Palm Springs
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Palm Springs

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The history

A Hollywood weekend hideaway in the desert under Mount San Jacinto — mid-century modern houses, palm canyons, and sun three hundred days a year.

In brief

Palm Springs is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km2), making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area. With multiple plots in checkerboard pattern, more than 10% of the city is part of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians reservation land and is the administrative capital of the most populated reservation in California.

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Then & now

Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing palm trees over a creek, ca.1901 (CHS-2104).jpg
1901 — Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing palm trees over a creek, ca.1901 (CHS-2104) · Wikimedia Commons
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