tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53062232745403063662024-03-19T01:47:49.106-07:00Iverson Movie RanchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-21717623463580698132023-11-05T16:02:00.013-08:002023-11-06T10:25:05.394-08:00How the family TV show "Fury" became an essential document of filming on the Iverson Movie Ranch throughout the late 1950s<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQKyD5gSCAUluvEkd27JRy99Os2LEFDM2_iLVkVU9TI6qz6Kc2CNYc7IcwjFLxZjgVxp7Wk_Mo9XLFXj31ELy5CSeQznbfRD28-rsVjiiHzTHq1e9UmfoDkTKkcWIBLdk2igUNjgnCRcg/s987/1955+%2528ca%2529-Fury-PS-William+Fawcett-Bobby+Diamond-Highland+Dale-Peter+Graves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="707" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQKyD5gSCAUluvEkd27JRy99Os2LEFDM2_iLVkVU9TI6qz6Kc2CNYc7IcwjFLxZjgVxp7Wk_Mo9XLFXj31ELy5CSeQznbfRD28-rsVjiiHzTHq1e9UmfoDkTKkcWIBLdk2igUNjgnCRcg/w458-h640/1955+%2528ca%2529-Fury-PS-William+Fawcett-Bobby+Diamond-Highland+Dale-Peter+Graves.jpg" width="458" /></a></div>"Fury": William Fawcett, Bobby Diamond, Highland Dale, Peter Graves</b></span><br /></div><br />The TV show "Fury," centered around the bond between a young boy and his horse, was one of the most important productions to shoot on the Iverson Movie Ranch during the
late 1950s.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Xwg0mCqzc3GfqMoDHC6-dqz-yhGkOkk0rrLRmUO0kh2haFIrmvW93rAhPfIR9JcZCZmg7uPUsPC5jXumLqz6q-lKN6gKC83tku5Of-9hbQzRvSftsOC0n3TkIBq-hL9S3gNAxGgozay7E24CnYCKPIIlG5qDfymd54MKx-rDm5sfJ0Cfafvcw4AXfBS8/s2841/1955%20(ca)-Fury%20Barn,%20corral,%20ranch%20gate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="2841" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Xwg0mCqzc3GfqMoDHC6-dqz-yhGkOkk0rrLRmUO0kh2haFIrmvW93rAhPfIR9JcZCZmg7uPUsPC5jXumLqz6q-lKN6gKC83tku5Of-9hbQzRvSftsOC0n3TkIBq-hL9S3gNAxGgozay7E24CnYCKPIIlG5qDfymd54MKx-rDm5sfJ0Cfafvcw4AXfBS8/w640-h464/1955%20(ca)-Fury%20Barn,%20corral,%20ranch%20gate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>The Upper Iverson's Fury Set, home base for "Fury" (ca. 1955)<br /></b></span></div><br />
Hundreds of other movies and TV shows filmed on the ranch during the
same period, but "Fury" became a fixture on the Upper
Iverson, where a number of sets, including a complete ranch, were built for the show.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0c7p-S8rPKCeyESvXC8H26Aj44bBk7L4YcIMOZTwOJ4VQGpAeprHYhrzv7xEbwlrz0hWr9rt-6B9nVjoQvg3kuuDamejWrVl6Fi9LJhakITITO3EMecfDFJCAOtMdQ3olU04l5I42XNicI8flih5T_kQ8DEwzlqLF7n5PUJ7TjlP_PocwJVRbx7FT7mJ/s3512/1955-Fury%201.5-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Corral%20(1st%20appearance%20by%20Fury%20Set%20and%20barn).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2694" data-original-width="3512" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0c7p-S8rPKCeyESvXC8H26Aj44bBk7L4YcIMOZTwOJ4VQGpAeprHYhrzv7xEbwlrz0hWr9rt-6B9nVjoQvg3kuuDamejWrVl6Fi9LJhakITITO3EMecfDFJCAOtMdQ3olU04l5I42XNicI8flih5T_kQ8DEwzlqLF7n5PUJ7TjlP_PocwJVRbx7FT7mJ/w640-h490/1955-Fury%201.5-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Corral%20(1st%20appearance%20by%20Fury%20Set%20and%20barn).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Scorched Earth" (aired Nov. 12, 1955): First appearance by the Fury Set on "Fury"</b></span></div><br />Construction began in August 1955 on the
Fury Barn, which would become the centerpiece of the Newton family's "Broken Wheel Ranch" — often referred to by historians and location researchers as the Fury
Set.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHjYFEI9ASiSb5Dp8pWCT058q0Qmk7t_nYRZL6Pe6NyEuUBRBXtnDkPCr5mg7VDIv23N0CJHUrdgzunZFEgnwvdR71y7rCNo5JZlqHkOXQ9j2X3oHJbj8AE7GOQC0GAUwVTrpBHfCfNxFjyRnGFBTJ_gFLkfSlZJzpp4ue4MAA7AWEBLXddxxyeN5rocA/s1197/1956-Fury%202.4-Fury%20barn-corral-sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1197" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHjYFEI9ASiSb5Dp8pWCT058q0Qmk7t_nYRZL6Pe6NyEuUBRBXtnDkPCr5mg7VDIv23N0CJHUrdgzunZFEgnwvdR71y7rCNo5JZlqHkOXQ9j2X3oHJbj8AE7GOQC0GAUwVTrpBHfCfNxFjyRnGFBTJ_gFLkfSlZJzpp4ue4MAA7AWEBLXddxxyeN5rocA/w640-h480/1956-Fury%202.4-Fury%20barn-corral-sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" episode "Trial by Jury," 1956: The Newton family's "Broken Wheel Ranch"<br /></b></span></div><br />In its first incarnation, the Fury Set consisted mainly of a single building — a large barn — along with a corral area, fence and gate, with a modest sign identifying the Broken Wheel Ranch. Other buildings would later be added.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu6IFulNxtRjtgA0_vzzSj57pZsXBSWkbrTtuqJ0MjTjC00V8zoR2z07hQOIoj6VumTI5hkJpu8vu05zpXHuCR6N8d91ClHGlxQrhLTmQqdL1wlZZlgsqeFkfEzMSkEoqd2PyiR60TJGbOhxPtPo8d9cVTFxyLIEuWOb04WhYmC0kyJl5cy_0MK094BBe/s1321/1957%20(1958)-Return%20to%20Warbow-Fury%20Barn-f2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1321" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu6IFulNxtRjtgA0_vzzSj57pZsXBSWkbrTtuqJ0MjTjC00V8zoR2z07hQOIoj6VumTI5hkJpu8vu05zpXHuCR6N8d91ClHGlxQrhLTmQqdL1wlZZlgsqeFkfEzMSkEoqd2PyiR60TJGbOhxPtPo8d9cVTFxyLIEuWOb04WhYmC0kyJl5cy_0MK094BBe/w640-h452/1957%20(1958)-Return%20to%20Warbow-Fury%20Barn-f2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Return to Warbow" (Columbia, 1958): A rider and horse head toward the Fury Barn<br /></b></span></div><br />The barn was fully functional, and besides being used for filming on other movies and TV shows, it was used by productions filming on the Iverson Ranch to board horses and other livestock
overnight. The Iverson family charged 25 cents a night for each animal, the same rate they'd been charging for decades.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUox4lfyfmIcazUwQGE_KHD7-RBp4-XcXK-IsAhNo7VX3dcsZxx574AyfcMd06pVisSTsVDRWXugPzBnmm49MdwZK2_fMbI2dXTJgeZbNtuLSyDXk3P9820SMQd4iPP9jQsPdoNyWwCJXndrqqTXYlC5KECjDJlXh4OCJ08WwNOo9803vhp8fhaKSpzqD/s1291/1968-Cimarron%20Strip-1.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Set-FG%2040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1291" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUox4lfyfmIcazUwQGE_KHD7-RBp4-XcXK-IsAhNo7VX3dcsZxx574AyfcMd06pVisSTsVDRWXugPzBnmm49MdwZK2_fMbI2dXTJgeZbNtuLSyDXk3P9820SMQd4iPP9jQsPdoNyWwCJXndrqqTXYlC5KECjDJlXh4OCJ08WwNOo9803vhp8fhaKSpzqD/w640-h494/1968-Cimarron%20Strip-1.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Set-FG%2040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cimarron Strip" episode "Fool's Gold" (1968): The Fury Set<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury Set was available for filming by other
productions whenever "Fury" wasn't shooting, and after the show wrapped
in 1960, the set would remain in use on the Upper Iverson for another 10 years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkjIvHCBfNtwM1tnX0TW8I9vVAeN2ObcM2LbyxpEGS_78d0bk8kB-F2kt3i-kWr5sESCLUwrnniRihEdbqMoSjxHHJoAE8f-LBUjXPTSI_egJQepG2NhPnABhgYdDngszReg4cDze5IeAg8F_43b87c9NZRvnphwyqWiPsVLViLk-luX4CjXHmzK-49AH/s421/1962-burt-reynolds-gunsmoke%20promo-pic-1962-fury-barn-front.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkjIvHCBfNtwM1tnX0TW8I9vVAeN2ObcM2LbyxpEGS_78d0bk8kB-F2kt3i-kWr5sESCLUwrnniRihEdbqMoSjxHHJoAE8f-LBUjXPTSI_egJQepG2NhPnABhgYdDngszReg4cDze5IeAg8F_43b87c9NZRvnphwyqWiPsVLViLk-luX4CjXHmzK-49AH/w508-h640/1962-burt-reynolds-gunsmoke%20promo-pic-1962-fury-barn-front.png" width="508" /></a></div>Burt Reynolds at the Fury Barn ("Gunsmoke" photo shoot, 1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />Among the many well-known actors to be photographed at the Fury Barn was Burt Reynolds, who posed for a series of photos on the Fury Set in 1962 to publicize his run as the blacksmith Quint on "Gunsmoke." <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/09/remembering-burt-reynolds-and-his-1962.html" target="_blank">Please click here for more photos and details about Reynolds' "Gunsmoke" shoot</a>.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLfKCnQFCrzUEHf1Wo4Gz0x_LlHGGyDTUCdbvml4-7Tl90o4l2iCL21A7a9LFAUrcYEHIw1IYuUfkXel2sVmWBzMjVyJK_vXTnY1jldChHLjhut2JIL5eahEGxUaR7SgY23T1wYIqDd2tt3g0bhK8YAIVUcYSMgZ8tUq35eCFZnVx5ik1BjPd345yNont/s1097/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Fury%20Barn-Dorothy%20Provine%20out%20front.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1097" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLfKCnQFCrzUEHf1Wo4Gz0x_LlHGGyDTUCdbvml4-7Tl90o4l2iCL21A7a9LFAUrcYEHIw1IYuUfkXel2sVmWBzMjVyJK_vXTnY1jldChHLjhut2JIL5eahEGxUaR7SgY23T1wYIqDd2tt3g0bhK8YAIVUcYSMgZ8tUq35eCFZnVx5ik1BjPd345yNont/w640-h498/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Fury%20Barn-Dorothy%20Provine%20out%20front.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock" (1959): A supersized Dorothy Provine at the Fury Barn<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury Barn also had a memorable role in the Lou Costello comedy "The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock," starring Dorothy Provine as Emmy Lou, the giant bride.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnn7bK8bQuYPuzzK1AB5YtRn87y5xaVQQEfADdrMH58VwSxxJiGi8Pqk6sh8F_HLp1ZfzF0y84t0JHGnQKxRlEQk8hn8nXXGfAddJXbJZQOjx2PTPBJafCHClSyIbaYLhwI57Bs3e2moUMsIJJJ7hMsqFP7zyMtKY9p5D-xKgYYFWpaCfM_QBR-mM3CJby/s1920/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Fury%20Barn%20replica-Dorothy%20Provine-matte%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnn7bK8bQuYPuzzK1AB5YtRn87y5xaVQQEfADdrMH58VwSxxJiGi8Pqk6sh8F_HLp1ZfzF0y84t0JHGnQKxRlEQk8hn8nXXGfAddJXbJZQOjx2PTPBJafCHClSyIbaYLhwI57Bs3e2moUMsIJJJ7hMsqFP7zyMtKY9p5D-xKgYYFWpaCfM_QBR-mM3CJby/w640-h360/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Fury%20Barn%20replica-Dorothy%20Provine-matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Even the Fury Barn can't contain Emmy Lou in "The 30 Foot Bride"<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot is almost all special effects, but it features a rapidly growing Provine popping out of a painted replica of the Fury Barn. The barn was supposed to be the only building big enough to hold Emmy Lou — but then even the barn proved too small as she kept getting bigger.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7ZD-3CoJmc7x_lq8mx0J1xiMsBZmirYenhJ52fNsX0Euw0bltPc1fa0tj2R7IdgmwXi9Z8VPqcd2jwKKjqm_LlCO60trdH1J3NxUXO1oEROKuG7_nuDk5JjjoZb6UM9RFGQczVj1PT1h7Be9vtUkuEN9NPzxhvCKX47XaC3_Ffd_PkGxdw61e6maYS_t/s1002/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Fury%20Barn%20roof-Dorothy%20Provine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1002" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7ZD-3CoJmc7x_lq8mx0J1xiMsBZmirYenhJ52fNsX0Euw0bltPc1fa0tj2R7IdgmwXi9Z8VPqcd2jwKKjqm_LlCO60trdH1J3NxUXO1oEROKuG7_nuDk5JjjoZb6UM9RFGQczVj1PT1h7Be9vtUkuEN9NPzxhvCKX47XaC3_Ffd_PkGxdw61e6maYS_t/w640-h528/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Fury%20Barn%20roof-Dorothy%20Provine.png" width="640" /></a></div>What's a giant bride to do?<br /></b></span></div><br />Shots of Emmy Lou sticking out of the top of the building include a more detailed representation of the roof on the Fury Barn, but viewers distracted by a dripping-wet Dorothy Provine probably wouldn't notice the roof.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_Z6IxP50Ya7bOjWUxS5FR0CfvWIheAJJncymIwc3xUPe7updlY48qP_In8kiqjGJSghtK9K6AVcO0GhorxPIRspfVnn0YjbaZ_vEACvgqh06AwGWtjdzbAN_xlxHbEFzN6-2zFwj94WWXVsYU_ciG5-udAGSkC4bdEmz4qGAY3bva1kS_FnFPdPfOByw/s983/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Sphinx-Dorothy%20Provine%20and%20Lou%20Costello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="983" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_Z6IxP50Ya7bOjWUxS5FR0CfvWIheAJJncymIwc3xUPe7updlY48qP_In8kiqjGJSghtK9K6AVcO0GhorxPIRspfVnn0YjbaZ_vEACvgqh06AwGWtjdzbAN_xlxHbEFzN6-2zFwj94WWXVsYU_ciG5-udAGSkC4bdEmz4qGAY3bva1kS_FnFPdPfOByw/w640-h548/1959-30%20Foot%20Bride%20of%20Candy%20Rock-Sphinx-Dorothy%20Provine%20and%20Lou%20Costello.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The 30 Foot Bride finds a rock big enough to hide behind<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie also features a shot of Provine hiding behind the Sphinx, one of the Iverson Movie Ranch's largest and most famous movie rocks. We'll come back to the Sphinx in a moment.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVPoNioGiyMXKpBZPMGNxZnMsSwECg-y7zxyRAK38cOetZg_Ab3_FK-OBhil0uhVSD2ZnwxZ94iPj8AoQuo2HRxuKBs6pl-fIdSLcaQ4wTfbz9mKZAerkzBXjVJuSNComJ9fOaS9Z8ZzBSFrF3baUTQ1AGqwKMjSFYIWPPyesZCNUwoQx0-leAbfDhNCU/s1123/1998-She%20Will%20Have%20Her%20Way%20(Neil%20Finn%20music%20video)-Fury%20Barn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1123" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVPoNioGiyMXKpBZPMGNxZnMsSwECg-y7zxyRAK38cOetZg_Ab3_FK-OBhil0uhVSD2ZnwxZ94iPj8AoQuo2HRxuKBs6pl-fIdSLcaQ4wTfbz9mKZAerkzBXjVJuSNComJ9fOaS9Z8ZzBSFrF3baUTQ1AGqwKMjSFYIWPPyesZCNUwoQx0-leAbfDhNCU/w640-h480/1998-She%20Will%20Have%20Her%20Way%20(Neil%20Finn%20music%20video)-Fury%20Barn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Fury Barn and another strong female character in Neil Finn's "She Will Have Her Way" (1998)<br /></b></span></div><br />Footage of the Fury Barn from "The 30 Foot Bride" was resurrected in 1998 for a music video. <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-iverson-movie-ranch-found-its-way.html" target="_blank">Click here for the rest of that story and a link to the video in a post we did back in 2012</a>.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzQQp9X1ERHgoLwhOZsDWRow73txkHTfah8Ao-Xz-oO5FkSl3cGsmlvFKy1_2VjwA0OB-hpkBhzFgioDBLXHwwLJU2YfrmTXx2PZzOb9Hi1ymRxgZZFIubWzhWEwHLpd7i0e7JXyw1OEK8QVOKnkWEwhZbyRJZBDxlvs3vI2E6bdH8T44BQiZQTaardGn/s3510/1957-Fury%203.2-The%20Racers-World%20of%20Outlaws.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3510" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzQQp9X1ERHgoLwhOZsDWRow73txkHTfah8Ao-Xz-oO5FkSl3cGsmlvFKy1_2VjwA0OB-hpkBhzFgioDBLXHwwLJU2YfrmTXx2PZzOb9Hi1ymRxgZZFIubWzhWEwHLpd7i0e7JXyw1OEK8QVOKnkWEwhZbyRJZBDxlvs3vI2E6bdH8T44BQiZQTaardGn/w640-h486/1957-Fury%203.2-The%20Racers-World%20of%20Outlaws.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The movie rock "World of Outlaws," in the "Fury" episode "The Racers" (1957)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Fury" aired on NBC from 1955-1960, and almost every episode featured footage shot on the Iverson Ranch — including nice shots of some of the location ranch's most interesting rocks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoPQuj-AMXz5VSbtu3uF4LWsfr5CuJfT2QfPza1nh2weAdm2cE_KwPy4_KfBea0doF4a3jdI9a_wIiNvxp1XkNjwzyCNfExS_Q6175yssD6mxNtoNLETMK8Ob7jw_R0bJSqJjvM1Ydzr4KJE8kPdICZlDzV7EfFJQGB2ae3q5WHkJOR8Yi1Qj4Jm56dCj/s3510/1957-Fury%203.2-The%20Racers-World%20of%20Outlaws-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3510" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoPQuj-AMXz5VSbtu3uF4LWsfr5CuJfT2QfPza1nh2weAdm2cE_KwPy4_KfBea0doF4a3jdI9a_wIiNvxp1XkNjwzyCNfExS_Q6175yssD6mxNtoNLETMK8Ob7jw_R0bJSqJjvM1Ydzr4KJE8kPdICZlDzV7EfFJQGB2ae3q5WHkJOR8Yi1Qj4Jm56dCj/w640-h486/1957-Fury%203.2-The%20Racers-World%20of%20Outlaws-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>World of Outlaws, viewed from the northwest<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot features an unusual rock I call "World of Outlaws." The rock had been making an impression in movies since the '30s, but the angle shown in the "Fury" episode "The Racers" was relatively rare.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvjDjmpnv7WKLlx5Q6P5pL2s4SxpfTz5JsDimGSB3GZhUWvmAmSpXDNxpT4p1HT_B3hu1CvUE2vmd42K_qRKEK-VDc3U7C82LIq_-1ikAU8gvNroNaxs1T5QSoirqsmSL4tyXGkOKZUnSB8TmWCGeA0gzAZK7LRlhNqAb3r-0h2HB0r80UFt11ec2ioty/s3729/1944-Sundown%20Riders-World%20of%20Outlaws.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="3729" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvjDjmpnv7WKLlx5Q6P5pL2s4SxpfTz5JsDimGSB3GZhUWvmAmSpXDNxpT4p1HT_B3hu1CvUE2vmd42K_qRKEK-VDc3U7C82LIq_-1ikAU8gvNroNaxs1T5QSoirqsmSL4tyXGkOKZUnSB8TmWCGeA0gzAZK7LRlhNqAb3r-0h2HB0r80UFt11ec2ioty/w640-h460/1944-Sundown%20Riders-World%20of%20Outlaws.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Sundown Riders" (1944): World of Outlaws from about the same angle<br /></b></span></div><br />A similar angle did turn up occasionally, including in the low-budget 16mm Western "Sundown Riders." But the quality of the circulating print doesn't do the rock justice — especially when compared with the "Fury" shot. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidA47ql-bW0nPAYiF1aJEsxwtixu2MJ0H3D_yYFALwC4eE9RUr9kJFWGkR7L3jl7qmzDYGCzeE4MDlU17nGL2lt5hi2enRHSkipeqLkEt63-Sr07LW1AyQdkfNfuozPVeSjXIDvl0fRJklYf9uVjuwzhYI0GxBMCUzxq5MVj0oZ116Rf2oEjwF9z-gEiIc/s1254/1952-The%20Maverick-PS-World%20of%20Outlaws,%20RATW-East-S9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1254" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidA47ql-bW0nPAYiF1aJEsxwtixu2MJ0H3D_yYFALwC4eE9RUr9kJFWGkR7L3jl7qmzDYGCzeE4MDlU17nGL2lt5hi2enRHSkipeqLkEt63-Sr07LW1AyQdkfNfuozPVeSjXIDvl0fRJklYf9uVjuwzhYI0GxBMCUzxq5MVj0oZ116Rf2oEjwF9z-gEiIc/w640-h476/1952-The%20Maverick-PS-World%20of%20Outlaws,%20RATW-East-S9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Maverick" (Allied Artists, 1952): World of Outlaws with its huge wing<br /></b></span></div><br />A more common view of World of Outlaws can be seen in this promo still for the Bill Elliott Western "The Maverick," where the rock bears more of a resemblance to the dirt track racers that inspired its name.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYPUgnPHIKjmy6d_uBfQ01t1FHqnJVXoA6l_1iWRbPyGAbgOKjrHJDV7Ybeu0ug96nsgM74difoPZ_7ULceSMKbwyw41YFIf0IkNmG3jx6TpdJclSwaeyDS9ixwwUiTfq5LclKYt28le_qRXG6fdU33Zvo70r7bJ17GXgJVr8tba3T3NqBgkOfd6RA1N6/s666/1991-World%20of%20Outlaws%20sprint%20car%20racing-Mark%20Kinser%20in%20the%20Payless%20%235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="666" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYPUgnPHIKjmy6d_uBfQ01t1FHqnJVXoA6l_1iWRbPyGAbgOKjrHJDV7Ybeu0ug96nsgM74difoPZ_7ULceSMKbwyw41YFIf0IkNmG3jx6TpdJclSwaeyDS9ixwwUiTfq5LclKYt28le_qRXG6fdU33Zvo70r7bJ17GXgJVr8tba3T3NqBgkOfd6RA1N6/w640-h424/1991-World%20of%20Outlaws%20sprint%20car%20racing-Mark%20Kinser%20in%20the%20Payless%20%235.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Racer Mark Kinser in his "World of Outlaws" car (1991)<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock's enormous "wing" and rounded body are reminiscent of the vintage sprint cars that used to race in the World of Outlaws series. Modern World of Outlaws cars no longer have that beetle-shaped back end.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOesBZ_RzyVgujY3chzgSZkZWI0Kpei1ii9n_gukwhcLa1qhaAY4GEqivdrSht-KXGZsGZBIAkBvozBQNK25YdzGWdBraKHwS7tL6X5zYeOkQgXB6e9Sr3r87KqebjizH-7aREuOGj04qwhtpxzkUYxSUuql9mca6u2mZ_cElAP3deop2XUZyaegDl42m/s1254/1952-The%20Maverick-PS-World%20of%20Outlaws,%20RATW-East-S9-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1254" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOesBZ_RzyVgujY3chzgSZkZWI0Kpei1ii9n_gukwhcLa1qhaAY4GEqivdrSht-KXGZsGZBIAkBvozBQNK25YdzGWdBraKHwS7tL6X5zYeOkQgXB6e9Sr3r87KqebjizH-7aREuOGj04qwhtpxzkUYxSUuql9mca6u2mZ_cElAP3deop2XUZyaegDl42m/w640-h476/1952-The%20Maverick-PS-World%20of%20Outlaws,%20RATW-East-S9-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The wing made World of Outlaws one of the most distinctive features of the North Rim<br /></b></span></div><br />World of Outlaws was a standout in movies and TV shows, but the rock came to a sad end. It was destroyed in the late 1980s, when the former Upper Iverson began to be developed into a gated residential community.
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Fury in trouble near the Sphinx in "Ten Dollars a Head" (1959)</b></span> </div>
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Another good Iverson Movie Ranch rock sighting turns up in this sequence from the "Fury" episode "Ten Dollars a
Head," shot on the Lower Iverson. The episode aired during season
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Fury has just been lassoed by bad guys near a group
of rocks situated at the west end of the Sphinx. The shot
includes an "intruder rock" that we've <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-iverson-movie-ranchs-mighty-sphinx.html" target="_blank">discussed here before</a>.<br />
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The rock was still seated on top of an elevated rock ledge when
"Fury" filmed in the area in 1958, but it would later fall off its
perch — most likely in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.<br />
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We tracked the journey taken by the rock during an expedition to the site back in 2018.<br />
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The intruder rock would land "standing up" in an area that was
previously used for filming. It can still be found today in the same spot
where it landed.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"The Lone Ranger" TV series: Cavalry guys in the same location where the rock would end up</b> </span></div>
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Two Cavalry guys in the "War Horse" episode of "The Lone Ranger," filmed
in 1949, could have been crushed — along with the "dead guy" behind
them — if the rock had decided to fall a few decades ahead of schedule.<br />
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The "Fury" shot provides a good look at the jagged "front edge" of the rock as it appeared before it fell.<br />
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The jagged edge can still be identified in the 2018 photo, even though
the rock rotated and wound up in a more vertical orientation.<br />
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The area near the edge of the rock includes a prominent triangular section.<br />
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The triangular section is also identifiable in the "Fury" shot. To learn
more about the intriguing journey of the intruder rock, please <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-iverson-movie-ranchs-mighty-sphinx.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to read our post about it from 2018.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAF2Oq4nViNeus0enl9Q_r3oum44xULzVh6M4GL_k7-KNx1wneZkKk_nUrhrU8A1Iec8nVwb13aT1vBEG89bNSklG4ApgwhvZ-k6jj47Sza4_MgdW5xBvLf8KK-ZgKsSQ3oJ69mj8FhK47jbUl78XSulrmrRGhKzB3A2KyRDFl-NOgYYhHlWJJgLyX4iJ/s1152/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.17-Midway%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1152" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAF2Oq4nViNeus0enl9Q_r3oum44xULzVh6M4GL_k7-KNx1wneZkKk_nUrhrU8A1Iec8nVwb13aT1vBEG89bNSklG4ApgwhvZ-k6jj47Sza4_MgdW5xBvLf8KK-ZgKsSQ3oJ69mj8FhK47jbUl78XSulrmrRGhKzB3A2KyRDFl-NOgYYhHlWJJgLyX4iJ/w640-h426/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.17-Midway%20House.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Iverson Ranch's "Midway House" — aka the "Fury House"<br /></b></span></div><br />For most of the five-season run of "Fury," the Newton family lived in a house I call the "Midway House." It is also sometimes referred to as the "Fury House," but it appeared in many productions in addition to "Fury."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCeF2V0LkUd2QNzv5hiGUFfzwPVLcFlyddqGuyGY7BYA1DfVLsKzP2i4QgVJKGBAgdKk9cCUJloRsCYsJZZ7gF06-_pyn4anGVUrim-Po3Jp-X9UPuRxSxu45iAdwpruWfQhPL2dvI1sjy4rowBb82EVoATpr7NGF9hdxzG3m3sHuEIx-rbUE6n_7_-tt/s2202/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Iverson%20Ranch,%20for%20Upper%20Iverson%20and%20Midway%20House%20locator-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="2202" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCeF2V0LkUd2QNzv5hiGUFfzwPVLcFlyddqGuyGY7BYA1DfVLsKzP2i4QgVJKGBAgdKk9cCUJloRsCYsJZZ7gF06-_pyn4anGVUrim-Po3Jp-X9UPuRxSxu45iAdwpruWfQhPL2dvI1sjy4rowBb82EVoATpr7NGF9hdxzG3m3sHuEIx-rbUE6n_7_-tt/w640-h538/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Iverson%20Ranch,%20for%20Upper%20Iverson%20and%20Midway%20House%20locator-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Footprint of the Midway House in the modern landscape<br /></b></span></div><br />The name "Midway House" is based on the house's location — about midway between the North Rim and South Rim, two of the most heavily filmed areas on the former Upper Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXP23V9UD_uG6Nn42qsdkuZE8i9a4SwI_-_SpEgOJFeCWcVRUjf15tt402FAIR4cKchDTs5qMe3w63qNB0qF7c-0wuC4OQuOB726A1fGKC-_BMNcEk4-k6XG8idwQ58cYFsrU27bCZdjqUQxcA5YdC88UoR7SNnHf1Hlv-xvwiumkqbMyjNYin_KUlrf7/s1199/1956-Fury%202.4-3%20stars%20at%20Midway%20House-William%20Fawcett-Peter%20Graves-Bobby%20Diamond.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1199" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXP23V9UD_uG6Nn42qsdkuZE8i9a4SwI_-_SpEgOJFeCWcVRUjf15tt402FAIR4cKchDTs5qMe3w63qNB0qF7c-0wuC4OQuOB726A1fGKC-_BMNcEk4-k6XG8idwQ58cYFsrU27bCZdjqUQxcA5YdC88UoR7SNnHf1Hlv-xvwiumkqbMyjNYin_KUlrf7/w640-h480/1956-Fury%202.4-3%20stars%20at%20Midway%20House-William%20Fawcett-Peter%20Graves-Bobby%20Diamond.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Newton family at the Midway House in "Fury"<br /></b></span></div><br />The Newton family consisted of father figure Jim, played by Peter Graves, and his adopted son Joey (Bobby Diamond), along with B-Western veteran William Fawcett as Pete, the family's live-in codger.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ygt7FTqbd1zPLiCZGpRHlk6DvhHY0nTwxKTGXbp3uqDEPPnnFUsElu7PIaO8jCe0f2ymeJ79_rNqq1Fw4pbVUXjrk2nn4drG7Ts7OBBOfGSGEYAnnHy8_GnIiwa2qMY041jKsvlCKyhuhXthK1jJTxLn5gTYyUyCVtrImMuQ0g98t0EqvStg-5RBMbiK/s3012/1955%20(1956)-Fury%201.17-fake%20Midway%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="3012" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ygt7FTqbd1zPLiCZGpRHlk6DvhHY0nTwxKTGXbp3uqDEPPnnFUsElu7PIaO8jCe0f2ymeJ79_rNqq1Fw4pbVUXjrk2nn4drG7Ts7OBBOfGSGEYAnnHy8_GnIiwa2qMY041jKsvlCKyhuhXthK1jJTxLn5gTYyUyCVtrImMuQ0g98t0EqvStg-5RBMbiK/w640-h488/1955%20(1956)-Fury%201.17-fake%20Midway%20House.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "other Midway House," a soundstage facade<br /></b></span></div><br />During the show's first season, the Midway House existed only on a soundstage. When the Iverson Ranch Midway House was built in 1956 — in time for season two of "Fury" — the set builders made sure it looked almost exactly like the soundstage facade.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36kJxyGXGBQGPHgVGv3GQ8xV6oBzmO7MEkuwMuYxX1wUrP6zKc7sVO61RgtmbcuvUhZoEay9-Wsv3eELN2WNLQ3yYK-7S7XOwjYrse-z36TFW3jhuOXGi9cNI8JHgn_RVVYQImMrRFgMMQdiEVQxkefdl_RGAPJP-4KWE8JmhLwXHKkNNjaMJONSTg9JA/s3508/1956-Fury%201.25-Pirate%20Treasure-soundstage%20version%20of%20Newton%20family%20house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="3508" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36kJxyGXGBQGPHgVGv3GQ8xV6oBzmO7MEkuwMuYxX1wUrP6zKc7sVO61RgtmbcuvUhZoEay9-Wsv3eELN2WNLQ3yYK-7S7XOwjYrse-z36TFW3jhuOXGi9cNI8JHgn_RVVYQImMrRFgMMQdiEVQxkefdl_RGAPJP-4KWE8JmhLwXHKkNNjaMJONSTg9JA/w640-h492/1956-Fury%201.25-Pirate%20Treasure-soundstage%20version%20of%20Newton%20family%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" episode "Pirate Treasure" (1956): Soundstage set or Midway House?<br /></b></span></div><br />The two sets matched each other so closely that it can be difficult, and at times impossible, to tell them apart. However, we know this one was the soundstage facade because the real Midway House hadn't been built yet.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWWoJ-lD1HbCJFOUk8GlLcCQV-ixd1eWA4ocw8v39FVjwY2N-B59TK6_J0Kp05H7-n-qHiWiTKW5qkDLqvBnyuafv2KTrKwW2-lG-FC382hMH4gVDDFM26I_CplMLSt9NbIccfzVpRUZEcus7oCeirwY7euyyvRjGwfTkFScPdzWnnf73PnKVRScJDPWM/s3006/1958-Fury%204.2-Aunt%20Harriet-Midway%20House%20(real)-porch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="3006" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWWoJ-lD1HbCJFOUk8GlLcCQV-ixd1eWA4ocw8v39FVjwY2N-B59TK6_J0Kp05H7-n-qHiWiTKW5qkDLqvBnyuafv2KTrKwW2-lG-FC382hMH4gVDDFM26I_CplMLSt9NbIccfzVpRUZEcus7oCeirwY7euyyvRjGwfTkFScPdzWnnf73PnKVRScJDPWM/w640-h492/1958-Fury%204.2-Aunt%20Harriet-Midway%20House%20(real)-porch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The real Midway House, in "Aunt Harriet" (1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />Three seasons later, an older Joey again walked out the front door — only this time it was the actual Midway House on the Upper Iverson. Among the clues are some subtle differences in the porch column on the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3ZIpWRlHkrH7SloyebaQJzUxPnvCwXoZrcURmopR3ram8WCRWFCtBd03qRimGEnLPk3JKIvKH0QjTKNlJI2-dwqz1Bpri6stGapkLzmlxkoeKTqTQjnw1cH7WrvFwFENkmr7MkZ30unU6ZKOGIu97TorokvVs4mJHkZvwxuJA7a8kph0d6iBlOYJBvO_/s3515/1958-Fury%204.11-The%20Will-Newton%20family%20house%20(soundstage%20facade).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="3515" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3ZIpWRlHkrH7SloyebaQJzUxPnvCwXoZrcURmopR3ram8WCRWFCtBd03qRimGEnLPk3JKIvKH0QjTKNlJI2-dwqz1Bpri6stGapkLzmlxkoeKTqTQjnw1cH7WrvFwFENkmr7MkZ30unU6ZKOGIu97TorokvVs4mJHkZvwxuJA7a8kph0d6iBlOYJBvO_/w640-h488/1958-Fury%204.11-The%20Will-Newton%20family%20house%20(soundstage%20facade).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Will" ("Fury," season 4, 1958): The soundstage facade<br /></b></span></div><br />Whenever a shot of the Newton family home includes background features, it becomes much easier to tell whether we're seeing the Iverson Movie Ranch set or the soundstage facade.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58ZJ89VUlxuA9q79GtudsP7msQGZWrzarwjgk4I-KkVh07fjFIGFNsRCkxSdXOq9AdciQNtjrQAqFf_F60RY2D1dELcsVPNyjUEB_szTHwZOTnc0fhm2-DI5knn6t2GMMdc6L8PU2z423ulBoit7ptmn-9jO0-3mA4D6kcR9y6gGPB5N_sCw7wB2T2q1J/s3515/1958-Fury%204.11-The%20Will-Newton%20family%20house%20(soundstage%20facade)-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="3515" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58ZJ89VUlxuA9q79GtudsP7msQGZWrzarwjgk4I-KkVh07fjFIGFNsRCkxSdXOq9AdciQNtjrQAqFf_F60RY2D1dELcsVPNyjUEB_szTHwZOTnc0fhm2-DI5knn6t2GMMdc6L8PU2z423ulBoit7ptmn-9jO0-3mA4D6kcR9y6gGPB5N_sCw7wB2T2q1J/w640-h488/1958-Fury%204.11-The%20Will-Newton%20family%20house%20(soundstage%20facade)-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" didn't quite nail the backdrops for the soundstage set<br /></b></span></div><br />Here the painted background hills are pretty easy to spot, and we know we're seeing the soundstage set.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4Sdz5EggeyX5rRyGfPpHuk9HPw4d48QodxyA8uFUwXipOID4p9p1vIU6w8putX1O_zf_jNvWG2u85lrKRlocUtt_ligAqAFI0R1veGKmtLMeSf81OQBHm7leRBnnOVwPzF1o33k3IfC_FlThnS6bGUlRYEcE1RWaCnBESUBXeSDoBbqwLUcGkPANG7VY/s3521/1958-Fury%204.10-The%20Model%20Plane-Newton%20family%20house%20(soundstage%20facade).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3521" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4Sdz5EggeyX5rRyGfPpHuk9HPw4d48QodxyA8uFUwXipOID4p9p1vIU6w8putX1O_zf_jNvWG2u85lrKRlocUtt_ligAqAFI0R1veGKmtLMeSf81OQBHm7leRBnnOVwPzF1o33k3IfC_FlThnS6bGUlRYEcE1RWaCnBESUBXeSDoBbqwLUcGkPANG7VY/w640-h490/1958-Fury%204.10-The%20Model%20Plane-Newton%20family%20house%20(soundstage%20facade).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Model Plane" (1958): Joey and Pete arrive at the soundstage set<br /></b></span></div><br />The fake hills used on either side of the house were virtually identical. Here again, the painted backdrop leaves no doubt that we're seeing the soundstage facade.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nEdm3SgFaYddwjVeIzo8b7xVY7_d_8WIzuz65XUwUBpS7mgWTHiWZmMXGdYN2cQmQrk9oIuKeDXBAcyCGOaocHfVTdXgYs9i_K_hoHDjjZPE-R3qK8OapRaMnB6m6unoZFF4rTY1SFqCx4hwv_aWMk6u2B51DyROCc5ut66fq6XLRE57HUiaKqK6KuBY/s3509/1958-Fury%204.2-Aunt%20Harriet-Newton%20family%20house%20(Midway%20House)%201-Newtons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3509" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nEdm3SgFaYddwjVeIzo8b7xVY7_d_8WIzuz65XUwUBpS7mgWTHiWZmMXGdYN2cQmQrk9oIuKeDXBAcyCGOaocHfVTdXgYs9i_K_hoHDjjZPE-R3qK8OapRaMnB6m6unoZFF4rTY1SFqCx4hwv_aWMk6u2B51DyROCc5ut66fq6XLRE57HUiaKqK6KuBY/w640-h490/1958-Fury%204.2-Aunt%20Harriet-Newton%20family%20house%20(Midway%20House)%201-Newtons.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Aunt Harriet" (1958): The gang arrives at the real Midway House<br /></b></span></div><br />In contrast, here's a shot of the Newtons arriving home from the same side. This time it's the actual Midway House on the Upper Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtwlJvXCNjxCjEeI7d1YfDJ7e0zHwx0jIH262WRFhzJ7NpFDA7usqM1U9N4B4l3OpjzivzlIGQZfRtzbvnjiCktAblbXjtr7SrsEVyE0xfGwsjDHUZBVeA4EkotU8IL7isRNdtE1rJHYN6h58EshvIPMvvnMJ1-mdJTvmv79ZyEYcP2KdqeRW28wGhkmV/s3509/1958-Fury%204.2-Aunt%20Harriet-Newton%20family%20house%20(Midway%20House)%201-Newtons-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3509" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtwlJvXCNjxCjEeI7d1YfDJ7e0zHwx0jIH262WRFhzJ7NpFDA7usqM1U9N4B4l3OpjzivzlIGQZfRtzbvnjiCktAblbXjtr7SrsEVyE0xfGwsjDHUZBVeA4EkotU8IL7isRNdtE1rJHYN6h58EshvIPMvvnMJ1-mdJTvmv79ZyEYcP2KdqeRW28wGhkmV/w640-h490/1958-Fury%204.2-Aunt%20Harriet-Newton%20family%20house%20(Midway%20House)%201-Newtons-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Upper Iverson's "Midway Rocks" loom in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />We know it's the real house because the backdrop is much more realistic, and is made up of genuine Iverson Movie Ranch rocks. I call this rock cluster the "Midway Rocks."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tp352DLcNzk_mGkdNcmAPo0Vh5cO4nxYCyzHG1rjZqIJcR9P0hjzwnHHDYutfoQwBpXeHCJyZ0q9kyfVfRK-kbtUQ0GSrMOXMgDWsAx_ZQUm6R6nb0dVo-IXW50s-moWntbeaiSTe-IoQ9dKWduzxC_MOrLzwI6ajRh5EwVnNf21ScE2U1bhip34rN7l/s3518/1958-Fury%204.10-The%20Model%20Plane-Fury%20Barn%20(soundstage%20facade).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2682" data-original-width="3518" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tp352DLcNzk_mGkdNcmAPo0Vh5cO4nxYCyzHG1rjZqIJcR9P0hjzwnHHDYutfoQwBpXeHCJyZ0q9kyfVfRK-kbtUQ0GSrMOXMgDWsAx_ZQUm6R6nb0dVo-IXW50s-moWntbeaiSTe-IoQ9dKWduzxC_MOrLzwI6ajRh5EwVnNf21ScE2U1bhip34rN7l/w640-h488/1958-Fury%204.10-The%20Model%20Plane-Fury%20Barn%20(soundstage%20facade).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Packy arrives at the fake barn in "The Model Plane" (1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Fury" did the same thing with the barn, using a soundstage facade to stand in for the actual barn — especially when it came to shooting dialogue. Here too, they used the same cheesy backdrop we've already seen, with the same painting of generic hills.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTrLmnrKg-wTH_9l_NNdLHjJlkRyfI6aroXifGEkecQvbZY1Wu6Y2ANSSQTIGZP9OLVnFGaP51-_Nbd_00aW8u8onxUt95l3cLTYRNGcyDtMwU7hmvn7c_t8cdMpVSrxtSU6TtiZye-GE549ZOYK_La8NoNl8G3l8XQpFKkl24rbj_6qgnPIL2aUrIKnT/s3512/1958-Fury%203.26-The%20Claim%20Jumpers-Fury%20Barn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="3512" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTrLmnrKg-wTH_9l_NNdLHjJlkRyfI6aroXifGEkecQvbZY1Wu6Y2ANSSQTIGZP9OLVnFGaP51-_Nbd_00aW8u8onxUt95l3cLTYRNGcyDtMwU7hmvn7c_t8cdMpVSrxtSU6TtiZye-GE549ZOYK_La8NoNl8G3l8XQpFKkl24rbj_6qgnPIL2aUrIKnT/w640-h486/1958-Fury%203.26-The%20Claim%20Jumpers-Fury%20Barn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Claim Jumpers" (1958): The real Fury Barn, with real background hills<br /></b></span></div><br />It's pretty easy to tell the difference between the real barn and the fake one when you can see the background hills. These are clearly the real ones — and the real corral too, not just a little bit of fake fencing.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm4zy8G0RK5Ery09eKU0yQIUCe-FGAXiwl-1JebqbjLoHWWDLHReVofb0GMOtVHXPvjZ_HbttOMLzrGS7m2vWlJwHgVPPuhx_Q8xkx2Iy43cOAjvSZRUlNdzE2glkWJf7q8DB3x_tarhzBfe3krEkqiHaa_heJzr1CQOvnok03x04vdYnFpa1W7NRaxNS/s1281/1958-HGWT%202.10-Midway%20House.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1281" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm4zy8G0RK5Ery09eKU0yQIUCe-FGAXiwl-1JebqbjLoHWWDLHReVofb0GMOtVHXPvjZ_HbttOMLzrGS7m2vWlJwHgVPPuhx_Q8xkx2Iy43cOAjvSZRUlNdzE2glkWJf7q8DB3x_tarhzBfe3krEkqiHaa_heJzr1CQOvnok03x04vdYnFpa1W7NRaxNS/w640-h414/1958-HGWT%202.10-Midway%20House.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Midway House appears in the "Have Gun Will Travel" episode "The Lady" (1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />The late 1950s were a busy period on the Iverson Ranch, with TV Westerns booming while feature films remained strong. During this period the Fury Barn, Midway House and other structures built for "Fury" saw plenty of action in other productions too.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWsMaC1B0c8_sF4xyBI-1iP9aiWLh1_ZwNKFfvuz5IbhbUS-8PFSuOzvcQfwED1z4Huw0N8hJ5lBA9xxIOseSfQqBVp06cmo31cDMSPIshGlc5vwmYlhkiAdIjKbHrYkcdbmxYUwY74GHiR5Wn6edInsr1MT1eJMnEACss-sJs4y8U2Kf8se-kdpwBZKU/s1547/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Midway%20House%2072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1547" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWsMaC1B0c8_sF4xyBI-1iP9aiWLh1_ZwNKFfvuz5IbhbUS-8PFSuOzvcQfwED1z4Huw0N8hJ5lBA9xxIOseSfQqBVp06cmo31cDMSPIshGlc5vwmYlhkiAdIjKbHrYkcdbmxYUwY74GHiR5Wn6edInsr1MT1eJMnEACss-sJs4y8U2Kf8se-kdpwBZKU/w640-h390/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Midway%20House%2072.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Gambler Wore a Gun" (1961): Midway House after "Fury"<br /></b></span></div><br /> The Midway House remained in place for a decade after "Fury" wrapped, and continued to appear in movies and on TV. It is believed that the building was one of the many casualties of the Clampitt Fire, which swept across the Iverson Ranch in fall 1970, destroying most of the remaining sets.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3yupVO1aLOQHGL6Hfx_B0twOJd-EKYFTrCS8Y3wKSxAkehVTDRkJ9W7ZbraQJ0KfrA0cGLH3jsjcjIKzISCRC3rGttqH-gUMnV8lyvogb9ItSjbcIWLtGXbn9F2lh60DOI3C98BleOndhf-c9btTXDc_52-Ryw9FRV0eBGtqNk_fltwNjp3VPuR5rzey/s2908/1959-Fury%205.4-Man-Killer-Midway%20House%20&%20Fury%20Barn-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2150" data-original-width="2908" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3yupVO1aLOQHGL6Hfx_B0twOJd-EKYFTrCS8Y3wKSxAkehVTDRkJ9W7ZbraQJ0KfrA0cGLH3jsjcjIKzISCRC3rGttqH-gUMnV8lyvogb9ItSjbcIWLtGXbn9F2lh60DOI3C98BleOndhf-c9btTXDc_52-Ryw9FRV0eBGtqNk_fltwNjp3VPuR5rzey/w640-h474/1959-Fury%205.4-Man-Killer-Midway%20House%20&%20Fury%20Barn-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" episode "Man-Killer" (1959): A single set, or two sets?<br /></b></span></div><br />One unusual thing about the Midway House is that it was located relatively far away from the "Fury Barn" by movie set standards, even though the two buildings were supposed to represent a single ranch on "Fury."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtpiZmSZMStgj9p_oel_Mtv-xU0XNN88q5WAi139ROpAddbIJjiDZvHwNr2S3nET9jOU-B4cNPEJhgv50o5rYolSaIvDxRscPLUt9Pn8BBh6F1zimcvo225UBZhh4LGLIbD_r4jbKU7d0u4JqyxT5buWiD9R5Iy5NJeZzLom8FRV8r0sSVB-aPAU9SXPw/s3503/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn-shot%20from%20inside%20the%20barn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3503" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtpiZmSZMStgj9p_oel_Mtv-xU0XNN88q5WAi139ROpAddbIJjiDZvHwNr2S3nET9jOU-B4cNPEJhgv50o5rYolSaIvDxRscPLUt9Pn8BBh6F1zimcvo225UBZhh4LGLIbD_r4jbKU7d0u4JqyxT5buWiD9R5Iy5NJeZzLom8FRV8r0sSVB-aPAU9SXPw/w640-h486/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn-shot%20from%20inside%20the%20barn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The main cast arrives at the barn — photographed from inside the barn<br /></b></span></div><br />Because of the distance between the house and barn, the show had to be careful
about how it filmed the two buildings. Some scenes would be edited specifically to give the impression
that the house was right near the barn, while in other shots the camera had to be set up in just the right spot to avoid revealing the layout of the sets.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgybkuxFnxi_zpa3D-RV0OmxUzC45lgMmpn--riXt3xoWMdpoMplPbnP3_OCygtLcF3Zjq5juEx6lrm-5StOgmnIj8n2ndFdzcCRWu_YB4DW6-_eN2te_zErTZJ09fmRaenuq5y2tm5OWpCb86a_lreIchj5EQzFohFV6nCJFuP2snxx7uAsn4LC--vn5A/s3503/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn-shot%20from%20inside%20the%20barn-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3503" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgybkuxFnxi_zpa3D-RV0OmxUzC45lgMmpn--riXt3xoWMdpoMplPbnP3_OCygtLcF3Zjq5juEx6lrm-5StOgmnIj8n2ndFdzcCRWu_YB4DW6-_eN2te_zErTZJ09fmRaenuq5y2tm5OWpCb86a_lreIchj5EQzFohFV6nCJFuP2snxx7uAsn4LC--vn5A/w640-h486/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn-shot%20from%20inside%20the%20barn-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A prominent Iverson Movie Ranch landmark fills the background<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot is taken from inside the barn, looking south, with Cactus Hill in the background. On the other side of the hill was the Lower Iverson, with Cactus Hill separating the Upper and Lower Ranches.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLieDixp5Uv7EJ3VAz0uBJ_Qc2dL6OkOTkKJBSJqBV-cnQvlqXPDPTg34zmt1Dgu6ybtpmDi15Zag1gBbl8LhgALYsp0Qq1lWX2EmbnfOxGi4WSAl4aFYyJnlzqghMVkE0Aut9rRrQeNqn_Yx3k3KYLlzBkkTyqHDmk0zh82xT5x8cIL6vTDU0VsFca0_Y/s3503/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn-shot%20from%20inside%20the%20barn-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3503" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLieDixp5Uv7EJ3VAz0uBJ_Qc2dL6OkOTkKJBSJqBV-cnQvlqXPDPTg34zmt1Dgu6ybtpmDi15Zag1gBbl8LhgALYsp0Qq1lWX2EmbnfOxGi4WSAl4aFYyJnlzqghMVkE0Aut9rRrQeNqn_Yx3k3KYLlzBkkTyqHDmk0zh82xT5x8cIL6vTDU0VsFca0_Y/w640-h486/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn-shot%20from%20inside%20the%20barn-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Midway House remains hidden, by design<br /></b></span></div><br />Shooting from inside the barn enabled the crew to get an interesting background in the shot, but it had to be photographed carefully to avoid showing the Midway House way
in the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMenG3etJAC8eHUCDDTEwPE9cjhmQdixysxMQg51ZjjKroIYQXUNYrnJ77M44NjTb0MefdKyxiosMTMll9qtcturyW0WgfAaYIyJly_SOWzqXF4FS-dhzeKfsawPBiEGEH42G84A5U9am6L0yzSnLjV76JdkgWIFq9pjv9vpUnf3QjsI5HsT362REuaM6/s2444/1959-Fury%205.8-Fury%20Barn-Peter%20Graves,%20Roger%20Mobley,%20William%20Fawcett,%20Bobby%20Diamond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2444" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMenG3etJAC8eHUCDDTEwPE9cjhmQdixysxMQg51ZjjKroIYQXUNYrnJ77M44NjTb0MefdKyxiosMTMll9qtcturyW0WgfAaYIyJly_SOWzqXF4FS-dhzeKfsawPBiEGEH42G84A5U9am6L0yzSnLjV76JdkgWIFq9pjv9vpUnf3QjsI5HsT362REuaM6/w640-h490/1959-Fury%205.8-Fury%20Barn-Peter%20Graves,%20Roger%20Mobley,%20William%20Fawcett,%20Bobby%20Diamond.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" episode "The Map" (1959): Tight shot of the main cast at the Fury Barn<br /></b></span></div><br />The show also relied a lot on tight shots to avoid revealing any clues around the edges of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtRT3j6_n5Z2kONd0uQViEYKhs1NfxYIUP7WkFIvYPwHthgwNQ7Rfm0GrM6N4Thc-2xmCT_CNdSu_FM-dC6QRCRD7CJ-i1EQWEF87pmoaY-7WujmFYdO0Sz4Oqh2rPORFL9xVkNlf3e2-nmUN8mRqeZbjSPXloPTSmObnvdpXnyBGglH4n3ezn1epkr5U/s2444/1959-Fury%205.8-Fury%20Barn-Peter%20Graves,%20Roger%20Mobley,%20William%20Fawcett,%20Bobby%20Diamond-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2444" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtRT3j6_n5Z2kONd0uQViEYKhs1NfxYIUP7WkFIvYPwHthgwNQ7Rfm0GrM6N4Thc-2xmCT_CNdSu_FM-dC6QRCRD7CJ-i1EQWEF87pmoaY-7WujmFYdO0Sz4Oqh2rPORFL9xVkNlf3e2-nmUN8mRqeZbjSPXloPTSmObnvdpXnyBGglH4n3ezn1epkr5U/w640-h490/1959-Fury%205.8-Fury%20Barn-Peter%20Graves,%20Roger%20Mobley,%20William%20Fawcett,%20Bobby%20Diamond-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The new kid, "Packy"<br /></b></span></div><br />This screen shot from season five includes young Roger Mobley, who joined the show as a series regular in season four, playing Joey's friend Packy. In this shot everyone's presumably watching Fury do something smart.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78alNyBst_3y7dl1hppDH5MR1jOcZCQ8fnkVgAJdq2bLvBciJB5L5pd_yTKxvBeUI3EjIxlqh_kji5NTbY_8IV7KveSiVVECJSA-jFB4SJDHD1kaLXPoenEThRkyzYB-FhBYWlD1tosFf6ijWZ_klTFYJOk6v2s0iq2engv4EIMAge1hjn5Armw5qtJY7/s1600/1957-Valerie-Midway%20House%20w%20Anita%20Ekberg%20&%20Peter%20Walker.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78alNyBst_3y7dl1hppDH5MR1jOcZCQ8fnkVgAJdq2bLvBciJB5L5pd_yTKxvBeUI3EjIxlqh_kji5NTbY_8IV7KveSiVVECJSA-jFB4SJDHD1kaLXPoenEThRkyzYB-FhBYWlD1tosFf6ijWZ_klTFYJOk6v2s0iq2engv4EIMAge1hjn5Armw5qtJY7/w640-h480/1957-Valerie-Midway%20House%20w%20Anita%20Ekberg%20&%20Peter%20Walker.png" width="640" /></a></div>Anita Ekberg rides out from the Midway House in "Valerie" (1957)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the more interesting productions to feature the Midway House is "Valerie," a United Artists Western starring Anita Ekberg and Sterling Hayden. The movie filmed during the period when "Fury" was still in production.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO8pMSCWeYf0QAbTRWSxcRti-_1nQgfhdH6hrscfANQBzRqyVy5Kg3J7caDoF5U2tgAUDds2p1rbVKYjF-Y6hfERIxN0FwBxdQqfGUfHF46cSFWbzZujWzKSgkRpIUVi1Ao5Ro-n1UzxLBcxkS86WbGSih4XpCvKrlZCkIyvniDsczDv1YSojdNFWGSyK/s1050/1957-Valerie-PS-Cactus%20Hill-Anita%20Ekberg%20and%20Sterling%20Hayden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1050" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO8pMSCWeYf0QAbTRWSxcRti-_1nQgfhdH6hrscfANQBzRqyVy5Kg3J7caDoF5U2tgAUDds2p1rbVKYjF-Y6hfERIxN0FwBxdQqfGUfHF46cSFWbzZujWzKSgkRpIUVi1Ao5Ro-n1UzxLBcxkS86WbGSih4XpCvKrlZCkIyvniDsczDv1YSojdNFWGSyK/w640-h468/1957-Valerie-PS-Cactus%20Hill-Anita%20Ekberg%20and%20Sterling%20Hayden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Anita Ekberg and Sterling Hayden on the Iverson Ranch in "Valerie"<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie includes shots of Hayden and Ekberg taken on the Iverson Ranch's "Cactus Hill," which at times presents wide vistas of the Upper Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjyJ2upJw0FJPXPql8iNJse5bJTk63RSuRVxUPmtWFXXBtesVCBxaHfE3fozF6s9xxCaAO3Db4qzWmceop1OZXbKTYoMNE7T8NIekCbeiFGJisAY7w1GD_2K9GbbJQiJTjctagOGuXEClM2ro8YEmaNVffF5s-CVI9G_4rB6XgWHp_HeyyZaCANkjHXun/s1600/1957-Valerie-UI%20overview%20from%20Cactus%20Hill%20w%20Fury%20Barn-Midway%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjyJ2upJw0FJPXPql8iNJse5bJTk63RSuRVxUPmtWFXXBtesVCBxaHfE3fozF6s9xxCaAO3Db4qzWmceop1OZXbKTYoMNE7T8NIekCbeiFGJisAY7w1GD_2K9GbbJQiJTjctagOGuXEClM2ro8YEmaNVffF5s-CVI9G_4rB6XgWHp_HeyyZaCANkjHXun/w640-h480/1957-Valerie-UI%20overview%20from%20Cactus%20Hill%20w%20Fury%20Barn-Midway%20House.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Valerie": A bird's-eye view of the Upper Iverson<br /></b></span></div><br />This wide shot from "Valerie" offers a rare elevated perspective on the Upper Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mVUe2vz85LOWbMwuZw22mzF7GUxE5nZ1e7KRbcaYXJ5uYpmBJAN4VDH-cfrUcK2ckazKgMl4DRNCWEekbokiOHBEnu8_HZkogbYP8Z9BbtH8AtV6VMUIh6msMn1GSeoRP8D6AhDutt4DWxdExRHDcuQMtR5eYp3RPProUjYi7SZK7mWPZ-di4JyGuHfg/s1600/1957-Valerie-UI%20overview%20from%20Cactus%20Hill%20w%20Fury%20Barn-Midway%20House-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mVUe2vz85LOWbMwuZw22mzF7GUxE5nZ1e7KRbcaYXJ5uYpmBJAN4VDH-cfrUcK2ckazKgMl4DRNCWEekbokiOHBEnu8_HZkogbYP8Z9BbtH8AtV6VMUIh6msMn1GSeoRP8D6AhDutt4DWxdExRHDcuQMtR5eYp3RPProUjYi7SZK7mWPZ-di4JyGuHfg/w640-h480/1957-Valerie-UI%20overview%20from%20Cactus%20Hill%20w%20Fury%20Barn-Midway%20House-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Juxtaposition of Midway House to the south and Fury Barn to the north<br /></b></span></div><br />Among other things, the shot gives us a better sense of the distance between the Midway House and the Fury Barn. They were close enough to each other that "Fury" could get away with using them both, but the crew would have had to haul a lot of equipment back and forth, which must have been a hassle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr-pGjUFXG6yUUPAo0BmcAKnBmc2QOkoC0mhoqpHzLziMnmnmX3qULkarWxWXP3X3w62LGU9ADLODOyNx97Fpx4liCQAFvNXqe5hxkHN_ntx01pjshf6rnlhIkcxZLQrv-QDPMQhR_cm0zb3XaPb-H-FLBzml5dF7Yo8TKS5Zr5JaifEY_o1o_HWSbCFD/s1600/1957-Valerie-Anita%20Ekberg%20at%20Midway%20House%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1600" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr-pGjUFXG6yUUPAo0BmcAKnBmc2QOkoC0mhoqpHzLziMnmnmX3qULkarWxWXP3X3w62LGU9ADLODOyNx97Fpx4liCQAFvNXqe5hxkHN_ntx01pjshf6rnlhIkcxZLQrv-QDPMQhR_cm0zb3XaPb-H-FLBzml5dF7Yo8TKS5Zr5JaifEY_o1o_HWSbCFD/w640-h468/1957-Valerie-Anita%20Ekberg%20at%20Midway%20House%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Looking northwest from Midway House — Anita Ekberg, with Rocky Peak in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />Sterling Hayden was in plenty of Westerns and worked regularly on the Iverson Movie Ranch, but this was probably the only time the Swedish-born Ekberg appeared on the ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9Q0wEwHvkDK-RIaeBYqkuws5rL9ryzOkj3_xOVBoelrOv8uCCZ0lTHjQ1fps-2JEetdrUQgGre-aqwExiakk3xGT21oVUv-Dvb_RDn208bUXs_qyWHSdU_Vu2x1cKkpGeEhYZwJhUrV0dfnLGNu8O36FqWo6LuP7RBajn1abPAedsGHgOrL2KvEvAfZr/s620/1956-Back%20From%20Eternity-anita%20ekberg-PS-portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="499" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9Q0wEwHvkDK-RIaeBYqkuws5rL9ryzOkj3_xOVBoelrOv8uCCZ0lTHjQ1fps-2JEetdrUQgGre-aqwExiakk3xGT21oVUv-Dvb_RDn208bUXs_qyWHSdU_Vu2x1cKkpGeEhYZwJhUrV0dfnLGNu8O36FqWo6LuP7RBajn1abPAedsGHgOrL2KvEvAfZr/w516-h640/1956-Back%20From%20Eternity-anita%20ekberg-PS-portrait.jpg" width="516" /></a></div>Anita Ekberg in 1956, one year before she appeared in "Valerie"<br /></b></span></div><br />For more about Anita Ekberg, "Valerie" and the movie's interesting use of sets on the Upper Iverson, <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2016/09/anita-ekberg-stars-as-valerie-filmed-by.html" target="_blank">please click here to see a post we did about "Valerie" in 2016</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk2ujXKj60-7VAW0pfAq__nZ3A3pXUhh49QVwIOOih25g4Wb9Sh0077SphKNn-JJZ3EWVO1dCB3j9UPdYOMMB90CAjDlh1pMt84VfSYy9q6NHTMXeGT3zklQTkgd7SUVgdBhqtvY7EVdLLwQ89bmCO1OzKQ9OK1q9YCPLY1LROi_RlL9U11o7TnBeA8xB/s1267/1958-HGWT%202.10-Fury%20Barn%20House%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1267" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk2ujXKj60-7VAW0pfAq__nZ3A3pXUhh49QVwIOOih25g4Wb9Sh0077SphKNn-JJZ3EWVO1dCB3j9UPdYOMMB90CAjDlh1pMt84VfSYy9q6NHTMXeGT3zklQTkgd7SUVgdBhqtvY7EVdLLwQ89bmCO1OzKQ9OK1q9YCPLY1LROi_RlL9U11o7TnBeA8xB/w640-h418/1958-HGWT%202.10-Fury%20Barn%20House%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fury Barn House ("Have Gun Will Travel," 1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury Set continued to evolve throughout "Fury's" five-year residency on the Upper Iverson, and a number of buildings were added. In 1958 a second house was built, much closer to the Fury Barn.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1jCulrWrBYPc5XUv8EH-8IIcANaCje_IEe_7ZQ5kiQYMumeg0oX2l0XBzivRTYYsDXWeZQnvg2IeYkF1UCdQtb5RJSn1aiouCgYSCLCIR1fWZX6ZRSApxeWftg9pD9DnT7mQInkWl9NlxijSIkhi1DU5TH7gJweMPMcUGqAZmf03F2CaiAF4D7jI_hR_/s3080/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House%2016-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="3080" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1jCulrWrBYPc5XUv8EH-8IIcANaCje_IEe_7ZQ5kiQYMumeg0oX2l0XBzivRTYYsDXWeZQnvg2IeYkF1UCdQtb5RJSn1aiouCgYSCLCIR1fWZX6ZRSApxeWftg9pD9DnT7mQInkWl9NlxijSIkhi1DU5TH7gJweMPMcUGqAZmf03F2CaiAF4D7jI_hR_/w640-h392/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House%2016-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Gambler Wore a Gun" (1961): The Fury Barn and Fury Barn House<br /></b></span></div><br />I call this second house the "Fury Barn House" because of its proximity to the Fury Barn. The new building stood immediately to the east of the barn.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5YJu0uxMTMBUNYcTUIw6f2kBisH1gmsbECBxA93zRUd36QtsggCQZfKw1l440c9M9lhPqgK-EgAx7avc75XGJOQ4qf0X-YU9bABl1in0QnUo1IGGRv0IqUXE7g8P6TSiwpKNfV6zO8tSzXFY-Rsi49_mJU5K0Z7-uVnZ0bvjjZJJUdgJ7T0MNzObvg4x/s1459/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1459" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5YJu0uxMTMBUNYcTUIw6f2kBisH1gmsbECBxA93zRUd36QtsggCQZfKw1l440c9M9lhPqgK-EgAx7avc75XGJOQ4qf0X-YU9bABl1in0QnUo1IGGRv0IqUXE7g8P6TSiwpKNfV6zO8tSzXFY-Rsi49_mJU5K0Z7-uVnZ0bvjjZJJUdgJ7T0MNzObvg4x/w640-h388/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fury Set as the "Diamond D Ranch"<br /></b></span></div><br />With the addition of the Fury Barn House, the Fury Set became a more
traditional ranch set, with a house and barn next to each other. Here
it plays the Diamond D Ranch in "The Gambler Wore a Gun."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-oRjBIaJJs1JxKMlraq3XwUvbGmlKh0O-6JC-nye57PFoR0UO9dmM02f-rn2CkcR58IpHqxptFIRC6S5b7ouMwAP_nL5TCpx903LDMHvbi0YPLzUfTyfMzAVJ5PvrSIaAT1Ywd0mik6Ufd5U5i3jyk6IstgMO8xmgr8pqakLk0oMu3c2bJdItpordaXw/s1459/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1459" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-oRjBIaJJs1JxKMlraq3XwUvbGmlKh0O-6JC-nye57PFoR0UO9dmM02f-rn2CkcR58IpHqxptFIRC6S5b7ouMwAP_nL5TCpx903LDMHvbi0YPLzUfTyfMzAVJ5PvrSIaAT1Ywd0mik6Ufd5U5i3jyk6IstgMO8xmgr8pqakLk0oMu3c2bJdItpordaXw/w640-h388/1961-Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A small section of the house's southwest face is visible behind the barn<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury Barn House was close enough to the barn's eastern side that it was often partially hidden behind the barn — and it could be completely hidden, if necessary.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCY2bzzfDUnHsUPjoHrWWn4ZZe-MD-eq1j2ld1k1y54OJpfHrmcOpCKG-7Frfs9NLjtyBSlL0jIVt39iCUP8KfbdTThV1kQ45LCyarHJPUK29WKC9usuAs1OYQFmzbbHQ0qG8fjgGCvi8XbpwfGbzx_8VajqDVDQDAtB0XcpfTgCZVgvzWE8dNGuRvd57/s1544/1961-The%20Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Barn%20House,%20Midway%20House%2042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1544" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCY2bzzfDUnHsUPjoHrWWn4ZZe-MD-eq1j2ld1k1y54OJpfHrmcOpCKG-7Frfs9NLjtyBSlL0jIVt39iCUP8KfbdTThV1kQ45LCyarHJPUK29WKC9usuAs1OYQFmzbbHQ0qG8fjgGCvi8XbpwfGbzx_8VajqDVDQDAtB0XcpfTgCZVgvzWE8dNGuRvd57/w640-h390/1961-The%20Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Barn%20House,%20Midway%20House%2042.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Gambler Wore a Gun": All three of the main "Fury" buildings<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from "The Gambler Wore a Gun," filmed about a year after "Fury" wrapped its final season, includes all three of the major buildings that were constructed for "Fury."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXIUyD-pW15GSGOm0zSX2cTgcm0qRQ_NH6x4xtB9sMhexPK9Ca58eZ1JzD--X4FFe8XwKm_aXf9q8Wq4MrGS24R_IaqXe8SNF4_zFQ1KFjs38lyvqNUmvg4JDrTV85YJ_0li_G9FkUUWFEAmsxhBficfHkq5Yx22YaDFC-OdFbK-Be2tIsHRvty4CoLU6/s1544/1961-The%20Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Barn%20House,%20Midway%20House%2042-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1544" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXIUyD-pW15GSGOm0zSX2cTgcm0qRQ_NH6x4xtB9sMhexPK9Ca58eZ1JzD--X4FFe8XwKm_aXf9q8Wq4MrGS24R_IaqXe8SNF4_zFQ1KFjs38lyvqNUmvg4JDrTV85YJ_0li_G9FkUUWFEAmsxhBficfHkq5Yx22YaDFC-OdFbK-Be2tIsHRvty4CoLU6/w640-h390/1961-The%20Gambler%20Wore%20a%20Gun-Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Barn%20House,%20Midway%20House%2042-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" sets, built from 1955-1958<br /></b></span></div><br />In the foreground is a section of the Midway House, on the right, with the Fury Barn and Fury Barn House visible in the distance. The shot again points out the distance between the Midway House and the other sets.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJ7sGUsE89ssI2yfU-h19nFRfEYRdtAi_UQ1lBgr1owYttokkq2PpDQwLj3G1LpioOU9LwAyiQbYJAEZwVSsu7Rct4koWJRg9elTPsspj-aEseAowCeODjSkjSraJB4q0l14-X8aNUuH76_W_vw6sCYgBx0JOv7Iz3nEMUCQlyvERXBjTVqQOdBNRW3ds/s3502/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy's%20dad%20works%20on%20tractor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3502" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJ7sGUsE89ssI2yfU-h19nFRfEYRdtAi_UQ1lBgr1owYttokkq2PpDQwLj3G1LpioOU9LwAyiQbYJAEZwVSsu7Rct4koWJRg9elTPsspj-aEseAowCeODjSkjSraJB4q0l14-X8aNUuH76_W_vw6sCYgBx0JOv7Iz3nEMUCQlyvERXBjTVqQOdBNRW3ds/w640-h488/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy's%20dad%20works%20on%20tractor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Packy's dad, Mr. Lambert, works on the family tractor outside the Fury Barn House<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury Barn House would become a well-used set for the Iverson Ranch, appearing in its share of productions over the next decade. But it was built for "Fury," where it played Packy's house starting in season four.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKAtKw76IPLPL-NW9_UFZO1r4L0YlUvMK0u85dQPowpyuo2vf8VSTFndJ9W8ppJdDV3COrlqcUd0kdfPs5NwbrsXjQAAdBBMgH50TKUmMPGChpd95tmycKwDUn8IPfMbSQP4UYwq0QEO-ry3endf9h9hwGVPvHS0dp0CGeog1rXhHMVrjnc0Q_UmM7C5G/s3521/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy%20arrives%20home%20on%20horseback.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2694" data-original-width="3521" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKAtKw76IPLPL-NW9_UFZO1r4L0YlUvMK0u85dQPowpyuo2vf8VSTFndJ9W8ppJdDV3COrlqcUd0kdfPs5NwbrsXjQAAdBBMgH50TKUmMPGChpd95tmycKwDUn8IPfMbSQP4UYwq0QEO-ry3endf9h9hwGVPvHS0dp0CGeog1rXhHMVrjnc0Q_UmM7C5G/w640-h490/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy%20arrives%20home%20on%20horseback.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Packy arrives home on horseback (with a young riding double filling in for Roger Mobley)<br /></b></span></div><br />In "The Littlest Horse Thief," the first episode of season four — and the first episode to feature the Fury Barn House — Packy unexpectedly arrives home with a horse.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5VE33apvX5JfEh9HS_eHqX9V0cS5dxv1mUtDdJ2XNZZgsOLISDmrxun2Np_cqndmoEgmlGgcn5zvobt5l8nwEvkgmRL2L8kqiCV0vejV7ygUu3UQqkfH4DwjbmbLcEPvAbdfV5qGJdQoFWn-WsBgu2ng3obaYGPWkBq2SXrO4Wklc9oNOejc0YyRiYpc/s3502/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy's%20mom%20and%20dad%20are%20surprised%20to%20see%20him%20on%20a%20horse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3502" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5VE33apvX5JfEh9HS_eHqX9V0cS5dxv1mUtDdJ2XNZZgsOLISDmrxun2Np_cqndmoEgmlGgcn5zvobt5l8nwEvkgmRL2L8kqiCV0vejV7ygUu3UQqkfH4DwjbmbLcEPvAbdfV5qGJdQoFWn-WsBgu2ng3obaYGPWkBq2SXrO4Wklc9oNOejc0YyRiYpc/w640-h488/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy's%20mom%20and%20dad%20are%20surprised%20to%20see%20him%20on%20a%20horse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Littlest Horse Thief" (Season 4, Episode 1)<br /></b></span></div><br />Packy's mom and dad are surprised to see him ride up on a horse, and aren't exactly happy about it. Moments later, they will break the news to him that he can't keep it, setting in motion some high drama.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVj0r-DPvIIMsoa-8Iw2uF6KQpywgHM-0hksn2pG3yu6AvSoV-rHuhG5NlyjehybARBJZEXObQmvsgBJDZd0tsQzXebudqJAOU1PyayMmvGamhltFV2zox1skOjA0Wn-18ZZ3pFsPE-ubXEQYBV7n5-RGEJWG8iufg401lANi2zqR0waIrdMXnFDw12sH/s1598/Nan%20Leslie-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="1278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVj0r-DPvIIMsoa-8Iw2uF6KQpywgHM-0hksn2pG3yu6AvSoV-rHuhG5NlyjehybARBJZEXObQmvsgBJDZd0tsQzXebudqJAOU1PyayMmvGamhltFV2zox1skOjA0Wn-18ZZ3pFsPE-ubXEQYBV7n5-RGEJWG8iufg401lANi2zqR0waIrdMXnFDw12sH/w512-h640/Nan%20Leslie-portrait.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Nan Leslie, who played Stella Lambert, Packy's mom<br /></b></span></div><br />Packy's mom was played by Nan Leslie, who had appeared opposite Tim Holt as the female lead in a series of RKO B-Westerns in the 1940s — amid word around Hollywood that Holt and Leslie were dating at the time. Packy's dad was played by at least two different actors: John Compton and William Leslie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn01pB9uYeV9gOjL5SE6qCX95rUKe_GnpW3f0c6SQT6iqkVZPVtuVghm24e9kTpBCrKoTZqm1H1yaseMO7kgXoEvmmmuOk7XQdsUyLOVT3pOc58q3PSLtc3mK_wcvQRPqz1Yd_WJxXCYxLhE89cbXb1rPwhp9C9bFHOkSgVdnFAOQYo064uOkS6QdWtnFE/s3502/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy's%20riding%20double%20rides%20past%20the%20house's%20southern%20face.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3502" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn01pB9uYeV9gOjL5SE6qCX95rUKe_GnpW3f0c6SQT6iqkVZPVtuVghm24e9kTpBCrKoTZqm1H1yaseMO7kgXoEvmmmuOk7XQdsUyLOVT3pOc58q3PSLtc3mK_wcvQRPqz1Yd_WJxXCYxLhE89cbXb1rPwhp9C9bFHOkSgVdnFAOQYo064uOkS6QdWtnFE/w640-h488/1958-Fury%204.1-The%20Littlest%20Horse%20Thief-Fury%20Barn%20House-Packy's%20riding%20double%20rides%20past%20the%20house's%20southern%20face.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Packy rides past the side of the Fury Barn House — another front, ready to be filmed<br /></b></span></div><br />A disappointed Packy (actually his double again) rides off to return the horse. As he heads out, we get a look at the southeast face of the Lambert house and can see that it's actually another front.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7y-iQmJ00imLhR3kV107tMFdFdUgloEoHHs5AI05RM3Yz8al17g19R4luyFGk3EOvLsbMjHTdzZOeh2bKWAABz86bMkyctqEkXqYsgRB3weytvwGzmFuVpwETFCNbV0aTdQ3zaTM2MNvcoItFw0YEaes6sEWNZ5zA60XCAVwmRE991yXlfHs-YzZS5fp/s1226/1964%20(1965)-Branded%201.2-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1226" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7y-iQmJ00imLhR3kV107tMFdFdUgloEoHHs5AI05RM3Yz8al17g19R4luyFGk3EOvLsbMjHTdzZOeh2bKWAABz86bMkyctqEkXqYsgRB3weytvwGzmFuVpwETFCNbV0aTdQ3zaTM2MNvcoItFw0YEaes6sEWNZ5zA60XCAVwmRE991yXlfHs-YzZS5fp/w640-h468/1964%20(1965)-Branded%201.2-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Branded" episode "The Vindicators" (1965): Southeast face of the Fury Barn House<br /></b></span></div><br />The house's southeast face wasn't in nearly as many productions as the southwest face, which we've been seeing as the front of the Lamberts' house. But here's the southeast face again, dressed up with a picket fence and a bunch of plants as a duded-up guy in a wagon comes a-callin' in the TV series "Branded."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXiwh7S7aC_XRuNQJ40XZRJQYfFv0h7hE8BU0IKZ8whtflybtsLMYVXXr5A3w0L1A_i8ORjHZxlBsC2lB_D5On8O4ZEVTXbATEjt0FWyWtjPRzkPuvsn5I05OXGOqPbG5KUYcyNREmuH9b4e8QUnUwo4Lav-4yFMyjBocUoR7U4SGfFwh0Ih30AAYxrrl/s1225/1964%20(1965)-Branded%201.2-Fury%20Barn%20House%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1225" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXiwh7S7aC_XRuNQJ40XZRJQYfFv0h7hE8BU0IKZ8whtflybtsLMYVXXr5A3w0L1A_i8ORjHZxlBsC2lB_D5On8O4ZEVTXbATEjt0FWyWtjPRzkPuvsn5I05OXGOqPbG5KUYcyNREmuH9b4e8QUnUwo4Lav-4yFMyjBocUoR7U4SGfFwh0Ih30AAYxrrl/w640-h448/1964%20(1965)-Branded%201.2-Fury%20Barn%20House%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Branded": The Fury Barn House and Fury Barn<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot from the "Branded" sequence shows how the house lines up with the Fury Barn, along with some familiar Iverson Movie Ranch background hills to the west — including Pyramid Peak on the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie4LPomxa_wG_D0nkg95Znxun_vSRX6-x483ILlQfroioVW-HqFDK_pmP043UsVgL7dSmxkWIm1dmCwHTISNk8IA7diBjGtjkveo3kAVLbHASzf7di2T1CXCQb2YA3iAQhbZsKP3pVQZv5DG-Q0SV7Ga0NWVlP06-lUvq5Vae7qC_U3-PFHPn6kAkhTjm/s1228/1964%20(1965)-Branded%201.2-Claude%20Akins%20&%20June%20Lockhart-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1228" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie4LPomxa_wG_D0nkg95Znxun_vSRX6-x483ILlQfroioVW-HqFDK_pmP043UsVgL7dSmxkWIm1dmCwHTISNk8IA7diBjGtjkveo3kAVLbHASzf7di2T1CXCQb2YA3iAQhbZsKP3pVQZv5DG-Q0SV7Ga0NWVlP06-lUvq5Vae7qC_U3-PFHPn6kAkhTjm/w640-h464/1964%20(1965)-Branded%201.2-Claude%20Akins%20&%20June%20Lockhart-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" width="640" /></a></div>Claude Akins and June Lockhart "spark" on the southeast porch<br /></b></span></div><br />It turns out the dude in the wagon is Claude Akins, and the lady he's calling on is June Lockhart. But even if Akins appears slightly smitten, he might just be using Lockhart to get information.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfOfbzzCNB3sM6bqPkMxMzkVLko5rqrTWTXP6bUeQsC0lr4fRp38I2XaQw5WeGbeMQlyXgTeWWJQBsXJq2EyakDas7vVLY5GbT9DM_hMDeSmr7X1DldXK1rIhDhL00CV54YWZa26XHTRAS4PYpOicq4sBlVYXyYKWPCL-JjNvN1o8yOuF_A2flRdM6aj-/s1259/1966-The%20Cat-Fury%20Barn%20House-southeast%20face%2032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1259" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfOfbzzCNB3sM6bqPkMxMzkVLko5rqrTWTXP6bUeQsC0lr4fRp38I2XaQw5WeGbeMQlyXgTeWWJQBsXJq2EyakDas7vVLY5GbT9DM_hMDeSmr7X1DldXK1rIhDhL00CV54YWZa26XHTRAS4PYpOicq4sBlVYXyYKWPCL-JjNvN1o8yOuF_A2flRdM6aj-/w640-h490/1966-The%20Cat-Fury%20Barn%20House-southeast%20face%2032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cat" (1966): Another appearance by the house's southeast face<br /></b></span></div><br />Another time the southeast face of the Fury Barn House found its way into a production — in color this time — was in the rarely seen movie "The Cat," released in 1966.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAABOB3aPVAG_XsAxt5BZbAgengglX6QLcCnZ8qltDx96o3DvQ_bVjKExavlo8X7Gf2u9uI_LnbByI02iEQ6Q_sf73rYZ3Mwm8xQv8aY1Wan0GPlKjQsJ8VShpQ-fBkRON5geEo8gn9hKe0jzRCf5B2KqNBJ3kVyY-eTduA6kIFatOn2B_l_QyJoedFxY/s2197/1966-The%20Cat-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2197" data-original-width="1441" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAABOB3aPVAG_XsAxt5BZbAgengglX6QLcCnZ8qltDx96o3DvQ_bVjKExavlo8X7Gf2u9uI_LnbByI02iEQ6Q_sf73rYZ3Mwm8xQv8aY1Wan0GPlKjQsJ8VShpQ-fBkRON5geEo8gn9hKe0jzRCf5B2KqNBJ3kVyY-eTduA6kIFatOn2B_l_QyJoedFxY/w420-h640/1966-The%20Cat-poster.jpg" width="420" /></a></div>Poster for "The Cat," filmed on the Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Cat" is about a big cat that's on the loose, but the movie is so rare I thought I'd better show the poster to prove it even exists.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPA_4Ufqfdury_KDBrV-s1dsiHGLFKcjoB6UaXBC4Fct_upT0Qah6NMJH5rgSn8AEboM4FUlNo1-BPvA-unD63RhKaMDcyHXDUOEZ67Vmw1sPUJ3X6dzbE4MFecliqm9H_PEfPODvdRAOdqc1JE7UQI9QMW-mHpg6oBRBGTT_qFr5rPBJC66TfyZXq55d/s1547/1966-The%20Cat-PS-Dwayne%20Redlin%20walking%20the%20cat%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1547" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPA_4Ufqfdury_KDBrV-s1dsiHGLFKcjoB6UaXBC4Fct_upT0Qah6NMJH5rgSn8AEboM4FUlNo1-BPvA-unD63RhKaMDcyHXDUOEZ67Vmw1sPUJ3X6dzbE4MFecliqm9H_PEfPODvdRAOdqc1JE7UQI9QMW-mHpg6oBRBGTT_qFr5rPBJC66TfyZXq55d/w640-h518/1966-The%20Cat-PS-Dwayne%20Redlin%20walking%20the%20cat%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Behind-the-scenes on "The Cat" (1966): Young Dwayne Redlin out walking his pal<br /></b></span></div><br />Child actor Dwayne Redlin plays Toby, a young boy who befriends the wildcat. But friends or no friends, I have a feeling if this happened now instead of back in 1966, someone from Child Protective Services would have something to say about it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBp9g11keLtySP-Nqb67qTn9vnPWYjOGsKWZsoQykbGkOgUoluVIIqnu2mnbZHxiSJM3MV7v45M8zPdClTXJV10RJCOca2XBz2tSZX2OGkgP-KDVLWyHXrL1s7cXRNd5Ty3svGzFRBStKbT3_G4z6LnWp0ZBfnmeiS811knwFbov2KSLG_LVRtfkXzFV1/s3512/1959-Fury%205.9-Fury%20Barn%20House-boom%20mic%20blooper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="3512" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBp9g11keLtySP-Nqb67qTn9vnPWYjOGsKWZsoQykbGkOgUoluVIIqnu2mnbZHxiSJM3MV7v45M8zPdClTXJV10RJCOca2XBz2tSZX2OGkgP-KDVLWyHXrL1s7cXRNd5Ty3svGzFRBStKbT3_G4z6LnWp0ZBfnmeiS811knwFbov2KSLG_LVRtfkXzFV1/w640-h492/1959-Fury%205.9-Fury%20Barn%20House-boom%20mic%20blooper.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Rocketeers" (1959): A rare use of the southeast face on "Fury"<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Fury" TV series almost never used the southeast face of the Fury Barn House as a set, and this screen shot from "The Rocketeers" might offer a hint as to why. Can you spot a small blooper in the shot?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNLF2YXI6Mn9J0XJD-MXyVFegIpBVFlK7XzCVgaFeqcFMjJ_lHZvAl6Rb-jvn3CrZCtoIqvpYV0HsAiLAwdn3YdZnJ1OsLeXJ4CvAMqX2BDy83WhKALoBsFeIn-VrDZqth0kjQGVKc_oHqKJzIDqfWzq42QIqrkAEfIb1EjH962nXZPQCUIwAZNxZ2FYE/s3512/1959-Fury%205.9-Fury%20Barn%20House-boom%20mic%20blooper-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="3512" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNLF2YXI6Mn9J0XJD-MXyVFegIpBVFlK7XzCVgaFeqcFMjJ_lHZvAl6Rb-jvn3CrZCtoIqvpYV0HsAiLAwdn3YdZnJ1OsLeXJ4CvAMqX2BDy83WhKALoBsFeIn-VrDZqth0kjQGVKc_oHqKJzIDqfWzq42QIqrkAEfIb1EjH962nXZPQCUIwAZNxZ2FYE/w640-h492/1959-Fury%205.9-Fury%20Barn%20House-boom%20mic%20blooper-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Hey, that shadow shouldn't be there!<br /></b></span></div><br />The southeast face was used as the Rockwell home in the "Fury" episode, but the set may have been considered bad luck after the shadow of a boom mic found its way into the shot. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZuxxSI7K-bCDMHMb9PAHrl0Huc1fNJ8Egn3SMRbaTQoJiBF8vhEUW56-Gc7LaW2ovRUmtau0Tm2Jj78ril1V4b7__IHJY-v0uLjNNU3vDf9VlDfit8bUbG4dZ-fM6YRjWC-Kq3f32RnNq5gE8mc6rBLz6nuM99XAi3yoNydZheYpmWL6BCeFPpPEUfMG/s2336/Midway%20House%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House-southeast%20face-comparison-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="2336" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZuxxSI7K-bCDMHMb9PAHrl0Huc1fNJ8Egn3SMRbaTQoJiBF8vhEUW56-Gc7LaW2ovRUmtau0Tm2Jj78ril1V4b7__IHJY-v0uLjNNU3vDf9VlDfit8bUbG4dZ-fM6YRjWC-Kq3f32RnNq5gE8mc6rBLz6nuM99XAi3yoNydZheYpmWL6BCeFPpPEUfMG/w640-h620/Midway%20House%20and%20Fury%20Barn%20House-southeast%20face-comparison-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Midway House vs. Fury Barn House: Are they meant to look the same?<br /></b></span></div><br />The Midway House and the southeast face of the Fury Barn House have too much in common for the design similarities to be purely accidental. The similarities can make things confusing for location research, but I believe they were done intentionally so that production companies could use the sets somewhat interchangeably.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOjaKT779KEyXF5UyD8Mv1yiQIcBty7e50XseNx0nU9ez3dtuKe7tHltIkfDKtt1vZNW3FypJSZaMJHPPxsZVo0BDykNIryn15aM7qzHIr-ZyRN7cb8vcLt8G5pUjslMn0vSglIZmHmC2D-v0y-95XkLRCPi0otbG7C-T1ziKdURJNgfdGy1ulnfre14a/s1287/1958-HGWT%202.10-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1287" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOjaKT779KEyXF5UyD8Mv1yiQIcBty7e50XseNx0nU9ez3dtuKe7tHltIkfDKtt1vZNW3FypJSZaMJHPPxsZVo0BDykNIryn15aM7qzHIr-ZyRN7cb8vcLt8G5pUjslMn0vSglIZmHmC2D-v0y-95XkLRCPi0otbG7C-T1ziKdURJNgfdGy1ulnfre14a/w640-h468/1958-HGWT%202.10-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" width="640" /></a></div>Paladin and a friend arrive at the Fury Barn House in "The Lady" (1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />Getting back to the more frequently filmed side of the Fury Barn House — its charming cottage-style southwest face — one of its first appearances besides "Fury" was in an episode of "Have Gun Will Travel."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0egZv3WTS6Kyph0HTBxcfLB9DCZBpNVRSUNPnCKdzmkn46LCytoqWTnOWqBfIDydSj_2eqCzd32XMBUGS39krBRQJJjXMq2XunPznPE3ZPzz4rxJ9r0ELEzGjeBGF6KvcoDlLQXFgl4xiMK8UPB1ZYNJ26AJ2Qj9Q-vgy6fOz8FotJF-SEH0LiBCAsmh/s776/1962-Burt%20Reynolds-Gunsmoke%20photo%20shoot-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="624" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0egZv3WTS6Kyph0HTBxcfLB9DCZBpNVRSUNPnCKdzmkn46LCytoqWTnOWqBfIDydSj_2eqCzd32XMBUGS39krBRQJJjXMq2XunPznPE3ZPzz4rxJ9r0ELEzGjeBGF6KvcoDlLQXFgl4xiMK8UPB1ZYNJ26AJ2Qj9Q-vgy6fOz8FotJF-SEH0LiBCAsmh/w514-h640/1962-Burt%20Reynolds-Gunsmoke%20photo%20shoot-Fury%20Barn%20House.png" width="514" /></a></div>Burt Reynolds drums up business for "Gunsmoke" in 1962<br /></b></span></div><br />A few years later the house was part of that Burt Reynolds shoot for "Gunsmoke" that we mentioned earlier. More pics from Burt's "Gunsmoke" photo shoot on the Fury Set can be found <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/09/remembering-burt-reynolds-and-his-1962.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9LnTOC_29I8i-ZUXghHpE_7M9OY1XHICC4ahwhTFHh-VdYcM6_S6ztpwT6KmK8jYH_kBgfTWq2VlOZaTvdQw2w_qoYqDTT3Vm18FKdLytg6059eeO7ZdIxPyUTHDWxnx9sc7CdelC8Am1dYpn4k1eNnzpQemJL52Cg-z_ei9rOnE98KfkLJG8YYW99Nc/s1383/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House-title%20card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1383" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9LnTOC_29I8i-ZUXghHpE_7M9OY1XHICC4ahwhTFHh-VdYcM6_S6ztpwT6KmK8jYH_kBgfTWq2VlOZaTvdQw2w_qoYqDTT3Vm18FKdLytg6059eeO7ZdIxPyUTHDWxnx9sc7CdelC8Am1dYpn4k1eNnzpQemJL52Cg-z_ei9rOnE98KfkLJG8YYW99Nc/w640-h424/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House-title%20card.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Shattered Silence" ("The Fugitive," Season 4, 1967)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of my personal favorites among the TV appearances by the Fury Barn House was in "The Fugitive." The title card for Act IV shows a Jeep parked in front of the house.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_7jMDA-mV6jbJt1YH1SyEdEAnmXndXYQB9WhwvUOZNKerdkBXyzn-EQw2PXWEg5lAYx5mL1WVGUziWNSgllQ3FAt33FT7yBFsp4sKJb4rpCe_nTBmUuZCj7R6mCJCtHp2rCliGSyy49CSBvjX2p952s7qI35PtZCcOIoWa4VholnHJqqWQeKTLdjn1K8/s1673/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House%2077-David%20Janssen%20at%20Jeep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1673" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_7jMDA-mV6jbJt1YH1SyEdEAnmXndXYQB9WhwvUOZNKerdkBXyzn-EQw2PXWEg5lAYx5mL1WVGUziWNSgllQ3FAt33FT7yBFsp4sKJb4rpCe_nTBmUuZCj7R6mCJCtHp2rCliGSyy49CSBvjX2p952s7qI35PtZCcOIoWa4VholnHJqqWQeKTLdjn1K8/w640-h426/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House%2077-David%20Janssen%20at%20Jeep.