Season 6






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Episode 6-1: Shadow Mountain Resort
Episode 6-2: Cabot Yerxa
Episode 6-3: Whitewater Preserve
Shadow Mountain Resort was the start of Palm Desert. It's still there!
In nearby Desert Hot Springs, we're going to take a look at what one man spent a lifetime building!
Whitewater Preserve - don't pass it at 70 on the Interstate - take the time to visit and explore!


Episode 6-4: Howard Hughes' Palm Springs
Not only did Hughes own several homes here, there is a bizarre incident at the El Mirador - worth a closer look!


Episode 6-5: The Real Story Behind El Mirador
How did such a spectacular Grand Hotel fail after World War II? We view it from a different angle.


Episode 6-6: Exploring Canyon Estates
Explore Canyon Estates on our quest to explore all of Palm Springs neighborhood by neighborhood.
Episode 6-7: Lazy C Ranch
Episode 6-8: Golden Checkerboard
Episode 6-10: The Desert Air Hotel
Episode 6-11: PSP Expansion
Episode 6-12: Desert Magazine










Hidden in a canyon near Windy Point off highway 111 is the Lazy C Ranch.
Golden Checkerboard by Ed Ainsworth released in 1965 actually changed history.
The Country Club for people who couldn't join a country club.
Fly in! Drive in! Those were the options for the Desert Air Hotel in Rancho Mirage.
The small Palm Springs International Airport has ambitious growth plans!
The publication that helped the establishment of Palm Desert as a city




Episode 6-13: Colleen Carol Crist
Episode 6-14: Joshua Tree Threat
Episode 6-15: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Mid-Century Style
Episode 6-16: Cabazon Dinosaurs
Episode 6-17: Hadley Fruit Orchard
Episode 6-18: Exploring Parkview Mobile Home Park










Wife. Mother. And designer of the mid-century hotel The Monkey Tree Inn.
Could we lose the Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park?
But the big question is - Will avocado colored refrigerators return?
Larger than life! The Cabazon dinosaurs a roadside stop worth visiting!
From roadside stand to major retail outlet - this is the story of Paul and Peggy Hadley and their friends at the tribe.
Parkview has become its own neighborhood. Join me as we check out this non-mobile home park
Episode 6-19: Exploring Horizon Mobile Home Village
Episode 6-20: Temple Isaiah
Episode 6-21: ACE Hotel
Episode 6-22: Pioneertown
Episode 6-23: Lawrence Crossley
Episode 6-24: Pickleball












Related to Parkview? Yes. Different? Definitely yes!
Three generations of architects, multiple generation of worshippers and Frank Sinatra. How Palm Springs can we get?
From Westward Ho and Howard Johnson to hipster ACE Hotel and Kings Highway!
Fake town, good time!
From chauffeur to property developer and rule breaker. A Palm Springs Pioneer!
Is this the perfect game for Palm Springs?
Episode 6-25: Palm Springs - Dead Again?
Episode 6-26: Al Wertheimer & The Dunes Club




Despite Internet reports to the contrary, this city is far from dead...
The mod invades the desert and Palm Springs wants no part of it! Sort of...
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