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Cabot's Pueblo Museum
Cabot's Pueblo Museum that is
located just outside of Palm Springs, California in Hot Springs and
is one of their state historical sites, that is found in a huge
Hopi-style pueblo that took some 24 years to construct by
homesteader Cabot Yerxa. Cabot constructed the 4 story, 5000 square
foot structure with 35 rooms, 65 doors and 150 windows, beginning in
1941, and finishing in 1965 when he passed on at the age of 83. The
unique pueblo and the outbuildings were constructed using the
materials that could be scavenged around the desert that surrounded
the pueblo, mostly scrap wood, sheet metal and metal advertising
signs. Cabot first came to the area in 1913, and began homesteading
his 160 plot of land, using a pick and shovel, with him discovering
two different aquifers split by the San Andreas Fault, which would
eventually become known as Miracle Hill. The first aquifer was a
natural hot springs with a constant temperature of 110 degrees F and
would eventually be part of the area's spas and resorts that drew
people here. The other aquifer, which is located on the other side
of the fault is a cold one that was called the Mission Springs
Aquifer that provides the fresh water to the city of Desert Springs
and is believed to supply some of the finest tap water on the
planet. Cabot's friend, Cole Eyraud would protect the complex after
he passed away, and after it had been abandoned and vandalized.
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