Palm Springs Then and Now gem trails the rocks and landforms are

the rocks and landforms are dynamic too

unbelievably hot weather and lack of the conveniences we take for granted today

their story spans hundred of millions of years-yet has never been fully told

With its pioneer aqueduct across the desert

or some combination of all four

Palm Springs Then and Now gem trails the rocks and landforms areIn the late 1800s, lands of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians were subdivided into sections. Even numbered sections were designated as Indian, and the Southern Pacific Railroad was given odd numbered sections. This book focuses on Section 15, sold by the railroad to early Palm Springs settlers. Eighty photographs from 1946 show a flourishing business district. text and contemporary images by Roger C. Palmer, PhD, volunteer registrar of the