Palm Springs was home to the Cahuilla Indians.
The Cahuilla Indians spent the winter months
around the hot mineral springs and then during
the hot summer months the tribe moved to the
canyons. In 1884, Judge John Guthrie McCallum
became the first to relocate to Palm Springs.
Together, Judge McCallum and the Cahuilla Indians
built a 19-mile ditch from Whitewater River to
the area now known as Palm Springs.
In 1909 Dr. Harry and Nellie Coffman began a
sanitorium, The Desert Inn. It was designed to
assist people with tuberculosis. Years later,
The Desert Inn became a first class resort
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