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>David Janssen stands outside the Fury Barn House<br /></b></span></div><br />Here we find the Fugitive himself, Richard Kimble, played by David Janssen, standing near the Jeep before heading into the house.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoiQ_WDN11PST2Rdf4T7iYy-rHvpq1cETQ_0hLCDU_iswez1Q14hk0QGIW-dgx6jF-0axpB2v7eYOsMkQaAM0hAmdbwfIKvmh-Hj0DFlASZeMjYLHmfDznYJIPIHSN1IZ8sDxgUhBFEZeRhE4-NW16WHmRiIyB1V1fuqxZkx0pmQSV8UzA5JLUF6hkKwl/s1677/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House%2087-sheriff%20arrives.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1677" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoiQ_WDN11PST2Rdf4T7iYy-rHvpq1cETQ_0hLCDU_iswez1Q14hk0QGIW-dgx6jF-0axpB2v7eYOsMkQaAM0hAmdbwfIKvmh-Hj0DFlASZeMjYLHmfDznYJIPIHSN1IZ8sDxgUhBFEZeRhE4-NW16WHmRiIyB1V1fuqxZkx0pmQSV8UzA5JLUF6hkKwl/w640-h426/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House%2087-sheriff%20arrives.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Inevitably, the cops show up<br /></b></span></div><br />Eventually the police arrive, which tends to happen a lot on "The Fugitive" and is almost always a problem for Dr. Kimble.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1oAI4WiRH26ry3HiWuaGhEiJZZ05PhxnzK_EVHgrrkTUR259fdkTUr_NTKmkEh9TsiWAKwGKZ4v_pNqpIPu0ltAd8dbIb2VXsv_J6nAAT2zLMoTeFrAbltQU9nI5lzmBuYLX0x-OwJfuE0aZdRraKHJqCj8-Z2CdaPkw8I1Lm6GCgto2MdqxvyV6IM_g/s1506/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1506" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1oAI4WiRH26ry3HiWuaGhEiJZZ05PhxnzK_EVHgrrkTUR259fdkTUr_NTKmkEh9TsiWAKwGKZ4v_pNqpIPu0ltAd8dbIb2VXsv_J6nAAT2zLMoTeFrAbltQU9nI5lzmBuYLX0x-OwJfuE0aZdRraKHJqCj8-Z2CdaPkw8I1Lm6GCgto2MdqxvyV6IM_g/w640-h416/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Barn%20House%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fury Barn House's "charming cottage" side<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Fugitive" episode includes some of the best shots ever taken of the Fury Barn House, where the southwest face, or "main entrance," now has its own picket fence, statues and plenty of foliage and is seen in beautiful color.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEien0UGEDNHpxJnyRirVZc9T8lOe7BKQDdFoH8OfSlEmewGeVGdT1_P0M3agQ7w2dhx44aFYkGQeM9dp8W8E6j23eTZ4WzfNisoDj2lQh3nrtqyORu35y771Cm-PV_qbNEb4-ZoqN2ONFN2nd2Rwzp-8S-5nbrgrLhorelZuDw3n75hUdYPVxPUuHSBcgjO/s3515/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.13-Ten%20Dollars%20a%20Head-Fury%20Cabin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="3515" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEien0UGEDNHpxJnyRirVZc9T8lOe7BKQDdFoH8OfSlEmewGeVGdT1_P0M3agQ7w2dhx44aFYkGQeM9dp8W8E6j23eTZ4WzfNisoDj2lQh3nrtqyORu35y771Cm-PV_qbNEb4-ZoqN2ONFN2nd2Rwzp-8S-5nbrgrLhorelZuDw3n75hUdYPVxPUuHSBcgjO/w640-h490/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.13-Ten%20Dollars%20a%20Head-Fury%20Cabin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fury Cabin, west of the Fury Barn, in the "Fury" episode "Ten Dollars a Head" (1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />One other structure to be added to the Fury Set was a small wooden cabin, probably built in the summer of 1958. It began showing up in "Fury" episodes early in season four, which premiered in fall 1958.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0usgt-oFCh004btjEVzuMxLTKC1B8xPb7eSYC1AzLPsbsfmi_hBzNYA6NLqvKpMPkvjz0_dQ0sPRzog6h1C4ct7VwGuIQFwls3Ohp6GRPe5xllUE7Z0JpaKEVU6lzTNS7j-m5LGBdM9RwXM01ZTianKbeiXPgoWQmV0w1IbmwquTguoiyqdbjEYjgmKck/s3515/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.13-Ten%20Dollars%20a%20Head-Fury%20Cabin-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="3515" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0usgt-oFCh004btjEVzuMxLTKC1B8xPb7eSYC1AzLPsbsfmi_hBzNYA6NLqvKpMPkvjz0_dQ0sPRzog6h1C4ct7VwGuIQFwls3Ohp6GRPe5xllUE7Z0JpaKEVU6lzTNS7j-m5LGBdM9RwXM01ZTianKbeiXPgoWQmV0w1IbmwquTguoiyqdbjEYjgmKck/w640-h490/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.13-Ten%20Dollars%20a%20Head-Fury%20Cabin-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The jaw that launched a thousand fistfights<br /></b></span></div><br />If that menacing jawline looks familiar, it's because it belongs to perennial B-Western heavy Leo Gordon. Although Gordon occasionally played good guys, in "Fury" he stayed in character by illegally rounding up horses.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjlWZp5ACeJSF0zXdFzyNsuV16UwJbhBqr2ERrYq8ma3agZaXJdsLM0lcWP0ZCjx0iOMJtciQNC_iZj_9ZgplMgSzezWSPdORmoCX5TRL7ivv-X3OfpHRkCQ4s4zwB7PmrxvQEdcBHadFuqjgWn-4Ci2f7Qmg_QZSZ9jSzB2UcdZ4Pyc_xqZO1q4AfpWz/s1970/1954-Riot%20in%20Cell%20Block%2011-Leo%20Gordon,%20Neville%20Brand,%20Joel%20Fluellen,%20Alvy%20Moore,%20Robert%20Osterloh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1970" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjlWZp5ACeJSF0zXdFzyNsuV16UwJbhBqr2ERrYq8ma3agZaXJdsLM0lcWP0ZCjx0iOMJtciQNC_iZj_9ZgplMgSzezWSPdORmoCX5TRL7ivv-X3OfpHRkCQ4s4zwB7PmrxvQEdcBHadFuqjgWn-4Ci2f7Qmg_QZSZ9jSzB2UcdZ4Pyc_xqZO1q4AfpWz/w640-h468/1954-Riot%20in%20Cell%20Block%2011-Leo%20Gordon,%20Neville%20Brand,%20Joel%20Fluellen,%20Alvy%20Moore,%20Robert%20Osterloh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tough guy Leo Gordon (in tank top), in "Riot in Cell Block 11" (1954)<br /></b></span></div><br />Despite frequent typecasting, the versatile Gordon — who reportedly spent five years in prison in real life for armed robbery — also found time for a successful career as a screenwriter and novelist.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdz__kvU7zkxBXnlvmwOzgTeN_8PTCFBwexJpeUb7p-KgioxUfS6Oe6R4GTUEMKuM5a09f9l4NLZ-msC-Ea06j6K8HDA-k0chyDqwyRtLhG6GOmC7hlVLIV1cKEOROg8XVvpVo_ldJSY-zlvajNcaV3S_DBNIRAd-x_zdDHjwa99DMdhR8cX5bX5QEA0U/s3516/1958-Fury%204.2-Fury%20Cabin%20and%20Fury%20Barn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="3516" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdz__kvU7zkxBXnlvmwOzgTeN_8PTCFBwexJpeUb7p-KgioxUfS6Oe6R4GTUEMKuM5a09f9l4NLZ-msC-Ea06j6K8HDA-k0chyDqwyRtLhG6GOmC7hlVLIV1cKEOROg8XVvpVo_ldJSY-zlvajNcaV3S_DBNIRAd-x_zdDHjwa99DMdhR8cX5bX5QEA0U/w640-h484/1958-Fury%204.2-Fury%20Cabin%20and%20Fury%20Barn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fury Cabin, left, and Fury Barn, right ("Fury" episode "Aunt Harriet," 1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury Cabin only found its way into a few episodes of "Fury," but it remained standing for more than a decade and would be put to good use in a number of other TV shows and movies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDOOr8J-7_KCT1CUADQrC5np8g8vJ0jXvFboi4t41uhPcC63LNB1pwpdv46DDw-DipKANavpoYWLBpUdx4eUFmch68U7NRN3_N2o18e50SHuJ0Y3ekgJ_KhdzcgsOS6CpKZfWzKffFFNcflI27gzXVdbAHJwwXmUUunctDuBBoSEzV8hEJp1sSIknnCzN/s1564/1960-Okla%20Terr-Fury%20Cabin%20with%20corral%2037-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1564" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDOOr8J-7_KCT1CUADQrC5np8g8vJ0jXvFboi4t41uhPcC63LNB1pwpdv46DDw-DipKANavpoYWLBpUdx4eUFmch68U7NRN3_N2o18e50SHuJ0Y3ekgJ_KhdzcgsOS6CpKZfWzKffFFNcflI27gzXVdbAHJwwXmUUunctDuBBoSEzV8hEJp1sSIknnCzN/w640-h386/1960-Okla%20Terr-Fury%20Cabin%20with%20corral%2037-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Oklahoma Territory" (1960): The Fury Cabin makes a cameo<br /></b></span></div><br />Sometimes we just get a glimpse of the cabin in the distance, as in this example from the United Artists B-Western "Oklahoma Territory."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikRxvVhN_Aosa7WjbHD2SY53o-CevhfIUcuEiwYEwUpiOuaM3CIIhWH5D9spEHxFPDppF0aw9wbay0lyR4SCBi4Q9MPGGTeheBIGGYZ1UBfniw04ajGW79pAfvcPOvhOzKdt9-ugJLde766A3EiJmd5CVRfgGg5XDsdQelzDamB9nSVtSjt-0_l9NiNcW/s1183/1962%20(rel%201963)-Bonanza%204.21-Fury%20Set.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1183" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikRxvVhN_Aosa7WjbHD2SY53o-CevhfIUcuEiwYEwUpiOuaM3CIIhWH5D9spEHxFPDppF0aw9wbay0lyR4SCBi4Q9MPGGTeheBIGGYZ1UBfniw04ajGW79pAfvcPOvhOzKdt9-ugJLde766A3EiJmd5CVRfgGg5XDsdQelzDamB9nSVtSjt-0_l9NiNcW/w640-h420/1962%20(rel%201963)-Bonanza%204.21-Fury%20Set.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Bonanza" episode "The Hayburner": Fury Cabin on the left<br /></b></span></div><br />In other productions the Fury Cabin just happens to be there as someone rides past, as in this shot from the "Bonanza" episode "The Hayburner," which premiered Feb. 17, 1963. The shot is topped off by a section of the Santa Susana Mountains ridgeline to the west, including Rocky Peak at top right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMysVjwEhPH9Pr0F-JQWPS8rezo1PgQakNNHEjvUK3h1SkIqzTCKHpQKSNCfhLHevOn7CuL0nklLoZ3KxGOumAWwABnKblUj-Gbsd2nfxa0iJQDdeztLy1Bu8eiLTZMgoH4fRdWIL-9pQ2kXDEg6piGJLfzrvmo27MXn5Zw-bFn9ei1qcQCZKMCB_ijJ_/s3372/1964-Virginian%202.28-A%20Bride%20for%20Lars-Fury%20Cabin-upgrade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2502" data-original-width="3372" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMysVjwEhPH9Pr0F-JQWPS8rezo1PgQakNNHEjvUK3h1SkIqzTCKHpQKSNCfhLHevOn7CuL0nklLoZ3KxGOumAWwABnKblUj-Gbsd2nfxa0iJQDdeztLy1Bu8eiLTZMgoH4fRdWIL-9pQ2kXDEg6piGJLfzrvmo27MXn5Zw-bFn9ei1qcQCZKMCB_ijJ_/w640-h474/1964-Virginian%202.28-A%20Bride%20for%20Lars-Fury%20Cabin-upgrade.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fury Cabin, showcased in "The Virginian," 1964<br /></b></span></div><br />But a few TV series, including "The Virginian," have featured the cabin more prominently. Here the building is seen in the episode "A Bride for Lars," which first aired April 15, 1964.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfr1Ppxij4Eojzc1eGf-D9CRV2NGbX10k3Z2gE6o3RqqxELNys0v9Sv9zRUQIq0DcRgKayLTUhj87SiJ_BBrXz5NVL9Vvn6PuiqdiIvOwAGaKmG8FyaDN_JdcNuG8RdIiV0PwfX7tI12B9lyQhuBz68Om5N9Ho85npEi9G5wGfI6WMVf87PU_sSxJ1FNv/s3372/1964-Virginian%202.28-A%20Bride%20for%20Lars-Fury%20Cabin-Doug%20McClure%20and%20Katherine%20Crawford%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2502" data-original-width="3372" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfr1Ppxij4Eojzc1eGf-D9CRV2NGbX10k3Z2gE6o3RqqxELNys0v9Sv9zRUQIq0DcRgKayLTUhj87SiJ_BBrXz5NVL9Vvn6PuiqdiIvOwAGaKmG8FyaDN_JdcNuG8RdIiV0PwfX7tI12B9lyQhuBz68Om5N9Ho85npEi9G5wGfI6WMVf87PU_sSxJ1FNv/w640-h474/1964-Virginian%202.28-A%20Bride%20for%20Lars-Fury%20Cabin-Doug%20McClure%20and%20Katherine%20Crawford%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Doug McClure as Trampas with Katherine Crawford as Anna, at the Fury Cabin<br /></b></span></div><br />Series regular Doug McClure and guest star Katherine Crawford are seen hanging around the cabin in "A Bride for Lars." This shot provides some nice detail on the cabin's wooden exterior.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei3XqPDJHG4Wvb19RQUaWxX9LXKoq61w3Gf1Q5JEbwkGZHDhqtR_-fPqh95l8cqbExsvkjKGJfTHMXX05c8KIpSv2tu9ZgwDVHCPEBXsbO2lj5eadZCOykt-siPVvoa6N7OS86LDNjX_27JDeER6TlervBqNe1MCt9un1dCMKgnmf6czb-ql-XL8BleFy/s1676/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%203-title%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1676" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei3XqPDJHG4Wvb19RQUaWxX9LXKoq61w3Gf1Q5JEbwkGZHDhqtR_-fPqh95l8cqbExsvkjKGJfTHMXX05c8KIpSv2tu9ZgwDVHCPEBXsbO2lj5eadZCOykt-siPVvoa6N7OS86LDNjX_27JDeER6TlervBqNe1MCt9un1dCMKgnmf6czb-ql-XL8BleFy/w640-h428/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%203-title%20card.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fugitive" (1967): The Fury Cabin gets its own title card<br /></b></span></div><br />Other closeups of the Fury Cabin can be seen in "The Shattered Silence" — the same episode of "The Fugitive" that featured the Fury Barn House, although the two sets are not associated with each other in the episode.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROO3fzgmk4M6pESynvYRXOQMmLnDBJ0daPb223HFU1yVRY6P1aD_Y_TwIXVYwDzq5v8gULN7x0uqYgaehtbLpocS97sT8T3FqKHE03uHw8b-yQ9EH-U7dEsA3Rk9RM2rMTpsSGVlslFaQIXYlTDb49IvSbIH61kLunjVPrzgCfCf7rd_TpjeBQNZUqiK3/s1677/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1677" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROO3fzgmk4M6pESynvYRXOQMmLnDBJ0daPb223HFU1yVRY6P1aD_Y_TwIXVYwDzq5v8gULN7x0uqYgaehtbLpocS97sT8T3FqKHE03uHw8b-yQ9EH-U7dEsA3Rk9RM2rMTpsSGVlslFaQIXYlTDb49IvSbIH61kLunjVPrzgCfCf7rd_TpjeBQNZUqiK3/w640-h428/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The cabin's resident hunting dogs await something or someone to hunt<br /></b></span></div><br />In "The Shattered Silence," a reclusive older guy lives in the cabin with his hunting dogs. Once the fugitive enters the picture, it's not hard to imagine who the dogs might end up hunting.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iwXmDUdxqyN53kX8B-zdTqCTfUhv2RKrlPZNS-vijqetcP-u7Tk2svlinYt91AO5CIIIz_RI4l-8Yq9OIqxAzUj-hmpEanC55oOksj5J7YUA4185g79g_8400f-b0QMVcgUP9nBR5FOZFpNsX4935Cm55gMkzlRHT2wBz0bS01eh9GetOf6032mvCBzG/s1677/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%204-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1677" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iwXmDUdxqyN53kX8B-zdTqCTfUhv2RKrlPZNS-vijqetcP-u7Tk2svlinYt91AO5CIIIz_RI4l-8Yq9OIqxAzUj-hmpEanC55oOksj5J7YUA4185g79g_8400f-b0QMVcgUP9nBR5FOZFpNsX4935Cm55gMkzlRHT2wBz0bS01eh9GetOf6032mvCBzG/w640-h428/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%204-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fugitive": The right side of the cabin has a new facade<br /></b></span></div><br />By the time "The Fugitive" filmed the Fury Cabin, probably in early 1967, the structure's wooden exterior on the right side had been covered up by what is presumably fake brick material.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnp69sMLBux80ODJH48djNlkPplktvX3mnU0iFUG0-eqIY8SSh-dLviagyLH7adEm6uyWdQOSvTK9WToapW7iCOqTX7vjR8QtknlzwDTfQnRvYOpqsJPaZKaQkfRHY4YuO0XD_hwY5lKykT-RrkfMFWUVjHjj-bQzEUmZbQt3vS85OruzqC4HmLLekkHB3/s1397/1964-Virginian%202.28-A%20Bride%20for%20Lars-Fury%20Cabin-Katherine%20Crawford%2013-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1397" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnp69sMLBux80ODJH48djNlkPplktvX3mnU0iFUG0-eqIY8SSh-dLviagyLH7adEm6uyWdQOSvTK9WToapW7iCOqTX7vjR8QtknlzwDTfQnRvYOpqsJPaZKaQkfRHY4YuO0XD_hwY5lKykT-RrkfMFWUVjHjj-bQzEUmZbQt3vS85OruzqC4HmLLekkHB3/w640-h472/1964-Virginian%202.28-A%20Bride%20for%20Lars-Fury%20Cabin-Katherine%20Crawford%2013-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Three years earlier: The cabin's all-wooden exterior is seen in "The Virginian"<br /></b></span></div><br />For most of the life of the cabin, including when "The Virginian" used the set three years before "The Fugitive," the exterior was all wood, including on the right side.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvcRWNCgNkg80vq2SQdyeUs-XXq6zaT9QV9vrPpXUf756wVOk_W9VGHFhxfp_Cu9GLrf5v0PYpu2QVlfItWV4FKbo9WrNpeezJIIpXiO9285mxQjSGAwdMsqBeNUhOyEPh9jEjjpiu7as3vZjeCNwquGAGEpQDUMcLLI8UZB0lWIGjFglFQLx6PvD9MHO/s1674/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1674" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvcRWNCgNkg80vq2SQdyeUs-XXq6zaT9QV9vrPpXUf756wVOk_W9VGHFhxfp_Cu9GLrf5v0PYpu2QVlfItWV4FKbo9WrNpeezJIIpXiO9285mxQjSGAwdMsqBeNUhOyEPh9jEjjpiu7as3vZjeCNwquGAGEpQDUMcLLI8UZB0lWIGjFglFQLx6PvD9MHO/w640-h428/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%209.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>David Janssen and Laurence Naismith at the cabin<br /></b></span></div><br />In "The Fugitive," the Fury Cabin's resident hermit, played by Laurence Naismith, initially takes in Dr. Kimble and the two men hit it off just fine.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhhjwnRcLKdnFVqw2SyaW_y1jqfuz0nmxVHTmLIvp4GoiXwZaCSlEgQdJRMfON8xn8b5vGpyE1jsKvwngi5P5MgYL7WlKBONZWN3266d133JAVVjgNrf155fv3OCE0Pi48o3HzAfIxWUGIJx4wR1ZcqeZypfd4fVCR51KaXLvEXCKY8xTjmWlL2kIBeOv/s1677/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1677" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhhjwnRcLKdnFVqw2SyaW_y1jqfuz0nmxVHTmLIvp4GoiXwZaCSlEgQdJRMfON8xn8b5vGpyE1jsKvwngi5P5MgYL7WlKBONZWN3266d133JAVVjgNrf155fv3OCE0Pi48o3HzAfIxWUGIJx4wR1ZcqeZypfd4fVCR51KaXLvEXCKY8xTjmWlL2kIBeOv/w640-h426/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kimble tries to befriend the dogs<br /></b></span></div><br />For a while, Kimble also gets along OK with those dogs. Meanwhile, the cabin gets plenty of airtime.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxQl1mpsToCXZ2z1K3vlP7h94ixaHzL8hjNR2rTmCm4C7Kf2bTdVYgS7_NEFK9pjoAVFTMhNKOgSxp5rofbSU-8Lbemulgh3t5UNhzZYmwCcYCKPNRVq-TfQgE1KnaBNx4BaRv9k_VVob0SdVY3-hxVujsWC6WpWT06ZYSmC8GK18xO0ubxsMF4QJ60iK/s1678/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%2094-epilog%20title%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1678" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxQl1mpsToCXZ2z1K3vlP7h94ixaHzL8hjNR2rTmCm4C7Kf2bTdVYgS7_NEFK9pjoAVFTMhNKOgSxp5rofbSU-8Lbemulgh3t5UNhzZYmwCcYCKPNRVq-TfQgE1KnaBNx4BaRv9k_VVob0SdVY3-hxVujsWC6WpWT06ZYSmC8GK18xO0ubxsMF4QJ60iK/w640-h426/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%2094-epilog%20title%20card.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yet another Fury Set title card<br /></b></span></div><br />I won't give away the rest of the plot, but later on we get another title card with the cabin in it, featuring the familiar ridgeline of the Santa Susana Mountains to the west and a goat peeking over the corral fence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0X135RFaayFz9RfQPyOjLwuP7CIuPIxtlIi_SKje-G-GT1xpD3qv29Z8tGV-bot_a1TVwDanHHiY8DqHhZTA9lyUG4b7bifOER77vLUnrlb5RjSYCO5gqno2Z9v6_IPz7p0g4BdMbp2msP-Scmd39kTOFZI9A0gJikC2czbD2Ttyz2BNdhH4pO85C-nK/s1303/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Corral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1303" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0X135RFaayFz9RfQPyOjLwuP7CIuPIxtlIi_SKje-G-GT1xpD3qv29Z8tGV-bot_a1TVwDanHHiY8DqHhZTA9lyUG4b7bifOER77vLUnrlb5RjSYCO5gqno2Z9v6_IPz7p0g4BdMbp2msP-Scmd39kTOFZI9A0gJikC2czbD2Ttyz2BNdhH4pO85C-nK/w640-h486/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Corral.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cimarron Strip" episode "Fool's Gold" (1968): Fury Cabin in the foreground<br /></b></span></div><br />Another show that spotlighted the cabin is the Stuart Whitman Western "Cimarron Strip," which lasted one season on CBS during 1967-1968. The "Cimarron" shoot would have taken place soon after the "Fugitive" shoot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByvOPJyvABDonm3OY2zLleQSJA5OAubHafCMaABITjV2xQphjZ6GkhAiR3VadmYBXnhD4l4OmR_xFybID67dVciXGJvcIt7ocWAxb-PnnTqK7KI71rl94V37L7I-s8weZE2r32PQHW7wa3_9JKp51v8_S4kAbh0iCe3uUe3wBuyGACk6ZmGG0ZkgyhrTQ/s1347/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin-FG%2075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1347" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByvOPJyvABDonm3OY2zLleQSJA5OAubHafCMaABITjV2xQphjZ6GkhAiR3VadmYBXnhD4l4OmR_xFybID67dVciXGJvcIt7ocWAxb-PnnTqK7KI71rl94V37L7I-s8weZE2r32PQHW7wa3_9JKp51v8_S4kAbh0iCe3uUe3wBuyGACk6ZmGG0ZkgyhrTQ/w640-h490/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin-FG%2075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The front of the cabin in "Cimarron Strip," with brick facade still in place<br /></b></span></div><br />This view of the cabin in "Cimarron Strip" reveals that the fake brick material seen in the "Fugitive" remained in place, although it's harder to see it in the "Cimarron" episode.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCUqeWZ3rHmkAbdftOPOOkJFc8MsFgR1qSLRZwZg5umDH9JaNK_YDIPppbsf-QuRZviP_jI921tkxRWEdgvkML80gb_OcspK1yUaYw_B5J-jf6fZpo2u7HKyvQX2fxsTaZ5Drj53jCxBOT3rEmRiYzH8GcO8YMQiSkbionr3qggSHgWNTQon79mkh6zGt/s1348/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Pond,%20Fury%20Corral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1348" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCUqeWZ3rHmkAbdftOPOOkJFc8MsFgR1qSLRZwZg5umDH9JaNK_YDIPppbsf-QuRZviP_jI921tkxRWEdgvkML80gb_OcspK1yUaYw_B5J-jf6fZpo2u7HKyvQX2fxsTaZ5Drj53jCxBOT3rEmRiYzH8GcO8YMQiSkbionr3qggSHgWNTQon79mkh6zGt/w640-h492/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Pond,%20Fury%20Corral.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Fury Cabin, Corral and Pond in "Fool's Gold," looking west toward Pyramid Peak<br /></b></span></div><br />The
cabin and other elements of the Fury Set were featured in the episode
"Fool's Gold," which was shot in 1967 and premiered Jan. 11, 1968. The corral was also spruced up, with what appears to be a new fence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidp2qNcX6HQM6wn8lK-bMezSPy_X6LcjBPe8VqJEtuDzoNpR6xrSbhBeFKPlFjI0GANK0a6OgcYtyUPpHPbiSQ3mcOMMvapDJ7xZR-vg11C2EtDM7IkxkDCKCtRzQhlPSyFMe-EhPLsr2fsX_tXLs7I0sSb9Ai-TATfSjUNA__wwccljfPBqmhmXYdTGO4/s640/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%2019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidp2qNcX6HQM6wn8lK-bMezSPy_X6LcjBPe8VqJEtuDzoNpR6xrSbhBeFKPlFjI0GANK0a6OgcYtyUPpHPbiSQ3mcOMMvapDJ7xZR-vg11C2EtDM7IkxkDCKCtRzQhlPSyFMe-EhPLsr2fsX_tXLs7I0sSb9Ai-TATfSjUNA__wwccljfPBqmhmXYdTGO4/w640-h478/1967-Fugitive%204.28-The%20Shattered%20Silence-Fury%20Cabin%2019.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fugitive": The goat may be on to something as it tries to escape the corral<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at the corral in "The Fugitive," we can see that the old fence had begun to lean — maybe from that goat butting up against it. It's also worth noting that the fenceposts were originally on the inside of the corral.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLEOCcrsAzHL-pMqmi8qAqbHyEbugleGHkqo6x3XnQ7W30eVGFprxx74mpk8yzQwkL0QXGOtFW1x8f4PhRkOnsZ2syTPF1Qd-p3_m_YYPDZmhwr84raej6MKhiKcl04JEVwqpziV0anlfdxlpoP6DV-T_Dhs-ofhmwELeEOc_qghWo0eJeABeWGDyFTxq/s1303/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Corral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1303" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLEOCcrsAzHL-pMqmi8qAqbHyEbugleGHkqo6x3XnQ7W30eVGFprxx74mpk8yzQwkL0QXGOtFW1x8f4PhRkOnsZ2syTPF1Qd-p3_m_YYPDZmhwr84raej6MKhiKcl04JEVwqpziV0anlfdxlpoP6DV-T_Dhs-ofhmwELeEOc_qghWo0eJeABeWGDyFTxq/w640-h486/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Barn,%20Fury%20Corral.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cimarron Strip": A bigger, better corral<br /></b></span></div><br />When we next see the spread in "Cimarron Strip," the corral appears to have been reconfigured and expanded, with a sturdy new fence, new gates, a fresh coat of white paint and the fenceposts now on the outside of the fence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi639I988PXUlUsuLxtOOhblgsJTVZWyrOXK6b2cy5CGvRYZo4x6Zph-MOJ4_wTD6gBLpSEk5fZHdn3do_TCxzlhq47WQBES8ZKGju5kh9EvP0yyo3J_U_lOWWHIgcnLWSlIo_iXig8ipDQewFfBCZYkUyYIzmi_iaxDm4s0Ddlc1KWNOiTn-6p9EIkAAnR/s1348/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Pond,%20Fury%20Corral-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1348" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi639I988PXUlUsuLxtOOhblgsJTVZWyrOXK6b2cy5CGvRYZo4x6Zph-MOJ4_wTD6gBLpSEk5fZHdn3do_TCxzlhq47WQBES8ZKGju5kh9EvP0yyo3J_U_lOWWHIgcnLWSlIo_iXig8ipDQewFfBCZYkUyYIzmi_iaxDm4s0Ddlc1KWNOiTn-6p9EIkAAnR/w640-h492/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Pond,%20Fury%20Corral-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury Pond" in "Fool's Gold"</b></span></div><br />The
"Cimarron Strip" episode also showcased a new Upper Iverson water feature, a small pond near the cabin. To date, this episode is the only production in which I've seen this pond.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaqT2F4oJPoT7Q7pPaImTh_7ZnaJmYAQZlxtUaa-Yi_Xx9zS_J4_EVDu7eDyCbsugjT_sqaJssVN2oy4YTaQ-7PHv2L0w-1a5qgAYjuVjahyWzcbCiWwoimchLIc-YMtMkGDyN0NiQvsHfDLlPnU5bpjHtnT5l6O0xtgYwUa5yfWYyi1j5T0l-B9sGA31/s1341/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Pond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1341" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaqT2F4oJPoT7Q7pPaImTh_7ZnaJmYAQZlxtUaa-Yi_Xx9zS_J4_EVDu7eDyCbsugjT_sqaJssVN2oy4YTaQ-7PHv2L0w-1a5qgAYjuVjahyWzcbCiWwoimchLIc-YMtMkGDyN0NiQvsHfDLlPnU5bpjHtnT5l6O0xtgYwUa5yfWYyi1j5T0l-B9sGA31/w640-h482/1967%20(1968)-Cimarron%20Strip%201.16-Fool's%20Gold-Fury%20Cabin,%20Fury%20Pond.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cimarron Strip": The Fury Cabin reflected in the Pond<br /></b></span></div><br />It's unknown whether the pond was created specifically for "Cimarron Strip" or just left over after a rainstorm, but the show used the new water feature to create one-of-a-kind shots showing the cabin reflected in the pond.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxy9kJb3xlVbvqGa6Vtmnwrruo0iUv6mugCCT0IRS2aZx5xsqNqAMoTzZhxrlEqGbfrMTCGt6uF3YD-f1knt0LuCl3XiphooiTGTkJXUkEA0m9j_MyZSk9gzcMQ38pgUHHP5DXC5nzML7t7FT503TjtqC2fMwAdGnY9Q04bfOarCqrD-6eDtdgLMB82j3/s3506/1957-Fury%203.3-Community%20Chest-Hidden%20Valley%20Cabin-Fury%20and%20Joey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="3506" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxy9kJb3xlVbvqGa6Vtmnwrruo0iUv6mugCCT0IRS2aZx5xsqNqAMoTzZhxrlEqGbfrMTCGt6uF3YD-f1knt0LuCl3XiphooiTGTkJXUkEA0m9j_MyZSk9gzcMQ38pgUHHP5DXC5nzML7t7FT503TjtqC2fMwAdGnY9Q04bfOarCqrD-6eDtdgLMB82j3/w640-h492/1957-Fury%203.3-Community%20Chest-Hidden%20Valley%20Cabin-Fury%20and%20Joey.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Upper Iverson's Hidden Valley Cabin in the "Fury" episode "Community Chest" (1957)<br /></b></span></div><br />During the five seasons the TV show "Fury" spent on the Iverson Ranch, the series often ventured beyond the confines of its own sets, capturing shots of many of the movie ranch's other standing sets.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_wotrRvK5dI3HIEhuFEb8aKD5rzNKYgWqWLnbspNIPvsC6LNP2ovfuX7KYczDISiRtnL6xNUoM7FO9g6Fn5-XULtlWrg4Cco9weBw-fYtqcTEhtKXIXWJSNhI-rQ0_2lF9EIpUAPg0TWQzXYNmnzQehU-9w9phWOmBaNHGzx3vrqrM1v2CE3rhwfwCvp/s3509/1959-Fury%205.11-The%20Vanishing%20Blacksmith-MIRS-main%20house-NW%20face.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="3509" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_wotrRvK5dI3HIEhuFEb8aKD5rzNKYgWqWLnbspNIPvsC6LNP2ovfuX7KYczDISiRtnL6xNUoM7FO9g6Fn5-XULtlWrg4Cco9weBw-fYtqcTEhtKXIXWJSNhI-rQ0_2lF9EIpUAPg0TWQzXYNmnzQehU-9w9phWOmBaNHGzx3vrqrM1v2CE3rhwfwCvp/w640-h490/1959-Fury%205.11-The%20Vanishing%20Blacksmith-MIRS-main%20house-NW%20face.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Middle Iverson Ranch Set appears on "Fury" ("The Vanishing Blacksmith," 1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />As we noted previously, some of the sets have certain design elements in common. This is true again of the main house on the Middle Iverson Ranch Set, seen here in a season five "Fury" episode. The house is not part of the Fury Set, but it bears a resemblance to both the Midway House and the Fury Barn House.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgdnmDfWtO71kh7TgEHxnvSZo65faYY0Q8CvN1SmjVjmFTRQudcuBvAwW1H1AxDHDAKPs_qlmZEQay_KwP1H5UM3i0y5__u7gm6NG-moDW5k7cjeZcRUB1O2aJ4THavxSGv2DaaVtKYbPPVsh-T9vaDPOE75F5TW9qzT9qXQBYF4I8O-GhSfoE0EQeAJy/s3515/1959%20(1960)-Fury%205.15-The%20Witch-Iverson%20Pond,%20India%20Fort-Building%20A-Joey%20rescues%20the%20witch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="3515" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgdnmDfWtO71kh7TgEHxnvSZo65faYY0Q8CvN1SmjVjmFTRQudcuBvAwW1H1AxDHDAKPs_qlmZEQay_KwP1H5UM3i0y5__u7gm6NG-moDW5k7cjeZcRUB1O2aJ4THavxSGv2DaaVtKYbPPVsh-T9vaDPOE75F5TW9qzT9qXQBYF4I8O-GhSfoE0EQeAJy/w640-h492/1959%20(1960)-Fury%205.15-The%20Witch-Iverson%20Pond,%20India%20Fort-Building%20A-Joey%20rescues%20the%20witch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Iverson Pond as the backdrop for a rescue sequence in "The Witch" (1960)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Fury" also made use of a number of the Iverson Ranch's existing water features. This rescue sequence in "The Witch" played out against the backdrop of Iverson Pond, which took the place of the Iverson Western street on the Lower Iverson after demolition of the street was completed in 1958. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPt2LmL394gMdZSEXWrGD2hlWvJta2CbOty0qD3l7cwyKXqZUtAHQ58pcBCF81g3oGvI-_PR5QHbMqlOPBxZrp8xU5eYMNd-CizQirwTZVVAPr8UzU-M4gWMYu6BSAxZSp_jq_MdtMJw5N2__ir2S-lRsqYKM44_nQj0lby3IW4HzTTARYUQZqHCMb1H3/s3515/1959%20(1960)-Fury%205.15-The%20Witch-Iverson%20Pond,%20India%20Fort-Building%20A-Joey%20rescues%20the%20witch-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="3515" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPt2LmL394gMdZSEXWrGD2hlWvJta2CbOty0qD3l7cwyKXqZUtAHQ58pcBCF81g3oGvI-_PR5QHbMqlOPBxZrp8xU5eYMNd-CizQirwTZVVAPr8UzU-M4gWMYu6BSAxZSp_jq_MdtMJw5N2__ir2S-lRsqYKM44_nQj0lby3IW4HzTTARYUQZqHCMb1H3/w640-h492/1959%20(1960)-Fury%205.15-The%20Witch-Iverson%20Pond,%20India%20Fort-Building%20A-Joey%20rescues%20the%20witch-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Part of a major set that stood from 1937-1963<br /></b></span></div><br />An interesting building can be seen in the background, largely hidden in shadows. It was part of a large set known as the "India Fort," built in 1937 by director John Ford for the Shirley Temple movie "Wee Willie Winkie."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVwdIk6VjC3W15cBTFJ3yaCKI4TzvElwFXNTcPzhDDB2SSO-MaUduk_Jq37qXV17Radw2xUfarHWHK6_dBZp4JDUSY29Adyg4JUTYRxCbPeBawkpVE-WwV4B8pl_-K8y7vwUw-GVbKNg7ipwZ4apf7xgpzq81i11yh2Pd9qYtN5VG9F6opC1gO_8mhjNJ/s2042/1937-Wee%20Willie%20Winkie-behind%20scenes-India%20Fort.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2042" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVwdIk6VjC3W15cBTFJ3yaCKI4TzvElwFXNTcPzhDDB2SSO-MaUduk_Jq37qXV17Radw2xUfarHWHK6_dBZp4JDUSY29Adyg4JUTYRxCbPeBawkpVE-WwV4B8pl_-K8y7vwUw-GVbKNg7ipwZ4apf7xgpzq81i11yh2Pd9qYtN5VG9F6opC1gO_8mhjNJ/w640-h506/1937-Wee%20Willie%20Winkie-behind%20scenes-India%20Fort.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Behind the scenes on "Wee Willie Winkie" in 1937 (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />This is what the India Fort looked like during filming on "Wee Willie Winkie," when the set was still new. <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-hidden-filming-location-for-john.html" target="_blank">Click here to learn more about this historic set and other sets built on the Iverson Ranch for "Wee Willie Winkie."</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDb52yfPNeyOShRCFbGFNz0CQrjJ9qyb5dYnlW2jv43-BqDSybzqBONmXF5U0-CkAIJhgJbi018Zjis2UCQm49hL3tgIN_5NNrj3DUXT1JktHxL2hncxO-b4_D3uwM5ouWvatrFEGjs8DtaAxnwa4yhqS4c-wcEJTr7BGi24jrteXC3HaO1SRkyywWt7r/s3518/1959%20(1960)-Fury%205.15-The%20Witch-Reflecting%20Pool-horse%20rescue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="3518" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDb52yfPNeyOShRCFbGFNz0CQrjJ9qyb5dYnlW2jv43-BqDSybzqBONmXF5U0-CkAIJhgJbi018Zjis2UCQm49hL3tgIN_5NNrj3DUXT1JktHxL2hncxO-b4_D3uwM5ouWvatrFEGjs8DtaAxnwa4yhqS4c-wcEJTr7BGi24jrteXC3HaO1SRkyywWt7r/w640-h492/1959%20(1960)-Fury%205.15-The%20Witch-Reflecting%20Pool-horse%20rescue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A crane is used to rescue a horse from the Reflecting Pool in "The Witch"<br /></b></span></div><br />A water rescue of a different kind also takes place in the same "Fury" episode, "The Witch." In this sequence a horse is lifted to safety after getting stuck in the Reflecting Pool on the Upper Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6T3QodPSQa9iXV4arvZ7Uy_KlC1VIpRDj5Vl8kDKvpkQkM_vwK5Lzv3ELY3oGL5ekscOtE1ILQ6w3OXR2Rio5fDtyCZZqR0VP465iF8cyYoxD0hef5zkEAdDFT0Z9cXbTIELEwGPllG1YsS5PeZrPC0G-shAeOo4TddLBhm8CQlJiaGcyIm_XLJabz5-/s1600/1937%20(1938)-Adventures%20of%20Marco%20Polo-PS-horse%20closeup-b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1600" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6T3QodPSQa9iXV4arvZ7Uy_KlC1VIpRDj5Vl8kDKvpkQkM_vwK5Lzv3ELY3oGL5ekscOtE1ILQ6w3OXR2Rio5fDtyCZZqR0VP465iF8cyYoxD0hef5zkEAdDFT0Z9cXbTIELEwGPllG1YsS5PeZrPC0G-shAeOo4TddLBhm8CQlJiaGcyIm_XLJabz5-/w640-h504/1937%20(1938)-Adventures%20of%20Marco%20Polo-PS-horse%20closeup-b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Impending disaster on the set of "The Adventures of Marco Polo," filmed in 1937<br /></b></span></div><br />The position of the horse as it's being hoisted by a crane reminded me of this photo taken on the Iverson Ranch in 1937, during filming on "The Adventures of Marco Polo." This shot, which also involves a horse being lifted by a crane, captures the moment when a disastrous accident is about to take place on the set.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlq6eNvCkFHh23YHzSHuIpRuysXilKo3vGY6e_9Bwz-FRQzksLs9uKCMGfDQjdLPtHm9PHUS5Icwt6cxpg0qbGD-U_RBuIEV3tg6hmqg2cM_Is4pAC8BSV-uvN8m8r-K1Q53ESUs2fXwPyg7relw_zdp5usnXUjOahF-d1QZiR0dtpw7Tp8kpuJQ9oQY77/s1050/1937%20(1938)-Adventures%20of%20Marco%20Polo-PS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1050" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlq6eNvCkFHh23YHzSHuIpRuysXilKo3vGY6e_9Bwz-FRQzksLs9uKCMGfDQjdLPtHm9PHUS5Icwt6cxpg0qbGD-U_RBuIEV3tg6hmqg2cM_Is4pAC8BSV-uvN8m8r-K1Q53ESUs2fXwPyg7relw_zdp5usnXUjOahF-d1QZiR0dtpw7Tp8kpuJQ9oQY77/w640-h480/1937%20(1938)-Adventures%20of%20Marco%20Polo-PS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Promo still for "The Adventures of Marco Polo," taken just before the safety cables snapped<br /></b></span></div><br />We examined the 1937 horse accident in detail several years ago on this blog. <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/10/incident-at-overlook-point-disaster-on.html" target="_blank">Please click here to see our full report on this disturbing chapter in Iverson Movie Ranch history</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFZhKSYQoGEklnwQ023jbwv03x2hhr7hHCQGyymk5dMhGkgY6JoLz0r4uh_9niuzcccZbf3kDISNb_0D9NHOtE6wY1LWv-loRJv0mdOEAEEX1e3TddVAyQsy_fezS5BuGWap2hmPjAKEhRrucqOxXZCJwgTBp0wXw5IZtcDQWj9oEhhxBq7Cpr_ptWHpd/s1600/1956-Annie%203.15-Dilemma%20at%20Diablo-Reflecting%20Pool-Wrench%20Rock-Tagg2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1600" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFZhKSYQoGEklnwQ023jbwv03x2hhr7hHCQGyymk5dMhGkgY6JoLz0r4uh_9niuzcccZbf3kDISNb_0D9NHOtE6wY1LWv-loRJv0mdOEAEEX1e3TddVAyQsy_fezS5BuGWap2hmPjAKEhRrucqOxXZCJwgTBp0wXw5IZtcDQWj9oEhhxBq7Cpr_ptWHpd/w640-h492/1956-Annie%203.15-Dilemma%20at%20Diablo-Reflecting%20Pool-Wrench%20Rock-Tagg2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tagg stops at the Reflecting Pool in the "Annie Oakley" episode "Dilemma at Diablo" (1956)<br /></b></span></div><br />We've also posted items previously about the Reflecting Pool, including <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-reflection-on-steve-mcqueen-at.html" target="_blank">one about Steve McQueen that you can see by clicking here</a>; and an <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2010/07/bobby-reflection.html" target="_blank">older post examining the above scene from the TV show "Annie Oakley</a>."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjgqcsNi8CsotPMk3OJZcPIU8QsmUveBDse-N8JgoRfnMS-GEo9P4ACNdiWnJrMpK85t9W39wJYCQyPclPMubQcQI57TIdIkNeqo8kQQcgauCbAOevjRf1EvkBE7-Ss2aBmKU67tE3V3cDdiCIgGiQPXeMOMEsBy3GSz3bCA-4q_b02igfhD6H5fukK_g/s1600/1956-Annie%203.15-Dilemma%20at%20Diablo-Reflecting%20Pool-Wrench%20Rock-Tagg2-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1600" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjgqcsNi8CsotPMk3OJZcPIU8QsmUveBDse-N8JgoRfnMS-GEo9P4ACNdiWnJrMpK85t9W39wJYCQyPclPMubQcQI57TIdIkNeqo8kQQcgauCbAOevjRf1EvkBE7-Ss2aBmKU67tE3V3cDdiCIgGiQPXeMOMEsBy3GSz3bCA-4q_b02igfhD6H5fukK_g/w640-h492/1956-Annie%203.15-Dilemma%20at%20Diablo-Reflecting%20Pool-Wrench%20Rock-Tagg2-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wrench Rock, the Reflecting Pool's closest neighbor, in "Annie Oakley"<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Annie Oakley" sequence includes a nice shot of the gargoyle-like Wrench Rock, a survivor that remains one of the most interesting rocks on the former Iverson Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO2D4lPiY4CDMZBErdEj7f705q5Z3F7obn9IFx40pqCnKSHwBEEObdhEKQVptt0Kw4xTyzpoujz90pE3pJhRBTxH5TMoU4wWDDQdlOY9g2cu1sg-ZDCgXD33paaUogmdPy3qElWCpRa8yhmoSbBpPdLLfr_MMPWwhNqfjwaGGgjssEgSYebhvdUvEpUvT/s3512/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.13-Ten%20Dollars%20a%20Head-Wrench%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="3512" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO2D4lPiY4CDMZBErdEj7f705q5Z3F7obn9IFx40pqCnKSHwBEEObdhEKQVptt0Kw4xTyzpoujz90pE3pJhRBTxH5TMoU4wWDDQdlOY9g2cu1sg-ZDCgXD33paaUogmdPy3qElWCpRa8yhmoSbBpPdLLfr_MMPWwhNqfjwaGGgjssEgSYebhvdUvEpUvT/w640-h490/1958%20(1959)-Fury%204.13-Ten%20Dollars%20a%20Head-Wrench%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wrench Rock in the "Fury" episode "Ten Dollars a Head" (1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />Wrench Rock has also been featured in "Fury," including this sequence from the season 4 episode "Ten Dollars a Head." This shot and the other Wrench Rock shots above here showcase the rock's western profile.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoe6HSuFHeKFoWM5fy5IIzNKEw6f1_7Bux53maFb5eBIcrIZhcN37EIie0_xaptGkPNq9v2TGFbMqlX3S6HI6YbFBRHd5Eks4CeJk60Ra6PTui5N1lty13xvlOhSHZ6lXGEvdZgy2od7H8gbLyW06j9bDxjWtehDJOmBta6Ui068EE7DNvTaakyj_Gc2ub/s1050/1950-Saddle%20Tramp-Wrench%20Rock-East%20face.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1050" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoe6HSuFHeKFoWM5fy5IIzNKEw6f1_7Bux53maFb5eBIcrIZhcN37EIie0_xaptGkPNq9v2TGFbMqlX3S6HI6YbFBRHd5Eks4CeJk60Ra6PTui5N1lty13xvlOhSHZ6lXGEvdZgy2od7H8gbLyW06j9bDxjWtehDJOmBta6Ui068EE7DNvTaakyj_Gc2ub/w640-h492/1950-Saddle%20Tramp-Wrench%20Rock-East%20face.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Saddle Tramp" (1950): Wrench Rock's eastern profile<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock's eastern profile may be even more picturesque — I consider this the rock's "good side." This shot of Joel McCrea in "Saddle Tramp" can be seen at the top of each page of the Iverson Movie Ranch Blog.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphZTZBCngiVHLqLDpyvASaKYBxnfrJF6dnz4tNkOejTVqRQFLLDJIJWLS6mF1kcc8AuCM4mkkYnetqdd-qi6oJgmhcvyegd02F55a1z6RDVKtHGBtZc2xt_g6dO7dGGrM01HsASBa5eJCkBtFzjh7KLl5it96pSa3IIGElC4cxtRTXsWwtvuhyF3otp3x/s1233/2018-Wrench%20Rock-east%20face,%20hidden%20behind%20tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1233" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphZTZBCngiVHLqLDpyvASaKYBxnfrJF6dnz4tNkOejTVqRQFLLDJIJWLS6mF1kcc8AuCM4mkkYnetqdd-qi6oJgmhcvyegd02F55a1z6RDVKtHGBtZc2xt_g6dO7dGGrM01HsASBa5eJCkBtFzjh7KLl5it96pSa3IIGElC4cxtRTXsWwtvuhyF3otp3x/w640-h550/2018-Wrench%20Rock-east%20face,%20hidden%20behind%20tree.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wrench Rock's eastern profile in 2018<br /></b></span></div><br />Unfortunately, Wrench Rock's eastern profile has been hidden from view for decades by a large tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDZsyRRtxgHrSxrXQAcrhu2e4CjLhSBAZPXHK28EhT3_iuufp459ERRlD2OgZ16ASxUFGLmSytWLlGhixcVu_PYtOAECKmk7nLFSVW078X1JVXMGvaj9tKpNunszoTJat2cO9sZpyqyuWKE6H8xTstuDlIwBsNTRLt1Xa1nBwjT3MR1pVjaxsumHAtGWP/s1157/1971-Cades-Mustangers-Wrench%20Rock%20photo%20shoot%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1157" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDZsyRRtxgHrSxrXQAcrhu2e4CjLhSBAZPXHK28EhT3_iuufp459ERRlD2OgZ16ASxUFGLmSytWLlGhixcVu_PYtOAECKmk7nLFSVW078X1JVXMGvaj9tKpNunszoTJat2cO9sZpyqyuWKE6H8xTstuDlIwBsNTRLt1Xa1nBwjT3MR1pVjaxsumHAtGWP/w640-h484/1971-Cades-Mustangers-Wrench%20Rock%20photo%20shoot%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cade's County" (1971): Wrench Rock before the tree got to be a problem<br /></b></span></div><br />Way
back in the early 1970s, Wrench Rock was still being showcased in
productions — and the tree that would later ruin the view of the rock from this angle was little more than a bush.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzbYu-nsMevu80oIXEQ8s3yHSNM-5okB41CC7-4t2RxVtxkEWBKLFs1Ea0u04HgFoZLcmVo6UiDpxJlcjlErb6Uq_K5GnYJXCWP-P0FxKuzb6hYjvT1KYIAcswJ7ED4d5k3yNyrNdqRJ4xcAcbMMH2iJsDOVg5gFWh_uD7kVGXOIaZ2ODOsix_vPtz8OL/s1172/1971-Cades-Mustangers-Wrench%20Rock%20closeup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1172" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzbYu-nsMevu80oIXEQ8s3yHSNM-5okB41CC7-4t2RxVtxkEWBKLFs1Ea0u04HgFoZLcmVo6UiDpxJlcjlErb6Uq_K5GnYJXCWP-P0FxKuzb6hYjvT1KYIAcswJ7ED4d5k3yNyrNdqRJ4xcAcbMMH2iJsDOVg5gFWh_uD7kVGXOIaZ2ODOsix_vPtz8OL/w640-h458/1971-Cades-Mustangers-Wrench%20Rock%20closeup.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wrench Rock gets a closeup in "Cade's County"<br /></b></span></div><br />The charismatic rock's unusual profile remained fully visible in 1971, and was prominently featured in the "Cade's County" episode "The Mustangers," which premiered Nov. 14, 1971.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFCFfEF7pMSgvQw0dBtua742zeAxLwePnl_x3_uP5zP7kkRcyWrmhn8pEBWS6EtmoyZAMQx_d4sQZGqyIP_SanLHmwPqc1t6CR7EtSYwsb6kotVPjOI0HxI0QUGXvAEynJLZNV8OcBFT2AVigAOCD_15sKUwtO9dOSGfV0Mk4S5UwNdP5ww62LIRwjIUX/s1172/1971-Cades-Mustangers-Wrench%20Rock%20closeup-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1172" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFCFfEF7pMSgvQw0dBtua742zeAxLwePnl_x3_uP5zP7kkRcyWrmhn8pEBWS6EtmoyZAMQx_d4sQZGqyIP_SanLHmwPqc1t6CR7EtSYwsb6kotVPjOI0HxI0QUGXvAEynJLZNV8OcBFT2AVigAOCD_15sKUwtO9dOSGfV0Mk4S5UwNdP5ww62LIRwjIUX/w640-h458/1971-Cades-Mustangers-Wrench%20Rock%20closeup-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The young tree is not yet the nuisance it would later become</b></span></div><br /><a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/01/iverson-after-brutal-southern.html" target="_blank">Please click here for a little more about Wrench Rock's appearance in "Cade's County"</a>
— where we also discuss the impact of the fall 1970 wildfires on the
Iverson Ranch and other Southern California filming locations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRBuvrnPc0K5BaNDaqa1eh2VGx6pwQKFarjKcyy_HgaN10g7eZ9mt_UTFGfPxRW6K5jwCIgjqzJmtWTk2F-FPv6QK-361cpMiXbT0LPbLNTRMIcrQ0m5g8QQuULELug8J2WnzDQb01lB4GzZ401cBBDwl3kL5LC6VntLxdSK6MCzH1lvJfZ00owNz7qla/s1680/1985%20(1986)-The%20Tomb%2013-Wrench%20Rock,%20Totem%20Rocks-camels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1680" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRBuvrnPc0K5BaNDaqa1eh2VGx6pwQKFarjKcyy_HgaN10g7eZ9mt_UTFGfPxRW6K5jwCIgjqzJmtWTk2F-FPv6QK-361cpMiXbT0LPbLNTRMIcrQ0m5g8QQuULELug8J2WnzDQb01lB4GzZ401cBBDwl3kL5LC6VntLxdSK6MCzH1lvJfZ00owNz7qla/w640-h344/1985%20(1986)-The%20Tomb%2013-Wrench%20Rock,%20Totem%20Rocks-camels.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Tomb" (filmed in 1985, released in 1986)<br /></b></span></div><br />By 1985, when a silly fantasy/horror film called "The Tomb" went on location on the Upper Iverson, the tree had started to be a problem, blocking much of the view of Wrench Rock's classic profile.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJKk3SlHegnyZkEcecAo88YU_LzUoX3mDtPGqpArz1Vk_mchF9k9LW2nwK13apf_8m6G56vXmScs15UGReUfLmw9c-vov3r64jpUewjfdemLgaBn8NMovw0P5e-GyY8vqaO7tALAEHRR3IReLhFdaHoNynKHr9fEAE_eK_08TsXL2Um-KwtZp_xKzhWnU/s652/1985%20(1986)-The%20Tomb%2013-Wrench%20Rock,%20Totem%20Rocks-camels-zoomed%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="652" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJKk3SlHegnyZkEcecAo88YU_LzUoX3mDtPGqpArz1Vk_mchF9k9LW2nwK13apf_8m6G56vXmScs15UGReUfLmw9c-vov3r64jpUewjfdemLgaBn8NMovw0P5e-GyY8vqaO7tALAEHRR3IReLhFdaHoNynKHr9fEAE_eK_08TsXL2Um-KwtZp_xKzhWnU/w640-h476/1985%20(1986)-The%20Tomb%2013-Wrench%20Rock,%20Totem%20Rocks-camels-zoomed%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Tomb": Zoomed in on Wrench Rock, with its troublesome tree<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on Wrench Rock as it appeared in "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/tomb-rare-shoot-at-iverson-in-1980s.html" target="_blank">The Tomb</a>," we can see that the tree had begun to get in the way. It would get worse in later years, although by then it would matter mainly to fans of old movie locations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDenKnM9IdgLCG3H8A6FH7zqAeFsFM2uggZ133ndTjUt5B3DHmoif6gyU-9DXnuGvnLZnmx8iLkl-KUUNSBExIi6pCT49xzP_pm1ePhZVjgXH9d3AEN4ODf5Y-6dGSFMaGv5jmySXgm8PavL4xpeKml1JyXAVd550Jqz1VaxF7ihvqkG5HLkANLIqFYj0f/s3498/2023%20(091823)-Wrench%20Rock-5866.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2715" data-original-width="3498" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDenKnM9IdgLCG3H8A6FH7zqAeFsFM2uggZ133ndTjUt5B3DHmoif6gyU-9DXnuGvnLZnmx8iLkl-KUUNSBExIi6pCT49xzP_pm1ePhZVjgXH9d3AEN4ODf5Y-6dGSFMaGv5jmySXgm8PavL4xpeKml1JyXAVd550Jqz1VaxF7ihvqkG5HLkANLIqFYj0f/w640-h496/2023%20(091823)-Wrench%20Rock-5866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Wrench Rock's eastern profile in 2023<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's
a surprise: The tree that has obstructed the view of Wrench Rock's best
side since the 1980s is gone now. The tree was cut down earlier this
year, restoring Wrench Rock's eastern profile to its former glory.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Bqh0F_JTGtc8saCZ8i0zZnMLrNKQCf71dGyF1AXJ2noBBfH9_sJQulW8BVD8WHp3N-iV5ebz7Iqh8dPmFy4BAcjA2p1k2zDmjCnDzaAAL-a6H6i8E5yOYZxE36l_nq5zxNs6MaHH-aEtcSLBHXDjyjkf8vuP1AlqYYPCtsq_H6rCR7_2kJnPHCxMWPz8/s3508/1959-Fury%205.3-Trail%20Drive-UI-RATW-West-camera%20platform-Bobby%20Diamond%20on%20Fury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2690" data-original-width="3508" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Bqh0F_JTGtc8saCZ8i0zZnMLrNKQCf71dGyF1AXJ2noBBfH9_sJQulW8BVD8WHp3N-iV5ebz7Iqh8dPmFy4BAcjA2p1k2zDmjCnDzaAAL-a6H6i8E5yOYZxE36l_nq5zxNs6MaHH-aEtcSLBHXDjyjkf8vuP1AlqYYPCtsq_H6rCR7_2kJnPHCxMWPz8/w640-h490/1959-Fury%205.3-Trail%20Drive-UI-RATW-West-camera%20platform-Bobby%20Diamond%20on%20Fury.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Trail Drive" ("Fury," season five): Bobby Diamond rides Fury on the Upper Iverson<br /></b></span></div><br />During the years that "Fury" filmed on the Iverson Ranch, the show occasionally captured accidental shots of an elevated camera platform that used to be in place on the Upper Iverson's North Rim.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q1E8uMxHGhSxbb259lGVJAnffJkLv7czqBGsLpyb4SI_jXNB0qpEeJUqRHYaR5u24zEh7qnQXXg-DtlQK3yrIR-_BqkVFDJz5OrTnlhZFFhily7jgac2zJGrUCa3lQmC2QDNESdYhnGkiRjAQ-spa9buco7KBlTvHnnXoxJ3QJddUMXLr91VPp6H11wB/s3508/1959-Fury%205.3-Trail%20Drive-UI-RATW-West-camera%20platform-Bobby%20Diamond%20on%20Fury-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2690" data-original-width="3508" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q1E8uMxHGhSxbb259lGVJAnffJkLv7czqBGsLpyb4SI_jXNB0qpEeJUqRHYaR5u24zEh7qnQXXg-DtlQK3yrIR-_BqkVFDJz5OrTnlhZFFhily7jgac2zJGrUCa3lQmC2QDNESdYhnGkiRjAQ-spa9buco7KBlTvHnnXoxJ3QJddUMXLr91VPp6H11wB/w640-h490/1959-Fury%205.3-Trail%20Drive-UI-RATW-West-camera%20platform-Bobby%20Diamond%20on%20Fury-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The camera platform sneaks into the shot<br /></b></span></div><br />The platform was situated a short distance west of the Fury Set, on top of a large pile of rocks I refer to in my research as Rocks Across the Way-West.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYhbnB4DDKgjuuBxUjzPvwT_ATLqjWVJAFo9y8Yf3cGD6GHSRCSNLQZEY5QaDyCWOKzSG5OXEe05t5A39xugg6i1BasdaEVqxvNIixSUpJ_C4H2hMBJrNqeKjL_2QLUJADRlHgOS48XOvkEyN4p1cwH-jA_afjBJjtzLvr1YGMu_B9zvJgIxBiExtWYGI/s3472/2015-120615-UI-RATW-West-5419.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3472" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYhbnB4DDKgjuuBxUjzPvwT_ATLqjWVJAFo9y8Yf3cGD6GHSRCSNLQZEY5QaDyCWOKzSG5OXEe05t5A39xugg6i1BasdaEVqxvNIixSUpJ_C4H2hMBJrNqeKjL_2QLUJADRlHgOS48XOvkEyN4p1cwH-jA_afjBJjtzLvr1YGMu_B9zvJgIxBiExtWYGI/w640-h468/2015-120615-UI-RATW-West-5419.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Rocks Across the Way-West in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock formation is still standing on what was once the Upper Iverson's North Rim, but today it is part of an upscale residential neighborhood. The location sits behind guarded sentry gates, and access is restricted.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKwpSlgwL9hrCoRB6Kt7OnWXTrbgDiCnKzKogwe1jnIdqvTeSEB9zUGzwX4KrLKsdw0a2JO5YppuSFaQLJxzaNQv5odyDX_G1yFGHKUoR_ulvR-VnH07bKTng_movssXwkSKtPR3t3gToEHKHtd_6m4azEoaksHFT07gwtnh1iFBteFMqyDb1A5dP9xwf/s3456/2015-120615-UI-RATW-West-5277-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3456" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKwpSlgwL9hrCoRB6Kt7OnWXTrbgDiCnKzKogwe1jnIdqvTeSEB9zUGzwX4KrLKsdw0a2JO5YppuSFaQLJxzaNQv5odyDX_G1yFGHKUoR_ulvR-VnH07bKTng_movssXwkSKtPR3t3gToEHKHtd_6m4azEoaksHFT07gwtnh1iFBteFMqyDb1A5dP9xwf/w640-h426/2015-120615-UI-RATW-West-5277-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Rocks Across the Way-West (2015): Former location of the camera platform<br /></b></span></div><br />I was able to get these photos of the Rocks Across the Way on an expedition to the North Rim back in 2015. This shot identifies where the camera platform was once located.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDi0YsXjYDaqVusb5moCrRmRUWpgqJ4g-BI0VDhXtgQ5xXrDz5nlVI3az5Yz9o8Hf-gh9hOxoEov0zIRz4l1iuzLgCOBvspxEd6iVKGNgLmHWc9YX_OXv9ai00tlmx9ZTmA-YX1zp8Wg42qpjA4gq3weuFz8A_CTdQYGrBY_G_PQ9V4fo83BjZ5-TVetF/s5152/2015-120615-UI-RATW-West-anchor%20point%20for%20camera%20platform-5288.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDi0YsXjYDaqVusb5moCrRmRUWpgqJ4g-BI0VDhXtgQ5xXrDz5nlVI3az5Yz9o8Hf-gh9hOxoEov0zIRz4l1iuzLgCOBvspxEd6iVKGNgLmHWc9YX_OXv9ai00tlmx9ZTmA-YX1zp8Wg42qpjA4gq3weuFz8A_CTdQYGrBY_G_PQ9V4fo83BjZ5-TVetF/w640-h480/2015-120615-UI-RATW-West-anchor%20point%20for%20camera%20platform-5288.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Remains of one of the old platform's anchor points</b></span></div><br />While nothing remains of the camera platform itself, a few reminders can still be found, such as anchor points for the platform's support posts along with ruts that apparently once held reinforcing cables.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNCY9APO0rIa2nwcqNBZUksiEvzCb-mtKej2CjIp-gJ1wtTVWzGThPwDLsnoQo8sAmCIZQSHaTwZ9HWLmQB0cfJTIC9lyV-SbzGIl4pOUdkxCyU8h9k3I-zcvpSFg34bmEl2-Y-PkIVNwaC4nkRS1Ma9lu5ck4xvj1DJsKJ0YCYwxQ532kR-buVc1tio0I/s2534/1955-RRTV%205.7-RATW-W-camera%20platform%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2534" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNCY9APO0rIa2nwcqNBZUksiEvzCb-mtKej2CjIp-gJ1wtTVWzGThPwDLsnoQo8sAmCIZQSHaTwZ9HWLmQB0cfJTIC9lyV-SbzGIl4pOUdkxCyU8h9k3I-zcvpSFg34bmEl2-Y-PkIVNwaC4nkRS1Ma9lu5ck4xvj1DJsKJ0YCYwxQ532kR-buVc1tio0I/w640-h474/1955-RRTV%205.7-RATW-W-camera%20platform%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Three Masked Men" ("Roy Rogers Show," 1955): Who left that camera platform up there?<br /></b></span></div><br />"Fury" wasn't the only production to inadvertently present views of the camera platform. It's pretty easy to spot — and hard to explain away — in this shot from "The Roy Rogers Show."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_1ZMRN1Ph9YafrRi8JJEHKBClvKh1mVdqOpIp0Amx3wDMO9q9i1dEYHPGDv68FGDyZXnibauGoJRy3Prtz4xI_FyXo5ewXEI2wwgbGgdUZlX8n0ZSUG_azWM4I4QcmDYoybsboOrkz5nXaw0zWfoixOtCpVoNz3Xrbwo_yo55KK884iSMZNNG6xPBKbq/s3514/1960-Fury%205.20-RATW-West-camera%20platform.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2694" data-original-width="3514" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_1ZMRN1Ph9YafrRi8JJEHKBClvKh1mVdqOpIp0Amx3wDMO9q9i1dEYHPGDv68FGDyZXnibauGoJRy3Prtz4xI_FyXo5ewXEI2wwgbGgdUZlX8n0ZSUG_azWM4I4QcmDYoybsboOrkz5nXaw0zWfoixOtCpVoNz3Xrbwo_yo55KK884iSMZNNG6xPBKbq/w640-h490/1960-Fury%205.20-RATW-West-camera%20platform.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" episode "Gaucho" (filmed in 1959, aired in February 1960)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the better shots of the camera platform is in another "Fury" episode, "Gaucho," which includes this weird shot of a "guest horse" where the platform is in plain view at top left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo26YlYHz9qMmvrv45CWr4odu70dWBzFPFt5L2fCjJgZMtPujTMDI1UeuADe3yfnhiYaOPwryTupU1HQqhekugKfCk2kxEgzNL0aCzSA5nkGNe74KKCT_KvhY8GOI_OwZXZHnhzxSzbX8jJwln_ce4jdv_mLMX62vRU3ivDSUMBin58T3723ak6VVIfvb/s3222/1960-Bat%20Masterson%202.28-UI-camera%20platform%202-partially%20disguised.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2424" data-original-width="3222" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo26YlYHz9qMmvrv45CWr4odu70dWBzFPFt5L2fCjJgZMtPujTMDI1UeuADe3yfnhiYaOPwryTupU1HQqhekugKfCk2kxEgzNL0aCzSA5nkGNe74KKCT_KvhY8GOI_OwZXZHnhzxSzbX8jJwln_ce4jdv_mLMX62vRU3ivDSUMBin58T3723ak6VVIfvb/w640-h482/1960-Bat%20Masterson%202.28-UI-camera%20platform%202-partially%20disguised.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Bat Masterson" episode "Incident at Fort Bowie" (1960): Three's a crowd<br /></b></span></div><br />Most productions just ignored the "camera platform problem," or failed to notice it. Others made half-hearted attempts to disguise the platform, as seen in this example from "Bat Masterson."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTycUrpwDnSY3TF3cdxEWsitZVmgsHzM0E79CtALCgUEc29-88CYC5yCFhTQ0pOEatYqFvNYPjieAg4lYDTZSnWMrLGHtH2FrBuXwQ6uXEjEFQXRNOCX3gwDKrMyhpO81THF5EVmiqK3o7AYzheqK6EHFWsrbHqrRxXmVCSc_dRg8mhrfHLhxVR7LB4t9/s1476/1960-Bat%20Masterson%202.28-UI-camera%20platform%202-partially%20disguised-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1476" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTycUrpwDnSY3TF3cdxEWsitZVmgsHzM0E79CtALCgUEc29-88CYC5yCFhTQ0pOEatYqFvNYPjieAg4lYDTZSnWMrLGHtH2FrBuXwQ6uXEjEFQXRNOCX3gwDKrMyhpO81THF5EVmiqK3o7AYzheqK6EHFWsrbHqrRxXmVCSc_dRg8mhrfHLhxVR7LB4t9/w640-h458/1960-Bat%20Masterson%202.28-UI-camera%20platform%202-partially%20disguised-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zoomed in on the platform, with its less than convincing "disguise"<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Bat Masterson" crew didn't go to a whole lot of trouble, but if we zoom in we can see that someone at least made an attempt, adding fake foliage to try to help the platform blend in with the scenery.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi633Kr3Y6D-RujMSG_99AW0Jen7is0_MXamdREPMmRD60NrS5snjFXU67FTG-Ipr-nmO7lscg2qO1LFfPjmDPC56JJj9uwuCyfvC9neMcs4WAzzp76CTiwuNvxVMw2T2rfePw4RCcibV28qFpM0gg2Krqmb8CWfyEEIb6OBGFbI65q7RsOra5JcmYZcPEp/s2930/1959-Elfego:Atty%2020-RATW-West-camera%20platform%20disguised%20with%20foliage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="2930" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi633Kr3Y6D-RujMSG_99AW0Jen7is0_MXamdREPMmRD60NrS5snjFXU67FTG-Ipr-nmO7lscg2qO1LFfPjmDPC56JJj9uwuCyfvC9neMcs4WAzzp76CTiwuNvxVMw2T2rfePw4RCcibV28qFpM0gg2Krqmb8CWfyEEIb6OBGFbI65q7RsOra5JcmYZcPEp/w640-h488/1959-Elfego:Atty%2020-RATW-West-camera%20platform%20disguised%20with%20foliage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Disney's "Elfego Baca, Attorney at Law" (filmed in 1958, aired Feb. 6, 1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />Other production teams went to considerably more trouble, including one sent by Disney to shoot episodes of the "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2013/04/mouseketeer-and-beach-bunny-annette.html" target="_blank">Elfego Baca</a>" story for broadcast during season five of the long-running "Disneyland" TV series.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEazB1lEajTwScT8HiVZdf8kI48IdRH02NNFnQxaH9Qh6AvQsX6AlINWbYK0RXOdFBYCWO1BizWynwiAp0-dhl7vZPN2YeKD2MOXGRPc3-jWu4rJ390hs8kq_hyphenhyphenKSlt1oMpw4UZqx-m_DHW_w2f1jdzt59c558ysLQrr4asab6X0s2lB8em0ppXk28Pmt/s2930/1959-Elfego:Atty%2020-RATW-West-camera%20platform%20disguised%20with%20foliage-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="2930" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEazB1lEajTwScT8HiVZdf8kI48IdRH02NNFnQxaH9Qh6AvQsX6AlINWbYK0RXOdFBYCWO1BizWynwiAp0-dhl7vZPN2YeKD2MOXGRPc3-jWu4rJ390hs8kq_hyphenhyphenKSlt1oMpw4UZqx-m_DHW_w2f1jdzt59c558ysLQrr4asab6X0s2lB8em0ppXk28Pmt/w640-h488/1959-Elfego:Atty%2020-RATW-West-camera%20platform%20disguised%20with%20foliage-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Nothing to see here!<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Elfego Baca" team made a more robust, and more successful, attempt to cover up the camera platform than what "Bat Masterson" would manage about a year later.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kuSE7HTLOx6JeI1cxOW5yTCtQPzTGx-MMhahOSDz6NFVJnJdpJns3lYCh5FrNXrJ8sEcjKHUOIa73amYl9n_2hU-qelt-nvC9KLgf1PHmvjioYZp3qLIPC9F5hpfqa9VlxV7o5a_hVPaLGBEACHDpAMzkpDz3-vugiGLjwKMRFRfuT74dw8Gj9_KG_WS/s722/1951-Rodeo%20King%20and%20the%20Senorita-LC-camera%20platform%20painted%20out.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="722" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kuSE7HTLOx6JeI1cxOW5yTCtQPzTGx-MMhahOSDz6NFVJnJdpJns3lYCh5FrNXrJ8sEcjKHUOIa73amYl9n_2hU-qelt-nvC9KLgf1PHmvjioYZp3qLIPC9F5hpfqa9VlxV7o5a_hVPaLGBEACHDpAMzkpDz3-vugiGLjwKMRFRfuT74dw8Gj9_KG_WS/w640-h494/1951-Rodeo%20King%20and%20the%20Senorita-LC-camera%20platform%20painted%20out.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Rodeo King and the Senorita" (1951): Refusing to let the camera platform ruin the shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Other productions came up with their own sometimes questionable strategies for dealing with the camera platform problem, as in the case of this lobby card for the Rex Allen B-Western "Rodeo King and the Senorita."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGX3i9wJWDze4btXhiAyVO2xxiyyXEgmUXeW0ZvmEuSX3gqoFVGMrkSB0y-0lukGTeoMatKY1Hwy1E7btn668Uj6Hlx8qj44MSnx5PiYmzfLwWE3wl2uxVkePgYRb1zY2m2z4nwmm2LUXMpY3k_ysvba0aKWEoYmJsvRoJCi64xGpLwteNKUO84S0u7Rxl/s3042/1951-Rodeo%20King%20and%20the%20Senorita-LC-camera%20platform%20painted%20out-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="3042" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGX3i9wJWDze4btXhiAyVO2xxiyyXEgmUXeW0ZvmEuSX3gqoFVGMrkSB0y-0lukGTeoMatKY1Hwy1E7btn668Uj6Hlx8qj44MSnx5PiYmzfLwWE3wl2uxVkePgYRb1zY2m2z4nwmm2LUXMpY3k_ysvba0aKWEoYmJsvRoJCi64xGpLwteNKUO84S0u7Rxl/w640-h466/1951-Rodeo%20King%20and%20the%20Senorita-LC-camera%20platform%20painted%20out-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>When in doubt, just white it out<br /></b></span></div><br />The producers didn't want to waste a good action shot, but they clearly didn't want the platform in the picture. So they got rid of it with something that looks like Wite-Out — cheap and easy, but not the most subtle solution.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkDsqfKOaDomPegYg4NlQKQbNqjOHzXpMuQhKW3_yUqMfU6XhR2NLso3KnpdAeJ_HNBnSrJhB1-Rfd9qq1gC8YunAfFbJQboUKuAU-KTwAgqFYhxeuB-8Rdl7XIqxMHQ6CsrDzjyOxsOJrZs3QmXw49ZDg8by5RBLbhDBUT1kb-xrSvQySe0AAt7IfOB4/s3515/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-Prominent%20Rock-airplane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="3515" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkDsqfKOaDomPegYg4NlQKQbNqjOHzXpMuQhKW3_yUqMfU6XhR2NLso3KnpdAeJ_HNBnSrJhB1-Rfd9qq1gC8YunAfFbJQboUKuAU-KTwAgqFYhxeuB-8Rdl7XIqxMHQ6CsrDzjyOxsOJrZs3QmXw49ZDg8by5RBLbhDBUT1kb-xrSvQySe0AAt7IfOB4/w640-h464/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-Prominent%20Rock-airplane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Mercy Flight" ("Fury," season three, 1957)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the many unusual sequences shot during "Fury's" five seasons on the Iverson Ranch featured a small plane. The location wasn't large enough for takeoffs and landings, so any airplanes had to be trucked in.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBGI2E90PDP3jAaf8QylgM1eOgbI6TGvrjFGlksGB14MGsBIC2QRz3wnd_4tEs5TXk3XDTZHo9nhVL-5P0SrxA2HNgfGomyte6EnNHNWsZwR0hq8WnJSgKkvD6iFacjHElAUJp9gPfq4_CwBCQFHdsxdD8cu9gjoj2ChzN6ICn5_bUY9ExV8T6NiLtHLQ/s3509/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%201-touching%20down.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3509" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBGI2E90PDP3jAaf8QylgM1eOgbI6TGvrjFGlksGB14MGsBIC2QRz3wnd_4tEs5TXk3XDTZHo9nhVL-5P0SrxA2HNgfGomyte6EnNHNWsZwR0hq8WnJSgKkvD6iFacjHElAUJp9gPfq4_CwBCQFHdsxdD8cu9gjoj2ChzN6ICn5_bUY9ExV8T6NiLtHLQ/w640-h466/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%201-touching%20down.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Mercy Flight": Touching down on an Upper Iverson chase road<br /></b></span></div><br />The plane did touch down briefly on a wide chase road before taking off again right away. The chase road wasn't long enough for a full landing, but landings and takeoffs could be faked in this manner.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj139ToEErK63Fn5AwespW_u6wXXm-C5HFus-KT1KiK8HKmZ9G6bQtQypMhUuR-9AuTH-eEGNZD8xpr3-Dfjg6EVz2gWQDcJUYi27UAVeA1wJRhhMHLAPraPSVD076vyik7EwyWPTwKbMYfaO9ZMoXiFhsKsdLDqz3ekOywo1Yat8kUShmKtTYtvJHKCaJd/s3497/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%202-taking%20off.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="3497" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj139ToEErK63Fn5AwespW_u6wXXm-C5HFus-KT1KiK8HKmZ9G6bQtQypMhUuR-9AuTH-eEGNZD8xpr3-Dfjg6EVz2gWQDcJUYi27UAVeA1wJRhhMHLAPraPSVD076vyik7EwyWPTwKbMYfaO9ZMoXiFhsKsdLDqz3ekOywo1Yat8kUShmKtTYtvJHKCaJd/w640-h466/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%202-taking%20off.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The plane heads east after its fake landing<br /></b></span></div><br />Here the plane appears to take off toward the east, but again, this was only after a brief touchdown.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjdwB7EZZeUg7jh1jKkRCV76cX-zFrCbgYuTX9DsaVmCbZHRCLqV7Xk2j7kFjtU20qDHCumHOTexiqOmc_hwy5tvggmBGuQ16cjnp7bzGgZsBbwMEEQYJGMLS6hWMl7Qjyj6letZVvmZGOEholIW4ybBXsWhZJ14PHQN6BuwBkFdZjpoRu0BwCtQiX8G7/s3506/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%203-flying%20over%20UI-Oat%20Mountain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3506" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjdwB7EZZeUg7jh1jKkRCV76cX-zFrCbgYuTX9DsaVmCbZHRCLqV7Xk2j7kFjtU20qDHCumHOTexiqOmc_hwy5tvggmBGuQ16cjnp7bzGgZsBbwMEEQYJGMLS6hWMl7Qjyj6letZVvmZGOEholIW4ybBXsWhZJ14PHQN6BuwBkFdZjpoRu0BwCtQiX8G7/w640-h460/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%203-flying%20over%20UI-Oat%20Mountain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>In the sky above the Upper Iverson<br /></b></span></div><br />The plane then circled back over the Upper Iverson, a maneuver that was probably filmed repeatedly. This shot captures the heavily filmed Oat Mountain in the background, to the north of the Iverson Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCZPscIkSG8RvSzb2KTfmw4ut3CmqEY_rkiDli4d1IOEQHHkHWGLiG4_Jxhyphenhyphen4uV-vQzdGuVFJ38o-U8W7ytQiBEbwDEMLCDtiuLKLXt4cQSEgz38lTP5gNqr7MhTQG-1PYyg8XUpbx-0FLA4P2p4k1pMWPU7LsZEJnxtgTFEUqb9CwpPWdWNc6ZCF_Hvo/s3512/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%204-taxiing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="3512" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCZPscIkSG8RvSzb2KTfmw4ut3CmqEY_rkiDli4d1IOEQHHkHWGLiG4_Jxhyphenhyphen4uV-vQzdGuVFJ38o-U8W7ytQiBEbwDEMLCDtiuLKLXt4cQSEgz38lTP5gNqr7MhTQG-1PYyg8XUpbx-0FLA4P2p4k1pMWPU7LsZEJnxtgTFEUqb9CwpPWdWNc6ZCF_Hvo/w640-h468/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-small%20plane%204-taxiing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Taxiing on the Upper Iverson, after the plane was trucked in<br /></b></span></div><br />Shots of the plane taxiing or positioned on the ground had to be taken after trucking the plane to the location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiq7TjDOGXQRGnG4so0dRrN3TWCdKAI1N06PtG6Midyht-638mnpc_GpRGJDjYOdnflGOvKg6ld2DqVCq9rdT_ivGF4ivUBf467I9-yGqOATnTJ-K7CAPZN6Y3iD0cHUSuZm7N2TmFkw9tw7qahkXtIXLzWdS5x7FI3YmsjitPdXW03XOVpSdfNGrxXlC/s3515/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-Prominent%20Rock-airplane-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="3515" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiq7TjDOGXQRGnG4so0dRrN3TWCdKAI1N06PtG6Midyht-638mnpc_GpRGJDjYOdnflGOvKg6ld2DqVCq9rdT_ivGF4ivUBf467I9-yGqOATnTJ-K7CAPZN6Y3iD0cHUSuZm7N2TmFkw9tw7qahkXtIXLzWdS5x7FI3YmsjitPdXW03XOVpSdfNGrxXlC/w640-h464/1957-Fury%203.4-Mercy%20Flight-Upper%20Iverson-Prominent%20Rock-airplane-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A major Upper Iverson landmark in "Fury"<br /></b></span></div><br />The huge rock noted here has come to be known as "Prominent Rock," and is sometimes called "Medicine Rock." Because it towered over a major chase road, it can be found in a lot of movies and TV shows.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp4rNRoHU4cKxuE87OneOpbHKS4PRtfyM-FEULeukYqGgrciyonLurSS-hi1aT1uuGfnz_oKKpdH3yPyljpo8PpvYDey8B3AQz5-VxBpOCeymEt-EqvhMRjgyJiShH05uEO4uZKmkGwCkgUScRk8klM1KrcR7c0ODmbQfu5yvNYLezS5KVjCMYJ5wlHj8/s706/1942-King%20of%20the%20Mounties-PS-UI-Prominent%20Rock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="706" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp4rNRoHU4cKxuE87OneOpbHKS4PRtfyM-FEULeukYqGgrciyonLurSS-hi1aT1uuGfnz_oKKpdH3yPyljpo8PpvYDey8B3AQz5-VxBpOCeymEt-EqvhMRjgyJiShH05uEO4uZKmkGwCkgUScRk8klM1KrcR7c0ODmbQfu5yvNYLezS5KVjCMYJ5wlHj8/w640-h420/1942-King%20of%20the%20Mounties-PS-UI-Prominent%20Rock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"King of the Mounties" (Republic, 1942): Prominent Rock again<br /></b></span></div><br />The field below Prominent Rock was a popular spot to park small planes. This example comes from the Allan "Rocky" Lane serial "King of the Mounties."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpiXRLE-O-yBNPnNDr7CbzSzlj7FNDE94y5z8W9xXyuvBphENTnC3q4ojQEowXntOqNM9-0hSjUhBYyM2SD9jExx1rukxLbnGayovNwAgTxQ5heO_W6MVO8ofHYw8bS2TA0Fj6elQ1kTGqG1K4o8B1WyTChBYM_fbprJuYVdZrKuzXs6KeeRVjcNCtNdT/s2926/1949-The%20Threat-UI-Southwest%20Rim-light%20plane%20sequence%203-Prominent%20Rock,%20Cap%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2926" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpiXRLE-O-yBNPnNDr7CbzSzlj7FNDE94y5z8W9xXyuvBphENTnC3q4ojQEowXntOqNM9-0hSjUhBYyM2SD9jExx1rukxLbnGayovNwAgTxQ5heO_W6MVO8ofHYw8bS2TA0Fj6elQ1kTGqG1K4o8B1WyTChBYM_fbprJuYVdZrKuzXs6KeeRVjcNCtNdT/w640-h480/1949-The%20Threat-UI-Southwest%20Rim-light%20plane%20sequence%203-Prominent%20Rock,%20Cap%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Threat" (1949): Another light plane comes in for a fake landing<br /></b></span></div><br />Another example of aviation filming in this corner of the Iverson Ranch can be found in the RKO crime drama "The Threat," which starred Michael O'Shea and Virginia Grey.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizi0FWej0gSYf7SoZBmvMTmy09foNL8G5nd5rAwqwOkUomg-qC54voimPc58ZrUoEBWZCylbwt6yXQCibrcyc7QHUCgXqTBUieoegylOUTDGGyvCxhXMX17vdwhot5YJ2lqnpzgx4OupJ6oStBlUiAi7nTfOzXWD_UBuiFttA16sqgVqUW9ojzQvZMm56B/s2926/1949-The%20Threat-UI-Southwest%20Rim-light%20plane%20sequence%203-Prominent%20Rock,%20Cap%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2926" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizi0FWej0gSYf7SoZBmvMTmy09foNL8G5nd5rAwqwOkUomg-qC54voimPc58ZrUoEBWZCylbwt6yXQCibrcyc7QHUCgXqTBUieoegylOUTDGGyvCxhXMX17vdwhot5YJ2lqnpzgx4OupJ6oStBlUiAi7nTfOzXWD_UBuiFttA16sqgVqUW9ojzQvZMm56B/w640-h480/1949-The%20Threat-UI-Southwest%20Rim-light%20plane%20sequence%203-Prominent%20Rock,%20Cap%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Buzzing a couple of Iverson Movie Ranch landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />In this case two Upper Iverson landmarks can be seen: Prominent Rock and Cap Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gJ5v3tKMIlBRXAsmbcFpg5_xgjZjT1io9kj66ckZOl-ms51tf8WWeqUAeMR9DmGILqoeawBbU0oA5R69P5slkjDSke3oCLSKxDedeFPYVnD098por5MbCLqNBSVC2xmFgVK3xnOG-alB7Dov1gXy1DDNdu2LuKNQP-kmoKmrMsWIryI8M6KUouJS4Gc9/s3024/2016-Prominent%20Rock-small%20rock%20wall-Round%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3024" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gJ5v3tKMIlBRXAsmbcFpg5_xgjZjT1io9kj66ckZOl-ms51tf8WWeqUAeMR9DmGILqoeawBbU0oA5R69P5slkjDSke3oCLSKxDedeFPYVnD098por5MbCLqNBSVC2xmFgVK3xnOG-alB7Dov1gXy1DDNdu2LuKNQP-kmoKmrMsWIryI8M6KUouJS4Gc9/w640-h412/2016-Prominent%20Rock-small%20rock%20wall-Round%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Prominent Rock in 2016, from the same angle seen in "The Threat"<br /></b></span></div><br />Both Prominent Rock and Cap Rock remain in place today, although they're becoming harder to see due to ongoing development and tree growth. This is a photo I took of Prominent Rock in 2016.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkJdm5OKGrtHiBJPGgBr4Bk-boHPwhtfrv1nHWOy950MachRBDlonV68O80rcBfMqVNqksUd4wWTEITv_wuDFKW8bAziTG073Ol-17CS0NoJmK_E1IhDF_kMeKvjCjuVTbfOPsf6_91YzOOCVPRoeFPsLVLph3gCfqlepDPIjtOK0Kj0lPfeU_buKRd14/s730/2010%20(ca)-Cap%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="730" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkJdm5OKGrtHiBJPGgBr4Bk-boHPwhtfrv1nHWOy950MachRBDlonV68O80rcBfMqVNqksUd4wWTEITv_wuDFKW8bAziTG073Ol-17CS0NoJmK_E1IhDF_kMeKvjCjuVTbfOPsf6_91YzOOCVPRoeFPsLVLph3gCfqlepDPIjtOK0Kj0lPfeU_buKRd14/w640-h434/2010%20(ca)-Cap%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Cap Rock, circa 2010 — today even more of it has been covered up by trees<br /></b></span></div><br />Cap Rock in the modern landscape is even harder to see than Prominent Rock, having been largely swallowed up by trees and other growth. This is a photo I took of it in about 2010, and the trees are bigger now.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBDAkTK_O-Kxr_thfRJqztswJrZiQL05_fb-tohIi2WVrNK9dTf2RdL3eNECgunHil1gihvJnsR59UNVdGg_vDmrfPUbBAvDeQINFk4d9fWA6XZUFoaIwxXAxrqAyMyGrK0Xrmulwp6E2WUYUC68Linj-fQnHvh-XJmylBTPBhL78aFinwaJWykMiSM35/s3548/1944-The%20Tiger%20Woman-Ch%2010-Prominent%20Rock-small%20plane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="3548" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBDAkTK_O-Kxr_thfRJqztswJrZiQL05_fb-tohIi2WVrNK9dTf2RdL3eNECgunHil1gihvJnsR59UNVdGg_vDmrfPUbBAvDeQINFk4d9fWA6XZUFoaIwxXAxrqAyMyGrK0Xrmulwp6E2WUYUC68Linj-fQnHvh-XJmylBTPBhL78aFinwaJWykMiSM35/w640-h488/1944-The%20Tiger%20Woman-Ch%2010-Prominent%20Rock-small%20plane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Tiger Woman" (1944): More aviation-related filming at Prominent Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Still another example of a light plane parked near Prominent Rock can be found in Chapter 10 of "The Tiger Woman," a Republic serial that again starred Rocky Lane, with Linda Stirling in the title role.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaCAyrNVzVix0OYGxAvWsOt_BhNlT7WbGsmKv3lNdkUTNj3cC2AvrMhHq9hLnUlAdNw48b28MPgVMH4PWlQYEx3IRsZKVndfkKN4Pi_SXT_hNo1IlPueCclRPp4d40xQfEmlK1-ha8VNZgiXN6F-CcR1D88UmIl21LWyYll2DRcnbOHOQw12v_dUMc7Fy/s3548/1944-The%20Tiger%20Woman-Ch%2010-Prominent%20Rock-small%20plane-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="3548" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaCAyrNVzVix0OYGxAvWsOt_BhNlT7WbGsmKv3lNdkUTNj3cC2AvrMhHq9hLnUlAdNw48b28MPgVMH4PWlQYEx3IRsZKVndfkKN4Pi_SXT_hNo1IlPueCclRPp4d40xQfEmlK1-ha8VNZgiXN6F-CcR1D88UmIl21LWyYll2DRcnbOHOQw12v_dUMc7Fy/w640-h488/1944-The%20Tiger%20Woman-Ch%2010-Prominent%20Rock-small%20plane-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The full western profile of Prominent Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />I wanted to be sure to include this shot because it's taken from farther west than previous photos and showcases Prominent Rock's impressive western profile.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJaz0pHl0Z7Ujm824sjRFDzXwJGxnrOFfD9LAi43yVRUiqzb5MVzNxEYK_ph6uHxRnzLR2n1YdhNIc_q0p0jHtIgzy2oTzc9RPpQs6gOWzD2XWbd3cWbpXAhZOoTwr3wb4j-2Ij1uw0qBuv1Cs9t24eoxeHiPy4A-b-AKFRC8ww1hAyYRckBOSqoIB8d7/s3766/2009-Prominent%20Rock-western%20profile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="3766" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJaz0pHl0Z7Ujm824sjRFDzXwJGxnrOFfD9LAi43yVRUiqzb5MVzNxEYK_ph6uHxRnzLR2n1YdhNIc_q0p0jHtIgzy2oTzc9RPpQs6gOWzD2XWbd3cWbpXAhZOoTwr3wb4j-2Ij1uw0qBuv1Cs9t24eoxeHiPy4A-b-AKFRC8ww1hAyYRckBOSqoIB8d7/w640-h480/2009-Prominent%20Rock-western%20profile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Prominent Rock's western profile in 2009<br /></b></span></div><br />The best shot I have of Prominent Rock's western profile in modern times is probably this one taken in 2009. Here again, the trees and other foliage have grown since then, gradually swallowing up more of the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD3NmciA-51GgDyEfY9v9M54kp_pq25dtaDLTo8WcRgGynmJXOsT8oME8ReTZcTwvcx4B7-ifJfNT8Cea6AGAhlHIWiPhx2zq7S4glKAFDA7YHjEg6p7XgfOWJlqjeyEhciDVtKzJSfW8q6ZRUO0BbuPTfe41B5V98xVhRY51GwSTi2WD-7TFCuhZRC9C/s3512/1959-Fury%205.3-Trail%20Drive-Prominent%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="3512" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD3NmciA-51GgDyEfY9v9M54kp_pq25dtaDLTo8WcRgGynmJXOsT8oME8ReTZcTwvcx4B7-ifJfNT8Cea6AGAhlHIWiPhx2zq7S4glKAFDA7YHjEg6p7XgfOWJlqjeyEhciDVtKzJSfW8q6ZRUO0BbuPTfe41B5V98xVhRY51GwSTi2WD-7TFCuhZRC9C/w640-h492/1959-Fury%205.3-Trail%20Drive-Prominent%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fury" episode "Trail Drive" (1959): Prominent Rock provides just the right accent<br /></b></span></div><br />Prominent Rock was used frequently as an artistic element by directors and cinematographers shooting on the Iverson Ranch, and "Fury" is no exception. This shot ran during season five.