Palm Springs Death Valley Jim It was the threat of

It was the threat of destruction of the mountain watershed that led directly to the setting aside by President Benjamin Harrison of the San Bernardino Forest Reserve in 1893

Crystal Rivers

Brad Schram

Coachella Valley Water District

Palm Springs Death Valley Jim It was the threat ofNestled beneath the San Jacinto Mountains in an oasis of palm trees is a mineral hot springs. For thousands of years, this was the winter home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the original inhabitants of this harsh desert region. A U. S. government survey party discovered the spring in 1853 and identified the area located at the base of two bunches of palms. In 1884, Judge John McCallum of San Francisco purchased land near the springs