History of the Pelton Cottage

         March 2, 1936 Pelton makes down payment on lot 228,

                            Cathedral City Development Company.

      Date coincides with her father's birthday. Makes astrogical

     predictions for every step involving the bank loan, purchase

                   of lot and construction of her new home.

                1938, Mabel Dodge Luhan with husband Tony

                and Dorothy Brett visit Pelton in Cathedral City.

                                         Pelton Papers Smithonian Museum of Art

                                   Pelton on Highway 111 circa 1934

                 Pelton in her private room with "Mother of Silence"