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPl8NZu_Au6e90dpEowCphXGSH7cFHmtDXU5PX3YLALzdooxgrmOFssyrOQC95_veW7A7tCWZhrAsTOSQztUuP6SdIpIC0MhpEfutl4zJU5dcUp8ab1DWL_I4bTVI-eUnIA2P7KlzfObJ9Ye7tK4J8qeikSjU5fT3MKkpmGpl70wDZlfdpZ1VRC0kl5a7/s1212/1949-Golden%20Stallion-Prominent%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1212" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPl8NZu_Au6e90dpEowCphXGSH7cFHmtDXU5PX3YLALzdooxgrmOFssyrOQC95_veW7A7tCWZhrAsTOSQztUuP6SdIpIC0MhpEfutl4zJU5dcUp8ab1DWL_I4bTVI-eUnIA2P7KlzfObJ9Ye7tK4J8qeikSjU5fT3MKkpmGpl70wDZlfdpZ1VRC0kl5a7/w640-h466/1949-Golden%20Stallion-Prominent%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Golden Stallion" (1949): Nice use of Prominent Rock during a chase<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Trail Drive" shot may have been inspired by this beautifully framed shot taken 10 years earlier for the movie "Golden Stallion" — or by any number of other shots like it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I6BWnjACcOpz0_6DEPIhYA6YJt7Pm1kbKbUL2cS_DUr2tN3y0VCuhiOEVdl3BPCxr25_N9HhuLb-LMW6QH3DKbcochrMFyl2vS8jyCrtMvtwU3RUW3pvHKoDS9fgsG2y5TqRoU-DbtBwtoEMXQz1kdpYDE3imNOpqmgfmpYSqDWClnGmDnxmaLQB6CNZ/s3518/1958-Fury%203.26-The%20Claim%20Jumpers-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="3518" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I6BWnjACcOpz0_6DEPIhYA6YJt7Pm1kbKbUL2cS_DUr2tN3y0VCuhiOEVdl3BPCxr25_N9HhuLb-LMW6QH3DKbcochrMFyl2vS8jyCrtMvtwU3RUW3pvHKoDS9fgsG2y5TqRoU-DbtBwtoEMXQz1kdpYDE3imNOpqmgfmpYSqDWClnGmDnxmaLQB6CNZ/w640-h490/1958-Fury%203.26-The%20Claim%20Jumpers-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Claim Jumpers" ("Fury," season three, 1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Fury" also captured nice shots of some of the Iverson Ranch's lesser-known rocks during its five seasons on the location ranch. This scene was shot on the Lower Iverson, in the Central Garden of the Gods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9O7fQc-RZRJ5W-B6-dJNLWrTLQ-dGg-iwEo22p-4o6EV71k-Z5y7kYNY3C34THb77NzgRQqVvj4FvbTuHRyCsa34f_WEPMD0Dh1i7T62bJseXs3RCl6B7S5am1nU-xsyI1u6WiALGraWnmRu06w5azy39ag1BAi0210qmO9pv-O7O6B9m4A9mvhyw9J3/s3518/1958-Fury%203.26-The%20Claim%20Jumpers-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="3518" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9O7fQc-RZRJ5W-B6-dJNLWrTLQ-dGg-iwEo22p-4o6EV71k-Z5y7kYNY3C34THb77NzgRQqVvj4FvbTuHRyCsa34f_WEPMD0Dh1i7T62bJseXs3RCl6B7S5am1nU-xsyI1u6WiALGraWnmRu06w5azy39ag1BAi0210qmO9pv-O7O6B9m4A9mvhyw9J3/w640-h490/1958-Fury%203.26-The%20Claim%20Jumpers-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Burt Lancaster Rock," Central Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />The screen shot showcases an unusual but largely overlooked rock, which I call "Burt Lancaster Rock." This entire location remains intact today and is open to the public.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhOv_5OnH9F_WrLdz1RfGi_SJkMyn33-DsJsrvd04hf-qqavPCavSFpil5N63XQCprnu70Urv3ePoXSk7oc4f1WjHcGgib1O5A8O83DMvcUX04R_9a-D0SGMRhVpNAO3Y56_ZDWaLIbFda5YZfECeuFK57lB2xz-gYZRhi3Akyi_260cvH7y0r4MFF-RR/s4001/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Burt%20Lancaster-Jody%20Lawrance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2871" data-original-width="4001" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhOv_5OnH9F_WrLdz1RfGi_SJkMyn33-DsJsrvd04hf-qqavPCavSFpil5N63XQCprnu70Urv3ePoXSk7oc4f1WjHcGgib1O5A8O83DMvcUX04R_9a-D0SGMRhVpNAO3Y56_ZDWaLIbFda5YZfECeuFK57lB2xz-gYZRhi3Akyi_260cvH7y0r4MFF-RR/w640-h460/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Burt%20Lancaster-Jody%20Lawrance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Ten Tall Men" (Columbia, 1951): Burt Lancaster on his namesake rock<br /></b></span></div><br />The name "Burt Lancaster Rock" comes from a sequence in the Foreign Legion movie "Ten Tall Men" in which actor Burt Lancaster stands on the rock as he is confronted by a woman with a rifle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVblEQf_Ldcr_M1QGcFgkJ6qAX2FMAUR-Dxjj2aHYXy8Aolrn2zB_EhPuyTMo2Os1lN0wUk7aQBQETwRlXwE0RbyamRz-fZnWnG7dMAQYbWp0VdNfbiiNfAK-N_RkXo6O7GLUBGvuGnHd3rDiAiaXL_26dK4tYAPaZzq8-gcUxly5JyTzmVuz0QY3Y0We/s2886/2019-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-0134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2886" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVblEQf_Ldcr_M1QGcFgkJ6qAX2FMAUR-Dxjj2aHYXy8Aolrn2zB_EhPuyTMo2Os1lN0wUk7aQBQETwRlXwE0RbyamRz-fZnWnG7dMAQYbWp0VdNfbiiNfAK-N_RkXo6O7GLUBGvuGnHd3rDiAiaXL_26dK4tYAPaZzq8-gcUxly5JyTzmVuz0QY3Y0We/w640-h430/2019-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-0134.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Burt Lancaster Rock in 2019<br /></b></span></div><br />This is what the location looks like in modern times, although I took this shot in 2019 and the area is quite a bit more overgrown today than it was back then. Burt Lancaster Rock is the one on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFru1biuzJWypR8aJBYptVZQ_ceJZLNchHDl5KV9q0V8Ufw1PfiLQZuBgtwXP7TgGHUXc1CBcHLWOkupqL7MzpZt9BCEVvoIJh4mTmyvM4CEfLcP4BvvJWtIF7wYi0Khqt03Qv3_36vONWyOf6ygeV6k8u5LXnR8MSUwd1J5Uqj9fKo1zhzq9CyldpFgAF/s3998/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Jody%20Lawrance,%20Burt%20Lancaster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2862" data-original-width="3998" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFru1biuzJWypR8aJBYptVZQ_ceJZLNchHDl5KV9q0V8Ufw1PfiLQZuBgtwXP7TgGHUXc1CBcHLWOkupqL7MzpZt9BCEVvoIJh4mTmyvM4CEfLcP4BvvJWtIF7wYi0Khqt03Qv3_36vONWyOf6ygeV6k8u5LXnR8MSUwd1J5Uqj9fKo1zhzq9CyldpFgAF/w640-h458/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Jody%20Lawrance,%20Burt%20Lancaster.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Ten Tall Men": Mahla lies in wait as Lancaster rides up<br /></b></span></div><br />Other shots in the "Ten Tall Men" sequence provide additional context for the location as a whole and for Burt Lancaster Rock in particular. In this shot Lancaster arrives on horseback, unaware that he's about to be shot at.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQSSlXwAFuQ0YXkS0M2EMqU7RuRo6YQIwUD9QVQa9hF4eL2xjkxNmS6irK1zYd5MYWcIArpSUfKizX-nUzUYvVALm5U9TpG3pi8chHcuslu78v_3IgQ0fSGXc8LSOLB43mQ-eLE26rvvKTdQ3KhleGG5NM4h4FWg-dcd0xY8ZvurRdqAtuVwiFf-IKv7d/s3998/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Jody%20Lawrance,%20Burt%20Lancaster-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2862" data-original-width="3998" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQSSlXwAFuQ0YXkS0M2EMqU7RuRo6YQIwUD9QVQa9hF4eL2xjkxNmS6irK1zYd5MYWcIArpSUfKizX-nUzUYvVALm5U9TpG3pi8chHcuslu78v_3IgQ0fSGXc8LSOLB43mQ-eLE26rvvKTdQ3KhleGG5NM4h4FWg-dcd0xY8ZvurRdqAtuVwiFf-IKv7d/w640-h458/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Jody%20Lawrance,%20Burt%20Lancaster-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Burt Lancaster Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />It's hard to miss the weird-shaped Burt Lancaster Rock, but I've noted it here just in case. Once the shooting starts, Lancaster's character takes shelter behind the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1cNLAw3v3iQ9BCi81DdFxIo7F8iJvbvt0tH2MQwnqDQRP7eMmlUXgbTjiDJ-ikGGUxDyinQukGx7yVu4MCu4doI-QNdovVr-Kd_HrFtn3R5B0BN8H7Vie0c-WwxQjYUAYEMepupPXcHonEAcfyyGISNt2gUzLrwCSvovqPOvwVVHH_HnOOU_qhwc2R3c/s3998/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Jody%20Lawrance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="3998" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1cNLAw3v3iQ9BCi81DdFxIo7F8iJvbvt0tH2MQwnqDQRP7eMmlUXgbTjiDJ-ikGGUxDyinQukGx7yVu4MCu4doI-QNdovVr-Kd_HrFtn3R5B0BN8H7Vie0c-WwxQjYUAYEMepupPXcHonEAcfyyGISNt2gUzLrwCSvovqPOvwVVHH_HnOOU_qhwc2R3c/w640-h458/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Jody%20Lawrance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jody Lawrance as Mahla, who has it in for Burt Lancaster's character<br /></b></span></div><br />The woman trying to kill Lancaster's Foreign Legion sergeant is Mahla, played by Jody Lawrance. The daughter of a sheik, Mahla is a pawn in a struggle between her father and Lancaster's Foreign Legion outfit.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKHYhrOUrwZ7XK4AIsuPD4nR96_z3lYK0swILPNhPfYlQDwEiiYfEoFlyPgSWd5QnGqenJo2TeDajjzJQKvT7RdpOhCZpoGRo6sp-ABAsp_jPX1jg_AoV7MyPIO9KmTr3VMqHI_MYzhaTATXxNIuvocaIHZQTQuBYzDRf2lfhRh4lvS1PCtgnrbFdFBEi/s4001/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Old%20Yeller%20Tree-Jody%20Lawrance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="4001" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKHYhrOUrwZ7XK4AIsuPD4nR96_z3lYK0swILPNhPfYlQDwEiiYfEoFlyPgSWd5QnGqenJo2TeDajjzJQKvT7RdpOhCZpoGRo6sp-ABAsp_jPX1jg_AoV7MyPIO9KmTr3VMqHI_MYzhaTATXxNIuvocaIHZQTQuBYzDRf2lfhRh4lvS1PCtgnrbFdFBEi/w640-h458/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Old%20Yeller%20Tree-Jody%20Lawrance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mahla closes in from the east<br /></b></span></div><br />The sequence is filmed in what I call "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2013/02/location-verite-you-can-visit-spot.html" target="_blank">location verite</a>," meaning that the characters are filmed where they're supposed to be and the camera moves, rather than the other way around. It may seem like a no-brainer, but a common shortcut on location shoots was to leave the camera in one place and move the actors instead.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyHOrzvM4lL41j9GPSF1QGPm96_raEiYnXnHydznKrMETVZA_IfFSnoz59VvvRar6j3-W4okWYUN2yaFB96gpDAmA84lrIJu9SXmRwfYVIfPs9Qs2VCJ7DJ7du6lk1Kt1bfdaZYabCnQ9DU9nbaoQX9u9CsOud3XUlDWR8u6DSG9gUkHmgpKehEXIFSez/s4001/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Old%20Yeller%20Tree-Jody%20Lawrance-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="4001" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyHOrzvM4lL41j9GPSF1QGPm96_raEiYnXnHydznKrMETVZA_IfFSnoz59VvvRar6j3-W4okWYUN2yaFB96gpDAmA84lrIJu9SXmRwfYVIfPs9Qs2VCJ7DJ7du6lk1Kt1bfdaZYabCnQ9DU9nbaoQX9u9CsOud3XUlDWR8u6DSG9gUkHmgpKehEXIFSez/w640-h458/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Old%20Yeller%20Tree-Jody%20Lawrance-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The heavily filmed Old Yeller Tree<br /></b></span></div><br />The cameras capture much of the Central Garden of the Gods in "Ten Tall Men," including shots looking east toward Mahla's position — and one of the best shots ever of the <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/11/how-single-location-on-iverson-movie.html" target="_blank">Old Yeller Tree</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehYtaZT-sBKvvqHLUdPskfikYzrn4O5-CxEuBnn821AtLn9i9I6Iu7yBQfD9fVK0jsNT8zEs5krQRyTWqttXQT_PxVeNHVvZ4kknmGPvn15eZjluW73oGuvuNXXHqyWlynP16VhOoRI7QejsyDkS0-dw2lEosDlq9r2zEwcwZfzBMurL5nHYJAHoRfgl-/s3998/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Jody%20Lawrance,%20Burt%20Lancaster-Mahla%20attacks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="3998" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehYtaZT-sBKvvqHLUdPskfikYzrn4O5-CxEuBnn821AtLn9i9I6Iu7yBQfD9fVK0jsNT8zEs5krQRyTWqttXQT_PxVeNHVvZ4kknmGPvn15eZjluW73oGuvuNXXHqyWlynP16VhOoRI7QejsyDkS0-dw2lEosDlq9r2zEwcwZfzBMurL5nHYJAHoRfgl-/w640-h456/1951-Ten%20Tall%20Men-Central%20GoG-Burt%20Lancaster%20Rock-Jody%20Lawrance,%20Burt%20Lancaster-Mahla%20attacks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Attack at Burt Lancaster Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Mahla charges Burt Lancaster's character in front of his rock, leading to a brief scuffle. The two bitter enemies would later find common ground.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8U4J4n6hjM_V7j0sUadqu-CZjRfR2qZ5GHUFnc0YmrdLuajWltafVb4yH0SjaWA2tSVc1qBG3ws6ib0KBFfbzqkLkOqEgQeOsrbykqfqdPU4jfn44D9naZsa2D4mUMhI-TUXL-5ceHPtJ7eBym0lltu5nYPMxCGfNIEVf_083LkRyKG-QR_MtnmsBw25/s1806/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20Park-Central%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1806" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8U4J4n6hjM_V7j0sUadqu-CZjRfR2qZ5GHUFnc0YmrdLuajWltafVb4yH0SjaWA2tSVc1qBG3ws6ib0KBFfbzqkLkOqEgQeOsrbykqfqdPU4jfn44D9naZsa2D4mUMhI-TUXL-5ceHPtJ7eBym0lltu5nYPMxCGfNIEVf_083LkRyKG-QR_MtnmsBw25/w640-h544/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20Park-Central%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Garden of the Gods Park, off Redmesa Road in Chatsworth, Calif.<br /></b></span></div><br />Today the Central Garden of the Gods and Burt Lancaster Rock are part of a public park, although the Old Yeller Tree no longer exists. 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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"Fury": Peter Graves, Highland Dale, Bobby Diamond and William Fawcett</b></span></div>
<br />Believe it or not, there are still a few "Fury" rocks we haven't mentioned here, including some we've reported on before. For more about "Fury" on the Iverson Ranch, <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/10/mission-impossibles-mr-phelps-peter.html" target="_blank">click here to see our post from 2014</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-30825046184680632272023-08-09T16:59:00.010-07:002023-08-10T11:51:48.462-07:00Kris Kristofferson's Silvertown adventure: How the legendary singer-songwriter helped document Corriganville "between the fires"<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXeXM-u9eNOOJDhMcnHBaB01BfFVcpVd22-Xl5hcIeYufkL3bMX4lVqRPuuyNi6kLRcHRUZmnduHliZ0c1QiQhxowoJ_aBqwVogY8RDDZ_uZxXYyU9mGzZuUh4Uz4GmYbOJad5-PE_aTy8MrcAfSMZ279cnWOIQmE8OjIM1gLUeScsLBnrHSQcdEc-PIU/s691/undated%20(ca%201950s)-Corriganville-Silvertown-tourists.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="691" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXeXM-u9eNOOJDhMcnHBaB01BfFVcpVd22-Xl5hcIeYufkL3bMX4lVqRPuuyNi6kLRcHRUZmnduHliZ0c1QiQhxowoJ_aBqwVogY8RDDZ_uZxXYyU9mGzZuUh4Uz4GmYbOJad5-PE_aTy8MrcAfSMZ279cnWOIQmE8OjIM1gLUeScsLBnrHSQcdEc-PIU/w640-h408/undated%20(ca%201950s)-Corriganville-Silvertown-tourists.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Corriganville in its heyday, ca. 1950s: A thriving movie location and tourist attraction<br /></b></span></div><br />Some readers may already know that Silvertown, the famed Western street at Corriganville in Simi Valley, Calif., burned down in fall 1970 in the Clampitt Fire, part of the enormous and wildly destructive Newhall-Malibu Fire.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8XuP9A1YkiE-0JhHZhyRso5q6LbVn5dl67boe6IKdqMUgpSWguoGtsKn1E7u29aAiohjx3kZKfcEY-Qs9VUHX6wiWc-z5pjPJ8l2EIm-puw2hd-fDt38a-jTQbFnl-1O3BW6wX5bEOGW-_0CPmg5b3yocoG5rd-vVThjDAV1R80PKhWWxwdjLa8ro-Bc/s3086/1957-HGWT%201.3-The%20Great%20Mojave%20Chase-Silvertown,%20Gorilla%20Rock-12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="3086" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8XuP9A1YkiE-0JhHZhyRso5q6LbVn5dl67boe6IKdqMUgpSWguoGtsKn1E7u29aAiohjx3kZKfcEY-Qs9VUHX6wiWc-z5pjPJ8l2EIm-puw2hd-fDt38a-jTQbFnl-1O3BW6wX5bEOGW-_0CPmg5b3yocoG5rd-vVThjDAV1R80PKhWWxwdjLa8ro-Bc/w640-h464/1957-HGWT%201.3-The%20Great%20Mojave%20Chase-Silvertown,%20Gorilla%20Rock-12.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Have Gun Will Travel": Silvertown in 1957, overseen by "Gorilla Rock"<br /></b></span></div><br />It's not as well-known that it took two fires, almost a decade apart, to
finish off Silvertown. Several of the buildings at the northeast end of town
survived the Clampitt Fire, only to be destroyed by another fire in
1979.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaWEr-Z_7hYJKHLrERfkR95mPWUHTAGI9r6rbhr6p1gtukTGn4SyltBK96K7T2Wnn3ySQfNNs5CLkFqXv-0Mm0szIyIRpxGdjWzLP6pMkcI6WNREAjLa4n2pgYwge-xKvrz36p3OZk8rW5qndbWM3F95t2nEpyZTQMsRfj6X67Zye138-VqtIxyZa-wM/s2179/042013-Corriganville-Silvertown%20foundations,%20surviving%20barn%20wall,%20Gorilla%20Rock-%20IMG_8436.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="2179" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaWEr-Z_7hYJKHLrERfkR95mPWUHTAGI9r6rbhr6p1gtukTGn4SyltBK96K7T2Wnn3ySQfNNs5CLkFqXv-0Mm0szIyIRpxGdjWzLP6pMkcI6WNREAjLa4n2pgYwge-xKvrz36p3OZk8rW5qndbWM3F95t2nEpyZTQMsRfj6X67Zye138-VqtIxyZa-wM/w640-h472/042013-Corriganville-Silvertown%20foundations,%20surviving%20barn%20wall,%20Gorilla%20Rock-%20IMG_8436.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Corriganville's "Silvertown" today: The foundations survive, along with Gorilla Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />If you visit Corriganville today, you will still find Gorilla Rock, and below it the foundations of what was once Silvertown. These foundations are all that has remained of the old Western town since 1979.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqxhlkE6o30jqeKojfdooBTS9RnD8-BWs6LkGrPVObtcndNSXk5B5eQ_nOmYgOj4y6zAKjgAW8JwHSQ7gwd8ORCV5PNRXYtmSDyoHHTohEvvf2ypPtBiqViuI9iBbpZliGft6lBfWzumoE8jDpTZWiCfrlstBCG8C5WmpjGOHyRFKS7z-YrNvuPCFJrqb/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-surviving%20buildings%20at%20east%20end%20of%20Silvertown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqxhlkE6o30jqeKojfdooBTS9RnD8-BWs6LkGrPVObtcndNSXk5B5eQ_nOmYgOj4y6zAKjgAW8JwHSQ7gwd8ORCV5PNRXYtmSDyoHHTohEvvf2ypPtBiqViuI9iBbpZliGft6lBfWzumoE8jDpTZWiCfrlstBCG8C5WmpjGOHyRFKS7z-YrNvuPCFJrqb/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-surviving%20buildings%20at%20east%20end%20of%20Silvertown.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Vigilante Force" (filmed in 1975, released in 1976): Silvertown "between the fires"<br /></b></span></div><br />Lucky for us, what was left of Silvertown after the Clampitt Fire — and essentially what Corriganville looked like throughout the 1970s — was documented in a largely forgotten movie called "Vigilante Force." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjE_sca06T9n4K_CSaosjMgb7DziPBy5lg5d-RHVX0jWypkyV8QdchVs2YtXOILrykW05MkBFOdzPNwPYIc6Ssot_uM38DcciQEiQONSA3hC_iwSePeZ14KHuTDl4xtN9Lsm47UbH3NHqa1B9AHbIv_IHb656rAt_5K3X31vmCFrpScUTuCGlSv_riYS6/s2097/1976-Vigilante%20Force-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2097" data-original-width="1480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjE_sca06T9n4K_CSaosjMgb7DziPBy5lg5d-RHVX0jWypkyV8QdchVs2YtXOILrykW05MkBFOdzPNwPYIc6Ssot_uM38DcciQEiQONSA3hC_iwSePeZ14KHuTDl4xtN9Lsm47UbH3NHqa1B9AHbIv_IHb656rAt_5K3X31vmCFrpScUTuCGlSv_riYS6/w452-h640/1976-Vigilante%20Force-poster.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>"Vigilante Force" — great for locations, not so great for plot, screenplay, etc.<br /></b></span></div><br />The fact that the movie is largely forgotten is probably just as well. Tastes vary, of course, but as movies go, "Vigilante Force" isn't exactly "Citizen Kane."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiDT2H2iUoSmIwUi_I4vZytvE1HzdumvCQbvdLdQWdvqiA5QgWP1-6s9KhqGzm27pItn7-MJ40GaHlhqjAIatKXKh7M869prqRKb3hhiQpsxBE8OeHO53lUYISViW6ikAzNepAKVYxzQHgddgwLyUjo0pwLZMFbZgFHlqukonA7M-INOD9F6SmU5tuNVC/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202%20and%20white%20building.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiDT2H2iUoSmIwUi_I4vZytvE1HzdumvCQbvdLdQWdvqiA5QgWP1-6s9KhqGzm27pItn7-MJ40GaHlhqjAIatKXKh7M869prqRKb3hhiQpsxBE8OeHO53lUYISViW6ikAzNepAKVYxzQHgddgwLyUjo0pwLZMFbZgFHlqukonA7M-INOD9F6SmU5tuNVC/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202%20and%20white%20building.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>One of the many rare shots of 1970s Corriganville in "Vigilante Force"<br /></b></span></div><br />But as a historical document peppered with unique and fascinating shots of Corriganville at a time when almost no filming was going on there, "Vigilante Force" deserves some kind of special Oscar.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl3zo4_sS4jF1tsLQg7lRPYY7V1W_uX0X_niUml1wmvFl3ic9VTU6aVaLpnIWo8VZGrFtuVCxNTHeEMNtPNBn5c406AbuqzrYw-IsLZ9xybqAmV9xJs-ChL__8PEMr7HmSxpMPtAJwboOoQ1suPHYHo9w3wF4vKV8iG8p6XFMc__QgtC3I0q4cFuc1ZHT/s3724/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Barn%20No.%202-Kris%20Kristofferson%20and%20Jan-Michael%20Vincent.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2146" data-original-width="3724" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl3zo4_sS4jF1tsLQg7lRPYY7V1W_uX0X_niUml1wmvFl3ic9VTU6aVaLpnIWo8VZGrFtuVCxNTHeEMNtPNBn5c406AbuqzrYw-IsLZ9xybqAmV9xJs-ChL__8PEMr7HmSxpMPtAJwboOoQ1suPHYHo9w3wF4vKV8iG8p6XFMc__QgtC3I0q4cFuc1ZHT/w640-h368/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Barn%20No.%202-Kris%20Kristofferson%20and%20Jan-Michael%20Vincent.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent at Corriganville's "Barn No. 2"<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie stars Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent as brothers who have what turns out to be a pretty significant beef with each other. But the real star of the movie, as I see it, is Corriganville.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYf1kMPXIt3boU0cqecH2BzwhfjYf2SYq3p8fGFPlHIZRudZacwsOG1ykJG7_u9Jfu23rJCOghKTzpB8YgzzkIpQaOPwgvzUcjqlWa3Q8MGLJJJGSxn47eox7vlhmhOAT1SJKMcQS-zNOpTaBodZOkKN65jCAIcLhTT4AD283jphjBFtYeu9vEfQxBUgej/s2576/1950s-Silvertown-bird's-eye%20view.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="2068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYf1kMPXIt3boU0cqecH2BzwhfjYf2SYq3p8fGFPlHIZRudZacwsOG1ykJG7_u9Jfu23rJCOghKTzpB8YgzzkIpQaOPwgvzUcjqlWa3Q8MGLJJJGSxn47eox7vlhmhOAT1SJKMcQS-zNOpTaBodZOkKN65jCAIcLhTT4AD283jphjBFtYeu9vEfQxBUgej/w514-h640/1950s-Silvertown-bird's-eye%20view.jpg" width="514" /></a></div>Silvertown in the '50s, looking northeast<br /></b></span></div><br />To get a better sense of what Corriganville was like in the '70s, let's start with a bird's-eye view of Silvertown, the movie ranch's Western street, when it was still going strong in the 1950s, before the fires.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxDZk5VjdHMQsTyo8Hg7rlGlVqWp6g-hUIvwQJcEz4ly5c3EiBBqw6DP79-eZeMHDBZbKMC32EB5XDJjIWud8uwdHfg90Yw7KuN-7iBfYyZBQh6N9MBxc0SqVI6l5De2ew7lvrRDmdyva6mcrmYwKw7D4yhp3jseCWPP9v3TCeNbDbXE9ZE-33dhMNM8t/s2576/1950s-Silvertown-bird's-eye%20view-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="2068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxDZk5VjdHMQsTyo8Hg7rlGlVqWp6g-hUIvwQJcEz4ly5c3EiBBqw6DP79-eZeMHDBZbKMC32EB5XDJjIWud8uwdHfg90Yw7KuN-7iBfYyZBQh6N9MBxc0SqVI6l5De2ew7lvrRDmdyva6mcrmYwKw7D4yhp3jseCWPP9v3TCeNbDbXE9ZE-33dhMNM8t/w514-h640/1950s-Silvertown-bird's-eye%20view-noted.jpg" width="514" /></a></div>Key features of Corriganville's "Silvertown"<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the key features in the shot are identified here — including Barn No. 2 and the Hotel, at the northeast end of town. Of the features noted here, only Ray Corrigan's house was destroyed in the 1970 fire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4twBco_GiwtNefEA6yf8cKRocF1V7Brs0E2sRj7WpULEW3LxKW1yyLa6s_3-6wqHuXzKjuyG7mZayrAOTwuTk4Oao5iubixHjMJDVJvOMLvlzwFIa5bpboTSchXCdSzLallLbJNjFrpvFRG3YiRJNqBvCtySkDo9QP8BC5DLY2EdFaidYuncndavEZOk/s1887/1950s-Silvertown%20overview%20looking%20SE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1887" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4twBco_GiwtNefEA6yf8cKRocF1V7Brs0E2sRj7WpULEW3LxKW1yyLa6s_3-6wqHuXzKjuyG7mZayrAOTwuTk4Oao5iubixHjMJDVJvOMLvlzwFIa5bpboTSchXCdSzLallLbJNjFrpvFRG3YiRJNqBvCtySkDo9QP8BC5DLY2EdFaidYuncndavEZOk/w640-h236/1950s-Silvertown%20overview%20looking%20SE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A wide view of Silvertown in the 1950s, looking southeast<br /></b></span></div><br />Now we've turned the angle around so we're looking southeast. From this angle we see a wide shot of Silvertown.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2460ZoYEPuNhmP4bOvfr9s5RpsRI9uCixk--LNm-NUBQ03fZkULOXqgpo0rXA5oPhrU-EPzesEfjh-v3rnHKAZt_DIVwJbs44t3l74dn53CwkgUBucoWJhlmPL0ZA87EzG5XmTW0fjeKT4xgFHZrOB2sPeNuKUOziaHJy5RWL0-7gfgx9eJYBmFc1-0dE/s1887/1950s-Silvertown%20overview%20looking%20SE-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1887" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2460ZoYEPuNhmP4bOvfr9s5RpsRI9uCixk--LNm-NUBQ03fZkULOXqgpo0rXA5oPhrU-EPzesEfjh-v3rnHKAZt_DIVwJbs44t3l74dn53CwkgUBucoWJhlmPL0ZA87EzG5XmTW0fjeKT4xgFHZrOB2sPeNuKUOziaHJy5RWL0-7gfgx9eJYBmFc1-0dE/w640-h236/1950s-Silvertown%20overview%20looking%20SE-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Buildings destroyed by the Clampitt Fire<br /></b></span></div><br />As you can see in this shot, most of Silvertown was destroyed in the 1970 fire.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yaaexxagZhERe3CjyyOrkGJ27phR9vCaagkRtS3ws1scqOKxh2AP8ujxT_fRkrLAcoccsRD9EY073jH81_bhwGlS255xN44IY2S_3QObLBf1FXwZFSCfaV0mB7TgkcPVzTOlCxKaZ71pV5Kk7w4PGeBZxZ4j2zQO3skcillDHORqweJYNt9J_pKVmTz5/s1887/1950s-Silvertown%20overview%20looking%20SE-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1887" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yaaexxagZhERe3CjyyOrkGJ27phR9vCaagkRtS3ws1scqOKxh2AP8ujxT_fRkrLAcoccsRD9EY073jH81_bhwGlS255xN44IY2S_3QObLBf1FXwZFSCfaV0mB7TgkcPVzTOlCxKaZ71pV5Kk7w4PGeBZxZ4j2zQO3skcillDHORqweJYNt9J_pKVmTz5/w640-h236/1950s-Silvertown%20overview%20looking%20SE-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Buildings that survived Clampitt, but would be destroyed nine years later<br /></b></span></div><br />The buildings at the northeast end of town survived, including the Horse Barn, also known as "Barn No. 2," and the Hotel, which was said to be a working soundstage. The surviving structures would all perish nine years later.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2iidOuLF-lrYyNunCl4ihPM19_WRCKqs-d_3qNsgil591Y95fvMsqdMcG7D_vBcsekGjiS6U01xuctuwNzNl-V4kj6m5HjAV5hjXGLbHAm2WLtMIaxFbwh0Lk4RsWoCTIZ7RblgK4s6Lls4K-oNIKfCRdyvnrzNrP64hADozJK8g7BqnLSyhqJvkz0nd/s3506/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20Hotel,%20Mexican%20Street.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3506" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2iidOuLF-lrYyNunCl4ihPM19_WRCKqs-d_3qNsgil591Y95fvMsqdMcG7D_vBcsekGjiS6U01xuctuwNzNl-V4kj6m5HjAV5hjXGLbHAm2WLtMIaxFbwh0Lk4RsWoCTIZ7RblgK4s6Lls4K-oNIKfCRdyvnrzNrP64hADozJK8g7BqnLSyhqJvkz0nd/w640-h378/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20Hotel,%20Mexican%20Street.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Vigilante Force": The surviving buildings, filmed in 1975<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the best views we have of the Clampitt survivors are in "Vigilante Force."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21VGYoplWOaSnNQTa0BPZR1lH8swyO3aT02qVCc_7N8EqlU1TuSNTOtKOS5crbtRrN94Sc25dbAOm9_EmyWeY93cskaSCumxxSrd5XUZnz-d-kga4qehTUddji5yQRz6o6l2PzoOGIlIUPYzx5gT0S4leIG_0nwHobJ59z_-wCTyFsV1OBq95uU4K1Lpf/s3506/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20Hotel,%20Mexican%20Street-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3506" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21VGYoplWOaSnNQTa0BPZR1lH8swyO3aT02qVCc_7N8EqlU1TuSNTOtKOS5crbtRrN94Sc25dbAOm9_EmyWeY93cskaSCumxxSrd5XUZnz-d-kga4qehTUddji5yQRz6o6l2PzoOGIlIUPYzx5gT0S4leIG_0nwHobJ59z_-wCTyFsV1OBq95uU4K1Lpf/w640-h378/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20Hotel,%20Mexican%20Street-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>These sets survived long enough for a last hurrah in "Vigilante Force"<br /></b></span></div></div><br />The main surviving buildings seen in this shot are Barn No. 2, the Hotel and one side of the "Mexican Street." The southwest side of the Mexican Street burned down in the 1970 fire.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk26nr0QwGVMQNBhEs5yMeosYiJMtV8q3-s8bqGrv1aaJYA9ui4twLuMOPnFMmMvBeOaw6lE9PWW39FII4jhsnNVGAoEhy3BZOIMH23KTziZhbznv2uWXh-ARGhpvjfrz6V6xUgVnoR8r9KyW2O5vWogR3soPzXywBzdAAhV46MVGhYc2D13o_9Q6sTFp/s3506/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20Hotel,%20Mexican%20Street-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3506" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk26nr0QwGVMQNBhEs5yMeosYiJMtV8q3-s8bqGrv1aaJYA9ui4twLuMOPnFMmMvBeOaw6lE9PWW39FII4jhsnNVGAoEhy3BZOIMH23KTziZhbznv2uWXh-ARGhpvjfrz6V6xUgVnoR8r9KyW2O5vWogR3soPzXywBzdAAhV46MVGhYc2D13o_9Q6sTFp/w640-h378/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20Hotel,%20Mexican%20Street-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Remnants of Silvertown — still in place today<br /></b></span></div><br />Also visible in the shot are the foundations of many of the Silvertown buildings that were destroyed in the 1970 fire. These foundations still look pretty much the same today.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYmFDnqADaTu929Cu63R9VyRjOZBFZ4ssx-1LacZOWIMWW4uI1eCNv6HRmqfEimJVNT4lPK1qL6HMdc_cTDJ6HPVxrySL3yJQ6K1d1kVbob3sZUKUmsbpT2lRl9XfkNkvQQ7uX1MQ-gyeXk2UFibBPkBTJCSXLEnodZen-CbuA5uNM5qYBsD5Fu8F-FiD/s1200/1958-Corriganville-Silvertown-Saloon,%20Trading%20Post,%20etc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1200" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYmFDnqADaTu929Cu63R9VyRjOZBFZ4ssx-1LacZOWIMWW4uI1eCNv6HRmqfEimJVNT4lPK1qL6HMdc_cTDJ6HPVxrySL3yJQ6K1d1kVbob3sZUKUmsbpT2lRl9XfkNkvQQ7uX1MQ-gyeXk2UFibBPkBTJCSXLEnodZen-CbuA5uNM5qYBsD5Fu8F-FiD/w640-h378/1958-Corriganville-Silvertown-Saloon,%20Trading%20Post,%20etc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Buildings that once stood on those foundations, circa 1958<br /></b></span></div><br />Most of the foundations highlighted in the previous shot belonged to these structures at the southwest end of Silvertown. These buildings were fixtures of both Corriganville's filming business and its weekend tourist trade.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhKR7E1h2sWVYFN8TKBsB3DyIACelR4OE6sN54ZhM5A_C2gnocKnWkpJjrQ-zb3DeRAivMLBrn353m3ZqK873-QrDFxVmqYG0JCCbxrbMliKHrQtdaQU3KX81ZIacY5tVfqmN4XvnaQOdXeeziqQZ8_ZeVm-8CXl-28E6OarrlHS0jqIYNuHWn_bOGtVu/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Kris%20Kristofferson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2044" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhKR7E1h2sWVYFN8TKBsB3DyIACelR4OE6sN54ZhM5A_C2gnocKnWkpJjrQ-zb3DeRAivMLBrn353m3ZqK873-QrDFxVmqYG0JCCbxrbMliKHrQtdaQU3KX81ZIacY5tVfqmN4XvnaQOdXeeziqQZ8_ZeVm-8CXl-28E6OarrlHS0jqIYNuHWn_bOGtVu/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Kris%20Kristofferson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kristofferson hangs out at the hotel drinking beer<br /></b></span></div><br />The Silvertown building that gets the most screen time in "Vigilante Force" is the hotel, where Kristofferson's character, a decorated war hero, holes up for much of the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-Dt3LSeAQ2OkKtAxKnOHiiHBxIj_L8NhY3LTyffh79G4u8iHsCW4Wf7_GMQDWpwjtFXr_-1OfY_TkfZ6fgzwhPes_Y1iazg43pD1ssVpTg6cKNJ6toxN_v1INyUWdDJwOJC7OKWTDBsRs0Xtuo2BSRFNYc7mbmH7kzwcoTE4nI74Aqk-AIDD5krW1MI0/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Kris%20Kristofferson%20and%20friends.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-Dt3LSeAQ2OkKtAxKnOHiiHBxIj_L8NhY3LTyffh79G4u8iHsCW4Wf7_GMQDWpwjtFXr_-1OfY_TkfZ6fgzwhPes_Y1iazg43pD1ssVpTg6cKNJ6toxN_v1INyUWdDJwOJC7OKWTDBsRs0Xtuo2BSRFNYc7mbmH7kzwcoTE4nI74Aqk-AIDD5krW1MI0/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Kris%20Kristofferson%20and%20friends.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kristofferson and his Vietnam buddies bask in the ambiance of 1970s Corriganville<br /></b></span></div><br />The hotel set had already deteriorated by the time the movie filmed in
1975, and the dress code was no longer being enforced.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRg2yna9EV2SSesNCPdwwp0agFK1Aer1DGdrDpLPg2H2_zzmpFYlR1y4vRMe8kw3m_8DnuRZ9rQW69PY4RdrTNUsXB1sGW0qQ1rI4QS0K688aC-XwPR6eGVVa7Yv3JIw13Vz0CuJwopkfZpK2-_gCj0thtVxUbimAFqU_mzsfUPXwY1u1hZ8J0nbeA09W/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRg2yna9EV2SSesNCPdwwp0agFK1Aer1DGdrDpLPg2H2_zzmpFYlR1y4vRMe8kw3m_8DnuRZ9rQW69PY4RdrTNUsXB1sGW0qQ1rI4QS0K688aC-XwPR6eGVVa7Yv3JIw13Vz0CuJwopkfZpK2-_gCj0thtVxUbimAFqU_mzsfUPXwY1u1hZ8J0nbeA09W/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Now appearing on the front steps of the Silvertown Hotel: Bernadette Peters!</b></span></div><br />Bernadette Peters also hangs out at the hotel, occasionally dressing up like a cop and playing guitar.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirs8nFQivEU5C29wcqrhwpoLZzaYTOnfilefDcfgiMl30QOVCz-m9HZ5_NZoPO1XdPpyqsboUuRpBIaGJNz68iJgFlTSgKvqHJIiD8pOKd7UxS0gUtEC2dSDhCFbb5qxXDI-clrtb_ffOx9-UYR8UuR93b40srwRvQHlBdCtigCav9cljxcoDgqw3TiCa_/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-front%20of%20Hotel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirs8nFQivEU5C29wcqrhwpoLZzaYTOnfilefDcfgiMl30QOVCz-m9HZ5_NZoPO1XdPpyqsboUuRpBIaGJNz68iJgFlTSgKvqHJIiD8pOKd7UxS0gUtEC2dSDhCFbb5qxXDI-clrtb_ffOx9-UYR8UuR93b40srwRvQHlBdCtigCav9cljxcoDgqw3TiCa_/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-front%20of%20Hotel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The first of several weird sightings of people in red marching band uniforms<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the fun things about seeing the hotel in "Vigilante Force" is that even though the place was a wreck at the time, you could still see bits and pieces of how it used to look in better days.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IpUusFayb-ltX6d4qfj0yjcnOf1Kq42sjF94LeuPhKizTPTR9SJTOJGSsdHn9ioVRfNqX1oBnvwIJa0sDL1RZZySGMIIGZs4n4rDLQHPxloA3lFrX_-RhKWykMV3jGyHUUmCoHFcjBnD1RP-PNTxCg9JMoqgVG9Qp3D8_xAIvqFLvikt4nViAw0AQBMT/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-front%20of%20Hotel-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IpUusFayb-ltX6d4qfj0yjcnOf1Kq42sjF94LeuPhKizTPTR9SJTOJGSsdHn9ioVRfNqX1oBnvwIJa0sDL1RZZySGMIIGZs4n4rDLQHPxloA3lFrX_-RhKWykMV3jGyHUUmCoHFcjBnD1RP-PNTxCg9JMoqgVG9Qp3D8_xAIvqFLvikt4nViAw0AQBMT/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-front%20of%20Hotel-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>What's left of the decor from the filming era still adorns the front of the hotel<br /></b></span></div><br />For example, check out the decorative "white picket fence" treatment highlighted here — and try to ignore the people in the red marching band uniforms.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-ezPAAAb-9-oVfOjzNmyvF3ma7aZl2cylRHxFChPmwADNarCdV7JgaWFBCqOOd00p4NEVt_MlsKjTGPpIlqPCcMUechwT3AYXW2vxfW1ki-YO-YMc2k1aRK0KWGTLC32itP3VQMrenkdvaoUK5mPlOm2Z9bNkA5ZtZ2Vgd7IFrKmH4CkLZ0XQpPPYvGx/s3470/1961-Five%20Guns%20to%20Tombstone-PS-Corriganville-Silvertown-Hotel-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="3470" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-ezPAAAb-9-oVfOjzNmyvF3ma7aZl2cylRHxFChPmwADNarCdV7JgaWFBCqOOd00p4NEVt_MlsKjTGPpIlqPCcMUechwT3AYXW2vxfW1ki-YO-YMc2k1aRK0KWGTLC32itP3VQMrenkdvaoUK5mPlOm2Z9bNkA5ZtZ2Vgd7IFrKmH4CkLZ0XQpPPYvGx/w640-h472/1961-Five%20Guns%20to%20Tombstone-PS-Corriganville-Silvertown-Hotel-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Five Guns to Tombstone" (1961): The hotel in better shape, with the wooden strips intact<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a tiny bit of that same exterior decor item in a "someone's about to git strung up" scene from "Five Guns to Tombstone," filmed about 15 years before "Vigilante Force" — before the hotel began falling apart.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_6BG99o8yoPpWkdPt1XkENSNVowwv1j5D_dRVAi_H_1pMVPe8plnr1PHn4nwyYjxOjFkfj6yYFTKvFOuziDKoCunQ_aet1pf6NW6zxCfWq2IWIxbO-0i85OV83uVvYf0KjWf555vCzZVJ3miK89bRD3k7rUk3Mo8-sIEufpaZ8HW1a54XlL9ws945_oy/s3186/1956-The%20Young%20Guns-Corriganville-Silverland-Hotel%20and%20small%20building%20at%20E%20end%20of%20street-Russ%20Tamblyn-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="3186" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_6BG99o8yoPpWkdPt1XkENSNVowwv1j5D_dRVAi_H_1pMVPe8plnr1PHn4nwyYjxOjFkfj6yYFTKvFOuziDKoCunQ_aet1pf6NW6zxCfWq2IWIxbO-0i85OV83uVvYf0KjWf555vCzZVJ3miK89bRD3k7rUk3Mo8-sIEufpaZ8HW1a54XlL9ws945_oy/w640-h360/1956-The%20Young%20Guns-Corriganville-Silverland-Hotel%20and%20small%20building%20at%20E%20end%20of%20street-Russ%20Tamblyn-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Young Guns" (1956): Russ Tamblyn and the decorative wooden strips<br /></b></span></div><br />An even earlier Silvertown shoot, for the Western "The Young Guns," again showcases the hotel front's decorative treatment — with the wooden strips painted a darker shade back then.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lLZOn8fSkRXsavBdfDb_9SNqtYYZwXtgO8o648_aGJyncmzhCMA2VCeiVrGCzQ2-M0-__DVXrkVoQZXOOhbvs88tCN0eNvQmt9g7f1lFBhAOVTdpeui3CtrUgzK-DtAiXoEyGxn74ZVMbiEuRg_nZJEd0CLmcP59D7uuZC6CFrz2Dh7H8jNAsci-QKC0/s3186/1956-The%20Young%20Guns-Corriganville-Silverland-Hotel%20and%20small%20building%20at%20E%20end%20of%20street-Russ%20Tamblyn-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="3186" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lLZOn8fSkRXsavBdfDb_9SNqtYYZwXtgO8o648_aGJyncmzhCMA2VCeiVrGCzQ2-M0-__DVXrkVoQZXOOhbvs88tCN0eNvQmt9g7f1lFBhAOVTdpeui3CtrUgzK-DtAiXoEyGxn74ZVMbiEuRg_nZJEd0CLmcP59D7uuZC6CFrz2Dh7H8jNAsci-QKC0/w640-h360/1956-The%20Young%20Guns-Corriganville-Silverland-Hotel%20and%20small%20building%20at%20E%20end%20of%20street-Russ%20Tamblyn-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The hotel's storefront facade, in "The Young Guns"<br /></b></span></div><br />Also visible here is what might be described as a "storefront" facade on this part of the hotel building. Twenty years later, a dilapidated version of this storefront area will turn up in "Vigilante Force."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38Ytfbh8p8Mtnr9fYPwR7eEsyAtCAn-bwfohUMOQkdb2-KiApplKkUqRz8OL90CL8Fx4QE7K_yAc1yiFR7SzwPzbInCnL6RNvXlw7AGT1ImwKsUvu2xyB_7AkcgQBRG98j73W_LA-hnDl0icB4mNg3dF3hfTmrFpB_VglKse-oXPV7uClpVoqPk8EJUC6/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Hotel-front%20patio%20area-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38Ytfbh8p8Mtnr9fYPwR7eEsyAtCAn-bwfohUMOQkdb2-KiApplKkUqRz8OL90CL8Fx4QE7K_yAc1yiFR7SzwPzbInCnL6RNvXlw7AGT1ImwKsUvu2xyB_7AkcgQBRG98j73W_LA-hnDl0icB4mNg3dF3hfTmrFpB_VglKse-oXPV7uClpVoqPk8EJUC6/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Hotel-front%20patio%20area-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>As usual, people congregate near the fridge<br /></b></span></div><br />The rundown storefront area as resurrected for "Vigilante Force" has been downgraded to more like a screened-in front patio, but it has all the essentials — namely a refrigerator and canned goods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywfNd8_bkrq2RBF7_0xM59FglsRlnAS25zowI-t5X7P03Yee1QYH-h3fVAdyXiVbvc-qfAdRbSnVaDWPiUT5E_qN1VtUeo2oJ24X7QsISHG2qEsQHe1A-NxGizyVfZvY0W7m8lYzAX8oqYVJtx5QKkI4pz4ydbYglHZOoi7QCNO6OwXhAknFkBwTNHhDz/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Hotel-inside%20front%20patio%20area%20looking%20out.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywfNd8_bkrq2RBF7_0xM59FglsRlnAS25zowI-t5X7P03Yee1QYH-h3fVAdyXiVbvc-qfAdRbSnVaDWPiUT5E_qN1VtUeo2oJ24X7QsISHG2qEsQHe1A-NxGizyVfZvY0W7m8lYzAX8oqYVJtx5QKkI4pz4ydbYglHZOoi7QCNO6OwXhAknFkBwTNHhDz/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Hotel-inside%20front%20patio%20area%20looking%20out.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Inside looking out — with a famous movie tree just outside<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie really commits to this weird, trashy foyer, even shooting inside the junked-up room. This shot looks out through the patio screens toward the same hanging tree that was about to get some use in "Five Guns to Tombstone." We'll come back to the hanging tree a little later.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wHb2byqB7-VdbSAqNe3IEdZ3U8EAbukw6eM50m-HgZLvvvzr0UM_2n4s7AdIOQWvDS1ixOHI1KIs2uOSDKFFinY9AIBJ1gSjgJPGNiCYnmJ2Fg304egbzkQVOwX8hMZBPHxaKVI7sa0DAtwvu6qk53cTptuHrRb9x9-Srngr9c68_a5eEBKGyOUT-GcR/s3186/1956-The%20Young%20Guns-Corriganville-Silverland-Hotel%20and%20small%20building%20at%20E%20end%20of%20street-Russ%20Tamblyn-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="3186" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wHb2byqB7-VdbSAqNe3IEdZ3U8EAbukw6eM50m-HgZLvvvzr0UM_2n4s7AdIOQWvDS1ixOHI1KIs2uOSDKFFinY9AIBJ1gSjgJPGNiCYnmJ2Fg304egbzkQVOwX8hMZBPHxaKVI7sa0DAtwvu6qk53cTptuHrRb9x9-Srngr9c68_a5eEBKGyOUT-GcR/w640-h360/1956-The%20Young%20Guns-Corriganville-Silverland-Hotel%20and%20small%20building%20at%20E%20end%20of%20street-Russ%20Tamblyn-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another Clampitt Fire survivor ... sort of<br /></b></span></div><br />One other item of interest in the Russ Tamblyn shot is the small cabin in the background. Situated at the northeast end of Silvertown, this cabin was in its share of movies, and surprisingly, it survived the Clampitt Fire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKKolo5Fp4SPKmCU-9PlLvbZIGkOioGbD4-aTqPqQ6IoyPTtRqnofhNPAhhS_FhgSYl-5508xhPXw0vm3S1M9gP7narI5m0fEfEZ0O65I_nCUE5rGxRS2tFUu5AEBNLLenAllErguxg0E5FGc9oZDIyTqT1op6fb7oeMgVGWirtSTji_d8NeFtZe3iOxV/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Kris%20Kristofferson%20and%20friends-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKKolo5Fp4SPKmCU-9PlLvbZIGkOioGbD4-aTqPqQ6IoyPTtRqnofhNPAhhS_FhgSYl-5508xhPXw0vm3S1M9gP7narI5m0fEfEZ0O65I_nCUE5rGxRS2tFUu5AEBNLLenAllErguxg0E5FGc9oZDIyTqT1op6fb7oeMgVGWirtSTji_d8NeFtZe3iOxV/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-Hotel-Kris%20Kristofferson%20and%20friends-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>OK, so it's a fixer-upper<br /></b></span></div><br />Well, "survived" may be too strong a word. The cabin did escape the fire, but it had its own problems. For whatever it's worth, "Vigilante Force" documented the cabin's status as of 1975.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGaG4GZuShDR0W4sFJrYIZIbue6DBC_92jaiou3MMZ87mxc-l4bl-YgrhjJ9icOymRIEPI4qtt8iKh3SbNtXz9CpY0XCx0LJspbAYimRaUJGrpo37yEs_8oapufB7PLkFC4gItbjd3TO_Otj7DiiuMkH2C37boCeibkxpYS2EpEcDJdA3iT72hp44yP-Q/s5595/1956-Blazing%20the%20Overland%20Trail-Ch%208-PS-Dennis%20Moore%20and%20Lee%20Roberts-Corriganville-small%20cabin%20at%20NE%20end%20of%20Silverland-8336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4396" data-original-width="5595" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGaG4GZuShDR0W4sFJrYIZIbue6DBC_92jaiou3MMZ87mxc-l4bl-YgrhjJ9icOymRIEPI4qtt8iKh3SbNtXz9CpY0XCx0LJspbAYimRaUJGrpo37yEs_8oapufB7PLkFC4gItbjd3TO_Otj7DiiuMkH2C37boCeibkxpYS2EpEcDJdA3iT72hp44yP-Q/w640-h502/1956-Blazing%20the%20Overland%20Trail-Ch%208-PS-Dennis%20Moore%20and%20Lee%20Roberts-Corriganville-small%20cabin%20at%20NE%20end%20of%20Silverland-8336.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The little cabin in it heyday (Bison Archives photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />The cabin was looking a lot sharper in the 1956 Columbia serial "Blazing the Overland Trail."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAzHoaCoM9rqMd22od53kuoyUkiaHB_Z1GAe35ph3tA9Um97U-yqPIKPSnfbSYckXwb6UzD1zESkiP5Rserka9hi5QIW-Aps_81AmXnpkSISS7gLFGgckEgJBgqUsMalhLSwWXgrLf80n9H4wCdxBqMMqzwkuhpAV_yXymfk9jk0N2IRHHW96LG4GvtbD/s918/undated-tourists-Corriganville-Church%20and%20small%20cabin%20near%20NE%20end%20of%20Silvertown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="918" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAzHoaCoM9rqMd22od53kuoyUkiaHB_Z1GAe35ph3tA9Um97U-yqPIKPSnfbSYckXwb6UzD1zESkiP5Rserka9hi5QIW-Aps_81AmXnpkSISS7gLFGgckEgJBgqUsMalhLSwWXgrLf80n9H4wCdxBqMMqzwkuhpAV_yXymfk9jk0N2IRHHW96LG4GvtbD/w640-h448/undated-tourists-Corriganville-Church%20and%20small%20cabin%20near%20NE%20end%20of%20Silvertown.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tourists hang around near the little cabin and the nearby church<br /></b></span></div><br />The cabin was one of the attractions for tourists visiting Corriganville, as was a nearby church. The church also appeared on screen pretty regularly — and it, too, survived the Clampitt Fire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLH--HikCA4DN8pur-uP1RhfvKyJKq5eOCksSLkRgxzfLi4uA_eVBu7F61kPEQ-kDWAyV3aggspnuPZF35SjJbH92zNpgjL8sWKkKJPr9tDku1bDKF_ngIAraNdZRHmamzF141VyYliPvzhSzxVnsuH_j_9PShAwkMNGIo3WaOxtK8K5E8BtOgNXWoMWn/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202%20and%20white%20building-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLH--HikCA4DN8pur-uP1RhfvKyJKq5eOCksSLkRgxzfLi4uA_eVBu7F61kPEQ-kDWAyV3aggspnuPZF35SjJbH92zNpgjL8sWKkKJPr9tDku1bDKF_ngIAraNdZRHmamzF141VyYliPvzhSzxVnsuH_j_9PShAwkMNGIo3WaOxtK8K5E8BtOgNXWoMWn/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202%20and%20white%20building-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>What was left of the church building in 1975<br /></b></span></div><br />We know the church survived the fire in 1970 because we can see it in this shot and others from "Vigilante Force." It doesn't look as much like a church as it once did, but it's still standing, as of 1975.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvwhsFWvpW1VnRkAtzR9yI1F5XGAt-4VSbFCOSe62eQqMwZVzoRJT_u5eRmmtWJQ92OqR-sRyd8haUoZXCG3rIo8g1m1zY7ySmp9VWypT9pXJzLpGGCx9BgSfsm8DZytxm_noUNw5alOdjZrc1of7IWDrqEAp-maoLd4f07fdBMq1XaunrQSbHADwEIIc/s3486/1958%20(1959)-Death%20Valley%20Days%207.21-Eruption%20at%20Volcano-Corriganville-church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2618" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvwhsFWvpW1VnRkAtzR9yI1F5XGAt-4VSbFCOSe62eQqMwZVzoRJT_u5eRmmtWJQ92OqR-sRyd8haUoZXCG3rIo8g1m1zY7ySmp9VWypT9pXJzLpGGCx9BgSfsm8DZytxm_noUNw5alOdjZrc1of7IWDrqEAp-maoLd4f07fdBMq1XaunrQSbHADwEIIc/w640-h480/1958%20(1959)-Death%20Valley%20Days%207.21-Eruption%20at%20Volcano-Corriganville-church.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The church in 1958, as it appeared in "Death Valley Days"<br /></b></span></div><br />The church made many appearances in movies and TV shows. This shot comes from the "Death Valley Days" episode "Eruption at Volcano," filmed in 1958 and aired in 1959.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7mwg-iEt-hkKhRau_7cy4WFTLuyLFtcMZWQATCvlAxQyG_htQJ1EaqhrlWFU1WWLDhUysrNdr7OnGdax7OIeBn2exjZI2fpyLbEGCMyfY45uvHPl3dMHR--4AJaEqTDVpg7c5frCXkodZ_5fZ-SzudEiTFIyLQ7N0eW-VbxWwp9WanioAtPmMo2Aoe23/s720/1970s%20(ca)-Corriganville-church-posted%20by%20John%20Bickler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="720" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7mwg-iEt-hkKhRau_7cy4WFTLuyLFtcMZWQATCvlAxQyG_htQJ1EaqhrlWFU1WWLDhUysrNdr7OnGdax7OIeBn2exjZI2fpyLbEGCMyfY45uvHPl3dMHR--4AJaEqTDVpg7c5frCXkodZ_5fZ-SzudEiTFIyLQ7N0eW-VbxWwp9WanioAtPmMo2Aoe23/w640-h544/1970s%20(ca)-Corriganville-church-posted%20by%20John%20Bickler.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The deteriorating church in the mid- to late 1970s (posted by John Bickler)<br /></b></span></div><br />This Internet photo reveals the condition of the church in the 1970s. Based on the shape it's in here and what we can see of it in "Vigilante Force," I'd say this photo was taken sometime after the "Vigilante Force" shoot, with just a little more deterioration evident here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKm3Az2xfho1eVBZKyWwsdlXjMdyb2friRTzKe2YYO5hB42lVGx6siYHffFxpBJ74wqF4AYdgb-wMDxq7XyvxjSw_J8RRw8DzyD80VWiHOkhxableCdg3YXbsrY-bw9iuEGz4vW2VQUp37T4OmxhOoRjcxG3C6NsILnX8FK6stXytpK0CE85ZiUa829SRI/s2722/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Kristofferson%20looks%20at%20the%20church%20in%20the%20distance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="2722" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKm3Az2xfho1eVBZKyWwsdlXjMdyb2friRTzKe2YYO5hB42lVGx6siYHffFxpBJ74wqF4AYdgb-wMDxq7XyvxjSw_J8RRw8DzyD80VWiHOkhxableCdg3YXbsrY-bw9iuEGz4vW2VQUp37T4OmxhOoRjcxG3C6NsILnX8FK6stXytpK0CE85ZiUa829SRI/w640-h416/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Kristofferson%20looks%20at%20the%20church%20in%20the%20distance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Vigilante Force": Kristofferson eyes a church in the distance<br /></b></span></div><br />Another church also plays a role in "Vigilante Force," and while this one is technically not at Corriganville, it's in the neighborhood — close enough that Kristofferson can watch what's going on there from Corriganville.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwiYzqM2YYck3mdB63lgSDwpxjUyshTolqxosYRyypqAwsp9Wkhb9Zci8-bCoATrkLVR8SQ1-wYwXhvAh8vlMq392Ibxc1JZ8QbGqwuX5p4-c8Uc67mH1DpzYwyd2PDHKI4i-s7ZP7rVbq-1GAvGShxubnUC_9LOHM96Fs8MbtONFjRWA5k-5y2gtGh_u/s2944/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-church%20in%20the%20distance,%20zoomed%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="2944" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwiYzqM2YYck3mdB63lgSDwpxjUyshTolqxosYRyypqAwsp9Wkhb9Zci8-bCoATrkLVR8SQ1-wYwXhvAh8vlMq392Ibxc1JZ8QbGqwuX5p4-c8Uc67mH1DpzYwyd2PDHKI4i-s7ZP7rVbq-1GAvGShxubnUC_9LOHM96Fs8MbtONFjRWA5k-5y2gtGh_u/w640-h402/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-church%20in%20the%20distance,%20zoomed%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the church in "Vigilante Force"<br /></b></span></div><br />As the camera begins to zoom in, we get a better look at the church. Both in the real world and in the movie, the church is a neighbor of Corriganville, and can even be filmed from the movie ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6qcQrNrcr0wI4jjEr_B7a1nR6HREDBIh8xYN3VDCjJLA9n-ZemEqCVlJiybME1BBGooaPhRPgBlE1rgC-_XN_GNQDAGo7Cy66U2c00NhPDcPXKJxfhMAEIBQXfWy43xlHhRTQgqEmorPuCcTlbkkIf6c6vQCDxasGp2GGlUNH-0epVHGI9Oy3mqvWr4p/s3624/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-adjacent-church%20on%20SSPR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3624" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6qcQrNrcr0wI4jjEr_B7a1nR6HREDBIh8xYN3VDCjJLA9n-ZemEqCVlJiybME1BBGooaPhRPgBlE1rgC-_XN_GNQDAGo7Cy66U2c00NhPDcPXKJxfhMAEIBQXfWy43xlHhRTQgqEmorPuCcTlbkkIf6c6vQCDxasGp2GGlUNH-0epVHGI9Oy3mqvWr4p/w640-h362/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-adjacent-church%20on%20SSPR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A funeral is taking place at the church, not far from Corriganville<br /></b></span></div><br />It turns out a funeral is under way at this church. In contrast to the previous shot, now a black banner has been added to cover up the real name of the church.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKd5mCOerU1xhYF-_cbbBU73Hq8RsVOSh7W3jNZnZP8zxTZrs237tdcIGixcAe-5bLhQ1NeU57UAQpTKv7gMtI8zbWrcxfOLlnTbeRolgwLUZe-Bp89nq7-SwDFolgPK37DBaw1BDTr4FuC6uRIvE_qUC0UFtRWCeWBBPbB-UBPL1JUq3hFCrmzDm3i2k/s2143/2021%20(January)-Google%20SV-Church%20of%20God%20of%20Prophecy,%206700%20Santa%20Susana%20Pass%20Road,%20Simi%20Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2143" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKd5mCOerU1xhYF-_cbbBU73Hq8RsVOSh7W3jNZnZP8zxTZrs237tdcIGixcAe-5bLhQ1NeU57UAQpTKv7gMtI8zbWrcxfOLlnTbeRolgwLUZe-Bp89nq7-SwDFolgPK37DBaw1BDTr4FuC6uRIvE_qUC0UFtRWCeWBBPbB-UBPL1JUq3hFCrmzDm3i2k/w640-h432/2021%20(January)-Google%20SV-Church%20of%20God%20of%20Prophecy,%206700%20Santa%20Susana%20Pass%20Road,%20Simi%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same church as it stands today on Santa Susana Pass Road<br /></b></span></div><br />I don't know what the church was called in the 1970s, but it's still standing today, on Santa Susana Pass Road near Kuehner Drive, and today it's known as the Church of God of Prophecy. The same rocky hill seen in "Vigilante Force" can still be seen behind the church.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVctmQc1uETIpy0qhUEPjSWTkxuSY8EbfMLqlvF1e6inN28EaYC_xSMKbczAWfxt3RrsYl2gcH_TCu_pupG_eOzDZWvSRbyW8Ns4hFeCo7_RW3E3WzADLp9cknuKjx0Cb21dqTcwFHQx7lzbPYEFT520gEYLul-0ItZMhiHVKOUQFGZEbEwOsMZLYYLXbm/s3461/1973-Camper%20John%20(aka%20Prologue%20to%20Wounded%20Knee)-Simi%20Valley,%20where%20SSPR%20meets%20Kuehner-Santa%20Susana%20Trail%20area-opening%20shot-Church%20of%20God%20of%20Prophecy%20showing%20original%20small%20church,%20larger%20church,%20tree%20and%20water%20tank.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="3461" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVctmQc1uETIpy0qhUEPjSWTkxuSY8EbfMLqlvF1e6inN28EaYC_xSMKbczAWfxt3RrsYl2gcH_TCu_pupG_eOzDZWvSRbyW8Ns4hFeCo7_RW3E3WzADLp9cknuKjx0Cb21dqTcwFHQx7lzbPYEFT520gEYLul-0ItZMhiHVKOUQFGZEbEwOsMZLYYLXbm/w640-h390/1973-Camper%20John%20(aka%20Prologue%20to%20Wounded%20Knee)-Simi%20Valley,%20where%20SSPR%20meets%20Kuehner-Santa%20Susana%20Trail%20area-opening%20shot-Church%20of%20God%20of%20Prophecy%20showing%20original%20small%20church,%20larger%20church,%20tree%20and%20water%20tank.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same church, in "Camper John" (1973)<br /></b></span></div><br />The church also made an appearance in the fairly obscure 1973 movie "Camper John." The movie was later rereleased as "Prologue to Wounded Knee" and then rereleased again as "Gentle Savage."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59pxdO7HFMbkFKyn0zDJs_kZTy3PNlseC738Y_78XCNWktJ2r23_YbisXWZr5xFsb3DJWRnpI04VakUwtLYobqwApF9viSuxYNInjtCiyHiVAC2udFaf_1-KPtnTQW4smGSFMdQS9mhDrgLNFz0LVCOToB7UCKtxE7I4Sd4iwHB2f-Hp4fAU9WbvgQFSm/s3516/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-chimney-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Antony%20Carbone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3516" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59pxdO7HFMbkFKyn0zDJs_kZTy3PNlseC738Y_78XCNWktJ2r23_YbisXWZr5xFsb3DJWRnpI04VakUwtLYobqwApF9viSuxYNInjtCiyHiVAC2udFaf_1-KPtnTQW4smGSFMdQS9mhDrgLNFz0LVCOToB7UCKtxE7I4Sd4iwHB2f-Hp4fAU9WbvgQFSm/w640-h372/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-chimney-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Antony%20Carbone.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Vigilante Force": Corriganville history on display<br /></b></span></div><br />Other shots in "Vigilante Force" connect with Corriganville history in various ways. For example, take a look at this shot of the perennially shirtless Kristofferson with actor Antony Carbone.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgx7MxQO40L4oUTwwdypHm05rNfN_k_BJ7TJ3anH95NOalUeA2BGO9Lr-cPBQx5V2mlmVvQT2qxjo4pk4lxUC2z-EupTPTW8CIb2n4dW_AbEB0tuCgx1Ai9PsT-MD3kvhyVhDJHs2CA96mb6qRFpem0lA_PEDw0dof8tdeOC48U6OQvdEGyN3BaXvLvuZ/s3516/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-chimney-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Antony%20Carbone-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3516" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgx7MxQO40L4oUTwwdypHm05rNfN_k_BJ7TJ3anH95NOalUeA2BGO9Lr-cPBQx5V2mlmVvQT2qxjo4pk4lxUC2z-EupTPTW8CIb2n4dW_AbEB0tuCgx1Ai9PsT-MD3kvhyVhDJHs2CA96mb6qRFpem0lA_PEDw0dof8tdeOC48U6OQvdEGyN3BaXvLvuZ/w640-h372/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-chimney-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Antony%20Carbone-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A historical artifact in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />It's easy to miss, but if you look closely you can see an old chimney still standing in the background — a survivor of the Clampitt Fire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IBpfCOLBD5JJNhMtID2gtgQjNQE8X2KbCdH807nBLVI3KG5I9umRGREJBTbzVB-4O2Deb5VQT6_1GGdDICXFDiCQa8-SHTDSAAM-9IAbEsP0J_8WLRaqsX8fmKDgZDw_2LlzQzyZhNFEhuyyEmx0CVBvY2etA9PJTmApPSaSvTPpDRCaEr2_1lShr-aS/s585/1937%20(ca)-Corriganville-nice%20shot%20of%20Ray's%20house;%20also%20Barn%20No.%201-Bison%20Archives-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="585" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IBpfCOLBD5JJNhMtID2gtgQjNQE8X2KbCdH807nBLVI3KG5I9umRGREJBTbzVB-4O2Deb5VQT6_1GGdDICXFDiCQa8-SHTDSAAM-9IAbEsP0J_8WLRaqsX8fmKDgZDw_2LlzQzyZhNFEhuyyEmx0CVBvY2etA9PJTmApPSaSvTPpDRCaEr2_1lShr-aS/w640-h424/1937%20(ca)-Corriganville-nice%20shot%20of%20Ray's%20house;%20also%20Barn%20No.%201-Bison%20Archives-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ray Corrigan's house and ranch buildings, circa 1937 (Bison Archives photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />The chimney is gone today, but it was once part of Ray Corrigan's house. This photo was taken around the time Corrigan purchased the property in 1937, and shows the only buildings that were standing in the area before he began building Silvertown.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGAE6ArT4GnyzR3WG1uPP2e4qh2kvoyiqi3c3eI29qZ7VF4uVbT5VkhYW6fZIIQ4tsmXvaDkp1YLvbIhrxwikUukIWu3H5LqjeZkf7drLj3CGlgoYeqVs9d8Mq9UV75LtuQg0sNrC7ebzAL4j-qyDklOEXDB0Fh6hQtfBgYbBsPOkv22EZHCKllC9jItT/s585/1937%20(ca)-Corriganville-nice%20shot%20of%20Ray's%20house;%20also%20Barn%20No.%201-Bison%20Archives-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="585" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGAE6ArT4GnyzR3WG1uPP2e4qh2kvoyiqi3c3eI29qZ7VF4uVbT5VkhYW6fZIIQ4tsmXvaDkp1YLvbIhrxwikUukIWu3H5LqjeZkf7drLj3CGlgoYeqVs9d8Mq9UV75LtuQg0sNrC7ebzAL4j-qyDklOEXDB0Fh6hQtfBgYbBsPOkv22EZHCKllC9jItT/w640-h424/1937%20(ca)-Corriganville-nice%20shot%20of%20Ray's%20house;%20also%20Barn%20No.%201-Bison%20Archives-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Barn No. 1, aka the Old Barn — part of Ray Corrigan's original ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />Among those earliest buildings is "Barn No. 1," also known as the Old Barn. The buildings in this photo, including Ray's house, would later be incorporated into Silvertown, but they would all be destroyed in the 1970 fire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDaR1JE6yORpnlUrPraGoKQAMNIxaU3F4n2st3MmvJFUmbj4pbism2aVOltkz4azvSoFfA8CAfdR3AbGUlql3JI-bCAak0bEGKHEyD3F5yptttJXCX3R9lJm5X6hmF_uvfJeMk_hFn_yhN6O1ghQ9XjiZ_CiqsO2KwJSjOswTijvSlJrawOxa58PSqsXi/s2544/1942-Red%20River%20Robin%20Hood-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%201%20before%20it%20had%20other%20buildings%20around%20it.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="2544" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDaR1JE6yORpnlUrPraGoKQAMNIxaU3F4n2st3MmvJFUmbj4pbism2aVOltkz4azvSoFfA8CAfdR3AbGUlql3JI-bCAak0bEGKHEyD3F5yptttJXCX3R9lJm5X6hmF_uvfJeMk_hFn_yhN6O1ghQ9XjiZ_CiqsO2KwJSjOswTijvSlJrawOxa58PSqsXi/w640-h482/1942-Red%20River%20Robin%20Hood-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%201%20before%20it%20had%20other%20buildings%20around%20it.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Old Barn in "Red River Robin Hood" (1942)<br /></b></span></div><br />The Old Barn would go on to become a fixture of Silvertown, and would be seen in countless movies and TV episodes. But when "Red River Robin Hood" filmed at Corriganville in 1942, the barn looked kind of lonely without any other buildings around.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmD4jQiuj7p-rkNX255EO0ExwY_58yHFKoKeLONSM_OWXK9VSurTNQE37otK4gjZOEvhQyi0Xe4nXX6j63-BLDWPm3b5S1H9LmmLNB88RtgOM_hU2ZiEueL6dAxGcp2ZxZwgVFvklOqopO51jDFPVjeQn-ukXCsWALXLnGbeRdWw6GK6R6MiRlwVauEFK/s1050/1944-Gangsters%20of%20the%20Frontier-PS-Corriganville-Silvertown-south%20side%20of%20street-PRC-501-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1050" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmD4jQiuj7p-rkNX255EO0ExwY_58yHFKoKeLONSM_OWXK9VSurTNQE37otK4gjZOEvhQyi0Xe4nXX6j63-BLDWPm3b5S1H9LmmLNB88RtgOM_hU2ZiEueL6dAxGcp2ZxZwgVFvklOqopO51jDFPVjeQn-ukXCsWALXLnGbeRdWw6GK6R6MiRlwVauEFK/w640-h504/1944-Gangsters%20of%20the%20Frontier-PS-Corriganville-Silvertown-south%20side%20of%20street-PRC-501-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A booming Silvertown in "Gangsters of the Frontier," 1944 (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />Just two years later, when "Gangsters of the Frontier" came to town, there was an actual town to come to. By then Silvertown was a bustling Western street with plenty of buildings — and plenty of action.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAG3OiJ_53wlkR0M6gUEyhXewJnqusDHpow3s-XoMMrQWKqauEN7G-Mq0ZKmSUrusS5vjaGtdzwwxuDNbctBUI_xerDZTpUxYI0bLqlpIqmTxhg4uBvvZHHYl8yU77sAF_gG4oubWVKC_ylA7K19QQHv2A9WfAlr9H8Nv_jiesgF5S5-McjIFKybwpLqg/s1600/1957-The%20Quiet%20Gun-Corriganville-Silvertown-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1600" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAG3OiJ_53wlkR0M6gUEyhXewJnqusDHpow3s-XoMMrQWKqauEN7G-Mq0ZKmSUrusS5vjaGtdzwwxuDNbctBUI_xerDZTpUxYI0bLqlpIqmTxhg4uBvvZHHYl8yU77sAF_gG4oubWVKC_ylA7K19QQHv2A9WfAlr9H8Nv_jiesgF5S5-McjIFKybwpLqg/w640-h270/1957-The%20Quiet%20Gun-Corriganville-Silvertown-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Quiet Gun" (1957): Looking southwest down the main street at Silvertown<br /></b></span></div><br />Shots taken in the other direction — looking southwest — often capture some of Ray Corrigan's original ranch buildings in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaYK2YR-6i3vD3FPgiVAA61Mr4xb2UfTWmDBnHs4dkHzCYR4Rg42JJ7XaKN9lnR-q2GIzo_quyl0mKa1Sh-T9ogRvl4gNoCMHXcz-etdKYb516hybpde4UxqR4PzFbdXLweHhT71lwYrWZpSBMR2kH2icfXAhOqdfBSBFkPzeZMraSWpZPy7GnTn9GEy6/s1600/1957-The%20Quiet%20Gun-Corriganville-Silvertown-IMDb-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1600" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaYK2YR-6i3vD3FPgiVAA61Mr4xb2UfTWmDBnHs4dkHzCYR4Rg42JJ7XaKN9lnR-q2GIzo_quyl0mKa1Sh-T9ogRvl4gNoCMHXcz-etdKYb516hybpde4UxqR4PzFbdXLweHhT71lwYrWZpSBMR2kH2icfXAhOqdfBSBFkPzeZMraSWpZPy7GnTn9GEy6/w640-h270/1957-The%20Quiet%20Gun-Corriganville-Silvertown-IMDb-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Original ranch buildings as part of Silvertown<br /></b></span></div><br />I believe the Old Barn was moved from its original position,
because it appears to be much farther from Ray Corrigan's house in later Silvertown shots than it did in the 1937
photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCpRMnj1BKL_y5IltpmVEgtp7-WXNPBtC5MxIyGI2b7_PVSb4GafhZz2Q6kh-clFqYJCFMj3vwv1geE4jaesVl8zsue2iq8aZmHOwCIkIgdUcdHfJnFz3EYsI-vqZpxnwCSLAGSpHt-Q4vu22emFdGs9s4kUHlGwd91MessfCDH59d1bYnudDCBS3pyms/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCpRMnj1BKL_y5IltpmVEgtp7-WXNPBtC5MxIyGI2b7_PVSb4GafhZz2Q6kh-clFqYJCFMj3vwv1geE4jaesVl8zsue2iq8aZmHOwCIkIgdUcdHfJnFz3EYsI-vqZpxnwCSLAGSpHt-Q4vu22emFdGs9s4kUHlGwd91MessfCDH59d1bYnudDCBS3pyms/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Barn No. 2 in "Vigilante Force," and another appearance by the marching band<br /></b></span></div><br />Barn No. 2 was part of an expansion of Silvertown that took place between 1947 and 1952. The new barn was constructed of sturdier material than the old barn, but the main reason it survived the Clampitt Fire was probably because it was set off from the rest of the town.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2njia92TCPzLc2e7f2ivX9zybRnl36SMqnj-WXrUgUqgfaof9n7ya7qQjRquhg8JN5z9g3CjkceDKYN1Nhmg3Q0X0iW46Opyt57Hz-yXoLsPD1msZPIEnHGMekPMgJPywRqxf2jtR9uSOWq1dls5-Kz4UldtsHsIa9_9p7jPt9WE7r0CZAssKGqrYt107/s3510/1953-Fighting%20Lawman-Corriganville-Silvertown-Barn%20No.%202,%20hotel,%20hanging%20tree,%20cabin,%20Gorilla%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="3510" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2njia92TCPzLc2e7f2ivX9zybRnl36SMqnj-WXrUgUqgfaof9n7ya7qQjRquhg8JN5z9g3CjkceDKYN1Nhmg3Q0X0iW46Opyt57Hz-yXoLsPD1msZPIEnHGMekPMgJPywRqxf2jtR9uSOWq1dls5-Kz4UldtsHsIa9_9p7jPt9WE7r0CZAssKGqrYt107/w640-h480/1953-Fighting%20Lawman-Corriganville-Silvertown-Barn%20No.%202,%20hotel,%20hanging%20tree,%20cabin,%20Gorilla%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Fighting Lawman" (1953): Barn No. 2, the Hotel, Gorilla Rock and the Hanging Tree<br /></b></span></div><br />Barn No. 2, seen here on the left, was still pretty new when it appeared in "Fighting Lawman." This shot from the movie also features the hotel's storefront facades, on the right. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk05DBVQJP4hnnVptDOZYn9yzj1uSDq00-FOHfO70EicA0if_UvbDYaylVqy-v-MFrHwEwP0T4p9DANldaJSf7r-_b2AQ8_t6WLH1AbdskyBl7abaTr8_bHYXtgSuZQ2IizTKoPNorlrM9xaWoBkRrT37V28xfui__kxCQOqypXoB9BSmb7IYYZWAORoUt/s3510/1953-Fighting%20Lawman-Corriganville-Silvertown-Barn%20No.%202,%20hotel,%20hanging%20tree,%20cabin,%20Gorilla%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="3510" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk05DBVQJP4hnnVptDOZYn9yzj1uSDq00-FOHfO70EicA0if_UvbDYaylVqy-v-MFrHwEwP0T4p9DANldaJSf7r-_b2AQ8_t6WLH1AbdskyBl7abaTr8_bHYXtgSuZQ2IizTKoPNorlrM9xaWoBkRrT37V28xfui__kxCQOqypXoB9BSmb7IYYZWAORoUt/w640-h480/1953-Fighting%20Lawman-Corriganville-Silvertown-Barn%20No.%202,%20hotel,%20hanging%20tree,%20cabin,%20Gorilla%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Other features in the "Fighting Lawman" shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Other features in the screen shot include Gorilla Rock, the hanging tree and the small cabin we looked at before. These features were at the northeast end of Silvertown, and they all survived the 1970 fire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xDCE2Oy4I9Ht6ZSTDAGzTp05aRnOa0bzv8bMp79Iv9UX6X336eKdTZf0BW-4m1Qg_gWvWRKMNlIZqkCJ85Sh-i1YPQMmPPDbFZ7IUoEvhP-8hxTVWLJWbA2K1CMlWfZCD6My1Xj3h9XA9fEu5GYmbw-95qjqWNezTVeAQ327McIc04Bdwl01L5M9cJpJ/s3486/1958%20(1959)-Death%20Valley%20Days%207.20-Stagecoach%20Spy-Silvertown-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2513" data-original-width="3486" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xDCE2Oy4I9Ht6ZSTDAGzTp05aRnOa0bzv8bMp79Iv9UX6X336eKdTZf0BW-4m1Qg_gWvWRKMNlIZqkCJ85Sh-i1YPQMmPPDbFZ7IUoEvhP-8hxTVWLJWbA2K1CMlWfZCD6My1Xj3h9XA9fEu5GYmbw-95qjqWNezTVeAQ327McIc04Bdwl01L5M9cJpJ/w640-h462/1958%20(1959)-Death%20Valley%20Days%207.20-Stagecoach%20Spy-Silvertown-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Corriganville's "preferred" hanging tree, in "Death Valley Days" (1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />The tree at the northeast end of town was just one of multiple trees at Corriganville that became known as "hanging trees," but I think it was the main one. This tree made a big impression on me when I visited Corriganville as a kid, because it was used to stage live hangings for the tourists. Ah, the good ol' days ...<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXDoqOwL_iT6mH7ded7CSLweR74riILrGEYYWGM3k1aUh4Vj5BEEK5dWWtWuM1SxbSJ62DlUtlACl4L1BAnXSTu45r09XcgrHdpG0eX-9GxeUjGR-JMoKXU__qIMYbkJ9TV-je2YyIpn1dnuSp4msG69nYCEEOOcpAUmc3-43OJO9lnyTZAP4tmqeiE9V/s3834/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20hanging%20tree%20and%20planter-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Jan-Michael%20Vincent,%20Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3834" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXDoqOwL_iT6mH7ded7CSLweR74riILrGEYYWGM3k1aUh4Vj5BEEK5dWWtWuM1SxbSJ62DlUtlACl4L1BAnXSTu45r09XcgrHdpG0eX-9GxeUjGR-JMoKXU__qIMYbkJ9TV-je2YyIpn1dnuSp4msG69nYCEEOOcpAUmc3-43OJO9lnyTZAP4tmqeiE9V/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20hanging%20tree%20and%20planter-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Jan-Michael%20Vincent,%20Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Bernadette Peters leans against the hanging tree in "Vigilante Force"<br /></b></span></div><br />By the time "Vigilante Force" filmed in 1975, the hanging tree, which resided in a circular stone planter next to Barn No. 2, had grown to be enormous.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLhdM6IjI-ne2BTNg-nLUU_HSGja1YgLzaCQ1OsrAY1iZtm0Hhdx5B9tLZhyDGaQK98aXoz_NqGQdHtyqHmvXKMKKGIpO0cz0pl6rCJZZ0ewwD9r0lvA9UXoamgIL1W_993y8SNBb2QR-JSdD6xuOQABGSp9yhCErBqEqBZtKcl1sFWPpzQrfPWnHrh2r/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20hanging%20tree%20and%20planter-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLhdM6IjI-ne2BTNg-nLUU_HSGja1YgLzaCQ1OsrAY1iZtm0Hhdx5B9tLZhyDGaQK98aXoz_NqGQdHtyqHmvXKMKKGIpO0cz0pl6rCJZZ0ewwD9r0lvA9UXoamgIL1W_993y8SNBb2QR-JSdD6xuOQABGSp9yhCErBqEqBZtKcl1sFWPpzQrfPWnHrh2r/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202,%20hanging%20tree%20and%20planter-Kris%20Kristofferson,%20Bernadette%20Peters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kristofferson and Peters reflect on life's mysteries at the hanging tree<br /></b></span></div><br />With the massive oak tree situated right next to the barn, cast members could easily be filmed looking pensive while seated on the planter or leaning against the tree..<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgja5E2wrRUod_RUUYzJ2Ysgnc-WWBrlakF5Rm54coLW8mch2-k_ta7QbtrreNRpCP0OJqIndCdpbC9DCAUZ4Bpd_1ryStRspvH5k2yjNVHS2a5h2oj5RxQuDh1eaHr9F9nsrtfRG3L4ILdg_7D6RksVVujJ-Ca0vPo2ZTv-6aqNuG1hKe0_ga_iDsygNS6/s4032/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-hanging%20tree-IMG_3831.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgja5E2wrRUod_RUUYzJ2Ysgnc-WWBrlakF5Rm54coLW8mch2-k_ta7QbtrreNRpCP0OJqIndCdpbC9DCAUZ4Bpd_1ryStRspvH5k2yjNVHS2a5h2oj5RxQuDh1eaHr9F9nsrtfRG3L4ILdg_7D6RksVVujJ-Ca0vPo2ZTv-6aqNuG1hKe0_ga_iDsygNS6/w640-h480/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-hanging%20tree-IMG_3831.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The tree remains in place in 2023 — and is bigger than ever<br /></b></span></div><br />On a recent visit to Corriganville, I was able to confirm that the old hanging tree is still alive and well, and still resides in its circular planter — near the surviving stone wall segments that once held up the barn.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5ZGGIK6NkWKyIoMC_Nl_Z8y8IHwya87r1cr97AbZZYo83j3LjzpLx6aRbSHUncZc7do5YxR2HM6CIzhVAYJ0eMuhhfO-fEBasQsTxR9WjVlZ04Ietgk21jxVaLKTGVlYe8M7sVcF3wsffWgCDflvzXW2vsduDFo6kXRATIqcvXAkPMI1bI4rUOYRa7DH/s4032/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-hanging%20tree-IMG_3874.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5ZGGIK6NkWKyIoMC_Nl_Z8y8IHwya87r1cr97AbZZYo83j3LjzpLx6aRbSHUncZc7do5YxR2HM6CIzhVAYJ0eMuhhfO-fEBasQsTxR9WjVlZ04Ietgk21jxVaLKTGVlYe8M7sVcF3wsffWgCDflvzXW2vsduDFo6kXRATIqcvXAkPMI1bI4rUOYRa7DH/w640-h480/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-hanging%20tree-IMG_3874.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The giant oak has what it takes to be a hanging tree<br /></b></span></div><br />I also gained some insight into why this particular oak tree became the movie ranch's preferred venue for public hangings. It has the one essential feature every hanging tree needs: a high, sturdy horizontal limb.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTD8MfRuCbnwricCSoECPZg8jX1HJyopiSJQqdqSyUfGyQHb4PjHFf23853a8V1fy5zFVDIt9c0g-zl0It3JqDIN6Yxu8SHOz2WgXahA9hgjB1otr4KBGVH1cdGPAZSsZvRHXlRf86NDxKnezF9PL_fnUSULpR8Ca1MaNOgDd8VNO3uKpVFl3_QpePDADD/s3855/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202%20foundation-IMG_3855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="3855" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTD8MfRuCbnwricCSoECPZg8jX1HJyopiSJQqdqSyUfGyQHb4PjHFf23853a8V1fy5zFVDIt9c0g-zl0It3JqDIN6Yxu8SHOz2WgXahA9hgjB1otr4KBGVH1cdGPAZSsZvRHXlRf86NDxKnezF9PL_fnUSULpR8Ca1MaNOgDd8VNO3uKpVFl3_QpePDADD/w640-h450/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202%20foundation-IMG_3855.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Barn No. 2's surviving stone wall segments (2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />The legacy of Barn No. 2 also lives on in today's landscape, its stone wall still intact below Gorilla Rock. The ruins of the barn are one of only a handful of surviving Silvertown relics that rise above ground level.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLREmCedxeMv3zKByedpiiZZaWGcY-2L1OUrPB9ouBU46WfpgL8kc2BrVyiS00epcfyMtSAiqillI4SPqiWSckAZ_2q2kdKcdtHnuYHKU3WhZ65gSsSXUjzHfwg6DGvF1B04xLSbpzYfZIde11vsHn7RcXuakLRO1YZQFQ_4iRA69ovV9Q_eocBAj5JgZ/s885/1979%20(ran%20110279)-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202-Los%20Angeles%20Times%20photo%20by%20%20Ken%20Hively-posted%20by%20John%20Bickler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="885" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLREmCedxeMv3zKByedpiiZZaWGcY-2L1OUrPB9ouBU46WfpgL8kc2BrVyiS00epcfyMtSAiqillI4SPqiWSckAZ_2q2kdKcdtHnuYHKU3WhZ65gSsSXUjzHfwg6DGvF1B04xLSbpzYfZIde11vsHn7RcXuakLRO1YZQFQ_4iRA69ovV9Q_eocBAj5JgZ/w640-h504/1979%20(ran%20110279)-Corriganville-Barn%20No.%202-Los%20Angeles%20Times%20photo%20by%20%20Ken%20Hively-posted%20by%20John%20Bickler.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Firefighters hose off the remains of Barn No. 2 (L.A. Times photo by Ken Hively, 1979)<br /></b></span></div><br />You may want to get out a hanky for this one, but here's a photo that ran in the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 2, 1979, capturing the demise of Barn No. 2. The photo was posted by John Bickler. The flattened building in the background appears to be the Hotel.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4B7AP65uI92mO303BeVVSXgYfk7PM0oHVUAhvxhJyBbI5GimYiVG-qfeAVu-cbhGnbGeOYVfyMHBII8ZfhbWpgeL6xokvCGUvcSRyjjvyAvyWB-ZGwSCJF-IuLE9flHWQItAvbGYBUbQz-zlqw-tkEadWz2B1UX3Z1QPp-XrnbP6dWqi72-_T2yVV2Lmr/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake,%20Stunt%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4B7AP65uI92mO303BeVVSXgYfk7PM0oHVUAhvxhJyBbI5GimYiVG-qfeAVu-cbhGnbGeOYVfyMHBII8ZfhbWpgeL6xokvCGUvcSRyjjvyAvyWB-ZGwSCJF-IuLE9flHWQItAvbGYBUbQz-zlqw-tkEadWz2B1UX3Z1QPp-XrnbP6dWqi72-_T2yVV2Lmr/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake,%20Stunt%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Corriganville's Robin Hood Lake, now a dry concrete basin, in "Vigilante Force"<br /></b></span></div><br />One other Corriganville scene that caught my eye in "Vigilante Force" is a brief sequence filmed in the concrete basin that once held the location ranch's famed Robin Hood Lake.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs3N3wX2nZ4PX92jT4YL05ueaVdN4pu4et86Xl2dKHZklQD2xNSxELSnx_yRFTw0V9t77LLY62qyeQ9Bb3KZkATgb1uyAkqRc9sgaFhQ_UrlyYZmKdaVWuaA2VCDuMX1mjgPQCfHXgfzphLQugSJHHDIc3Q61tKQDYeovLlO_co2hC56UWZVNUfdDaqIz/s1289/1947-Last%20of%20the%20Redmen-Robin%20Hood%20Lake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1289" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs3N3wX2nZ4PX92jT4YL05ueaVdN4pu4et86Xl2dKHZklQD2xNSxELSnx_yRFTw0V9t77LLY62qyeQ9Bb3KZkATgb1uyAkqRc9sgaFhQ_UrlyYZmKdaVWuaA2VCDuMX1mjgPQCfHXgfzphLQugSJHHDIc3Q61tKQDYeovLlO_co2hC56UWZVNUfdDaqIz/w640-h486/1947-Last%20of%20the%20Redmen-Robin%20Hood%20Lake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A canoe paddles along Robin Hood Lake in "Last of the Redmen" (1947)<br /></b></span></div><br />Scenic
Robin Hood Lake was a common sight in productions filmed at
