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Agua Caliente, California, part of Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, California (a census-designated place) in Sonoma County, California; means "hot water," from the area's natural hot springs; Agua Dulce, California, a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California (literally "sweet water"; means "freshwater")
Miracle Hill is a small hill in Desert Hot Springs, California that tops out at 1,152 feet (351 m). [64] It was named by Cabot Yerxa and was the location he built his home, The Eagle′s Nest, in 1913. Yerxa excavated an old Indian well on the hill and found hot mineral water. He dug a second well on the other side of the hill and found cold water.
A daily stage runs from Red Bluff to the springs, and on the spot there are telegraph, telephone, and post-office facilities. The $60,000 hotel rises on a slight eminence within the crater. The interior of the tavern is not excelled by that of any hotel or resort in Northern California. All accommodations that are to be had in metropolitan ...
An account from the Santa Barbara History Museum states that six months later, after bathing in the hot springs and drinking its water Curtiss was "rejuvenated" and purchased the property, [5] whereas the Santa Barbara Independent newspaper states that his "health began to improve remarkable, enough so that six years later, still alive and ...
For convenience, all hot springs of California should be included in this category. This includes all the hot springs that can also be found in the subcategories.
The springs were known to the indigenous peoples of the area, [4] and are located on land that was Rancho Las Cruces during the Mexican era of California. As early as 1880 there was a hotel at the village of Las Cruces advertising the medicinal benefits of the nearby hot sulfur springs. [5]
Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel, 44500 Old Highway 80, Jacumba Hot Springs; (760) 766-4333. Room rates start at $180 on weekdays, $360 on weekends. Room rates start at $180 on weekdays, $360 on weekends.
La Vida Mineral Springs, sometimes called LaVida Hot Springs, was operated as a resort and spa from the 1910s to the 1980s. [7] The resort had swimming pools, a café, and cabins and a motel for visitors. The springs were also the site of LaVida Beverage bottling plant. [8] (La Vida Beverage later moved many operations to Fullerton.) [9]