How the Indians lost Warner Hot Springs

How the Indians lost Warner Springs hot springs in 2008 fight over sale of the springs, Pacific Coast Trail comes close, Indians turn on rebel Garra, bad news from Supreme Court for Cupenos, resort closes, Orange County men die near the reservation.

• The removal of the Cupeños from Warner Springs

• Beginning on November 21, 1851, the Indians burned Warner’s buildings; stole his cattle, horses, and sheep; and killed nine Americans. The revolt was soon put down, Cupa was burned, and the leaders of the insurrection were executed. After this hostile incident, Warner left his ranch to the supervision of his servants.
• By Jeff Smith, Sept. 6, 1990 Read full article

• Why Warner Springs Ranch is in hot water

• “I don’t like going up there. It’s so acrimonious,” says one of the San Diego owners, Greg S. Maizlish. “Owner, schmowner,” he says, stressing that he is only expressing his own opinion. “The owner designation means nothing because the ranch is controlled by a small group” that he calls “the Los Tules crowd,” residing in a development of that name adjacent to the ranch.
• By Don Bauder, Aug. 20, 2008 Read full article

• The Pacific Crest Trail near Warner Springs

• Begin at the Agua Caliente Creek bridge at mile 36.6 on Highway 79, 1.3 miles west of Warner Springs. There's a turnout for parking just west and a dirt road slanting over to where the PCT crosses under the highway. Proceed upstream along the cottonwood-shaded creek, first on the left (north) bank, then on the right. In this first mile, the trail goes through Warner Ranch resort property on an easement.
• By Jerry Schad, March 2, 2006 Read full article

John Warner, 1879. Every single male headed east to avenge the Warner Ranch murders. When they reached Cupa, Garra’s deserted village near Warner Hot Springs, they set it on fire,

• An Indian chief envisions the mother of all warpaths

• On November 27, every single male headed east to avenge the Warner Ranch murders. Led by Major G.B. Fitzgerald, they acquired muskets from the Army. At least half, they learned later, were defective (a Los Angeles journalist estimated that Southern California had only eight functioning muskets in 1851). When they reached Cupa, Garra’s deserted village near Warner Hot Springs, Fitzgerald set it on fire,
• By Jeff Smith, July 3, 2002 Read full article

Charles Fletcher Lummis

• The blackest of crimes committed against Warner Ranch Indians

• Lummis rode past sturdy, whitewashed adobe houses with thatched roofs. When he reached the center of the village,