Rancho Mirage California
A Pictorial History of Rancho Mirage California Rancho Mirage soon emerged as the “golf capital of the world” and has since grown to be a premier resort and residential community with a permanent population of 16,870 and several thousand additional winter residents who enjoy the city’s 10 country clubs, three world-class resorts, and scores of restauants.
Rancho Mirage is a beautiful residential and desert-resort community nestled along the Santa Rosa Mountains, located between the cities of Palm Springs and Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley. Bighorn sheep and the Aqua Caliente tribe of Cahuilla Indians were the area’s early inhabitants. Date farms and ranchos developed after underground aquifers were discovered. Guest ranches soon followed and became favorite destinations for the rich and famous in the 1940s and 1950s. By the early 1950s, residential communities designed in classic Desert Modern style were being constructed, as well as the valley’s first two country clubs with 18-hole golf courses.
Front cover of book on Rancho Mirage; showing pool at Rancho Las Palmas in 1979.
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INDEX (Images of America: Rancho Mirage)
Ackley, Stuart.................................................................................................................................. 6
Agua Caliente Casino, Resort, Spa ............................................................................. 6, 56, 121-123
Annenberg/Sunnylands....... 6, Intro, 39, 41, 57-59, 64, 69, 71, 78, 79, 87, 94, 95, 99, 116, 117, 127
Arthur, Julie..................................................................................................................................... 6
Baker, Gary.............................................................................................................................. 40, 64
Ballard, Kaye............................................................................................................................ 71, 84
Barricade Books................................................................................................................. 6, 49, 127
Betty Ford Center......................................................................................................... 71, 73, 75, 88
Bighorn Institute.................................................................................................................... 6, 12, 13
Bighorn Sheep........................................................................... 6, Introduction, 11-14, 41, 46, 52, 53
Blue Skies................................................................................. 6, Introduction, 23, 38 44, 71, 83, 90
Bogert, Frank................................................................................................. Introduction, 36, 37, 81
Bono Mack, Mary.......................................................................................................................... 94
Borders Bookstore................................................................................................................. 95, 125
Boxer, Barbara................................................................................................................... 10, 41, 71
Brown, Renee................................................................................................................................... 6
Bryant, David.................................................................................................................................... 6
Buckingham, John............................................................................................................................. 6
Burghardt, Caroline........................................................................................................................... 6
Bush Family, George...................................................................................... Introduction, 41, 71, 79
Bush Kruse, Pat............................................................................................................................... 6
Byard, Aimee................................................................................................................................... 6
Carr, Tonya.................................................................................................................................... 67
Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert.............................................................................. 69, 70
City of Rancho Mirage .. 2, 6, 27, 30, 32-36, 46-48, 50, 53, 56, 61, 64, 68-70, 73, 74, 76,
80, 82-86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 97, 98, 101, 105-108, 110, 112-114, 118-120, 124, 127, back cover
Club at Morningside.................................. 6, Introduction, 29, 41, 44, 51, 70, 76, 79, 88, 95-97, 106
Conrad, Nancy................................................................................................................................. 6
Conroy, John.................................................................................................................................... 6
Cook, Susan..................................................................................................................................... 6
Crandal, Michael.............................................................................................................................. 6
Crosby Family, Bing................................................................... Introduction, 23, 38, 71, 90, 92, 108
Dengler Family.................................................................................................................... 6, 25, 127
DeForge, James R............................................................................................................................ 6
Desert Air Hotel.................................................................. 9, 23, 29, 30, 32-25, 37, 80-82, 91, 102
Desert Island Golf & Country Club............................................. 6, Introduction, 95, 98, 99, 106, 117
Drinville, Patti..................................................................................................................... 14, 51, 53
Eisenhower Family, Dwight................................................................ Introduction, 41, 71, 76, 77, 87
Eisenhower Medical Center................................................. 6, 42, 43, 45, 62-64, 73, 74, 77, 87, 88
Elephant Car Wash.................................................................................................................. 57, 60
Emmons Family, Darah............................................................................................................ 60, 91
Erickson Family, Erik............................................................................................................... 61, 91
Ferlicca, Peter.............................................................................................................................. 115
Fincher Family, Michael.................................................................................................. 6, 71, 88, 91
Fincher, Michael.............................................................................................................................. 6
First American Corporation............................................................................................................ 25
Ford Family, Gerald................................................ Introduction, 41, 62, 69, 71-75, 85, 88, 94, 111
Garner Family............................................................................................................................ 6, 44
Godbold, Andrea..................................................................................... 26, 27, 39, 46, 59, 70, 126
Guerrero, Lalo............................................................................................................................... 55
Gustafson, Jack.............................................................................................................................. 65
Hall, Ron.......................................................................................................................................... 6
Harris, Greg..................................................................................................................................... 6
Herman, Josh................................................................................................................................... 6
Hines, Scott.................................................................................................................................... 56
