MECCA SCHOOL ONCE HELD IN A HAY BARN - By Ceceilia Foulkes (Narrated at 1980 Indio Historical Days Symposium) - We came to live in Mecca in 1914. My dad had purchased a small ranch, (Dohr Ranch) on Avenue 64.

THE VALLEY’S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING - By Gilberta Alderman Harmon (Narrated at Historical Days Symposium, 1980) - Perhaps an important bit of historical recording can be added to the Valley's files today by relating the story behind the building of the first structure to be used specifically for a Coachella Valley High School.

EXPLORE Junior Historians After-School Program. Fall 2023 Session: September 25 to November 8, 2023, at Coachella Valley History Museum. Pre-registration & pre-payment required.