Seminole Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Seminole Hot Springs is located in the Santa Monica Mountains near Cornell, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-southeast of Agoura Hills at an elevation of 932 feet (284 m).
History
The settlement began as a resort built around a hot spring. The springs were first identified in 1911, and the spa closed in 1959.[3] As was the case with Radium Sulphur Springs and Bimini Hot Springs elsewhere in Los Angeles County,[4] the waters of Seminole Hot Springs were "discovered" and then commercialized after oil drillers hit water instead of petroleum.[5] Major fires passed through the area in the 1930s and 1940s.[6] The 1941 American Guide to Los Angeles described Seminole Hot Springs as "a year-round health and pleasure resort resort, with springs, cottages, bathhouse, open-air mineral water plunge, and cafe buried in a copse of sycamores below the level of the road."[7]
Now essentially a suburb of the Agoura–Calabasas era, there is a mobile home community at the location. The Woolsey Fire of 2018 destroyed 100 of the 215 mobile homes at Seminole Hot Springs.[5]
Additional images
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Stack of ads for SoCal spring resorts in the Los Angeles Evening Express, 1926: Guenther's Murrieta Mineral Hot Springs, Gilman Relief Hot Springs, Wheelers Hot Mineral Springs, and Seminole Hot Springs -
Route map to Seminole Hot Springs (Pepperdine University, Malibu Historical Collection, Anderson00122)
See also
References
- ^ "Seminole Hot Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Higgins, Chris T.; Therberge, Albert E. Jr.; Ikelman, Joy A. (1980). Geothermal Resources of California (PDF) (Map). NOAA National Geophysical Center. Sacramento: California Department of Mines and Geology.
- ^ Morrison, Patt (2021-12-28). "From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California's hot springs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ Waring, Gerald Ashley (January 1915). Springs of California. Water-Supply Paper no. 338–339 (Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 71–72. hdl:2027/uc1.b3015436. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b Megli-Thuna, Dawn (2018-12-13). "Seminole Springs, a former mountain retreat". The Acorn - Serving Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Oak Park & Westlake Village. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ Greene, Linda W. (1980). A Historical Survey of the Santa Monica Mountains: Preliminary Historic Resource Study, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Historic Preservation Branch, Pacific Northwest/Western Team, Denver Service Center, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 41.
- ^ "Los Angeles; a guide to the city and its environs". HathiTrust. pp. 383–384. hdl:2027/mdp.39015029508374. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