Historical Society of Palm Desert................................................... 6, 28, 30, 31, 40, 44, 64, 111, 117
Hobart, G. Dana....................................................................................................................... 56, 84
Hogan, Carol.................................................................................................................................... 6
Hope Family, Bob....... Introduction, 23, 27, 29, 30, 40-42, 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 71, 74, 75, 77, 84, 87,
102-105, 108, 113, 117
Horwich, Paulette and Bernard........................................................................................................ 52
Howser, Huell........................................................................................................................... 54, 93
Irell Family..................................................................................................................................... 54
Jensen, Darin.................................................................................................................................... 6
Johnson, Deborah............................................................................................................................. 6
Kite, Richard................................................................................................................. 6, 56, 85, 123
Kruse, Pat Bush.................................................................................................................... 6, 96, 97
LaViolette, Crystal........................................................................................................................... 6
Luhring Augustine Gallery........................................................................................................... 6, 48
Magnesia Falls area........................................................ Introduction, 15, 25, 28-30, 41, 48, 66, 115
MacLeod, Michael........................................................................................................................... 6
Maps of the Past............................................................................................................ 6, 16, 18, 20
Marywood–Palm Valley School..................................................................................................... 67
Meepos, Ron................................................................................................................................. 56
Milanovich, Richard....................................................................................................... 56, 121, 123
Mission Hills Country Club............................................................ 6, Introduction, 95, 100, 101, 127
Mitton, Catherine A......................................................................................................................... 6
Moller, Gordon........................................................................................................................ 56, 94
Moodian, Michael........................................................................................................................ 121
Myers, Sue...................................................................................................................................... 6
Niño, Sylvia..................................................................................................................................... 6
O’Connor, Marion........................................................................................................................... 6
Paden, Melissa................................................................................................................................. 6
Palm Springs Unified School District..................................................................................... 6, 66, 68
Perry, Mary..................................................................................................................................... 6
Porcupine Creek.............................................................................................................. 57, 95, 115
Pratt, Patrick................................................................................................................................... 6
Price Family, Gary......................................................................................................................... 54
Quinn, Harry M............................................................................................................................... 6
Ranchito Chiquito.......................................................................................... Introduction, 26, 27, 57
Rancho Las Palmas Resort/Spa/Club............................................................................ 2, 6, 102-104
Rancho Mirage Country Club................................................................................... 6, Intro, 95, 105
Rancho Mirage Public Library............................................................................ 6, 15, 54, 55, 74, 93
Ritz-Carlton Resort...................................................................................................... 100, 118-120
River, The.............................................................................................. 6, 26, 30, 95, 104, 125, 126
Romer, Brett.................................................................................................................................... 6
Roper, Hal....................................................................................................................................... 6
Rowe, Anne..................................................................................................................................... 6
Shore, Dinah.................................................................................................... 71, 85, 100, 101, 113
Sinatra Family, Frank.......... Introduction, 24, 28, 29, 36, 45 57, 64, 71, 84, 88, 94, 95, 97, 99, 105,
108, 113, 117, 119, 124
Slater, Eva/Miriam......................................................................................................................... 20
Springs Country Club............................................................... Introduction, 41, 71, 95-97, 106, 117
Startup, Mark................................................................................................................................... 6
Stuart, Carole................................................................................................................................... 6
Sunnylands................................................................................................................. see: Annenberg
Sunrise Country Club........................................................................................ Introduction, 95, 107
Tamarisk Country Club...................... Introduction, 24, 29, 40, 43-45, 59, 70, 71, 95, 108, 117, 127
Taylor Family................................................................................................................. 6, 39, 87, 98
The River............................................................................................................................. 125, 126
Thunderbird Country Club................... 6, Introduction, 23, 29, 36, 37, 41, 44, 71, 72, 75, 81, 83, 86,
89, 90, 93, 95, 106, 107, 109-111, 124, 127
U.C. Berkeley............................................................................................................................ 6, 19
U.S. Geological Survey.......................................................................................... 12, 21, 22, 29, 44
Vogelsang, Jeri................................................................................................................................. 6
Walters, Jarrod A............................................................................................................................. 6
Westin Mission Hills Resort and Country Club........................................ 6, Introduction, 95, 112-114
Whoulihan, Elizabeth........................................................................................................................ 6
White Sun Guest Ranch................................................... 6, Introduction, 23, 25, 30, 31, 37, 86, 127
Wilson, Troy.................................................................................................................................... 6
Zack Family............................................................................................................................. 6, 105
Zale, Carol Ann............................................................................................................................... 6
