Canyon Country Club History

The Canyon Country Club is a gorgeous location in South Palm Springs. The club itself is currently going through a significant remodeling and branding effort. The new name you'll be seeing about town for the club is "Palm Springs National". Below is some incredibly informative details found on the Canyon Country Club website.

Prior to the club’s opening in 1961, developers had long coveted a 550-acre tract of Indian-owned land in southern Palm Springs. In 1960, after years of complicated negotiations with the Aqua Caliente Indian tribe, Harold Simon, a Palm Springs attorney, wrote the largest Indian land lease in American history. When the lease was signed, the plan for Canyon Country Club was crafted. Incidentally, the first name for the new club was to be “Wind Free.” But, several neighboring Coachella Valley communities objected to the name because of the comparison it made to “windy” development efforts.

Canyon Country Club consists of a stunning, modern clubhouse, designed by renowned architect Don Wexler, a leading contributor to the “Palm Springs Modern” genre, the club was destined from the start to be a magnet for the elite.

The starter shack had a red phone directly to the White House because President Johnson followed by Spiro Agnew spent two seasons at Canyon Country Club.

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