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Gilman Hot Springs is an
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in
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,
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. It lies along
California State Route 79 State Route 79 (SR 79) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route begins at Interstate 8 (California), Interstate 8 (I-8) in San Diego County, California, San Diego County, continuing north through the town of Cuyamaca, Cal ...
, adjacent to the San Jacinto campus of
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.


Geography

Potrero Creek exits Massacre Canyon and joins the San Jacinto River at Gilman Hot Springs, just above
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, with Potero Creek delivering a large amount of sediment that creates an
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as well as periodically contributing to the flooding of the roadway.


History

Pre-settlement, it was the site of a village called ''Ivah'' that was occupied by what are now called the
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Luiseño people, headquartered in Riverside County, California. On June 18, 1883, the Soboba Reservation was established by the United States government in San Jacinto. There ...
. This village was depopulated by a
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epidemic "early in the 19th century".
Gilman Hot Springs Gilman Hot Springs, also known as San Jacinto Hot Springs or the Relief Springs, is a hot spring system in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. Located near Potrero Creek, the San Jacinto River (California), San Jacinto River, and C ...
was a
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resort from the late 1880s until 1978. The settlement's elevation of above sea level was beneficial for the boxers who trained at the Massacre Canyon Inn in the 1970s. Circa 1973, the Gilman family owned 500 acres occupied by "a major hotel and golf club, called Massacre Canyon Inn, and a 27-hole golf course...several motel and apartment complexes and a number of homes that are leased, a large bathhouse, the Gilman family home and a U.S. post office building." The
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's
Gold Base Gold Base (also variously known as Gold, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, or Int) is the ''de facto'' international headquarters of the Church of Scientology, located north of San Jacinto, California, United States, about from Los Angeles. The ...
complex is located in Gilman Hot Springs, California 92583.


See also

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San Jacinto Wildlife Area The San Jacinto Wildlife Area is a wildlife preserve in the Inland Empire region of California in the United States managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. San Jacinto WA is made of up two discontinuous areas, one east of Cali ...


References

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