Coachella Wedding

Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area). The population was 22,724 at the 2000 census.

The city was originally founded as Woodspur in 1876 when Southern Pacific built a railroad siding - a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or allow trains on the same line to pass.

The origin of the name Coachella is unclear but in 1901 the citizens of Woodspur voted on a new name for their Community - at their town hall meeting, the homeowners decided on "Coachella" as their designation. Coachella began as a 2 and 1/2 square miles of territory gridded out on the mesquite-covered desert floor. Not until the 1950s did Coachella begin to expand into its present sphere that includes 32 square miles.