Cabot’s Indian Pueblo Museum was once the home
of pioneer, artist, Cabot Yerxa. Cabot homesteaded 160 acres in 1913
when he purchased a land grant which encompassed a large part of eastern
Desert Hot Springs, California. Cabot built his first home, Eagles Nest
on Miracle Hill. Working alone with his only companions, two mules,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Cabot was the first white man to
discover both hot and cold mineral water in the Desert Hot Springs area.
In 1939 he began building his second Desert Hot Springs home, which is
now the site of Cabot’s Old Indian Pueblo Museum. He continually worked
on and added to the Pueblo until his death in 1965 at the age of 83.
For many years, the Pueblo was home to Cabot Yerxa and his wife Portia,
and for a short while, his mother Nellie Cabot-Yerxa. Cabot Abram Yerxa
was born on June 11, 1883 in Hamilton Dakota territories and lived the
first 5 years of his life on a Sioux Reservation. During his life time
he and his family were friend to many notables of the time, including
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and President Theodore Roosevelt. *** Click
here for more information about
Cabot Yerxa and Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum.***
The current Cabot's Museum Foundation was incorporated in 2000.