Corriganville, with part of the scenery provided by a manmade stunt rock. The rock can be seen here directly above the front of the canoe.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_OhYYypILs_NPW6njFGoLKOQ_0yjTjAg7gOw3UcUQGg1T3w38UjulcjfmTbNvl_M1hSybNSq2mafoDCbI0QbJ5HAqrhuvUFBuGob9Q8SsBWYwTu6wnbpKv98PJwTwzlNeZguRH7tR83SaPq582ghx4FwrabFsNZsATbiJKQ4Ao3FhT8keOFXTndlWW_q/s1015/1948-Jungle%20Jim-PS-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake-stunt%20rock-fancy%20dive.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="799" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_OhYYypILs_NPW6njFGoLKOQ_0yjTjAg7gOw3UcUQGg1T3w38UjulcjfmTbNvl_M1hSybNSq2mafoDCbI0QbJ5HAqrhuvUFBuGob9Q8SsBWYwTu6wnbpKv98PJwTwzlNeZguRH7tR83SaPq582ghx4FwrabFsNZsATbiJKQ4Ao3FhT8keOFXTndlWW_q/w504-h640/1948-Jungle%20Jim-PS-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake-stunt%20rock-fancy%20dive.jpg" width="504" /></a></div>"Jungle Jim" (Columbia, 1948): A fancy dive into Robin Hood Lake<br /></b></span></div><br />The stunt rock was often used for ... (wait for it) ... stunts! And fancy dives too, in case they're two different things. This shot comes from the first in a series of "Jungle Jim" movies Johnny Weissmuller started making at Columbia as soon as he wrapped up his run as Tarzan at MGM and RKO.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwcNDX2bqdCF-e5smR4oXNwqf04i31aSKBOomhcEU_JewwtCi50g3w907tn7PYm8gNIzK0ZxMHoIN0a7vsd5Rp2W9LUARoDQcRdwBBq66uKBN0klhbXNaX_1YnjCNjnHxQRN3tybTTJTiUL6ZsZn64AQMcJkkP2xDUleJ1FVbLBzNq7pBpIJcSuoq0a52/s1020/1951-Fury%20of%20the%20Congo-LC-Corriganville-Fort%20Apache%20Rock-Johnny%20Weissmuller%20(as%20Jungle%20Jim)-Sherry%20Moreland-Tamba%20the%20Chimp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1020" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwcNDX2bqdCF-e5smR4oXNwqf04i31aSKBOomhcEU_JewwtCi50g3w907tn7PYm8gNIzK0ZxMHoIN0a7vsd5Rp2W9LUARoDQcRdwBBq66uKBN0klhbXNaX_1YnjCNjnHxQRN3tybTTJTiUL6ZsZn64AQMcJkkP2xDUleJ1FVbLBzNq7pBpIJcSuoq0a52/w640-h498/1951-Fury%20of%20the%20Congo-LC-Corriganville-Fort%20Apache%20Rock-Johnny%20Weissmuller%20(as%20Jungle%20Jim)-Sherry%20Moreland-Tamba%20the%20Chimp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Weissmuller, Sherry Moreland and Tamba the Chimp at Corriganville (1951)<br /></b></span></div><br />Weissmuller spent so much time at Corriganville making "Jungle Jim" movies that people tend to think he filmed "Tarzan" movies there too, which as far as I can tell is incorrect. Surprisingly, Weissmuller actually made more "Jungle Jim" movies (13) than "Tarzan" movies (12).<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMcMDyaJWcR0-VnlGXA-2E6-42rZ32EUNVNwEk33badbFrWSh5TJGJ6Rjemw5usKdkuhwLycH1aEAkO43Vy3a2YgQYFO2xRor5pTWDn_Le6IHyjR1wvDmetCIG2W6USuuYFguGjKyulEG9JYNIjqByPOwvlXo2gmHndG0pI60W9gboC5ZdMrEZ-GadoWT/s3790/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake,%20Stunt%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="3790" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMcMDyaJWcR0-VnlGXA-2E6-42rZ32EUNVNwEk33badbFrWSh5TJGJ6Rjemw5usKdkuhwLycH1aEAkO43Vy3a2YgQYFO2xRor5pTWDn_Le6IHyjR1wvDmetCIG2W6USuuYFguGjKyulEG9JYNIjqByPOwvlXo2gmHndG0pI60W9gboC5ZdMrEZ-GadoWT/w640-h346/1975%20(1976)-Vigilante%20Force-ug-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake,%20Stunt%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A manmade rock complements the manmade lake<br /></b></span></div><br />The
"Vigilante Force" shot also features the stunt rock, and with the lake
already dry in 1975, the shot provides a preview of what the lake and
stunt rock look like today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0_qbRcamDQjU4dJgVZuNWufTd2xYR1pVePRtbL3pwLblJCN4YB4Nfv8ZAWNSftqSu0DX_BpSkwihLQ56rkprk5eq9sxOWwh1qwaiHsvtLkyYd0XJnpirTGtNsWAU7feppcuHe37n_yCE_-FJ3h4p2G0W_O0-SIWCRMdDR8YCSX6rn1dgl-06oAq6mdTX/s3306/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake%20and%20stunt%20rock-IMG_3887.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="3306" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0_qbRcamDQjU4dJgVZuNWufTd2xYR1pVePRtbL3pwLblJCN4YB4Nfv8ZAWNSftqSu0DX_BpSkwihLQ56rkprk5eq9sxOWwh1qwaiHsvtLkyYd0XJnpirTGtNsWAU7feppcuHe37n_yCE_-FJ3h4p2G0W_O0-SIWCRMdDR8YCSX6rn1dgl-06oAq6mdTX/w640-h334/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-Robin%20Hood%20Lake%20and%20stunt%20rock-IMG_3887.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Robin Hood Lake and the stunt rock in 2023</b></span></div><br />Robin Hood Lake hasn't changed much since "Vigilante Force" filmed at Corriganville, and the fake stunt rock still looks about the same — as long as you don't look too closely.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBfwYeCVcdOjNjj0UyZyUfkNmVN7wxLau5dOcGFdV4DxM6w34BAkn8g0R8Fb8z39Wspl0CnplgyC2EYidyRGa9pqV2QJz9yEa9X2uyTxU99_ibkekEhGLtCkWD3-FGhBeAdFGngWYNLXxqPu-G2LOcuNsW5Nj81OaEhbK9hEWFUGBiOHqNkb4U4C1P6gg/s4032/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-stunt%20rock-IMG_3895.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBfwYeCVcdOjNjj0UyZyUfkNmVN7wxLau5dOcGFdV4DxM6w34BAkn8g0R8Fb8z39Wspl0CnplgyC2EYidyRGa9pqV2QJz9yEa9X2uyTxU99_ibkekEhGLtCkWD3-FGhBeAdFGngWYNLXxqPu-G2LOcuNsW5Nj81OaEhbK9hEWFUGBiOHqNkb4U4C1P6gg/w640-h480/2023%20(080923)-Corriganville-stunt%20rock-IMG_3895.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The fake rock is showing its age<br /></b></span></div><br />If you do happen to take a close look at the stunt rock, the "movie magic" is quickly stripped away and the rock's true nature is betrayed by pieces of concrete, wood and chicken wire popping out of it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrZpUhIh2bKh3iBN2CAAf8_x_wDvNLdR4w78mYypWWuZgHHN3dQejrRnZtaoL6YgRrARbYs1DNw3ltXTgtdLF1H9TvqPHAQSl2qMo3GCA8OtianU7PGUDRyEBd_nuuVb81FPPluOvTAQ_JwWeKg2yCGJliHETaWI4_yfphR-XFwlc4LL93KHAnByonAL0/s934/recent-Corriganville%20Park%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrZpUhIh2bKh3iBN2CAAf8_x_wDvNLdR4w78mYypWWuZgHHN3dQejrRnZtaoL6YgRrARbYs1DNw3ltXTgtdLF1H9TvqPHAQSl2qMo3GCA8OtianU7PGUDRyEBd_nuuVb81FPPluOvTAQ_JwWeKg2yCGJliHETaWI4_yfphR-XFwlc4LL93KHAnByonAL0/w406-h640/recent-Corriganville%20Park%20sign.jpg" width="406" /></a></div>Corriganville Park — open to the public<br /></b></span></div><br />Located at the end of Smith Road in southeast Simi Valley, Calif., Corriganville today is a regional park and a popular hiking area. It's open to the public, so check it out if you can — but watch out for poison oak!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Df4FAuOQRQ0" width="320" youtube-src-id="Df4FAuOQRQ0"></iframe></div></div>Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down<br /></b></span></div><br />Before he decided to try his hand at acting, Kris Kristofferson was a heck of a singer-songwriter. Here's one of his classics — click on the arrow then click on the YouTube logo to watch it in a larger format.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-88902651603322719622023-06-30T10:26:00.009-07:002023-07-02T12:58:30.056-07:00Take a fun journey back to "Spartacus Draw" and Wildwood Park, on the former Janss Conejo Ranch in Thousand Oaks, Calif.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5i28CmbyUgXzUW2XpdjP7qJJojEQIVNKYOQSvySUnwsbY_aE6K8gnf76mGHjS9LE8f9KtHpxIEmtt4f3brPaoR4_BLwY4Jre5Exp4Kccwvv-fAT01wPG4cqY7kUybbUVXs93jfZ3Zx27dH15_Svh5elD6PvbU0fv6qw4zHDIG_K85kYFqf8ikorwPGK3d/s1600/1960-Spartacus-Janss%20Conejo-Lower%20Butte-%22I'm%20Spartacus%22%20scene.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1600" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5i28CmbyUgXzUW2XpdjP7qJJojEQIVNKYOQSvySUnwsbY_aE6K8gnf76mGHjS9LE8f9KtHpxIEmtt4f3brPaoR4_BLwY4Jre5Exp4Kccwvv-fAT01wPG4cqY7kUybbUVXs93jfZ3Zx27dH15_Svh5elD6PvbU0fv6qw4zHDIG_K85kYFqf8ikorwPGK3d/w640-h288/1960-Spartacus-Janss%20Conejo-Lower%20Butte-%22I'm%20Spartacus%22%20scene.png" width="640" /></a></div></div></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>"Spartacus" (1960): The "I'm Spartacus" scene, filmed in Thousand Oaks<br /></b></span></div><br />A while back we <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank">reported on the filming location for the famous "I'm
Spartacus" scene in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 gladiator epic "Spartacus."</a> The scene
was shot in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in a cactus-riddled pass through a ridgeline of volcanic rocks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierqnU0Wjkt9D-3QDV22JDA0Vg_gDbPKs1PUarJ2TVG5DFjqKHuiCNYDOF3bDiyq1ALfyd6jJq1PtqsDuKtk9x_bKALBDvu5zEcGpM02S_ooDSIq0AlVZlhAktRcwt203Yw7elttsEKRm5DbIeX9Zwpax07urKUVC2DOAVPPZQQ4_LDsg_D3Mh0jnhgDkC/s1600/2020%20(061520)-Spartacus%20Draw-matches%20Spartacus-JCondit%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1600" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierqnU0Wjkt9D-3QDV22JDA0Vg_gDbPKs1PUarJ2TVG5DFjqKHuiCNYDOF3bDiyq1ALfyd6jJq1PtqsDuKtk9x_bKALBDvu5zEcGpM02S_ooDSIq0AlVZlhAktRcwt203Yw7elttsEKRm5DbIeX9Zwpax07urKUVC2DOAVPPZQQ4_LDsg_D3Mh0jnhgDkC/w640-h246/2020%20(061520)-Spartacus%20Draw-matches%20Spartacus-JCondit%20photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2020: "Spartacus Draw" (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Today the site is known among film historians as "Spartacus Draw." This shot by photographer Jerry Condit reveals that it still looks pretty much the same today, although the cactus has come back in force.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2Vpxnewq0vCdrNqk5SvFedKkQiHsRnVe2zfp8Aw2K39AaM9n5gEmNUSEbYYv3uL_Kw1pXeXteE6Ic_1MTLKBclFNghvR6TSOx8SsC5ee3UdQBd6eLcfZNWzloT7n4zN2bQo_4_sq2NYn-Kt_ZqVkBIHUhOcj7u45q88gt6AFvLwFFjso1xMFSjuc_gBl/s1600/1960-Bat%202.31-A%20Grave%20Situation-Janss%20Conejo-M1%20and%20M2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2Vpxnewq0vCdrNqk5SvFedKkQiHsRnVe2zfp8Aw2K39AaM9n5gEmNUSEbYYv3uL_Kw1pXeXteE6Ic_1MTLKBclFNghvR6TSOx8SsC5ee3UdQBd6eLcfZNWzloT7n4zN2bQo_4_sq2NYn-Kt_ZqVkBIHUhOcj7u45q88gt6AFvLwFFjso1xMFSjuc_gBl/w640-h480/1960-Bat%202.31-A%20Grave%20Situation-Janss%20Conejo-M1%20and%20M2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Mountclef Ridge, in the "Bat Masterson" episode "A Grave Situation" (1960)<br /></b></span></div><br />Spartacus Draw is adjacent to a well-known landmark, Mountclef Ridge in Wildwood Regional Park, a popular hiking area. Back in the '50s and '60s this was the Janss Conejo Ranch, a major filming location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2I-dOGCPvqlfmzRRI7xDVsbO62ENnMyFgp8jwwfWaoDpre-P9XA5Q5ZRrsjTtsOk_17m2hJYhFXf7bqAr8dtqU31rv2ufS1hE4ve7xdI4OOILkPnfYdD1AwFgqI6lDxJeqkEJOYPtuxUPz9wbALE9s4CJlZ4sqoeuk7IuLyGiSpcDDC0F1BeSOM8nwduj/s1600/2020-Thousand%20Oaks-Janss%20Conejo-Mountclef%20Ridge-M1%20and%20M2-looking%20NW%20along%20Avenida%20de%20los%20Arboles-3395.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="1600" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2I-dOGCPvqlfmzRRI7xDVsbO62ENnMyFgp8jwwfWaoDpre-P9XA5Q5ZRrsjTtsOk_17m2hJYhFXf7bqAr8dtqU31rv2ufS1hE4ve7xdI4OOILkPnfYdD1AwFgqI6lDxJeqkEJOYPtuxUPz9wbALE9s4CJlZ4sqoeuk7IuLyGiSpcDDC0F1BeSOM8nwduj/w640-h414/2020-Thousand%20Oaks-Janss%20Conejo-Mountclef%20Ridge-M1%20and%20M2-looking%20NW%20along%20Avenida%20de%20los%20Arboles-3395.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Mountclef Ridge in the modern world, at the end of Avenida de los Arboles<br /></b></span></div><br />The location is easy to find today, at the west end of Avenida de los Arboles in Thousand Oaks. This was a wildly popular shooting area, especially in the days of the early TV Westerns<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank"></a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4rWJIdgtX1XZu6feMtreq_T-dhELBKVV28ByykyPsd4x_j7yw-YrIJ8HYxvvTRdea9REn9hVPXd3oPlIxvy08nnw0EFFqWdoaB9v0WDEVJpmsf5qQUDZRPAk8Jeb8EG7FWCYa0phZZF5C44QU1XgkntX78prHSTSXwRUk3mvvCKzcTgBvp_uhF1Wsuve/s1600/1962-Gunsmoke%207.31-Cale-Wildwood-Spartacus%20Draw-5412.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="1600" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4rWJIdgtX1XZu6feMtreq_T-dhELBKVV28ByykyPsd4x_j7yw-YrIJ8HYxvvTRdea9REn9hVPXd3oPlIxvy08nnw0EFFqWdoaB9v0WDEVJpmsf5qQUDZRPAk8Jeb8EG7FWCYa0phZZF5C44QU1XgkntX78prHSTSXwRUk3mvvCKzcTgBvp_uhF1Wsuve/w640-h410/1962-Gunsmoke%207.31-Cale-Wildwood-Spartacus%20Draw-5412.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>"Gunsmoke" episode "Cale" (1962): Matt and Chester ride out</b></span></div><br />Besides "Bat Masterson," episodes of "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide," "Laramie" and many other early Westerns were shot on the Janss Conejo Ranch. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjbrh4rKzpPJzS7GYXhQ--WA_Olj5K-Y0vE4-_rT-vPNAqP9hrp2E7lJ_NT9xodpxmX6P3vJw-qV5O7kHjzRMJwBxkYeSs8luLeNA7j6LH5IiltdkezNc8VMBO5w6VMUzZQtM1hQteGYS5vMddlgj_Iqk4j4VEbGctuec6hi4kEi2f4rA_LS_zi568J5u/s1600/1962-Gunsmoke%207.31-Cale-Wildwood-Spartacus%20Draw-5412-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="1600" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjbrh4rKzpPJzS7GYXhQ--WA_Olj5K-Y0vE4-_rT-vPNAqP9hrp2E7lJ_NT9xodpxmX6P3vJw-qV5O7kHjzRMJwBxkYeSs8luLeNA7j6LH5IiltdkezNc8VMBO5w6VMUzZQtM1hQteGYS5vMddlgj_Iqk4j4VEbGctuec6hi4kEi2f4rA_LS_zi568J5u/w640-h410/1962-Gunsmoke%207.31-Cale-Wildwood-Spartacus%20Draw-5412-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>They're headed for the draw!<br /></b></span></div><br />Spartacus Draw is a common background feature in these productions. For additional photos and details about "Gunsmoke" and other TV and film shoots at the location, <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank">check out our post from 2020 by clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRM6qKL9FsX0jQbHBR3NgBJ-Q3P7oG660QkZMp4sNbcSbjXhpjN5Cbsk2ghZ2jOXCDyURduUW3SjZk8DaxxQAM0OJB8EH4Sx-rd3Vi2zM7jO3bb5MTP5TmS55-0zQiFvmWBeYbUK-9Dgg6c-Dcsldds2Fi2xD8CVVBlM4aKSmv-i0c6pFtBzAZ4VSrEal/s5120/1960-Flaming%20Star-Janss%20Conejo-M3-Elvis%20Presley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRM6qKL9FsX0jQbHBR3NgBJ-Q3P7oG660QkZMp4sNbcSbjXhpjN5Cbsk2ghZ2jOXCDyURduUW3SjZk8DaxxQAM0OJB8EH4Sx-rd3Vi2zM7jO3bb5MTP5TmS55-0zQiFvmWBeYbUK-9Dgg6c-Dcsldds2Fi2xD8CVVBlM4aKSmv-i0c6pFtBzAZ4VSrEal/w640-h360/1960-Flaming%20Star-Janss%20Conejo-M3-Elvis%20Presley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Flaming Star" (1960): A battered Elvis at Mountclef Ridge<br /></b></span></div><br />Plenty of movies were filmed at Janss Conejo too. Even Elvis Presley turned up at Mountclef Ridge — albeit in slightly damaged condition — in his 1960 Western "Flaming Star."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5WBrI12HBo8SOwmi20WlwjgJoG-Inu1faR34FJ7fTSg2oNiH5YmpeO-sUk-10W378xLCgdU6djGNYhZ8LWUCjDHMDEY3HXE45HtwYRJJHoDFmCszGUPUFszQXD4kr0gvikBTOp6szAP-vvhzGs5ZReB0tBf7Gu08R8YEXBdJpoSfhAygD0mVqxIVMRMc/s1600/1961-Rawhide%203.25-Running%20Man-Janss%20Conejo-Spartacus%20Draw-Clint%20Eastwood.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1600" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5WBrI12HBo8SOwmi20WlwjgJoG-Inu1faR34FJ7fTSg2oNiH5YmpeO-sUk-10W378xLCgdU6djGNYhZ8LWUCjDHMDEY3HXE45HtwYRJJHoDFmCszGUPUFszQXD4kr0gvikBTOp6szAP-vvhzGs5ZReB0tBf7Gu08R8YEXBdJpoSfhAygD0mVqxIVMRMc/w640-h482/1961-Rawhide%203.25-Running%20Man-Janss%20Conejo-Spartacus%20Draw-Clint%20Eastwood.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Rawhide" episode "Running Man" (1961): Another "hair salon cowboy" rides up<br /></b></span></div><br />Clint Eastwood was in a little better shape than Elvis when he rode the same prairie a year later in "Rawhide." Eastwood was still in his 20s when he took on what would become his breakout role as ramrod Rowdy Yates.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcPzBqc6j7AraOA-voTECTxN8CEobKZDyXzApHG7SAnPi6UWU-uwAh2cT9MDrZHLwagsRI-YXa3mHtCUGUDUv6bzFaT1U7Si1JwCxCnsluKYIt39rUxylQcPfmnk9kzkSsBaUcQg5SxQbOU-Uiiqz5hHX9fvxEHypOCZTcbSEOkCkdr5c_nt5CptiI-vc/s1600/1961-Rawhide%203.25-Running%20Man-Janss%20Conejo-Spartacus%20Draw-Clint%20Eastwood-closeup.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1600" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcPzBqc6j7AraOA-voTECTxN8CEobKZDyXzApHG7SAnPi6UWU-uwAh2cT9MDrZHLwagsRI-YXa3mHtCUGUDUv6bzFaT1U7Si1JwCxCnsluKYIt39rUxylQcPfmnk9kzkSsBaUcQg5SxQbOU-Uiiqz5hHX9fvxEHypOCZTcbSEOkCkdr5c_nt5CptiI-vc/w640-h482/1961-Rawhide%203.25-Running%20Man-Janss%20Conejo-Spartacus%20Draw-Clint%20Eastwood-closeup.png" width="640" /></a></div>Eastwood as Rowdy Yates in "Rawhide": Keepin' it sharp on the cattle drive<br /></b></span></div><br />The young Eastwood had yet to embrace the
"rough around the edges" look that would soon come to define him through his "Man
With No Name" character in Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpV96GV2-Xz0wYWjyLyK2frojoVa20VjW5QYeJC0xT12H1-sb691rfkWqTxFG5k7EHkmrHrwHAPS5EPoLVp5SfBEkGbvBdN2T48PogZxx5_DCDDAKrPYf72CUOOwZ4TM4XVTRvyF78L0P7EtBp15PRIemwpOaP5HJ-63V3lJsZjXR4wioxNiOYSob_8Fc/s1600/1961-Rawhide%203.25-Running%20Man-Janss%20Conejo-Spartacus%20Draw-Clint%20Eastwood-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1600" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpV96GV2-Xz0wYWjyLyK2frojoVa20VjW5QYeJC0xT12H1-sb691rfkWqTxFG5k7EHkmrHrwHAPS5EPoLVp5SfBEkGbvBdN2T48PogZxx5_DCDDAKrPYf72CUOOwZ4TM4XVTRvyF78L0P7EtBp15PRIemwpOaP5HJ-63V3lJsZjXR4wioxNiOYSob_8Fc/w640-h482/1961-Rawhide%203.25-Running%20Man-Janss%20Conejo-Spartacus%20Draw-Clint%20Eastwood-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Two icons share the screen<br /></b></span></div><br />At least he knew enough to keep a safe distance from Spartacus Draw, with its nasty cactus situation. <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank">Here's that link again</a> for more about "Rawhide," "Flaming Star," "Gunsmoke," Wildwood, Janss Conejo and Spartacus Draw.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/00DxdouWR-M" width="320" youtube-src-id="00DxdouWR-M"></iframe></div></div>"Spartacus" and "Rawhide" shot in Thousand Oaks, Calif.<br /></b></span></div><br />A really cool video about "Spartacus," "Rawhide" and Spartacus Draw was recently posted by Jim Carbonetti, with 3D motion footage, movie clips and some beautiful "then and now" fades. Jim reached out to let us know he took his inspiration from <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank">our 2020 post</a>. His video work is just terrific! Check it out by clicking on the above image, or by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DxdouWR-M&t=8s" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xamlL2cMSzc" width="320" youtube-src-id="xamlL2cMSzc"></iframe></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>I'm Spartacus! ... No, I'm him!</b></span><br /></div></b></span></div><br />You might also enjoy revisiting our clip of the famed "I'm Spartacus" scene, which you can find by clicking on the above image or by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamlL2cMSzc&t=3s" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-35284065975244919102023-05-07T18:50:00.000-07:002023-05-07T18:50:05.287-07:00"The Orville," Buster Keaton and "The Loyal Order of Riders" cross paths on a rocky hillside overlooking Chatsworth, Calif.<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF3butojsJdFNiK5wAULoWPS0JZpMlNKP0Bmjt-8vsOqxMH9ARM1_Cd92frljWYs72Ld74CgdXz4fxi85_nhZn4LnL9xPDfZ1KprHJFTmQJg-VXr67e-PEfkkkCgiukFEzA-ekM5S1-JHOQT1uVLKlCVvprAO4T5zGzvLVoONFzdBSwOvItSwwDpx2g/s2419/2022-The%20Orville%203.7-From%20Unknown%20Graves-interior%20of%20starship.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2419" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF3butojsJdFNiK5wAULoWPS0JZpMlNKP0Bmjt-8vsOqxMH9ARM1_Cd92frljWYs72Ld74CgdXz4fxi85_nhZn4LnL9xPDfZ1KprHJFTmQJg-VXr67e-PEfkkkCgiukFEzA-ekM5S1-JHOQT1uVLKlCVvprAO4T5zGzvLVoONFzdBSwOvItSwwDpx2g/w640-h356/2022-The%20Orville%203.7-From%20Unknown%20Graves-interior%20of%20starship.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville" (2017-2022 and counting): "Star Trek" with a few more laughs<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Star Trek"-inspired sci-fi series "The Orville" has been quietly shooting in an out-of-the-way corner of the San Fernando Valley that has a history of filming dating back more than a century.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_JUk2cRpHcxSrONsLMRYy_irBEWPbKpnAXZsCkuluxtCa2wJ6vsLf2D1LxQ4ndTLpiZ5VWOJFHwht75-F99ABFYvYNbCwnZJOQWMTYv2ix-ySYqFZfMLiaNtOMrFU7pPaAXNOwRCCb8NXQQQ4yolspjBrcVE3-Q-gDiQfm2HGlgDcykwZtXCK1HIXw/s4082/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-title%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="4082" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_JUk2cRpHcxSrONsLMRYy_irBEWPbKpnAXZsCkuluxtCa2wJ6vsLf2D1LxQ4ndTLpiZ5VWOJFHwht75-F99ABFYvYNbCwnZJOQWMTYv2ix-ySYqFZfMLiaNtOMrFU7pPaAXNOwRCCb8NXQQQ4yolspjBrcVE3-Q-gDiQfm2HGlgDcykwZtXCK1HIXw/w640-h262/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-title%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Progressive Insurance's "Loyal Order of Riders" campaign, running since 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />It's the same location that serves as headquarters for "The Loyal Order of Riders," featured in a series of Progressive motorcycle insurance commercials that's been in heavy rotation since about 2021.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz8qPdtlJD3FmjF08utESF9e9h5p66PClG_0BgLtuts18pbreK4HvVtxFWEYUwDJQInWYO1S8ZhRnz3RDYgTDUZprD50TXMk5FUBkFI66q9RKLhnnXS5P-8RLLZGhZSLPnLCY36i-6SvgeOOhY0_iVL3rXnpuYpR498QajQHDU8BeptUfpEXkHD8EGA/s1050/1922-The%20Paleface-LC-Green%20Hill-Buster%20Keaton2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1050" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz8qPdtlJD3FmjF08utESF9e9h5p66PClG_0BgLtuts18pbreK4HvVtxFWEYUwDJQInWYO1S8ZhRnz3RDYgTDUZprD50TXMk5FUBkFI66q9RKLhnnXS5P-8RLLZGhZSLPnLCY36i-6SvgeOOhY0_iVL3rXnpuYpR498QajQHDU8BeptUfpEXkHD8EGA/w640-h506/1922-The%20Paleface-LC-Green%20Hill-Buster%20Keaton2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Paleface": Buster Keaton surveys the same corner of Chatsworth in 1922<br /></b></span></div><br />But filming in this location is nothing new. More than 100 years ago, Buster Keaton romped all over these same rocky hills as he tried to fit in with the natives in his silent comedy "The Paleface."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTx7Vw8YaVwApr6CSIDq2RGKQT6KWLk_ts-yNHviomlOIEMqv0PGJwBCjLJH1XsIrWfpqnHtGda_-2UMA4XaQYxsSQzWjKeLssSjsBwtF2l8f0d6KTdfHFZ1jYQCrPFo8i9a88ss4I6E8e1bubRKzifg6UN7fPBtIQHdoSUVs97KjCjob1Gq3oNxdpbw/s4082/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-riders%20circled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="4082" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTx7Vw8YaVwApr6CSIDq2RGKQT6KWLk_ts-yNHviomlOIEMqv0PGJwBCjLJH1XsIrWfpqnHtGda_-2UMA4XaQYxsSQzWjKeLssSjsBwtF2l8f0d6KTdfHFZ1jYQCrPFo8i9a88ss4I6E8e1bubRKzifg6UN7fPBtIQHdoSUVs97KjCjob1Gq3oNxdpbw/w640-h262/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-riders%20circled.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Loyal Order holds a secret meeting in Chatsworth<br /></b></span></div><br />The Progressive commercials show a group of motorcycle riders circled up at a club meeting on a rocky plateau. The filming location is in Chatsworth, Calif. — just across the street from the former Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaC2uouBnha5qBvPaHFKRuWA8v83Vll9bTAPGTOojS7wHj5XH4uCentiwf0RCzqHmieVLDE_4xP7ksRWogTh6816NqdYIwdT8pBwMYjvnHRNkaWDeWgGwwIu5dUwnvtOSg0l_P_ik7fXiDEdKj8bizxklWj30DEKsLqxgIh8nrgsr7_f5boZ19C47WA/s3466/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Chatsworth%20bluff-title%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="3466" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaC2uouBnha5qBvPaHFKRuWA8v83Vll9bTAPGTOojS7wHj5XH4uCentiwf0RCzqHmieVLDE_4xP7ksRWogTh6816NqdYIwdT8pBwMYjvnHRNkaWDeWgGwwIu5dUwnvtOSg0l_P_ik7fXiDEdKj8bizxklWj30DEKsLqxgIh8nrgsr7_f5boZ19C47WA/w640-h354/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Chatsworth%20bluff-title%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville" (2017): A space vehicle lands near the riders' meeting place</b></span></div><br />The
same location turns up on "The Orville." In the show's
season one finale, "Mad Idolatry," a landing craft parks right next to the "Loyal Order of Riders" meeting site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhGA-M4AYMJbPp5cRNNeWfsogMgzF7MF8QlXzB91xVnz_aQXdhiSovdvgNpydqgZUMNmVy63QIomV3W38FaYv9Ed5UySAU9FQJ4zvuONC18VNNvJP0WBGE7xUn7_i7tudQs3JyQ7aSXA9ZWV-9p3yC33DW8QhsHojFGkd6Xj_WvRMrXc0gPlWeGRsDg/s3473/2022%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20(series)-arrival-Chatsworth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="3473" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhGA-M4AYMJbPp5cRNNeWfsogMgzF7MF8QlXzB91xVnz_aQXdhiSovdvgNpydqgZUMNmVy63QIomV3W38FaYv9Ed5UySAU9FQJ4zvuONC18VNNvJP0WBGE7xUn7_i7tudQs3JyQ7aSXA9ZWV-9p3yC33DW8QhsHojFGkd6Xj_WvRMrXc0gPlWeGRsDg/w640-h276/2022%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20(series)-arrival-Chatsworth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Riders arrive at the meeting location<br /></b></span></div><br />For
people who appreciate rocky filming locations, the Progressive spots
give us more than we might normally expect from an insurance commercial.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbG7sPzRbVxNBcTxtYnAfRgeDnSHyRDtn2YCxRfRhs0ToxwOLT2NtHxcLkjh0QjhOrT8EPAbtHd2U-vMyGciBoczDX8uPRTbNtyu_4HWeX5hMEwwHogIejoqpquR68b8CItQLcyNOTwtyOiMWYrnV3S-By1iC6AMO3ETJTYKnZeV09wjzBIV-Dc9Zaw/s2462/2023-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-%22car%22-Flo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2462" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbG7sPzRbVxNBcTxtYnAfRgeDnSHyRDtn2YCxRfRhs0ToxwOLT2NtHxcLkjh0QjhOrT8EPAbtHd2U-vMyGciBoczDX8uPRTbNtyu_4HWeX5hMEwwHogIejoqpquR68b8CItQLcyNOTwtyOiMWYrnV3S-By1iC6AMO3ETJTYKnZeV09wjzBIV-Dc9Zaw/w640-h378/2023-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-%22car%22-Flo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Flo tries to blend in at the secret meeting<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the riders in the Progressive ads is "Flo," a familiar character from a long-running series of Progressive Insurance commercials.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Mb_inGPwl5fcwjgfqZ3lZB9nbGDaHaZOIKLCU-T0sGdCKUAvopwD0eVjB92rTcAsnObSQy58QJ7f7hDpfVzPjg-44i4G2XKWv9UATpVZ5k2zZ5obwGu_pVmkkxnp0CmRgcVtF9e6gFcXwu5_nhKZwQwEbHm5nrH7CXQqK6IBz9XbFdne7Tz6InFWjA/s4082/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-club%20president.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="4082" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Mb_inGPwl5fcwjgfqZ3lZB9nbGDaHaZOIKLCU-T0sGdCKUAvopwD0eVjB92rTcAsnObSQy58QJ7f7hDpfVzPjg-44i4G2XKWv9UATpVZ5k2zZ5obwGu_pVmkkxnp0CmRgcVtF9e6gFcXwu5_nhKZwQwEbHm5nrH7CXQqK6IBz9XbFdne7Tz6InFWjA/w640-h262/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-club%20president.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The club president calls the meeting to order<br /></b></span></div><br />In many of the shots, including those showing the club leader presiding over the meeting, we see a display of interesting sandstone rock formations in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLCT-bE0Dvll4FFjW7nsebPJuiiP6NKipgjWfgaCib4A7ERU2Ti3CMKEo-IP3DWVVHm8iqGPcg7kwlqOWpjgNGyGbAlhrQWoFPgJbN6wpj2LVOTMC1FR507PfUdmey6X4wDn4mUKpSKK55TYaespGVN11oA_e4YHoft1QndyGT3DJQjKEe0wQ-HMwHQ/s4082/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-club%20president-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="4082" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLCT-bE0Dvll4FFjW7nsebPJuiiP6NKipgjWfgaCib4A7ERU2Ti3CMKEo-IP3DWVVHm8iqGPcg7kwlqOWpjgNGyGbAlhrQWoFPgJbN6wpj2LVOTMC1FR507PfUdmey6X4wDn4mUKpSKK55TYaespGVN11oA_e4YHoft1QndyGT3DJQjKEe0wQ-HMwHQ/w640-h262/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-club%20president-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A distinctive rock looms in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />Pay attention to this rock — we'll be seeing more of it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzbe7mMzbHYSlDKIKWgiDbvtmo0irvVz1_CZZjOrrIyvyy2swYEgg3v1Rx9FubYtQ36KixM7f64QNFuexmvdumDjRebteAl4rA1SCSN2lF7q4AIXkv9UBpK9hNfEdpZl11lc8Y4VMwcP_OnMgIjK8D-okVz8YTpdJPmmPXQQCrsDwEVFjYiPRJFa3Hw/s3074/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Progressive%20Insurance%20Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20meeting%20location,%20looking%20SW-wide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="3074" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzbe7mMzbHYSlDKIKWgiDbvtmo0irvVz1_CZZjOrrIyvyy2swYEgg3v1Rx9FubYtQ36KixM7f64QNFuexmvdumDjRebteAl4rA1SCSN2lF7q4AIXkv9UBpK9hNfEdpZl11lc8Y4VMwcP_OnMgIjK8D-okVz8YTpdJPmmPXQQCrsDwEVFjYiPRJFa3Hw/w640-h410/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Progressive%20Insurance%20Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20meeting%20location,%20looking%20SW-wide.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The spacecraft landing site and Loyal Order of Riders meeting location in 2023<br /></b></span></div><br />This stunning rocky area is located a short distance south of Santa Susana Pass Road, about a half-mile west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Chatsworth, Calif.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBngaAKeyJmNy0JQ8rSOclfqbHLmkhudAjB_ZgZrd3Z1KWQzB6_tQ0s0z9cUQKn2XDUnVdUdiw6KUIdfN3VrCiD6e4sAWvs0zy53DPVdhT1K341cyUpErUruYlCXl5IOzdUg8PPMOp3o3PhEvnu60oZPaEGP3FugZbgmKruiPluL59DOnmIk6FbvOXQ/s3074/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Progressive%20Insurance%20Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20meeting%20location,%20looking%20SW-wide-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="3074" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBngaAKeyJmNy0JQ8rSOclfqbHLmkhudAjB_ZgZrd3Z1KWQzB6_tQ0s0z9cUQKn2XDUnVdUdiw6KUIdfN3VrCiD6e4sAWvs0zy53DPVdhT1K341cyUpErUruYlCXl5IOzdUg8PPMOp3o3PhEvnu60oZPaEGP3FugZbgmKruiPluL59DOnmIk6FbvOXQ/w640-h410/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Progressive%20Insurance%20Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20meeting%20location,%20looking%20SW-wide-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Private location where "The Orville" and the Progressive spots were filmed<br /></b></span></div><br />The meeting location and landing site is just off a private road identified on maps as "West Santa Susana Pass Road." This area is not open to the public, but it has been in steady use as a filming location in recent years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSnIiEL9lPg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="4082" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQO33YfS_JksK2sZqOiR4M3x25wu1ZllrtOG75THPd0seormFQx82AATZTre1fag_tCQAHmSmRI5OBHvXRw1w8QJ3XS1Ne9xYrDWv4FwC0DjvzDjT-r-Op6vGmTZzMv7P1H3c4W_Wz9k14YnZ2aI7kaaeIA0oXM0IjHVcnvyqU0Am-YUHKuAkh6Se8uw/w640-h262/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Snake-video%20link.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Video link for "Snake," one of the Progressive commercials shot in Chatsworth<br /></b></span></div><br />You
can click on the image above to watch one of the "Loyal Order of
Riders" commercials for Progressive motorcycle insurance, featuring the
rocky Chatsworth location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDumm5T6mIdsFWPcll_igiM_TNQwJJyhnp9vo2zEuRTVHHW8quBaLyuP29EYVM2k7uMgqeVnDePs0xjOA8p_Fzrz5p1x2838-72jeecR3WkTfItAPBQZwKaEvvVQZOnjFdOyz3eowxfLeUtu5CEPppP-AFNqKJ6byJVAZR25gQmrrVLlwh16sAX5aaw/s3302/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-landing%20craft%20and%20rocky%20bluffs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3302" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDumm5T6mIdsFWPcll_igiM_TNQwJJyhnp9vo2zEuRTVHHW8quBaLyuP29EYVM2k7uMgqeVnDePs0xjOA8p_Fzrz5p1x2838-72jeecR3WkTfItAPBQZwKaEvvVQZOnjFdOyz3eowxfLeUtu5CEPppP-AFNqKJ6byJVAZR25gQmrrVLlwh16sAX5aaw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-landing%20craft%20and%20rocky%20bluffs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville" (2017): Same rocks, different mode of transport<br /></b></span></div><br />When "The Orville" dropped in on the same location back in 2017, the show brought along a grab bag of special effects, starting with placing a futuristic landing shuttle among those same rocks<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39RrMRAtsFdy5rykZnoiI4rA_BESUkuvH74eZZCCxFzjI5cVLXAlOvMXbasOt_fGoDuRXTp7zk3gyXaOaKYRkdxJ5zUUeFHVvoRtIkKyZIu45W3H-ysjFdIES-GO3z23JXqVWerKfW0LAce6T3vZXi314x6MYvLO9FdDL-ikNgY3EGDCiGixEqKPurA/s2632/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2632" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39RrMRAtsFdy5rykZnoiI4rA_BESUkuvH74eZZCCxFzjI5cVLXAlOvMXbasOt_fGoDuRXTp7zk3gyXaOaKYRkdxJ5zUUeFHVvoRtIkKyZIu45W3H-ysjFdIES-GO3z23JXqVWerKfW0LAce6T3vZXi314x6MYvLO9FdDL-ikNgY3EGDCiGixEqKPurA/w640-h422/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the space shuttle landing site and bikers' meeting location in 2023<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's another look at the shuttle landing site and "Loyal Order of Riders" meeting location, using a current 3D view from Google Maps.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDPz7XafdAagMsI_bHk6_2YmWkceXTAxiNoP7pIXHilE5yJiC4rq7PwTaxvoWExFTw_7eYrmyL6exzqgbY-zPr9BJYiwWMek6nq6BVJ7ajWxeo6W0dpvoWN-ifJxJMLCdRUxQQqEFvCIVPQ-pBwiDOsMf3NYWKFwgcTErjTvfFhKZvNmcdXbyKTJo1w/s2632/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017)-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2632" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDPz7XafdAagMsI_bHk6_2YmWkceXTAxiNoP7pIXHilE5yJiC4rq7PwTaxvoWExFTw_7eYrmyL6exzqgbY-zPr9BJYiwWMek6nq6BVJ7ajWxeo6W0dpvoWN-ifJxJMLCdRUxQQqEFvCIVPQ-pBwiDOsMf3NYWKFwgcTErjTvfFhKZvNmcdXbyKTJo1w/w640-h422/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017)-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Location where the space shuttle parks<br /></b></span></div><br />The approximate landing spot for the space vehicle is noted here. I believe the shuttle was created through a combination of props and digital effects — in other words, it didn't actually <i>land</i> at the location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqTYIux6Lo60VfdHxduSLZ5ZIm3GdyZa32dHP37sM03B-JTAlHt8IDHH7qk76WTz8R207xyu2tA4AROb30g9Bt0s7ihpdG7QLha3UjrHLNFoSxnxUaewnDs5WpcpkO9AQMupKeSHS4cwPg3fORLAcLhNBW9KN9CmVST4oww3W74rwdwhFad7OyUlUSQ/s2632/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017)-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2632" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqTYIux6Lo60VfdHxduSLZ5ZIm3GdyZa32dHP37sM03B-JTAlHt8IDHH7qk76WTz8R207xyu2tA4AROb30g9Bt0s7ihpdG7QLha3UjrHLNFoSxnxUaewnDs5WpcpkO9AQMupKeSHS4cwPg3fORLAcLhNBW9KN9CmVST4oww3W74rwdwhFad7OyUlUSQ/w640-h422/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017)-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Loyal Order of Riders site (blue oval) and "Orville" landing site (red oval)<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot identifies the secret meeting location for the "Loyal Order of Riders," which overlaps a little with the landing location for the shuttle from the starship Orville.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9o-crdDfPvadwupEfnegqS5k3ThRPmxZ-exVdiJDELcgFl5-CnZlCa87ZX0Iylyk9VnlgMqjI9YraxJtbY9B2hIyhPAO6ICKMEYE2oqq3cFGVX77SumJ2ivWp2zo8A0qhNSxpCPKHDNgy3SQEeDvjRHT8fiuPEOcu3CKyUGTHCOSc2-hBmkPByNt0gQ/s3682/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3682" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9o-crdDfPvadwupEfnegqS5k3ThRPmxZ-exVdiJDELcgFl5-CnZlCa87ZX0Iylyk9VnlgMqjI9YraxJtbY9B2hIyhPAO6ICKMEYE2oqq3cFGVX77SumJ2ivWp2zo8A0qhNSxpCPKHDNgy3SQEeDvjRHT8fiuPEOcu3CKyUGTHCOSc2-hBmkPByNt0gQ/w640-h426/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly and Malloy (Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes) step out of the landing craft</b></span></div><br />Two members of a landing party from the Orville emerge from the small shuttle vehicle after its arrival on a previously unknown planet. This part of the landing craft appears to be a prop.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0TDtou6aiW8rhIkaCh-pEJcLpQfKu5W5Ims6dDoHAXvFH1QjabAFTq2S477jIXEgf7JYj1FL9_ED9oopVV2RNS4vvo_b0-kJaRXtb1eCnWUwgtZar6BuVg4S6Vf17UR1BVvVZlTMX2jK1k6NsEld2G1yB8U_koH6xSL8T9Ug6F_8Ex9vTlRsIzLyWw/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki-leaving%20landing%20craft.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0TDtou6aiW8rhIkaCh-pEJcLpQfKu5W5Ims6dDoHAXvFH1QjabAFTq2S477jIXEgf7JYj1FL9_ED9oopVV2RNS4vvo_b0-kJaRXtb1eCnWUwgtZar6BuVg4S6Vf17UR1BVvVZlTMX2jK1k6NsEld2G1yB8U_koH6xSL8T9Ug6F_8Ex9vTlRsIzLyWw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki-leaving%20landing%20craft.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly and Malloy explore the newly discovered planet<br /></b></span></div><br />As the landing party ventures out into the unknown world, the shuttle starts looking more like something that may have been added digitally to the shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG_xa7JKPJAFp6QC_CJi6-yuwftJg6v7qMckgsO-Y43SZwEAI6U0b8pZZDq_M-8setwkfVobV7mlVNy7XtevDmrrFhMIQNnpK9T_EYteuQqiMFNtyEmF10gGJDchnn9TOsaLGkkgo-yRlmm91xMYu5bXGUhjrzLp3bmrB4YZWMjJQcNk8EtOdEnh8dA/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki-leaving%20landing%20craft-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG_xa7JKPJAFp6QC_CJi6-yuwftJg6v7qMckgsO-Y43SZwEAI6U0b8pZZDq_M-8setwkfVobV7mlVNy7XtevDmrrFhMIQNnpK9T_EYteuQqiMFNtyEmF10gGJDchnn9TOsaLGkkgo-yRlmm91xMYu5bXGUhjrzLp3bmrB4YZWMjJQcNk8EtOdEnh8dA/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki-leaving%20landing%20craft-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Chatsworth landmarks surround the location<br /></b></span></div><br />Meanwhile, we can see the ridgeline of the Santa Susana Mountains in the distance, to the northwest.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3n5HNVboQW457Hz3v0ztt_T-lDCvXPAljU-PhpOKlQ_dbuG83a92z7gu9uZJBRYPu59hz22jFDCEB-BeVUFTJ7NyOEalw1tq9mYZ_HIw8rbvGnRuWj3cey7-LpsiewS8yZpJM520X5fjrDWs0saRbO3AxFYwJW1G8-_Ul0qXnHi1vOq4XZnjQwRaGw/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki-leaving%20landing%20craft-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3n5HNVboQW457Hz3v0ztt_T-lDCvXPAljU-PhpOKlQ_dbuG83a92z7gu9uZJBRYPu59hz22jFDCEB-BeVUFTJ7NyOEalw1tq9mYZ_HIw8rbvGnRuWj3cey7-LpsiewS8yZpJM520X5fjrDWs0saRbO3AxFYwJW1G8-_Ul0qXnHi1vOq4XZnjQwRaGw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Scott%20Grimes,%20Adrianne%20Palicki-leaving%20landing%20craft-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A familiar rock is part of the landscape<br /></b></span></div><br />Behind the shuttle is a rock we've seen before — in the "Loyal Order of Riders" commercial.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju06bYU_w1NUokr-EdlXAFHTnJgvTVTzp0FBJxMajJpsGH-SUbn5aUIoDITxL8Xif_Q6eaey1tKh6LLcS3w3ipE6jOgEY9aPkICmsCSbOQYU0Rf1aIuQravQr2t05MkxEQYmf6VPJ8EjnI1m2rzmh4M2WPkA9fWL_aD4_TRi_LS0-5GdU8E_XgwcW0w/s3473/2022%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20(series)-arrival-Chatsworth-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="3473" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju06bYU_w1NUokr-EdlXAFHTnJgvTVTzp0FBJxMajJpsGH-SUbn5aUIoDITxL8Xif_Q6eaey1tKh6LLcS3w3ipE6jOgEY9aPkICmsCSbOQYU0Rf1aIuQravQr2t05MkxEQYmf6VPJ8EjnI1m2rzmh4M2WPkA9fWL_aD4_TRi_LS0-5GdU8E_XgwcW0w/w640-h276/2022%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20(series)-arrival-Chatsworth-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Riders arrive at the secret meeting location</b></span></div><br />This is that same rock, seen as the bikers arrive for the "Loyal Order of Riders" commercial.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAWRRyl9xpZQIPO4lA51cNqiQAA8moZ-3-7HpdBPesrXMeMKcCItOW57uEPs-x0dnbIOiF_-NDzdwJfTgbvHYOYcYtOwzZmR-zy-3PFus3ZdHlS5uM2X9HrXrrCoBdF4iTuGOBK1n9nSEBcr9ApV5HOZzgGOgN5TTcMONFlZEwQhgHPYhhbEJg0uYUQ/s1424/recent-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20and%20Orville%20landing%20craft%20site-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1424" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAWRRyl9xpZQIPO4lA51cNqiQAA8moZ-3-7HpdBPesrXMeMKcCItOW57uEPs-x0dnbIOiF_-NDzdwJfTgbvHYOYcYtOwzZmR-zy-3PFus3ZdHlS5uM2X9HrXrrCoBdF4iTuGOBK1n9nSEBcr9ApV5HOZzgGOgN5TTcMONFlZEwQhgHPYhhbEJg0uYUQ/w640-h416/recent-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders%20and%20Orville%20landing%20craft%20site-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another view of the meeting location and landing site<br /></b></span></div><br />In a wider shot of the same area, it's pretty easy to once again spot the same rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy2YHmUPMTxjOzVwqEckT15h0_j3WXmf6n5FuxuyZFu8t0SGhQIYDhJnDIg65Pv1118HiVP0O4KMnHVBQFKJkQ87jACFgAFZES99wXR9zFbjUnKXa6kSBK0O1iw2ng5wLoWsc-xsf6r2Ut-ghmJ3fLhOhxTtqSUWVSK2W0onW1shWPtTKDoxyPliHUQ/s3302/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-matches%20recent%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3302" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy2YHmUPMTxjOzVwqEckT15h0_j3WXmf6n5FuxuyZFu8t0SGhQIYDhJnDIg65Pv1118HiVP0O4KMnHVBQFKJkQ87jACFgAFZES99wXR9zFbjUnKXa6kSBK0O1iw2ng5wLoWsc-xsf6r2Ut-ghmJ3fLhOhxTtqSUWVSK2W0onW1shWPtTKDoxyPliHUQ/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-matches%20recent%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville": Kelly explores the rocky area near the landing site<br /></b></span></div><br />As the "Orville" episode continues, more of the new planet is revealed. Much of this world is set in the rocky bluffs surrounding the landing site and the "Loyal Order of Riders" meeting location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4S25yBvq3cvAnm12iqllnKorsMfvXTyVeT8YPJLWqgssbRcn_xH2w3p5REUF7r_pAOm1r0qPazMpFzJvY1Sw7PAWsrgepRcVYXDQUJ0biQw-bJXHpYHqXG11Tpz-AV_A1GYWvnCMj86p1WicrIgYi5xA7YPDevNGsPwEIqBraSzQ7saylKH_DUBkIQ/s3894/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Orville%20landing%20site,%20looking%20approx%20SW-matches%20Kelly%20exploring-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2346" data-original-width="3894" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4S25yBvq3cvAnm12iqllnKorsMfvXTyVeT8YPJLWqgssbRcn_xH2w3p5REUF7r_pAOm1r0qPazMpFzJvY1Sw7PAWsrgepRcVYXDQUJ0biQw-bJXHpYHqXG11Tpz-AV_A1GYWvnCMj86p1WicrIgYi5xA7YPDevNGsPwEIqBraSzQ7saylKH_DUBkIQ/w640-h386/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Orville%20landing%20site,%20looking%20approx%20SW-matches%20Kelly%20exploring-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A wide shot of the area as it appears in 2023<br /></b></span></div><br />The area Kelly is exploring can be seen again in this Google Maps shot from 2023. The star marks the approximate location where Kelly is seen in the previous photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9s4XXDa7KE8rwiSXO0ysPQbAtgh65mVVF2XvhDVckaIEbEfj2tOJHUiFHqAgMfLXrRcLIbThdMeqro5C2ss8TORW-6fvg3hp27WR3n-O8zWwK3Z6D5NYyarEbOxKKALme5o7lpecAchnIpA-0x99Y87hz3KAMafNLnhGUEa1tO8Hde_MkRjNY3T54Fw/s1814/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Orville%20landing%20site,%20looking%20approx%20SW-matches%20Kelly%20exploring-zoomed%20in%20on%20Kelly%20shot-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1814" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9s4XXDa7KE8rwiSXO0ysPQbAtgh65mVVF2XvhDVckaIEbEfj2tOJHUiFHqAgMfLXrRcLIbThdMeqro5C2ss8TORW-6fvg3hp27WR3n-O8zWwK3Z6D5NYyarEbOxKKALme5o7lpecAchnIpA-0x99Y87hz3KAMafNLnhGUEa1tO8Hde_MkRjNY3T54Fw/w640-h468/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Orville%20landing%20site,%20looking%20approx%20SW-matches%20Kelly%20exploring-zoomed%20in%20on%20Kelly%20shot-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the rocky cove (Google Maps, 2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking a closer look at the location, we can identify the rocky cove that Kelly explored six or seven years earlier during the "Orville" shoot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI3nQ9RhOqxS1rLSs5JWuKvjgwQ46eoFsXpTfPZloQtM5dcvG-peYFPV_udHLGQYBaKIOSZXmCMKWB9fcP_S3K7VZUkCyFUXv9x1ILF3sAd1S2E8QAd1xtuMDZnFZOR5w5cNIo54lh9UHaHvgFkyh7OvPZHQDRQLcoBauXTvD8fQmUfOLgu0ODRRnng/s1814/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Orville%20landing%20site,%20looking%20approx%20SW-matches%20Kelly%20exploring-zoomed%20in%20on%20Kelly%20shot-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1814" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI3nQ9RhOqxS1rLSs5JWuKvjgwQ46eoFsXpTfPZloQtM5dcvG-peYFPV_udHLGQYBaKIOSZXmCMKWB9fcP_S3K7VZUkCyFUXv9x1ILF3sAd1S2E8QAd1xtuMDZnFZOR5w5cNIo54lh9UHaHvgFkyh7OvPZHQDRQLcoBauXTvD8fQmUfOLgu0ODRRnng/w640-h468/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth-Orville%20landing%20site,%20looking%20approx%20SW-matches%20Kelly%20exploring-zoomed%20in%20on%20Kelly%20shot-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Some of the cove's distinctive rock formations<br /></b></span></div><br />A number of the key rocks surrounding the cove are noted here, as they appear on Google Maps in 2023. The same rocks are identified below in the shot from "The Orville."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbdevmgWBzMYHwznSQ9synrcw7JAaWtlJMxRGIUXXzLx96cyRwCJAtp6JEEINJJ4GUuzJocvd-0eFLpnbte0YrjR-LSL9J6S0VCCoMhpBpJ_KdVrXmOw0AUW8-Ly80JBOprccOWdGPpFx7_xmouvmc0k2V8HQu1x1cgYetKHQ6nDsQL-ru2StctTcHQ/s3302/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-matches%20recent%20shot-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3302" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbdevmgWBzMYHwznSQ9synrcw7JAaWtlJMxRGIUXXzLx96cyRwCJAtp6JEEINJJ4GUuzJocvd-0eFLpnbte0YrjR-LSL9J6S0VCCoMhpBpJ_KdVrXmOw0AUW8-Ly80JBOprccOWdGPpFx7_xmouvmc0k2V8HQu1x1cgYetKHQ6nDsQL-ru2StctTcHQ/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-matches%20recent%20shot-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville" (2017): The same rocky cove<br /></b></span></div><br />Here are those same key rocks as Kelly explores the cove. The outlines are color coded to match the outlines in the 2023 shot above.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_orRWWTFQcC78h-CnEQHWpzL13qhUUfU-wAyrIQkY1DHlKDVQcFgfiXMXnmmPxuPjcuQU_WkaH7m8Ma4hm5hW9H41Ww4jgKO-cjxgwjI9A1rJMGRqgTrYyhDxRGqpieH1Ex2YSqylBEzZ8J8LibEDrezCYqGIiaUvef2UP5dhsXi5rJ5g_-ZoHewkw/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-matches%20Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_orRWWTFQcC78h-CnEQHWpzL13qhUUfU-wAyrIQkY1DHlKDVQcFgfiXMXnmmPxuPjcuQU_WkaH7m8Ma4hm5hW9H41Ww4jgKO-cjxgwjI9A1rJMGRqgTrYyhDxRGqpieH1Ex2YSqylBEzZ8J8LibEDrezCYqGIiaUvef2UP5dhsXi5rJ5g_-ZoHewkw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-matches%20Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A familiar "face" towers above Kelly in "The Orville"<br /></b></span></div><br />As Kelly continues to poke around in this area, we again see some familiar rocks. Notice the unusually shaped rock tower highlighted here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD9PT6reFW5otykslDoWe3wuXis0aZTSxdzCV6fDBIINlh_yPS8Y-LduXsDyKrZAtizptaNWg0C_PE5TevSSxhbBoWa75tAaVerLYU2sDdt6xO9G3KLVt1EAAgSj0Yv1p-oTspt7Q7MZGbOm6bRAvKpEqOJIDm0wMdu1XPlR2So4OS5mFI2UZJ1KVMw/s4082/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-club%20president-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="4082" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD9PT6reFW5otykslDoWe3wuXis0aZTSxdzCV6fDBIINlh_yPS8Y-LduXsDyKrZAtizptaNWg0C_PE5TevSSxhbBoWa75tAaVerLYU2sDdt6xO9G3KLVt1EAAgSj0Yv1p-oTspt7Q7MZGbOm6bRAvKpEqOJIDm0wMdu1XPlR2So4OS5mFI2UZJ1KVMw/w640-h262/2021%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Loyal%20Order%20of%20Riders-Chatsworth-club%20president-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same quirky rock figure also turned up at the riders' meeting<br /></b></span></div><br />Remember this shot of the club president calling the "Loyal Order of Riders" meeting to order? There's that same oddly shaped rock, from a slightly different angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg153mO4QFYETXdkngAySi9c9Zt_lBdMYGdKxbxiCTi6_cJdnntekz1oWGb9re4GzrIG1e-PmO7ElOwYBLgTRcpFkEJJeVghNSKWJap6lXqXNOEVR8MTq2oMCJCU0QVW2bDBS39JDSkLK0it7D9hs3hvOvtFaO5_DVV-UwAMRtsEBxlDMFG0uoKy3XQMw/s3302/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-landing%20craft%20and%20rocky%20bluffs-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3302" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg153mO4QFYETXdkngAySi9c9Zt_lBdMYGdKxbxiCTi6_cJdnntekz1oWGb9re4GzrIG1e-PmO7ElOwYBLgTRcpFkEJJeVghNSKWJap6lXqXNOEVR8MTq2oMCJCU0QVW2bDBS39JDSkLK0it7D9hs3hvOvtFaO5_DVV-UwAMRtsEBxlDMFG0uoKy3XQMw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-landing%20craft%20and%20rocky%20bluffs-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville," with the odd-shaped rock noted<br /></b></span></div><br />The same rock tower is also visible in shots of the landing craft's location in "The Orville," with the space vehicle parked below a wide outcropping that includes the weird rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5m4esVkmmtDk5VUmtwfdt5uGpQ2htMPIrJAJDFjCpXgUaM0EofJEZF_vR8S8rlv2p7r1bt97LLTe2uB4IS96jmXME7znD_J3hZ_H1QRiFLUsbCzWCqAB64cvhxuEt8OEeSKUGytPxs8Hl0mrxeRNgu0xwbDEQQIgW0E_k0cy4KkXWy85PSIUVt_lOQ/s3838/2022%20(ca)%20(2023)-Ram%20Trucks%20commercial%20%22Premature%20Electrification%22-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-title%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="3838" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5m4esVkmmtDk5VUmtwfdt5uGpQ2htMPIrJAJDFjCpXgUaM0EofJEZF_vR8S8rlv2p7r1bt97LLTe2uB4IS96jmXME7znD_J3hZ_H1QRiFLUsbCzWCqAB64cvhxuEt8OEeSKUGytPxs8Hl0mrxeRNgu0xwbDEQQIgW0E_k0cy4KkXWy85PSIUVt_lOQ/w640-h360/2022%20(ca)%20(2023)-Ram%20Trucks%20commercial%20%22Premature%20Electrification%22-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-title%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Premature Electrification" spot for Ram Trucks<br /></b></span></div><br />Filming continues today at this location, with car and truck commercials among the most common shoots. This photo comes from a Ram Trucks spot that's currently airing for the all-electric Ram 1500 REV.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXUTgcSGx8v8lL263vYLtG_r2VAkMG0H60JZ_k38NzaKSFKulkDEC1EhQR2zfYpUH8CAVyoIeZzQjzCIX9kYaFhhRzYDoXf0p-AWvBo9ZEq4nJfEAH6znQgrnDJZrlAWjTZRsClbGKjvWt0DaIPCfxP8JiSdhfGBXbeQrUqH-KDXk8ewIN6g59JEBVQ/s3838/2022%20(ca)%20(2023)-Ram%20Trucks%20commercial%20%22Premature%20Electrification%22-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-the%20weird%20rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="3838" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXUTgcSGx8v8lL263vYLtG_r2VAkMG0H60JZ_k38NzaKSFKulkDEC1EhQR2zfYpUH8CAVyoIeZzQjzCIX9kYaFhhRzYDoXf0p-AWvBo9ZEq4nJfEAH6znQgrnDJZrlAWjTZRsClbGKjvWt0DaIPCfxP8JiSdhfGBXbeQrUqH-KDXk8ewIN6g59JEBVQ/w640-h360/2022%20(ca)%20(2023)-Ram%20Trucks%20commercial%20%22Premature%20Electrification%22-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-the%20weird%20rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another appearance by the "weird rock," in the Ram Trucks spot<br /></b></span></div><br />In another shot from the Ram Trucks commercial, we can easily identify, once again, the "weird rock."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBux9vKX2KUX68fh8nfoeaVV5TyWYaI8ObeerYrgSJl4cL2uwW9jq6R1UsTNVY8GyhPzG4eq9aOMaYrTMNt27WypqaHkMY5hHYOvDy3P1FkDBC3tS8LUIwZbVI404wFFSmAetNI4wl3KQVIlC3IbCtV7oAmxbcRgRSDLLXV7mUMvDFfHMYbTWHHGVzQ/s2632/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017)-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2632" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBux9vKX2KUX68fh8nfoeaVV5TyWYaI8ObeerYrgSJl4cL2uwW9jq6R1UsTNVY8GyhPzG4eq9aOMaYrTMNt27WypqaHkMY5hHYOvDy3P1FkDBC3tS8LUIwZbVI404wFFSmAetNI4wl3KQVIlC3IbCtV7oAmxbcRgRSDLLXV7mUMvDFfHMYbTWHHGVzQ/w640-h422/2020-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20bluffs-shooting%20site%20for%20The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry%20(2017)-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Google Maps: The unusual rock continues to tower above the filming area<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at the bluff area as it appears on Google Maps, it's not too hard to find the weird rock, which is turning out to be a reliable identifier that pinpoints the filming location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiJk7SXNfmT95gUzfiN3a4c0bmy_9VGdTLZnqvTm9TxkogVye8ULpuz4Oc9ZIqgHS5PBBxqaSCbgChVlkW37S0vD_v6kwhUjC2qNky-6k4_joKw3Ogi61IqhtfYVwAsLJvbN_PeiAj0oylUGUaDoWLI-mIgkJtIuuTSZ-gP79RPspjDX64PPL8xBMGw/s2712/2023%20(January)-Chatsworth-looking%20approx%20SW%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20SSPR-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2712" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiJk7SXNfmT95gUzfiN3a4c0bmy_9VGdTLZnqvTm9TxkogVye8ULpuz4Oc9ZIqgHS5PBBxqaSCbgChVlkW37S0vD_v6kwhUjC2qNky-6k4_joKw3Ogi61IqhtfYVwAsLJvbN_PeiAj0oylUGUaDoWLI-mIgkJtIuuTSZ-gP79RPspjDX64PPL8xBMGw/w640-h404/2023%20(January)-Chatsworth-looking%20approx%20SW%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20SSPR-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The location of the odd-shaped rock (January 2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />We can place the filming area in a broader context by moving east and examining a shot taken earlier this year from Santa Susana Pass Road, looking southwest.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iUQtWBFfGP72owxYp-S3_Ijgg8mRdJ_7Wc7yUmHMRET-0nIPE4Ce-leh5_Hy9LYMD4J3UROeeCmuwOhzxk_3rh0oU4qY8m2hds2_xn425g2zL3vVJVGPzC2OVK4E4MdTIQmyjWrKGjlc4gOYWP45fe3NTtmmYMcxuWmXtNqgvkb2OCMVOzLxq-6f8Q/s2712/2023%20(January)-Chatsworth-looking%20approx%20SW%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20SSPR-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2712" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iUQtWBFfGP72owxYp-S3_Ijgg8mRdJ_7Wc7yUmHMRET-0nIPE4Ce-leh5_Hy9LYMD4J3UROeeCmuwOhzxk_3rh0oU4qY8m2hds2_xn425g2zL3vVJVGPzC2OVK4E4MdTIQmyjWrKGjlc4gOYWP45fe3NTtmmYMcxuWmXtNqgvkb2OCMVOzLxq-6f8Q/w640-h404/2023%20(January)-Chatsworth-looking%20approx%20SW%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20SSPR-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another famous movie rock anchors a nearby butte<br /></b></span></div><br />This area has been used as a filming location for more than a century. If you live anywhere near Chatsworth, you've probably seen this large, almost square rock, known to some locals as "Parachute Rock."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5F-hEDKd21n0cNzEdfZTbqFchRqiDLkMgI_h0yaLxJGX9OBo3x9tdoYAG3qyYFl3ejoa5Hz41IgQqulhDdOYpbIdqZjCkOD5v9GWJTMVAxNrURsA4yR4AD4dL6qgHaeO0XCY9oeSKc76sfC6EqWO9swLVNHTM9LdlnFzu-vek8Sm40K9usZU8pMAV-Q/s2870/1922-The%20Paleface-top%20of%20%22Parachute%20Rock%22-looking%20N%20to%20IR-Buster%20Keaton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5F-hEDKd21n0cNzEdfZTbqFchRqiDLkMgI_h0yaLxJGX9OBo3x9tdoYAG3qyYFl3ejoa5Hz41IgQqulhDdOYpbIdqZjCkOD5v9GWJTMVAxNrURsA4yR4AD4dL6qgHaeO0XCY9oeSKc76sfC6EqWO9swLVNHTM9LdlnFzu-vek8Sm40K9usZU8pMAV-Q/w640-h480/1922-The%20Paleface-top%20of%20%22Parachute%20Rock%22-looking%20N%20to%20IR-Buster%20Keaton.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Paleface" (1922): Buster Keaton is thrown from Parachute Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />The name comes from the rock's appearance in a Buster Keaton stunt from the silent film era. In his 1922 comedy short "The Paleface," Keaton is thrown from the top of the rock by an Indian.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScHa3UL2CfAFIiap8ZwZrdzmDMUt93H9oZVFDtvIaN29Y7jPY58RMF6sEc-0gBnYZP6_cVYfp2yNgs-EqD22yfYvFjI-kUnTwxhx20Cb3cV4JT0gjVdrt8Qh5bxF5Y2lZqIeRMcfSQctzp_8UfyCrXo7nOaZw98-752rNSIdUL13vgbjeLnI1fi0iqg/s2876/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-Parachute%20Rock,%20looking%20N%20to%20Williams:Johnson%20Road%20area%20and%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-parachuting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScHa3UL2CfAFIiap8ZwZrdzmDMUt93H9oZVFDtvIaN29Y7jPY58RMF6sEc-0gBnYZP6_cVYfp2yNgs-EqD22yfYvFjI-kUnTwxhx20Cb3cV4JT0gjVdrt8Qh5bxF5Y2lZqIeRMcfSQctzp_8UfyCrXo7nOaZw98-752rNSIdUL13vgbjeLnI1fi0iqg/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-Parachute%20Rock,%20looking%20N%20to%20Williams:Johnson%20Road%20area%20and%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-parachuting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Keaton "parachutes" to safety off the massive sandstone butte<br /></b></span></div><br />Keaton avoids death by using an Indian blanket as a parachute. I don't know how the stunt was filmed, but it's a good bet that Keaton didn't really go over the edge of Parachute Rock. Even so, it looks good in the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB240vRz5ZRjnEsZTtlDFGEF_vygAf1YDf5nedsGQAXkAbAxLVYsw_-IQJ3RztWqzbBNZne6ZEoGNtJn16c91p5Z15s5UaWr3y6R4lbw19MRN70nBXaD9KD0wRwnAK-XQ5qxzT9u53EJxY_VIv3LIGfumlSAwGMqmxGNF1CJs4gcm3wAy7-pvotYGIOw/s2870/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB240vRz5ZRjnEsZTtlDFGEF_vygAf1YDf5nedsGQAXkAbAxLVYsw_-IQJ3RztWqzbBNZne6ZEoGNtJn16c91p5Z15s5UaWr3y6R4lbw19MRN70nBXaD9KD0wRwnAK-XQ5qxzT9u53EJxY_VIv3LIGfumlSAwGMqmxGNF1CJs4gcm3wAy7-pvotYGIOw/w640-h480/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Unusual side view of Parachute Rock, looking north<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Paleface" sequence features a compelling — and rare — side view of the formidable Parachute Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nVPPva6LIZ4q6ARYeiJKEAALf-_pqasXma9ATUMUsof9o462qrKBcbCjEfZ7NKyZdlNN8ClGmAcy7vCmc2tRekVTQLAnrx3F5DkjtCZv0G7cBDlq2S2LroAS0DWXMEWBq8-b0b5hv4IDoxomAET9I7O_Vm8NZ2HrQ_Cf-AmWxDaVBy5WL59r4JsKJg/s1376/2001-parachute%20rock-looking%20north-condos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1376" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nVPPva6LIZ4q6ARYeiJKEAALf-_pqasXma9ATUMUsof9o462qrKBcbCjEfZ7NKyZdlNN8ClGmAcy7vCmc2tRekVTQLAnrx3F5DkjtCZv0G7cBDlq2S2LroAS0DWXMEWBq8-b0b5hv4IDoxomAET9I7O_Vm8NZ2HrQ_Cf-AmWxDaVBy5WL59r4JsKJg/w640-h500/2001-parachute%20rock-looking%20north-condos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Parachute Rock looking north again, in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />Parachute Rock still looks much the same a century later, although we hardly ever see it from this angle. You can match up the holes in the rock with the "Paleface" shot if that sort of thing interests you.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RqrhcDHN96qPiqpEj4fZDzm7wsbivWLlRGan7x98tJn8tXwPhFlznHq0zJX0ThgXOgqHZgrxqfDcdDrCvXg2Ot2jPf0G84dMU-kOTxNzw9WlQs_B6UbsVZozTGED65MVDiT3b7HRC9ZxCXjrz-5Qh5HOSmG5I4hH4rfPwfRXyZXo0O-O6rXA839tXw/s2870/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RqrhcDHN96qPiqpEj4fZDzm7wsbivWLlRGan7x98tJn8tXwPhFlznHq0zJX0ThgXOgqHZgrxqfDcdDrCvXg2Ot2jPf0G84dMU-kOTxNzw9WlQs_B6UbsVZozTGED65MVDiT3b7HRC9ZxCXjrz-5Qh5HOSmG5I4hH4rfPwfRXyZXo0O-O6rXA839tXw/w640-h480/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Western edge of the Iverson Movie Ranch in the early 1920s<br /></b></span></div><br />Something else of interest in the "Paleface" sequence is the background. The sequence is filmed looking north, and captures the western expanse of the Iverson Movie Ranch in its early days.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MtXOjva1ELO011iwA3Z28nyiN7ML-wAqcYAzQCyeSaEsOWoTpsO811cARKYEurIfsDKg78g1_fKqVXIgUNBekD8h9Rpe7vo7sIEW0G9tMe477d718eFxotAajAjiJS8nCJR2ZN9mSohrCPQ1qqeYU-U-bSzUoaR-DfC2XDottChVrPPz4w1Bo1-SjQ/s1376/2001-parachute%20rock-looking%20north-condos-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1376" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MtXOjva1ELO011iwA3Z28nyiN7ML-wAqcYAzQCyeSaEsOWoTpsO811cARKYEurIfsDKg78g1_fKqVXIgUNBekD8h9Rpe7vo7sIEW0G9tMe477d718eFxotAajAjiJS8nCJR2ZN9mSohrCPQ1qqeYU-U-bSzUoaR-DfC2XDottChVrPPz4w1Bo1-SjQ/w640-h500/2001-parachute%20rock-looking%20north-condos-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The former Iverson Ranch in modern times, after going condo<br /></b></span></div><br />In the modern era, this part of the former Iverson Ranch is filled with condos. Built in the late 1980s, the Cal West Townhomes complex today occupies much of the former Lower Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-A_OntRx6nPlxLallqNouILD5dB6dohcLLtYyU8NmRRSdjK8MQaVpmZkcQMOTa3xNdAhKqmoxSHfWEEgsfN_yWwL3UYntZPCYp5njWDSQ5j3pVE1av_bdleLl220fHzJdbZjhu5AQB_9aHBFJ8mm5IszX5KwDYedwxgdNLn_cyzq4bZUiCR7CB7Xcw/s2870/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-A_OntRx6nPlxLallqNouILD5dB6dohcLLtYyU8NmRRSdjK8MQaVpmZkcQMOTa3xNdAhKqmoxSHfWEEgsfN_yWwL3UYntZPCYp5njWDSQ5j3pVE1av_bdleLl220fHzJdbZjhu5AQB_9aHBFJ8mm5IszX5KwDYedwxgdNLn_cyzq4bZUiCR7CB7Xcw/w640-h480/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Paleface": A rare early look at key Iverson Movie Ranch features<br /></b></span></div><br />The western border of the Iverson Ranch in the early '20s included a row of trees running north and south along the boundary line, and a road just outside the Iverson property line, along the west side of the trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2yZ2E2CE2kz7VyYdrEa1eBbU_TuLzBA0FRRtwwJFaxSlkXF1arLJjG7NOHJTF57snfStJ607uVGrgMexF3GXQPKwUKUeHyty-eh0cqBvLvB55VkzChJNGrdRKbUU-75cmf7eg1E1W1L4S0xssDOt8Nr_SqiAkjKwGzN_KMx5Y0BfEsbxTy4uRVvA8A/s2870/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2yZ2E2CE2kz7VyYdrEa1eBbU_TuLzBA0FRRtwwJFaxSlkXF1arLJjG7NOHJTF57snfStJ607uVGrgMexF3GXQPKwUKUeHyty-eh0cqBvLvB55VkzChJNGrdRKbUU-75cmf7eg1E1W1L4S0xssDOt8Nr_SqiAkjKwGzN_KMx5Y0BfEsbxTy4uRVvA8A/w640-h480/1922-The%20Paleface-Buster%20Keaton%20parachutes%20off%20Parachute%20Rock-looking%20N%20to%20IR-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Williams/Johnson Road," along the western boundary of the Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />This road is sometimes referred to as "Williams/Johnson Road," a reference to two pioneer Chatsworth families whose homestead properties were situated along the road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlpW8zpgDfsK3ShBJatlvXX6tGDbXgQIb8NkzqkFPVOGulsTu24_mhU9lZiQxdquDKJlk3YjVfDDP9pAqHkghL_wAMrjaK1pc1yDTEMxWCuMKkSlm-E0lXE78v4NLdnvvjTn2X7iM__xGCeI-ofx8rL-gCVYFDnbK9TK6natNv2_utLUVv2Rq5q1wFA/s776/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="776" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlpW8zpgDfsK3ShBJatlvXX6tGDbXgQIb8NkzqkFPVOGulsTu24_mhU9lZiQxdquDKJlk3YjVfDDP9pAqHkghL_wAMrjaK1pc1yDTEMxWCuMKkSlm-E0lXE78v4NLdnvvjTn2X7iM__xGCeI-ofx8rL-gCVYFDnbK9TK6natNv2_utLUVv2Rq5q1wFA/w640-h422/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A view of the same road looking in the opposite direction (H.F. Rile photo, ca. 1912)<br /></b></span></div><br />Another view of this historic road can be found among postcard photos taken in the early 1910s by H.F. Rile, a photographer who documented much of early Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTQAF5cKXpYAAKx8vf7mCNtUXY5DJusIFaYADPYlAmgfuO7Dj5d-9hMq9pEiVOKenAFkD3c6RXNUh1lvHzVqVIh97xjFOWR1vs4eNTVhbxVKEE9tSd6PF8z93fvztwLxDy9hL62XBkYlsn2on6vV3U6VnqygcdpZy7luUJe5bOzm3vEJManmkKOUqJQ/s776/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="776" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTQAF5cKXpYAAKx8vf7mCNtUXY5DJusIFaYADPYlAmgfuO7Dj5d-9hMq9pEiVOKenAFkD3c6RXNUh1lvHzVqVIh97xjFOWR1vs4eNTVhbxVKEE9tSd6PF8z93fvztwLxDy9hL62XBkYlsn2on6vV3U6VnqygcdpZy7luUJe5bOzm3vEJManmkKOUqJQ/w640-h422/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A car travels south on Williams/Johnson Road<br /></b></span></div><br />The H.F. Rile image may be the best photo in existence of Williams/Johnson Road in its early days. The shot is taken looking south, and includes an old car headed south on the road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwynjHCkR_32M0XVu0Kg6r-xakjMcWmbztl4f3Nbj0OWy7px7aDyMLIDuPDB8Q51UYGumoUpGGN5PZIjsTzRB0yj2ls7GftH6P8IUzLtOwsG3LMt35bWkfCdgZvujR_q0QDP6Dl2Ds2KDE8h56XsdhgGhGVzE-vAWz0Q-6D5_sqWNduV7oEQ6WWkDMnA/s776/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="776" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwynjHCkR_32M0XVu0Kg6r-xakjMcWmbztl4f3Nbj0OWy7px7aDyMLIDuPDB8Q51UYGumoUpGGN5PZIjsTzRB0yj2ls7GftH6P8IUzLtOwsG3LMt35bWkfCdgZvujR_q0QDP6Dl2Ds2KDE8h56XsdhgGhGVzE-vAWz0Q-6D5_sqWNduV7oEQ6WWkDMnA/w640-h422/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking south toward the filming location<br /></b></span></div><br />While it's impossible to see in any
detail, the photo also captures the "Orville" and "Loyal Order of Riders"
filming location in the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJhzVGiOpRb3bwP-cHiOzwBaY8EQTMg9hkDmwbUK-byWrHMvaZaSdYbRTQlvU0KTmiLri-05iAHfwHRpzA8paf-rcnrR6moGQs4tdlKXFncTCS_p-Yn3gLrnsU2L8B_A7RKSHZ2SjpsfbKBG_cKrg6AzUCa_fwNQMfIaLqd4JIoRqjhiBLepK4CrZOA/s3489/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2395" data-original-width="3489" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJhzVGiOpRb3bwP-cHiOzwBaY8EQTMg9hkDmwbUK-byWrHMvaZaSdYbRTQlvU0KTmiLri-05iAHfwHRpzA8paf-rcnrR6moGQs4tdlKXFncTCS_p-Yn3gLrnsU2L8B_A7RKSHZ2SjpsfbKBG_cKrg6AzUCa_fwNQMfIaLqd4JIoRqjhiBLepK4CrZOA/w640-h440/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Filming site for the "Orville" episode and the Progressive ad<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on the old photo, we can identify the approximate site where the shuttle landed in "The Orville" and where "The Loyal Order of Riders" met — and we can even find the "weird rock," yet again.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlhI5CsSikE6jv2Sel5kXuqqAFBs3_F_Mn7_Dg63O_NSnzzF671K4ITA_OrTIAd-Rmyjv_GlsmRMP_fts_Y_0oL9hGZtxQTHHrzQztKDN7q0eN4idSOZClyLoKalxM_Vc16rwP4oVaDYnFrlbK9z_PekeUZfowCi9U7QVelARvo37wlOtJJhN4LTZdA/s1585/1912%20(ca)-HF%20Rile%20Postcard%2067-Santa%20Susana%20Pass%20Near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%20HF%20Rile%20David%20Coscia%20collection%20front-sepia-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1585" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlhI5CsSikE6jv2Sel5kXuqqAFBs3_F_Mn7_Dg63O_NSnzzF671K4ITA_OrTIAd-Rmyjv_GlsmRMP_fts_Y_0oL9hGZtxQTHHrzQztKDN7q0eN4idSOZClyLoKalxM_Vc16rwP4oVaDYnFrlbK9z_PekeUZfowCi9U7QVelARvo37wlOtJJhN4LTZdA/w640-h404/1912%20(ca)-HF%20Rile%20Postcard%2067-Santa%20Susana%20Pass%20Near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%20HF%20Rile%20David%20Coscia%20collection%20front-sepia-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Chatsworth Grade Road through Santa Susana Pass (photo by H.F. Rile, ca. 1912)<br /></b></span></div><br />The H.F. Rile photos, which have been compiled and studied by researchers Ann and Ray Vincent of the Chatsworth Historical Society, also capture early views of the Santa Susana Pass, among other areas. We've featured Rile's work on this blog before — please <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-years-in-review-top-20-iverson.html" target="_blank">click here to learn more about this photo</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MF1Q99az75RxP4Ed8hmYORTTO596tWd45OnLXQGYapyZbH-G5NSF2qNOCYwC-GXCL-DWs3K23VU4wbK5v9WJaA5qrzQsnWpjXakOkmCJrUQv4W3MJpPjN6TJGTlkGhRpfgeJWMGicWGC9ESzbyDLDlRWsaTvm5ekjSNJE_Yqc_5NsQaF2MqzJVYFVQ/s776/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="776" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MF1Q99az75RxP4Ed8hmYORTTO596tWd45OnLXQGYapyZbH-G5NSF2qNOCYwC-GXCL-DWs3K23VU4wbK5v9WJaA5qrzQsnWpjXakOkmCJrUQv4W3MJpPjN6TJGTlkGhRpfgeJWMGicWGC9ESzbyDLDlRWsaTvm5ekjSNJE_Yqc_5NsQaF2MqzJVYFVQ/w640-h422/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A rare look at the gate, fence and trees along the Iverson side of the road<br /></b></span></div><br />Rile's
Williams/Johnson Road photo contains a number of interesting historical tidbits, including what appears to be a barbed-wire fence and gate separating the road from the Iverson Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzBKmkPwtyQc1IdBeYmfOzi4o4wtGD36SoDc863atBtYHIDAKo7buBGJFU2m7PbtyWwDhIl7BEyvdpRb5_4leRk4nkvEoZp76eXF4u4ZC5S6Rj0buZHEYQ3VKR4kCezatayN2ZKaupD3qIwFYOME6TQ-yQNPZeqiXcg04Mu0FsbnsmKn54UrjKGkKFg/s776/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="776" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzBKmkPwtyQc1IdBeYmfOzi4o4wtGD36SoDc863atBtYHIDAKo7buBGJFU2m7PbtyWwDhIl7BEyvdpRb5_4leRk4nkvEoZp76eXF4u4ZC5S6Rj0buZHEYQ3VKR4kCezatayN2ZKaupD3qIwFYOME6TQ-yQNPZeqiXcg04Mu0FsbnsmKn54UrjKGkKFg/w640-h422/1912%20(ca)-vertical%20road%20A-58%20%22Scene%20near%20Chatsworth%20Cal%22-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Garden of the Gods, ca. 1912 — just as filming was starting up<br /></b></span></div><br />The photo also provides an early glimpse of the Iverson Movie Ranch's Garden of the Gods to the southeast. The photo dates to around the time the rocky Iverson Ranch property was just beginning to be used for filming.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgageTkM-NHCFo5lfitD0IkJtQlJKti0XMWADrfjaP1Z7cIaRhSThoNT2CFLGxfJ0MHQ6mRH29B92Q4s37jnHNffHAYkBnvjUwxxyOwEq9c6XMqIDdQpkPwDJM0uOBUQIGt4aKpxO_rMh3DSUJeBvVi6rM5tfzsI9x2NJDyI-2i6douId8tmxCAQny60A/s764/1912%20(ca)-west%20side%20of%20GoG%20with%20vertical%20road-70%20Scene%20at%20Chatsworth%20Cal%20SCWHR-P-029-071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="764" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgageTkM-NHCFo5lfitD0IkJtQlJKti0XMWADrfjaP1Z7cIaRhSThoNT2CFLGxfJ0MHQ6mRH29B92Q4s37jnHNffHAYkBnvjUwxxyOwEq9c6XMqIDdQpkPwDJM0uOBUQIGt4aKpxO_rMh3DSUJeBvVi6rM5tfzsI9x2NJDyI-2i6douId8tmxCAQny60A/w640-h460/1912%20(ca)-west%20side%20of%20GoG%20with%20vertical%20road-70%20Scene%20at%20Chatsworth%20Cal%20SCWHR-P-029-071.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Garden of the Gods and the western edge of the Iverson Ranch (H.F. Rile, ca. 1912)<br /></b></span></div><br />Another H.F. Rile photo from the same period — probably taken the same day — provides an even better view of the Garden of the Gods, and another look at the Williams/Johnson Road area. This shot is taken looking east.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyG5MgGotnV3heN7F9OoCFiqLg6L-FOPQUbmKmgSGhyUVe6pdpQCuQDNc5JtWfR0f5-wp3H6bm4oUTtjkgaLd8Qx7ZsOcM-yytnqezMe0JgLtS8oi233sqsqgzo6kH43YcbT1mK9WQDzphXG6G8T5UyKkMVbN3rjgaJLVRDQtVvoWif2vptIXb_QUbg/s2566/1912%20(ca)-west%20side%20of%20GoG%20with%20vertical%20road-70%20Scene%20at%20Chatsworth%20Cal%20SCWHR-P-029-071-zoomed%20in.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2566" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyG5MgGotnV3heN7F9OoCFiqLg6L-FOPQUbmKmgSGhyUVe6pdpQCuQDNc5JtWfR0f5-wp3H6bm4oUTtjkgaLd8Qx7ZsOcM-yytnqezMe0JgLtS8oi233sqsqgzo6kH43YcbT1mK9WQDzphXG6G8T5UyKkMVbN3rjgaJLVRDQtVvoWif2vptIXb_QUbg/w640-h408/1912%20(ca)-west%20side%20of%20GoG%20with%20vertical%20road-70%20Scene%20at%20Chatsworth%20Cal%20SCWHR-P-029-071-zoomed%20in.png" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the Garden of the Gods and the line of young trees<br /></b></span></div><br />The photo presents the entire western profile of the Garden of the Gods, along with a better look at the trees along the property line. As they should, the trees look about 10 years younger here than they do in "The Paleface."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.chatsworthhistory.com/Program%20Downloads/Chatsworth-Postcards-1912.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2252" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvh_L4a-kadDA9_h3onn7paaSy-xyQnQqgjS-dDX2klvmlN3BIYJouKpfmssqaq5rk7f-5MejYEdl7uzNm0gcDA___DKSYY8FxxLs2kR6jt2Ai3-KaWKWLZeOaOss4td-9gY3KXLHJiUCQtcLWCt8xa_xHo4RD32gX_WsFvxEeMIcKGHaVQOWEgi9gQ/w640-h418/1912%20(ca)-Chatsworth-today's%20Chatsworth%20Park%20South-looking%20E-H.F.%20Rile%20postcard-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Today's Chatsworth Park South, looking east across the San Fernando Valley (H.F. Rile, ca. 1912)<br /></b></span></div><br />A
detailed presentation on the H.F. Rile postcards, put together for the
