Indio, California: Jimmy Swaggart's Date Marker
Bronze plaque outside a gas station bathroom recalls the day in 1991 when televangelist Jimmy Swaggart picked up a prostitute here and was arrested.
Clark's Travel Center
- Address:
- 82253 Indio Blvd, Indio, CA
- Directions:
- Clark's Travel Center. I-10 exit 142. Turn south onto Fred Waring Drive. Drive three-quarters of a mile. Turn left at the stoplight onto Indio Blvd, then at the bottom of the ramp turn right. You'll quickly see a Sinclair gas station on the right. The plaque is indoors, bolted to a wall back by the restrooms.
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Bronze plaque commemorates the day that Jimmy Swaggart [disgraced televangelist] picked up a date [hooker] at a gas station.
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Swaggart was in California with his wife "for a series of spiritual services" when he picked up the prostitute. He then saw a police car behind his own, frantically tried to hide his porno magazines, swerved into oncoming traffic, and was arrested.