Lumholtz speculated that they had migrated south, into Mexico's Sierra Madre, and were still living there. In six and a half years in Mexico, he didn't find a single Anasazi. But he did find ...

But just about the most purple thing in Southern California — and it is only in its majestic purple-a-tude for a short time, let us note — is found in a private backyard in Sierra Madre.