Cabot's Pueblo Museum (also known as Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum , Cabot's Trading Post and Yerxa's Discovery ) is a museum historic house located in Desert Hot Springs, California, United States. The Hopi-style big Pueblo, built in Pueblo Revival Style, contains works of art, Indian and Alaskan Native American cultural artifacts, and memorabilia from the early life of the desert shack.
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The origin of the name
The house and surrounding structures were built by Cabot Abram Yerxa (1883-1965), an early 20th century yard house in Coachella Valley. This is referred to as "Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum" in the app for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. California's Historic Parks Heritage Preservation Office listed it as "Yerxa's Discovery".
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History
Yerxa was an adventurer who first settled on an area of ​​160 acres (65 acres) in 1913. Using a pick and shovel to dig a well, Yerxa found two separate aquifers separated by Mission Creek Fault (branch of the San Andreas Fault) above what which would later be called "Miracle Hill." The first aquifer is a natural hot spring bath with temperatures of 110Ã, Â ° F (43Ã, Â ° C) in the Desert Hot Spring Sub-Basin and which will help to cause spas and resorts in the area. The second, on the other side of the fault, is a cool aquifer from Sub-Basin Mission Springs. This same aquifer provides fresh water to the Desert Hot Springs town and has received awards for exceptional taste.
After 24 years of development, and making it an Indian Hopi pueblo in honor of the Indians, Yerxa opened "Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo" in 1945. He operated with his wife Portia until his death in 1965. After his death Portia returned to Texas and its structure is abandoned.
Yerxa's friend, Cole Eyraud, protected the settlement after his death and was subsequently abandoned and destroyed. Eyraud and his family bought the compound, restored it, and then donated it to the City of Desert Hot Springs.
Architecture
The core of this complex is the large Hopi-style pueblo, in the style of Pueblo Revival architecture. The main building is a four-story building, 5,000 square feet (465 sq.m) with 35 rooms, 150 windows, 65 doors and 30 different roof levels. Pueblo and all the outbuildings on the site were built mainly from wooden pieces and metal sheets that were all taken from the surrounding desert by Yerxa. It has a ventilation system and a shaft built into the wall to keep it cool in the summer.
Exhibition
Collection
Among museum collections are:
- Indian and Alaskan Native American artefacts, including native American pottery
- Artwork of Yerxa
- Documents, including related photos and correspondence Yerxa Waokiye
Further additions to the site are from Waokiye , or "traditional helpers" in the Lakota language. Waokiye is the seventy-seventh statue of a series of 74 native heads of America, collectively known as the Giant Whisper Footprint, carved out over a twenty-one year period. by artist Peter Wolf Toth. The 43-foot statue was carved with the use of electric tools from a giant sequoia log piece weighing 45 tons (46 metric tons). The 750-year-old tree, which originally stood in Sequoia National Park, was overthrown by lightning in the mid-1950s. All but wool on the headband Waokiye ' is engraved from the log. The feather was carved from a cedar from the nearby mountain community of Idyllwild. The statue was inaugurated on May 20, 1978; it was repaired and dedicated by Toth on February 21, 2009. Currently, it is the only sculpture left in California.
Operation
Owner
The city of Desert Hot Springs has a museum and is operated by Cabot's Museum Foundation, a non-profit corporation. Cabot's Museum Foundation is a member of the American Alliance of Museums.
Posts & amp; Trade Cabot Gallery
In 2008, the Museum Foundation opened "Cabot's Trading Post & Gallery" to showcase artwork from local artists. Included in Commerce Post & amp; The gallery is the Desert Hot Springs Hospitality Visitor Center.
Location
The museum is located at 67-616 East Desert View Avenue, in Desert Hot Springs, California, a spa resort town in northern Palm Springs, California. Line 14 of SunLine Transit Agency serves Desert Hot Springs from Palm Springs.
Solar panels
A set of 24 solar panels on the nearby hill side provides power to the museum.
Future plans
The museum is developing plans to expand visitor facilities including amphitheater, hiking trails, and cultural campuses.
Preservation of artifacts
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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