Palm Springs Then and Now gem trails or some combination of all

or some combination of all four

mate for life

and the Mojave National Preserve

the author and his photographer son Alex Fradkin revisit some of the same places they explored together in the early 1970s

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

Palm Springs Then and Now gem trails or some combination of allIn 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