent crystal disturbances through the granite core of the mountain has neighbor, Mt. San Gorgonio flanked
which the mountain went during its pushed aside and arched upward the by glaciers, but none formed on its
embryonic stages. And at this point, layers of metamorphic rocks which own slopes. In the 1850s it saw the
it had yet to see the light of day. once blanketed the rising granite white man pass close by, surveying a
body. These layers now wrap around route for the first railroad. Fifty
Finally, after approximately 10,- years later a small village developed
000,000 years, during which time the the base of the peak near Palm
Springs, where they have been tilted on the desert sands at its base. And
magmatic body had solidified into a for several years during the 1930s it
variety of granite rock types, forma- nearly to vertical. These strata,
changed by heat from sedimentary to felt the bite of the drill bit and the
tion of the granite core was complet- blast of dynamite as engineers of the
ed. Crustal forces were still suffici- metamorphic rock layers, can best be
seen at Windy Point on Highway 111, Metropolitan Water District drove a
ently active, however, to continue 13Vi2-mile tunnel through its granite
5 miles west of the Tram entrance.
heart.
The elevation of Mt. San Jacinto,
which was relatively rapid in a geo- And yet, until last year, few persons
RIDE logic sense, was accomplished through
upward movements of the earth along
had seen at close range the 100,000,000
year old story of its growth which is
the San Jacinto fault, a 200-mile-long recorded throughout its sheer granite
PALM crustal fracture which slices along the
Southern face of the peak. This fault,
face.
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Research for new material on Coachella Valley's first inhabitants initiated in 1962 by the
Palm Springs Museum resulted in the Museum's new Cahuilla Room. Lowell Bean, cura-
tor, tells here of previously uncovered records which are of special importance to the project.
NE OF THE most exciting finds turned up by the After stopping at San Bernardino Rancho to rest
O Palm Springs Museum's research into Coachella
Valley history is the recently discovered diary of
their horses, the men struggled onward into rugged San
Gorgonio Pass. The Indians they encountered there
Brevet Captain Jose Romero. Although this gentleman's were a Cahuilla group, known at the Wanikik Cahuilla,
history, as an individual, remains a mystery (no known who had already been visited by white men—Franciscan
records exists of his origin and demise), well-documented priests of the San Gabriel Mission who established the
descriptions of his penetration into Coachella Valley San Bernardino Rancho in 1819 and the Rancho at San
have contributed much to the area's vague history. Gorgonio shortly thereafter.
Fearful of English, Russian and other foreign enter- From San Gorgonio Pass the expedition dropped into
prises around California in 1822, the Mexican govern- Whitewater Canyon to pasture their horses. Although
ment instituted a series of inquiries seeking an overland this initiated the first recorded visit to Coachella Valley
route to California from Sonora whereby troops and by civilized men, there is tangible suggestion that others
supplies could be transported rapidly in case of trouble. had preceded them. For one, Romero's diarist and
Opportunely, a Cocomaricopa Indian appeared in Los assistant, Commander Lieutenant Jose Maria Estudillo,
Angeles at this time to acquire beads and cloth that a noted the day before the expedition's arrival in Palm
Cahuilla Indian had told him might be found there. Springs (December 28, 1823) that there would be no
Realizing that he had bypassed dreaded Yuma territory water or pasture until Agua Caliente was reached. This
without harm, his alliance was cultivated by the Mexi- implies that he knew of the hot spring's existence before-
cans and word was sent to Tucson instructing Brevet hand and it was not a discovery of this expedition.
Captain Jose Romero to seek this inland route to Cali- Further indication that Palm Springs, or Agua Cali-
fornia. Records of Romero's trek westward are incom- ente as it was then called, was known to priests as well
plete, but after his arrival in Los Angeles he organized as to the military is apparent in the fact that, upon Ro-
an expedition of 50 men and several hundred horses and mero's return trip in 1824, he encountered a cattle drive
proceeded again into the Colorado desert. between Palm Springs and San Gorgonio Pass guarded
March. 1964 / Desert Maanzinfi / 39
through the waterless wastes to Coachella Valley on Janu-
ary 8th. A fortuitous discovery of Canyon Springs by
Private Juan Higuera may have saved several hundred
of the thirsty animals, for enroute they were without
water for five days.
