Indigenous People of the Region:

• Native Americans of the Salton Basin-Colorado Delta
• Cahuilla Indians - wikipedia
• Lovell's Report on the Cahuilla Indians - 1854

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Historic Photos, Videos & Memorabilia:

• Borrego Springs & the ABDSP in the Movies
• Map of Borrego Valley circa 1930's
• Promotional brochure circa 1950's
• A Salute to Borrego Valley by Leo Carrillo
• 1960 & 1967 images

Two historic black & white videos

"A New Way of Life" 

- narrated by Gale Gordon (circa 1950's)

"Borrego Springs"

- narrated by Pat McGeehan  (circa 1957)

More Videos of Borrego

 

 

 

 

Channel 8 News Video on Borrego Springs (circa 2007)

 

 

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Historic Buildings / Landmarks / Ventures:

• Abandoned Air Fields in Borrego
• Borrego Modern - Website promotes the appreciation and preservation of the mid-20th century modern architecture of the San Diego County desert community of Borrego Springs.
• Borrego Springs Airline
/ Sun-Aire  (1968-1984)
• Borrego Springs Desert Club (1949)
• Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center (founded 1950)
• Borrego Springs Resort (1963)
• Butterfield Overland Stage
  • Following the Butterfield Overland Mail Route
  • National Postal Museum
  • Overland Mail 150th Anniversary 1857 to 2007
  • "Nothing Must Stop The Mail!"
  • stitching the country together
  • Timeline
  • Wells Fargo
• de Anza Country Club (opened 1958)
• Desert Lodge / Casa del Zorro (established 1937)
• Desert Roads Paved with Past
• Hoberg Resort / Palms at Indian Head (opened 1948)
• Historic Landmarks in the Anza-Borrego Desert
• Rams Hill / Montesoro Country Club (opened 1982)

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Some Key Figures in the History of Borrego:

• William P. Kessling (1899-1983)
• Harry Oliver - (April 4, 1888 - July 4, 1973) was an American humorist, artist, and Academy Award nominated art director of films from the 1920s and 1930s.
• Marshall South - desert writer, prophet, nonconformist
• Di Giorgio (original developer of Rams Hill Country Club)
• Copleys (former owners of the Borrego Sun & the Casa del Zorro Resort) 
  • James S. Copley
  • Copley Library and more
  • Copley Press
  • Helen K. Copley
  • more on Helen K. Copley
• Dr. Lewis
• Lassators in Green Valley
• Marjorie Reed - Artist captured the beauty and fascination of the Butterfield Stage Route.  Spent the last years of her life at the Campbell Ranch in Vallecito.
• Charles Starrett - movie actor, retired to Borrego Springs.
  • Grapevine Video
  • The Wild West
• Frank Morgan
• Leo Carrillo
• Burgess Meredith
• Gale Gordon

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Related Websites:

 

Web de Anza - An Interactive Study Environment on Spanish Exploration and Colonization of  "Alta California" 1774-76

 

 

Historical Society of San Diego

The American Southwest

Borrego Modern - Website promotes the appreciation and preservation of the mid-20th century modern architecture of the San Diego County desert community of Borrego Springs.

Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

Rams Hill Country Club / Montesoro Archives

Anza-Borrego.net  - A tribute to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

San Diego Reader News Weekly - Articles & Information about Borrego Springs

 

Desert Rat Scrap Book

DRSB = Wikipedia info

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Other websites of interest pertaining to Borrego Springs

• Zero Energy Demonstration Homes in Borrego Springs
• Stories & Photos of Borrego from the San Diego READER

Desert Magazine

• Images of Desert Magazine
• more Desert Magazine images
• Read complete copies of this magazine on-line at scribed.com
• Click here to see the first edition of Desert Magazine Nov 1937
• Feb 1949"Its Playtime in Borrego Springs" - Dec 1970

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