Chatsworth Historical Society by Ann and Ray Vincent, can be found by <a href="https://www.chatsworthhistory.com/Program%20Downloads/Chatsworth-Postcards-1912.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a> or by clicking on the image above.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLytvRWv32OIOQsMrbhEycOuCgOeygMXWXZcUHKyhLEDiYaObJR2s14AoA2hFAQN-Ydz5Mb3-bF_v2hjigt6IBhA5hW-wLUTvjQ82WjMwHLu2pPS0Zff3fkqe9AKZ5aAfCtozwPMaIUCFelynlD9YdUJfUftik5-VlrI6lCGiOZYL85-LbBxU6f_voUw/s2870/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-GoG-Buster%20Keaton%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLytvRWv32OIOQsMrbhEycOuCgOeygMXWXZcUHKyhLEDiYaObJR2s14AoA2hFAQN-Ydz5Mb3-bF_v2hjigt6IBhA5hW-wLUTvjQ82WjMwHLu2pPS0Zff3fkqe9AKZ5aAfCtozwPMaIUCFelynlD9YdUJfUftik5-VlrI6lCGiOZYL85-LbBxU6f_voUw/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-GoG-Buster%20Keaton%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Paleface": Buster Keaton on the western edge of the Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />About 10 years after H.F. Rile's photos were taken, we again catch a glimpse of the Williams/Johnson Road area and the western boundary of the Iverson Movie Ranch in "The Paleface." <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1-GtGTZnBLDCTIw0XpX44-xqio4JM_Mxm--kiRuBtJ0cvfWqFVajFTvCOcGBI5JbyYj1ZXXtViYGhUD6h6GIon360n07k8LRHM1VOvf0PdgPMGbErwLRIF3MBUmRYcjkJCJhTaYou5_DaaLtLmyN8ofyPB4V1WsZKhLOHlz7medVdKRWYk6OYVsURA/s2870/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-GoG-Buster%20Keaton%201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1-GtGTZnBLDCTIw0XpX44-xqio4JM_Mxm--kiRuBtJ0cvfWqFVajFTvCOcGBI5JbyYj1ZXXtViYGhUD6h6GIon360n07k8LRHM1VOvf0PdgPMGbErwLRIF3MBUmRYcjkJCJhTaYou5_DaaLtLmyN8ofyPB4V1WsZKhLOHlz7medVdKRWYk6OYVsURA/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-GoG-Buster%20Keaton%201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The western profile of the Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />We mainly see one tree and a small section of the barbed-wire fence in this sequence, including a single fencepost. We also get another look at the Garden of the Gods in the background. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMkOjEI5GKcA8aP4Wjv8mf2vAbtXt0iWF8lwDeS1oQLTBhX2MLvOxWcJ741LD4gcZg-DKD4GGofT5UYnQ74pP_J00dro3pAzWQIdYxZVTfsjYlpeIAYjsG3lIb2yKFCqwwHTGs792VeR7CPRUComb8N9Kb4pfvoSljsVE1I4isVVLMKl2yHVtMkxbnQ/s2876/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-GoG-Buster%20Keaton%206-Indians.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMkOjEI5GKcA8aP4Wjv8mf2vAbtXt0iWF8lwDeS1oQLTBhX2MLvOxWcJ741LD4gcZg-DKD4GGofT5UYnQ74pP_J00dro3pAzWQIdYxZVTfsjYlpeIAYjsG3lIb2yKFCqwwHTGs792VeR7CPRUComb8N9Kb4pfvoSljsVE1I4isVVLMKl2yHVtMkxbnQ/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-GoG-Buster%20Keaton%206-Indians.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Keaton is approached by Indians near the western edge of the Iverson Ranch</b></span></div><br />While the bulk of the action takes place on Iverson Ranch property on the east side of the fence, for these shots the camera would have been positioned on the west side of the fence, off Iverson property. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTrEyQW8a-WffAWfVaiJNek-ZZTMEH1Mn4muYg8jSyF6yZzLqyFvzFAq9Sg99fMe5BsGRgP7wS3y5z4CfFa9QXeILvgvMlGXPYra6qsA1nHCcPUgLPynDClcBbBPGB5yhOJX_PrwCelm7GBxF7SpHv3_LQesg3HDkTPxGPiwt3GiWXA48Kcr9QNf-mw/s2870/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-looking%20west-Buster%20Keaton%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTrEyQW8a-WffAWfVaiJNek-ZZTMEH1Mn4muYg8jSyF6yZzLqyFvzFAq9Sg99fMe5BsGRgP7wS3y5z4CfFa9QXeILvgvMlGXPYra6qsA1nHCcPUgLPynDClcBbBPGB5yhOJX_PrwCelm7GBxF7SpHv3_LQesg3HDkTPxGPiwt3GiWXA48Kcr9QNf-mw/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-looking%20west-Buster%20Keaton%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location from the other side, with the camera shooting west<br /></b></span></div><br />Parts of the sequence are shot in the opposite direction, with the camera now back on the Iverson Ranch. In these shots we catch glimpses of the Williams property to the west.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97wXTaTXr11wdvkZ3AYuGcrKwo8p7Xgij9yZL31baV0oBzPKsRkE1t3hIdq4eqq940ZUpf34LZNUoOw2npqJsVm-LMq0HE6Y23hBSEgzWAzUAqycTV67ssPrJMzAvNrYCksE6Vap1Ma92pX7wtE9rJR01ikavmLU6PBKxG3Rkf-iDAsiI_XV1v0iVcg/s2870/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-looking%20west-Buster%20Keaton%203-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97wXTaTXr11wdvkZ3AYuGcrKwo8p7Xgij9yZL31baV0oBzPKsRkE1t3hIdq4eqq940ZUpf34LZNUoOw2npqJsVm-LMq0HE6Y23hBSEgzWAzUAqycTV67ssPrJMzAvNrYCksE6Vap1Ma92pX7wtE9rJR01ikavmLU6PBKxG3Rkf-iDAsiI_XV1v0iVcg/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)-The%20Paleface-Iverson%20Ranch,%20western%20boundary-looking%20west-Buster%20Keaton%203-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Williams/Johnson Road, on the west side of the fence<br /></b></span></div><br />We also again see Williams/Johnson Road, just on the other side of the Iversons' fence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuuaHAP0EXMJG81uE6cH-22Y9w0s9nL3gDCLp3eXd7clipp6FtFordyMlsXcqseRKkXGcW-d5cAdWc9kzdBCm8TmBdaHs5KWNogt7nphGef-9BRoKLLk85wl42Up5DPbeB-LoL7YBR-CRlaqf1nQpTCUlDgT9-m3PtgMTHrFoXgjSncDiwr9NIW-Phug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="727" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuuaHAP0EXMJG81uE6cH-22Y9w0s9nL3gDCLp3eXd7clipp6FtFordyMlsXcqseRKkXGcW-d5cAdWc9kzdBCm8TmBdaHs5KWNogt7nphGef-9BRoKLLk85wl42Up5DPbeB-LoL7YBR-CRlaqf1nQpTCUlDgT9-m3PtgMTHrFoXgjSncDiwr9NIW-Phug=w640-h491" width="640" /></a></div>Buster Keaton climbs the tree in "The Paleface"<br /></b></span></div><br />At one point during the shoot, Keaton climbs up into the leafy part of the tree and we get a look at the foliage. Based on the limited shots we have, I'd say it looks a lot like a eucalyptus.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWdeS2h-feuKcRpujLMgHuPF65v80i897C69qc1_6HIS3mZkI5-VvAeImaMQuWWl9sDvrtoF-SB4OtsYl-oqVF01UyGehRAp-rR36zkYwsENDyAOJwOBtpkGwdSeqR8VE6Nk0UQIdOgNlaX9PBjXcSY_ZhTS2PKulLmNjLFxg0yLGRSJCCPjedNmsZA/s2876/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWdeS2h-feuKcRpujLMgHuPF65v80i897C69qc1_6HIS3mZkI5-VvAeImaMQuWWl9sDvrtoF-SB4OtsYl-oqVF01UyGehRAp-rR36zkYwsENDyAOJwOBtpkGwdSeqR8VE6Nk0UQIdOgNlaX9PBjXcSY_ZhTS2PKulLmNjLFxg0yLGRSJCCPjedNmsZA/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Indians contemplate what to do with Buster Keaton in "The Paleface"<br /></b></span></div><br />While the Indians were gathered in this flat, grassy area, located west of the Garden of the Gods, they were also filmed from another angle. Here the camera is facing south.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNFZgiwMJJrymPH_vhdsmMUhrXcqHqY-Jpbih6OuK9HAitZSRRSmWU4OIiz_OYWME4Us-MW8tzMhJzdDHxU54B82KxqCU83dXPrHSCxR_titH_CrA2g-KYGJt9KedQVzKUNBiCbX1ewmEGfr_Vr4_5Uha8l3ytaGRzvd1kgXmCr_9AJ5doxHIEb0VaA/s2876/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNFZgiwMJJrymPH_vhdsmMUhrXcqHqY-Jpbih6OuK9HAitZSRRSmWU4OIiz_OYWME4Us-MW8tzMhJzdDHxU54B82KxqCU83dXPrHSCxR_titH_CrA2g-KYGJt9KedQVzKUNBiCbX1ewmEGfr_Vr4_5Uha8l3ytaGRzvd1kgXmCr_9AJ5doxHIEb0VaA/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Filming area south of Santa Susana Pass Road<br /></b></span></div><br />In this shot we can again see the "Orville" and "Loyal Order of Riders" filming area in the distance, on the south side of Santa Susana Pass Road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rnjgCZg_ojPc5CGvnaLWvdbSh-p7cxF_yGCDDrviltpxDC2Njg6PQYC1-Bll1JMWiIPskuATdC6fwAirRAsadu3rs4wsShmssfQNot5q7eZNZjpaq0sje3Bwud0AehUgsZn2zVt-7Pj1BXjtnXAzNxr4b3cpojNQB49xAgZtisrAAyhWPB_V3T4FjQ/s2876/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rnjgCZg_ojPc5CGvnaLWvdbSh-p7cxF_yGCDDrviltpxDC2Njg6PQYC1-Bll1JMWiIPskuATdC6fwAirRAsadu3rs4wsShmssfQNot5q7eZNZjpaq0sje3Bwud0AehUgsZn2zVt-7Pj1BXjtnXAzNxr4b3cpojNQB49xAgZtisrAAyhWPB_V3T4FjQ/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A familiar rock<br /></b></span></div><br />If we want to, we can once again find the weird rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aQpj5xqXUaG7dafsZBakOfrA4PGkBSPrValTIbwlHtY_4vLjRCSXL96egCXXiwwIW3V50YE5o8Gv5v_XMbubeo15iPPf1RHGBTap9KTccW3bW17Qz8mujefBg8Lj1s-cxQsGi-pHepg0hCpa2xoKbXQalFJi73npsuwC6-loEW4Cb62pwN64GA2pZQ/s2876/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aQpj5xqXUaG7dafsZBakOfrA4PGkBSPrValTIbwlHtY_4vLjRCSXL96egCXXiwwIW3V50YE5o8Gv5v_XMbubeo15iPPf1RHGBTap9KTccW3bW17Qz8mujefBg8Lj1s-cxQsGi-pHepg0hCpa2xoKbXQalFJi73npsuwC6-loEW4Cb62pwN64GA2pZQ/w640-h480/1921%20(1922)The%20Paleface-looking%20S%20to%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20fr%20western%20Iverson%20Ranch-Indians-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another familiar rock, and another unusual angle<br /></b></span></div><br />Parachute Rock also works its way into this shot, from another rarely seen angle, looking south.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyZe6E27dWPW0vkkjXIhBZZrNRkP4vHI1yimQ48Pyu6WzClae9O2-EJCjiCtRQDfBUX47V95efCGX3qIbUwzHMoQHnpGwv_zFCCwulvbSEbcFMGvWZOyWbf4FmaOYq3wo6fYHXfumhMdiwWK62-C_VOm5QsEkH8CDKHsnO0Fd56SPgZhtEW5Rq0LJSA/s2870/1922-The%20Paleface-top%20of%20%22Parachute%20Rock%22-looking%20N%20to%20IR-Buster%20Keaton-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2870" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyZe6E27dWPW0vkkjXIhBZZrNRkP4vHI1yimQ48Pyu6WzClae9O2-EJCjiCtRQDfBUX47V95efCGX3qIbUwzHMoQHnpGwv_zFCCwulvbSEbcFMGvWZOyWbf4FmaOYq3wo6fYHXfumhMdiwWK62-C_VOm5QsEkH8CDKHsnO0Fd56SPgZhtEW5Rq0LJSA/w640-h480/1922-The%20Paleface-top%20of%20%22Parachute%20Rock%22-looking%20N%20to%20IR-Buster%20Keaton-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Paleface" (1922): Another glimpse of the Iverson Movie Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />The Iverson Ranch continues to pop up in "The Paleface." In the sequence in which Keaton is thrown from the top of Parachute Rock, we catch a glimpse of another section of the movie ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpp82E-VjhlR14tJCLscGC-q4A0JCvIGiiLefHVgktCJdX1nKIlh6krwjdv40PKjx6gPi2udxfAjbeGLoyXj55Cbsb5HXDtccZzW5ptplORTAl7wOyHe4EqNXuVth5C-wQenZ2UzfTedCIVdKeeE-GuA4-b__xfohXUpaOjNQYEHIxYiUUJRDbHFWkVQ/s1600/undated%20postcard-Nyoka%20Cliff%20and%20Plot%2022%20from%20the%20south.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1600" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpp82E-VjhlR14tJCLscGC-q4A0JCvIGiiLefHVgktCJdX1nKIlh6krwjdv40PKjx6gPi2udxfAjbeGLoyXj55Cbsb5HXDtccZzW5ptplORTAl7wOyHe4EqNXuVth5C-wQenZ2UzfTedCIVdKeeE-GuA4-b__xfohXUpaOjNQYEHIxYiUUJRDbHFWkVQ/w640-h404/undated%20postcard-Nyoka%20Cliff%20and%20Plot%2022%20from%20the%20south.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Historic photo showing Chatsworth's "Railroad Cut" area<br /></b></span></div><br />This same part of the ranch also tends to turn up in old photos of trains rumbling through Chatsworth's "Railroad Cut." The sweeping curve of the tracks through this area makes it a popular spot for railroad photography.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0XoOeDg6KDTUi4esmybY12Xo6Zrm8KhWBPCWaOdkbDgGQtNl7wNdBVUt7KrT2pgONb0Tcl8Zd_qd_QbRtCnATHp9HlplLrHYP3vul8pJo3FwElg1R77LXxMOcngL-xHXE1SqmK1xyvq9HyQEeIc-1kmQXXrK6Rz2OF0aKzE1R1QJuTE2r76VAQMSdg/s1600/undated%20postcard-Nyoka%20Cliff%20and%20Plot%2022%20from%20the%20south-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1600" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0XoOeDg6KDTUi4esmybY12Xo6Zrm8KhWBPCWaOdkbDgGQtNl7wNdBVUt7KrT2pgONb0Tcl8Zd_qd_QbRtCnATHp9HlplLrHYP3vul8pJo3FwElg1R77LXxMOcngL-xHXE1SqmK1xyvq9HyQEeIc-1kmQXXrK6Rz2OF0aKzE1R1QJuTE2r76VAQMSdg/w640-h404/undated%20postcard-Nyoka%20Cliff%20and%20Plot%2022%20from%20the%20south-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Southeast corner of the Iverson Movie Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />Train shots taken looking north from this section of the railroad often include this corner of the Iverson Movie Ranch. The railroad tracks also pass just below the "Orville" and "Loyal Order of Riders" filming area. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQp_KKy7XIj8Juf7hBtk46b4SAAtBr2KKmMT2s-l9Nu4eeQKoldSkfVuKSLhcJ8LZG0xKpFvlPKWUw9BgdMjGtoeYAlA76mL6kqcO17MPwpjjBJ_Yj4urhWvzCT_r-1xk3k3FT_R1h9MHL_IXV2te7rOipQQB7CyNgEmOSjKG-vytAEFehUVByME8Yg/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-hilltop%20overlook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQp_KKy7XIj8Juf7hBtk46b4SAAtBr2KKmMT2s-l9Nu4eeQKoldSkfVuKSLhcJ8LZG0xKpFvlPKWUw9BgdMjGtoeYAlA76mL6kqcO17MPwpjjBJ_Yj4urhWvzCT_r-1xk3k3FT_R1h9MHL_IXV2te7rOipQQB7CyNgEmOSjKG-vytAEFehUVByME8Yg/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Adrianne%20Palicki-hilltop%20overlook.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly surveys the newly discovered planet from high atop a rocky hill<br /></b></span></div><br />Another high vista point surfaces in "The Orville" as part of Kelly's sojourn outside the landing craft. She
eventually works her way up to the top of a mountain, giving her a wide view of a mysterious new civilization.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteH1HXBlQzgbU7I92KQv07c7FKybcIPQi6FofiHVT4gd3uAn0gjBB7aHuk2x7ShHiEQ_QhJ_-UdUPgwqEgBCfNdaQp8Sss1UVwoVgO5QtZmc-6AbrqAXgm-lg27SBrL-BgJQP1EbFIGOQcMu3dX9hOI-L8bHnoF-x4WfAIKp-6_ImkfLrZRtd_l20rQ/s2452/recent-Chatsworth%20looking%20approx%20W%20fr%20near%20Stoney%20Point%20to%20Elders%20Peak,%20Boat%20Hill,%20Pyramid%20Peak-shows%20mountaintop%20position%20of%20Kelly%20in%20Orville%201.12-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="2452" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteH1HXBlQzgbU7I92KQv07c7FKybcIPQi6FofiHVT4gd3uAn0gjBB7aHuk2x7ShHiEQ_QhJ_-UdUPgwqEgBCfNdaQp8Sss1UVwoVgO5QtZmc-6AbrqAXgm-lg27SBrL-BgJQP1EbFIGOQcMu3dX9hOI-L8bHnoF-x4WfAIKp-6_ImkfLrZRtd_l20rQ/w640-h422/recent-Chatsworth%20looking%20approx%20W%20fr%20near%20Stoney%20Point%20to%20Elders%20Peak,%20Boat%20Hill,%20Pyramid%20Peak-shows%20mountaintop%20position%20of%20Kelly%20in%20Orville%201.12-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly's location as it appears today, photographed looking west from Topanga<br /></b></span></div><br />We can identify the exact location where Kelly stands on top of the mountain, although it's impossible to match the "Orville" shot without access to the site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0jESOZl4SdLV4V8kc0MEB2snmZq3dG0I1NeSul6rmSlDZ7M4tQ5B1NRPk47MDjONj0a6ZVsvcVbAjf7ENHM8HYl5jDoCYEFxwT932BEcqaYHvYniMqyiMJrgHsntfCi47SYh3c2-XZkYUzem_8xEjDben7p1FZzQq593XFHEpQ_T3ffljrHQ7UZKGA/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0jESOZl4SdLV4V8kc0MEB2snmZq3dG0I1NeSul6rmSlDZ7M4tQ5B1NRPk47MDjONj0a6ZVsvcVbAjf7ENHM8HYl5jDoCYEFxwT932BEcqaYHvYniMqyiMJrgHsntfCi47SYh3c2-XZkYUzem_8xEjDben7p1FZzQq593XFHEpQ_T3ffljrHQ7UZKGA/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly's view of the unknown planet, as it appears in the "Orville" episode "Mad Idolatry"<br /></b></span></div><br />This is what Kelly sees, looking east from the mountaintop. It's described in the episode as a civilization that has evolved to the equivalent of the Earth's Bronze Age.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOjpO0xg5EUF1XxVuJ3dl8u961hrM7aBPjNDTqfLQNGpPIW3zhe94PUcitgqAscCEWoyp3xqr45jAKtINJmszc5arJlMVwATnc_Yo9e6AeQbEPCh9z9HGCmFfNKoq0i27AZ1YyvDt6-tDSKR92PB9bBDkuClh7BKBpH_xjj3dLMZXARZBPZU0hTN7yQ/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOjpO0xg5EUF1XxVuJ3dl8u961hrM7aBPjNDTqfLQNGpPIW3zhe94PUcitgqAscCEWoyp3xqr45jAKtINJmszc5arJlMVwATnc_Yo9e6AeQbEPCh9z9HGCmFfNKoq0i27AZ1YyvDt6-tDSKR92PB9bBDkuClh7BKBpH_xjj3dLMZXARZBPZU0hTN7yQ/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A familiar Chatsworth landmark<br /></b></span></div><br />Here again, readers who are familiar with Chatsworth, Calif., may recognize a landmark or two. The most familiar of these is Stoney Point, a massive butte situated along the east side of Topanga Canyon Boulevard.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxCVoFgCfU8vdovz3G_LuWXCoYavt7sFd0teH6kgDwjEZaxGtozLkYmnS7fSk1zWlRFQiUq9IEE-_sRk_vyVrrRsRug-YzPCpb9kG0rxwgD_8yTugB3tmF1x_AtiN6b2WZ9sIRwDX6vYaZA5M8nBLmK-LktAv5MSozdaXbRba1X9qYuMsgSH_o3nHeQ/s3424/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="3424" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxCVoFgCfU8vdovz3G_LuWXCoYavt7sFd0teH6kgDwjEZaxGtozLkYmnS7fSk1zWlRFQiUq9IEE-_sRk_vyVrrRsRug-YzPCpb9kG0rxwgD_8yTugB3tmF1x_AtiN6b2WZ9sIRwDX6vYaZA5M8nBLmK-LktAv5MSozdaXbRba1X9qYuMsgSH_o3nHeQ/w640-h376/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location as it appears in the real world (Google Maps, 2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />In the real world, the shot is taken looking east across the full expanse of the northern San Fernando Valley, with the town of Chatsworth in the foreground.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUrJVeMRGufw-Ds2p-DQKN3_Ih9MNsa-HtqJWBpGFmLmVSxJXFiCJ6rMhsK5SL3lyn-mCuFF1mPo7UEyxjno_OmAAfaBgFn_JfSaaHJnOUg2akjas89hz_w_uzq1k6WzdzVjA7TdiMYTiRbxMolNrXUdSu4SfCKgieDgswm4haZ82m2QKVBWMvrFYKQ/s3424/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="3424" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUrJVeMRGufw-Ds2p-DQKN3_Ih9MNsa-HtqJWBpGFmLmVSxJXFiCJ6rMhsK5SL3lyn-mCuFF1mPo7UEyxjno_OmAAfaBgFn_JfSaaHJnOUg2akjas89hz_w_uzq1k6WzdzVjA7TdiMYTiRbxMolNrXUdSu4SfCKgieDgswm4haZ82m2QKVBWMvrFYKQ/w640-h376/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Key features of the shot, as they appear in 2023<br /></b></span></div><br />Along with Stoney Point, Topanga Canyon Boulevard is one of the most prominent features of this corner of today's San Fernando Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cV0SETzlsRxqrrMwvcjyau_WpTxmLxvNF3l1MMXJnAYDYNEGUajhSMWlRTVaaaYylEeoWee9hTOYf7G20jAaXmA7kJ_CG0y_zJgXT5yhT4UrcOKPG9uEiirNAmjjdhcHIr-SFwWBgqJDn53K-LhQYYZDlluSENP533rlSIfGBKyS2l4-Re35mizJ6w/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cV0SETzlsRxqrrMwvcjyau_WpTxmLxvNF3l1MMXJnAYDYNEGUajhSMWlRTVaaaYylEeoWee9hTOYf7G20jAaXmA7kJ_CG0y_zJgXT5yhT4UrcOKPG9uEiirNAmjjdhcHIr-SFwWBgqJDn53K-LhQYYZDlluSENP533rlSIfGBKyS2l4-Re35mizJ6w/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Topanga Canyon Boulevard as a river, in "The Orville's" Bronze Age world<br /></b></span></div><br />In the show, Topanga has been digitally transformed into a river.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56Vmn0Gsvmtnz-eGn035J3jwyTLOpBQXYNYxXWi9m5uP8X_FAUoUJQYhtY9lojZ_-aIP9fu47YFOvKLILgUqH9ATP21i2-uZyhrBbkuLhfeRRkutGbcMSbysGrCD_mYSyR3JVJNpwrA-WQcVPNlD0y7_PiQJYJUeWr49X1rZ2PWpbi4reCid6T81wzQ/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56Vmn0Gsvmtnz-eGn035J3jwyTLOpBQXYNYxXWi9m5uP8X_FAUoUJQYhtY9lojZ_-aIP9fu47YFOvKLILgUqH9ATP21i2-uZyhrBbkuLhfeRRkutGbcMSbysGrCD_mYSyR3JVJNpwrA-WQcVPNlD0y7_PiQJYJUeWr49X1rZ2PWpbi4reCid6T81wzQ/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-wide%20shot%20from%20mountaintop-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Primitive villages added to the landscape for "The Orville"<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Orville's" version of the Bronze Age includes small hut villages on both sides of the river.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfTMpA6Hv_M_4bM0R44uXANwiiKpUNZC6LWaf0YSJgyR-D0OHyvWPJegA29Q6zq6jyNnHZeHbZidMsXJzMQSAf2CTPYwHftu3JqxXXT6AtmUWrd5dS4ySCHZxqyE4obyfgxor8NFXGTNrMqB1K8uDb5vxLhvEd7Z2X6fkIY5Y8MMo9sTTAR42X6oERw/s2870/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-Bronze%20Age-zoomed%20in%20on%20hut%20villages.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="2870" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfTMpA6Hv_M_4bM0R44uXANwiiKpUNZC6LWaf0YSJgyR-D0OHyvWPJegA29Q6zq6jyNnHZeHbZidMsXJzMQSAf2CTPYwHftu3JqxXXT6AtmUWrd5dS4ySCHZxqyE4obyfgxor8NFXGTNrMqB1K8uDb5vxLhvEd7Z2X6fkIY5Y8MMo9sTTAR42X6oERw/w640-h410/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV,%20looking%20E-Bronze%20Age-zoomed%20in%20on%20hut%20villages.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Riverfront villages of "The Orville's" Bronze Age<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on this part of the shot, we can take a closer look at those Bronze Age villages along the river. We can also make out a small bridge across the river, along with a couple of boats.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaG79Tzd0jafsK5gN-lNyJLx1vg51ufW8NjYJV32ALw9QbwCNfOqUlwsOm2WUdHAAFK8KLxbfSRsFNR8Y20iuRvYRQmYowF20wbYE9MLYc-IEsdFO4_n28K6QkXEqORovas4rGl2ceN-lBYaqIIrGGC0Iux1rOtOpHbtrf7S-2B7pVXAy5l9rQmv3cA/s3424/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="3424" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaG79Tzd0jafsK5gN-lNyJLx1vg51ufW8NjYJV32ALw9QbwCNfOqUlwsOm2WUdHAAFK8KLxbfSRsFNR8Y20iuRvYRQmYowF20wbYE9MLYc-IEsdFO4_n28K6QkXEqORovas4rGl2ceN-lBYaqIIrGGC0Iux1rOtOpHbtrf7S-2B7pVXAy5l9rQmv3cA/w640-h376/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20and%20northern%20SFV%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Where the villages would be added in post-production<br /></b></span></div><br />This 2023 shot shows the approximate location where the hut villages would be placed for "The Orville." Needless to say, this was all done in post-production, with no actual construction taking place at the site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmYhOaWFeEP0CKEHEk4gLM6igT6aKQ1QK5nm8W_qVy8ANOX8Ni9hKZDE_0Zn1oxEHYdcYsSOty8seahUYOPp6UM-WDNLPIQrtgQDXkXcixHvCxMI0pXAhlQ1aNAvBAtuFzjq55NwQJEkJUs71D7At0ncsL_2-NiC7bKtv-vDgoVKVvPMXznlT2_aVgw/s2668/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry-zoomed%20in%20on%20hut%20villages%20area.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="2668" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmYhOaWFeEP0CKEHEk4gLM6igT6aKQ1QK5nm8W_qVy8ANOX8Ni9hKZDE_0Zn1oxEHYdcYsSOty8seahUYOPp6UM-WDNLPIQrtgQDXkXcixHvCxMI0pXAhlQ1aNAvBAtuFzjq55NwQJEkJUs71D7At0ncsL_2-NiC7bKtv-vDgoVKVvPMXznlT2_aVgw/w640-h472/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20looking%20E%20fr%20mountaintop%20S%20of%20SSPR-matches%20The%20Orville%201.12,%20Mad%20Idolatry-zoomed%20in%20on%20hut%20villages%20area.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The real-world location (2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on the 2023 landscape, we can see what the village area looks like in today's world. Almost everything in this shot was removed digitally to make room for the hut villages.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqSjoK08ARTUj8ik9JjjuYKWGVGKsayNVnUgjLlFmhNWOrWdDKJZPP_Oxbbn7rEXZppqe3Is1BoqDzx76TOp-8He-bdzYQRUWN9Sf9b9H4Rc-w21eFnW014JExTNIbmK5QVOnZyY7B1zMWp6XgmkWC9-R7fwxygTlbu-r8ELA537c46h2gK6OFPSkZQ/s3682/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-hilltop%20vista%20point-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3682" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqSjoK08ARTUj8ik9JjjuYKWGVGKsayNVnUgjLlFmhNWOrWdDKJZPP_Oxbbn7rEXZppqe3Is1BoqDzx76TOp-8He-bdzYQRUWN9Sf9b9H4Rc-w21eFnW014JExTNIbmK5QVOnZyY7B1zMWp6XgmkWC9-R7fwxygTlbu-r8ELA537c46h2gK6OFPSkZQ/w640-h426/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-hilltop%20vista%20point-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly returns to the hilltop hundreds of years later, with a second landing party</b></span></div><br />Various
members of the Orville crew return to the hilltop location throughout the episode, and each time, due to the mysterious planet's existence in an alternate universe, centuries have passed on the planet.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jcGdj7YGJHNYcm0sD8tB2A64MmDMIcBnKOJL5UfyJ1dcrO35eh7W055H8D0Qb_dnSfff7mVHithw9PDs92Cson1bJpGu2avaqwC83ZQ8pE5nywpeLLAG5eu-zf__9AQC-SxGtTeHAw7S8IxJAGb8Ws8JC0FAQfVrRgxPFTDWvUdwJbsl50D3mmK5fw/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-Kelly%20and%20Ed%20looking%20E.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jcGdj7YGJHNYcm0sD8tB2A64MmDMIcBnKOJL5UfyJ1dcrO35eh7W055H8D0Qb_dnSfff7mVHithw9PDs92Cson1bJpGu2avaqwC83ZQ8pE5nywpeLLAG5eu-zf__9AQC-SxGtTeHAw7S8IxJAGb8Ws8JC0FAQfVrRgxPFTDWvUdwJbsl50D3mmK5fw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-Kelly%20and%20Ed%20looking%20E.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kelly and Ed look east from the vista point to a much more evolved planet</b></span></div><br />What the crew sees this time is a planet that has evolved to the equivalent of the 14th century on Earth. Once again, the shot is taken looking east across the northern San Fernando Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXfti-fRkukOj7GNiaDrta9eAR8Ynyoutc0nCPHZ7U48lZJ-ZaB_AIpIE1lWUS1PO0snIwdFTIkvmYhOTmPKi0IfLjejlGBhVp2Xo1ByhFv8mj8_2r5l8VmsIGda2EQYaFuDM6nUkL5nOc7qsqF0g5D8-eISf6P_lC__iHtVATufrBNl8TMuKeFZx_A/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXfti-fRkukOj7GNiaDrta9eAR8Ynyoutc0nCPHZ7U48lZJ-ZaB_AIpIE1lWUS1PO0snIwdFTIkvmYhOTmPKi0IfLjejlGBhVp2Xo1ByhFv8mj8_2r5l8VmsIGda2EQYaFuDM6nUkL5nOc7qsqF0g5D8-eISf6P_lC__iHtVATufrBNl8TMuKeFZx_A/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The planet as it appears on this visit has evolved to roughly the 14th century<br /></b></span></div><br />This view of the mysterious planet again includes Chatsworth's Stoney Point and the "Topanga River" version of Topanga Canyon Boulevard.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWxE-YA-vUjqGt0XM939WJPPb2q4T7xv-38HNdUzPmY0o9mzJbZZgLCBZK9CnswDz-Hcqt-uIUtpZs9gPiIHOtyrKmDy-s9DPveLYDafXfW6ix-K2IGpBIgaOZPCeuNGZbvoBfqTZoaoupjRV2jvkmyvw1DJHEVjLhco5Ztp-valnB3KhBxW1HqGoMg/s4144/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="4144" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWxE-YA-vUjqGt0XM939WJPPb2q4T7xv-38HNdUzPmY0o9mzJbZZgLCBZK9CnswDz-Hcqt-uIUtpZs9gPiIHOtyrKmDy-s9DPveLYDafXfW6ix-K2IGpBIgaOZPCeuNGZbvoBfqTZoaoupjRV2jvkmyvw1DJHEVjLhco5Ztp-valnB3KhBxW1HqGoMg/w640-h330/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the 14th century civilization<br /></b></span></div><br />By the 14th century, an elaborate structure, apparently a temple, has been built at the base of Stoney Point. This more evolved version of the civilization also has a sturdier bridge than the one it had in the Bronze Age.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV0vNaFLmRK_O624BdEdWFVYNT6OYX5P0anK2J973ku3Rlh8IA4SFH3wlb-UDZ-MCWkTUiuvLWGDWTTZQBuvvc-fZdmUVEfh1053SEDiASTfvnOw0BaZEnaz5GpwUoZ7UY3J7seeOHPDsuLczc_BT16CzzbInYOKL2Ylsp66EMDevhR8KxLobSVgbYg/s4144/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="4144" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV0vNaFLmRK_O624BdEdWFVYNT6OYX5P0anK2J973ku3Rlh8IA4SFH3wlb-UDZ-MCWkTUiuvLWGDWTTZQBuvvc-fZdmUVEfh1053SEDiASTfvnOw0BaZEnaz5GpwUoZ7UY3J7seeOHPDsuLczc_BT16CzzbInYOKL2Ylsp66EMDevhR8KxLobSVgbYg/w640-h330/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-14th%20century-wide%20view%20of%20the%20mystery%20planet-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The villages now resemble Medieval Europe<br /></b></span></div><br />The hut villages along the river have grown into something that more closely resembles Europe in the late Middle Ages, with dense residential housing on both sides of the river.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMLzkYsF-XGFNQTC6oxO88DaPetGSZGuyoQzDH22ekfFZsXUA62Ao9mxljVQ9DiBH3lRfEm_wtKSlpVOVYvek03pa0mDVNhC3WxzIpN85jAXlOafgORE60VuVkqG-olR4h0sUz7Yi-tVSibZWpITGbV6_tPeCGrNdygeMWZn00i0Vv0OE_vWK9KlTVw/s3682/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3682" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMLzkYsF-XGFNQTC6oxO88DaPetGSZGuyoQzDH22ekfFZsXUA62Ao9mxljVQ9DiBH3lRfEm_wtKSlpVOVYvek03pa0mDVNhC3WxzIpN85jAXlOafgORE60VuVkqG-olR4h0sUz7Yi-tVSibZWpITGbV6_tPeCGrNdygeMWZn00i0Vv0OE_vWK9KlTVw/w640-h426/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Orville landing party heads to town<br /></b></span></div><br />On this visit to the mystery planet, the crew dresses up in period-appropriate costumes for a trip into town.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5R1UR1YFBQU49yr1t8o7z1carVJbk45pLoR7V4xgtg-NUiYjMmkCB9irK7ZebuETI9V2THi9iLOpxIrmexx-26jKF3I-XQjgesTLMaq15E_H6HGU02paHXrSFhXGk-P7ITjyfWjF4RC1BSYAqkJh2ihuqCQyk8K6mghVXUFjVrCNbo53uzc-v8r6uA/s3682/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth-Rocky%20Peak%20Church%20property%20S%20of%20SSPR-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3682" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5R1UR1YFBQU49yr1t8o7z1carVJbk45pLoR7V4xgtg-NUiYjMmkCB9irK7ZebuETI9V2THi9iLOpxIrmexx-26jKF3I-XQjgesTLMaq15E_H6HGU02paHXrSFhXGk-P7ITjyfWjF4RC1BSYAqkJh2ihuqCQyk8K6mghVXUFjVrCNbo53uzc-v8r6uA/w640-h426/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth-Rocky%20Peak%20Church%20property%20S%20of%20SSPR-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A scene reminiscent of the crucifixions in ancient Rome</b></span></div><br />In one of "Mad Idolatry's" most disturbing scenes, the Orville crew
encounters some unfortunate souls who have been tied to stakes along the
side of the road, the apparent victims of a barbaric form of justice.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0WRd93VxhNPyIZYpGqipbgAqdtgp8HgQ_9o7s5dhRPOVwNpC4oFRW6Heqz13cC1nWCXWp4B2lURXkVamqB6f-XV4r4BbWnthQ1GL0cC8OfjnGOn3ZmZfGNzdlzBOZHtF5z4fXzJai0veH9BThblzbI56h9Li4GTupukXT7QbOLvGndT0Wo_E-YnGZQ/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-road:crucifixion%20sequence-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20approx%20NE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0WRd93VxhNPyIZYpGqipbgAqdtgp8HgQ_9o7s5dhRPOVwNpC4oFRW6Heqz13cC1nWCXWp4B2lURXkVamqB6f-XV4r4BbWnthQ1GL0cC8OfjnGOn3ZmZfGNzdlzBOZHtF5z4fXzJai0veH9BThblzbI56h9Li4GTupukXT7QbOLvGndT0Wo_E-YnGZQ/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-road:crucifixion%20sequence-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20approx%20NE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A farmer driving a haywagon arrives from the other direction</b></span></div><br />When a farmer approaches on a haywagon, the crew flags him down, hoping he can tell them what these people did to deserve their fate.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBR8Ch1plTOTYK8_m2-gwGhdOWOd0uouV3WxpvtMyta5mi1Fc6rRYb0w3V1VltNULjakMwRuypNVYdfpyvyUgh-oDUThC7f8yvXvDaoFRwv8R9ZGahA0X-PHATMmYzEm6GdoZlAmjgeYU6_uHF8B6RlMlcn44S0rhsxZSl993BgAanJrDL0n_SbdFWw/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-crucifixions:road%20sequence-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBR8Ch1plTOTYK8_m2-gwGhdOWOd0uouV3WxpvtMyta5mi1Fc6rRYb0w3V1VltNULjakMwRuypNVYdfpyvyUgh-oDUThC7f8yvXvDaoFRwv8R9ZGahA0X-PHATMmYzEm6GdoZlAmjgeYU6_uHF8B6RlMlcn44S0rhsxZSl993BgAanJrDL0n_SbdFWw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-crucifixions:road%20sequence-Seth%20MacFarlane,%20Adrianne%20Palicki,%20J%20Lee,%20Halston%20Sage,%20Scott%20Grimes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The space travelers gather intel on what's going on in the mysterious new world <br /></b></span></div><br />The farmer reveals why certain individuals in this society wind up in such dire circumstances.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Jvgt2dvGswJNs3NmlVl_ramHpcK7gioJ8xv9313RVUleGX3KagVRVaLjMc8oHSHK81vRXiZPTKlOSSw5o6cH8FHd4u2a0KL8bm331dt_u0dY43fImZhaE5GMekjIPsrPztXwcfxo7o3V46bThstdjyXLGyT2w7pnY2dAngN8NpiUSspzZ_hrGSorWA/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-road:crucifixion%20sequence-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20approx%20NE-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Jvgt2dvGswJNs3NmlVl_ramHpcK7gioJ8xv9313RVUleGX3KagVRVaLjMc8oHSHK81vRXiZPTKlOSSw5o6cH8FHd4u2a0KL8bm331dt_u0dY43fImZhaE5GMekjIPsrPztXwcfxo7o3V46bThstdjyXLGyT2w7pnY2dAngN8NpiUSspzZ_hrGSorWA/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-road:crucifixion%20sequence-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20approx%20NE-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Notice the background features highlighted here<br /></b></span></div><br />The road sequence takes place a short distance from the shuttle landing site. The key to finding this road was matching up rocks and hills seen in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot3C85TTSeqpwSWBrznBgE8R05IacpYyPh5AwuGs-4vPgKuY_5Yar7eBnKkBK6Ef-qaDpOJI-2pi0t2xFIBrlu4_-3Ol7lfqvITy_1nZMq_hRQ_zj5XEEHHtZr_Ifs7hbxOX0TKyAu6nmebuYYSw8EHQmHvtv1x8tJ8DBotCLiagg1GuIgLYS1rqr5Q/s3730/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20area%20looking%20approx%20NE%20to%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20Cactus%20Hill-matches%20background%20in%20The%20Orville%201.12-road:crucifixion%20scenes-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3730" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot3C85TTSeqpwSWBrznBgE8R05IacpYyPh5AwuGs-4vPgKuY_5Yar7eBnKkBK6Ef-qaDpOJI-2pi0t2xFIBrlu4_-3Ol7lfqvITy_1nZMq_hRQ_zj5XEEHHtZr_Ifs7hbxOX0TKyAu6nmebuYYSw8EHQmHvtv1x8tJ8DBotCLiagg1GuIgLYS1rqr5Q/w640-h398/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20area%20looking%20approx%20NE%20to%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20Cactus%20Hill-matches%20background%20in%20The%20Orville%201.12-road:crucifixion%20scenes-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same background features (Google Maps, 2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />Both of the highlighted background features can be found again in this 3D Google shot looking northeast from the filming location. Both highlighted areas are on the former Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUw3I4CoE1Cicg4s9nqWVT4RqXea7lqH4iNtGqut3jzX46XTub17b8SwLhtmGvtAhxCX4YmLXdwvV7mFdT3FUMCvDc3b7DjPTmEOybvl09MOOR8KfA7F1f4bjhKYT4w0NXMTXbukNxs8VkoujJb3hw9TWKf3RuSGpYYdluiVZjF4QVOOSlz3-WkrD4g/s2782/2017%20and%202023-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Crucifixion%20Road-and%20Google%203D%20looking%20NE-matching%20rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2384" data-original-width="2782" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUw3I4CoE1Cicg4s9nqWVT4RqXea7lqH4iNtGqut3jzX46XTub17b8SwLhtmGvtAhxCX4YmLXdwvV7mFdT3FUMCvDc3b7DjPTmEOybvl09MOOR8KfA7F1f4bjhKYT4w0NXMTXbukNxs8VkoujJb3hw9TWKf3RuSGpYYdluiVZjF4QVOOSlz3-WkrD4g/w640-h548/2017%20and%202023-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Crucifixion%20Road-and%20Google%203D%20looking%20NE-matching%20rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A Garden of the Gods rock peeks into "The Orville"<br /></b></span></div><br />We have to zoom way in on this rock before we can see that it's a match, and even then, I get it if you still don't see it. But it checks out — it's the same rock, part of the Iverson Ranch's Garden of the Gods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWBc9FFmDazG44nFAi18vXA_nmyhlqLGGzn_J7hPmrtnuS5Jx75KI52oLC9jE1Z8DmYDf5PPDDFl4fgAu9QTNE9v2l6DcFsuqTzg2K8LdMd6AOE2XKerkMs3_ETk1VKi5Jyv56MKO-iJfcHKmOsbaOs2jMwLmpiyWdRKjrq8SnP12ga4b4vbNvAk3Lw/s3046/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20Rocky%20Peak%20Church,%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3046" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWBc9FFmDazG44nFAi18vXA_nmyhlqLGGzn_J7hPmrtnuS5Jx75KI52oLC9jE1Z8DmYDf5PPDDFl4fgAu9QTNE9v2l6DcFsuqTzg2K8LdMd6AOE2XKerkMs3_ETk1VKi5Jyv56MKO-iJfcHKmOsbaOs2jMwLmpiyWdRKjrq8SnP12ga4b4vbNvAk3Lw/w640-h516/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20Rocky%20Peak%20Church,%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Filming location for the road sequence, southwest of the Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />After matching up the background features, we can identify a dirt road in Chatsworth where the sequence was filmed for "The Orville." For now, let's call it "Crucifixion Road."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprxkpTNlVnt15BBxTiHG_u3Glqe7W668420ZLHv8arkQrZL7qavTGupq-fffSQgvj_V1cQUt0jiqnNmlB5gg2eCs8e56OYwYKRpYZ-Ec1es6LT28sAL0LmNQgimrNmZXVfHH1sVr6R_UeOpMkOUSEutbKWg67X0prDg3v8aE-lFRA-AzipC-NQUW1kg/s1956/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-dirt%20road%20seen%20in%20The%20Orville%201.12;%20Church%20at%20Rocky%20Peak-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprxkpTNlVnt15BBxTiHG_u3Glqe7W668420ZLHv8arkQrZL7qavTGupq-fffSQgvj_V1cQUt0jiqnNmlB5gg2eCs8e56OYwYKRpYZ-Ec1es6LT28sAL0LmNQgimrNmZXVfHH1sVr6R_UeOpMkOUSEutbKWg67X0prDg3v8aE-lFRA-AzipC-NQUW1kg/w522-h640/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-dirt%20road%20seen%20in%20The%20Orville%201.12;%20Church%20at%20Rocky%20Peak-noted%201.jpg" width="522" /></a></div>"Crucifixion Road" and the Church at Rocky Peak<br /></b></span></div><br />The road was built in the 1980s, around the same time the sprawling Church at Rocky Peak began moving into the neighborhood.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAKbwavz6uQ6VDOoeLfPvVzcNnsexpeEHRevgl8zvUfoz00ohLIxZvUazdKeckSPtTyRQfaRdlBiuGi-genxwnvZlwxoaJyygvLAs8emR5Gk8p5tA2X2RQ-8xAMh7R2IvaENvpb5HVFAYPMG6mP1ZsDLL-Z0mqmwwubacsirRuEwj2moyYND_SAz_Lg/s1956/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-dirt%20road%20seen%20in%20The%20Orville%201.12;%20Church%20at%20Rocky%20Peak-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAKbwavz6uQ6VDOoeLfPvVzcNnsexpeEHRevgl8zvUfoz00ohLIxZvUazdKeckSPtTyRQfaRdlBiuGi-genxwnvZlwxoaJyygvLAs8emR5Gk8p5tA2X2RQ-8xAMh7R2IvaENvpb5HVFAYPMG6mP1ZsDLL-Z0mqmwwubacsirRuEwj2moyYND_SAz_Lg/w522-h640/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-dirt%20road%20seen%20in%20The%20Orville%201.12;%20Church%20at%20Rocky%20Peak-noted%202.jpg" width="522" /></a></div>The infamous "Spahn Movie Ranch" location<br /></b></span></div><br />But if the terrain looks familiar, it may be for an entirely different reason. One of the most famous places in this part of Chatsworth — for all the wrong reasons — is the former site of the Spahn Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg--EyppHw31Hg-fvAa9dy7TukhwL06FCY8PZimFEkF5uFIjB4iaL8UoudhFwbP4IO2QuAXN350b3hVJKjxAkEoBhvnQ1db7aV4yTQ_vABK2-kZR-iaImfcNexz5SGwgpzXVRCXSUy_ZAfYbh5-9uCWi8WK97s79025Q91qpim7b3F3A7E2EseTXiQrMg/s2726/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-vista%20point-Mark%20Jackson%20as%20Isaac.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="2726" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg--EyppHw31Hg-fvAa9dy7TukhwL06FCY8PZimFEkF5uFIjB4iaL8UoudhFwbP4IO2QuAXN350b3hVJKjxAkEoBhvnQ1db7aV4yTQ_vABK2-kZR-iaImfcNexz5SGwgpzXVRCXSUy_ZAfYbh5-9uCWi8WK97s79025Q91qpim7b3F3A7E2EseTXiQrMg/w640-h358/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-vista%20point-Mark%20Jackson%20as%20Isaac.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Isaac, the Orville's science officer and android, arrives at the vista point<br /></b></span></div><br />After witnessing the mistreatment of local citizens, the Orville crew decides to drop off the ship's android, Isaac, on the mystery planet. Isaac begins by taking in the view from the usual vista point.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3yCEMy6FHnFPuW-DqIh651APaEXC3cxMbyK5aetFMof2OJ8zj5Jpt5z7fjdqGGpXnXMfCBIIdI78Oz_4EA8LNp_0Nt_ZvZpcMLDEKRWqYHDNebmbGt3d6-w6PmSdfZ3zB_jWlq2yxsVeHGziTRruQ0MjjoEsOjRqocMBkxvV5SLuJD5YlQgwaMHn4g/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3yCEMy6FHnFPuW-DqIh651APaEXC3cxMbyK5aetFMof2OJ8zj5Jpt5z7fjdqGGpXnXMfCBIIdI78Oz_4EA8LNp_0Nt_ZvZpcMLDEKRWqYHDNebmbGt3d6-w6PmSdfZ3zB_jWlq2yxsVeHGziTRruQ0MjjoEsOjRqocMBkxvV5SLuJD5YlQgwaMHn4g/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Isaac observes what is now a 21st century civilization<br /></b></span></div><br />By this time the planet has caught up to Earth's
21st century, and the view from the top of the mountain includes not only an updated version of the temple, but also a number of modern skyscrapers.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z3RrqucQNdXhtW30kyEzuYHRzHWWInHeEVbH-JTM2-OObavBM1kcRBcSoTxACKX0tyA5zjAGlFRSGwUMYzgiM1uyOZEuXSuEOvLXpNCUFxZLA6Sq9FZhSxLCG81MqBsX3wVNh7IzhjiEfpitdDiDj5z-qP3qfOoNlHJEuCBt54r-Yma74UbEt1pKtw/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z3RrqucQNdXhtW30kyEzuYHRzHWWInHeEVbH-JTM2-OObavBM1kcRBcSoTxACKX0tyA5zjAGlFRSGwUMYzgiM1uyOZEuXSuEOvLXpNCUFxZLA6Sq9FZhSxLCG81MqBsX3wVNh7IzhjiEfpitdDiDj5z-qP3qfOoNlHJEuCBt54r-Yma74UbEt1pKtw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>At least one bridge has been relocated in the last 700 years<br /></b></span></div><br />A new bridge has replaced the 14th century bridge, this one at the real-world intersection of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Santa Susana Pass Road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv8AtAsbxCDf-BnhjSWT7MtuO4blsUCsjAo27lXaheik3dCBzEqn1Z7TlScgP8dcBHrAzp7hMdEcSOVJC5-TDTd7_Y8n2JA1oI8OdQK-vpeZIVaI7Lis1uLBvAvkOhQGY6nuVqfY3zsaRAVKsLKDx4eLS5f8zuqN0nDtbmfzxhTyxjuGrD9uN0FSNlg/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv8AtAsbxCDf-BnhjSWT7MtuO4blsUCsjAo27lXaheik3dCBzEqn1Z7TlScgP8dcBHrAzp7hMdEcSOVJC5-TDTd7_Y8n2JA1oI8OdQK-vpeZIVaI7Lis1uLBvAvkOhQGY6nuVqfY3zsaRAVKsLKDx4eLS5f8zuqN0nDtbmfzxhTyxjuGrD9uN0FSNlg/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A famous filming location to the northeast<br /></b></span></div><br />The shot also captures a section of what was once the southeast corner of the Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcXuKNo3h0_C35nOAa_5yCtp7BFgpSZhi-2Lp2sZWuh7zE1FZohxlIEH7zXI6M9u24Tf0UufHK1cTsASlJ6c64LmK09ESlhiluN1zuyLURxbnZeF-YtFAxBxvDyM-3Kikf5tYkVya79IKad0GuyaQu1QUN6iPs5x8Oy8oJ-1Kp4VKfkCsN8rJAA8Mxw/s3836/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcXuKNo3h0_C35nOAa_5yCtp7BFgpSZhi-2Lp2sZWuh7zE1FZohxlIEH7zXI6M9u24Tf0UufHK1cTsASlJ6c64LmK09ESlhiluN1zuyLURxbnZeF-YtFAxBxvDyM-3Kikf5tYkVya79IKad0GuyaQu1QUN6iPs5x8Oy8oJ-1Kp4VKfkCsN8rJAA8Mxw/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20S%20of%20SSPR-Isaac%20(Mark%20Jackson)%20looks%20out%20over%20SFV%20fr%20vista%20point-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A modern city rises above the northern San Fernando Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />The bulk of the planet's "21st century" development towers over what in the real world would be Granada Hills, Northridge and Porter Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jIuifhtmmXSeY6Kdscl8G-VZTJzUhNtfWjJEFaBGVxKuGYpFjgaterFiBHRjKvORkK1RwQDvAmQjA10d-9gcdxEex2poa7VlRVA1Frg4VQ9fYT5nVG9YNsA8IAAs8DC0jlJtu4C0Ho76HykvDmTEDDMyZG2g9jyqIlV6AB_3Yx2Xw6ll5vwm_ZaPSg/s4221/recent-looking%20E%20(slightly%20NE)%20fr%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20toward%20Granada%20Hills-matches%20The%20Orville-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2123" data-original-width="4221" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jIuifhtmmXSeY6Kdscl8G-VZTJzUhNtfWjJEFaBGVxKuGYpFjgaterFiBHRjKvORkK1RwQDvAmQjA10d-9gcdxEex2poa7VlRVA1Frg4VQ9fYT5nVG9YNsA8IAAs8DC0jlJtu4C0Ho76HykvDmTEDDMyZG2g9jyqIlV6AB_3Yx2Xw6ll5vwm_ZaPSg/w640-h322/recent-looking%20E%20(slightly%20NE)%20fr%20Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20toward%20Granada%20Hills-matches%20The%20Orville-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The northern San Fernando Valley of the real world<br /></b></span></div><br />The tall buildings and other "21st century" structures seem so familiar that it's easy to believe they might really be there — but in today's northern San Fernando Valley, no such structures can be found.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4tvoU6RIr-zpgx0cJhmCQ5KT2KVKqMavDy0venBS3wbmULKAIBqT_KBZMhIIqoa3Ew5q4l5oDEqL1eiPdF4bXZRlmiOZvb6OtLvt0-gfo3dF091jZwpY6PfoDLW9R3qz9afm-232Ax3Mq26ZSvGQGqiW7MCkj_3euEper0b7udygoenHEir6Lpjp_w/s3120/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-mystery%20planet%20in%20the%20age%20of%20quantum%20drive.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3120" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4tvoU6RIr-zpgx0cJhmCQ5KT2KVKqMavDy0venBS3wbmULKAIBqT_KBZMhIIqoa3Ew5q4l5oDEqL1eiPdF4bXZRlmiOZvb6OtLvt0-gfo3dF091jZwpY6PfoDLW9R3qz9afm-232Ax3Mq26ZSvGQGqiW7MCkj_3euEper0b7udygoenHEir6Lpjp_w/w640-h380/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-mystery%20planet%20in%20the%20age%20of%20quantum%20drive.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Orville returns to the mystery planet in the age of quantum drive<br /></b></span></div><br />The starship Orville visits the planet one more time, but by then the planet has caught up to the age of quantum drive — the same period in which "The Orville" is set. In this era, location footage is no longer needed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFT-dfu5v2Bm8zA1iwqam3OcCjsPgc3AsrHOLh76lb8idRQbAfZGTqc_bkC-1x4_1XaBNTWqVBSlNhq2JEnu2-ZAO1U71r3bodMZ6LrfZeukof8ZjM9UIycf0cX47vQ1K-otYXJ0XHTI37Y-wtTgVOlyY7XpUeUUlP6U29tKTiKN-mISr7mGdxrZ6-A/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFT-dfu5v2Bm8zA1iwqam3OcCjsPgc3AsrHOLh76lb8idRQbAfZGTqc_bkC-1x4_1XaBNTWqVBSlNhq2JEnu2-ZAO1U71r3bodMZ6LrfZeukof8ZjM9UIycf0cX47vQ1K-otYXJ0XHTI37Y-wtTgVOlyY7XpUeUUlP6U29tKTiKN-mISr7mGdxrZ6-A/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes": Another season, another unknown planet</b></span></div><br />"The Orville" does return to the Chatsworth filming location in season two, and again it's for a visit to an unknown planet. It's another planet with a lot of rocks — but it's not the same planet the crew explored in season one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFzSjI6fq42guouvaVgFUhfeW2K1x67nwOzsi8jDI2bL5-6dmpuIfjltVagQ3ItLboSLd_dl7m3BrDF5yU7hrLFfk2Yx24HLpsWAHPZGINakMNBWc5KWuHN7BbjrEKHTiwlLwVzaFV9rGAX--36LmCtbxEM6N7c0SSe0CbmcxPx2m3d1RN7hPhJSvKw/s2856/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Seth%20MacFarlane%20(Capt%20Ed%20Mercer)%20and%20Michaela%20McManus%20(Teleya).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2221" data-original-width="2856" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFzSjI6fq42guouvaVgFUhfeW2K1x67nwOzsi8jDI2bL5-6dmpuIfjltVagQ3ItLboSLd_dl7m3BrDF5yU7hrLFfk2Yx24HLpsWAHPZGINakMNBWc5KWuHN7BbjrEKHTiwlLwVzaFV9rGAX--36LmCtbxEM6N7c0SSe0CbmcxPx2m3d1RN7hPhJSvKw/w640-h498/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Seth%20MacFarlane%20(Capt%20Ed%20Mercer)%20and%20Michaela%20McManus%20(Teleya).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Seth MacFarlane and Michaela McManus, stranded on the unknown planet<br /></b></span></div><br />This time the Orville's captain, Ed Mercer (series creator Seth MacFarlane), is stranded on the planet's surface with Teleya, a member of the Krill and a bitter enemy of Capt. Mercer and the Earth-based Planetary Union.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0X47wlh2fcdqBaUVVGMmE6ETDQPIBB3zi4DPkd4EpuPede65aYkcVxkZMlIwFYpnEvpeeJzxVg6l7jT-r7anDceXl2gs2oI67IR6XK7dDv4XnoxZCXxPYNZWJ5C6qbcz-wBiOlPIsEJ7oVyvSCkQsLLZFQoYIDKMOwF-yiSMHj24PsP-7ZmTAK86V1Q/s3972/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20W%20toward%20Pinnacles%20and%20Boat%20Hill-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="3972" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0X47wlh2fcdqBaUVVGMmE6ETDQPIBB3zi4DPkd4EpuPede65aYkcVxkZMlIwFYpnEvpeeJzxVg6l7jT-r7anDceXl2gs2oI67IR6XK7dDv4XnoxZCXxPYNZWJ5C6qbcz-wBiOlPIsEJ7oVyvSCkQsLLZFQoYIDKMOwF-yiSMHj24PsP-7ZmTAK86V1Q/w640-h362/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20W%20toward%20Pinnacles%20and%20Boat%20Hill-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Santa Susana Mountains looking west from Chatsworth (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />Much of the planet's surface is based on this section of the Santa Susana Mountains, south of Santa Susana Pass Road looking west from the Chatsworth filming location — a short distance west of Topanga.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nsxlCo_4Z3BZ09nMa9lrh1HH4nZbJ5wk4HbZ5ijKObPMQEnvqcT2KqvBmedsjWPawcuk1U1KexPt_uYSD32jbrSjfN61yfuNDmQ0twrXDGQcpsvzF-iyaKh292fliwosk3NHFQsnctISJuWDaQalPvaJsNZ3_QJB4MRKl_GNWlieqtDzKmDwiPyIPA/s3972/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20W%20toward%20Pinnacles%20and%20Boat%20Hill-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="3972" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nsxlCo_4Z3BZ09nMa9lrh1HH4nZbJ5wk4HbZ5ijKObPMQEnvqcT2KqvBmedsjWPawcuk1U1KexPt_uYSD32jbrSjfN61yfuNDmQ0twrXDGQcpsvzF-iyaKh292fliwosk3NHFQsnctISJuWDaQalPvaJsNZ3_QJB4MRKl_GNWlieqtDzKmDwiPyIPA/w640-h362/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20W%20toward%20Pinnacles%20and%20Boat%20Hill-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A smooth plateau among the rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />Notice the plateau area highlighted here in the blue rectangle. It's a little hard to see because the smooth terrain of the plateau blends in with the much rockier area in the bottom half of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxQVcnaQRS15EP6iJv3QhaxJ-geu0mODqlBqps99Qerclt_Tez36yUawL-jFbLfHkPHDm_OSCD6r9U7RIHdvyt0gG0QYVUEo5laaMA8aAS2YPoiy9_RepJ1X0mLiDVyJZZBWgdqekP-legzG3wsqkByCMhwlXWOELp7n2wbqpnFEyyKdWLFdzesfo8Q/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxQVcnaQRS15EP6iJv3QhaxJ-geu0mODqlBqps99Qerclt_Tez36yUawL-jFbLfHkPHDm_OSCD6r9U7RIHdvyt0gG0QYVUEo5laaMA8aAS2YPoiy9_RepJ1X0mLiDVyJZZBWgdqekP-legzG3wsqkByCMhwlXWOELp7n2wbqpnFEyyKdWLFdzesfo8Q/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville": The same plateau forms much of the background<br /></b></span></div><br />The plateau becomes a sunlit slope when we see it in the show. If you wanted to you could match up any number of individual trees, as the landscape hasn't changed much in the five years since the episode was shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYjW8vA2fPbwy78G02AH_W5FoGGEcdbUE3oet4j1nyV2jcBcXt4IdNS1u5GCAjV5M3B2P7wsqqO_pmgCF5CLJ02yx7TmgkxliaiU-XPu40ksatKoF5DoGNiM8eEcEm6mUv1PcWUh-_bW4L0MKH36HaK4L5yEHpkTd012cajYFIiSpK465rdA7iRoK-A/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYjW8vA2fPbwy78G02AH_W5FoGGEcdbUE3oet4j1nyV2jcBcXt4IdNS1u5GCAjV5M3B2P7wsqqO_pmgCF5CLJ02yx7TmgkxliaiU-XPu40ksatKoF5DoGNiM8eEcEm6mUv1PcWUh-_bW4L0MKH36HaK4L5yEHpkTd012cajYFIiSpK465rdA7iRoK-A/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>None of these rocky buttes are really there<br /></b></span></div><br />Most of the rocky buttes rising above the terrain were created by special effects. In the old days this effect would have been achieved using a matte painting, but today it's a routine task handled by computer nerds.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GDYXOayu1aVDamUBoBQcgDLhm9kaQB1cD3F67mTWGdZBgt2WB1J-4KGd8UZWjZdIOeKQqAkS-pMQQwlbSeh6i9EzxRGCrUyT9USXfTdcPVBzt6b_skLxPFbqGyQ5d_TRopx-GXl61WkVrkS-_f--8fHzE9LSD1sVxsrXVo_YtFND4bKz0oeUPIZHgA/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GDYXOayu1aVDamUBoBQcgDLhm9kaQB1cD3F67mTWGdZBgt2WB1J-4KGd8UZWjZdIOeKQqAkS-pMQQwlbSeh6i9EzxRGCrUyT9USXfTdcPVBzt6b_skLxPFbqGyQ5d_TRopx-GXl61WkVrkS-_f--8fHzE9LSD1sVxsrXVo_YtFND4bKz0oeUPIZHgA/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A rocky real-world canyon<br /></b></span></div><br />The bottom half of the frame consists of a rocky canyon that exists in the real world, and this entire area, including rocks, trees and other features, can also be seen in the Google Maps shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4ZJ6QXmQJeQyiDsuP7Uqzf-4yQDwh51rCGb09QiVWg1TIbNq3CZBSV5UZFXA-T_mLcAosc6AW8abspkGtlUKjhFcbnp1S4hfoINjFuVHUeOujz381_BsJQunyfjcA-KxK10f-0-VYyt7cx_f8nGfDWGlwSLNUGeurqn3SCd08pBuQcD8-7jwesQLCg/s3972/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20W%20toward%20Pinnacles%20and%20Boat%20Hill-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="3972" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4ZJ6QXmQJeQyiDsuP7Uqzf-4yQDwh51rCGb09QiVWg1TIbNq3CZBSV5UZFXA-T_mLcAosc6AW8abspkGtlUKjhFcbnp1S4hfoINjFuVHUeOujz381_BsJQunyfjcA-KxK10f-0-VYyt7cx_f8nGfDWGlwSLNUGeurqn3SCd08pBuQcD8-7jwesQLCg/w640-h362/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20W%20toward%20Pinnacles%20and%20Boat%20Hill-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same canyon on Google Maps<br /></b></span></div><br />The canyon area is highlighted here in the Google shot, where the rocky terrain pops out more. The yellow rectangles identify the same area in the two photos above.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8vAX9nFWQZGJXqWTK8hMauwm59FZj9ZiwTWt7SAdU-bd4lr-KFZ4QgbnoIiNhRQns27_75Eg1618C38KwwS6As3hB4KTCWjl8AZ4Qu8x26dmz7nilbaeR57Pmt98Gk7To_TaqVjPz5JZ2-P7VBxbxT_xZOxEoo-ShC5tNQ4psHOIctbhjrlvXzMlZw/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8vAX9nFWQZGJXqWTK8hMauwm59FZj9ZiwTWt7SAdU-bd4lr-KFZ4QgbnoIiNhRQns27_75Eg1618C38KwwS6As3hB4KTCWjl8AZ4Qu8x26dmz7nilbaeR57Pmt98Gk7To_TaqVjPz5JZ2-P7VBxbxT_xZOxEoo-ShC5tNQ4psHOIctbhjrlvXzMlZw/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville": One of the area's landmarks can be found here<br /></b></span></div><br />To highlight one of this area's most distinctive rock formations, note the part of the frame inside the rectangle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_QkwnhgyrwBQWMCFLikk5J-KsOP_0j4o6hOLwxsEU5Frfd0m3m7DAX1FNLT3fWD40oAHB2acrXT8fDIAfKI5LlPagrCaRkR-fjiUaxopJNR8eUlbdS4tqNFWxo4d3SHQpM7M4CRn7kNjvGMDVyNzgwQvo4DLGG60pDb10AkpudhSWnyORn3Akb6umg/s2758/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-zoomed%20in%20on%20Pinnacles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="2758" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_QkwnhgyrwBQWMCFLikk5J-KsOP_0j4o6hOLwxsEU5Frfd0m3m7DAX1FNLT3fWD40oAHB2acrXT8fDIAfKI5LlPagrCaRkR-fjiUaxopJNR8eUlbdS4tqNFWxo4d3SHQpM7M4CRn7kNjvGMDVyNzgwQvo4DLGG60pDb10AkpudhSWnyORn3Akb6umg/w640-h414/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-zoomed%20in%20on%20Pinnacles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on Chatsworth's rocky Pinnacles area in"The Orville"<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot zooms in on that part of the frame, and adds some light to make it easier to see the rocks. This especially rocky part of the Santa Susanas includes a number of large vertical sandstone spires.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwR5L4PxYk4-RDcIUynmZVOKysQeD3yffaMY69-gfrhcbuxyTbMx_FXwPo1LpjtI4A5YvPNKYaGchZDoUUE6uopEIpOLxcrhcqCBJ1ZBQ1DDp_klk1A9mdQ0xfp73t64iFnfEJYsrRvM0XzvuHCVhqjiHpP5RZOfACBp99PrNHGZTXSAxTTn2ZavDQQ/s1908/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1908" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwR5L4PxYk4-RDcIUynmZVOKysQeD3yffaMY69-gfrhcbuxyTbMx_FXwPo1LpjtI4A5YvPNKYaGchZDoUUE6uopEIpOLxcrhcqCBJ1ZBQ1DDp_klk1A9mdQ0xfp73t64iFnfEJYsrRvM0XzvuHCVhqjiHpP5RZOfACBp99PrNHGZTXSAxTTn2ZavDQQ/w640-h440/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock formations on Google Maps<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the same area as it appears in a 3D view on Google Maps.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4YaB1WVrt9zyd-bMMzAgRcr3H-zU0aCrj7A5H2gwpV-HNKT9MmZ1QIdvaCtnb42GWx2bJ5d4hHEgVwZFYDOsKcapRLYmOnVb1DJb7sOFojqJejDh6tbMxPhdklqyI2DYaw7s0i6kjxpZr3fAJLBG-LjRIaIel5xA_qqQnMKZSZmJLbYweEGnxn1Ryw/s1908/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1908" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4YaB1WVrt9zyd-bMMzAgRcr3H-zU0aCrj7A5H2gwpV-HNKT9MmZ1QIdvaCtnb42GWx2bJ5d4hHEgVwZFYDOsKcapRLYmOnVb1DJb7sOFojqJejDh6tbMxPhdklqyI2DYaw7s0i6kjxpZr3fAJLBG-LjRIaIel5xA_qqQnMKZSZmJLbYweEGnxn1Ryw/w640-h440/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles-matches%20The%20Orville%202.4-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>One of the area's most recognizable landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />The formation is topped by a group of rocks I call the Pinnacles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVGEdxz8UDMXV2UgJIETujbXpYSxYUP6Mi6tLD7aDGnSEbqYmvNsZHaLjPnhnf3v-wW3rt9vsgpDDIzmH5YfXTgOJUXRh90oosgIcPqoUzKsLUM4uB0TE-cT2BgS3b9hnokXJMeiF1NJ56lmBeAKvIVnKcpRFex2dzg9ekDK7pqFblau-DxrUmCJLXQ/s2758/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-zoomed%20in%20on%20Pinnacles-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="2758" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVGEdxz8UDMXV2UgJIETujbXpYSxYUP6Mi6tLD7aDGnSEbqYmvNsZHaLjPnhnf3v-wW3rt9vsgpDDIzmH5YfXTgOJUXRh90oosgIcPqoUzKsLUM4uB0TE-cT2BgS3b9hnokXJMeiF1NJ56lmBeAKvIVnKcpRFex2dzg9ekDK7pqFblau-DxrUmCJLXQ/w640-h414/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-arrival%20at%20the%20unknown%20planet-Chatsworth%20rocks%20and%20special%20effects-zoomed%20in%20on%20Pinnacles-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville": The Pinnacles help identify the landscape of the unknown planet<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the key landmarks of the Santa Susana Pass, the Pinnacles have
been appearing in movie backgrounds since the silent film days.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_OxtS6pXWK6hFDUYnjaHp9nG2RjMBoxqAVt16h0BPC-K5YqnWP-q32OIqehQQulpLd_53IaemPn7IZ6at_JTcQcSWgHc1zfGNDBPlWO5IEhF6Qq_R4KfSe3av3BdSLV4txAAdwPL-yPeqwHvoVF8R92DTerPM-EKKIpDtfJXTaZ9VaHzd5h-Cpb84A/s3438/1924-Roaring%20Rails-Pinnacles-bw-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2606" data-original-width="3438" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_OxtS6pXWK6hFDUYnjaHp9nG2RjMBoxqAVt16h0BPC-K5YqnWP-q32OIqehQQulpLd_53IaemPn7IZ6at_JTcQcSWgHc1zfGNDBPlWO5IEhF6Qq_R4KfSe3av3BdSLV4txAAdwPL-yPeqwHvoVF8R92DTerPM-EKKIpDtfJXTaZ9VaHzd5h-Cpb84A/w640-h486/1924-Roaring%20Rails-Pinnacles-bw-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Roaring Rails" (1924): An early movie appearance by Chatsworth's "Pinnacles"<br /></b></span></div><br />The silent railroad movie "Roaring Rails," starring Harry Carey, featured this shot of the Pinnacles almost a century ago, in 1924.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlZuRt5BG4rqjzdIz2p8c72BB7r2F7oIIED0wigPDKB-e-O51H0udx7aVpEg9DjZH6z0-mtQcHIW0NlR5t4DntWDBffLJocNrQnrDkQtvxQtnv8kA70tdMG5Dksh1qTNANmHdOmpvpYtsXWuzH8MaeEmdC733z0OHYWAVn1i8T5w10eWbcMR7HYcptw/s2566/1938-The%20Terror%20of%20Tiny%20Town-looking%20SW%20fr%20Iverson%20Ranch%20w%20Peak%20Behind%20Elders%20Peak,%20Pinnacles,%20Green%20Hill-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1678" data-original-width="2566" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlZuRt5BG4rqjzdIz2p8c72BB7r2F7oIIED0wigPDKB-e-O51H0udx7aVpEg9DjZH6z0-mtQcHIW0NlR5t4DntWDBffLJocNrQnrDkQtvxQtnv8kA70tdMG5Dksh1qTNANmHdOmpvpYtsXWuzH8MaeEmdC733z0OHYWAVn1i8T5w10eWbcMR7HYcptw/w640-h418/1938-The%20Terror%20of%20Tiny%20Town-looking%20SW%20fr%20Iverson%20Ranch%20w%20Peak%20Behind%20Elders%20Peak,%20Pinnacles,%20Green%20Hill-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Terror of Tiny Town": A view of the Pinnacles from the Iverson Movie Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot of the Pinnacles from the offbeat 1938 Western "The Terror of Tiny Town" was taken with the camera shooting southwest from the Iverson Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuzJwp2U_jx4KiX3FLH2LRbKQtAFeKoLsSAiQnyTvs3mmnLwzRr76-qx0hF2PWKEZur6CruZmijpE1SFtOOBV8TYvaXG3I1TqkK-9TjO9ZsQinOntfyoYhNlfIiCpLkkzlz5ypU5e_KvXb3MzeYVPK7UE0lfCbVGcOkGVkB7bCluU6leCQ_OdeFGKBbw/s1322/1941-They%20Died%20With%20Their%20Boots%20On-Camera%20Mount%20w%20Pinnacles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1322" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuzJwp2U_jx4KiX3FLH2LRbKQtAFeKoLsSAiQnyTvs3mmnLwzRr76-qx0hF2PWKEZur6CruZmijpE1SFtOOBV8TYvaXG3I1TqkK-9TjO9ZsQinOntfyoYhNlfIiCpLkkzlz5ypU5e_KvXb3MzeYVPK7UE0lfCbVGcOkGVkB7bCluU6leCQ_OdeFGKBbw/w640-h480/1941-They%20Died%20With%20Their%20Boots%20On-Camera%20Mount%20w%20Pinnacles.png" width="640" /></a></div>"They Died With Their Boots On" (1941): Garden of the Gods and the Pinnacles<br /></b></span></div><br />In another scene filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch, this striking shot features the ranch's famed Garden of the Gods on the left along with the Pinnacles, to the southwest, on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb3ynDq7UEHql4jiT2CPqsJfJLnKlBpNwA17IpHRX0prsC-VZxrCMacSzNZgV-pEzbjph0-CWKC1G8lM8LI6CJdWQwvDbJQbG1PQBpsa5-vjBBaUNpFAcvTN7tizN2rkmzw3_H6Y2tBjXbQeL19jmQqk1GVobb3RgPZA2gULrARgxARcTdxUxZFbEjQ/s1322/1941-They%20Died%20With%20Their%20Boots%20On-Camera%20Mount%20w%20Pinnacles-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1322" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb3ynDq7UEHql4jiT2CPqsJfJLnKlBpNwA17IpHRX0prsC-VZxrCMacSzNZgV-pEzbjph0-CWKC1G8lM8LI6CJdWQwvDbJQbG1PQBpsa5-vjBBaUNpFAcvTN7tizN2rkmzw3_H6Y2tBjXbQeL19jmQqk1GVobb3RgPZA2gULrARgxARcTdxUxZFbEjQ/w640-h480/1941-They%20Died%20With%20Their%20Boots%20On-Camera%20Mount%20w%20Pinnacles-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"They Died With Their Boots On": Two neighboring landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />The camera's telephoto lens makes the Pinnacles appear closer to the Garden of the Gods than they really are, but even so, the shot emphasizes the proximity of these two dramatic rock formations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PV7qe-n1v1TEezDX0soQ4lt4NtdmrOqwXCB8CQ3KpZT_t3jGuEmCEnDTJWb2152cAr0u9L9yCDkFba1Uai0G8qFtSeV6sAHhPTQJGYMm4VXa7FEcWJgfvHApvMWI8JWkVlrsQxswAi7zKrRA1GEj4Xm3ovNkKlcjUiUZ7JkwkGltyr81WOrTNHwjHA/s1324/1955-Adventures%20of%20Spin%20and%20Marty%201.12-The%20Secret%20Ride-IR-Spahn%20Ranch-Pinnacles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1324" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PV7qe-n1v1TEezDX0soQ4lt4NtdmrOqwXCB8CQ3KpZT_t3jGuEmCEnDTJWb2152cAr0u9L9yCDkFba1Uai0G8qFtSeV6sAHhPTQJGYMm4VXa7FEcWJgfvHApvMWI8JWkVlrsQxswAi7zKrRA1GEj4Xm3ovNkKlcjUiUZ7JkwkGltyr81WOrTNHwjHA/w640-h478/1955-Adventures%20of%20Spin%20and%20Marty%201.12-The%20Secret%20Ride-IR-Spahn%20Ranch-Pinnacles.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Adventures of Spin and Marty" (Disney/ABC)<br /></b></span></div><br />Another interesting shot of the Pinnacles, again taken from the Iverson Movie Ranch, can be found in the Disney TV series "The Adventures of Spin and Marty."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_-VuO-xXHaTFz0vPJJQ1A4NvcvH0zTklvQK_ORff9ZbQGyO8wGBQ6mV31C_HumNJv13f_5E99xveAr87eBVXbDonzoAwHJUWPbpaFGLsLYAPohYROqLjc_3CFHByGjElzbaiB6vOi3vMLRq_GOSxHJtaPb1yB1YaZF7wm8XP4HjGLCxJkFta1zp1ZQ/s1324/1955-Adventures%20of%20Spin%20and%20Marty%201.12-The%20Secret%20Ride-IR-Spahn%20Ranch-Pinnacles-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1324" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_-VuO-xXHaTFz0vPJJQ1A4NvcvH0zTklvQK_ORff9ZbQGyO8wGBQ6mV31C_HumNJv13f_5E99xveAr87eBVXbDonzoAwHJUWPbpaFGLsLYAPohYROqLjc_3CFHByGjElzbaiB6vOi3vMLRq_GOSxHJtaPb1yB1YaZF7wm8XP4HjGLCxJkFta1zp1ZQ/w640-h478/1955-Adventures%20of%20Spin%20and%20Marty%201.12-The%20Secret%20Ride-IR-Spahn%20Ranch-Pinnacles-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Spin and Marty" episode "The Secret Ride" (1955)<br /></b></span></div><br />In addition to the Pinnacles, the shot also contains a glimpse of the main set area at Spahn Movie Ranch. Both features are southwest of the Iverson Ranch, with Spahn Ranch just across Santa Susana Pass Road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80eoreZVrhcMOUetYy58B8pkvKT3c-7_9jBZ7Rqd1Y0x66NuJcRPiwBku4BegqtMN_pLg6_hq7jPTa-aFBk1vmEfPqXLQF67ptE_0jKUQ3kM6MuC8oOdGXRFmjtB-x_lcZc-gjZB-G-hLfUVUF7jlA5MK8g84APUm5_SlSMioyKt1See75oA1yjcig/s3921/2021%20(2022)%20Toyota%20truck%20commercial-Chatsworth-Pinnacles-2083.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2196" data-original-width="3921" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80eoreZVrhcMOUetYy58B8pkvKT3c-7_9jBZ7Rqd1Y0x66NuJcRPiwBku4BegqtMN_pLg6_hq7jPTa-aFBk1vmEfPqXLQF67ptE_0jKUQ3kM6MuC8oOdGXRFmjtB-x_lcZc-gjZB-G-hLfUVUF7jlA5MK8g84APUm5_SlSMioyKt1See75oA1yjcig/w640-h358/2021%20(2022)%20Toyota%20truck%20commercial-Chatsworth-Pinnacles-2083.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Toyota truck commercial (2022): The Pinnacles at top right<br /></b></span></div><br />The Pinnacles continue to work their way into productions in modern times. Here's an example from a commercial for Toyota trucks that ran last year.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoSrDJqJVZtsHUflFal8AAVVqWrGmHMYpD3FJr1hkz6vXL5ZJpAFAUAE1v_Vu-jmcctNGSGuFMiQL7-My_x3ADjs1j1r0ZG4PCbKtEsBvdf--mx5LQd070_BaTAC_hDUJqU0QXGh-zPoyTE7xSNccCMgW-mZVprPTg5nYLAdXxP_ArZTgEJJlYuYOeQ/s3921/2021%20(2022)%20Toyota%20truck%20commercial-Chatsworth-Pinnacles-2083-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2196" data-original-width="3921" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoSrDJqJVZtsHUflFal8AAVVqWrGmHMYpD3FJr1hkz6vXL5ZJpAFAUAE1v_Vu-jmcctNGSGuFMiQL7-My_x3ADjs1j1r0ZG4PCbKtEsBvdf--mx5LQd070_BaTAC_hDUJqU0QXGh-zPoyTE7xSNccCMgW-mZVprPTg5nYLAdXxP_ArZTgEJJlYuYOeQ/w640-h358/2021%20(2022)%20Toyota%20truck%20commercial-Chatsworth-Pinnacles-2083-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Pinnacles, looming over the truck ad<br /></b></span></div><br />You can't miss the Pinnacles in the background. But just in case, there's a big red arrow pointing them out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVYcCvzWOfTivbvgHw31uNsG_RZxVsd7r8AWSleY9HKm1WIZDsEj8iA22eyEgMNs1zdLgNpbSGj3hWsJ4UD1eb-EJHhENw8MBOutY-a2AIDYiNDCwPoOU2dHx85A6razn7xYXKoJRyfvHVOrVi_T1w3C6ibVhSblcknDl3HH3AKERvevijpnQWsgcgg/s464/2023%20(050523)-Pinnacles-IMG_3050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="464" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVYcCvzWOfTivbvgHw31uNsG_RZxVsd7r8AWSleY9HKm1WIZDsEj8iA22eyEgMNs1zdLgNpbSGj3hWsJ4UD1eb-EJHhENw8MBOutY-a2AIDYiNDCwPoOU2dHx85A6razn7xYXKoJRyfvHVOrVi_T1w3C6ibVhSblcknDl3HH3AKERvevijpnQWsgcgg/w640-h430/2023%20(050523)-Pinnacles-IMG_3050.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Pinnacles (2023): Huge sandstone pillars top the formation</b></span></div><br />I was able to get up close to the Pinnacles on a recent hike, and snapped this shot of the large rocks forming the landmark's distinctive peak. It's an impressive formation, but be warned that it's surrounded by poison oak.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4L6WIiF537fORae35VBvPUCI0AXtoxWYpCsIHO5rntP9CSEiogFJDjufx3jDhFkhpp0rUllkmAAE9zQhvk-whyCj1KjJxzf3_gR86rf8DD5YikLtOp-uFyM_HAmalUsP7TNCMR8VhpNemX85q5OJLKQ8VL92KU0cWmZdhJPk2YF9pVfFJ8EXFBoeTew/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Teleya%20and%20Mercer%20in%20cave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4L6WIiF537fORae35VBvPUCI0AXtoxWYpCsIHO5rntP9CSEiogFJDjufx3jDhFkhpp0rUllkmAAE9zQhvk-whyCj1KjJxzf3_gR86rf8DD5YikLtOp-uFyM_HAmalUsP7TNCMR8VhpNemX85q5OJLKQ8VL92KU0cWmZdhJPk2YF9pVfFJ8EXFBoeTew/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Teleya%20and%20Mercer%20in%20cave.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville": Teleya and Mercer take refuge in a cave<br /></b></span></div><br />Getting back to "The Orville," at one point in "Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes," Mercer and Teleya hide out in a cave, mainly to protect the sunlight-sensitive Krill warrior from the planet's intense daylight.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lCntgO16EHav040QrjtZTN7qJ2aP7GmD9KL6unzbX2La0ERn6vh4nwuww0NpEwj2PrV7VAPKp_WCywwaBCf40Ga3AlGBU1Tsd4cUYJFnvLxUz2G0A-eOikANXE2wQvI5xZprnAf4M7-gLlAjXEbqu_Qc4jOVVimpRnwcoP8ka2mC_DbjPTi7zLp8ew/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Teleya%20and%20Mercer%20in%20cave-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lCntgO16EHav040QrjtZTN7qJ2aP7GmD9KL6unzbX2La0ERn6vh4nwuww0NpEwj2PrV7VAPKp_WCywwaBCf40Ga3AlGBU1Tsd4cUYJFnvLxUz2G0A-eOikANXE2wQvI5xZprnAf4M7-gLlAjXEbqu_Qc4jOVVimpRnwcoP8ka2mC_DbjPTi7zLp8ew/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Teleya%20and%20Mercer%20in%20cave-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Cave set appears to combine a soundstage interior with location footage<br /></b></span></div><br />The cave interior, presumably a soundstage set, is made up largely of fake movie rocks. But outside the cave entrance the Chatsworth location provides the rocky hillside and daylight conditions needed to make the plot work.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn0Mjh-N0hsJ2PSIe1yUD4FXrwYEgXRRVapIGPYoIRHusvFsRC-7GEi-PWIDe3Nrx88ocwVs8jif6wXMI2qbBGy0C9uKzq4M4WM-Qu_zTaO-_n3iptxxiJC3fwwmgxkQ2k6pPruxVmcLgfOi8AQcQlNqFxjX-F7ar84BLVxZEdO0IhcIak_g7n0Xn7w/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Mercer%20outside%20cave%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn0Mjh-N0hsJ2PSIe1yUD4FXrwYEgXRRVapIGPYoIRHusvFsRC-7GEi-PWIDe3Nrx88ocwVs8jif6wXMI2qbBGy0C9uKzq4M4WM-Qu_zTaO-_n3iptxxiJC3fwwmgxkQ2k6pPruxVmcLgfOi8AQcQlNqFxjX-F7ar84BLVxZEdO0IhcIak_g7n0Xn7w/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Mercer%20outside%20cave%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Capt. Mercer stands outside the cave entrance in "The Orville"<br /></b></span></div><br />When Mercer steps outside the cave, we get a look at some of the rocks in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrufMcC30scpfov5seyeV5Tg-l2G0LkeFMie8vUeCzlkh4ACT9zrrdKxM67bgpunyCGE3wKGY7AO1HDGjDHCI5dfa8mp9jF9-_J7aEFuxQ0WlACGTgtjyJI-S0L8CbbFOeQM2t5lLNrL3J7xoFFKHpUJvzBsMsXwVe6wSPsv_zEaR_v5CPr7doIRpZ9g/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Mercer%20outside%20cave%201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrufMcC30scpfov5seyeV5Tg-l2G0LkeFMie8vUeCzlkh4ACT9zrrdKxM67bgpunyCGE3wKGY7AO1HDGjDHCI5dfa8mp9jF9-_J7aEFuxQ0WlACGTgtjyJI-S0L8CbbFOeQM2t5lLNrL3J7xoFFKHpUJvzBsMsXwVe6wSPsv_zEaR_v5CPr7doIRpZ9g/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20W%20from%20%22cave%22-Mercer%20outside%20cave%201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A rock formation that might help pinpoint the shooting site<br /></b></span></div><br />We can identify the location of the background by zeroing in on specific rocks. Notice the cluster of rocks highlighted here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxtDPVGBC4sNnoMP_BLqD-njH7oCC_IRVRfmzgwarFigc-kefnDbSzvRdukND-yUBiTlQiuixamzz1H0u3VZtX5qGUj3Y1RZ2_uiJSXA3b9a8mKyphdyhk4MuEdgUv-Ee31h69ESPkVmwjjB61meBCF7dxGnjbSegwlOd-uL6DM3O8MWiALj_5Y7Bgg/s2242/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles,%20incl%20rocks%20matching%20The%20Orville%202.4%20cave%20sequence-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="2242" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxtDPVGBC4sNnoMP_BLqD-njH7oCC_IRVRfmzgwarFigc-kefnDbSzvRdukND-yUBiTlQiuixamzz1H0u3VZtX5qGUj3Y1RZ2_uiJSXA3b9a8mKyphdyhk4MuEdgUv-Ee31h69ESPkVmwjjB61meBCF7dxGnjbSegwlOd-uL6DM3O8MWiALj_5Y7Bgg/w640-h462/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles,%20incl%20rocks%20matching%20The%20Orville%202.4%20cave%20sequence-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville's" background location for the cave sequence (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />The same rock cluster can be found on Google Maps. We're still in the same general location where "The Orville" has been filming all along, in both season one and season two.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcs1YGDD3DomoRQB-SGWataC9wg3z64UJjuDfv10yOT5-ka08Lm0JtYQflimWt9qWSEV0kTHJERqfRPTXiqiWsDi2fz3Ypi1E5qwJMXIFjtAEknXNXjA3Af5fDDlnj7ZDRe6kR2pJq9WKz8i2oRIIUl4NlrV5IA-lPqiv7TWssUsCa2xnTgAIoBWIYQ/s2242/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles,%20incl%20rocks%20matching%20The%20Orville%202.4%20cave%20sequence-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="2242" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcs1YGDD3DomoRQB-SGWataC9wg3z64UJjuDfv10yOT5-ka08Lm0JtYQflimWt9qWSEV0kTHJERqfRPTXiqiWsDi2fz3Ypi1E5qwJMXIFjtAEknXNXjA3Af5fDDlnj7ZDRe6kR2pJq9WKz8i2oRIIUl4NlrV5IA-lPqiv7TWssUsCa2xnTgAIoBWIYQ/w640-h462/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20WxSW%20toward%20Pinnacles,%20incl%20rocks%20matching%20The%20Orville%202.4%20cave%20sequence-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Once again, the filming takes place just east of the Pinnacles<br /></b></span></div><br />Also turning up again in the Google Maps shot are the Pinnacles, although they're not visible in the cave shots from "The Orville." The Google shot is taken looking approximately west.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgly5qkxPTy75lqGXcq3nu_ByTD-_LSb19M7sOmU0PqTLX8drPzTl5AqtS-PsonYHJ5rciPbR72pV3-DZVgq5KFzSGQWr2QmFrMXybQAAJgIZW6nZmxho7ZnF2iyf2o6kOPB0-9L23HKBHILAnqmoI-VNJoXPwP35CmHZNGcLR_T42FD7hePAdS4r9AgA/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-bluffs-Capt%20Mercer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgly5qkxPTy75lqGXcq3nu_ByTD-_LSb19M7sOmU0PqTLX8drPzTl5AqtS-PsonYHJ5rciPbR72pV3-DZVgq5KFzSGQWr2QmFrMXybQAAJgIZW6nZmxho7ZnF2iyf2o6kOPB0-9L23HKBHILAnqmoI-VNJoXPwP35CmHZNGcLR_T42FD7hePAdS4r9AgA/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-bluffs-Capt%20Mercer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Orville": Mercer climbs the rocky hill to signal for help<br /></b></span></div><br />When the time arrives to leave the cave area, Mercer climbs to a high point on the rocky hill to send a distress signal to the Orville. During this sequence the episode prominently features the area's sandstone boulders.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3hqUdGaaxzsKhnjvYI33_KByKKiK7NSDEzRE855wLMw-MlUXD28sbwSKB6fXi3fOOoeqvMvq_8QgTWO8o4Xns2zRJzSgtT3teCEh_VFJPpfUYZ0mA-94Nzizm-vqd-TmStzfQPevPllBWMAmvvX90IWcStYnNpHXMji3PK01uM7z8WArFYzW-omfpQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-bluffs-Capt%20Mercer-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3hqUdGaaxzsKhnjvYI33_KByKKiK7NSDEzRE855wLMw-MlUXD28sbwSKB6fXi3fOOoeqvMvq_8QgTWO8o4Xns2zRJzSgtT3teCEh_VFJPpfUYZ0mA-94Nzizm-vqd-TmStzfQPevPllBWMAmvvX90IWcStYnNpHXMji3PK01uM7z8WArFYzW-omfpQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-bluffs-Capt%20Mercer-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The character is dwarfed by the massive sandstone rock features<br /></b></span></div><br />Mercer's position atop an enormous butte — the same butte that also contains Parachute Rock — is just a short distance from the original shuttle landing site and "Loyal Order of Riders" meeting location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ru1j_Uutl6Q9j24Wy6-SgVA0Uz2wW-Hry5BxfXN81-LWl7VmRSwb1RoVJAzsAz8acExVsaCTxOXplC5zwsd9M1oxVAfwG8lZ0sVUIX6lTdWb6D0Y2XT8risU8jwpRBu5IstV38uUJtM15ZpHkuvG_7nRSM89pJKxpImhB20i7TWsnjcFWn4hqOj6Gw/s3236/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20SxSW%20toward%20Elders%20Peak,%20the%20Elders,%20The%20Orville%20and%20Progressive%20motorcycle%20insurance%20filming%20location-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3236" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ru1j_Uutl6Q9j24Wy6-SgVA0Uz2wW-Hry5BxfXN81-LWl7VmRSwb1RoVJAzsAz8acExVsaCTxOXplC5zwsd9M1oxVAfwG8lZ0sVUIX6lTdWb6D0Y2XT8risU8jwpRBu5IstV38uUJtM15ZpHkuvG_7nRSM89pJKxpImhB20i7TWsnjcFWn4hqOj6Gw/w640-h392/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20SxSW%20toward%20Elders%20Peak,%20the%20Elders,%20The%20Orville%20and%20Progressive%20motorcycle%20insurance%20filming%20location-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The filming location, looking approximately southwest (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />This 3D shot from Google Maps pinpoints where Mercer is seen in the previous shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAUeUXNMTyxRZdEmJzbEajmPq1oEbvwmXat7s8XNjWb3_IzNdVL7cPNQeNcKaYVHmaLbOtIqJJYkJIYtnDRpUImAOdNtgARBOW0fDxs5xY8bfEIt1omTYX7ybEB7sp5_0I6WE4sQUq6GspoTIGrOIemAPp7FDAqZbfZUdHSv3FPDAmkymdBzuGnd1Fg/s3236/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20SxSW%20toward%20Elders%20Peak,%20the%20Elders,%20The%20Orville%20and%20Progressive%20motorcycle%20insurance%20filming%20location-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3236" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAUeUXNMTyxRZdEmJzbEajmPq1oEbvwmXat7s8XNjWb3_IzNdVL7cPNQeNcKaYVHmaLbOtIqJJYkJIYtnDRpUImAOdNtgARBOW0fDxs5xY8bfEIt1omTYX7ybEB7sp5_0I6WE4sQUq6GspoTIGrOIemAPp7FDAqZbfZUdHSv3FPDAmkymdBzuGnd1Fg/w640-h392/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location%20looking%20SxSW%20toward%20Elders%20Peak,%20the%20Elders,%20The%20Orville%20and%20Progressive%20motorcycle%20insurance%20filming%20location-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A busy filming area, today and 100 years ago<br /></b></span></div><br />The same Google Maps shot also includes both Parachute Rock and the location we previously identified where the shuttle landed in season one of "The Orville" and where the Progressive Insurance ads were shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wLqomUvfSbbJj-1HhKbsE70X3oyAQP_XhWII5kdetJG3XvMY1Ra-g6bQKhRWsgHD-ncxXzhw0aXOctefIK3KX7gMaSKA56CV0XaSg_qgEHpwjRDH9TR63LmPp4CVwXmQkY1zv04MAzsHBQGDu2jKFYtW2ace8FrMPQJW-cnVkIL5ZEOw-OmF0Q9tjQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Mercer%20arrives%20at%20high%20point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wLqomUvfSbbJj-1HhKbsE70X3oyAQP_XhWII5kdetJG3XvMY1Ra-g6bQKhRWsgHD-ncxXzhw0aXOctefIK3KX7gMaSKA56CV0XaSg_qgEHpwjRDH9TR63LmPp4CVwXmQkY1zv04MAzsHBQGDu2jKFYtW2ace8FrMPQJW-cnVkIL5ZEOw-OmF0Q9tjQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Mercer%20arrives%20at%20high%20point.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mercer sizes up the logistics of a rocky hilltop<br /></b></span></div><br />After a little more climbing, the captain arrives at a location that's high enough to begin setting up the equipment needed to send the distress signal.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvWjqxV4g0pK3IwHvWSIo-kTQXH_DOCP_dh5A6k7FIXGJbuf9O8r62PWM15yeq9Jb7P67rCW5DBgFqQCqhKFD6Ba_Hz-k9yimA05wLwmH0YbM0NW-s71OYLFBqE8Q6d3cLpVveP1L2kPXdvufpN_6ck8oJGy__5Ovmlyq4gzj7SRPleau_Rq5yFpGwQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-wide%20shot%20to%20show%20Mercer%20at%20high%20point,%20ready%20to%20send%20out%20distress%20signal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvWjqxV4g0pK3IwHvWSIo-kTQXH_DOCP_dh5A6k7FIXGJbuf9O8r62PWM15yeq9Jb7P67rCW5DBgFqQCqhKFD6Ba_Hz-k9yimA05wLwmH0YbM0NW-s71OYLFBqE8Q6d3cLpVveP1L2kPXdvufpN_6ck8oJGy__5Ovmlyq4gzj7SRPleau_Rq5yFpGwQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-wide%20shot%20to%20show%20Mercer%20at%20high%20point,%20ready%20to%20send%20out%20distress%20signal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A wide shot of Mercer's location — however, it's not the same location<br /></b></span></div><br />The show engages in a little "movie magic" here. We need to see a wide enough shot to know that Mercer has reached the top of the hill. However, this shot is not taken in the same place as the previous shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TJ-8f8bufLAYxGg4g-t_vZoL8zscCtD5f06mqyWV43sIvsPqW7PxbPAiY4gPoJx_9CcB0xGowvkeccFXKSx6SQakBU-Cl6QWsoMM8HgDGIh6N2Fsaoar9JFcxq7qjnBaWurOopROW6Dtw-ZOs_myWEQ-W8ElI257kBeyQmf7GU-vTDeV7ndfpVhpsQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-wide%20shot%20to%20show%20Mercer%20at%20high%20point,%20ready%20to%20send%20out%20distress%20signal-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TJ-8f8bufLAYxGg4g-t_vZoL8zscCtD5f06mqyWV43sIvsPqW7PxbPAiY4gPoJx_9CcB0xGowvkeccFXKSx6SQakBU-Cl6QWsoMM8HgDGIh6N2Fsaoar9JFcxq7qjnBaWurOopROW6Dtw-ZOs_myWEQ-W8ElI257kBeyQmf7GU-vTDeV7ndfpVhpsQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-wide%20shot%20to%20show%20Mercer%20at%20high%20point,%20ready%20to%20send%20out%20distress%20signal-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This is probably not Seth MacFarlane<br /></b></span></div><br />In fact, it's probably not really Capt. Mercer in the shot. This hill stands on the north side of the road, across from the main filming location, and it's likely that the show just sent over an extra or stand-in to pose for the shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-bhzfgxxIPagx8nZMEUM92m52TT2n5n1WSRwf8pSkuFMbL4el9tG64WnyBjlFQjlm69f0-84BVE2DUYe9rAOcZmJtDOdrRWn9mzSxxHB4I8N4Ah__YK4inwR2Yjo68IsPSymAHcVyQets2F-gL5zwdOxWVjCw9EmlHnVYmPEOZRLQ1rs1n_E9hb90Q/s3426/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Mercer%20sends%20out%20distress%20signal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1918" data-original-width="3426" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-bhzfgxxIPagx8nZMEUM92m52TT2n5n1WSRwf8pSkuFMbL4el9tG64WnyBjlFQjlm69f0-84BVE2DUYe9rAOcZmJtDOdrRWn9mzSxxHB4I8N4Ah__YK4inwR2Yjo68IsPSymAHcVyQets2F-gL5zwdOxWVjCw9EmlHnVYmPEOZRLQ1rs1n_E9hb90Q/w640-h358/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Mercer%20sends%20out%20distress%20signal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Back at the filming location, Mercer sends out the signal<br /></b></span></div><br />Meanwhile, they filmed the real Seth MacFarlane, as Capt. Mercer, sending out the distress signal back at the main filming location, on the south side of Santa Susana Pass Road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypEmHYsCGlVtnXBHwtYjnULS-gILDYodLvp3ECZ_VFGERBL9Afp-HjiH2gboTribrx8GJauR2yGkOwIzGtf1EKai-e0Iqg6qtlEY1VS8DEOOJEL5EwdY3IxTzDsI8SMM7F1aOkDmxzi3_vn0RNvFlJw91U9BDI8WwC94KBj0R1VywoYURROm8F8flRw/s2666/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20S,%20incl%20The%20Orville%202.4%20signaling%20post-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="2666" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypEmHYsCGlVtnXBHwtYjnULS-gILDYodLvp3ECZ_VFGERBL9Afp-HjiH2gboTribrx8GJauR2yGkOwIzGtf1EKai-e0Iqg6qtlEY1VS8DEOOJEL5EwdY3IxTzDsI8SMM7F1aOkDmxzi3_vn0RNvFlJw91U9BDI8WwC94KBj0R1VywoYURROm8F8flRw/w640-h476/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20S,%20incl%20The%20Orville%202.4%20signaling%20post-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking south toward the filming location (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />I was able to pinpoint the location where Mercer sends the distress signal, which can be seen in this satellite shot taken looking south with the Santa Monica Mountains in the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL3UFSkPtTgN9fR2nOvSGCqhF8lpwSf7ha_RyTfF7xaG95f2g9M4Bt9AeqAraF_fkTwbEJOaMMNwyS4RxS-BBqKJu5CQYjlYSNY27rOAzclmnMFwN2KxE4zbBZBbdJpIxDYjyOgQYW74VWls58DAGPdbT_PFQG4jTanGzFMcuhtTDFzYN6RvpQ0BNug/s2666/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20S,%20incl%20The%20Orville%202.4%20signaling%20post-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="2666" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL3UFSkPtTgN9fR2nOvSGCqhF8lpwSf7ha_RyTfF7xaG95f2g9M4Bt9AeqAraF_fkTwbEJOaMMNwyS4RxS-BBqKJu5CQYjlYSNY27rOAzclmnMFwN2KxE4zbBZBbdJpIxDYjyOgQYW74VWls58DAGPdbT_PFQG4jTanGzFMcuhtTDFzYN6RvpQ0BNug/w640-h476/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20S,%20incl%20The%20Orville%202.4%20signaling%20post-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Other landmarks in the shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Mercer's position is uphill from the Progressive Insurance filming location and shuttle landing site from season one of "The Orville." The shot also includes the well-known landmark Saddle Peak to the south.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIIBMI-JHH26PSbJF4tMS3YGwOkjg1T8KmuR7YNIvZE9z2fHb2wedJDR0z9B4VMIyuj_B02r8sMUr7x3zwk74ONgMu_whM1FNc4279jfPldv0e1TpG2ntHlxqiTSAuh-V4y-zUbGxJHCDyJJ23wBDMm6Wxv6tgCTE1wj8UK5MeUvb6AUsmmxduxJVug/s2380/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20S,%20zoomed%20in%20on%20The%20Orville%202.4%20signaling%20post-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="2380" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIIBMI-JHH26PSbJF4tMS3YGwOkjg1T8KmuR7YNIvZE9z2fHb2wedJDR0z9B4VMIyuj_B02r8sMUr7x3zwk74ONgMu_whM1FNc4279jfPldv0e1TpG2ntHlxqiTSAuh-V4y-zUbGxJHCDyJJ23wBDMm6Wxv6tgCTE1wj8UK5MeUvb6AUsmmxduxJVug/w640-h450/2023-Google%203D-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20S,%20zoomed%20in%20on%20The%20Orville%202.4%20signaling%20post-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A closer look at Mercer's position<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on the location, we can identify the specific rock where Mercer stands as he sends the distress signal.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaauhwoDYPs6mbTzGJVNayfMxPhUlOwxY0cq6Rs31FJmdwbMkyVsr_wNgCrgqisO0thEQOSB2bH92A4WO0k7iyEDZkTcxzSp3en4qQaQEnfYP1Ae5FMwAm-d0_zPiM86G1mBf4m36UDOadVmnzfzqpuky_vcXEaUuag86hQLz_50xiOgMrc0VwbcqEfQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Chak'tal%20soldiers%20arrive.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaauhwoDYPs6mbTzGJVNayfMxPhUlOwxY0cq6Rs31FJmdwbMkyVsr_wNgCrgqisO0thEQOSB2bH92A4WO0k7iyEDZkTcxzSp3en4qQaQEnfYP1Ae5FMwAm-d0_zPiM86G1mBf4m36UDOadVmnzfzqpuky_vcXEaUuag86hQLz_50xiOgMrc0VwbcqEfQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-Chak'tal%20soldiers%20arrive.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Chak'tal come after Mercer and Teleya</b></span></div><br />Ratcheting
