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 California Hot Springs Marker - California Hot Springs, CA Posted by:  DougK
N 35° 52.832 W 118° 40.200
11S E 349253 N 3971985
This marker is near the entrance to the California Hot Springs office.
Waymark Code: WMPHT7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2015
Views: 2
This marker is a large granite stove with cut lettering filled with black coloring. A couple small etched figures surround the of title of the marker. It tells the story of the California Hot Springs. The text reads:
California Hot Springs
The first people to use the Hot Springs were the Bokninuwad Yokuts also called "Hoeynche"
who called it it "Kahtililkau" hot water. In the late 1870's T.J. and N.B. Witt filed claim to
Upper Deer Creek "Hoyen Idik" which included the several hot springs. They were then known
as the Deer Creek Hot Springs. By 1880 the Witt family had developed small bathhouses and
a camping area and charged for their use. They sold the Spings and 300 acres in 1889 after
that it sold several more times. During that time the name became California Hot Springs
and was praised far and wide for its health benefits. In 1904 a large hotel was built called
The Delvenado. It burned down in 1932, but within two years new facilities were built. The names of
Firebaugh, Pike, Wingrove, Mitchell, Williams, Newbury, and Baxter show as owners over the
years until a disastrous fire in 1968 destroyed the resort building, leaving only the dance
hall, swimming pool and a few rental cabins. IN the 1980's the Gilbert Family purchased what
remained and with great effort brought it back to what it is now today, an active successful resort.
Dedicated October 8, 2011
Dr. Samuel Gregg George
Chapter 1855 of E Clampus Vitus
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