Johnny Dawson: Pioneer of Fairway Living

Local author, historian, and raconteur, Steven Price presents: Johnny Dawson: Pioneer of Fairway Living

This Preservation Mirage Preservation Session on the far-reaching influence of the lifelong and highly successful amateur golfer, real estate and golf course developer. Known in Rancho Mirage for Thunderbird Country Club, Dawson didn’t stop there. His entrepreneurial spirit and delight in the game of golf proved to be the ideal recipe to almost single-handedly turn the Palm Springs area into the ‘Winter Golf Capital of the World’ from the 1950s – 1970s.

Steven Price will focus on what made Johnny Dawson such a significant influence, from Thunderbird to Eldorado, Seven Lakes, Marrakesh, and more. Steven is a well-known historian, author of ‘Trousdale Estates,’ and a history of Marrakesh Country Club – produced for the club. He is currently working on a book about the work of John Elgin Woolf. Price is an eloquent speaker and expert on all things midcentury, now based in the desert.