It was one simple sentence in the Nov. 13, 1924 edition of the Banning Record newspaper in a column devoted to Palm Springs news. “The Desert Inn golf course is being surrounded by a substantial stone ...
It sits at the end of a half-mile gravel road leading to what was once 306 acres of lemon and mango trees in Thermal, 10 miles south of downtown Coachella. It is located where no desert golf course ...