up the intensity as the episode approaches its denouement, a contingent of Chak'tal soldiers is hunting down Mercer and Teleya, and works its way up the rocky hill.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsbPz2UYe6j1p-aymFrV-REY-1qO4Gtk7JxhgVG5kldwCqYktM4a2P_fHjl6t0ksdzKx8WvbHAxuYgF3DUD0fUsR6eWHPIDt6pToEJtqn2izmFLMPokNsA7X9W-P-Pn91ygQ--RSn5u6zb2PlWFCAYhHdHAvZ103LLp2uvnNB0t4eZdmk79_O1ysVTg/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-the%20Chak'tal%20close%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsbPz2UYe6j1p-aymFrV-REY-1qO4Gtk7JxhgVG5kldwCqYktM4a2P_fHjl6t0ksdzKx8WvbHAxuYgF3DUD0fUsR6eWHPIDt6pToEJtqn2izmFLMPokNsA7X9W-P-Pn91ygQ--RSn5u6zb2PlWFCAYhHdHAvZ103LLp2uvnNB0t4eZdmk79_O1ysVTg/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-the%20Chak'tal%20close%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Chak'tal close in on Mercer's position<br /></b></span></div><br />Before help can arrive, the Chak'tal reach Mercer's signaling post, bent on killing both Mercer and Teleya.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCZ8Cx8IvDEJX2ys3bPz7e1cKdo8YkFLu8mmWskO5g6gPKWPcP2nENpFgr3LO0VYJmp7hODCAtV6I34sAgGjj8tGjLoQNdalO064WxbsvLhDseZbf4ySfH6SgFWpWFw1iqENZBnw7ic0k1A_PFRAl_3y0Tl3EcBCWvibhvTRw78OerUf5xb8xkJg2Jg/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-the%20Chak'tal%20and%20Mercer%20in%20firefight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCZ8Cx8IvDEJX2ys3bPz7e1cKdo8YkFLu8mmWskO5g6gPKWPcP2nENpFgr3LO0VYJmp7hODCAtV6I34sAgGjj8tGjLoQNdalO064WxbsvLhDseZbf4ySfH6SgFWpWFw1iqENZBnw7ic0k1A_PFRAl_3y0Tl3EcBCWvibhvTRw78OerUf5xb8xkJg2Jg/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-the%20Chak'tal%20and%20Mercer%20in%20firefight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mercer shoots it out with the Chak'tal<br /></b></span></div><br />A firefight breaks out between Mercer and the Chak'tal. We may think of Mercer mainly as a goofball, especially by starship captain standards, but it turns out he's a way better shot than the average Chak'tal soldier.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqy-g528jmVo6dXSM7-l8g9A-oKUXOemMdVDDrB8nz1znbklaxVdlJOxQtoMiFAk2E68RoZxpqzXv6uGSqUTPFQjrxMeLfhWS2KH_zZQ-8J85t9F5zx2BmFidBSZRt4zHYMquiuIB_tZ392SpeO86Gc1FogXbJdb9XfyZ7XdFbNpQPb7jtkVCULzNKQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20from%20shuttle%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20pointed%20rocks%20added%20by%20special%20effects.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqy-g528jmVo6dXSM7-l8g9A-oKUXOemMdVDDrB8nz1znbklaxVdlJOxQtoMiFAk2E68RoZxpqzXv6uGSqUTPFQjrxMeLfhWS2KH_zZQ-8J85t9F5zx2BmFidBSZRt4zHYMquiuIB_tZ392SpeO86Gc1FogXbJdb9XfyZ7XdFbNpQPb7jtkVCULzNKQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20from%20shuttle%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20pointed%20rocks%20added%20by%20special%20effects.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Help arrives — and we get a weird shot of the planet<br /></b></span></div><br />The rescue shuttle finally arrives, and through the windshield — although I'm sure "windshield" isn't the right word — we get a different sense of the planet's landscape, consisting of pointy rock columns all over the place.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeHkJQItabym7hAs1W6klO0EkjhRZerPbXvXInObZLk5Ipb6SvIzC6nrC3U273fZn1ITvT5EDrnAl6BCfR1B1MFNJlmq4h5uSokxqX4yFumUlXVtMQCO20g9qDjE3uN_me89vzFUR6BrQoKRpVeZ9cNGR6SSzXb71vjaLxd5rZp6hx1ryyv0fehDXSA/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeHkJQItabym7hAs1W6klO0EkjhRZerPbXvXInObZLk5Ipb6SvIzC6nrC3U273fZn1ITvT5EDrnAl6BCfR1B1MFNJlmq4h5uSokxqX4yFumUlXVtMQCO20g9qDjE3uN_me89vzFUR6BrQoKRpVeZ9cNGR6SSzXb71vjaLxd5rZp6hx1ryyv0fehDXSA/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rocky hill, meet computer graphics<br /></b></span></div><br />The money shot for the effects team comes when the "pointy rocks" part of the landscape is spliced together with the actual hill across the road — as the firefight rages and the shuttle shows up at exactly the right moment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpQ-2SZOV3L3pOzLFn8f73z5fpkJAES-l-AL8s-8kCUPcP9d9Iatj1Uipul3CGYGgvavUrHArdn3AXDRsDOF_VVS5MrjcvTeZHq3ocRibtkZRHjrS29g1et8t_Ef0kwxyKe4sIQS6WlIR4joqtKYPhif2TVEm85glZ_eAnJv78Jt_xW6xXWcst8BEIw/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpQ-2SZOV3L3pOzLFn8f73z5fpkJAES-l-AL8s-8kCUPcP9d9Iatj1Uipul3CGYGgvavUrHArdn3AXDRsDOF_VVS5MrjcvTeZHq3ocRibtkZRHjrS29g1et8t_Ef0kwxyKe4sIQS6WlIR4joqtKYPhif2TVEm85glZ_eAnJv78Jt_xW6xXWcst8BEIw/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>That hill across the road is the Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />If you're wondering about that lovely rocky hill on the north side of Santa Susana Pass Road, it turns out to be the Garden of the Gods, on the former Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyicLsiMQHwVEzM1C_4vbfOTv7Fn6U9BUt4pObTfQFqUW6vVr6kBGSZco-gNIzzFKb0jFWYIb7E0T7bK6aDWfUKZtprNk85EGsvPgCHyzIPKaRnPZKTDkWCXzQJHZ5lGy0nR09o-TchFpHmrb0FPo3S2NkGiCrgLYXRd9Dyf7HzvcjzIddjASNwP0oA/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyicLsiMQHwVEzM1C_4vbfOTv7Fn6U9BUt4pObTfQFqUW6vVr6kBGSZco-gNIzzFKb0jFWYIb7E0T7bK6aDWfUKZtprNk85EGsvPgCHyzIPKaRnPZKTDkWCXzQJHZ5lGy0nR09o-TchFpHmrb0FPo3S2NkGiCrgLYXRd9Dyf7HzvcjzIddjASNwP0oA/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>In this corner, an Iverson Movie Ranch landmark<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the better clues to the location is the distinctive ragged profile of Nyoka Cliff, one of the most heavily filmed rock formations on the former Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMlE0aQdSmWbgCTIlrM5JNUpRQrLSFhtogG4RD_-GQP4ABPizXCiyY8--q5ily8Cmf3ksvcrtIgM0kMSlnvxF8-wCHxO5SPiNGBtopQjU4jAzusVBdteZn7-N9g7AYwA8tQkdhwA2Y8j4oxPS75YQMBzX5mo6tZ1cVwkSqI9IYqDdXqJTwFB30kcbEg/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMlE0aQdSmWbgCTIlrM5JNUpRQrLSFhtogG4RD_-GQP4ABPizXCiyY8--q5ily8Cmf3ksvcrtIgM0kMSlnvxF8-wCHxO5SPiNGBtopQjU4jAzusVBdteZn7-N9g7AYwA8tQkdhwA2Y8j4oxPS75YQMBzX5mo6tZ1cVwkSqI9IYqDdXqJTwFB30kcbEg/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20and%20shuttle%20added%20by%20special%20effects-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And in this corner ... more landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />Other Iverson Movie Ranch landmarks also appear in the shot. You can learn more about <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/search/label/Nyoka%20Cliff" target="_blank">Nyoka Cliff</a>, <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/search/label/Sphinx" target="_blank">the Sphinx</a> and <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/search/label/Phantom" target="_blank">the Phantom</a> by using the long index on the right side of the page or by clicking on the links in this sentence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51mWPYJM8et3-LcA2kSNGeS01pa6oiMbai1pL7pnQaPDK0vishoL6eCvImZGiATuQES0RA_DBntWZj0mQIJs_5vdvQEW4W5-zI3lON3vSM4KcoyBP4el_nYX7tqPD5Wl35CX3jnFIVksO-nx4zTSbx03otBHgYtxf6BEbvK0GjUA16A1aQS-Mi-VCog/s2842/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20added%20by%20special%20effects-zoomed%20in%20on%20firefight-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2226" data-original-width="2842" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51mWPYJM8et3-LcA2kSNGeS01pa6oiMbai1pL7pnQaPDK0vishoL6eCvImZGiATuQES0RA_DBntWZj0mQIJs_5vdvQEW4W5-zI3lON3vSM4KcoyBP4el_nYX7tqPD5Wl35CX3jnFIVksO-nx4zTSbx03otBHgYtxf6BEbvK0GjUA16A1aQS-Mi-VCog/w640-h502/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-wide%20shot%20of%20planet's%20surface,%20with%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods,%20extras%20and%20stand-ins;%20pointed%20rocks%20added%20by%20special%20effects-zoomed%20in%20on%20firefight-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The firefight continues even as the shuttle arrives<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on the shot, we can see that the Garden of the Gods was bustling with extras, including Chak'tal fighters at lower left along with stand-ins for Mercer and Teleya holding the high ground at top right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxc8tf5d3hiCLgntK01Xa02z4Et3vLjDL_EviHWg1x8D4tTe3P5tRNSBE0RYWjcaiNoSQR-PJ5UTtrtVPQpMKmVqv9ApaqYuh0RTbW_Q5a-50jLlCRuPxd9db22yoqsHbswUxSbxHd5wMT3Lk5Dv6D2hRy3y-FkdVbVtrY2IwhQnzzVK-yNKZ-KlcIQ/s3568/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-fallen%20Chak'tal%20soldier%20at%20signaling%20post%20as%20shuttle%20door%20closes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxc8tf5d3hiCLgntK01Xa02z4Et3vLjDL_EviHWg1x8D4tTe3P5tRNSBE0RYWjcaiNoSQR-PJ5UTtrtVPQpMKmVqv9ApaqYuh0RTbW_Q5a-50jLlCRuPxd9db22yoqsHbswUxSbxHd5wMT3Lk5Dv6D2hRy3y-FkdVbVtrY2IwhQnzzVK-yNKZ-KlcIQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Nothing%20Left%20on%20Earth%20Excepting%20Fishes-Chatsworth%20filming%20location-fallen%20Chak'tal%20soldier%20at%20signaling%20post%20as%20shuttle%20door%20closes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A final look at the Chatsworth filming location<br /></b></span></div><br />One last deadly shot from Mercer takes down a Chak'tal fighter just as the shuttle door begins to close.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8ht6ynlLrfE9UR3dNM6TUMazIYkiYKViuX_xwSRcKdTpJFlKvHn6x4sMo1yjwo0GHMq4uquSqwpHh_WT2f7syRzLmHM1pgtFm_xTG1UamunLB07Xvs1iPdH-VpmUqZBBijEq-zrfjcy_yxUoQUjPQJyWAXq9pWCelWsQgrMUj-Wq_ykhqwycXSVGQQ/s3300/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-road:crucifixion%20sequence-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20approx%20NE-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="3300" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8ht6ynlLrfE9UR3dNM6TUMazIYkiYKViuX_xwSRcKdTpJFlKvHn6x4sMo1yjwo0GHMq4uquSqwpHh_WT2f7syRzLmHM1pgtFm_xTG1UamunLB07Xvs1iPdH-VpmUqZBBijEq-zrfjcy_yxUoQUjPQJyWAXq9pWCelWsQgrMUj-Wq_ykhqwycXSVGQQ/w640-h360/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Mad%20Idolatry-road:crucifixion%20sequence-Chatsworth%20filming%20location,%20looking%20approx%20NE-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Mad Idolatry" ("The Orville," season one): "Crucifixion Road" and an important rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Remember that rock that helped identify what I called "Crucifixion Road" in the season one "Orville" episode "Mad Idolatry"? Now we have a new reference point and can further identify it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21v6Swbih3bnia8Vftb_QmOFbeAnFWqctXDM5MA_UWi6g1yWDeTl6sPSYf9d6_IYlMCfdeDGT5KsEXlmxJI_dvSwmESt31BB2J1IoEduOftSm0lPdqUSljMGjRu6V4cLUqYsHLfInZbbCGGlQUs-95RdoAeGs5WWQFLTErWek9mN-O3AmtfT2TOMKsg/s3335/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Crucifixion%20Road-and-2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="3335" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21v6Swbih3bnia8Vftb_QmOFbeAnFWqctXDM5MA_UWi6g1yWDeTl6sPSYf9d6_IYlMCfdeDGT5KsEXlmxJI_dvSwmESt31BB2J1IoEduOftSm0lPdqUSljMGjRu6V4cLUqYsHLfInZbbCGGlQUs-95RdoAeGs5WWQFLTErWek9mN-O3AmtfT2TOMKsg/w640-h452/2017-The%20Orville%201.12-Crucifixion%20Road-and-2018%20(2019)-The%20Orville%202.4-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Sphinx, surfacing in two different "Orville" episodes<br /></b></span></div><br />Thanks to its reappearance in "Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes," we now have a positive ID: The helpful rock is none other than the Sphinx, one of the most famous movie rocks on the Iverson Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGVvF64BV9Q7VQ1XAwUQm8Ouv7kpFhWI_q2Y3AyvC5i_kh3vryrASqlMKpA7yaDf_Wb2NuYnPl7onRP0Fiqe5LYAKT5Qwmwjr7rskIfHgzNZE8L2VR1LA6rycjyfhL7KQoGLgVMAn7ZGDXmbWRtXnRjvXQbWvCvBTcFXZ3LVyL3-W6FYby9o8h8ZqDA/s2658/2023-Google%20aerial-Chatsworth-movie%20ranches%20area,%20incl%20Iverson,%20Brandeis,%20Spahn,%20Rockridge-noted%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="2658" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGVvF64BV9Q7VQ1XAwUQm8Ouv7kpFhWI_q2Y3AyvC5i_kh3vryrASqlMKpA7yaDf_Wb2NuYnPl7onRP0Fiqe5LYAKT5Qwmwjr7rskIfHgzNZE8L2VR1LA6rycjyfhL7KQoGLgVMAn7ZGDXmbWRtXnRjvXQbWvCvBTcFXZ3LVyL3-W6FYby9o8h8ZqDA/w640-h550/2023-Google%20aerial-Chatsworth-movie%20ranches%20area,%20incl%20Iverson,%20Brandeis,%20Spahn,%20Rockridge-noted%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Rockridge" filming operation, owned by the Church at Rocky Peak<br /></b></span></div><br />Sometimes referred to as "Rockridge" or "Rock Ridge," the filming area where "The Orville," the Progressive Insurance ads and many other productions have been shooting in recent years is run by the Church at Rocky Peak, which owns the land where the filming takes place.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iGGoAIq1-2uN_K36WVKbD_b5JvF3OWa7yfIMS9GsFQ2AARQoo_Ocfy7kWCMF6kNUaRQ-VIS_7bCBe8SlO77GEUJ18oW31aUzulFa0Due2dZFKs43q3bjqF9uvI_1HbeCBZ4ArCLXCj6xqR7SkrcB5jx0QZDGxsCB_PsEPliJq-nkLSKck3jvKo_dKw/s2658/2023-Google%20aerial-Chatsworth-movie%20ranches%20area,%20incl%20Iverson,%20Brandeis,%20Spahn,%20Rockridge-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="2658" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iGGoAIq1-2uN_K36WVKbD_b5JvF3OWa7yfIMS9GsFQ2AARQoo_Ocfy7kWCMF6kNUaRQ-VIS_7bCBe8SlO77GEUJ18oW31aUzulFa0Due2dZFKs43q3bjqF9uvI_1HbeCBZ4ArCLXCj6xqR7SkrcB5jx0QZDGxsCB_PsEPliJq-nkLSKck3jvKo_dKw/w640-h550/2023-Google%20aerial-Chatsworth-movie%20ranches%20area,%20incl%20Iverson,%20Brandeis,%20Spahn,%20Rockridge-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The San Fernando Valley's "hot corner" for movie ranches<br /></b></span></div><br />This corner of Chatsworth and the Santa Susana Pass has long been, and
remains today, a busy filming area, with movie ranches old and new
practically bumping into each other.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/07/connecting-dots-between-iverson-ranch.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1103" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDScjdarjHKKiB-W7UHKCvTfnu25MJkw-e4tMkQTER8541hjMVdXxDdjZDIcFll4SD__3BOj0tjITWI6MA4apH41_qRziIjJkFolRTFGuEtu-qdt3ZI-sfp4ifdNw4KQ6bX9Pp4ShEFQmTiRfmSTn3pbYOfD5CfZFyFjcmtXMTbkPAX4pl4QIWDEzpQ/w640-h420/1969-Spahn%20main%20set%20overview%20fr%20N%20of%20SSPR-frbl.png" width="640" /></a></div>Spahn Ranch in 1969 — </b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>click on the photo for more about its movie history</b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span></div><br />Much of what's been published about the movie history of Spahn Ranch has been grossly exaggerated. If you're interested in the real story, <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/07/connecting-dots-between-iverson-ranch.html" target="_blank">click here</a> (or click on the photo) to read our previous posts about it — including its relationship with its closest neighbor back in The Day, the Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/08/is-quentin-tarantino-building-new.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jwQYUwO0_s8WQ43awtbGSquY8VGROepa5rFe0CH5bQxpWXtxAixbR0zn3tcNVYism5Q9agdz_Dg2cIvxcXWyqRpEPk7MifoJ7flv7olxkTBOvHu5LYCJ5aOyL1qaLOiyuS4ehCBEP6huQ3w1C7jAPiTPIv6f7YOz9Yx1d_LX956B1e3-i-NakvP58g/w640-h358/2018%20(091818)-stakeside%20truck%20at%20%22Spahn%20Ranch%22%20re-creation,%20Corriganville-JCondit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rebuilding Spahn Ranch in 2018 (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />You may also be interested in director Quentin Tarantino's remarkable
re-creation of Spahn Ranch at Corriganville in Simi Valley for his 2019
movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/08/is-quentin-tarantino-building-new.html" target="_blank">Click here or on the photo</a> to see a
series of posts chronicling that chapter of the Spahn Ranch story.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-21449718370970500522023-03-12T18:27:00.012-07:002023-03-27T18:41:37.793-07:00Monument Valley: How John Ford created the American West in "Stagecoach," "My Darling Clementine" and other classics<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENmI_xNhthYnS95c4SsR-o1MEVCT0HBowpjGmnRKCoUZ49TTUlZRugkn2_AIwBHGR1pAx_equUf7DKBeFUC9Mt5ZDxJgfucZ1XAWh7KDHQkM0pQYQOOeZG6QRew1Sf1wGI_oKZllNwNkhhVHfYzrs7yKJdzdfD8FXvOzXlqwkNWN7Yl5FIsk9d1DdXw/s2880/2022-Monument%20Valley-West%20Mitten,%20East%20Mitten,%20Merrick%20Butte-sunrise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="2880" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENmI_xNhthYnS95c4SsR-o1MEVCT0HBowpjGmnRKCoUZ49TTUlZRugkn2_AIwBHGR1pAx_equUf7DKBeFUC9Mt5ZDxJgfucZ1XAWh7KDHQkM0pQYQOOeZG6QRew1Sf1wGI_oKZllNwNkhhVHfYzrs7yKJdzdfD8FXvOzXlqwkNWN7Yl5FIsk9d1DdXw/w640-h288/2022-Monument%20Valley-West%20Mitten,%20East%20Mitten,%20Merrick%20Butte-sunrise.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sunrise in Monument Valley (2022): The Mittens and Merrick Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />For movie location enthusiasts with a soft spot for old Westerns, much of our love for the genre can be traced back to John Ford's work in Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu94b1AH-b8zo4OQc_t4pH48Y_kcsEocQRi3q9H0gu7lemwqZPqlVP9ydwu6vXk7fRwbH5CaeLaZBACJ_4zYPx232L2Wo4mjKF696wXZU6mCslwZ5UWc-24XaMBFVNRYG5TnDi56ux520sSoiNCPsRRBDx-uZI1876fApLMRgnNm9kdO_LqXk77u4XQ/s715/1955%20(1956)-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20at%20John%20Ford%20Point-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="715" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu94b1AH-b8zo4OQc_t4pH48Y_kcsEocQRi3q9H0gu7lemwqZPqlVP9ydwu6vXk7fRwbH5CaeLaZBACJ_4zYPx232L2Wo4mjKF696wXZU6mCslwZ5UWc-24XaMBFVNRYG5TnDi56ux520sSoiNCPsRRBDx-uZI1876fApLMRgnNm9kdO_LqXk77u4XQ/w640-h450/1955%20(1956)-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20at%20John%20Ford%20Point-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>John Ford in 1955, filming "The Searchers" at today's "John Ford Point"</b><br /></span></div><br />The legendary director had such an impact on the valley that parts of the
landscape wound up being named after him. The above site,
where Ford was photographed in the director's chair during filming on his acclaimed 1956 Western "The
Searchers," is known today as "John Ford Point."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOm3rBrrK3UcxEypqw7jLcA7gz6c6oPT0bsENGTKjwNHRwTELKdORjx1niqq9YcRQ42kKgVUivTZL6fu3neykQ3t7SoZ_VnSW_skCEFuwN8H7Yo7FjZulYqMWR01B8Wu-XK_bd_mKFKSZv9niVOxMlWc-kcaT616gqh_c9goaPiT0uMZi4fTF_dOQNSg/s1086/2016%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point%20-matches%201955%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1086" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOm3rBrrK3UcxEypqw7jLcA7gz6c6oPT0bsENGTKjwNHRwTELKdORjx1niqq9YcRQ42kKgVUivTZL6fu3neykQ3t7SoZ_VnSW_skCEFuwN8H7Yo7FjZulYqMWR01B8Wu-XK_bd_mKFKSZv9niVOxMlWc-kcaT616gqh_c9goaPiT0uMZi4fTF_dOQNSg/w640-h370/2016%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point%20-matches%201955%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>John Ford Point in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />The
view today from John Ford Point remains spectacular, and little has changed since Ford
filmed there from the late 1930s into the 1960s. (Please click on
these photos if you'd like to see them in a larger format.)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDAftrgsVSR_YX4k7B46AMMZ5Wd7USvjHmz-BJGyCbwYYcXfwoacXx3NYjMPrP6dBB6V-E4yHLutxoSjb1jdJYVzBvos43f37lGHm3qfqaVwivtPHSdmoMArUUNQRCj5IJqb6BxhpXO_bQ3czDGMpY4gQY4iAuNn3Pdm6NRxE9OJyPZcpsjJ1FKDvAQ/s2754/recent-Monument%20Valley-view%20from%20Hunts%20Mesa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2754" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDAftrgsVSR_YX4k7B46AMMZ5Wd7USvjHmz-BJGyCbwYYcXfwoacXx3NYjMPrP6dBB6V-E4yHLutxoSjb1jdJYVzBvos43f37lGHm3qfqaVwivtPHSdmoMArUUNQRCj5IJqb6BxhpXO_bQ3czDGMpY4gQY4iAuNn3Pdm6NRxE9OJyPZcpsjJ1FKDvAQ/w640-h360/recent-Monument%20Valley-view%20from%20Hunts%20Mesa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A view of Monument Valley from Hunts Mesa: So many buttes, so little time</b></span></div><br />Other views of the valley are equally spectacular. An
expanse of Navajo land spreading out across the Arizona-Utah border, Monument Valley stands today as a towering symbol of the American West.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghy1Gm1OOhrGc_3p2BTa2Q340F9r_HuaEP2SlmCsBZDD14l9pCmgCEsl_WoikyXDOERPDnz8-FOxpmSzQLp3M-rhfzXAr16zL1t9Vnhymq1L0rshwQiaE8jq-oOIlO-8r20kF66BhH9BLNkhmDeZBbIxlCaQ3ScbdZcA4YevDkokfyya0dYG3DBs0ohg/s2048/2016%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghy1Gm1OOhrGc_3p2BTa2Q340F9r_HuaEP2SlmCsBZDD14l9pCmgCEsl_WoikyXDOERPDnz8-FOxpmSzQLp3M-rhfzXAr16zL1t9Vnhymq1L0rshwQiaE8jq-oOIlO-8r20kF66BhH9BLNkhmDeZBbIxlCaQ3ScbdZcA4YevDkokfyya0dYG3DBs0ohg/w640-h426/2016%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking southwest from Artist's Point in Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />But that wasn't always the case. Until John Ford took the point on Hollywood's migration to Monument Valley in the late 1930s, the region remained well off the radar of most Americans.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJIZGQMItZYP84zKx3M16pXSu0Be1FszzPBrkwVjuiXdNwtD7MN3f889ycP8KoAIcwsGNrR6rTba66PY37S2POXBjaS6OM2uNiD4pdKUnx5tNVPmOJm1M6fMey_10XXQeeek_s62zUXGDDsAlr1y3rkaXBHNaiT-8qd-ZWNZGeyCLleaBiT3ei0DtHw/s686/harry-goulding-monument-valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="686" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJIZGQMItZYP84zKx3M16pXSu0Be1FszzPBrkwVjuiXdNwtD7MN3f889ycP8KoAIcwsGNrR6rTba66PY37S2POXBjaS6OM2uNiD4pdKUnx5tNVPmOJm1M6fMey_10XXQeeek_s62zUXGDDsAlr1y3rkaXBHNaiT-8qd-ZWNZGeyCLleaBiT3ei0DtHw/w640-h374/harry-goulding-monument-valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Harry Goulding</b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>, who brought Hollywood to Monument Valley</b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span></div><br />Legend has it that Ford became interested in Monument Valley through the efforts of Harry
Goulding, who ran a trading post in the valley. Goulding courted
Hollywood in an attempt to bring money to the region, which had been hit
hard by the Depression during the 1930s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6Z_-dLs3PrU0MIvd7h9MHkTRUZZdJhLpjCVgQK2cr6vNbIh9YGe8D9hGXn3556fdSNknfoTmGvfQcCHTWwgxVmQVOSvnuiad9sfETWLRUuHFJnFpLZgOrjtTXQyq_0JOWuG6hap35UIBgQ4UoTt2_uW7desZyn2HYEOL8_w2fmFy9PiPJyvQdr34gQ/s988/Harry%20Goulding,%20Monument%20Valley%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="988" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6Z_-dLs3PrU0MIvd7h9MHkTRUZZdJhLpjCVgQK2cr6vNbIh9YGe8D9hGXn3556fdSNknfoTmGvfQcCHTWwgxVmQVOSvnuiad9sfETWLRUuHFJnFpLZgOrjtTXQyq_0JOWuG6hap35UIBgQ4UoTt2_uW7desZyn2HYEOL8_w2fmFy9PiPJyvQdr34gQ/w640-h444/Harry%20Goulding,%20Monument%20Valley%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Goulding soaks up a view of some of Monument Valley's northernmost features<br /></b></span></div><br />The story is told that Goulding gathered up photos of the magnificent
buttes he and his wife had fallen in love with years earlier and took
them to Hollywood.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi380LhMH8AI7xtHvnR_dZJWLUHo7i3XXt30PB20UID-2asSQG1hCrUi2Wzc8pe2Y9dmjYuBIc8XAdkO3WFw4jAWxwG1kSBoD66HHJMSSM0LyvPOaZsXFc0BYxmULc63JhljBRb0y1Ddk1Kjcw25YUU2O17OewK1w9AXVeZPW5Zvqi-FsfyO8FcD5y-7Q/s1240/1939-Stagecoach-Monument%20Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1240" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi380LhMH8AI7xtHvnR_dZJWLUHo7i3XXt30PB20UID-2asSQG1hCrUi2Wzc8pe2Y9dmjYuBIc8XAdkO3WFw4jAWxwG1kSBoD66HHJMSSM0LyvPOaZsXFc0BYxmULc63JhljBRb0y1Ddk1Kjcw25YUU2O17OewK1w9AXVeZPW5Zvqi-FsfyO8FcD5y-7Q/w640-h394/1939-Stagecoach-Monument%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Stagecoach" (1939): John Ford introduces the world to Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the first filmmakers to see those photos
was John Ford, who quickly recognized Monument Valley as the ideal backdrop
for any number of the Great American Westerns he would soon make.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e96Y7hJhkDgIh8gSqa-m6m9dqolUp6JYsEJn9Bjh8CGGUVJvIp9lsxXf-iJ3fwtr-CiHmQh5Cn7uL1DORwEngOv6RCzG322lr_x0rEfFpofdoVTT4O1sBcxiWCAhrTbvi4N62qaIDAlhUiLIMz9QOrDfIUimJsaVYACowDr6d1_JTF8Mm38BnCtLNQ/s1050/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1050" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e96Y7hJhkDgIh8gSqa-m6m9dqolUp6JYsEJn9Bjh8CGGUVJvIp9lsxXf-iJ3fwtr-CiHmQh5Cn7uL1DORwEngOv6RCzG322lr_x0rEfFpofdoVTT4O1sBcxiWCAhrTbvi4N62qaIDAlhUiLIMz9QOrDfIUimJsaVYACowDr6d1_JTF8Mm38BnCtLNQ/w640-h492/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Monument Valley, captured in a promo still for Ford's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949)<br /></b></span></div><br />Historians today credit Ford with playing a key role in shaping the world's image not just of the American West but of America as a nation. That image was forged largely in Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MEtXx1OoR4mSCuy9L9H8vtcLuGjLrmMZAa6CN9yoW_BPXhPhX7Q3yV7bM-v7J26zVuH-4RHht1FLRBgFdsLHEzFZcORctY0bheTmsVSXEDhZFrKHbTWhuBh3sH9rYaFXVBXaUtOlN_RPi_BI4o9Q2B_Od5vViiebC2Iwu9htAFSVGpcDFlo6nGtHNw/s1050/1938%20(1939)-Stagecoach-PS-Monument%20Valley-4300-JEn%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1050" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MEtXx1OoR4mSCuy9L9H8vtcLuGjLrmMZAa6CN9yoW_BPXhPhX7Q3yV7bM-v7J26zVuH-4RHht1FLRBgFdsLHEzFZcORctY0bheTmsVSXEDhZFrKHbTWhuBh3sH9rYaFXVBXaUtOlN_RPi_BI4o9Q2B_Od5vViiebC2Iwu9htAFSVGpcDFlo6nGtHNw/w640-h478/1938%20(1939)-Stagecoach-PS-Monument%20Valley-4300-JEn%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Stagecoach" (1939): Ford's epic showcases Monument Valley's "Mittens"<br /></b></span></div><br />Examples of Monument Valley's iconic rock features can be found throughout much of Ford's work. This classic shot from "Stagecoach" makes the most of the Mittens, two of the valley's most familiar buttes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_p8rjMRhfaH75ZBKBet1TWMbpcC6iG191V-AaTS17ecsgumjwwFJbZ3mcXdQsshC0JJeR4Xr5o_gItCCZ_tHrLSnT3Uu1EGuC5RIrQ8PmlRoSUbTqMpkweYSd1M4Afhhb9MoeyNcnokRI9FKMICptnteGCZ0kxQ5P4CCLVaFUvBpTOEqXfwTQdTv2A/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%207-John%20Wayne%20and%20Cliff%20Lyons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_p8rjMRhfaH75ZBKBet1TWMbpcC6iG191V-AaTS17ecsgumjwwFJbZ3mcXdQsshC0JJeR4Xr5o_gItCCZ_tHrLSnT3Uu1EGuC5RIrQ8PmlRoSUbTqMpkweYSd1M4Afhhb9MoeyNcnokRI9FKMICptnteGCZ0kxQ5P4CCLVaFUvBpTOEqXfwTQdTv2A/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%207-John%20Wayne%20and%20Cliff%20Lyons.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949): A return engagement for the Mittens<br /></b></span></div><br />Ten years after "Stagecoach," Ford used a similar angle to film John Wayne and Cliff Lyons riding past the Mittens in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" — in color this time.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-NEKKN0QUmFhR9czgMOhm5YTifa9SsDxSDv2lQ2YCyJ4D-c8W3PdlSVtdUD-AdHCWi3OwX7K1bdWTCb7xCOsETW5zJjreWQgwYrTeTu0_Es21AMELsXr1o_QwHZN6CCKI1ji-6TIZdmOTDW86lFJSI4KRyKq9qUpRyWPXgLHv7BbSZIiihMjRFqAQ/s1600/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Henry%20Fonda%20and%20the%20Mittens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-NEKKN0QUmFhR9czgMOhm5YTifa9SsDxSDv2lQ2YCyJ4D-c8W3PdlSVtdUD-AdHCWi3OwX7K1bdWTCb7xCOsETW5zJjreWQgwYrTeTu0_Es21AMELsXr1o_QwHZN6CCKI1ji-6TIZdmOTDW86lFJSI4KRyKq9qUpRyWPXgLHv7BbSZIiihMjRFqAQ/w516-h640/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Henry%20Fonda%20and%20the%20Mittens.jpg" width="516" /></a></div>Henry Fonda at the Mittens in Ford's "My Darling Clementine" (1946)<br /></b></span></div><br />Ford's integration of Monument Valley into landmark Westerns such as
"Stagecoach," "Fort Apache" and "The
Searchers," combined with Hollywood's powerful worldwide distribution reach, brought the mystique of the American West to an international audience, helping to influence impressions of the U.S. around the globe.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvevtDsqsAjwTmfeEDpeyenSRFuoyDOXLvmriq2jhZCcTEYR7-kMh6-0GVNWGX32XmK1fNpLz_i0-ffcCvmvNoddaS93rAmykApq8Kas8ws066Uz4sJLR8WYkZWx30KFBCW9Ny_LIYzrpd9KjiZ3lJ14eYnM-zrmhs76SWt9vx2--OxdopvvZIyuxsw/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-fort-RKO%20SWY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvevtDsqsAjwTmfeEDpeyenSRFuoyDOXLvmriq2jhZCcTEYR7-kMh6-0GVNWGX32XmK1fNpLz_i0-ffcCvmvNoddaS93rAmykApq8Kas8ws066Uz4sJLR8WYkZWx30KFBCW9Ny_LIYzrpd9KjiZ3lJ14eYnM-zrmhs76SWt9vx2--OxdopvvZIyuxsw/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-fort-RKO%20SWY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949): West Mitten, Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />I recently caught an airing of "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" on TV, and
was impressed with the prominent role played by Monument Valley in the film's
storytelling. This shot shows the location where Ford chose to build his set for Fort Stark, with the West Mitten looming in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircDimtYdekGg2vO-oyCZ3sQxuAYXtiBys-adWTTMk3ekuaFLfBQ8yOghVYSH4gqE7buy_VT6JHJBawCPUNKgfvkB-vHdSt80Mn1chIDl4l2qfLI23fGDf1BLmavqT3a3UIlYYlv-JBSrhzEDnPI0tgb_pegn2Sdrh3frOYUXEzCRX9P09B8EggHV7LA/s1600/2005%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-West%20Mitten%20Butte,%20looking%20NE%20from%20Arizona-Wikimedia%20Commons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1600" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircDimtYdekGg2vO-oyCZ3sQxuAYXtiBys-adWTTMk3ekuaFLfBQ8yOghVYSH4gqE7buy_VT6JHJBawCPUNKgfvkB-vHdSt80Mn1chIDl4l2qfLI23fGDf1BLmavqT3a3UIlYYlv-JBSrhzEDnPI0tgb_pegn2Sdrh3frOYUXEzCRX9P09B8EggHV7LA/w640-h408/2005%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-West%20Mitten%20Butte,%20looking%20NE%20from%20Arizona-Wikimedia%20Commons.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Monument Valley's West Mitten Butte in 2005<br /></b></span></div><br />This scenic shot of the West Mitten approximates movie angles seen in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." The film is the second installment in Ford's "Cavalry trilogy," following "Fort Apache" and preceding "Rio Grande."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGIAoNgBqvkfe1eTQmAu73d5n1jP-b7sXFlwR2NqOoffZx_UAgeNUB1h3M4pLo5Wno3ayXGnjo93NHYK6eI0T8AgdiRUBdpTaLK0hR7Q1_tpfbi70wiCtqTOxsj2j6cDnPEy35Dps0M7Dl11SwjpdI2VBsOnZed6_fUrtBmXCxmBcW4BM3t7CjYC_JA/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGIAoNgBqvkfe1eTQmAu73d5n1jP-b7sXFlwR2NqOoffZx_UAgeNUB1h3M4pLo5Wno3ayXGnjo93NHYK6eI0T8AgdiRUBdpTaLK0hR7Q1_tpfbi70wiCtqTOxsj2j6cDnPEy35Dps0M7Dl11SwjpdI2VBsOnZed6_fUrtBmXCxmBcW4BM3t7CjYC_JA/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon": Is that a war party near the West Mitten?<br /></b></span></div><br />The Mittens reappear throughout the movie. While a number of other Arizona and Utah locations are also seen, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is one of Ford's best showcases for Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqUTGPAl4Q_JXN-WgZ9kreOtlkG615DOtPz23zsCQW_anRPHahoQLESI0ecW4N7IpPYL54zMU1o2m-1UMhdws2NtnC-oueTfGQFSRLWXAgTzbEFwenuG3fwZSCmaFNI1Yhy3eO5ULAsEinr_VJCo2GDCCbEsxdGRXIpJ0T2x5r2KAHQypxWJalZucjw/s1050/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-John%20Wayne-SWY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="855" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqUTGPAl4Q_JXN-WgZ9kreOtlkG615DOtPz23zsCQW_anRPHahoQLESI0ecW4N7IpPYL54zMU1o2m-1UMhdws2NtnC-oueTfGQFSRLWXAgTzbEFwenuG3fwZSCmaFNI1Yhy3eO5ULAsEinr_VJCo2GDCCbEsxdGRXIpJ0T2x5r2KAHQypxWJalZucjw/w522-h640/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-John%20Wayne-SWY.jpg" width="522" /></a></div>John Wayne rides past West Mitten in a still from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"<br /></b></span></div><br />"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is also the only film in Ford's "Cavalry trilogy" to be shot in color. But as was the practice at the time, promotional stills for the movie were released in black-and-white.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGF-rIA-f-WgGVg_exc03KTTkaRzjSJQtBqE3fzk-R0DZ6tyd8TdxGeygk12PtcEuiVTZWzSxgOKG3MI_Ku3GlhhnJreToPas7xqvAlH9vr7A96ktfByukNoZwmwbdo8z9z4sCbAefPbL3f5G9ErMvNd5uBXC8qrXLQ19LoGZN2voWJ0fibvpEYw_3w/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGF-rIA-f-WgGVg_exc03KTTkaRzjSJQtBqE3fzk-R0DZ6tyd8TdxGeygk12PtcEuiVTZWzSxgOKG3MI_Ku3GlhhnJreToPas7xqvAlH9vr7A96ktfByukNoZwmwbdo8z9z4sCbAefPbL3f5G9ErMvNd5uBXC8qrXLQ19LoGZN2voWJ0fibvpEYw_3w/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon": The same spot featured in the promo still<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from the movie is taken from virtually the same location as the promotional still above. This angle, taken with the camera facing west, is less common than views of the West Mitten taken from the other side.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHuN5PcdVY2jsJg1q0UQKyjR8vu2FlfZDpzs4TqhBSBaCVzzSpBA2UgZKN90w1KdNLsdXctFDbjHVMOJTFlwMvalhVsVZacul_tWWJ3n9Pl_TB2mPk1NAbI0AG44gxW-mQjCoj7CAlrzC23K9VfBuiHzaSFmjpOmPPz1VFX4YyaUnBbRTw805TnvOvA/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%208-John%20Wayne.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHuN5PcdVY2jsJg1q0UQKyjR8vu2FlfZDpzs4TqhBSBaCVzzSpBA2UgZKN90w1KdNLsdXctFDbjHVMOJTFlwMvalhVsVZacul_tWWJ3n9Pl_TB2mPk1NAbI0AG44gxW-mQjCoj7CAlrzC23K9VfBuiHzaSFmjpOmPPz1VFX4YyaUnBbRTw805TnvOvA/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%208-John%20Wayne.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>John Wayne amid some familiar landmarks in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"<br /></b></span></div><br />Another shot from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" shows John Wayne
with a distant butte near the center of the frame, along with a large
mesa to the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN2S99ZK3Av9-U_FqgrNtkVCP5qRYLPWBTn5gLLk17VOzWsnejkxz3YErgO79Py5fSZYABfNFyBIH090eP7_JsZOlbiDF_6cvNMvEVau6_yIpbcRWyZkRMOsAfeL0BTjbqRDhZhctZhePBiTqB4Gof8_hXFMzv7iCRJ1jQQhtCIyMchbd_RrnssT_jw/s1218/2018-Monument%20Valley-matches%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1218" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN2S99ZK3Av9-U_FqgrNtkVCP5qRYLPWBTn5gLLk17VOzWsnejkxz3YErgO79Py5fSZYABfNFyBIH090eP7_JsZOlbiDF_6cvNMvEVau6_yIpbcRWyZkRMOsAfeL0BTjbqRDhZhctZhePBiTqB4Gof8_hXFMzv7iCRJ1jQQhtCIyMchbd_RrnssT_jw/w640-h466/2018-Monument%20Valley-matches%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same background in 2018<br /></b></span></div><br />The
same mesa and butte can be seen again in this recent photo. The large mesa on the left is a section of Sentinel Mesa. The smaller butte has multiple names and includes a feature known as Bear and Rabbit Summit.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-WOQLeZGGn_MLASwpcGyleCZZIsvbP461cn3vZ8BEHNahDkBgeO8f0g7z4EEpAtgLj-heT_dMLpcuuxo8L7d-HMd9tg499JmCrf-FSujp0Q174IUSJvdTx74U6hm1tlr6L84QkZP-8X_ycV53QufYpmK7JUa__u0sMysHle1IFniocWNLb_sISdrbg/s1024/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-WOQLeZGGn_MLASwpcGyleCZZIsvbP461cn3vZ8BEHNahDkBgeO8f0g7z4EEpAtgLj-heT_dMLpcuuxo8L7d-HMd9tg499JmCrf-FSujp0Q174IUSJvdTx74U6hm1tlr6L84QkZP-8X_ycV53QufYpmK7JUa__u0sMysHle1IFniocWNLb_sISdrbg/w640-h426/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>John Ford Point in modern times, including Merrick Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />John Ford Point tends to be easy to recognize, with Merrick Butte, the large rectangular formation seen here near the center of the frame, dominating much of the landscape. This shot is taken looking north.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RdZTAXqgHllOVfPDnwbb4PbbijpLo9E5eM5rg12-IRI6JQqnZRELw_f4H5DpTRDu-1HwUE3thqcvJHq-FMra1ydspB7DlGfLmTIbShcIMtCSKmzBlppRz2kLm7WV1YkT76CtGG2jNVmDxPUmWIfqywZlO4iqmppVTh9oXyzWSg5oqeDPFpMu7Yzl_A/s1024/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RdZTAXqgHllOVfPDnwbb4PbbijpLo9E5eM5rg12-IRI6JQqnZRELw_f4H5DpTRDu-1HwUE3thqcvJHq-FMra1ydspB7DlGfLmTIbShcIMtCSKmzBlppRz2kLm7WV1YkT76CtGG2jNVmDxPUmWIfqywZlO4iqmppVTh9oXyzWSg5oqeDPFpMu7Yzl_A/w640-h426/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Major features to the north of John Ford Point<br /></b></span></div><br />The features on display looking north from John Ford Point are a mix of Arizona and Utah landmarks. Merrick Butte and West Mitten are in Arizona, while Big Indian and Bear and Rabbit Summit are across the border in Utah.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2NZuLUOEjXkIMrSitkCJzKHZ1nrqZ5heKg-LC2vD9CG0VN8oQFyEWgjLK2sg-ilYRhkU__MF3vWNV8J-4-V-WClGxR83Z9taiQpVaCu7hKCdI2pjAzkaDHAJFGvr3zdA_c8chQ0WNuZh8sJ0aGWq3jwTgvg_DkyPBmHe3ibLnMtl7U2hoU7xOMRv2Q/s1777/1964-Cheyenne%20Autumn-PS-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1777" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2NZuLUOEjXkIMrSitkCJzKHZ1nrqZ5heKg-LC2vD9CG0VN8oQFyEWgjLK2sg-ilYRhkU__MF3vWNV8J-4-V-WClGxR83Z9taiQpVaCu7hKCdI2pjAzkaDHAJFGvr3zdA_c8chQ0WNuZh8sJ0aGWq3jwTgvg_DkyPBmHe3ibLnMtl7U2hoU7xOMRv2Q/w640-h358/1964-Cheyenne%20Autumn-PS-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ford's "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964): Another visit to John Ford Point<br /></b></span></div><br />In "Cheyenne Autumn," Ford placed a Cavalry unit atop John Ford Point to give the troops a wide view of the valley. In this shot about half of Merrick Butte is visible at the left of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvHgDAbzHmbTLG4YfTBIOaHFxJxg8L0M2VCwGiw5kNLhcp7nir5iijmlopgMIu2u4e9u_5mpJmufSVJt6TrkttFrBLV47zLakDFJ90iyC9XfEtlT6Aa_ZdnKV22tD4UkU_EHv6md4iLrYVXgkzrFbgPCP-g6ahqEr5EqPcRmAoxKDEdFFMCn6PhwS3Q/s1200/2013-The%20Lone%20Ranger-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvHgDAbzHmbTLG4YfTBIOaHFxJxg8L0M2VCwGiw5kNLhcp7nir5iijmlopgMIu2u4e9u_5mpJmufSVJt6TrkttFrBLV47zLakDFJ90iyC9XfEtlT6Aa_ZdnKV22tD4UkU_EHv6md4iLrYVXgkzrFbgPCP-g6ahqEr5EqPcRmAoxKDEdFFMCn6PhwS3Q/w640-h426/2013-The%20Lone%20Ranger-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Gore Verbinski's "The Lone Ranger" (2013): John Ford Point again<br /></b></span></div><br />Contemporary filmmakers continue to take inspiration from Ford's use of Monument Valley, and continue to follow in his footsteps. Gore Verbinski's 2013 "Lone Ranger" remake with Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer was a critical disaster, but viewers who manage to sit through the movie are at least rewarded with some terrific scenery. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KZc73GFfzpKVzlBTTHln2ffkojl3zvOIVe6CMw9qvrJ-IrF2YaEarTvM5fnZ4dVSSYisZ5YB88gDTS7S3VOtq08Xz7yJk5YWBONq7QTijftyq0FDloKfvQsktZdjcgKmpQKLebzusohr7zY3D4l2rR7PPVXbZmHd4U__foIHm_EZKc6ZbWstV7bxeA/s4632/2013%20(2014)-A%20Million%20Ways%20to%20Die%20in%20the%20West-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-Seth%20MacFarlane%20and%20Charlize%20Theron.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="4632" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KZc73GFfzpKVzlBTTHln2ffkojl3zvOIVe6CMw9qvrJ-IrF2YaEarTvM5fnZ4dVSSYisZ5YB88gDTS7S3VOtq08Xz7yJk5YWBONq7QTijftyq0FDloKfvQsktZdjcgKmpQKLebzusohr7zY3D4l2rR7PPVXbZmHd4U__foIHm_EZKc6ZbWstV7bxeA/w640-h266/2013%20(2014)-A%20Million%20Ways%20to%20Die%20in%20the%20West-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-Seth%20MacFarlane%20and%20Charlize%20Theron.png" width="640" /></a></div>Charlize Theron and Seth MacFarlane at John Ford Point<br />in "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014)<br /></b></span></div><br />One year after Verbinski's catastrophic "Lone Ranger" remake, Seth MacFarlane's gross-out Western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" paid similar homage to Ford, once again making good use of John Ford Point.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBVKQFhg-8_M8hZsxwY_JjVsh4npvoktfvVv8EfQLnexmJKHBZR48t_fxorVJTGsV1yk_RdCRaFs0holIwu9IUZYbRtdHX4D5OJKtZPYLhGSKRsSAVxZBkt5Pzm5hW5V9CtKdSZegTdjJ-7U5T_DaJ7zLL3IDFLkZgG9XBejhh4SS0XuplfYITIgjSA/s640/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-sign%20for%20%22John%20Ford's%20Point%22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBVKQFhg-8_M8hZsxwY_JjVsh4npvoktfvVv8EfQLnexmJKHBZR48t_fxorVJTGsV1yk_RdCRaFs0holIwu9IUZYbRtdHX4D5OJKtZPYLhGSKRsSAVxZBkt5Pzm5hW5V9CtKdSZegTdjJ-7U5T_DaJ7zLL3IDFLkZgG9XBejhh4SS0XuplfYITIgjSA/w640-h426/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-sign%20for%20%22John%20Ford's%20Point%22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>All roads lead to "John Ford's Point"<br /></b></span></div><br />John Ford Point today — also referred to as "John Ford's Point" — is a magnet for tourists ... so much so that if you visit here and don't stop for a photo op, something might be wrong with you.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIjTxT9LcNuKXIf5RgynHC5vHl6_lBp8XCWX8v0ISAz4Z2Ri-Cs9xpY364OJqLjlbuzfeK9KkR6phVibXEpLMxNO_D4Lo_hutS_5oPnCvl-fXtUgeyZNaz_1xWJkdcCQMMBwVZoF53hxfMCrGczIwdvbq6jXKQU6sDx9vrrZDNBKXgQBn-ThU15kVZw/s550/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-sign%20for%20%22John%20Ford%20Point%22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="550" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIjTxT9LcNuKXIf5RgynHC5vHl6_lBp8XCWX8v0ISAz4Z2Ri-Cs9xpY364OJqLjlbuzfeK9KkR6phVibXEpLMxNO_D4Lo_hutS_5oPnCvl-fXtUgeyZNaz_1xWJkdcCQMMBwVZoF53hxfMCrGczIwdvbq6jXKQU6sDx9vrrZDNBKXgQBn-ThU15kVZw/w640-h480/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-sign%20for%20%22John%20Ford%20Point%22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Call it what you will<br /></b></span></div><br />Is it "John Ford Point" or "John Ford's Point"? Take your pick — you can find plenty of evidence for either version of the name. It's just one example of the pervasive name confusion found all over Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyV98-xL_qnVG0jtjgqs9wrffdk8KvqUHY8vwkOsrzlYgZboPDoZ0SPYUw56VfOeQG41otsrYfwQcZqgOFek7IRM8UOhvwIEboFNW0L5l6EAI8VoTgO0HnkVqyES23s1i3L5E8SREXJldkPrQ6uyiAM_Itr-5pOvfpz4WetS93B4SM9o8MHFdKe8T6Q/s2714/2013%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point%20with%20couple,%20cars%20below.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2714" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyV98-xL_qnVG0jtjgqs9wrffdk8KvqUHY8vwkOsrzlYgZboPDoZ0SPYUw56VfOeQG41otsrYfwQcZqgOFek7IRM8UOhvwIEboFNW0L5l6EAI8VoTgO0HnkVqyES23s1i3L5E8SREXJldkPrQ6uyiAM_Itr-5pOvfpz4WetS93B4SM9o8MHFdKe8T6Q/w640-h362/2013%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point%20with%20couple,%20cars%20below.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>John Ford Point in modern times, as a tourist attraction<br /></b></span></div><br />A visit to Monument Valley in modern times usually means putting up with other tourists. In this photo we can see people standing on top of the point and cars creeping along a dirt road across the valley floor.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap7tLOergz7TIU2nS11wwZ8Hadz_ZVCJTitmPPmriH-h1uXUQR4PZ1u_yuY2-_O-F7nZ21CjIK90yi_ebH3nBJTgPv5YfRBAyWGNZFKwB9u43IEkHPgKStAI3d8DYqep-6wVY36jmbNACnlpZCGNagJwWgpVU0TJeBGeKNJWweoPZ9ZBm-ZHfNlDjdQ/s2880/2011%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point%20with%20the%20rider%20on%20the%20horse,%20interesting%20lighting-Wikimedia%20Commons-Moyan%20Brenn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="2880" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap7tLOergz7TIU2nS11wwZ8Hadz_ZVCJTitmPPmriH-h1uXUQR4PZ1u_yuY2-_O-F7nZ21CjIK90yi_ebH3nBJTgPv5YfRBAyWGNZFKwB9u43IEkHPgKStAI3d8DYqep-6wVY36jmbNACnlpZCGNagJwWgpVU0TJeBGeKNJWweoPZ9ZBm-ZHfNlDjdQ/w640-h398/2011%20(ca)-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point%20with%20the%20rider%20on%20the%20horse,%20interesting%20lighting-Wikimedia%20Commons-Moyan%20Brenn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Navajo rider appears at John Ford Point (Moyan Brenn photo, ca. 2011)<br /></b></span></div><br />An added attraction these days is the occasional appearance by a mounted rider on horseback, often identified as a Navajo, who will ride out to the point for a small fee to pose for photos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarPdey-gwLk7FwaW7jxlYUwD_rujZBuKYGy4GU5Q9yFjH3kvuRU6k6lJTiMC3PvaXWIGKCYRrb6hrVthbHK57P6J_trudBa5mOvZIXUnU0-JRP3u_zQhdqyTBFh-xVm1gBsxDkV2waD-gt5woLitiEHYdBMJb-vimz5NdvLNzWDFQ_AFV8etqfcScNA/s585/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-signs%20with%20photo%20prices.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="585" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarPdey-gwLk7FwaW7jxlYUwD_rujZBuKYGy4GU5Q9yFjH3kvuRU6k6lJTiMC3PvaXWIGKCYRrb6hrVthbHK57P6J_trudBa5mOvZIXUnU0-JRP3u_zQhdqyTBFh-xVm1gBsxDkV2waD-gt5woLitiEHYdBMJb-vimz5NdvLNzWDFQ_AFV8etqfcScNA/w640-h486/recent-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%20Point-signs%20with%20photo%20prices.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo ops abound today at John Ford Point<br /></b></span></div><br />Almost any nostalgic photo fantasy can be fulfilled in Monument Valley for a small fee. Tipping is encouraged.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WboVH5pttcMvlsBWrpcoHgsmbBhVm7T2Bigor8_AIGge6Bd3BDA-3gYX3-l_7ApaccCqqM1dwMWordNZd5Vj1rFsBrZC8EX6tFq6H8gYqi7IkLBKLacvgWVypuyeKeiprbgK3w8iMr57QFqXXhblBxpZRJ9HEOmjadvhVNAhGBV8ts8FN4ZpIw_k3A/s1600/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Yei%20Bi%20Chei%20and%20Totem%20Pole-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WboVH5pttcMvlsBWrpcoHgsmbBhVm7T2Bigor8_AIGge6Bd3BDA-3gYX3-l_7ApaccCqqM1dwMWordNZd5Vj1rFsBrZC8EX6tFq6H8gYqi7IkLBKLacvgWVypuyeKeiprbgK3w8iMr57QFqXXhblBxpZRJ9HEOmjadvhVNAhGBV8ts8FN4ZpIw_k3A/w640-h360/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Yei%20Bi%20Chei%20and%20Totem%20Pole-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Searchers" (1956): Yei Bi Chei, center, and the Totem Pole<br /></b></span></div><br />In this shot from "The Searchers," John Ford trains the camera on Yei Bi Chei, one of only a handful of features in Monument Valley that are still generally known by their Native American name.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxqFQalnTRI35QBMBcDHjOXRyfsimNC9sfbi-qYAr0WHAKeBDa1hP75_oq_hw8feAZ_J_LKkLuEMgzcKfoYBqx8kHSQgBGh1Vx9l3Hl_U8RlqnRff2Pv8i7FULNYyPpd-kR4hHVIibUPa0nWcU8ZnLh6w4BAa_dSki0lZHfi_wyMIK3xQn3wQfWF8EQ/s1600/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Yei%20Bi%20Chei%20and%20Totem%20Pole-IMDb-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxqFQalnTRI35QBMBcDHjOXRyfsimNC9sfbi-qYAr0WHAKeBDa1hP75_oq_hw8feAZ_J_LKkLuEMgzcKfoYBqx8kHSQgBGh1Vx9l3Hl_U8RlqnRff2Pv8i7FULNYyPpd-kR4hHVIibUPa0nWcU8ZnLh6w4BAa_dSki0lZHfi_wyMIK3xQn3wQfWF8EQ/w640-h360/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Yei%20Bi%20Chei%20and%20Totem%20Pole-IMDb-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Features seen in "The Searchers"<br /></b></span></div><br />The shot also includes the Totem Pole to the right as the riders, dwarfed by the massive rock formations, are seen riding past Yei Bi Chei.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUwc-h8Puv4J9sevnufNkYw_ipgZ3vl_gqHMB_kxIITkVVwhfJ7rGG-xo5RzEKOuGMLWiYaZMUDX9YiQxOtgcyx50UvXYRz8gsurP5NtvBHqTeqPSlTKNkDHuL8mrKQtt7KkflbCuLbRP-fEPUjygokQIPJ11-GG6-RpqW-I92fc_z_eDtpl7MEM39g/s719/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole%20and%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei-John%20Ford-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="719" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUwc-h8Puv4J9sevnufNkYw_ipgZ3vl_gqHMB_kxIITkVVwhfJ7rGG-xo5RzEKOuGMLWiYaZMUDX9YiQxOtgcyx50UvXYRz8gsurP5NtvBHqTeqPSlTKNkDHuL8mrKQtt7KkflbCuLbRP-fEPUjygokQIPJ11-GG6-RpqW-I92fc_z_eDtpl7MEM39g/w640-h404/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole%20and%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei-John%20Ford-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>John Ford filming "The Searchers" near the Totem Pole<br /></b></span></div><br />Ford was also photographed on the job in the vicinity of the Totem Pole during filming on "The Searchers." The Totem Pole can be seen to the left of the director's hat.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-OdSzPnT7eKjw99zaOP3It9naZsVKgf7GWMlQ3v8uTZVuMoN7YpxiVXxbNAzKCNQcTLcp-QMRkCQL5JObGKsXnnqYAgnyNSdqTcI5-iNQUE12Ynn0Fkr40u6jfKQbQKCDXnsC9KRMVez8iK9B4e1Yp9-clEhM0pnsn5WONvELix-o3SAGEZ7j4qXuw/s545/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%202-Totem%20Pole%20and%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-OdSzPnT7eKjw99zaOP3It9naZsVKgf7GWMlQ3v8uTZVuMoN7YpxiVXxbNAzKCNQcTLcp-QMRkCQL5JObGKsXnnqYAgnyNSdqTcI5-iNQUE12Ynn0Fkr40u6jfKQbQKCDXnsC9KRMVez8iK9B4e1Yp9-clEhM0pnsn5WONvELix-o3SAGEZ7j4qXuw/w588-h640/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-John%20Ford%202-Totem%20Pole%20and%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei-IMDb.jpg" width="588" /></a></div>Ford on location on "The Searchers"<br /></b></span></div><br />More than a few people who were involved in John Ford productions have said he could be hard to work with. You tell me: Does this guy look like someone who might be difficult?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ur3egrJk1cE_JYsjQ_VcDuKAIy7LvKKzPFMldmUIcipaJLfMmn48xpgbyqx6SU-LpcRp1r0zsJc7N93VFljvsolaxidNDjU4Ml0G9cqNGl16pgbqi0oYYVg155vhZ3IuJu0BUAoPxZ1y4G_owe8Y_AR65q9mqiDUAdqJETIyu_yWfTaZztzZELHaKQ/s780/1962-How%20the%20West%20Was%20Won-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole%20and%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ur3egrJk1cE_JYsjQ_VcDuKAIy7LvKKzPFMldmUIcipaJLfMmn48xpgbyqx6SU-LpcRp1r0zsJc7N93VFljvsolaxidNDjU4Ml0G9cqNGl16pgbqi0oYYVg155vhZ3IuJu0BUAoPxZ1y4G_owe8Y_AR65q9mqiDUAdqJETIyu_yWfTaZztzZELHaKQ/w640-h360/1962-How%20the%20West%20Was%20Won-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole%20and%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"How the West Was Won" (1962): A return to a familiar location<br /></b></span></div><br />Another Ford project, the 1962 epic "How the West Was Won," again filmed in the same area and again captured both Yei Bi Chei and the Totem Pole. Ford was one of four directors on the sprawling Western — I'm assuming he oversaw the Monument Valley sequences.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvTQfT3yXwqKwZR4gF5Zu8S9Seltgd6iuojpODJUUA5hgcUB-UyV06XbKYDPicpaEsS8WnJLZ2uy9regfJDdvQq8A8-kC45pRLftwQeyrxjFF-kiT0m-NjS1aSTEPP35YA_rLOXGjGpj51koGP6kuS0VFlKUzecAXUzsFzYN0NVI0yg8Os2vZKyc5IA/s1190/2008%20(102108)-Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Kenneth%20Christian%2010-Yei%20Bi%20Chei%20and%20Totem%20Pole.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1190" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvTQfT3yXwqKwZR4gF5Zu8S9Seltgd6iuojpODJUUA5hgcUB-UyV06XbKYDPicpaEsS8WnJLZ2uy9regfJDdvQq8A8-kC45pRLftwQeyrxjFF-kiT0m-NjS1aSTEPP35YA_rLOXGjGpj51koGP6kuS0VFlKUzecAXUzsFzYN0NVI0yg8Os2vZKyc5IA/w640-h392/2008%20(102108)-Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Kenneth%20Christian%2010-Yei%20Bi%20Chei%20and%20Totem%20Pole.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yei Bi Chei and the Totem Pole in 2008 (Kenneth Christian photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Like the rest of Monument Valley's movie rocks, both Yei Bi Chei and the Totem Pole remain on proud display today and are among the natural wonders that draw a steady stream of tourists to the valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG4-DMW40pjIo5p4riZhtGnCQ-n4kifwXYYEZ0trQ-NbJXLkn-jbvsX_ssD1b8xPVkLBCxXSJQ0EC0smSHys6nNkl_wU7gN_LNDqDjzsBGFZt6AEiWlmZChNSWCUXLOqEF-FKJtYeoGuPnoZAdrGpFxOHCwSNW3cf844f1r2kGVsE8wxUVxMjkys5NQ/s2190/2022%20(August)-Monument%20Valley-Three%20Sisters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="1646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG4-DMW40pjIo5p4riZhtGnCQ-n4kifwXYYEZ0trQ-NbJXLkn-jbvsX_ssD1b8xPVkLBCxXSJQ0EC0smSHys6nNkl_wU7gN_LNDqDjzsBGFZt6AEiWlmZChNSWCUXLOqEF-FKJtYeoGuPnoZAdrGpFxOHCwSNW3cf844f1r2kGVsE8wxUVxMjkys5NQ/w482-h640/2022%20(August)-Monument%20Valley-Three%20Sisters.jpg" width="482" /></a></div>Three Sisters (2022): Some visitors may be more interested in the sign</b></span></div><br />Another rock formation that appears to have caught the eye of John Ford is known as Three Sisters.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdbb2u8_K8SVO_2XZSkNwzfAMR773-URa4YBSMiGRSPx1jcIxpN-TIX8R9RmdIL7ZP3L2dok_rrRYzhAOP9ExYhZlOOz2oKuwuM2VHRHkcutSk_ZrQ1GnixHlXPkGtmlW0E08bZGrCihDWfG7qeJihRikp-75e1OJmlF7hN5ay2uW0nm35cEatj294Q/s690/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Three%20Sisters-behind%20scenes-camera%20track-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="690" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdbb2u8_K8SVO_2XZSkNwzfAMR773-URa4YBSMiGRSPx1jcIxpN-TIX8R9RmdIL7ZP3L2dok_rrRYzhAOP9ExYhZlOOz2oKuwuM2VHRHkcutSk_ZrQ1GnixHlXPkGtmlW0E08bZGrCihDWfG7qeJihRikp-75e1OJmlF7hN5ay2uW0nm35cEatj294Q/w640-h484/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Three%20Sisters-behind%20scenes-camera%20track-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Filming "The Searchers" in 1955 near Three Sisters<br /></b></span></div><br />A behind-the-scenes photo taken during filming on "The Searchers" reveals that Ford had a camera track set up to shoot John Wayne and others as they rode near the distinctive rock formation.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9jLUekXuCmcT_GYxL51BuAeQeSDkI9JnJclBNv1h3skH8tx6A--cifNy_Kn-nJ0LzLW4KP28a5oCOLHuxKf37_BXeQmyjdIhY4PvHFp3YSxiXZouBJqxwCkQnCiHQEYEq0VGvsGNFfR43Lpm9UXfqK7qREwDI4sUSSM_Xq9utP5eUhCgcoGU_7EWIQ/s1495/1964-Cheyenne%20Autumn-PS-Monument%20Valley-Three%20Sisters-chowtime.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1495" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9jLUekXuCmcT_GYxL51BuAeQeSDkI9JnJclBNv1h3skH8tx6A--cifNy_Kn-nJ0LzLW4KP28a5oCOLHuxKf37_BXeQmyjdIhY4PvHFp3YSxiXZouBJqxwCkQnCiHQEYEq0VGvsGNFfR43Lpm9UXfqK7qREwDI4sUSSM_Xq9utP5eUhCgcoGU_7EWIQ/w640-h428/1964-Cheyenne%20Autumn-PS-Monument%20Valley-Three%20Sisters-chowtime.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cheyenne Autumn" (1964): The crew chows down against a picturesque backdrop<br /></b></span></div><br />Several years later, crew members on another John Ford movie, "Cheyenne Autumn," spent their lunch break beneath the Three Sisters, not far from where the camera track was built for "The Searchers."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8IDIkMu8gNHic6m_TcMknauPX9kLCHxtxQgTGXU6MSsKs3dQ2K38TRHvVFWrVPPwPHvO8uhEY-2Z6mZHgX6QBM8gSFQvQCrEjYTKdLYu6jFfswCkQhsZUIWJU4AOHFwrwI0SSMXO_l3LdOteXSCJoqNCbjoeRWH1JWFvH5NDySXVzSH-nXj8KlHrLQ/s2468/1925-The%20Vanishing%20American-poster%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2468" data-original-width="1884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8IDIkMu8gNHic6m_TcMknauPX9kLCHxtxQgTGXU6MSsKs3dQ2K38TRHvVFWrVPPwPHvO8uhEY-2Z6mZHgX6QBM8gSFQvQCrEjYTKdLYu6jFfswCkQhsZUIWJU4AOHFwrwI0SSMXO_l3LdOteXSCJoqNCbjoeRWH1JWFvH5NDySXVzSH-nXj8KlHrLQ/w488-h640/1925-The%20Vanishing%20American-poster%201.png" width="488" /></a></div>"The Vanishing American" (1925): Thought to be the first movie to film in Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />Ford's arrival in 1938 was a watershed moment for Monument Valley, but Ford wasn't the first director to film there. The movie that's usually cited as the first to showcase the valley is "The Vanishing American." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTacWdMmZO1l-WyQJxzuDelR5PdTH9mzr4fvv8EBQLtCT2-lVpwr-e5kd3DJbQ4vQCDxrtKwkXMPnZXRxz3MK-UYtJUMLZglViEwcF5b21zJ86-f4-MIjxUgDarK899byyCxNaKdTwW_bH94WkNTC944zNnncLbmbqBb5VaAombWwz2WROwfU84NKuw/s2950/1925-The%20Vanishing%20American-Monument%20Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="2950" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTacWdMmZO1l-WyQJxzuDelR5PdTH9mzr4fvv8EBQLtCT2-lVpwr-e5kd3DJbQ4vQCDxrtKwkXMPnZXRxz3MK-UYtJUMLZglViEwcF5b21zJ86-f4-MIjxUgDarK899byyCxNaKdTwW_bH94WkNTC944zNnncLbmbqBb5VaAombWwz2WROwfU84NKuw/w640-h480/1925-The%20Vanishing%20American-Monument%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Vanishing American": Monument Valley in sepia tone<br /></b></span></div><br />A silent Western directed by George B. Seitz, "The Vanishing American" includes shots taken in some of the same locations later filmed by John Ford.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfr8707lCVv-JYTPkDjsb21_Sd9-UuKn0krVS4f6AsksNCQdw9CoH3ENrysLpLLQ5J2BTn8ru8dP7XFohRma3mrrbkpIT5xTk2Mm9lz7hmd6Or7p8Xz-sx8OVP0sOKLqEQBI34mTOFoWTul0Gd9I_ZT6hily2-iVsVRcwtCXpjc30tN7rBbirPKTjdw/s2950/1925-The%20Vanishing%20American-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole,%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="2950" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfr8707lCVv-JYTPkDjsb21_Sd9-UuKn0krVS4f6AsksNCQdw9CoH3ENrysLpLLQ5J2BTn8ru8dP7XFohRma3mrrbkpIT5xTk2Mm9lz7hmd6Or7p8Xz-sx8OVP0sOKLqEQBI34mTOFoWTul0Gd9I_ZT6hily2-iVsVRcwtCXpjc30tN7rBbirPKTjdw/w640-h480/1925-The%20Vanishing%20American-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole,%20Yei%20Bi%20Chei.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Vanishing American": Yei Bi Chei and the Totem Pole<br /></b></span></div><br />Ford may have even taken inspiration from "The Vanishing American" when he scouted his backgrounds. His use of the Totem Pole and Yei Bi Chei in "The Searchers" echoes this shot from the silent Western.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVl7GJ4v0GK6dY9Ts-sbJYbRdOHPCe4fq6MbFwMbt2ODKxM_wtWCdmRxG90-ZaaERaExWHhg-Htd6uhiTxtE2MQVfV3c2IyTqqfJ3mspOh1sGlUsiG4DlKy_ntzejgt8-Rt-Crmgqp9VlAzhSRlMVMQ_FcvixcdmO9hnGpR49zU9-JaCKi8XNgjopgFg/s1600/1955-The%20Man%20From%20Laramie-PS-color-Monument%20Valley-James%20Stewart-Columbia%20D-8721-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1123" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVl7GJ4v0GK6dY9Ts-sbJYbRdOHPCe4fq6MbFwMbt2ODKxM_wtWCdmRxG90-ZaaERaExWHhg-Htd6uhiTxtE2MQVfV3c2IyTqqfJ3mspOh1sGlUsiG4DlKy_ntzejgt8-Rt-Crmgqp9VlAzhSRlMVMQ_FcvixcdmO9hnGpR49zU9-JaCKi8XNgjopgFg/w450-h640/1955-The%20Man%20From%20Laramie-PS-color-Monument%20Valley-James%20Stewart-Columbia%20D-8721-IMDb.jpg" width="450" /></a></div>"The Man From Laramie" (1955): James Stewart takes a shot at Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />Once Ford elevated the profile of Monument Valley, it became standard operating procedure for anyone making a big-budget Western to try to work at least a few of the valley's picturesque buttes into the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaI1cX_Z7aR8ZmO9STYZ4r4I5Rce1AQm-xZCII-GSFC3CCN_O1_hf5piIYDbWEMmuzxBS_A347P1Mw-UiuVsrEPC4RU4TNVF3DMZvMvXmQNDYjKcnN5RhnGVefUitJcYrQwdE84V844Prj0NuUJgSrgkoQVB0y1D0-OzAD8oOT_Zu1AeCQfN-bhWzWg/s2044/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-Monument%20Valley%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="2044" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaI1cX_Z7aR8ZmO9STYZ4r4I5Rce1AQm-xZCII-GSFC3CCN_O1_hf5piIYDbWEMmuzxBS_A347P1Mw-UiuVsrEPC4RU4TNVF3DMZvMvXmQNDYjKcnN5RhnGVefUitJcYrQwdE84V844Prj0NuUJgSrgkoQVB0y1D0-OzAD8oOT_Zu1AeCQfN-bhWzWg/w640-h272/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-Monument%20Valley%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968)<br /></b></span></div><br />Foreign filmmakers soon got on board too. Italian director Sergio Leone, master of the spaghetti Western, made good use of the Monument Valley area in his classic "Once Upon a Time in the West."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztc9hVo9rzBZEuyaMzWmc67gyv1ZCUTLiP4Nx6t0UW5KR3bB4py_ih_At5b99ewKavSzn15b7nsknAI-c3OabKjaX7alz5MUXzlGRmhQ0mU_AEdK2pfqI6v3Vpuf2zTTla_jSet-KJ_Wbu9d5A3YBVEXC-iRf5fdgMLiYHhwKfW_tEQtV_rqs3w64LQ/s1898/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-PS-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch-Henry%20Fonda,%20Claudio%20Mancini.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="1898" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztc9hVo9rzBZEuyaMzWmc67gyv1ZCUTLiP4Nx6t0UW5KR3bB4py_ih_At5b99ewKavSzn15b7nsknAI-c3OabKjaX7alz5MUXzlGRmhQ0mU_AEdK2pfqI6v3Vpuf2zTTla_jSet-KJ_Wbu9d5A3YBVEXC-iRf5fdgMLiYHhwKfW_tEQtV_rqs3w64LQ/w640-h522/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-PS-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch-Henry%20Fonda,%20Claudio%20Mancini.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Promo still for "Once Upon a Time in the West," depicting a hanging<br /></b></span></div><br />Now,
I hope you're sitting down, because this next item could cause fainting
spells. I know I had a hard time keeping my balance when I first
found this. It begins with an unsettling hanging that takes place in the
movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mBxKXGQdlK_ZsVs1i9jWk8XMNXELLH0ce8ZC244IzIUnYTjBoLTprYRuuzI9yvAG0El7oEgm5hUEtkY3c792zc7nugSKsFVHzqNJUHc-sn9XDA-DsPtI9rfQSbbsJdEVRJFyKmNP-6OVjtvOdAEDSF4NaB4bbRoZli1bLupZKFbXm1Iyjd1Zrh_3mQ/s2392/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch-Sergio%20Leone,%20Tonino%20Delli%20Colli,%20Claudio%20Mancini,%20Dino%20Mele.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2392" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mBxKXGQdlK_ZsVs1i9jWk8XMNXELLH0ce8ZC244IzIUnYTjBoLTprYRuuzI9yvAG0El7oEgm5hUEtkY3c792zc7nugSKsFVHzqNJUHc-sn9XDA-DsPtI9rfQSbbsJdEVRJFyKmNP-6OVjtvOdAEDSF4NaB4bbRoZli1bLupZKFbXm1Iyjd1Zrh_3mQ/w640-h510/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch-Sergio%20Leone,%20Tonino%20Delli%20Colli,%20Claudio%20Mancini,%20Dino%20Mele.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Behind the scenes: Sergio Leone and his crew film a hanging<br /></b></span></div><br />A man is hanged from a brick arch, and this unusual set piece, the arch, wound up being
featured in promotional materials for the movie, including lobby cards,
posters and even behind-the-scenes photos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs00K-08sHO6uEEA7682qYXBvH533yuOxVWwXcd0mxqmgksMsz4lFzPqcxDdsruvk5T8bWvuLSfywycbj1fGPnA7WhxIFkDFDpFfKW1YBPs3ocJ1F7SHqBtxatF0TXWLiDvFDO3eZtJayTvcg3Gq_sN1GFHiIkkHsJgnTjQ5LY0U8lNbPiq4UDiyOtQ/s2044/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="2044" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs00K-08sHO6uEEA7682qYXBvH533yuOxVWwXcd0mxqmgksMsz4lFzPqcxDdsruvk5T8bWvuLSfywycbj1fGPnA7WhxIFkDFDpFfKW1YBPs3ocJ1F7SHqBtxatF0TXWLiDvFDO3eZtJayTvcg3Gq_sN1GFHiIkkHsJgnTjQ5LY0U8lNbPiq4UDiyOtQ/w640-h272/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Once Upon a Time in the West": The disturbing hanging sequence<br /></b></span></div><br />The hanging was filmed in southern Utah, a short distance north of Monument
Valley, and a number of the valley's most recognizable buttes can be spotted in the background in
some of the movie shots.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4Rx5mgzSC5789l9b2ZzcY8yozuhfzqbKvrsJSnzQwgRhNR3ZbRPLVBcLD_Y2wvsZCw_bGNhyjcyVIWeg49GdVA9nSVQNsUgKCxVHr1FkyGIkN360fpTvo7Fba9DDgWPO826yVwLGW352BG2xrHrl-eOBusQOM6OHMphz-h-ABf-KfKCjgIqW3yrZKA/s3100/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-poster-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch-Henry%20Fonda,%20Claudio%20Mancini%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3100" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4Rx5mgzSC5789l9b2ZzcY8yozuhfzqbKvrsJSnzQwgRhNR3ZbRPLVBcLD_Y2wvsZCw_bGNhyjcyVIWeg49GdVA9nSVQNsUgKCxVHr1FkyGIkN360fpTvo7Fba9DDgWPO826yVwLGW352BG2xrHrl-eOBusQOM6OHMphz-h-ABf-KfKCjgIqW3yrZKA/w640-h508/1968-Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-poster-Monument%20Valley%20area-brick%20arch-Henry%20Fonda,%20Claudio%20Mancini%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>German lobby card for "Once Upon a Time in the West"<br /></b></span></div><br />The location where the sequence was filmed has been known to fans of the movie for some time, and the hanging arch remains one of the enduring images of a movie many fans place right at the top of the list of great Westerns.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc9MNWuH9ewdRhQ1eG3b6c4EQcXDdEjIZN0VqWGD1pZtgRzHfnMn3dKMWd5CIUvZgt3zmGMe5erhkEeH_kREXhEYT3nzTkwz8P9rqIu4ZeMlP1zGrSBNoMZqd2AcIZvd7Cb94fpAmiFqOyhaoAQhQfsoF8QdHr2qJw4dHJdFzoXRBZAYp4ZwFIH71fg/s3542/2023%20(January)-Monument%20Valley%20area-remains%20of%20brick%20arch%20from%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="3542" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc9MNWuH9ewdRhQ1eG3b6c4EQcXDdEjIZN0VqWGD1pZtgRzHfnMn3dKMWd5CIUvZgt3zmGMe5erhkEeH_kREXhEYT3nzTkwz8P9rqIu4ZeMlP1zGrSBNoMZqd2AcIZvd7Cb94fpAmiFqOyhaoAQhQfsoF8QdHr2qJw4dHJdFzoXRBZAYp4ZwFIH71fg/w640-h274/2023%20(January)-Monument%20Valley%20area-remains%20of%20brick%20arch%20from%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Remnants of the hanging arch (January 2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the part that might trigger some swooning: In what has to be considered a movie location miracle, the brick foundations of that arch are still sitting there in the southern Utah desert!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHZN8kLGH_u6cn2m-97eL_LcJJ8urFumIfdSpNWGVcW403pjk7itRf3lURg37JwJMUlepOa47x17YZYujdyrrP2QERH_r0xdcFBOly59t2p8CNy5THN879gQIfaNv4IQ5h0LAmfRMZGjwtPuqqkCQ6szCi2uA5Aur2_jChU_RGE5_WSpzWiwiQLhXjw/s3542/2023%20(January)-Google%20photos-NoSkunkAdventures-Monument%20Valley%20area-remains%20of%20brick%20arch%20from%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="3542" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHZN8kLGH_u6cn2m-97eL_LcJJ8urFumIfdSpNWGVcW403pjk7itRf3lURg37JwJMUlepOa47x17YZYujdyrrP2QERH_r0xdcFBOly59t2p8CNy5THN879gQIfaNv4IQ5h0LAmfRMZGjwtPuqqkCQ6szCi2uA5Aur2_jChU_RGE5_WSpzWiwiQLhXjw/w640-h274/2023%20(January)-Google%20photos-NoSkunkAdventures-Monument%20Valley%20area-remains%20of%20brick%20arch%20from%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Monument Valley buttes — witnesses to the execution<br /></b></span></div><br />The two sturdy brick structures that once supported the hanging arch remain in place just west of Highway 163. In this shot I've identified a few of the buttes that are also visible in the hanging sequence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi937NAjASr-WQ9S9zE5gcA3cmp24bnrCgKtfxNgWTqobVADbheoGWQmBZGOADX9D-w__D8sHjoT-K6EO6oVIItJyVe0rNjzCoPLuLiLl0oEhnAu15rSWxlFwQu-xEMDLYSbblMabMxUaR7zBToUBlJ71kyuzdRMMFpEizanVVUpEdOp1RVvT9wLsSnCA/s2726/2022%20(2023)-Google%20SV-southern%20Utah-Navajo%20jewelry%20store-turnoff%20at%20Old%20Airport%20Road%20off%20Hwy%20163,%20for%20the%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West%20hanging%20arch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="2726" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi937NAjASr-WQ9S9zE5gcA3cmp24bnrCgKtfxNgWTqobVADbheoGWQmBZGOADX9D-w__D8sHjoT-K6EO6oVIItJyVe0rNjzCoPLuLiLl0oEhnAu15rSWxlFwQu-xEMDLYSbblMabMxUaR7zBToUBlJ71kyuzdRMMFpEizanVVUpEdOp1RVvT9wLsSnCA/w640-h300/2022%20(2023)-Google%20SV-southern%20Utah-Navajo%20jewelry%20store-turnoff%20at%20Old%20Airport%20Road%20off%20Hwy%20163,%20for%20the%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West%20hanging%20arch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>If you can find this old Navajo jewelry store, take a left here<br /></b></span></div><br />The location is findable, but do your homework because it involves dirt roads and your adventure could easily go sideways. The best turnoff is 15.2 miles north of the Arizona border on Highway 163, next to a dilapidated Navajo jewelry store. It's one of about 6,000 similar ones in the area, so make sure you have the right one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHl7NwqnTTdpRCP6YYG3QSLiJ0he_Q-56sSZqKwo0x2DRFWDUmAJ3rnDCnMz79NlKbyS4W4gwpHbtTqw-UQv809TWiXggRBmYPzWV_ugCBUmnoYXZHYTAkyXdEFGGyb31qLJxVTiGmTgWiZ0RBYm343pVRXsRfRFyN0uPkq7AXHYhpHrzTLBH2Sx0Vg/s2694/2022%20(2023)-Google%20SV-southern%20Utah-Navajo%20jewelry%20store-turnoff%20at%20Old%20Airport%20Road%20off%20Hwy%20163,%20for%20the%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West%20hanging%20arch%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="2694" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHl7NwqnTTdpRCP6YYG3QSLiJ0he_Q-56sSZqKwo0x2DRFWDUmAJ3rnDCnMz79NlKbyS4W4gwpHbtTqw-UQv809TWiXggRBmYPzWV_ugCBUmnoYXZHYTAkyXdEFGGyb31qLJxVTiGmTgWiZ0RBYm343pVRXsRfRFyN0uPkq7AXHYhpHrzTLBH2Sx0Vg/w640-h302/2022%20(2023)-Google%20SV-southern%20Utah-Navajo%20jewelry%20store-turnoff%20at%20Old%20Airport%20Road%20off%20Hwy%20163,%20for%20the%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West%20hanging%20arch%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The adventure begins when you turn onto Old Airport Road<br /></b></span></div><br />You'll
be starting off on Old Airport Road, and will eventually want to take a
right on Landing Strip — especially if you come to a T-intersection.
