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Indio (Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. Indio is approximately 125 miles (201 km) east of Los Angeles, 23 miles (37 km) east of Palm Springs, and 98 miles (158 km) west of Blythe, California.
The firm also seems to own and operate the Oasis Ranch near Indio, California in the Coachella Valley. The firm has been involved in a number of lawsuits designed to prevent the ranch from being flown over by crop dusters, hot air balloons and other aircraft. JCM Farming, Inc., and its affiliates own dozens of properties throughout Riverside ...
In Herrick's home town of Douglas, there is an 8-foot (2.4 m) statue of a jackalope, [14] and the town hosts an annual Jackalope Days Celebration in early June. [ 16 ] Building on the Herrick's success, Frank English of Rapid City, South Dakota has made and sold many thousands of jackalopes since retiring from the Air Force in 1981.
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Andrew Molera State Park; El Sur Ranch Monterey: Tularcitos: 1834 José Figueroa: Rafael Gomez 26,581 acres (10,757 ha) 3 SD Monterey: Los Alamitos: 1834 José Figueroa: Juan Jose Nieto: 28,027 acres (11,342 ha) 140 SD Los Alamitos, Seal Beach: Orange: Las Bolsas: 1834 José Figueroa: Catarina Ruiz: 33,460 acres (13,541 ha) 208 SD
With the popularity of the date gardens the idea was planted for the first Date Festival in 1921 to be held in Indio's city park. A second festival was held the following year. Some 16 years later a third Date Festival was held, this time under the name of the Riverside County Fair and the Coachella Valley Date Festival.
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Skyrocketing land values in the area threatened the continued existence of Shields Date Gardens when the property was placed on the market. It was purchased by The Jewel Date Company in nearby Thermal, California, which is carrying on the traditions of the Shields at the same location with no intention of moving the Ranch Store.