Editing Salton City, California (section)

== History ==
[[File:Unfinished Houses in Salton City.jpg|thumb|Four unfinished and abandoned houses in Salton City, CA on the west shore of Salton Sea|left|236x236px]]

Salton City was developed in the 1960s and established in 1958 primarily by [[M. Penn Phillips]] and the [[HollyFrontier|Holly Corporation]], the Texas-based oil refiner and land developer.<ref name="legacy.signonsandiego.com">[http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050309/news_1c9seaside2.html "Salton Sea Timeline"]. ''The San Diego Union-Tribune''. March 9, 2005. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313182949/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050309/news_1c9seaside2.html |date=2012-03-13}}.</ref><ref>Laflin, P. (1999) [First published 1995]. ''[http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/PeriscopeSaltonSeaCh7-9.html The Salton Sea: California's Overlooked Treasure]''. The Periscope, Coachella Valley Historical Society, Indio, California. pp. 61. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805094511/http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/PeriscopeSaltonSeaCh7-9.html |date=2020-08-05}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.greetingsfromsaltonsea.com/saltoncity.html|title=Salton City {{!}} Greetings from the Salton Sea|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220605/http://www.greetingsfromsaltonsea.com/saltoncity.html|archive-date=2018-09-02|access-date=2018-09-02}}</ref> It was intended to be a resort community on the [[Salton Sea]], a [[salt lake|saline]], [[Endorheic basin|endorheic]] [[rift lake]] located directly on the [[San Andreas Fault]], yet by 1965 limited development was achieved due to its isolation and lack of local employment opportunities and the downfall of the town began.<ref>Greenfield, Steven. "A Lake by Mistake" in Invention & Technology magazine Volume 21 Number 3 Winter 2006. {{cite web |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/3/2006_3_38.shtml |title=AmericanHeritage.com / A Lake by Mistake |access-date=2010-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906170955/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/3/2006_3_38.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-06 }}</ref>

In the 1970s, most of the buildings constructed along the shoreline, including the city's [[marina]]<ref name="legacy.signonsandiego.com" /> were abandoned<ref>[[Redlands Institute]], "Salton Sea atlas", [[Environmental Systems Research Institute|ESRI]], 2002, {{ISBN|1-58948-043-0}}, p.32</ref> due to rising sea elevation. In the 1980s, the [[Imperial Irrigation District]] took proactive water conservation measures to reduce the flow of unused canal water into the Salton Sea.<ref>[[Imperial Irrigation District]], "Salton Sea", {{cite web |url=http://www.iid.com/Water_Index.php?pid=600 |title=IID Water Department |access-date=2010-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601090839/http://www.iid.com/Water_Index.php?pid=600 |archive-date=2010-06-01 }}</ref> Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, as salinity and suspected [[pollution]] levels in the Salton Sea increased, the attraction of the Salton Sea as a recreational destination diminished.<ref>[[National Geographic (magazine)]], Joel K. Bourne, Jr., "Salton Sea", Feb. 2005, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature5/index.html{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214115034/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature5/index.html|date=2007-12-14}}</ref> Most of the original tourist related structures fell during this time, including the Truckhaven Cafe, the Salton Bay Yacht Club hotel and restaurant, and the Holly House motel and restaurant (later renamed Desser House and then the Sundowner).

In the 2000s, development in Salton City began to rise as a result of the escalating California housing market. Cheap land and housing costs, improvements to [[California State Route 86|Highway 86]], and a casino opened by [[Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians]] attracted new residents.<ref>Imperial Valley Press (2005), Salorio, Michael A., "West Shores community has high hopes for growth"</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-01-fi-salton1-story.html|title=Salton City: A land of dreams and dead fish|last=Streitfeld|first=David|date=2007-07-01|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2020-10-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618042555/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/01/business/fi-salton1|archive-date=2009-06-18}}</ref>