Coachella in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Water Trough

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 24, 2014

1. Water Trough Marker

Inscription. This water trough was constructed on the Southern Pacific Railroad property along Cantaloup Avenue for watering teams of horses hauling cantaloupes and onions. It replaced a wooden trough on Front Street used in the early industry of shipping mesquite wood. The first name of this area was "Woodspur".

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 33° 40.743′ N, 116° 10.59′ W. Marker is in Coachella, California, in Riverside County. It can be reached from the intersection of Orchard St and 6th St, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coachella CA 92236, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles,

in the Coachella Valley,

and in the Peninsular Ranges.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Remembrance Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Jacqueline Cochran (approx. 3 miles away); History of Electricity in the Coachella Valley (approx. 3.6 miles away); Dr. June Robertson McCarroll (approx. 3.7 miles away); Smiley Place (approx. 4 miles away); USS Liberty Tree - USN Captain William L. McGonagle (approx. 4 miles away); Jimmy Swaggart's "Date" (approx. 4.6 miles away); The Bradshaw Trail / Point Happy (approx. 7.2 miles away).

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Another marker is no longer nearby. 1909 Indio Schoolhouse (was approx. 4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 24, 2014

2. Water Trough Marker

Water Trough image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 24, 2014

3. Water Trough

City of Coachella sign near water trough image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 24, 2014

4. City of Coachella sign near water trough

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 420 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 19, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.