These communities used to be thriving centers for tourists in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, but then the salinity of the Salton Sea increased to the point where the saltwater gamefish died off, and the communities began a slow death as well.
These communities used to be thriving centers for tourists in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, but then the salinity of the Salton Sea increased to the point where the saltwater gamefish died off, and the communities began a slow death as well.