'The grandeur of panoramic vistas, rock outcroppings, stately old oak trees and the mountain edging one side of the course became a tapestry on which to weave the strategic aspects of the game of golf in order to evoke the spirit of competition,' said Hills. When Hills and Forrest arrived to survey the land, they found room for reasonably flat holes and hilly terrain that presented some climbs into the rocky, rugged slopes that presented the opportunity for hang-time tee shots. It was here the tribe built the massive Pechanga Resort & Casino in 2002, which is a mere 50 minutes up I-15 from San Diego, and then opened its Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest-designed golf course, Journey at Pechanga, in August of 2008. Arthur gave them back a small part of their original sovereignty, when an executive order returned 4,000 acres creating the Pechanga Indian Reservation. But years later, in 1882, despite bickering in the California Legislature, President Chester A. One can just imagine an unhappy band of American Indians. They lived for 10,000 years in the Temecula Valley, but that all changed in 1873 when ranchers convinced a San Francisco District Court to evict the tribe from their ancestral land and placed them on a small plot in the hills south of Temecula. Let's retrace the moccasin tracks of the Pechanga Band of the Luiseno Indians.

Life is truly a journey - even when ancient footsteps lead to a brand-new golf course.

Stonehouse/Creek at Temecula Creek Inn Golf Resort.

Oak/Stonehouse at Temecula Creek Inn Golf Resort.

Creek/Oaks at Temecula Creek Inn Golf Resort.

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