The Hot Springs

The Hot Springs (HM2534)

Location: Palm Springs, CA 92262 Riverside County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 49.412', W 116° 32.722'

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The Kausik Cahuilla are the owners of one of California's most famous hot springs. This natural resource provided them with permanent, palatable mineral waters which
were used for curing, drinking, and agriculture. It also was a direct access to the
most valuable of all Cahuilla resources, the magical and powerful underworld in which powerful "nukatem" lived and from which Cahuilla shamans could acquire power, information and knowledge. It is remembered by Cahuilla that important shamans like Pedro Chino bathed in this pool and thereby acquired knowledge about healing from the powerful beings who occupied the underworld to which this hot springs is connected. This is an historical marker for the Cahuilla and a place noted by the earliest observers. It was made available for the use of all peoples by the Agua Caliente people; thus causing Palm Springs to become a world-famous destination resort.

Lowell John Bean, Ph.D.
Anthropologist
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HM NumberHM2534
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Year Placed1995
Placed ByAgua Caliente Indian Reservation
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, January 29th, 2018 at 1:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)31N E 166021 N 0
Decimal Degrees33.82353333, -116.54536667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 49.412', W 116° 32.722'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 49' 24.72" N, 116° 32' 43.32" W
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Area Code(s)213, 760
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 118-130 CA-111BUS, Palm Springs CA 92262, US
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