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Chapter One The Land of the Cahuilla -- ¿In The Shadow of the Sacred Mountain¿ (Mt. San Jacinto) -- ¿An Oasis in the Desert¿ (The Palm Springs Setting and Early Explorations) -- ¿The Cahuilla of Agua Caliente¿ (Man in Palm Springs) -- ¿Legendary Indian Leaders¿ (Tribal Chiefs and Shamans) -- Chief Juan Antonio -- Chief Cabezon -- Medicine Man Pedro Chino -- Alejo Patencio -- Francisco Patencio -- Fig Tree John -- ¿A Woman Possessed¿ (Helen Hunt Jackson and Ramona) -- ¿Pursuit of a Renegade Indian¿ (The Legend of Willie Boy) Chapter TWO A Settlement Is Born (Late 1800s) -- ¿Palm Springs Discovered¿ (Stagecoaches and Railroads) -- ¿The Settlement Begins¿ (Judge John G. McCallum) -- ¿Scotsman Opens First Hotel¿ (Dr. Welwood Murray) -- ¿Lifeblood of the Valley¿ (Water to the Desert) -- ¿The Little Train That Couldn¿t¿ (Palmdale/Smoke Tree) -- ¿After the Drought¿ (Rebuilding a Dream) Chapter THREE Women Revive a Village (1905-1920) -- ¿The Desert Inn¿ (Nellie Coffman) -- ¿Reclaiming a Heritage¿ (Pearl McCallum McManus/Tennis Club) -- ¿Women of the Desert¿ (Early Women Settlers) -- Emily Freeman McMallum -- Elizabeth Erskine Murray -- Ramona Lubo -- Dolores Patencio -- Clara D. True -- Lavinia Fryatt Crocker -- ¿Sisters of Adventure¿ (Dr. Florilla, Cornelia and Isabel White) -- ¿Great Grandmother Pilot¿ (Zaddie Bunker) -- ¿Making a Difference¿ (Women Pioneers) -- Dr. June Robertson McCarroll -- Frances Stevens -- Katherine Finchy -- Harriet Cody Chapter FOUR Establishing a Community (1910-1930s) -- ¿Early Settlers Helped Build Town¿ (They Came To Stay) -- David Manley Blanchard -- Dr. Harry Lee Coffman -- George Ball Roberson Jr. -- Owen Earl Coffman -- Carl Gustav Lykken -- Otto R. Adler -- Raymond Cree -- Dr. Jacob John Kocher -- ¿A Pioneer Family Legacy¿ (The Endurable McKinney Family) -- ¿They Spread the Word¿ (Writers and Artists) -- John Muir -- George Wharton James -- Carl Eytel -- J. Smeaton Chase -- Edmund C. Jaeger -- Jimmy Swinnerton -- W.W. Lockwood -- Stephen H. Willard -- Fred Payne Clatworthy -- Gordon Coutts -- John W. Hilton -- Edward S. Curtis -- ¿The Desert¿s Premier Golf Course¿ (Tom O¿Donnell¿Oilman Golfer) -- ¿El Mirador Draws the Celebrities¿ (P.T. Stevens/Warren Pinney) -- ¿A Legacy of Commitment¿ (Alvah Hicks¿Master Builder) -- ¿Racquet Club Becomes Hollywood Haven¿ (Charlie Farrell/Ralph Bellamy) -- ¿Theaters Come to Town¿ (Earle C. Strebe) Chapter FIVE Desert Resort Comes of Age (1940s-1950s) -- ¿Palm Springs Becomes a City¿ (Organized in 1938) -- ¿Prominent Palm Springs Women¿ (Leaders in Years of Growth) -- Ruth Hardy -- Melba Berry Bennett -- Patricia Moorten -- Elizabeth Coffman Kieley -- Katherine Siva Sauvel -- ¿Frank Bogert, Cowboy/Mayor¿ (The Cowboy Behind the City) -- ¿Celebrities Create Desert Homes¿ (The Movie Colony/Old Las Palmas) -- ¿Big Names Bring World Attention¿ (Hope/Sinatra/Shore) -- Bob Hope -- Frank Sinatra -- Dinah Shore -- ¿The Palm Springs ¿Studio¿¿ (Movies Made in the Desert) -- ¿Design¿Palm Springs Style¿ (Mid-century Modern Architecture) -- Albert Frey -- John Porter Clark -- William F. Cody -- John Lautner -- Richard Neutra -- Donald Wexler -- Williams, Williams & Williams -- E. Stewart Williams -- George and Bob Alexander -- ¿The Real Cable Car to the Stars¿ (Palm Springs Aerial Tramway) -- ¿First Black Resident Helps Indians¿ (Lawrence Crossley) Chapter SIX Palm Springs¿A Late Century Revival -- ¿Cities of the Coachella Valley¿ (Neighbors of Palm Springs) -- ¿The Beat Goes On¿ (Sonny Bono and Palm Canyon Drive) -- ¿Showcasing Movies¿ (Palm Springs International Film Festival) -- ¿As Young As You Feel¿ (The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies) -- ¿Reliving The Big One¿WW II¿ (Palm Springs Air Museum) -- ¿An Army of Giants¿ (The Palm Springs Windmills) -- ¿Indian Casinos Big Desert Draw¿ (Agua Caliente Band Sets Pace) -- ¿The Naked Bridge¿ (Upbeat Town Welcomes Diversity) -- Palm Springs Nudists -- A Gay Lifestyle -- Snowbirds Come to Town Chapter SEVEN A Sense of History -- ¿Preserving the Past¿ (Palm Springs Desert Museum/Indian Museums) -- ¿Still Going After All Those Years¿ (Legendary Places in Palm Springs) -- Angel View -- Builders Supply -- Caliente Tropics Motor Lodge -- Casa Cody -- Del Marcos Hotel -- Ingleside Inn -- Le Parker Meridien -- Le Vallauris -- Moorten Desert Garden -- Oasis Hotel -- O¿Donnell Golf Club -- Palm Springs Resort Spa -- Plaza Theatre -- Racquet Club -- Riviera Hotel -- Smoke Tree Ranch -- Palm Springs Tennis Club -- The Desert Sun -- The Willows -- Historic Inns -- ¿Do You Remember?¿ (Gone But Not Forgotten) -- The Desert Inn -- El Mirador -- Hotel Del Tahquitz -- Howard Manor -- Palm Springs Biltmore Hotel -- The Doll House -- Deep Well Guest Ranch -- Dunes Club -- Chi Chi -- ¿The Legacy of The Indian Canyons¿ (Cahuilla Through the Years) Bibliography INDEX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Palm Springs (Calif.) -- History.
Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Biography.
Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Social life and customs.