The Sniff Home
The Sniff family were the first inhabitants of this home. The main structure could have been used as a barn as there is a cattleman's bunkhouse on the property. Their great grandson Stan Sniff was the sheriff of Riverside County for several years. There are actually prison bars on one of the structures on the property. The Sniffs were one of the original date farmers in Indio. They introduced the Moroccan structures used to sell the dates by the roadside. The cattle were brought up through La Quinta to the area. This is one of the places they stayed. The neighbor next door 91 year old Robert who was born here said that he remembers the cowboys. The Salk family of the Salk Institute also owned the property at one point.
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Back of the Home
It is clear to see that there was a very small structure at one point. This side of the home was later added. The structure appears to have never been paint
Adobe Fireplace
The fireplace is made of adobe. You can se the straw that was used to build. What is interesting are all the insets that were created to show items, possibly religious.
Cattleman's Bunkhouse
This is the Cattleman's bunkhouse. The structure does not seemed to have changed that much throughout the years. There was a wood stove for heating.
