and while planning Palm Desert (developed by his brother-in-law Cliff Henderson) in the 1940s, he was granted a rocky hilltop parcel in Cahuilla Hills as part of the 1938 Small Tract Act.

where rocky hills and canyon walls are washed in light pink, red, gray, brown and green hues. To the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, the red color of the hills represents the bleeding ...