Saahatpa, California | |
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Location | Saahatpa, California |
Coordinates | 33°57′29″N 117°01′10″W / 33.958027°N 117.019522°W |
Built | 1845 |
Designated | August 17, 1960 |
Reference no. | 749 |
Saahatpa was a former Cahuilla settlement in Riverside County. It was a settlement of Juan Antonio's Mountain Cahuilla from 1851 to 1863. It was located in a valley that branched to the northeast from San Timoteo Canyon. The site is marked by California Historical Landmark #749, and is located at the abandoned Brookside Rest Area on westbound Interstate 10 in modern-day Calimesa, California, nearly 3 miles northwest of the I-10/SR 60 junction.[1]