Near where the Deepwell neighborhood now sits off East Palm Canyon Drive in South Palm Springs was once a very popular destination: Deep Well Guest Ranch.

Palm Springs attracts important people like desert shade draws roadrunners on a scorching day. It’s always been that way.

It began as a single dirt runway in the 1920s, grew and changed with the city of Palm Springs, and now thrives as a chic, tourist-friendly airport with international connections.

El Mirador Hotel opened its doors on New Year’s Eve, 1928, and quickly became a hot spot for Hollywood stars and the corporate elite.

Lois Kellogg, heir to a wealthy Chicago family, tried to build her dream home in Palm Springs but wound up leaving it unfinished in the 1920s.

Staff members of the Wee Willager Weekly wrote local news and conducted interviews with prominent Palm Springs community members.

The two locations considered to build Palm Springs High School in 1938 were the mouth of Chino Canyon and the other fronted Ramon Road and Sunrise Way.

According to newspaper and magazine articles published before the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway opened, up to half a million people a year could be expected to ride the tramcars.

Steve Nichols recalls that his father, Culver Nichols, was on the first or second car on the tramway’s opening day.

Someone looking at a topographic map of Mount San Jacinto State Park might wonder who was this Cornell character that has a peak named in his honor.