But don't expect to see any street signs out there, and you may not want to take the Prius that day as it helps to have something with a little more ground clearance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGATon63hv0jgRQWeyRGpsbcmEi5w0CX9gNo0mghNvXGBkNL9RhDrDWA2v3Peg6wszWrxh5PnlR0drJ4sMZZnyUhx6aeP5ELDk2x-WztYUCuk0SooNmU4WQ8p5eNcbrCsDHu2tmZptIKER_cBlGv5CTGorQyD8llgXzuZI5Wav2OR8SRTVSLl2V3JMgQ/s3000/Tony%20Soprano-You%20know%20what%20you%20can%20do%20with%20all%20that%20GPS%20garbage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGATon63hv0jgRQWeyRGpsbcmEi5w0CX9gNo0mghNvXGBkNL9RhDrDWA2v3Peg6wszWrxh5PnlR0drJ4sMZZnyUhx6aeP5ELDk2x-WztYUCuk0SooNmU4WQ8p5eNcbrCsDHu2tmZptIKER_cBlGv5CTGorQyD8llgXzuZI5Wav2OR8SRTVSLl2V3JMgQ/w640-h426/Tony%20Soprano-You%20know%20what%20you%20can%20do%20with%20all%20that%20GPS%20garbage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You know what you can do with all that global-positioning hoo-hah ...</b></span></div><br />The turnoff is also 2.1 miles north of Forrest Gump Point, which we will discuss below. If you're into this sort of thing — and rest assured, Tony Soprano was NOT — here are the GPS coordinates for the turnoff (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B007'01.0%22N+109%C2%B057'25.4%22W/@37.1169433,-109.9592377,1264m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x39b025e7a4546ed2!8m2!3d37.116939!4d-109.957049" target="_blank">37.116939, -109.957049</a>), and the coordinates for the actual location of the brick remnants (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B007'44.2%22N+109%C2%B058'25.3%22W/@37.1289493,-109.9758727,1264m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf56907487f31dc88!8m2!3d37.128945!4d-109.973684" target="_blank">37.128945, -109.973684</a>).<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_Z9Q41QNDHX1BfwbpGtVbjOWSXyik7z5taPdCx2rRiam-4AzaQxsNEq3n_g4zn9WaFN6PAVUl9LCDLCPCIck7J5qCWJh71SIPC544MbqwYR_KDF2iVqEMuwNB__FCdiAmHIMiilI0GPog1dyMol--QCdNIwxUc59gIFESUv11fxqsbUJ8VX1LkP9Jw/s1558/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-southern%20Utah-directions%20from%20Halchita%20to%20Oljato,%20to%20remnants%20of%20hanging%20arch%20from%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1558" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_Z9Q41QNDHX1BfwbpGtVbjOWSXyik7z5taPdCx2rRiam-4AzaQxsNEq3n_g4zn9WaFN6PAVUl9LCDLCPCIck7J5qCWJh71SIPC544MbqwYR_KDF2iVqEMuwNB__FCdiAmHIMiilI0GPog1dyMol--QCdNIwxUc59gIFESUv11fxqsbUJ8VX1LkP9Jw/w640-h438/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-southern%20Utah-directions%20from%20Halchita%20to%20Oljato,%20to%20remnants%20of%20hanging%20arch%20from%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time%20in%20the%20West.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "7-minute drive" from the highway to the arch site, if you trust Google Maps (not advised)<br /></b></span></div><br />The sojourn from Highway 163 to the hanging arch ruins should be about 1.7 miles, if you're lucky enough to find the most direct route. But you may want to take the long way around to avoid the downtown traffic. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPbmc1rEAaBg632o7YU0-fIotMlWbZwwkcr3Qf2Qoihbd8FDzHZ6bQ0ONuMA43xnKbBt4t034cgpzsau-fyKiW1rKw6Hd10Cnqtko2QBVHy8ixOAag7sP5e6QP1J4W6mjuD7XXmEVQqZuhOXVIig2jbfJtVg6_F7kZC5hwn7luELiyjcB8cjrzPzrIQ/s1186/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley%20(%3F)-Clint%20Eastwood.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1186" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPbmc1rEAaBg632o7YU0-fIotMlWbZwwkcr3Qf2Qoihbd8FDzHZ6bQ0ONuMA43xnKbBt4t034cgpzsau-fyKiW1rKw6Hd10Cnqtko2QBVHy8ixOAag7sP5e6QP1J4W6mjuD7XXmEVQqZuhOXVIig2jbfJtVg6_F7kZC5hwn7luELiyjcB8cjrzPzrIQ/w640-h340/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley%20(%3F)-Clint%20Eastwood.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Eiger Sanction" (1975): Clint Eastwood hangs around Yei Bi Chei and the Totem Pole<br /></b></span></div><br />Not that Monument Valley is exclusively about Westerns. Clint Eastwood left his cowboy hat at home when he directed, starred in and reportedly did his own stunts for the action flick "The Eiger Sanction."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUITLxwowZ-FUTNObvOO562hk0ElVh0oW0KdoFygPbuErWC2vqGEqpt9hXdIy9Z2ShboFbTpbUZ-m802iQkEQtEIQHcHfbYEK2iectoJj3kWLweaIC0XiXhDT0_fdFOe0L3bKERCwsTYP7ZZnposVJYaWD1JyJkl7e1956dKh6Ftj526oEYbj_j9wi_Q/s1532/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood%20and%20George%20Kennedy-Universal%202077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1532" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUITLxwowZ-FUTNObvOO562hk0ElVh0oW0KdoFygPbuErWC2vqGEqpt9hXdIy9Z2ShboFbTpbUZ-m802iQkEQtEIQHcHfbYEK2iectoJj3kWLweaIC0XiXhDT0_fdFOe0L3bKERCwsTYP7ZZnposVJYaWD1JyJkl7e1956dKh6Ftj526oEYbj_j9wi_Q/w640-h270/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood%20and%20George%20Kennedy-Universal%202077.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Eiger Sanction": Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy on top of the Totem Pole<br /></b></span></div><br />An unusual sequence was filmed (mostly by helicopter) at the top of the Totem Pole, where Eastwood and co-star George Kennedy both appeared.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAYIxQXiVfuctftXExoFa_Aoc4rNFCFTOpOxXcsqxSHjc6CQzN5V4RyuDv3k1M6H8fGddvQZiS3tLf7mQXB6N5BwlSF0QO7DkIZS9oakMHJKiX1VbO62HgKfklm5YQXbArnRZXTVrk6zd_RX-aztnGM85qVn0vDA1KOowvNYjKuV7nXwOVq4qL3Oe0w/s1473/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood,%20George%20Kennedy,%20climbers-Universal%202077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="1149" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAYIxQXiVfuctftXExoFa_Aoc4rNFCFTOpOxXcsqxSHjc6CQzN5V4RyuDv3k1M6H8fGddvQZiS3tLf7mQXB6N5BwlSF0QO7DkIZS9oakMHJKiX1VbO62HgKfklm5YQXbArnRZXTVrk6zd_RX-aztnGM85qVn0vDA1KOowvNYjKuV7nXwOVq4qL3Oe0w/w500-h640/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley-Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood,%20George%20Kennedy,%20climbers-Universal%202077.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Behind the scenes: Eastwood, Kennedy and climbers aboard the Totem Pole<br /></b></span></div><br />It has been reported that Eastwood made the climb up the Totem Pole himself, while Kennedy was dropped off at the summit by helicopter.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCytseM47WeOf3qjTE0PQc4uCCg90xXjQAihmBkicqUKyrr3eMRZyFvNjEvOWJScTKHZ3DsO7mWLd7k4qBmFtjuZR9VFDMRl_38Tp_XABKwRMB952VQDD6KVtVNvTpK82s6UZdD3pKDHYontiwDSBG3vHfKVBi6D32SQxQdJX0i5aZLEL8f5qjOsd3dw/s1894/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood-Universal%202077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1894" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCytseM47WeOf3qjTE0PQc4uCCg90xXjQAihmBkicqUKyrr3eMRZyFvNjEvOWJScTKHZ3DsO7mWLd7k4qBmFtjuZR9VFDMRl_38Tp_XABKwRMB952VQDD6KVtVNvTpK82s6UZdD3pKDHYontiwDSBG3vHfKVBi6D32SQxQdJX0i5aZLEL8f5qjOsd3dw/w640-h518/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood-Universal%202077.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Two climbers, an actor and a climber-actor on a ridiculously terrifying movie shoot<br /></b></span></div><br />These behind-the-scenes shots appear to be taken after Eastwood and two other climbers arrived at the summit, and after Kennedy was dropped off along with an ice chest and other supplies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-J6LNHywF_yf4xxm3EuYYL92jJliVUKsAOD6GJYCQu86roZW5QMJ4aPtuwfxy71qwjwVbdqREb0AAtllt2O_F8RRDHYzmrjsXI69XzO6Ksh1a6XW6-VHoM7aEVF80Gqke66vYC026oA_IUcrW8a-MXL5PiW-w2cW8GY9RQu3BNjDqTLnaMoBAUjRSA/s2972/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood-Universal%202077-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="2972" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-J6LNHywF_yf4xxm3EuYYL92jJliVUKsAOD6GJYCQu86roZW5QMJ4aPtuwfxy71qwjwVbdqREb0AAtllt2O_F8RRDHYzmrjsXI69XzO6Ksh1a6XW6-VHoM7aEVF80Gqke66vYC026oA_IUcrW8a-MXL5PiW-w2cW8GY9RQu3BNjDqTLnaMoBAUjRSA/w640-h560/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-behind%20the%20scenes-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood-Universal%202077-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Eastwood, on the right, smiles for the camera while Kennedy considers throwing up<br /></b></span></div><br />George Kennedy appears to be cowering in sheer terror — the same reaction any normal person would have.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You brought a sixer up here?<br /></b></span></div><br />Speaking of that ice chest (spoiler alert), while they're sitting on top of the Totem Pole, Kennedy's character reveals that he tricked Eastwood into carrying a six-pack of beer to the top of the landmark.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHobRhKWjYg_X3flLbzO4eIoBxdEvwzTX08fs79z8k7u8olhztQLF0_ZVC0s8-SeT4GsazyiB8or7tTxV0AqlTC8fCgKIZ5Tow_BBEiMW4OtX0P_stBwupngfMAr-ksfVM2FH8pQJJVTXBImw7zWv5F1lw_HszigEej2O4wrDF-ChKY-y_P2OgzHBAg/s5112/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood%20and%20George%20Kennedy-warm%20beer-Universal%202077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="5112" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHobRhKWjYg_X3flLbzO4eIoBxdEvwzTX08fs79z8k7u8olhztQLF0_ZVC0s8-SeT4GsazyiB8or7tTxV0AqlTC8fCgKIZ5Tow_BBEiMW4OtX0P_stBwupngfMAr-ksfVM2FH8pQJJVTXBImw7zWv5F1lw_HszigEej2O4wrDF-ChKY-y_P2OgzHBAg/w640-h272/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood%20and%20George%20Kennedy-warm%20beer-Universal%202077.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Clint gripes about his warm Olympia<br /></b></span></div><br />However, there's no ice chest in the movie scene, for obvious reasons, and Eastwood's character complains that his beer is warm — even while Olympia gets a memorable product placement.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuci7_Fxl1Lj1qPxOTB6Flt3l9Xr0tcwujZDEjqzjZkOB5ZANvZAGr4zwEYXsX-8E-t3uQOq14g-YuGR5nHfUV2ZCAaLgdtXEIAD4Ja2ekEBOrVWRAT3iK7d_z-FSA6yIhJ8HLelN7FFFDLdPa3leO4ulCHlJ96hKAtdGuGRvrR4Nyb8gcZPsRHPYPQ/s4086/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood%20and%20George%20Kennedy-beers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2063" data-original-width="4086" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuci7_Fxl1Lj1qPxOTB6Flt3l9Xr0tcwujZDEjqzjZkOB5ZANvZAGr4zwEYXsX-8E-t3uQOq14g-YuGR5nHfUV2ZCAaLgdtXEIAD4Ja2ekEBOrVWRAT3iK7d_z-FSA6yIhJ8HLelN7FFFDLdPa3leO4ulCHlJ96hKAtdGuGRvrR4Nyb8gcZPsRHPYPQ/w640-h324/1974%20(1975)-The%20Eiger%20Sanction-Monument%20Valley-top%20of%20Totem%20Pole-Clint%20Eastwood%20and%20George%20Kennedy-beers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The actors drink to avoiding death — so far<br /></b></span></div><br />Despite the lack of refrigeration, Eastwood and Kennedy manage to throw back some of the precious brew while also trying to avoid the "fast way down." I'm not convinced their characters would have benefited from consuming a whole six-pack before making the perilous descent back to ground level.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_tiPDYee21qqaUdkvjpuQ2JrjYhc90zowz9UMsJaMuK-BP646gHMXV5-LcPnUsfSFpLBilaAQbor7sdpVj2MQkOx2KqkCJ6KVGm8v7taknJBUgZQIIuRDG8UTt-VeL2L4lUwYfYskUeuSxerP5__-rHPWUXe_qqRQ_i8mg8O5QbW_U44NQ0mRCWcyA/s3626/1999%20(2000)-Mission%20Impossible%20II-Dead%20Horse%20Point%20State%20Park,%20Utah-Tom%20Cruise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="3626" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_tiPDYee21qqaUdkvjpuQ2JrjYhc90zowz9UMsJaMuK-BP646gHMXV5-LcPnUsfSFpLBilaAQbor7sdpVj2MQkOx2KqkCJ6KVGm8v7taknJBUgZQIIuRDG8UTt-VeL2L4lUwYfYskUeuSxerP5__-rHPWUXe_qqRQ_i8mg8O5QbW_U44NQ0mRCWcyA/w640-h436/1999%20(2000)-Mission%20Impossible%20II-Dead%20Horse%20Point%20State%20Park,%20Utah-Tom%20Cruise.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Mission: Impossible II" (2000): Tom Cruise gets vertical in Utah<br /></b></span></div><br />Tom Cruise managed to work his way up into some serious buttes too, in 1999 when he was making action master John Woo's "Mission: Impossible II." This footage was filmed some distance north of Monument Valley, at Utah's Dead Horse Point State Park, but there's a Monument Valley connection.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3smPiroTP-_4qtafq5kkUfiOqlGqVPTsDfyo6ctxrJ-lhZLAczO_eogKYr9lLzM8cpwYGnOhX5BD-Vg-oXH2MAmxOzvlomPPxNDusBPDqKpicWTXAbzXN-XunVzMGcDKRRNIJXj978P3qr2zwmuVfTYSETfsY3K432tgMjjt_6DoSXFmhrMLEU1lBZw/s2718/2000-I%20Disappear-Metallica%20video-Monument%20Valley-Setting%20Hen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2044" data-original-width="2718" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3smPiroTP-_4qtafq5kkUfiOqlGqVPTsDfyo6ctxrJ-lhZLAczO_eogKYr9lLzM8cpwYGnOhX5BD-Vg-oXH2MAmxOzvlomPPxNDusBPDqKpicWTXAbzXN-XunVzMGcDKRRNIJXj978P3qr2zwmuVfTYSETfsY3K432tgMjjt_6DoSXFmhrMLEU1lBZw/w640-h482/2000-I%20Disappear-Metallica%20video-Monument%20Valley-Setting%20Hen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Metallica in Monument Valley for "I Disappear"<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Mission Impossible II" soundtrack includes Metallica's "I Disappear," and when it came time to do the video, including splicing in shots from "M:I 2," footage of the band was shot in Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xLQyxvohmc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2044" data-original-width="2718" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFiE1mn8x28_P26-_mEZw4F5plmNXtbTyu7TiL66mlDpHn7DHQSz02zCfKGRSi61xD6IPvq7wl28_DVD3OemXdKu5vXc3Ny-pkIsvQkH4cDa04yS9iv-A1U9kzCSR3cDervBbhEDVOJOrkEZDfhl07wiz6r8XNU_Klt8RXvqQL3pogUgoKWMSb0EemQ/w640-h482/2000-I%20Disappear-Metallica%20video-Monument%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Metallica's "I Disappear": Click on the image to watch the video<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the video for "I Disappear," shot largely in Monument Valley, with additional location footage from the movie also featured. Click on the image above to see the video — I'd turn off the sound, though.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys5GKAkBK8tMhWwVi931xcNrhHvb6uJXeQHYsaLzkFvP3C_8easIfzgdW95Pd1R7s39RUpt6eu1hvDOETaSxIy2Gru6y--V4M1mQT2M77EAnBgLHtnqlDbdZwaOSDNPNx5zQ6pLPSxcrrVjXhC4mq88CxE-DUfcPOsCQoKxK-z7ErGcZ6avcmpXbnYA/s2400/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-Monument%20Valley%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="2400" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys5GKAkBK8tMhWwVi931xcNrhHvb6uJXeQHYsaLzkFvP3C_8easIfzgdW95Pd1R7s39RUpt6eu1hvDOETaSxIy2Gru6y--V4M1mQT2M77EAnBgLHtnqlDbdZwaOSDNPNx5zQ6pLPSxcrrVjXhC4mq88CxE-DUfcPOsCQoKxK-z7ErGcZ6avcmpXbnYA/w640-h416/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-Monument%20Valley%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983): Chevy Chase zigs when he should've zagged<br /></b></span></div><br />The landscape in Monument Valley doesn't exactly scream "comedy," but "National Lampoon's Vacation" managed to squeeze a few laughs out of the location in the early '80s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNTU7kZK0Pom6O-LiXn_unD5BFrZpLbK4BmKxSDxFOWhFAK4QvNVZtV-SiisS1iHXZeb5OMKyXXJv3ZSIUOeYk96w0zieDumjJVSUBY6ZtA_G1Tfop7ANTCD5ih_xByfTo7TAyvz3PTU1EHvVX9CAg_xLis3W27GkpnbwB___iI41qBU87o0udHmOBA/s2470/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-poster-Monument%20Valley-Chevy%20Chase,%20Christie%20Brinkley,%20Beverly%20D'Angelo%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="1648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNTU7kZK0Pom6O-LiXn_unD5BFrZpLbK4BmKxSDxFOWhFAK4QvNVZtV-SiisS1iHXZeb5OMKyXXJv3ZSIUOeYk96w0zieDumjJVSUBY6ZtA_G1Tfop7ANTCD5ih_xByfTo7TAyvz3PTU1EHvVX9CAg_xLis3W27GkpnbwB___iI41qBU87o0udHmOBA/w428-h640/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-poster-Monument%20Valley-Chevy%20Chase,%20Christie%20Brinkley,%20Beverly%20D'Angelo%201.jpg" width="428" /></a></div>"National Lampoon's Vacation": Buttes galore<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the valley's buttes even made it into stylized posters for the hit comedy. There's a lot going on here, but you may recognize a few landmarks in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_Mbl3trd4rrPzG-Ec3H91ALDUbbtXy8dUX9rW1OZxrfcmGH4_fq12mFoBau5-FpWiCVgvQUeTk8mcVC5KE7VNLOE1pIAjM9EbezuCqxs-KgEnTO5kdyIagpDmorJU6EL3BoI_n2FcbRvmlJq1AQePzp_Nt-AKsUP2uWGMRgKvlXeaN5AeewqEbLktw/s1796/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-French%20poster-Monument%20Valley-Chevy%20Chase,%20Christie%20Brinkley,%20Beverly%20D'Angelo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_Mbl3trd4rrPzG-Ec3H91ALDUbbtXy8dUX9rW1OZxrfcmGH4_fq12mFoBau5-FpWiCVgvQUeTk8mcVC5KE7VNLOE1pIAjM9EbezuCqxs-KgEnTO5kdyIagpDmorJU6EL3BoI_n2FcbRvmlJq1AQePzp_Nt-AKsUP2uWGMRgKvlXeaN5AeewqEbLktw/w478-h640/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-French%20poster-Monument%20Valley-Chevy%20Chase,%20Christie%20Brinkley,%20Beverly%20D'Angelo.png" width="478" /></a></div>"Bonjour les Vacances..." in France</b></span></div><br />The French version of the poster has a different title but all the same landmarks. Just as it did in the era of the Great American Western, Monument Valley continues to shape the global image of America.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-0bmczblVQhBrnIeVxVJghWZgpHUfmIuVAcprsMf_rva3wufNwVhesRYeq9Mu5VDUM1lKG4ZJjVvOUnYjZStf0waYEL1qfFUW5pBZQHTf36uie-Mn9QXWb7tuAEylcBXSLSNeaq3keyDHP0AKGREXYo7jepY_DP5lHhpuAsR4z3Rigl73Bx_DfGV5w/s2476/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-German%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2476" data-original-width="1646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-0bmczblVQhBrnIeVxVJghWZgpHUfmIuVAcprsMf_rva3wufNwVhesRYeq9Mu5VDUM1lKG4ZJjVvOUnYjZStf0waYEL1qfFUW5pBZQHTf36uie-Mn9QXWb7tuAEylcBXSLSNeaq3keyDHP0AKGREXYo7jepY_DP5lHhpuAsR4z3Rigl73Bx_DfGV5w/w426-h640/1982-1983%20(1983)-National%20Lampoon's%20Vacation-German%20poster.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>The German title translates to "The Shrill Four on the Move"<br /></b></span></div><br />A German poster for the movie offers a different take on the buttes of the American West — along with another title change. Is it just me, or did the Germans come up with a way better title?<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEiCQWuOyWJtWswWPOdUTtDAEfvD4TgaVmtz0-xVxZ-cf3QNJoVe4VH9IUfh7pRwPwvwEfqBgN-b_7LmUOjiwCoVeW-44KZqDHKi6ZNSJ73MsxCngp87dfDcJRu9c4MuoM2PySOj9yLvJmo23G49kcbZuMhivH4gzmJFAuuhOf2552slo3-PNYeCDzQ/s3830/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-DeLorean.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3830" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEiCQWuOyWJtWswWPOdUTtDAEfvD4TgaVmtz0-xVxZ-cf3QNJoVe4VH9IUfh7pRwPwvwEfqBgN-b_7LmUOjiwCoVeW-44KZqDHKi6ZNSJ73MsxCngp87dfDcJRu9c4MuoM2PySOj9yLvJmo23G49kcbZuMhivH4gzmJFAuuhOf2552slo3-PNYeCDzQ/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-DeLorean.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Back to the Future Part III" (1990): Monument Valley gets its own drive-in<br /></b></span></div><br />When director Robert Zemeckis brought his mega-hit time travel franchise "Back to the Future" to Monument Valley in 1989, he turned a section of the valley floor into the Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWh7NVXGjoHFkSN6cC3DNw-6hY9UPm9KUQNN4ee507P1PdZjf26Xm2fq_1p-8UjrJepYVrYtfH3w9Wjf9ronO4Hlgr0foOesJ11-T-oHLgoPw0NtuBEPtBOJy1Kq-ZIcUQEuLAFfQc8llXzWjuiFhodX2xkBYqVAbomQ_tuZ48jhfxktwAPCk3-hvUA/s2560/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-Doc%20and%20Marty-Christopher%20Lloyd,%20Michael%20J%20Fox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2560" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWh7NVXGjoHFkSN6cC3DNw-6hY9UPm9KUQNN4ee507P1PdZjf26Xm2fq_1p-8UjrJepYVrYtfH3w9Wjf9ronO4Hlgr0foOesJ11-T-oHLgoPw0NtuBEPtBOJy1Kq-ZIcUQEuLAFfQc8llXzWjuiFhodX2xkBYqVAbomQ_tuZ48jhfxktwAPCk3-hvUA/w640-h342/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-Doc%20and%20Marty-Christopher%20Lloyd,%20Michael%20J%20Fox.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plan a trip back in time<br /></b></span></div><br />The kitschy, faux-deco Native American-themed outdoor movie palace, filled with sly gags and inside jokes, was supposed to represent California in 1955, but Zemeckis had his reasons for placing it in Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCA0s0jK6zSsXj-H0m8AgsXAs6fmifWbeq-g9hp7OSSgACJinO2hThKa1KfkuPPNtm2n6drt2Rn3vYIs00Yr_UJNm3JqIXEzMl4U3_ZJwzM_-iktdgpxMgBOVmNQOM0XSjMnX_XCDYH-pDnjv4pY1NQaav5Xx3_y76eVhcQzHOqNH7xzlrkTzhA1XbUg/s3830/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In-Drive-um%20home%20safely.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3830" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCA0s0jK6zSsXj-H0m8AgsXAs6fmifWbeq-g9hp7OSSgACJinO2hThKa1KfkuPPNtm2n6drt2Rn3vYIs00Yr_UJNm3JqIXEzMl4U3_ZJwzM_-iktdgpxMgBOVmNQOM0XSjMnX_XCDYH-pDnjv4pY1NQaav5Xx3_y76eVhcQzHOqNH7xzlrkTzhA1XbUg/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In-Drive-um%20home%20safely.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The DeLorean backs up near the exit to max out its running room<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the gags might not fly today, but again, it's 1955 in the movie, and the vibe of the Pohatchee is well-suited to both the period and Monument Valley — even though in the movie the theater is located in Hill Valley, Calif.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1rM55bUyyAaMhUO1pUtRx4_giWP2AtVBD3MhypOAYdJ3INvIUF-SGHWHyH1b2gyBdWjdFHaZZmTc0_NntnTXB-5i3wXCZQB9tJeV2_qtBQwN-ZMfc0rFR0F18QOcTXC5h9yKY2DDzqBQDLeyc0UxuxY6XDK510QhTQQULkGvhuCouoW19CF4yyQ4RA/s2551/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-Doc%20and%20DeLorean%20at%20snack%20bar-Christopher%20Lloyd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1373" data-original-width="2551" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1rM55bUyyAaMhUO1pUtRx4_giWP2AtVBD3MhypOAYdJ3INvIUF-SGHWHyH1b2gyBdWjdFHaZZmTc0_NntnTXB-5i3wXCZQB9tJeV2_qtBQwN-ZMfc0rFR0F18QOcTXC5h9yKY2DDzqBQDLeyc0UxuxY6XDK510QhTQQULkGvhuCouoW19CF4yyQ4RA/w640-h344/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-Doc%20and%20DeLorean%20at%20snack%20bar-Christopher%20Lloyd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Outside the snack bar, the DeLorean is primed for a run to the Old West </b></span></div><br />In a way the drive-in is a metaphor for Monument Valley's enduring connection with Hollywood, and in particular with the Western, which has been central to the region's mystique since John Ford first filmed here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFizdrwp7l8YZ1Yy9pCMulRB0kzAtMcOKrhBzEG92B7h784sH6nSof61SP59S-66INyViRhBOg1j0pke7gJQMLKp0el-F2-KtiIFLt2Jq4rF-IHo2YGd0Kuswcj_5TwunlSnDU8LYhNlC0kBmQcohjWav2IjiHQIKmPSKY3ftlgLZ-U9tDh-HDSFEY0g/s2554/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2554" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFizdrwp7l8YZ1Yy9pCMulRB0kzAtMcOKrhBzEG92B7h784sH6nSof61SP59S-66INyViRhBOg1j0pke7gJQMLKp0el-F2-KtiIFLt2Jq4rF-IHo2YGd0Kuswcj_5TwunlSnDU8LYhNlC0kBmQcohjWav2IjiHQIKmPSKY3ftlgLZ-U9tDh-HDSFEY0g/w640-h344/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, not quite properly dressed for his Wild West adventure<br /></b></span></div><br />Suited
up in a garish Western outfit that would make even a bad B-movie
cowboy cringe, Marty braces for what should turn out to be a hair-raising
trip back to 1885 and the Real West.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSBiWimuqXHJWOuGou0Sz9Qbq2iXPguUNUaPhD4NboVAfamOVh_ZMAo_UxyYMXyA629s5K-IVx3XXT3CEWsIKR5c4KA_nasPNSgZ-9Z60q_zf-J15hh4APnrsOeM8DABdD5Gph2d9VEczfL086A2q2sBAAr4cozX4jMlv8Ya7NRVmxvezwPIwLqdPxw/s3834/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3834" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSBiWimuqXHJWOuGou0Sz9Qbq2iXPguUNUaPhD4NboVAfamOVh_ZMAo_UxyYMXyA629s5K-IVx3XXT3CEWsIKR5c4KA_nasPNSgZ-9Z60q_zf-J15hh4APnrsOeM8DABdD5Gph2d9VEczfL086A2q2sBAAr4cozX4jMlv8Ya7NRVmxvezwPIwLqdPxw/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It dawns on Marty that the world doesn't know about Clint Eastwood yet<br /></b></span></div><br />The drive-in sequence, like much of the "Back to the Future" series, is
loaded with "Easter eggs," including references to future cowboy hero Clint Eastwood in the movie ads.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_a9x4D7AaQXY4GVvEvxQgN5v9oiC-LjcKCP_TtGDuVAtG0SgHgKiMMD0JlNWV-PYVg7WUbUWi3BPYsUz7fd9xtjcPIx95I_2nVNyDVeLK0hsiqFTdEBDetvJt1llPivsT2llup7sAlOB_C9rhDh3_VoWItiKPhNRlpxtiPmKckoShcdVaeF2q1cckw/s3834/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%206-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3834" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_a9x4D7AaQXY4GVvEvxQgN5v9oiC-LjcKCP_TtGDuVAtG0SgHgKiMMD0JlNWV-PYVg7WUbUWi3BPYsUz7fd9xtjcPIx95I_2nVNyDVeLK0hsiqFTdEBDetvJt1llPivsT2llup7sAlOB_C9rhDh3_VoWItiKPhNRlpxtiPmKckoShcdVaeF2q1cckw/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%206-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A couple of carefully chosen movie posters from 1955<br /></b></span></div><br />A still unknown (in 1955) Eastwood had uncredited bit parts in both
"Revenge of the Creature" and "Tarantula," two coming attractions
featured in posters on display outside the snack bar.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOUB5AmTurREc6rvzrBJSgwz9TnDvNpDgKtW9bGz_uO965346-kOiX28UK1YWbFhLD1XwA_fjHd5SWtdu8erFl1r3V1zl3qiJCOKUu4E9dcecBntXUs8LGrF_I09PuQzxiqORmzsuT6WW35Ny5w8TzNaajXCdCv1iC4t4PUurdpDnDaCEazFvouW-sQ/s1274/1954%20(1955)-Revenge%20of%20the%20Creature-Clint%20Eastwood%20(age%2024)%20as%20lab%20technician%20%22Jennings%22%20(uncredited)-Eastwood's%20first%20film%20role.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1274" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOUB5AmTurREc6rvzrBJSgwz9TnDvNpDgKtW9bGz_uO965346-kOiX28UK1YWbFhLD1XwA_fjHd5SWtdu8erFl1r3V1zl3qiJCOKUu4E9dcecBntXUs8LGrF_I09PuQzxiqORmzsuT6WW35Ny5w8TzNaajXCdCv1iC4t4PUurdpDnDaCEazFvouW-sQ/w640-h476/1954%20(1955)-Revenge%20of%20the%20Creature-Clint%20Eastwood%20(age%2024)%20as%20lab%20technician%20%22Jennings%22%20(uncredited)-Eastwood's%20first%20film%20role.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Revenge of the Creature" (1955): Clint Eastwood's first movie role<br /></b></span></div><br />Eastwood was just 24 when he appeared as lab technician Jennings in "Revenge of the Creature," a sequel to "Creature From the Black Lagoon."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKYHVq-ku5V4lqaG7aqcQxNEDRmvO3LFMb9YTaiufcu554wblmMNIiR-TGE01C9MJdhUapYS2s3VgiaS3q7ACeuvmpvVDyyoNxhXkEikaAjz1k0ktONp1vR0fq4tsE3vV59RRblQass_obQSR543DKNEWAVn5CiX1c9ts0PIpYdGBwiBmVleTZx25-w/s3834/1955-Tarantula-Clint%20Eastwood%20(age%2025)%20as%20jet%20squadron%20leader%20(uncredited)%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3834" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKYHVq-ku5V4lqaG7aqcQxNEDRmvO3LFMb9YTaiufcu554wblmMNIiR-TGE01C9MJdhUapYS2s3VgiaS3q7ACeuvmpvVDyyoNxhXkEikaAjz1k0ktONp1vR0fq4tsE3vV59RRblQass_obQSR543DKNEWAVn5CiX1c9ts0PIpYdGBwiBmVleTZx25-w/w640-h346/1955-Tarantula-Clint%20Eastwood%20(age%2025)%20as%20jet%20squadron%20leader%20(uncredited)%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Tarantula" (1955): Eastwood, now 25, plays a jet squadron leader<br /></b></span></div><br />Though still uncredited a few months later when he worked on "Tarantula," Eastwood graduated to what might be considered a cooler role as a jet squadron leader.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5tNK8l0pzo9o2FUWFtAM0XPMVJKa946SL-20EDug00b7VYAMvImoqrCsU3yygN_cId-bwfMGPdI8KW5wMkxd6WjVW4m_VCoecckZ-G1KgUlBaoYeWpdc2l3hpz4tpe9UGd2v2rvXqQUhwpVvTL77sgp84v17IQo_sXJRhVLKGolAC-n883OmXGKnHQ/s3834/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Arizona-Indian%20attack%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3834" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5tNK8l0pzo9o2FUWFtAM0XPMVJKa946SL-20EDug00b7VYAMvImoqrCsU3yygN_cId-bwfMGPdI8KW5wMkxd6WjVW4m_VCoecckZ-G1KgUlBaoYeWpdc2l3hpz4tpe9UGd2v2rvXqQUhwpVvTL77sgp84v17IQo_sXJRhVLKGolAC-n883OmXGKnHQ/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Arizona-Indian%20attack%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>What better place for a confrontation between a war party and ... a DeLorean?<br /></b></span></div><br />The main reason Zemeckis set his drive-in theater in Monument Valley was to immediately evoke images of the Wild West once the DeLorean time machine landed in 1885. (Thank you, John Ford.)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5j8RB6xJFv3NZFnAuF_nFqnGZN72d9DPpUKYeXz7-2vMSBeLH65gi-G-GEoYbqoUKQtGkm5FhPe-brJd8Tn-EFA-LpJ28OxcHhoZsImnkqvFq_Rw19r9vzurnVoxkEbhmob_J3O5Hjp2ycPKR_1fQlbSChazKWvBzOqzJ4MjaaTgx8PntQHtb0RxVUQ/s1496/Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre%20T-shirts%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1496" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5j8RB6xJFv3NZFnAuF_nFqnGZN72d9DPpUKYeXz7-2vMSBeLH65gi-G-GEoYbqoUKQtGkm5FhPe-brJd8Tn-EFA-LpJ28OxcHhoZsImnkqvFq_Rw19r9vzurnVoxkEbhmob_J3O5Hjp2ycPKR_1fQlbSChazKWvBzOqzJ4MjaaTgx8PntQHtb0RxVUQ/w640-h530/Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre%20T-shirts%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre T-shirts<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing Zemeckis probably never saw coming was that his drive-in would become a cottage industry. A perplexing array of Pohatchee merchandise has made it to market in the years since the set was torn down.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTp9Rgn5Wd4Cw_feWgibzAfTCLGc5djclyGUapffT7Fsl2NrtPctJJHhrymb91kxXonnbGDjJ0Vqj7vFEKEDqyLhcWd3Efa3Sj2hpc7CPrXsl3wP3RE1scokTNc42ESbn6ezWdohLkfE3-PXGOLAax1C8vBaktZ9yIxB64Dn6C3qm8Qz4PbE0Ogt6xg/s814/Pohatchee%20Outdoor%20Theatre-bumper%20sticker.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="814" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTp9Rgn5Wd4Cw_feWgibzAfTCLGc5djclyGUapffT7Fsl2NrtPctJJHhrymb91kxXonnbGDjJ0Vqj7vFEKEDqyLhcWd3Efa3Sj2hpc7CPrXsl3wP3RE1scokTNc42ESbn6ezWdohLkfE3-PXGOLAax1C8vBaktZ9yIxB64Dn6C3qm8Qz4PbE0Ogt6xg/w640-h334/Pohatchee%20Outdoor%20Theatre-bumper%20sticker.png" width="640" /></a></div>Pohatchee bumper sticker<br /></b></span></div><br />If the T-shirt isn't enough of a commitment for you, you can go the bumper sticker route.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSoulzBvF5tp_X-t9FwQafFHBhdJpJ2vq90dJ5_acqxepNnf4BQ4cdS5hJUsqB4EyyQBXhExZvCQK4A7ku7hEzm2MNDo5ZKPk0QeZyYwmVnErOcpwz5kvb7sTATfmNbxKFSH2vbzKQ6V9Is2aVwjovMqMVAcN_AmyySrFzPePrWEQ-P5bwcvXTOd7jQ/s640/Drive-Um%20Home%20Safely%20bumper%20sticker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="640" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSoulzBvF5tp_X-t9FwQafFHBhdJpJ2vq90dJ5_acqxepNnf4BQ4cdS5hJUsqB4EyyQBXhExZvCQK4A7ku7hEzm2MNDo5ZKPk0QeZyYwmVnErOcpwz5kvb7sTATfmNbxKFSH2vbzKQ6V9Is2aVwjovMqMVAcN_AmyySrFzPePrWEQ-P5bwcvXTOd7jQ/w640-h352/Drive-Um%20Home%20Safely%20bumper%20sticker.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Alternate bumper sticker<br /></b></span></div><br />I'm not sure this bumper sticker variation is really about safe driving, but I suppose it makes a statement.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC61xiGFh5vHtblwi4pDzj8KWiCz99Euozf0T7_sdj3eKbNjQgzXhnvtR9CGX-_fUpEKtVkpbJD7CHhFY1N4ugISF3kfROQNU0uW7mTv0VIcZpNaaZVl1NPbg4Fy8y_eOk6swf4fWu5mr6aD2luzA9xzYtMYh0DTC0Q8DxGu9MWjwHKldeeVLGK-dfDQ/s1768/Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre%20model%20for%20sale.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1768" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC61xiGFh5vHtblwi4pDzj8KWiCz99Euozf0T7_sdj3eKbNjQgzXhnvtR9CGX-_fUpEKtVkpbJD7CHhFY1N4ugISF3kfROQNU0uW7mTv0VIcZpNaaZVl1NPbg4Fy8y_eOk6swf4fWu5mr6aD2luzA9xzYtMYh0DTC0Q8DxGu9MWjwHKldeeVLGK-dfDQ/w640-h632/Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre%20model%20for%20sale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Scale model of the Pohatchee Drive-In Theater<br /></b></span></div><br />Someone even marketed a scale model of the Pohatchee Drive-In, at a higher price point than most of us would probably be willing to pay.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q1KDJHEhgZf8dHxDWu25OUolhzxoLzSlceIGHyhJGDUac5vbwhZFz5WbVuGwPdaIU9vBFHNrpBkhCiT0-guN2b8e0X2dHopDtZgnw8sLldsekqH_X9EAW-tbSrRYOql4AuQM0MuO3KYiWu3KnDrkpyS5oU7D8mDNntdVpkhWbfd_O62gas3I2Y96yA/s1086/Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-metal%20plate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1086" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q1KDJHEhgZf8dHxDWu25OUolhzxoLzSlceIGHyhJGDUac5vbwhZFz5WbVuGwPdaIU9vBFHNrpBkhCiT0-guN2b8e0X2dHopDtZgnw8sLldsekqH_X9EAW-tbSrRYOql4AuQM0MuO3KYiWu3KnDrkpyS5oU7D8mDNntdVpkhWbfd_O62gas3I2Y96yA/w640-h428/Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre-metal%20plate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The must-have Pohatchee metal plate<br /></b></span></div><br />Then there's this thing: a metal plate featuring the Pohatchee Drive-In. I have no idea what it's for, but I hope I don't find one next time I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with my water heater.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSgq8uijRt_8dCUgOAquDlNReSPvUzWqykF95_Cfrc7GxFOZb71XP5BrmFHKIdO3G3mb4vIf0l-LOFHrPd-LrV2IJdZhxpYph3VpDQzCwNTm1NXrVL9KN9ytciyQUScot6fxR9cW26MzJ7wY0jI3_-aNN3mXE0reM8DBmGCYI5r-TPG2UMWxzbrYSYg/s2497/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2497" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSgq8uijRt_8dCUgOAquDlNReSPvUzWqykF95_Cfrc7GxFOZb71XP5BrmFHKIdO3G3mb4vIf0l-LOFHrPd-LrV2IJdZhxpYph3VpDQzCwNTm1NXrVL9KN9ytciyQUScot6fxR9cW26MzJ7wY0jI3_-aNN3mXE0reM8DBmGCYI5r-TPG2UMWxzbrYSYg/w640-h352/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre: Where is it?<br /></b></span></div><br />But let's finally get to the part of this that matters (if "matters" is the right word), which would be finding the location. It turns out the Pohatchee set was built right in the middle of many of Monument Valley's most famous landmarks. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrD203Yo9x2nHP4AUMdA2AamFfybxph1Z5IsjhXfV0zyhEJTHa558VgMmDe23VCVsCAPtWVCXmVHQtmzA9upSd6pYKnferXT9HNEXGLboqSiZ8iMTL5C1u8AmhNLHmyNEfL2KcgU_Ybtf9SUimIVo_29BDYJop4K_8Q79fY1P3aFPqkK62w6zGQAYiA/s3689/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Pohatchee%20%22remote%20field%22%20fr%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-looking%20approx%20N%20(sl%20NE)-Sentinel%20Mesa,%20Eagle%20Mesa,%20Setting%20Hen,%20Big%20Indian,%20Brigham's%20Tomb,%20King%20on%20His%20Throne,%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20East%20Mitten.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="3689" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrD203Yo9x2nHP4AUMdA2AamFfybxph1Z5IsjhXfV0zyhEJTHa558VgMmDe23VCVsCAPtWVCXmVHQtmzA9upSd6pYKnferXT9HNEXGLboqSiZ8iMTL5C1u8AmhNLHmyNEfL2KcgU_Ybtf9SUimIVo_29BDYJop4K_8Q79fY1P3aFPqkK62w6zGQAYiA/w640-h348/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Pohatchee%20%22remote%20field%22%20fr%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-looking%20approx%20N%20(sl%20NE)-Sentinel%20Mesa,%20Eagle%20Mesa,%20Setting%20Hen,%20Big%20Indian,%20Brigham's%20Tomb,%20King%20on%20His%20Throne,%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20East%20Mitten.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same features today, to the north of the Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre<br /></b></span></div><br />We can pretty easily match up the rock formations to the north of the drive-in. This 3D view from Google Maps includes all of the features seen in the movie shot above.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXiFplfgpayNH_E45crULL1103LcM7DwRtGZEj66L7YVeP_pTsg1ScIlVwFHHhYpN_utTI6UOCAj5kAxhjv_clUM8OfU38NmsbE6SQtz0YFOQzb7TkmTcaB_TeC4S5g4efBe4ys20hVmuYlcKq5eGBIt9hRMXx8xAPK2k-NjQclbML2gGC0uxGCcE-A/s3689/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Pohatchee%20%22remote%20field%22%20fr%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-looking%20approx%20N%20(sl%20NE)-Sentinel%20Mesa,%20Eagle%20Mesa,%20Setting%20Hen,%20Big%20Indian,%20Brigham's%20Tomb,%20King%20on%20His%20Throne,%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20East%20Mitten-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="3689" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXiFplfgpayNH_E45crULL1103LcM7DwRtGZEj66L7YVeP_pTsg1ScIlVwFHHhYpN_utTI6UOCAj5kAxhjv_clUM8OfU38NmsbE6SQtz0YFOQzb7TkmTcaB_TeC4S5g4efBe4ys20hVmuYlcKq5eGBIt9hRMXx8xAPK2k-NjQclbML2gGC0uxGCcE-A/w640-h348/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Pohatchee%20%22remote%20field%22%20fr%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-looking%20approx%20N%20(sl%20NE)-Sentinel%20Mesa,%20Eagle%20Mesa,%20Setting%20Hen,%20Big%20Indian,%20Brigham's%20Tomb,%20King%20on%20His%20Throne,%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20East%20Mitten-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Some of the rock features are hidden behind the movie screen<br /></b></span></div><br />The theater's movie screen was positioned at the north end of the drive-in, blocking out some of the landmarks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdxQZeBWynhPs7xa9Hf95hnkRb1iSbPsf02_At6EyNao-tBY0ocenh9bx3eOqvSTZ7Am39h6qDnKkxQK-45pBDFwPrsGGEimX6FSKAXIaztx8XsUjQX9QSEb_Ch6RftuwzARXCc7yIVIpUzTmb5SGNOKofEwx8JCtKCWY_xSJMHTMZaX8frBB3YK7JQ/s3689/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Pohatchee%20%22remote%20field%22%20fr%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-looking%20approx%20N%20(sl%20NE)-Sentinel%20Mesa,%20Eagle%20Mesa,%20Setting%20Hen,%20Big%20Indian,%20Brigham's%20Tomb,%20King%20on%20His%20Throne,%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20East%20Mitten-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="3689" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdxQZeBWynhPs7xa9Hf95hnkRb1iSbPsf02_At6EyNao-tBY0ocenh9bx3eOqvSTZ7Am39h6qDnKkxQK-45pBDFwPrsGGEimX6FSKAXIaztx8XsUjQX9QSEb_Ch6RftuwzARXCc7yIVIpUzTmb5SGNOKofEwx8JCtKCWY_xSJMHTMZaX8frBB3YK7JQ/w640-h348/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Pohatchee%20%22remote%20field%22%20fr%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-looking%20approx%20N%20(sl%20NE)-Sentinel%20Mesa,%20Eagle%20Mesa,%20Setting%20Hen,%20Big%20Indian,%20Brigham's%20Tomb,%20King%20on%20His%20Throne,%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20East%20Mitten-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>These features are all visible in the drive-in shot from the movie<br /></b></span></div><br />We can still see all of these features in the movie. Zemeckis hit a home run with his choice of locations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S1CA9mAGKDeVA60GcjfU-3DSGKfHaOenFYpRXEyk00tym-KUf-O1-rrvbXx9WJFkg98AD6EWVuuWQVT4iSI-GavgIZFbyXO61mWj5FJJAfo0ygEfAA4weiRyx51xVc32a9N5Vdk88zisTxFqCvbDfr4386T0opFtoMe8G9QVq3DFr5cP-_YC8mUV_g/s2497/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%203-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2497" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S1CA9mAGKDeVA60GcjfU-3DSGKfHaOenFYpRXEyk00tym-KUf-O1-rrvbXx9WJFkg98AD6EWVuuWQVT4iSI-GavgIZFbyXO61mWj5FJJAfo0ygEfAA4weiRyx51xVc32a9N5Vdk88zisTxFqCvbDfr4386T0opFtoMe8G9QVq3DFr5cP-_YC8mUV_g/w640-h352/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley,%20Utah-Drive-In%203-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Features north of the drive-in, in the movie shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Here are the same features as they appeared in the movie, looking north from the drive-in.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkYyeDKyH-wa55aSeY2JX49Go07toO8ECgZqEkGQQZAXwZmfM-8g40fdyCQmkxuTo6c06hX3K8x7T06ulxVdoRzPE-PUSKpKKda69RSkgQ87hWJlOC9IRtkPqPbTWCPXIQVO-6pvo-Lkvk5hWhPpJR1hqMDy-8v0EP5w-8lqCNqQJVDeeBRtI1sCwxw/s940/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-%22remote%20field%22%20(to%20be%20used%20as%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkYyeDKyH-wa55aSeY2JX49Go07toO8ECgZqEkGQQZAXwZmfM-8g40fdyCQmkxuTo6c06hX3K8x7T06ulxVdoRzPE-PUSKpKKda69RSkgQ87hWJlOC9IRtkPqPbTWCPXIQVO-6pvo-Lkvk5hWhPpJR1hqMDy-8v0EP5w-8lqCNqQJVDeeBRtI1sCwxw/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-%22remote%20field%22%20(to%20be%20used%20as%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>1885, looking south from the future Pohatchee location, in "Back to the Future Part III"<br /></b></span></div><br />After Marty drives the DeLorean back to 1885, the drive-in disappears in time and we get a look at the Monument Valley features to the south of the same location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVb2iVZJl5j0aZ8KvLWSzMH0jlcb9hsbuGrcfLDqiyK2DxsG9wOCdA65cdxKsV6Ra7IcfYRglj7dL0z6RQHRW5E8p2ofifojjs8TCqdHhSVQg66CdzxRM5a9mv6XFdhVPYR7m_OfYQUqZILJMR-0HP8HtOMPpsGDij_cHzXC2vhd-Sblp-LaepIFkLA/s940/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-%22remote%20field%22%20(to%20be%20used%20as%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre)-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVb2iVZJl5j0aZ8KvLWSzMH0jlcb9hsbuGrcfLDqiyK2DxsG9wOCdA65cdxKsV6Ra7IcfYRglj7dL0z6RQHRW5E8p2ofifojjs8TCqdHhSVQg66CdzxRM5a9mv6XFdhVPYR7m_OfYQUqZILJMR-0HP8HtOMPpsGDij_cHzXC2vhd-Sblp-LaepIFkLA/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Monument%20Valley-%22remote%20field%22%20(to%20be%20used%20as%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20Theatre)-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Artist's Point is approximately southeast of the drive-in location<br /></b></span></div><br />A number of mesas and buttes can be seen, with Artist's Point probably the best-known feature in the shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAM5TZ8UIHOUkaOt6xfuXDgqXau0rQgrAa1Ij1gxv44G4T9fPatV_toJkU9nQp_EdLjfnnXD31vt0Y1jblqKrPD6NE9ksQdoDVZO5kXynzjF_5_AwYTQnPGwyiwQpl87xVOYuQyrOPauw67G9yzsyJzEhYkJTdgYBkM9o_Sv_9h_gIrPFpuqeTnhRUtA/s2460/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley%20looking%20SE%20(more%20S)%20fr%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20location%20to%20Artist's%20Point%20c1-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2460" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAM5TZ8UIHOUkaOt6xfuXDgqXau0rQgrAa1Ij1gxv44G4T9fPatV_toJkU9nQp_EdLjfnnXD31vt0Y1jblqKrPD6NE9ksQdoDVZO5kXynzjF_5_AwYTQnPGwyiwQpl87xVOYuQyrOPauw67G9yzsyJzEhYkJTdgYBkM9o_Sv_9h_gIrPFpuqeTnhRUtA/w640-h346/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley%20looking%20SE%20(more%20S)%20fr%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20location%20to%20Artist's%20Point%20c1-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Artist's Point in a 2023 Google 3D view<br /></b></span></div><br />Here again we can use Google Maps to confirm the location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pF4jtTwkHXrzyRTCXLz08ZP6iqcdaudtgaDZMjEwhG8XHRJJL-NOEhH3cF_u92HwYXgloMkIIrYe-OmFCZJ23P7hceiK8iphAkAl_Qxl8j71fdxIwfEuxQS4vWPHAK66uIIVWQswpU8Zs7y6etpSplymr88Q1tyOD-Ded-KGvlBdUd4-6dRi0Xa1UA/s2992/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley%20looking%20SE%20(more%20S)%20fr%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20location%20to%20Artist's%20Point%20c3-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1834" data-original-width="2992" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pF4jtTwkHXrzyRTCXLz08ZP6iqcdaudtgaDZMjEwhG8XHRJJL-NOEhH3cF_u92HwYXgloMkIIrYe-OmFCZJ23P7hceiK8iphAkAl_Qxl8j71fdxIwfEuxQS4vWPHAK66uIIVWQswpU8Zs7y6etpSplymr88Q1tyOD-Ded-KGvlBdUd4-6dRi0Xa1UA/w640-h392/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley%20looking%20SE%20(more%20S)%20fr%20Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20location%20to%20Artist's%20Point%20c3-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This is the spot where Zemeckis built the Pohatchee Drive-In<br /></b></span></div><br />Pulling back for a wider view, something unexpected comes into the shot. Notice the oval area where the terrain looks slightly more manicured than the surrounding desert. This is the Pohatchee Drive-In location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnnoLCl8ALrYjqn6XwoIcJErAmE9kMm2LH5EC80dYDsdymPte3SCStYz8UyaVtsPrRghwQmJ1JfUe7MvZeFtqJ47i74GdqXhlKmFp1H5pED28drH8vIWbv1HFwrTsau5wtC48mi9CcYhX2PWe5h59pILe3Nf6vTwHY0bVpdGSimZa6vztPwi50RPkLw/s2318/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20location%20with%20Merrick%20Butte-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="2318" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnnoLCl8ALrYjqn6XwoIcJErAmE9kMm2LH5EC80dYDsdymPte3SCStYz8UyaVtsPrRghwQmJ1JfUe7MvZeFtqJ47i74GdqXhlKmFp1H5pED28drH8vIWbv1HFwrTsau5wtC48mi9CcYhX2PWe5h59pILe3Nf6vTwHY0bVpdGSimZa6vztPwi50RPkLw/w640-h544/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%20aerial-Monument%20Valley-Pohatchee%20Drive-In%20location%20with%20Merrick%20Butte-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The drive-in was situated a short distance southeast of Merrick Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's what the Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre location looks like on a normally oriented aerial map, with north on top. GPS coordinates for the location are <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B058'25.1%22N+110%C2%B004'33.0%22W/@36.973626,-110.0771686,747m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x64f72c34910fc276!7e2!8m2!3d36.9736259!4d-110.0758403" target="_blank">36.973626, -110.075840</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0fJ7B3Bgc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3830" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCIojpehA7r1cotjJsEaFDfhZLo4CW7R5MTvprsx4C9yN-ESv7ThPL08PZeXljUuXRjW2aDR6Uxzfu7kTf-1SseayL87U7A7i9km8Bu19EU2iyPB5pU0ajRnLitp3i9nr2ixlAs3bqT4K1lqxoUmlX9aj6Hu5mc9Bb0ThgUBYD75PjeC8bVVMNDcFvg/w640-h346/1989%20(1990)-Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20III-Pohatchee%20Drive-In,%20Monument%20Valley-video%20clip%20thumbnail-Christopher%20Lloyd%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sending Marty McFly back to 1885 — click on the image to watch the video<br /></b></span></div><br />If you still haven't met all your Pohatchee needs, you can click on the above image to watch a fun two-minute clip of the drive-in theater sequence from "Back to the Future Part III," filmed in Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI033thQlCRp6I-D2hV-eOPKSt9SO1uYOPpg2DFhaZmiNJ20MxLCJEmEI8P2sWT6CqMPfFbY1Dn-sH-ACij-tXfiOEKgMuNxJAenYEwo-xBG1YzAyapIW1hyBVIJusgPP_yfDiDi7VTputfjG67crs_5lm0QOreP6GOz2Vxjf7Y5neCBI1_Y3Ynxmabg/s3662/1994-Forrest%20Gump-Monument%20Valley-Tom%20Hanks-Forrest%20Gump%20Point%20(spot%20where%20Forrest%20stops%20running).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="3662" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI033thQlCRp6I-D2hV-eOPKSt9SO1uYOPpg2DFhaZmiNJ20MxLCJEmEI8P2sWT6CqMPfFbY1Dn-sH-ACij-tXfiOEKgMuNxJAenYEwo-xBG1YzAyapIW1hyBVIJusgPP_yfDiDi7VTputfjG67crs_5lm0QOreP6GOz2Vxjf7Y5neCBI1_Y3Ynxmabg/w640-h276/1994-Forrest%20Gump-Monument%20Valley-Tom%20Hanks-Forrest%20Gump%20Point%20(spot%20where%20Forrest%20stops%20running).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Forrest Gump" (Paramount, 1994): Tom Hanks arrives at what will<br />soon become known as "Forrest Gump Point"<br /></b></span></div><br />Recent decades have seen a steady stream of both Westerns and non-Westerns film in Monument Valley. A few years after "Back to the Future Part III," Robert Zemeckis returned with his Oscar juggernaut "Forrest Gump."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmocgex_-ExoFKMrQxS6A3whQlsOvVIODjdL77qDhC_6ZuggITKd2LD5LlS5_c4IGoocP_wR_S78dHvFhMaFyJc9kXWEGBeWZ3YouJTuQf60rwvUduB5xlMmevxZSGN9yuO81o8W8OxCMp7LicEwdHUEVcdxc8B2s7Rma7uDlj35Px1Dk9rpuKYuyGg/s1225/2022-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point,%20near%20Mile%2013%20marker%20on%20Highway%20163,%20S%20of%20Mexican%20Hat-matches%20movie%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1225" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmocgex_-ExoFKMrQxS6A3whQlsOvVIODjdL77qDhC_6ZuggITKd2LD5LlS5_c4IGoocP_wR_S78dHvFhMaFyJc9kXWEGBeWZ3YouJTuQf60rwvUduB5xlMmevxZSGN9yuO81o8W8OxCMp7LicEwdHUEVcdxc8B2s7Rma7uDlj35Px1Dk9rpuKYuyGg/w640-h278/2022-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point,%20near%20Mile%2013%20marker%20on%20Highway%20163,%20S%20of%20Mexican%20Hat-matches%20movie%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same view today — looking southwest from Forrest Gump Point<br /></b></span></div><br />The location where Tom Hanks' character ends his cross-country run, near the Mile 13 marker along Highway 163 in southern Utah, provides a wide vista of a number of major buttes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7XrMds_ubmYJNw-2QyIPuDYCjXVR1PJXVQ-O7LDjoO6Ydw_UBs5hBYI2NPwJ_pUobhHU8b7n8tqGcvHroc1XWs8M7jcMPho6WuhM00ch9Z79f0Ukht5qOKqpVDXrlVzRAQnIfVZSc0GaK2bHMEqH0p321iXYW5MhXjbBR3jQISAf5_j1yZ2suINyXA/s1100/2021%20(June)-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point-sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1100" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7XrMds_ubmYJNw-2QyIPuDYCjXVR1PJXVQ-O7LDjoO6Ydw_UBs5hBYI2NPwJ_pUobhHU8b7n8tqGcvHroc1XWs8M7jcMPho6WuhM00ch9Z79f0Ukht5qOKqpVDXrlVzRAQnIfVZSc0GaK2bHMEqH0p321iXYW5MhXjbBR3jQISAf5_j1yZ2suINyXA/w640-h524/2021%20(June)-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point-sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Forrest Gump Point in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />"Forrest Gump Point," as it's known today, has become one of the region's most popular tourist attractions, and I don't think it's because of the fancy sign.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-cKljtED38iNDq3OvEcbc5cKDp1WgCWIj-UIrvMCW6LMkajH-FZQxo51t8jXl7D_IG6iHMOPHbdhw5jgHLhrEerZSES0GWmhrK7DHugsO9JCnfSiWEeh53ZHRn1ci4cqnmcl2PHRBDU2bXBhsVtYygINT7QeLgNY6Qbg6Sco9UEbgxupF6ifYAT1mA/s1327/2022%20(November)-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point,%20near%20Mile%2013%20marker%20on%20Highway%20163,%20S%20of%20Mexican%20Hat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1327" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-cKljtED38iNDq3OvEcbc5cKDp1WgCWIj-UIrvMCW6LMkajH-FZQxo51t8jXl7D_IG6iHMOPHbdhw5jgHLhrEerZSES0GWmhrK7DHugsO9JCnfSiWEeh53ZHRn1ci4cqnmcl2PHRBDU2bXBhsVtYygINT7QeLgNY6Qbg6Sco9UEbgxupF6ifYAT1mA/w640-h352/2022%20(November)-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point,%20near%20Mile%2013%20marker%20on%20Highway%20163,%20S%20of%20Mexican%20Hat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Forrest Gump Point in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />The view from Forrest Gump Point can be spectacular, depending in part on what the sky decides to do at just the right moment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJC4T-fOB_zKyQE0-S9a5I_bLWHAyQbtVG3mm3rWMeCVBD24V1yUwRnYPRaYXIjJtvk5gzHho0gwMiGyxri8hCF9hzC6bPWl0BoiUJjWEmVwFoRAtu2ZdfesBKFk2SVRWDs9YbPkujuQSUPdYQ1zcb2GSq-rNVNIwJrHVZiUN2HKUA8hhRYoNDsWHmg/s1327/2022%20(November)-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point,%20near%20Mile%2013%20marker%20on%20Highway%20163,%20S%20of%20Mexican%20Hat-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1327" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJC4T-fOB_zKyQE0-S9a5I_bLWHAyQbtVG3mm3rWMeCVBD24V1yUwRnYPRaYXIjJtvk5gzHho0gwMiGyxri8hCF9hzC6bPWl0BoiUJjWEmVwFoRAtu2ZdfesBKFk2SVRWDs9YbPkujuQSUPdYQ1zcb2GSq-rNVNIwJrHVZiUN2HKUA8hhRYoNDsWHmg/w640-h352/2022%20(November)-Monument%20Valley-Forrest%20Gump%20Point,%20near%20Mile%2013%20marker%20on%20Highway%20163,%20S%20of%20Mexican%20Hat-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Key buttes to the southwest of Forrest Gump Point<br /></b></span></div><br />Here are the IDs for some of the buttes visible from Forrest Gump Point. No judgment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jFa-y-_fgjQ1ti-1cbOlDS05Aba56ZnyHVf_44Qe22xykYxDK9chnX-yIPO8_XlE09fFEMVG4MOnw_9xXOtxwB7ogZlgtrOXxZsOvLt9akbXUtQTJeTLNXB029RokDWa-6w_4ZDBnee09_XjtkxIHhxdUZOMtqFnMiSDbDZqcyC-Fa9UUxqRyIiR6w/s2300/1993-1994%20(1994)-Pontiac%20Moon-poster-Monument%20Valley-Ted%20Danson,%20Mary%20Steenbergen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2300" data-original-width="1554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jFa-y-_fgjQ1ti-1cbOlDS05Aba56ZnyHVf_44Qe22xykYxDK9chnX-yIPO8_XlE09fFEMVG4MOnw_9xXOtxwB7ogZlgtrOXxZsOvLt9akbXUtQTJeTLNXB029RokDWa-6w_4ZDBnee09_XjtkxIHhxdUZOMtqFnMiSDbDZqcyC-Fa9UUxqRyIiR6w/w432-h640/1993-1994%20(1994)-Pontiac%20Moon-poster-Monument%20Valley-Ted%20Danson,%20Mary%20Steenbergen.jpg" width="432" /></a></div>"Pontiac Moon" (Paramount, 1994): Those same buttes<br /></b></span></div><br />Ever since "Forrest Gump," other filmmakers have made a point of shooting in that same area. A few months after Paramount's "Forrest Gump" shoot, the same studio ran a similar shot on a poster for "Pontiac Moon."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlPktp_OyTd0QFkzqroTK2DLjanDwSCmPsSe0qT8_75PEHMY8Cxeowzghi0_4ba1zcUfyrV7BV-GkdHphn0xW9_bCKDXn0MOCppavXbZeoWxQrxNxm6QXM_ZmDyZm0QrwIjPdkJNLyY2Dvl0qGkjim2l80T_wyzGR5bMGE_mBbNAOHJ8D_gGBGRoNCw/s3544/1993-1994%20(1994)-Pontiac%20Moon-Monument%20Valley-cafe.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2468" data-original-width="3544" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlPktp_OyTd0QFkzqroTK2DLjanDwSCmPsSe0qT8_75PEHMY8Cxeowzghi0_4ba1zcUfyrV7BV-GkdHphn0xW9_bCKDXn0MOCppavXbZeoWxQrxNxm6QXM_ZmDyZm0QrwIjPdkJNLyY2Dvl0qGkjim2l80T_wyzGR5bMGE_mBbNAOHJ8D_gGBGRoNCw/w640-h446/1993-1994%20(1994)-Pontiac%20Moon-Monument%20Valley-cafe.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Pontiac Moon": Hey, where'd you find the swell cafe?<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot, also from "Pontiac Moon," shows the same buttes in what appears to be a more realistic alignment. I have a feeling they separated them digitally for the movie poster.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9z5Vxd_YrZEeQiKmcb0ttVtM-zxMvcPlGlMU7C5oFfGTclNykoL7hn5AgNIFsL_Z2poHMXYPstxrWmVCLBzdozE-k023ADFe3LZt0z7cI_nk8RlKITxOGdeCL2c3dLQb9WQmELYmZAoxfShjsM1t1YE4Fm47hVMUGHqgBFLBNOtQQ3UbPOkJLF_CCw/s2470/2013%20(2016)-Monumental-poster-Monument%20Valley-Forest%20Gump%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="1858" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9z5Vxd_YrZEeQiKmcb0ttVtM-zxMvcPlGlMU7C5oFfGTclNykoL7hn5AgNIFsL_Z2poHMXYPstxrWmVCLBzdozE-k023ADFe3LZt0z7cI_nk8RlKITxOGdeCL2c3dLQb9WQmELYmZAoxfShjsM1t1YE4Fm47hVMUGHqgBFLBNOtQQ3UbPOkJLF_CCw/w482-h640/2013%20(2016)-Monumental-poster-Monument%20Valley-Forest%20Gump%20Point.jpg" width="482" /></a></div>Poster for the 2016 indie drama "Monumental"<br /></b></span></div><br />Contemporary filmmakers probably wouldn't mind if some of Forrest Gump Point's Oscar juju rubbed off on them. It sure worked for "Forrest Gump," which won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and three other Oscars.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY1M27ZtRR8Of3HlMaBHDL2pATtxhnUVoT0zkFB5P9LEf27iGxNQfTL0gM819p1ycCyenxfr7YyOWnCQLl86i2NVnUgiY5uCSI_zP8C5Iwbxr9dL1d5KsHENet73g1ZAF9tQ6DPhq1xtNXthfszS-NRUm7oFsMvpyS_k6Bfkg4nHoQjIotpcrsSu3PQ/s1534/1996%20(1997)-Vanishing%20Point%20(Fox%20TV%20remake)-Monument%20Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1534" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY1M27ZtRR8Of3HlMaBHDL2pATtxhnUVoT0zkFB5P9LEf27iGxNQfTL0gM819p1ycCyenxfr7YyOWnCQLl86i2NVnUgiY5uCSI_zP8C5Iwbxr9dL1d5KsHENet73g1ZAF9tQ6DPhq1xtNXthfszS-NRUm7oFsMvpyS_k6Bfkg4nHoQjIotpcrsSu3PQ/w640-h462/1996%20(1997)-Vanishing%20Point%20(Fox%20TV%20remake)-Monument%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Vanishing Point" (Fox TV remake, 1997)<br /></b></span></div><br />The car chase movie "Vanishing Point" captures the same buttes seen from Forrest Gump Point, but from the other side. Unless my high school geometry fails me, that means this shot is probably taken looking northeast.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwciRYdhi6IV8JqaEC6fCFIuWxYoIbkPfzbNYhija2j3BLbA7nVj_VI-4QSU1RW4llMvVu-DqFwAfb4iQuhmQTrB_bgxyxNKPyxBIV6pFFv2t8BuM8GFflZZfzSsXnVhKM0CJ5FHdEkIi90FeNYm_Qb5kO2aYvqIHhSTrBqr25GRHS_teLFGxIaMwF0g/s1534/1996%20(1997)-Vanishing%20Point%20(Fox%20TV%20remake)-Monument%20Valley-Brigham's%20Tomb-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1534" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwciRYdhi6IV8JqaEC6fCFIuWxYoIbkPfzbNYhija2j3BLbA7nVj_VI-4QSU1RW4llMvVu-DqFwAfb4iQuhmQTrB_bgxyxNKPyxBIV6pFFv2t8BuM8GFflZZfzSsXnVhKM0CJ5FHdEkIi90FeNYm_Qb5kO2aYvqIHhSTrBqr25GRHS_teLFGxIaMwF0g/w640-h462/1996%20(1997)-Vanishing%20Point%20(Fox%20TV%20remake)-Monument%20Valley-Brigham's%20Tomb-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>In case you missed it<br /></b></span></div><br />Sure enough, it's "Brigham's Tomb" again, showing its southwest profile this time. I don't know how Brigham lucked out and got that thing named after him, but I doubt the Navajo were consulted.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjf0cqm2_FColHA5lGdALUEhbHr95J6ctH-UImKx8DOq1XBXlqtGeVLlfRT2AAdLzkAIJUQCTeEyV_Ca-3cpdluicSzT58F5TvXpPhmDT1tnO_19oDCEQbG16oBELoF2ObdMHhsxc6ttcEACGDU2LHjzVQBNTn75GTVwi93YOX7pQVvNPPy4477InWg/s640/wild-wild-west-sunset.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="640" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjf0cqm2_FColHA5lGdALUEhbHr95J6ctH-UImKx8DOq1XBXlqtGeVLlfRT2AAdLzkAIJUQCTeEyV_Ca-3cpdluicSzT58F5TvXpPhmDT1tnO_19oDCEQbG16oBELoF2ObdMHhsxc6ttcEACGDU2LHjzVQBNTn75GTVwi93YOX7pQVvNPPy4477InWg/w640-h344/wild-wild-west-sunset.gif" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>"Wild Wild West" (1999): Riding off into the sunset on a steampunk spider </b></span></div><br />About now you're probably thinking, "Yeah, but what about <i>steampunk</i>
in Monument Valley?" Well, never fear! Director Barry Sonnenfeld took
care of that little piece of business with his 1999 feature "Wild
Wild West."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMdNz4SIUtMwol12lGzQMM0hrUxkqAWb6LDEGkWmADosoUVd087ZjKDq056sOmQ7UuL5CzLOQLoM9nVdUFpUngQJOt1U-2yGhbdnQlh6von7cxbQOp4WzLYtiRXZt8U065Nh977OsgjDZGtufY1yCnr-CyCPnFUgsXVkmDARJr4K3sicnAeEHdd5bEA/s3430/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-breaking%20down%20the%20spider%20gif-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="3430" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMdNz4SIUtMwol12lGzQMM0hrUxkqAWb6LDEGkWmADosoUVd087ZjKDq056sOmQ7UuL5CzLOQLoM9nVdUFpUngQJOt1U-2yGhbdnQlh6von7cxbQOp4WzLYtiRXZt8U065Nh977OsgjDZGtufY1yCnr-CyCPnFUgsXVkmDARJr4K3sicnAeEHdd5bEA/w640-h344/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-breaking%20down%20the%20spider%20gif-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild Wild West" (1999): Breaking down the spider gif </b></span></div><br />Even though all of the features look like Monument Valley, nothing is in the right place. I believe they used Monument Valley as the starting point, but mainly created this shot using computer graphics.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxnlcC_EGdgNic0DcTzYKxWGctm8X0rsichAP8g25M7npMGJ0d7P2t3PibmUttRAEIEzkGTvYR1pTtBnpW6pKFO9V3N2qv1H_t3gHGAJfNTPGLLGMGI2q9sNooaL3v_iF-_fc79byQLfZop2B-qPNGJYZ8XcMFs9zHoh9yASxK1zgrD33Ii_h4kq03w/s2636/1952-Going!%20Going!%20Gosh!-Road%20Runner%20cartoon-Monument%20Valley-like%20rocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2636" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxnlcC_EGdgNic0DcTzYKxWGctm8X0rsichAP8g25M7npMGJ0d7P2t3PibmUttRAEIEzkGTvYR1pTtBnpW6pKFO9V3N2qv1H_t3gHGAJfNTPGLLGMGI2q9sNooaL3v_iF-_fc79byQLfZop2B-qPNGJYZ8XcMFs9zHoh9yASxK1zgrD33Ii_h4kq03w/w640-h440/1952-Going!%20Going!%20Gosh!-Road%20Runner%20cartoon-Monument%20Valley-like%20rocks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Going! Going! Gosh!" (Road Runner cartoon, 1952)<br /></b></span></div><br />Sonnenfeld wasn't the first filmmaker to generate a fake backdrop based on Monument Valley. Animators had been doing something similar for decades.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy7Nt0FXuDEmuYdpnkNRGdb0RZxHuEDFJoNTwJ-Cnz5c-IdtbrYXWXaGG5nAwAqVf7jqOfBp85noaM0vEADok-e4bYU9KDy95Sujon3lZDuKzbkfE0xZqcGWb6Gt5BagmPfSQI33IK3Tw0r09Qhbf-HNURMMBeBL1OtJNQjYTW7Ny9P7zOtIChk77nA/s2784/1956-Gee%20Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z-Road%20Runner%20Cartoon-Monument%20Valley-like%20rocks.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="2784" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy7Nt0FXuDEmuYdpnkNRGdb0RZxHuEDFJoNTwJ-Cnz5c-IdtbrYXWXaGG5nAwAqVf7jqOfBp85noaM0vEADok-e4bYU9KDy95Sujon3lZDuKzbkfE0xZqcGWb6Gt5BagmPfSQI33IK3Tw0r09Qhbf-HNURMMBeBL1OtJNQjYTW7Ny9P7zOtIChk77nA/w640-h474/1956-Gee%20Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z-Road%20Runner%20Cartoon-Monument%20Valley-like%20rocks.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z" (1956)<br /></b></span></div><br />Almost the entire "Road Runner" universe appears to be patterned after Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQot0dsPEKRGBXqSCM64qyDQSmZvzNzXN6TwkkxfL4N7Rr5j2Zo1x5KYs_TqTjyPo26qP3kJhyiUeC9sYqminM5NIDdqojnSKgiMAbio_Zfs2GVliEZplLQxWID2kZJbuRgpPZg66OPAB5Q5Ie19G8MVsayQEidyyv-6CyV-YHef7GETv95Rdw_GwNoQ/s2924/1945-Wild%20and%20Woolfy%20(Tex%20Avery%20cartoon-Droopy%20Dog)-inspired%20by%20Monument%20Valley-opening.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="2924" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQot0dsPEKRGBXqSCM64qyDQSmZvzNzXN6TwkkxfL4N7Rr5j2Zo1x5KYs_TqTjyPo26qP3kJhyiUeC9sYqminM5NIDdqojnSKgiMAbio_Zfs2GVliEZplLQxWID2kZJbuRgpPZg66OPAB5Q5Ie19G8MVsayQEidyyv-6CyV-YHef7GETv95Rdw_GwNoQ/w640-h468/1945-Wild%20and%20Woolfy%20(Tex%20Avery%20cartoon-Droopy%20Dog)-inspired%20by%20Monument%20Valley-opening.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild and Woolfy" (Droopy cartoon, 1945)<br /></b></span></div><br />And it didn't start with the Road Runner. Animation legend Tex Avery was putting Monument Valley-inspired backgrounds in his "Droopy" cartoons by the mid-1940s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeSJX_z4mjDhTqMb12vRI3IpyLDu9_83Yaanbr2I75EzZ8RrcGRpsngsnXhIIKZfmSKwClap9Rhk7aIiB6OWNq5T86p6Q4Ob10ONetWv6fN8xf7n2YjWUJliA3dWOiM3ulxAgKIVzy4bLov6uR9gVvr8O7AK7kgaS2axIqQwMZsy6oql4yvMIoQ5N4A/s1832/1945-Wild%20and%20Woolfy%20(Tex%20Avery%20cartoon-Droopy%20Dog)-Red%20and%20the%20Wolf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1832" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeSJX_z4mjDhTqMb12vRI3IpyLDu9_83Yaanbr2I75EzZ8RrcGRpsngsnXhIIKZfmSKwClap9Rhk7aIiB6OWNq5T86p6Q4Ob10ONetWv6fN8xf7n2YjWUJliA3dWOiM3ulxAgKIVzy4bLov6uR9gVvr8O7AK7kgaS2axIqQwMZsy6oql4yvMIoQ5N4A/w640-h464/1945-Wild%20and%20Woolfy%20(Tex%20Avery%20cartoon-Droopy%20Dog)-Red%20and%20the%20Wolf.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild and Woolfy": Red and the Wolf<br /></b></span></div><br />Avery may be best known for his sexy nightclub singer "Red," and for the
Wolf, who routinely has his eyes pop out of his head and other body parts fall apart at the sight of
