Rancho Mirage, California

The tribe was almost annihilated by smallpox in 1862–63 but survived, today establishing a resort and casino within the modern city limits.

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In 1926, filming took place in Rancho Mirage for the 1928 film The Vanishing Pioneer starring Jack Holt.

In 1928, 160 acres (65 ha) here were purchased by the Southland Land and Realty Company.

The 1929 Depression put an end to the plans.

The area adopted the name Rancho Mirage in 1934.

In 1944, hundreds of acres were bought by Major A.

He described it as "the most wind free area I could find in the desert." Two years later, in 1946, Henry L.

film, Two Guys from Texas (1948), was filmed at Thunderbird Ranch in Rancho Mirage.

Thunderbird Country Club was established in 1950, and the golf cart or electric golf cart is rumored to have been invented at Thunderbird.

It also held a PGA Tour event from 1952 to 1959 and was one of the original golf courses in the tournament that later became the Bob Hope Classic.

Bing Crosby established the Blue Skies Village Mobile Home Park in 1953 and named its streets after celebrities such as Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Greer Garson, Claudette Colb...

=== Architecture === The 1957 Kenaston House was added to the U.S.

Another structure known for its mid-century modern architecture, the 1962 Samuel and Luella Maslon House designed by architect Richard Neutra, was demolished in 2002.

The airplane chartering scenes in the Oscar-winning film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) were also shot at the resort.

Incorporated in 1973, Rancho Mirage is one of the nine cities of the Coachella Valley.

=== Nature reserves === ==== Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve ==== The Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve, a 3,800-acre area, was designated a nature reserve by the Californ...

Mission Hills Country Club hosted the Davis Cup finals in 1978.

A flood along Magnesia Spring Creek's alluvial fan in 1979 led to one death and $7 million in damages.

Clevenger, Joyce M (1980).

The park is located adjacent to Whitewater River and was originally developed in 1982.

Earthquakes are also somewhat common, and on July 8, 1986, an earthquake led to the destruction of 20 buildings and homes, along with big damages to roads and other structures.

Bush had an official summit here with Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu in 1990, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain visited in 1980.

Dinzes, Deborah (1993).

The park was expanded in 1994 and in 2015.

By 1995, the number of sheep was 276 but reached 400 in 2002.

Schwanke, Dean (1997).

federal list of endangered species since 1998 (or 2004).

The park opened in 1999 and is equipped with a playground, benches, picnic areas, and ball fields.

In 2001, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians established the Agua Caliente Casino on the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Ramon Road off Interstate 10.

In 2002, the city invested $1.2 million in constructing a 3.5-mile fence to separate the rams from civilization.

The Tamarisk Country Club was featured in the sixth episode of the 2003 Bravo show Boy Meets Boy.

In 2004, it was relocated and reassembled at Rancho Mirage Community Park, one block west of the River at Rancho Mirage.

Mahler, Richard (2005).

President Ford later purchased a house in Rancho Mirage and was living there at the time of his death in 2006.

His first funeral service took place in the city days before those first in Washington, D.C., on January 2, 2007, and then in Grand Rapids on January 4 that same year.

In 2008 the tribal board completed the expansion of the Agua Caliente resort, which includes a 16-story hotel and spa, as well as remodeling the casino and expanding the parking...

A theater for top-name entertainers opened in 2009.

Kath, Laura; Price, Pamela (2010).

First Lady Betty Ford died on July 8, 2011, in Rancho Mirage.

The desert botanical gardens opened to the public in 2012 and have a 1.25-mile (2 km) walking path with 70 species of arid plants surrounded by views of Mount San Jacinto.

President Barack Obama spent two days here in 2013 where he visited with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping.

He also hosted King Abdullah II of Jordan here in 2014.

Bohannan, Larry (2015).

summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Rancho Mirage on February 15–16, 2016.

Olson, Donald (2017).

Riche, Melissa; Riche, Jim (2018).

Bignell, Rob (2019).

A new residential development for senior citizens by Pulte Homes, Inc., known as Del Webb Rancho Mirage, will open in the year 2020.

In March 2021, it was announced that Rancho Mirage would be the site of first US neighborhood composed completely of 3D-printed, zero net energy homes.

It will comprise 15 homes, and are expected to be completed by 2022.

The median household income in 2023 was $109,943, and the per capita income was $87,637.