Reprinted from the March 1979 issue of Palm Springs Life.
Yes, it really happened. The snowflakes started falling, and falling, and falling, and falling — and they stayed around long enough to make, among other things, Frosty the Snowman. The historic date: January 31, 1978. A total of one and a half inches fell in Palm Springs.
The Spa Hotel, site of the hot springs that gave Palm Springs its first name, Agua Caliente. Only it doesn't look very hot now, does it?
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Frosty the Snow Man visits Palm Springs.
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Palm Springs, the golf capital of America, maybe even of the world, and suddenly it looks like this? The Convention & Visitors Bureau went into mourning but it isn't true that CVB honcho Tom Hanlon contemplated suicide.
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Now for one heck of a putt.
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Art shot. The photographer didn't get the horse's name. As a matter of fact, he didn't get anybody's name. He was in a state of shock.
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For the first time in history, Louise's Pantry, home of the best pies in town (okay, Marie Callender's is a close second), didn't have a lineup about half a block long.