Gratefully, the expedition reached Coachella Valley
where there was water and an occasional chance to pas-
ture animals. A little difficulty with Cahuilla-Mexican
relations transpired at various rancherias where horses
had been left to be cared for by the Indians. Some were
missing (perhaps enjoyed at Cahuilla banquets). This
angered Estudillo, who demanded their return and took
as hostages a chief and his family. The next day, how-
ever, the horses were returned, with only a few missing,
the Indians released. Whether the Indians stole mission
cattle from San Gorgonio in this period is not known,
but cattle and horses must have been a great temptation
to people who relied on rabbits, and other small game,
with only an occasional deer and mountain sheep, for
meat. If the cattle were brought down frequently from
San Gorgonio to the Coachella region, the mesquite
beans—a Cahuilla staple—must have been depleted, which
could have resulted in forays on mesquite-fattened cattle.
On January 15, 1824, Estudillo introduces an impor-
tant fact in his diary. He writes that the expedition re-
turned to the spot known as "los Veranitos" by the sol-
diers who were impressed at the sight of corn, pumpkins,
melons and other summer crops cultivated by the Indians
growing in mid-winter. Thus they christened the spot
"Veranitos," meaning "little summers."
This is important because it proves that the Desert
Cahuilla practiced agriculture at an earlier date than
formerly believed. How long they had planted seeds, or
where they acquired the innovation is not certain. Per-
CABEZON, CAHUILLA CHIEF OF THE LATE 18TH CENTURY. HE WAS haps the San Gabriel mission had inspired them to prac-
SON OF CHIACHIA, ONE OF THE CHIEFS WITH WHOM ROMERO SPOKE. tice agriculture, or perhaps agriculture had been trans-
mitted from the Colorado River tribes such at the Hal-
chidum or Yuma. Inasmuch as the crops mentioned by
by the Indian vaqueros of the San Gorgonio Ranch who
had driven the cattle to Agua Caliente in search of
pasture. Also, San Gabriel baptismal records note that
Indians from Whitewhater Canyon were baptised as
t
early as 1809.
Romero's journal is of special interest to the Palm
Springs Desert Museum because of its detailed reference
to Indians and geography of the Coachella Valley. The
day after the troup's arrival at Palm Springs, the men
explored Palm Canyon where they met two Cahuilla
Indians with Christian names—Jose and Vicente—who
had been employed on mission ranches and were friendly
to the Mexicans.
From December 28 to January 1, the Romero Expe-
dition passed through what is now Indian Wells, then
veered southeast a little below the site of Indio, passing
through what is now Thermal, Mecca and finally Fish
Creek Springs where they rested for a time. In their
journey they met three prominent chiefs of rancherias—
Juamey, Chiachia and Tujuma Abali.
The diary tells of an incident where a horse fell in
one of the deep Indian wells and drowned. The Mexicans
gave it to the Cahuillas and it was eaten by the Indians
with great relish. After establishing rapport with the
principal chieftains of the area, the expedition left sev-
eral tired horses with them and proceeded onward to
Dos Palmas, marching through the dry bed of Salton
Sea, as that body of water was then non-existent. Turn-
ing into the Orocopia Mountains, the soldiers searched
THE WALK-IN WATER WELL INTO WHICH ONE OF ROMERO'S HORSES
for the Colorado River, but failing to find it, returned FELL. CAHUILLA INDIANS BUILT RAMPS LEADING INTO THEIR WELLS.
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The unique hydraulic mechanism which raises The Alaskan Camper is quickly transformed ience of a weathertight, high ceiling, home away
the camper top can be safely operated even by from its compact low silhouette on the road to from home complete with three burner stove,
a small child. Locks prevent accidental lower- roomy walk-in living quarters. Drive safely at sink, cabinets, ice box, beds, and many other
ing. The top is lowered quickly by the simple any speed with m i n i m u m drag and sway. luxury features.
turn of a valve. Moments later, enjoy the comfort and conven-
Write today to the factory nearest you for free folder describing the most advanced camper on the road.
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