Red..<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLJ_-epDOkQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="2944" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFQaiiHA_61i7Rfo2342XpyBIQ2c5Q5JSZ4KqDODiy8FIpZ15f_zKQzoAt2gVC1VPgTnZH2Ij9gdN1LA4jm-JOyRGf6hGoixlsGbh5CpFTdQyG-NH6Cso6ZHqazeKzjtXZKeWBuGcuXl7tq2ybXHYHLf3TQ2Rz0ITPLbZ-wN1em4YoMQaQsgzfmwVGQ/w640-h468/1945-Wild%20and%20Woolfy%20(Tex%20Avery%20cartoon-Droopy%20Dog)-inspired%20by%20Monument%20Valley-Mitten.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild and Woolfy": Droopy carries a reluctant Red past a Mitten<br /></b></span></div><br />Click on the image above to watch a two-minute version of Avery's "Wild and Woolfy" featuring a number of Monument Valley-inspired buttes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLG8o3oWa-qiKKgD2MyYwjoBkrJQt3gGp34H4eGNwoSBPiMiZDahYGQJOT9iJxYOQkEz3GDvgIkFPY5dEeafhQOOf82vuIwqbqXvKh-TJhWZXmZGHvzmR3jxYUycYxR1Da6N0n4wJYzVTVzBngA4WJ3FoaaD7oTO7D17I3DzdpIAYNDUmPcvaFMtY3g/s1652/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-Kevin%20Kline,%20Frederique%20Van%20Der%20Wal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1652" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLG8o3oWa-qiKKgD2MyYwjoBkrJQt3gGp34H4eGNwoSBPiMiZDahYGQJOT9iJxYOQkEz3GDvgIkFPY5dEeafhQOOf82vuIwqbqXvKh-TJhWZXmZGHvzmR3jxYUycYxR1Da6N0n4wJYzVTVzBngA4WJ3FoaaD7oTO7D17I3DzdpIAYNDUmPcvaFMtY3g/w640-h360/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-Kevin%20Kline,%20Frederique%20Van%20Der%20Wal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild Wild West" (1999): Kevin Kline, Frederique Van Der Wal and at least one Mitten<br /></b></span></div><br />Getting back to Sonnenfeld's "Wild Wild West," even if the special effects-heavy movie took a few liberties with its depiction of Monument Valley, it did film on location in the valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLyxssHM1lDSlf_ul8IVGbI6jwDljQpMXHurMQEM3K9UR65tjs3egN2oMuRHnjP4pywC_CeraspiPa1P487ks_FDZQYhVBX6oboAfBhAO2XNBKG1C3mXo0rle2iMPetl2aCKNfsHFYYcDMpzZrrVNtBkwGObZ08ZPE3hd9G8bAaAmwbcTkglYOKyTmQ/s3832/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point-flipt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3832" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLyxssHM1lDSlf_ul8IVGbI6jwDljQpMXHurMQEM3K9UR65tjs3egN2oMuRHnjP4pywC_CeraspiPa1P487ks_FDZQYhVBX6oboAfBhAO2XNBKG1C3mXo0rle2iMPetl2aCKNfsHFYYcDMpzZrrVNtBkwGObZ08ZPE3hd9G8bAaAmwbcTkglYOKyTmQ/w640-h360/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point-flipt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild Wild West": Artist's Point ... "-ish"<br /></b></span></div><br />But Sonnenfeld reached repeatedly into his bag of movie tricks. This shot has some kind of aerial contraption arriving at Artist's Point against a full moon. But wait a minute, what's wrong with this picture?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX1uX3MnwY8utURA6mz_UJuxqw-A_g9NqdssbsDyribFjF4_l2DOxolN9-hgQcTXSO0RYaynCPmmQYMol4aV0Y1k8zVn9m9g322w7r8u6_zX6TcqXGY61xJOvTis7vlYAoeLAT2yrlZquVhRA08dDLemjJ1O0GhROkXtZ05GXp6L_x0MiQm4nE8nOlg/s2911/2018%20(July)-Google%20Sph%20(Eva)-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point-matches%20Wild%20Wild%20West,%201999.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="2911" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX1uX3MnwY8utURA6mz_UJuxqw-A_g9NqdssbsDyribFjF4_l2DOxolN9-hgQcTXSO0RYaynCPmmQYMol4aV0Y1k8zVn9m9g322w7r8u6_zX6TcqXGY61xJOvTis7vlYAoeLAT2yrlZquVhRA08dDLemjJ1O0GhROkXtZ05GXp6L_x0MiQm4nE8nOlg/w640-h358/2018%20(July)-Google%20Sph%20(Eva)-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point-matches%20Wild%20Wild%20West,%201999.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Artist's Point as it appears today<br /></b></span></div><br />If you go to Artist's Point today, this is what it looks like. Either it's backward, or the movie is. And no, the shot isn't taken on the other side of the rock, which looks a lot different.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoh4Mtt7XdhgPhPjo1wHw_aSiqC4UigU1VPhCOVbLGqnU6UJH_sJtBLzOEk08wEC173rCa74mZ823cyfFf43f0YMUsHm01mxelQFHHZL0M1BfDf2CDI6J__0xeZ9S38WVrL9LWIyL94f1iUQ4_ZPc03GXH85FrPY7-xrz5wrtbfhwE4qn9C_80YxA4g/s3832/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point-corrected.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3832" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoh4Mtt7XdhgPhPjo1wHw_aSiqC4UigU1VPhCOVbLGqnU6UJH_sJtBLzOEk08wEC173rCa74mZ823cyfFf43f0YMUsHm01mxelQFHHZL0M1BfDf2CDI6J__0xeZ9S38WVrL9LWIyL94f1iUQ4_ZPc03GXH85FrPY7-xrz5wrtbfhwE4qn9C_80YxA4g/w640-h360/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-Artist's%20Point-corrected.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Corrected version of the movie shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Needless to say, it's the movie shot that's wrong. Even though the butte comes in from the left in the movie, we can flip the shot to its correct orientation and see that the butte came in from the right when they shot it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApeBlhOz24-jv1DOqDeL05RN85K3qgtO962sqTYbOsdS2QFIceGKOtMSvqK51LBScRCEu_oIaaSiPZSXN2tatDxm_uD9hVSKksEJXGeI5Ujzq_dW8AjA9PqQNBb_4m96fn2lniKXCPfhadLmwrOFt33gR3SwXqp4hRLKSlMysjXR1fuVW5DFnakqbkg/s3552/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-West%20Mitten,%20Merrick%20Butte-Will%20Smith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3552" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApeBlhOz24-jv1DOqDeL05RN85K3qgtO962sqTYbOsdS2QFIceGKOtMSvqK51LBScRCEu_oIaaSiPZSXN2tatDxm_uD9hVSKksEJXGeI5Ujzq_dW8AjA9PqQNBb_4m96fn2lniKXCPfhadLmwrOFt33gR3SwXqp4hRLKSlMysjXR1fuVW5DFnakqbkg/w640-h388/1998%20(1999)-Wild%20Wild%20West-Monument%20Valley-West%20Mitten,%20Merrick%20Butte-Will%20Smith.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Will Smith as Special Agent James West: West Mitten and Merrick Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />I should mention that almost everyone thinks the "Wild Wild West" remake stinks, and that it's considered the low point in Will Smith's career.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwq3JlquBHZT4uPkhvWuaQC5Gr_pM4XFvXuOqc0zOIm7f_BkGc4_HFNDjLjQufarVjW_BNS5hEFPLAksrs4jBGR_yVuD2rgIZYteG2PmVSzec2VW6HAV3e8wwfSl2Tu_BfDzugJC6YUk3ze9Apq7ZgOoYpwN5l1oDj4JhodrP2_7EtXEHP9lotAHst2A/s1600/2018-The%20Ballad%20of%20Buster%20Scruggs-Monument%20Valley-IMDb%20photo-Tim%20Blake%20Nelson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1600" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwq3JlquBHZT4uPkhvWuaQC5Gr_pM4XFvXuOqc0zOIm7f_BkGc4_HFNDjLjQufarVjW_BNS5hEFPLAksrs4jBGR_yVuD2rgIZYteG2PmVSzec2VW6HAV3e8wwfSl2Tu_BfDzugJC6YUk3ze9Apq7ZgOoYpwN5l1oDj4JhodrP2_7EtXEHP9lotAHst2A/w640-h346/2018-The%20Ballad%20of%20Buster%20Scruggs-Monument%20Valley-IMDb%20photo-Tim%20Blake%20Nelson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs": The Coen brothers' offbeat 2018 Western<br /></b></span></div><br />In the decades since John Ford filmed in Monument Valley, the location has attracted a head-spinning variety of productions, from indie films to Hollywood blockbusters, from quirky Westerns to normal Westerns to non-Westerns, and from both U.S. and international filmmakers.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBks_xVSz2zOtaK2GAUejhF4trPxHDPvmhXzylUwEdWkehTfti8vysxhyQZ-fdE51WgzP19EhXGKkqX7Pa0VT57ZioZHjLiRVd71_-K6KT3bNJcuVaweBb83IqXbgV3OXZ9sAWj1zH3VCvJ4a_D5XZz3QCITVSR3ntfaOKFf37jmjJz3G8QfcaMdnwSA/s2392/1975-A%20Genius,%20Two%20Partners%20and%20a%20Dupe%20(Italy)-poster-Monument%20Valley%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="2392" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBks_xVSz2zOtaK2GAUejhF4trPxHDPvmhXzylUwEdWkehTfti8vysxhyQZ-fdE51WgzP19EhXGKkqX7Pa0VT57ZioZHjLiRVd71_-K6KT3bNJcuVaweBb83IqXbgV3OXZ9sAWj1zH3VCvJ4a_D5XZz3QCITVSR3ntfaOKFf37jmjJz3G8QfcaMdnwSA/w640-h340/1975-A%20Genius,%20Two%20Partners%20and%20a%20Dupe%20(Italy)-poster-Monument%20Valley%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Poster for "A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe"<br /></b></span></div><br />Posters for the movie used artist's renderings of the Mittens and other Monument Valley features to let Italian audiences know they could expect to see the scenery of the American West.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvJLnvgxGWE3sDaUBWFd92zE3nSETetAABo1pFBDSEGohmLwNCZ7m61-3EigYfLQ03VtK3aU3XMrU1rdLpXX2sjYyzYkGjkEejjN8p_aroFsKfXkONsm4BHh8pIlokok9JnSYNUcuWRQBu7L8CaXT8V66qmFQbAQtdkxcl3CMo5uUk-B4_4eMTxF7Hg/s3218/1983-%222019%20After%20the%20Fall%20of%20New%20York%22%20(Italy:France)-French%20lobby%20card-Monument%20Valley-Mittens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3218" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvJLnvgxGWE3sDaUBWFd92zE3nSETetAABo1pFBDSEGohmLwNCZ7m61-3EigYfLQ03VtK3aU3XMrU1rdLpXX2sjYyzYkGjkEejjN8p_aroFsKfXkONsm4BHh8pIlokok9JnSYNUcuWRQBu7L8CaXT8V66qmFQbAQtdkxcl3CMo5uUk-B4_4eMTxF7Hg/w640-h492/1983-%222019%20After%20the%20Fall%20of%20New%20York%22%20(Italy:France)-French%20lobby%20card-Monument%20Valley-Mittens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Lobby card for the Italian and French production "2019: After the Fall of New York"<br /></b></span></div><br />The Mittens turned up again — the real ones this time — in promotional material for the 1983 Italian and French action/sci-fi movie "2019: After the Fall of New York."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZIMYc4DheQJb7uUHssHtxR04j2_IrMoUJTdTMp-lXD9IdaaBA7DfSg8QmVNOT6M2ENdYGKIM8QnisaDoFYQuTsmGaPT37RwDyy5LGLtZSuxmbN3w3U-Idjx16m1G9u9OLJ98DlJ02cjOY2H_joKioefaYAonicGbQpYSHN4IFtns3d7uJZ90Cl12aA/s2134/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="2134" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZIMYc4DheQJb7uUHssHtxR04j2_IrMoUJTdTMp-lXD9IdaaBA7DfSg8QmVNOT6M2ENdYGKIM8QnisaDoFYQuTsmGaPT37RwDyy5LGLtZSuxmbN3w3U-Idjx16m1G9u9OLJ98DlJ02cjOY2H_joKioefaYAonicGbQpYSHN4IFtns3d7uJZ90Cl12aA/w640-h426/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Building Bridges" (2019): Balloons over Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />In the modern era, Monument Valley has seen a trend toward "outside-the-box" representations of its landmarks on screen. The German short "Building Bridges," for example, chronicles a balloon expedition above Monument Valley, presented as a metaphor for international relations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftmvLfZ1rhvflQKfBNfKvRXKt2jYNOCoUMEuTCMIQRKBJVA2XldWGkLQspV6TsLqyi7-Ozn6Y7mub7BJHjVhyd0QkQ6-bHpvTS5p1z_FInXfDehlf_l1LVSxPTkuuHCRk4l0u7j6VADa5RpdxlJi-wzIOeIw_oeNQim2pU39G872H-zmVJGcFj5GouA/s3676/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-clouds%20over%20Monument%20Valley%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3676" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftmvLfZ1rhvflQKfBNfKvRXKt2jYNOCoUMEuTCMIQRKBJVA2XldWGkLQspV6TsLqyi7-Ozn6Y7mub7BJHjVhyd0QkQ6-bHpvTS5p1z_FInXfDehlf_l1LVSxPTkuuHCRk4l0u7j6VADa5RpdxlJi-wzIOeIw_oeNQim2pU39G872H-zmVJGcFj5GouA/w640-h374/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-clouds%20over%20Monument%20Valley%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Building Bridges": A balloon's-eye view of Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie features breathtaking images of the valley taken from above the clouds.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioJJz5mHpNVsM-v9Mq6y40ToIy1HYm8wqPwOx9pxFDV1lHU6B1ibJ99oFTibdd7yDUlkfVyJQdlgQYADGobiY1NadBZogkr9-car0UbBdz1vx-Ylcxid7HG3oAg02saskoyAS_5P7FgH_8akqtOdvxZrEKXcLOrdX1xaO1YnSTWJGhpjl_F3lD2pcjA/s3668/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley-Stagecoach%20and%20Big%20Indian%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3668" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioJJz5mHpNVsM-v9Mq6y40ToIy1HYm8wqPwOx9pxFDV1lHU6B1ibJ99oFTibdd7yDUlkfVyJQdlgQYADGobiY1NadBZogkr9-car0UbBdz1vx-Ylcxid7HG3oAg02saskoyAS_5P7FgH_8akqtOdvxZrEKXcLOrdX1xaO1YnSTWJGhpjl_F3lD2pcjA/w640-h376/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley-Stagecoach%20and%20Big%20Indian%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Two balloons meet at sunrise</b></span></div><br />"Building Bridges" focuses on a daring collaboration involving two balloons, decked out in the colors of Germany and the United States.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIRkVibLjcVYurUT6Pz121aRNBMJlRxXmkLePQBnNaZUO6GSQU0-vf-lq6St4piNPE6RGU6cAW5p29OydxscPZx_KvbyL3JD0r9OTBQr4ItFoT3CBel8tpTc8t2ghM9jcF6A7vfNtt6tR8s_r4a1bp2hFoK6XuZDx5j5Glz6FOJX6U3qng-S5MH6VBQ/s3832/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley-slackline%20walk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3832" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIRkVibLjcVYurUT6Pz121aRNBMJlRxXmkLePQBnNaZUO6GSQU0-vf-lq6St4piNPE6RGU6cAW5p29OydxscPZx_KvbyL3JD0r9OTBQr4ItFoT3CBel8tpTc8t2ghM9jcF6A7vfNtt6tR8s_r4a1bp2hFoK6XuZDx5j5Glz6FOJX6U3qng-S5MH6VBQ/w640-h360/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley-slackline%20walk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Crossing the bridge — no strings attached<br /></b></span></div><br />Here we see the silhouette of a tightrope walker, untethered, attempting to make a crossing between the two balloons.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZcC04s1QlYlVB8TYaJ6fZwWbUg9sSBbKMGdKelb2L0LXb8lVccnp8s7jZhFXEgP9zHnrEuoddfO8HlQAcAAqO4W_KBHacP4g52jLPlBa05SpkWdVJaAyDCzJbD-pSCGDkaqnMg-rj_xonqBXJQvhnDUDL_u--e_CXdaGwrn4SEbeCXk9hx3I1W5Oyw/s3830/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley%202-Niklas%20Winter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="3830" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZcC04s1QlYlVB8TYaJ6fZwWbUg9sSBbKMGdKelb2L0LXb8lVccnp8s7jZhFXEgP9zHnrEuoddfO8HlQAcAAqO4W_KBHacP4g52jLPlBa05SpkWdVJaAyDCzJbD-pSCGDkaqnMg-rj_xonqBXJQvhnDUDL_u--e_CXdaGwrn4SEbeCXk9hx3I1W5Oyw/w640-h358/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley%202-Niklas%20Winter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Niklas Winter concentrates on the mission<br /></b></span></div><br />The man at the middle of the challenge is German slackline walker Niklas Winter. Should he happen to slip, he will be counting on the parachute on his back to save his life. I imagine right about now some of you are thinking, "Oh, he has a parachute — geez, even I could do <i>that</i>!"<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lEcdEREjK1OlcwaQ8ts2UQ38bTmMKVAhdkoZ_Uk3t6XYi6253gFEl7qqdYvv2evcLMrFN_UilLUZVxGs2MPkwZkOaPsFTrOC5jYD5eDBC4y0HiUgu45olP2cRG3wZMTh7O-N143vtQnqjjTtHL_GN7fHtvChdstsnZJktUqcTDFMeKk17RkFWCZUnw/s1612/2019-Building%20Bridges%20(German%20short)-depiction%20of%20Monument%20Valley-image%20from%20poster.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1612" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lEcdEREjK1OlcwaQ8ts2UQ38bTmMKVAhdkoZ_Uk3t6XYi6253gFEl7qqdYvv2evcLMrFN_UilLUZVxGs2MPkwZkOaPsFTrOC5jYD5eDBC4y0HiUgu45olP2cRG3wZMTh7O-N143vtQnqjjTtHL_GN7fHtvChdstsnZJktUqcTDFMeKk17RkFWCZUnw/w640-h578/2019-Building%20Bridges%20(German%20short)-depiction%20of%20Monument%20Valley-image%20from%20poster.png" width="640" /></a></div>Monument Valley's rocky buttes take to the sky<br /></b></span></div><br />A poster for the movie features renderings of Monument Valley landmarks such as the Mittens and Merrick Butte as outcroppings sitting on top of hot-air balloons.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gog7g8iS2SI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="3832" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZfvqgq1GoirkLY7xRqODqBVXHgzBe7YFFImebXBqppESYvhozwhqDB_QOY2-cTIuQUS7xfIXS8PGIc4U3EbVLp0u_sSdWsXNZ04ZI8Pof_l3XNNxYrrWfhHuMnQxIEZpYYoML9pXT4uMPwzVhneKy1AAKm7uFdxQ35pOzy0REpBwJhxZmLOS7tikHA/w640-h266/2018%20(2019)-Building%20Bridges-balloons%20over%20Monument%20Valley%204-Chevy%20truck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Building Bridges": Click above to watch the video<br /></b></span></div><br />If you'd like to see the "Building Bridges" video, click on the image above to watch it on YouTube. The clip runs less than 5 minutes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTXjZD1Jhc2mJht91Viqjo8k55I_mFYeFKY7TcweQQH6gmoXFgbygTildQqHxLdYVMU6pRIju3jKI-mb-iGzgclryXE8dEl2PbbDmlNFYP-jZhqRDjGH-z-1Kf7OFTg0oLCkW2o0BeExqBTCxlhyWnjN021zhcNzg39Ic4HCGIUO9YLDhW0yKvCLveg/s2550/1996-Cosmic%20Voyage%20(documentary%20short)-Monument%20Valley-Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20(rock%20climbing%20sequence).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2550" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTXjZD1Jhc2mJht91Viqjo8k55I_mFYeFKY7TcweQQH6gmoXFgbygTildQqHxLdYVMU6pRIju3jKI-mb-iGzgclryXE8dEl2PbbDmlNFYP-jZhqRDjGH-z-1Kf7OFTg0oLCkW2o0BeExqBTCxlhyWnjN021zhcNzg39Ic4HCGIUO9YLDhW0yKvCLveg/w640-h360/1996-Cosmic%20Voyage%20(documentary%20short)-Monument%20Valley-Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20(rock%20climbing%20sequence).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cosmic Voyage" (1996): Rock climbers reach the heights<br /></b></span></div><br />The 1996 documentary "Cosmic Voyage," overseen by the National Air and Space Museum and filmed in the IMAX format, focuses on astronomy but includes rock-climbing footage from Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUV8gfAKsUfNCyLVi4z3pog8GDl2JwspVUg9TJG0UdOIwQ_PRKSa2r-ZRWkilYGOgbPBo_H0lI-3I6TX_zHXPLBE97rGSFqx-QQfM-kr34T9Fw3f-AswplHsXxshXPRG5l0jPgUy0TYcvQiOwlmKEAmFs_97j9YNin0StEmzCo2rN1tdJXTg9W-0Hvg/s2550/1996-Cosmic%20Voyage%20(documentary%20short)-Monument%20Valley-Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20(rock%20climbing%20sequence)-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2550" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUV8gfAKsUfNCyLVi4z3pog8GDl2JwspVUg9TJG0UdOIwQ_PRKSa2r-ZRWkilYGOgbPBo_H0lI-3I6TX_zHXPLBE97rGSFqx-QQfM-kr34T9Fw3f-AswplHsXxshXPRG5l0jPgUy0TYcvQiOwlmKEAmFs_97j9YNin0StEmzCo2rN1tdJXTg9W-0Hvg/w640-h360/1996-Cosmic%20Voyage%20(documentary%20short)-Monument%20Valley-Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20(rock%20climbing%20sequence)-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I see it as a summit <i>meeting</i>, even though "summit" also means "highest point"<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot gives us what may be our best look at that pinnacle with the funny name "Bear and Rabbit Summit," which we've seen a few times already. I can see the rabbit, but I'm not so sure about the bear.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJGgTkbBWMDuFtnUzaRhQ6gGEpKdLM61zdxDMRl4qcYY1MR87Y-vJ89aDK_YUyeUVQvJs_zqj724xpCJjp2iY8tF80Hu7z2AZYiK8qGPiYXzmYQ64oFxzgs5nwqAQcdsif6m1IKkrVx4DlAXGBV_8qHXMgVRVNFKgwOg3Snz7yJARwDB0e2UdQayg3A/s2874/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley-Stagecoach:Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20looking%20due%20E.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="2874" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJGgTkbBWMDuFtnUzaRhQ6gGEpKdLM61zdxDMRl4qcYY1MR87Y-vJ89aDK_YUyeUVQvJs_zqj724xpCJjp2iY8tF80Hu7z2AZYiK8qGPiYXzmYQ64oFxzgs5nwqAQcdsif6m1IKkrVx4DlAXGBV_8qHXMgVRVNFKgwOg3Snz7yJARwDB0e2UdQayg3A/w640-h410/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley-Stagecoach:Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20looking%20due%20E.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Bear and Rabbit Summit, part of the Stagecoach formation<br /></b></span></div><br />Bear and Rabbit Summit is part of this larger formation, which we've also been seeing a lot of. This formation has various names depending on who you ask, but all or part of it is also known as "Stagecoach."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Sfoa9XPLdV1bk_ajrJytyw_A8qY7iOscLutleIiqucDa-l0MzI5zmBeRHW97BMM7ajOreRhoagxggIilT1NNntJwQj-iw3pENwChHMq4EPjE0u-NWEaohnPDSfvebQJgVmSlv2vDZXUsUY1aIvztGUb-7eluQQyDU7bVOc8nUDWlQRHreZB3ZbmLw/s2048/2017%20(ca)-Milky%20Way%20over%20Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Dale%20Boan-posted%20by%20Astronomers%20on%20the%20Sunshine%20Coast,%20BC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Sfoa9XPLdV1bk_ajrJytyw_A8qY7iOscLutleIiqucDa-l0MzI5zmBeRHW97BMM7ajOreRhoagxggIilT1NNntJwQj-iw3pENwChHMq4EPjE0u-NWEaohnPDSfvebQJgVmSlv2vDZXUsUY1aIvztGUb-7eluQQyDU7bVOc8nUDWlQRHreZB3ZbmLw/w640-h426/2017%20(ca)-Milky%20Way%20over%20Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Dale%20Boan-posted%20by%20Astronomers%20on%20the%20Sunshine%20Coast,%20BC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Milky Way rises above Monument Valley's "Thumb" (photo by Dale Boan)<br /></b></span></div><br />Monument Valley's connection to astronomy, as suggested by "Cosmic Voyage," is
no accident. The valley is one of the best places on the planet to take in
the beauty of the sky above — especially the Milky Way.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RIRmddWkBYRu_tpMeehtLnDIAPHfBFWMlBV1Uu8xQJ_YzszQiNji-xR5VWUtk_IeIcbcCrSJqyRy0scMlCvuEzWvuVi3Wc9nOrU9rK8CmntIM-OfZ85ljAGwTyefeEu9QH-RLD7SJXbdLxu1QIDUGuSBO5bczeYzHjIiYV5u-pcJ6K6UAgYECA-5_Q/s960/2017-Milky%20Way%20over%20Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Tom%20Masterson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="960" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RIRmddWkBYRu_tpMeehtLnDIAPHfBFWMlBV1Uu8xQJ_YzszQiNji-xR5VWUtk_IeIcbcCrSJqyRy0scMlCvuEzWvuVi3Wc9nOrU9rK8CmntIM-OfZ85ljAGwTyefeEu9QH-RLD7SJXbdLxu1QIDUGuSBO5bczeYzHjIiYV5u-pcJ6K6UAgYECA-5_Q/w640-h396/2017-Milky%20Way%20over%20Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Tom%20Masterson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Milky Way above Monument Valley (photo by Tom Masterson, 2017)<br /></b></span></div><br />In the right conditions, photos of the Milky Way above the valley can be so spectacular that it's hard to believe they're real. This one,
posted by NASA, is definitely the
real deal.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgvNR5MuvUdcTDn8mNPbETP2KPSbkGPoW7pv30nmPu_6Z8Y7ZO0dXteZwiLw3V5wQRMQL5scNSTfteL8-Mxkm0ecVE65FKyjshHxX2LRvNcttz_Nhw8dHhLiYLL-6YeV4pr59PvDyFcNcOvbE2PuZEKGZv3w8QH2UWxg2rsof_19x65Pdat4YBr039w/s1080/2017-Milky%20Way%20over%20Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Tom%20Masterson-annotated.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1080" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgvNR5MuvUdcTDn8mNPbETP2KPSbkGPoW7pv30nmPu_6Z8Y7ZO0dXteZwiLw3V5wQRMQL5scNSTfteL8-Mxkm0ecVE65FKyjshHxX2LRvNcttz_Nhw8dHhLiYLL-6YeV4pr59PvDyFcNcOvbE2PuZEKGZv3w8QH2UWxg2rsof_19x65Pdat4YBr039w/w640-h396/2017-Milky%20Way%20over%20Monument%20Valley-photo%20by%20Tom%20Masterson-annotated.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>NASA's annotated version of the Tom Masterson photo<br /></b></span></div><br />NASA
also posted an annotated version of the photo, to help some of us
land-lubbers get a better handle on what's going on in the sky above us.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5te9cFL_Y8mvyKk_WymAplaJeChlvtIm_NKDwf_GN86kVQ6z65nV93yUYgmb4jo_clxjtox7N5TmSHHf8Uk_ZmaE1YZ6sMjsPG4Xod3LVYbt-hp9U-XvqPP1ZZIryIZzGK29UAzgShJbmBUK-h0acSbiAIiGgmPzcgYB0tnYo0H0dBSHcTOpat_ghQ/s1280/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-the%20Thumb-Ward%20Bond,%20Ken%20Curtis,%20John%20Qualen,%20William%20Steele-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5te9cFL_Y8mvyKk_WymAplaJeChlvtIm_NKDwf_GN86kVQ6z65nV93yUYgmb4jo_clxjtox7N5TmSHHf8Uk_ZmaE1YZ6sMjsPG4Xod3LVYbt-hp9U-XvqPP1ZZIryIZzGK29UAzgShJbmBUK-h0acSbiAIiGgmPzcgYB0tnYo0H0dBSHcTOpat_ghQ/w640-h360/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-the%20Thumb-Ward%20Bond,%20Ken%20Curtis,%20John%20Qualen,%20William%20Steele-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Searchers" (1956): The Thumb<br /></b></span></div><br />That photo of the Milky Way above the Thumb reminded me that John Ford included this shot of the Thumb in "The Searchers." You may recognize Ward Bond, second from right, and Ken Curtis on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPuIxK9Zw9TSe4f2piqNK-AoO_Pvl89UxAqAXn_2iOc_XMLxGzbY4X4J3vYrIk7yfJMrz-tj2py6nY8H6YXtkttPOh6KNq9pM6Z46wR8cbok_2OVTPJGo5XgbC0BeZKRxrISWHiKUpPUUqdEp55YDopQKBTI38uhJWnEk8NR2mbplzfnUJKTJVPmrDg/s3874/recent-Monument%20Valley-the%20Thumb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="3874" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPuIxK9Zw9TSe4f2piqNK-AoO_Pvl89UxAqAXn_2iOc_XMLxGzbY4X4J3vYrIk7yfJMrz-tj2py6nY8H6YXtkttPOh6KNq9pM6Z46wR8cbok_2OVTPJGo5XgbC0BeZKRxrISWHiKUpPUUqdEp55YDopQKBTI38uhJWnEk8NR2mbplzfnUJKTJVPmrDg/w640-h396/recent-Monument%20Valley-the%20Thumb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Thumb as it appears in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />A recent shot of the Thumb shows that it hasn't changed much since "The Searchers" filmed here — although the lighting in this shot accentuates the feature's red clay roots.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICG5ZkQ2vA9ha7rEUaHY9LjOdKXHfjORaeVFPK6eokYW6ctT9Fhwgf1mojqFrFEElf58TXo8ydmbsaiJJaoA1_-5n0mpctzd_-WkEKhqP0uktDUmHrVDqTRtOmDhDj-ahGtWpGyB6HGh5udAfOWd2_vivtulN3yY5bv7ZrVJuyIQIzhrRHH6gkdBgpQ/s3031/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley-North%20Window%20Overlook%20area%20looking%20N,%20incl%20Camel%20Butte,%20the%20Thumb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="3031" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICG5ZkQ2vA9ha7rEUaHY9LjOdKXHfjORaeVFPK6eokYW6ctT9Fhwgf1mojqFrFEElf58TXo8ydmbsaiJJaoA1_-5n0mpctzd_-WkEKhqP0uktDUmHrVDqTRtOmDhDj-ahGtWpGyB6HGh5udAfOWd2_vivtulN3yY5bv7ZrVJuyIQIzhrRHH6gkdBgpQ/w640-h334/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley-North%20Window%20Overlook%20area%20looking%20N,%20incl%20Camel%20Butte,%20the%20Thumb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>A 3D view of Monument Valley looking north</b></span></div><br />The Thumb can be seen at bottom right in this recent bird's-eye view of a wide swath of Monument
Valley, taken looking north. The nearest formation to the Thumb is known
as Camel Butte.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd36S-aLc_bGZxA0ImWHoBzo1GeHsd7h6oG4tdr9H3B45T4k2YSRertsMjd2JKUY-k3e39IZrHHAUIJ9UQ2Ed5cQNGKeg_WnKMMja4V92VtW2IcsnAaOcb8VfLZ9df9pcVHb06suEMTK7yuJKM8tbkPN_bLH3I9zZTl5qy1J8-RmLndpeMh_XcC5dcMw/s3046/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley-North%20Window%20Overlook%20area%20looking%20N,%20incl%20Camel%20Butte,%20the%20Thumb-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="3046" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd36S-aLc_bGZxA0ImWHoBzo1GeHsd7h6oG4tdr9H3B45T4k2YSRertsMjd2JKUY-k3e39IZrHHAUIJ9UQ2Ed5cQNGKeg_WnKMMja4V92VtW2IcsnAaOcb8VfLZ9df9pcVHb06suEMTK7yuJKM8tbkPN_bLH3I9zZTl5qy1J8-RmLndpeMh_XcC5dcMw/w640-h332/2023%20(%222023%22)-Google%203D-Monument%20Valley-North%20Window%20Overlook%20area%20looking%20N,%20incl%20Camel%20Butte,%20the%20Thumb-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Key Monument Valley features identified<br /></b></span></div><br />I added labels to the shot to help work out the positions of the various rock formations — many of which have been featured in this post. You may want to click on the photo to enlarge it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQNrFh5VgNkITn2ZxMecBqqEGMaAXG4dAZ7kDwLf4fe6jwspypvpT_oDDRZ4VmGrjEVHJ61Tls3wic6Of7Nqs-ltsR5ktckeTADJaDmtBzhrOB-g---zVmh7Jx2QL7llXEUf1qn5rtghBGwBGlhxrQ8kyGojpnNxMyrqJUbMrAlLE8b-u3CLPPLXveQ/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQNrFh5VgNkITn2ZxMecBqqEGMaAXG4dAZ7kDwLf4fe6jwspypvpT_oDDRZ4VmGrjEVHJ61Tls3wic6Of7Nqs-ltsR5ktckeTADJaDmtBzhrOB-g---zVmh7Jx2QL7llXEUf1qn5rtghBGwBGlhxrQ8kyGojpnNxMyrqJUbMrAlLE8b-u3CLPPLXveQ/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-RKO%20SWY%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon": Here comes trouble<br /></b></span></div><br />Just about everything in that wide shot of the valley appears somewhere in a John Ford movie — and usually in more than one. In a sense, Ford's work can be seen as a tourism guide to the region.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n1e6BWGwxrh3z9GSfwgJoa0Wc5PTmbVwUGfTM4KvKBmpHHFC1ItPTKPkXnAsUW5YN4RUcShKmdA3rvwVvfX_zPPzkg8zZMz-zSWg80rX0MJBQfim5BF-YRG1ALsqaalRLzvMhDEaQfoH0N-RZullpJ1Th8JpbBFdIBxIx4TOyM7ZP46VIcSXaoox0g/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-Big%20Indian%20and%20Setting%20Hen-RKO%20SWY%204-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n1e6BWGwxrh3z9GSfwgJoa0Wc5PTmbVwUGfTM4KvKBmpHHFC1ItPTKPkXnAsUW5YN4RUcShKmdA3rvwVvfX_zPPzkg8zZMz-zSWg80rX0MJBQfim5BF-YRG1ALsqaalRLzvMhDEaQfoH0N-RZullpJ1Th8JpbBFdIBxIx4TOyM7ZP46VIcSXaoox0g/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-Big%20Indian%20and%20Setting%20Hen-RKO%20SWY%204-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Big Indian and Setting Hen, in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"<br /></b></span></div><br />For example, the shot from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" includes not only "Big Indian" but also "Setting Hen" farther north. Both features are on the Utah side of the border, and the shot is taken looking approximately north.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gysenamrdLUqvet-SpbQXkcPPmiGgW_B7ISd-BnBHpuAHdcUvgBaa-dJ3MsoeqvRjchVNX0G4Dg16vwTG1ekIm_FtWjswH09Bb-WL2B2xSkgx780fu4uo7Nqs0WriEcdv03O8Ofkmk80S9aqEUrj8Rz6HE4WKFlbF_7EdQJxGxVCrLxl5Ah8RViD0w/s1600/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Henry%20Fonda%20in%20town%20(Tombstone)%20with%20rock%20formations%20to%20E%20(L-R)%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20Stagecoach,%20the%20Big%20Indian,%20Sentinel%20Mesa%20(town%20ran%20approx%20E-W).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1281" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gysenamrdLUqvet-SpbQXkcPPmiGgW_B7ISd-BnBHpuAHdcUvgBaa-dJ3MsoeqvRjchVNX0G4Dg16vwTG1ekIm_FtWjswH09Bb-WL2B2xSkgx780fu4uo7Nqs0WriEcdv03O8Ofkmk80S9aqEUrj8Rz6HE4WKFlbF_7EdQJxGxVCrLxl5Ah8RViD0w/w512-h640/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Henry%20Fonda%20in%20town%20(Tombstone)%20with%20rock%20formations%20to%20E%20(L-R)%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20Stagecoach,%20the%20Big%20Indian,%20Sentinel%20Mesa%20(town%20ran%20approx%20E-W).jpg" width="512" /></a></div>"My Darling Clementine" (1946): Henry Fonda relaxes in Tombstone<br /></b></span></div><br />Big Indian had appeared previously in "My Darling Clementine." In this promo still for the movie we see Henry Fonda, as Wyatt Earp, on the set for the town of Tombstone, built to the west of Big Indian.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RJ7xjJbOineziDYF9HQ_87NOduDJByxYKXtBMMy-glk6hmKjj5rSk_DIahtq7Lyh-ThlalymofzkQvP7R4rZU6uSrvzrqAAdM_9lxBqV5k7oOm9PHiDbNjyaoHG8EENbMzUQxXVp7AbaShs0cPk7hx7e0jy3Y7sXNK3x5jSctPq9jg8u7uKNMg9_9w/s1600/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Henry%20Fonda%20in%20town%20(Tombstone)%20with%20rock%20formations%20to%20E%20(L-R)%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20Stagecoach,%20the%20Big%20Indian,%20Sentinel%20Mesa%20(town%20ran%20approx%20E-W)-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1281" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RJ7xjJbOineziDYF9HQ_87NOduDJByxYKXtBMMy-glk6hmKjj5rSk_DIahtq7Lyh-ThlalymofzkQvP7R4rZU6uSrvzrqAAdM_9lxBqV5k7oOm9PHiDbNjyaoHG8EENbMzUQxXVp7AbaShs0cPk7hx7e0jy3Y7sXNK3x5jSctPq9jg8u7uKNMg9_9w/w512-h640/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Henry%20Fonda%20in%20town%20(Tombstone)%20with%20rock%20formations%20to%20E%20(L-R)%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit,%20Stagecoach,%20the%20Big%20Indian,%20Sentinel%20Mesa%20(town%20ran%20approx%20E-W)-noted.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Landmarks to the east of Tombstone<br /></b></span></div><br />The background features in this shot are all located east of the Tombstone site. However, pinpointing the location where Ford built his set for Tombstone is no simple matter.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nsbiNSQjyiy0hcybWZG7xoTApju4tVka1iNi3mDmrnflF-0MYMxdkWWIhlvrfhWlmbWX5ycKJ85XU8rmiNSbckNJPWFXP_72gvaUlv_BEUx8uNjoysHRmQQlm6811Hl1-w8Wx_SXmB8aF6u1hcGeV3mlCmM-mGG5gk2QCTrME5KtaZTQQz6jNrZtaA/s1910/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Tombstone%20set-Rock%20Door%20Mesa-Henry%20Fonda%20and%20Roy%20Roberts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nsbiNSQjyiy0hcybWZG7xoTApju4tVka1iNi3mDmrnflF-0MYMxdkWWIhlvrfhWlmbWX5ycKJ85XU8rmiNSbckNJPWFXP_72gvaUlv_BEUx8uNjoysHRmQQlm6811Hl1-w8Wx_SXmB8aF6u1hcGeV3mlCmM-mGG5gk2QCTrME5KtaZTQQz6jNrZtaA/w640-h480/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Tombstone%20set-Rock%20Door%20Mesa-Henry%20Fonda%20and%20Roy%20Roberts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"My Darling Clementine": Tombstone's mayor (Roy Roberts) comes a-callin'<br /></b></span></div><br />We do have this shot looking more or less in the opposite direction, which is a big help. At this end of town the background consists mainly of a mesa situated southwest of the Tombstone site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE2f_WukmL0M9jbXXbil9jSmB5uMcuNr8nWTtCiaKATaZHnKwpyw1VzeiwzgAZaMyqqFUtq4us9y3_NtBxHBg6K0PyQj6ktH3glrGxquyrcK1AFJzQY522vI8Ime_fmM-OVm0WzzMJr-s-vvClbqBG-AADcWQLz4l-wV4F9iTR4eWKu-vJ-6MFSJwwQ/s1910/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Tombstone%20set-Rock%20Door%20Mesa-Henry%20Fonda%20and%20Roy%20Roberts-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE2f_WukmL0M9jbXXbil9jSmB5uMcuNr8nWTtCiaKATaZHnKwpyw1VzeiwzgAZaMyqqFUtq4us9y3_NtBxHBg6K0PyQj6ktH3glrGxquyrcK1AFJzQY522vI8Ime_fmM-OVm0WzzMJr-s-vvClbqBG-AADcWQLz4l-wV4F9iTR4eWKu-vJ-6MFSJwwQ/w640-h480/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Tombstone%20set-Rock%20Door%20Mesa-Henry%20Fonda%20and%20Roy%20Roberts-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>An important landmark to the southwest of the Tombstone set<br /></b></span></div><br />Rock Door Mesa provides a bookend at the far end of the Tombstone set. Today this huge landmark is situated near what might be described as the "commercial hub" of Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4038v9QkoPoomsr7rzFQF0MjcJd18yFCo0k6ocFI48-_v-msWDm18ty9L0m27nq94c0LE7Bc3DtO2leUlm4YGueRQe_s5QdWBQuPXjd0rbqe6H6hBMwyUDFBqZdAwWh12wK8gpG2YkMJN9XV5t0t0IAcy-s39oH4x7qpGxIxg6jD1EOlQZlLWOUv8OQ/s972/recent-Monument%20Valley%20area-US%20163%20looking%20approximately%20SW%20toward%20Rock%20Door%20Mesa%20and%20the%20Arizona-Utah%20border.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="972" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4038v9QkoPoomsr7rzFQF0MjcJd18yFCo0k6ocFI48-_v-msWDm18ty9L0m27nq94c0LE7Bc3DtO2leUlm4YGueRQe_s5QdWBQuPXjd0rbqe6H6hBMwyUDFBqZdAwWh12wK8gpG2YkMJN9XV5t0t0IAcy-s39oH4x7qpGxIxg6jD1EOlQZlLWOUv8OQ/w640-h410/recent-Monument%20Valley%20area-US%20163%20looking%20approximately%20SW%20toward%20Rock%20Door%20Mesa%20and%20the%20Arizona-Utah%20border.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock Door Mesa in modern times — "downtown" Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot matching the "My Darling Clementine" background is taken looking approximately southwest down Highway 163, toward the Arizona-Utah border. A number of buildings now stand in the area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlrqCcdBFwBJj200M2hHwf7_VGc5qquYxAd-BlxgxE8_oNfYi0cSGAT6kSHKmVKB-S8eGQt_prGyi1Ww7k0eEj8a6jyZ_kdk0s7SKkGzRU_9FeW5fCrJchv5FWbOEPgIVHWJDTqMaX9QPmvfOsC_Cok_c7CxPmYbQkM4c1CDFY2ZTHQjXjaxGqZiKlQ/s2104/2022%20(July)-Google%20SV-Hwy%20163%20in%20Utah,%20just%20N%20of%20Ariz%20border,%20looking%20WxSW%20fr%20near%20where%20Tombstone%20was%20built%20for%20My%20Darling%20Clementine-Rock%20Door%20Mesa%20to%20WxSW%20matches%20movie-Goulding's%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2104" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlrqCcdBFwBJj200M2hHwf7_VGc5qquYxAd-BlxgxE8_oNfYi0cSGAT6kSHKmVKB-S8eGQt_prGyi1Ww7k0eEj8a6jyZ_kdk0s7SKkGzRU_9FeW5fCrJchv5FWbOEPgIVHWJDTqMaX9QPmvfOsC_Cok_c7CxPmYbQkM4c1CDFY2ZTHQjXjaxGqZiKlQ/w640-h404/2022%20(July)-Google%20SV-Hwy%20163%20in%20Utah,%20just%20N%20of%20Ariz%20border,%20looking%20WxSW%20fr%20near%20where%20Tombstone%20was%20built%20for%20My%20Darling%20Clementine-Rock%20Door%20Mesa%20to%20WxSW%20matches%20movie-Goulding's%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Goulding name lives on in Monument Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />Another thing you'll see along this stretch of road is signs for various "Goulding's" businesses — lodge, restaurant, RV park, museum ... you name it. The region's "commercial district" is part of the legacy laid down starting back in the '20s by Harry Goulding — the same guy who convinced John Ford to come check out Monument Valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOGOLaBhjm5d5XOywLwnAOr1wRB3ALojlCcNyoNVXreMVmCIaoFx_Ewbu7c6bA-MKKYEiFZwdMc0gkejGfLdOZKQf5Lt9CXzZtzD52XP64n0bCRCbfp0GlArHHRyVIkMA9uBFmxiaZtQ5K3AGt07J13VlAkxMVtcejwT4McGxWYK52rhFo1w9XAwmYg/s2134/2022%20(July)-Google%20SV-Hwy%20163%20in%20Utah,%20just%20N%20of%20Ariz%20border,%20Goulding's%20Full%20Services%20sign%20at%20roundabout.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2134" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOGOLaBhjm5d5XOywLwnAOr1wRB3ALojlCcNyoNVXreMVmCIaoFx_Ewbu7c6bA-MKKYEiFZwdMc0gkejGfLdOZKQf5Lt9CXzZtzD52XP64n0bCRCbfp0GlArHHRyVIkMA9uBFmxiaZtQ5K3AGt07J13VlAkxMVtcejwT4McGxWYK52rhFo1w9XAwmYg/w640-h402/2022%20(July)-Google%20SV-Hwy%20163%20in%20Utah,%20just%20N%20of%20Ariz%20border,%20Goulding's%20Full%20Services%20sign%20at%20roundabout.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This way to all the conveniences you tried to leave behind<br /></b></span></div><br />If you're camping in Monument Valley and you need ice, there's a good chance you'll be buying it from a business with "Goulding's" in the name. Don't bother with the car wash, though — you'll just be getting it dirty again.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWkIr9c-i34b2bx2zsicKFSIqTKDm_HKBukeyXWmHtWFcRWrf18RRLzmBgxL1oNoeRG01RUkxNLn3I9qdRBigbyxVdYaUm_a63ZkJjI-XvD0F03dVk-doxx6vK-OmSZBPl0u2abh-LJC1OS5W3l3PIm1D-UETAccTMw_TY0FRDH_wn0_Dl7SAIiwT7A/s3428/2023-Google%20aerial-Monument%20Valley-area%20between%20Rock%20Door%20Mesa%20and%20Big%20Indian-target%20for%20location%20of%20Tombstone%20in%20My%20Darling%20Clementine-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2350" data-original-width="3428" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWkIr9c-i34b2bx2zsicKFSIqTKDm_HKBukeyXWmHtWFcRWrf18RRLzmBgxL1oNoeRG01RUkxNLn3I9qdRBigbyxVdYaUm_a63ZkJjI-XvD0F03dVk-doxx6vK-OmSZBPl0u2abh-LJC1OS5W3l3PIm1D-UETAccTMw_TY0FRDH_wn0_Dl7SAIiwT7A/w640-h438/2023-Google%20aerial-Monument%20Valley-area%20between%20Rock%20Door%20Mesa%20and%20Big%20Indian-target%20for%20location%20of%20Tombstone%20in%20My%20Darling%20Clementine-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Approximate location of the Tombstone set from "My Darling Clementine"<br /></b></span></div><br />I doubt that anything remains today of the Tombstone set from 1946, but if it did, it would be somewhere in this area, just off Highway 163 — probably not far from the KOA Journey campground.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9EeGaF_WoRA8y9hb5DVceY5x_ZXJC-uwesTzQivhdaOwbO2ZxEE1SRaMkutzYPlY1BRwDihDYdl19nfzosotS9zu-5LnHRIdOmC7vciSA4W7ZlCrjFZuuOHIplacl4pyEd4sILrpQZRTNjC0s3XgImtMBxRF4rj1exlMPHZ0W1xpiKU59V5VTTQhEQ/s1249/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Gray%20Whiskers%20and%20Mitchell%20Butte-John%20Wayne,%20Walter%20Coy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1249" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9EeGaF_WoRA8y9hb5DVceY5x_ZXJC-uwesTzQivhdaOwbO2ZxEE1SRaMkutzYPlY1BRwDihDYdl19nfzosotS9zu-5LnHRIdOmC7vciSA4W7ZlCrjFZuuOHIplacl4pyEd4sILrpQZRTNjC0s3XgImtMBxRF4rj1exlMPHZ0W1xpiKU59V5VTTQhEQ/w640-h368/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-Gray%20Whiskers%20and%20Mitchell%20Butte-John%20Wayne,%20Walter%20Coy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Searchers": John Wayne and Walter Coy framed by two buttes<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from John Ford's "The Searchers" features two prominent Monument Valley landmarks: Gray Whiskers, on the left, and Mitchell Butte on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif36D4GpGvjGuvAKhd3l72yd7MYuZl1OGPFshho17tq6nvzHHWpMWi8BXBa8nn5z5gWEyGEWHVxawk0u8U6wYv_-FB7frsUthtlAaNUpZIcVOHAy9hE-IViqal0rwvU2BsacxKdrsOApIAvR5Z-GqX9QcCAdH15gNLHMfR8mfSI37OGRaLqy3b5sCGIA/s923/recent-Monument%20Valley-Gray%20Whiskers,%20Agathla%20Peak%20and%20Mitchell%20Butte%20looking%20S%20fr%20US%20163%20near%20Eagle%20Mesa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="923" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif36D4GpGvjGuvAKhd3l72yd7MYuZl1OGPFshho17tq6nvzHHWpMWi8BXBa8nn5z5gWEyGEWHVxawk0u8U6wYv_-FB7frsUthtlAaNUpZIcVOHAy9hE-IViqal0rwvU2BsacxKdrsOApIAvR5Z-GqX9QcCAdH15gNLHMfR8mfSI37OGRaLqy3b5sCGIA/w640-h366/recent-Monument%20Valley-Gray%20Whiskers,%20Agathla%20Peak%20and%20Mitchell%20Butte%20looking%20S%20fr%20US%20163%20near%20Eagle%20Mesa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Gray Whiskers and Mitchell Butte in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a recent shot of those same two buttes, looking south across Highway 163. The photo isn't an exact match for the movie angle, but it's in the ballpark. In this shot Agathla Peak is also visible toward the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJo63aHQfph-QPr1VqjMbB_VRdhKQhD2G5qkZ4Wh3vN6JyIVYM7INf0FqTjO0ZFNvAoA7ksN_vIFLf3DChJ2dK-8Ku7ytKfbJ0LXWfccpMCGBm7fFDEGi-xQkZMRldNl_lOM6kkpSpx-69fqnV6w-9ae6yGJNwDIDtZQUF9M_ap4GkizpHoZIX3oLrmw/s2472/2023%20(Jan)-Monument%20Valley-Mitchell%20Butte,%20seen%20w%20Navajo%20Nation%20Monument.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2472" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJo63aHQfph-QPr1VqjMbB_VRdhKQhD2G5qkZ4Wh3vN6JyIVYM7INf0FqTjO0ZFNvAoA7ksN_vIFLf3DChJ2dK-8Ku7ytKfbJ0LXWfccpMCGBm7fFDEGi-xQkZMRldNl_lOM6kkpSpx-69fqnV6w-9ae6yGJNwDIDtZQUF9M_ap4GkizpHoZIX3oLrmw/w640-h416/2023%20(Jan)-Monument%20Valley-Mitchell%20Butte,%20seen%20w%20Navajo%20Nation%20Monument.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mitchell Butte, near the Navajo Nation Monument (2023)<br /></b></span></div><br />Today Mitchell Butte is a part of the same neighborhood as the Navajo Nation Monument, along Monument Valley Road. This photo was taken in January 2023.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcD427UsZzFEY58Ft-R11ypK_HRBdnXRnw9Y-GkGX-wuRq93fCJAqo8F8u51BnXTzZES24HABVJ3qAfpUnkXva-ZyzQEePjUSofmbwKgZYgFTGmr9bTlBihMoJF-EkTGWCe058pF2WAu1KabmERZBF9WBdpqO2BLcr-XJ8cSKxegEMznzNTcjUynLgw/s2860/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Mitchell%20Butte%20%E2%88%9A-Walter%20Brennan,%20Grant%20Withers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="2860" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcD427UsZzFEY58Ft-R11ypK_HRBdnXRnw9Y-GkGX-wuRq93fCJAqo8F8u51BnXTzZES24HABVJ3qAfpUnkXva-ZyzQEePjUSofmbwKgZYgFTGmr9bTlBihMoJF-EkTGWCe058pF2WAu1KabmERZBF9WBdpqO2BLcr-XJ8cSKxegEMznzNTcjUynLgw/w640-h482/1946-My%20Darling%20Clementine-Monument%20Valley-Mitchell%20Butte%20%E2%88%9A-Walter%20Brennan,%20Grant%20Withers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mitchell Butte in "My Darling Clementine" (1946)<br /></b></span></div><br />Mitchell Butte can be seen from that same angle in the John Ford movie "My Darling Clementine."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbU2FHzfnujYeKSReR98_rqHYF9ghmLcxJSWeCDP2p2r2AtG9a3xYOdr8Ve2SSZxyXDz4yDBKWPyz-FHQYPDVWc-dfr2ATJgErwKKVjCgxok5yXPHDW9tlOjttRyOMjJw7ujE1V6WuBssx0xhDvLqUvzh_t1b05O4dFyFXjrrxBCgJHlTKdV2w2rtUQ/s850/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-The%20Gap-with%20view%20of%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20to%20east-John%20Wayne%20and%20Frank%20McGrath-RKO%20SWY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="850" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbU2FHzfnujYeKSReR98_rqHYF9ghmLcxJSWeCDP2p2r2AtG9a3xYOdr8Ve2SSZxyXDz4yDBKWPyz-FHQYPDVWc-dfr2ATJgErwKKVjCgxok5yXPHDW9tlOjttRyOMjJw7ujE1V6WuBssx0xhDvLqUvzh_t1b05O4dFyFXjrrxBCgJHlTKdV2w2rtUQ/w640-h512/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-The%20Gap-with%20view%20of%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20to%20east-John%20Wayne%20and%20Frank%20McGrath-RKO%20SWY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon": John Wayne and Frank McGrath<br /></b></span></div><br />Another favorite John Ford location can be seen in this promo still for "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." The shot is taken looking east, and in the distance we can see Bear and Rabbit Summit near the center of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgS_NbVK1-WE7G6dEJxUKJ5RUyhm1Y8reWDg8S4H2DMof3Mnfqs3FSQjkhDyPPkGnr9DOsNaaL-k0KLz1zGWtWBM34Qu-NJ7E78DoN1q126o0dc76LW3gEN6oiAewx7qJ6eIQvynlAeJqmrv9L-oZarvIB63nkXs5uWa3lwAr4HfFI6BahL9ScGIutw/s1361/2017-Monument%20Valley-Goulding's%20Resort%20RV%20Park-looking%20approx%20E-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon%20(matches%20this%20shot)%20and%20The%20Searchers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1361" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgS_NbVK1-WE7G6dEJxUKJ5RUyhm1Y8reWDg8S4H2DMof3Mnfqs3FSQjkhDyPPkGnr9DOsNaaL-k0KLz1zGWtWBM34Qu-NJ7E78DoN1q126o0dc76LW3gEN6oiAewx7qJ6eIQvynlAeJqmrv9L-oZarvIB63nkXs5uWa3lwAr4HfFI6BahL9ScGIutw/w640-h510/2017-Monument%20Valley-Goulding's%20Resort%20RV%20Park-looking%20approx%20E-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon%20(matches%20this%20shot)%20and%20The%20Searchers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in modern times: Looking east through "the Gap"<br /></b></span></div><br />I believe this location is known today as "the Gap." From this angle we can see Big Indian and Sentinel Mesa in the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY20btmkAbWz4LT1JB5PIJ6R69gvnJzfxzIkg2kZk0KJMFA-M_V0xKSX6qE8-CypB-gqqR5NdkJuTcq4qmJMPbmt_GYOv5e8jaXaBj5ZwIwQO4Y6_EqnMeZOCO1gBI_1C-uv6t5Qee5e953ouwnEsyhfCEIQj_mhrvhk58R0o8EhKOHhXmRJxfqfDFw/s1361/2017-Monument%20Valley-Goulding's%20Resort%20RV%20Park-looking%20approx%20E-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon%20(matches%20this%20shot)%20and%20The%20Searchers-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1361" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY20btmkAbWz4LT1JB5PIJ6R69gvnJzfxzIkg2kZk0KJMFA-M_V0xKSX6qE8-CypB-gqqR5NdkJuTcq4qmJMPbmt_GYOv5e8jaXaBj5ZwIwQO4Y6_EqnMeZOCO1gBI_1C-uv6t5Qee5e953ouwnEsyhfCEIQj_mhrvhk58R0o8EhKOHhXmRJxfqfDFw/w640-h510/2017-Monument%20Valley-Goulding's%20Resort%20RV%20Park-looking%20approx%20E-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon%20(matches%20this%20shot)%20and%20The%20Searchers-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Comparing the two angles</b></span></div><br />The movie angle and the recent angle are not an exact match, but pretty close.
Notice the highlighted section of Big Indian — we can call it the
"southern slope."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOntsGt-035YVcTuvb2Zb2qORCGqJSuYDsSvf6h87Twa7sw-3J5eLLbBn83HKdN3aCrLVTJYZCw0ufm0d47lnCyfbIYNR9x-sDZmlgzQHPBfvUY8p7NXOKqhD6B7e6bq7VIo5ZWR4WvntgyZhha_hi4KCYCSFZrSLO8LDXxSWS5FAUkTsVNmfnnYaoKw/s2660/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-The%20Gap-with%20view%20of%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20to%20east-John%20Wayne%20and%20Frank%20McGrath-RKO%20SWY-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="2660" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOntsGt-035YVcTuvb2Zb2qORCGqJSuYDsSvf6h87Twa7sw-3J5eLLbBn83HKdN3aCrLVTJYZCw0ufm0d47lnCyfbIYNR9x-sDZmlgzQHPBfvUY8p7NXOKqhD6B7e6bq7VIo5ZWR4WvntgyZhha_hi4KCYCSFZrSLO8LDXxSWS5FAUkTsVNmfnnYaoKw/w640-h512/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-PS-Monument%20Valley-The%20Gap-with%20view%20of%20Bear%20and%20Rabbit%20Summit%20to%20east-John%20Wayne%20and%20Frank%20McGrath-RKO%20SWY-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Big Indian, partially visible in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"<br /></b></span></div><br />The same section of Big Indian is also visible in the shot from "She
Wore a Yellow Ribbon," although much of the formation is hidden behind
Frank McGrath.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVKfHA8Dqrc91WiLMOgrYt7nhTtXbFBGc9aElEZ53LlcsyAuA4GUL5I6tpDfXC4HT382K_y6DDHGCOuy5GAfTT71BnSGg_U-RH0GoJsvj_y9KP4_9zHZ89tJ9ysTStZ1Fs3vnJ1sxk83LQHegt_VmtsjNYakhl_NiIrn6u1VSKNeAoJ2zyCVQp4Sr_A/s1322/1957-1965-Wagon%20Train-Frank%20McGrath%20as%20Charlie%20Wooster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1188" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVKfHA8Dqrc91WiLMOgrYt7nhTtXbFBGc9aElEZ53LlcsyAuA4GUL5I6tpDfXC4HT382K_y6DDHGCOuy5GAfTT71BnSGg_U-RH0GoJsvj_y9KP4_9zHZ89tJ9ysTStZ1Fs3vnJ1sxk83LQHegt_VmtsjNYakhl_NiIrn6u1VSKNeAoJ2zyCVQp4Sr_A/w576-h640/1957-1965-Wagon%20Train-Frank%20McGrath%20as%20Charlie%20Wooster.jpg" width="576" /></a></div>Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster on "Wagon Train"<br /></b></span></div><br />You may remember Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster, the gruff but lovable cook on the long-running TV Western "Wagon Train." McGrath was on the show for its entire run, from 1957-1965.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbXqPNaFYo2WRUpzVEDaWk7FIHonzSFjSZX4_gptWDdkqOG3gry78iqXkIPxt2Jvs5wGLAe9xXKLaU1X-5Wr3HDwE3NDm_9F6oRAQqkRl9jSTqS9foZ6eOBDuZMtu21HURsZAIKa8z5Jj7teyWK2Fhejx0aLicE73ob__YfvVHIM_HF7cJvFw4IHQHg/s1366/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-near%20The%20Gap-looking%20approx%20ExSE-Noble%20Johnson-RKO%20SWY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1366" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbXqPNaFYo2WRUpzVEDaWk7FIHonzSFjSZX4_gptWDdkqOG3gry78iqXkIPxt2Jvs5wGLAe9xXKLaU1X-5Wr3HDwE3NDm_9F6oRAQqkRl9jSTqS9foZ6eOBDuZMtu21HURsZAIKa8z5Jj7teyWK2Fhejx0aLicE73ob__YfvVHIM_HF7cJvFw4IHQHg/w640-h468/1949-She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-Monument%20Valley-near%20The%20Gap-looking%20approx%20ExSE-Noble%20Johnson-RKO%20SWY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon": Turning the camera more toward the south<br /></b></span></div><br />While Ford was shooting in the vicinity of the Gap for "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," he also filmed this angle highlighting more of the butte running along the southern edge of the Gap.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HsyvPG4fL7ux_ZKtpA1F8wtxETR0TvLNsXSdGng3SMdJ2NpdzYyvOP6vXBMTNzcNO6bQXMOJxD2F77gtSfYPXCukrxGgH-2MZ1d_TDo1Cpkt76d9RBYVzr69fNA9LbMyt42VBQ1XdAuQ6_Va87Wq5oxG9w0gtaduVNQhTA5QF6Ctd_Phtax9TukL7A/s950/recent-Monument%20Valley-butte%20along%20S%20edge%20of%20Gap-looking%20approx%20ExSE-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-precropt,%20w%20Goulding's%20RV%20Park.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="950" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HsyvPG4fL7ux_ZKtpA1F8wtxETR0TvLNsXSdGng3SMdJ2NpdzYyvOP6vXBMTNzcNO6bQXMOJxD2F77gtSfYPXCukrxGgH-2MZ1d_TDo1Cpkt76d9RBYVzr69fNA9LbMyt42VBQ1XdAuQ6_Va87Wq5oxG9w0gtaduVNQhTA5QF6Ctd_Phtax9TukL7A/w640-h466/recent-Monument%20Valley-butte%20along%20S%20edge%20of%20Gap-looking%20approx%20ExSE-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon-precropt,%20w%20Goulding's%20RV%20Park.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same butte in recent years<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a more recent shot of the same butte, taken not far from where Ford filmed. As usual, not much has changed — other than the sky and the lighting, both of which were better in Ford's movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqfJgeSlLRU8hi-VBKFwfhluAHu1im-1qCkWNa6bylCjVFO4pWnqmMRcGuPowN2kEpS17gqi_PDrJxoC7LcU_OPoWPotXknAOMZQRN_KWPkqqe7h5ZcrEMfeHE3qsIJM4UApKOXK3bTkE5ynN0W00o9Y3nynoA2ZIxHQE0dg_uXIGQr8pUecM9br6Xw/s1261/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-The%20Gap,%20looking%20approx%20E-John%20Wayne,%20Jeffrey%20Hunter,%20Harry%20Carey%20Jr.-IMDb-c2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1261" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqfJgeSlLRU8hi-VBKFwfhluAHu1im-1qCkWNa6bylCjVFO4pWnqmMRcGuPowN2kEpS17gqi_PDrJxoC7LcU_OPoWPotXknAOMZQRN_KWPkqqe7h5ZcrEMfeHE3qsIJM4UApKOXK3bTkE5ynN0W00o9Y3nynoA2ZIxHQE0dg_uXIGQr8pUecM9br6Xw/w640-h366/1956-The%20Searchers-Monument%20Valley-The%20Gap,%20looking%20approx%20E-John%20Wayne,%20Jeffrey%20Hunter,%20Harry%20Carey%20Jr.-IMDb-c2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Searchers" (1956): Another look east through the Gap</b></span></div><br />John Ford returned to the Gap a few years after "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," once again shooting eastward, this time for "The Searchers."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT6BDfeDCTBhW8mGv0p8gQhU3uWXwiWqUDSK_RttfW-2qD6F44vGWFxcz7HnY585-zbVfhFkFcnklrpbRFwKY_ZITtYeulTkpaodViDwEpppyGYMMe0SpUvfcJrJ9NkjTLAHtHNHmZF7s64pgMX_3wqbY4y-3NV3C6qjkGMH-Rh56qNV71OLJKecupQ/s1582/recent-Monument%20Valley-Goulding's%20Resort%20RV%20Park-looking%20approx%20ExNE-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon%20and%20The%20Searchers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1582" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT6BDfeDCTBhW8mGv0p8gQhU3uWXwiWqUDSK_RttfW-2qD6F44vGWFxcz7HnY585-zbVfhFkFcnklrpbRFwKY_ZITtYeulTkpaodViDwEpppyGYMMe0SpUvfcJrJ9NkjTLAHtHNHmZF7s64pgMX_3wqbY4y-3NV3C6qjkGMH-Rh56qNV71OLJKecupQ/w640-h366/recent-Monument%20Valley-Goulding's%20Resort%20RV%20Park-looking%20approx%20ExNE-same%20angle%20used%20by%20John%20Ford%20in%20She%20Wore%20a%20Yellow%20Ribbon%20and%20The%20Searchers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Searchers" location in modern times: Goulding's Resort RV Park<br /></b></span></div><br /> Ford's filming location is not hard to find. 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I recommend getting out there yourself if you can, to see about matching up some of your own favorite movie shots or just to soak up the incredible scenery.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ238qFPckAj9Y1GDkIfyrleyEEW878jcFNcxnb2OBogYNHRbMfPjr_JjT3bOBlvSQgbEL4FhfC3-w181h2YBJNcifZPbCsg_vM2M9Z7hCh9pQ8vXBVHDSAyfRkr1BlggROFTUdG_a2pJG8gMeWacMmEKKIJUMbkV8XO2ip4kUR2im66PUHda6tGZ0fA/s1770/recent-Monument%20Valley-Sentinel%20Mesa%20looking%20NE%20(slightly%20more%20N)-matches%20The%20Searchers%20funeral%20scene.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1770" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ238qFPckAj9Y1GDkIfyrleyEEW878jcFNcxnb2OBogYNHRbMfPjr_JjT3bOBlvSQgbEL4FhfC3-w181h2YBJNcifZPbCsg_vM2M9Z7hCh9pQ8vXBVHDSAyfRkr1BlggROFTUdG_a2pJG8gMeWacMmEKKIJUMbkV8XO2ip4kUR2im66PUHda6tGZ0fA/w640-h366/recent-Monument%20Valley-Sentinel%20Mesa%20looking%20NE%20(slightly%20more%20N)-matches%20The%20Searchers%20funeral%20scene.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sentinel Mesa as it can still be seen today<br /></b></span></div><br />Early fall is a great time to go — start planning your trip now, and we'll meet you at Sentinel Mesa!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-393175641164290472022-12-26T17:38:00.003-08:002022-12-29T12:51:05.259-08:00Jane Russell wouldn't do it without being on the Fez ... or would she? — The 1952 Bob Hope Western "Son of Paleface" reveals all<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Filmed largely on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., the 1952 Western comedy "Son of Paleface" featured a high-profile cast led by Bob Hope, Jane Russell and Roy Rogers ... and of course, Trigger.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Cecil B. DeMille, left, and Jerry Mathers ... as the Beaver </span></b></div>
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The lineup of uncredited bit players was interesting too, including a super-young Jerry Mathers — still about five years away from becoming famous as the Beaver on "Leave It to Beaver." Also on hand were Bing Crosby and Cecil B. DeMille ... yes, THAT Cecil B. DeMille.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"Have Gun — Will Travel" (1957): Richard Boone as Paladin, on "The Fez"</b></span></div>
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The main reason I'm bringing up "Son of Paleface" is to show off a particular rock at Iverson. You may have noticed, but with me, more often than not, it tends to be about the rocks. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The Fez (the rock), in the "Have Gun — Will Travel" episode "The Long Night"<br /></b></span></div>
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I call it the Fez, and in "Have Gun — Will Travel,"
Richard Boone climbs on top of it to get the drop on
some bad guys. The Iverson Ranch's Fez is upside-down from how we typically see the hat version. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>A Fez (the hat)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span></div>
You know — one of these things. The Fez — the hat, with its lopped-off cone shape and trademark tassel — tends to be Turkish, or North African.<br />
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When someone says, "Let me take you to the Casbah," and they really mean
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The Fez, as it appears in modern times</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The character "Fez" from "That '70s Show," played by Wilmer Valderrama </b></span></div>
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The Wilmer Valderrama character "Fez" on "That '70s Show" has nothing to do with the Iverson Movie Ranch or the rock called the Fez, but I wanted to mention him here to commemorate his status as a cultural reference point.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0g4MDYyPBsFzkUT0lWt-hRvTlG8hKqHHW8dEV1sJvAeuDAfFIdGdsucKFRaw75fxVVTxFO4Rr5j1PyS-HJtydTH1I_iVBBwiA7ZJi3YYr4mrsSikbPUmn6vYeXLZOnyNEP_kSEMaC4Y0T5ZJKa1kSe-lM6wKq1rhcin93YICh-YeiMmd-vn6yis3IQ/s1188/1998-Wilmer%20Valderrama%20as%20Fez%20on%20That%20'70s%20Show-Too%20Old%20to%20Trick%20or%20Treat,%20Too%20Young%20to%20Die.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="788" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0g4MDYyPBsFzkUT0lWt-hRvTlG8hKqHHW8dEV1sJvAeuDAfFIdGdsucKFRaw75fxVVTxFO4Rr5j1PyS-HJtydTH1I_iVBBwiA7ZJi3YYr4mrsSikbPUmn6vYeXLZOnyNEP_kSEMaC4Y0T5ZJKa1kSe-lM6wKq1rhcin93YICh-YeiMmd-vn6yis3IQ/w424-h640/1998-Wilmer%20Valderrama%20as%20Fez%20on%20That%20'70s%20Show-Too%20Old%20to%20Trick%20or%20Treat,%20Too%20Young%20to%20Die.png" width="424" /></a></div>"Fez" — one of the least-liked sitcom characters of all time<br /></b></span></div><br />It's not exactly a <i>positive</i> cultural reference point, since almost everyone who ever caught an episode of "That '70s Show" hates the Fez character — with the possible exception of hard-core fans of the show, and how would they know? But like it or not, the Fez character did exist, and remains <i>some kind</i> of a reference point.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpSgeQLT2wH96-lPMKKW0ICzbQnUJtp8TFC2GmbOyDMl3cqzqZFNMtsCkdiTiVXRjClA_DIcCSlFL13kmGB2YbWlL50Cdk4nEGywNiV650uk_EJjwJbbAAA12Blj8vhn2SrFD0670VFSqN7W60TuTAWH1_i-BFDNsbW83fzquJrF_6aIuwPM257CJyg/s1094/Wilmer%20Valderrama%20as%20himself%20on%20Sopranos-HBO.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1094" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpSgeQLT2wH96-lPMKKW0ICzbQnUJtp8TFC2GmbOyDMl3cqzqZFNMtsCkdiTiVXRjClA_DIcCSlFL13kmGB2YbWlL50Cdk4nEGywNiV650uk_EJjwJbbAAA12Blj8vhn2SrFD0670VFSqN7W60TuTAWH1_i-BFDNsbW83fzquJrF_6aIuwPM257CJyg/w640-h398/Wilmer%20Valderrama%20as%20himself%20on%20Sopranos-HBO.png" width="640" /></a></div>Wilmer Valderrama as Wilmer Valderrama on HBO's "The Sopranos"<br /></b></span></div><br />No need to feel sympathy for Valderrama over his universally panned role. The actor has done just fine in his post-Fez years, even playing himself once on
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Wilmer Valderrama and Mandy Moore</span></b></div>
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Much more famously, Valderrama has had a celebrated dating life, punctuated by high-profile dalliances with younger women including Mandy Moore, Lindsay Lohan and Demi Lovato.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmpBEoiuUBw" width="320" youtube-src-id="nmpBEoiuUBw"></iframe></div></div>Lyric video for Demi Lovato's TMI "29" (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />Apparently, not all of those relationships left both parties feeling warm and fuzzy. Lovato, who turned 29 last year, seized on the opportunity to crush Valderrama — albeit without naming names — in her song "29," seemingly accusing him of taking advantage of her when he was 29 and she was 17.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVP8b0a4_kpG2NJd-Q5GEOo2-qUGa5Ei7efSNQI82iMt9gwZ0ClZf4nMoeTF-jlQ_m20d0vG5BSRENmcI1jIEWj3E2AsIbdd8cH9UxQRnWiAI-4s3QzeyonitPuE_Ln7Ue6G0NiU3HivST1bNt4fUYDbKdf5j5CgZjYMmfZgmyXkcSHjEOaKjNwygc-g/s1656/Wilmer%20Valderrama%20and%20Amanda%20Pacheco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1420" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVP8b0a4_kpG2NJd-Q5GEOo2-qUGa5Ei7efSNQI82iMt9gwZ0ClZf4nMoeTF-jlQ_m20d0vG5BSRENmcI1jIEWj3E2AsIbdd8cH9UxQRnWiAI-4s3QzeyonitPuE_Ln7Ue6G0NiU3HivST1bNt4fUYDbKdf5j5CgZjYMmfZgmyXkcSHjEOaKjNwygc-g/w548-h640/Wilmer%20Valderrama%20and%20Amanda%20Pacheco.jpg" width="548" /></a></div>Valderrama and his partner, Amanda Pacheco<br /></b></span></div><br />But the actor has since settled down with model Amanda Pacheco, and the couple had their first child, a daughter, in February 2021.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Jane Russell (1942)</b></span><br /></div><div><br />While we're on the subject of gorgeous women, this is what Jane Russell looked like back in 1942 ... about 10 years before playing Mike Delroy, a character with an unexpectedly male-sounding name, in "Son of Paleface."<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Jane Russell in a promo still for "The Outlaw" (1943)</b></span><br /></div><br />Here's a famous promo shot of Ms. Russell for the 1943 movie "The Outlaw," produced and directed by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes (with some uncredited help from legendary director Howard Hawks).<br />
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The promo shot has also circulated in this orientation. Choose your poison.<br />
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Russell apparently spent a considerable amount of time in the hay for the promo shoot, as a number of photos came out of it — each one more revealing than the rest.<br />
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But there wouldn't have been much point in getting her in the hay and NOT making the most of it. I mean, for promotional purposes, of course. <br />
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Hughes, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world at the
time, might have exploited the situation for some pre-#MeToo shenanigans, that question has been blowin' in the wind since the '40s and the answer, especially from Jane Russell, has always come back: "Absolutely not."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoWfPm5eBrh0OE_6iUsSCT9Xh1o9Z1AlsVIDVcz-8oczSu3IiKOmZKoOxWVlIxVi0PFvMmYlD6vZxH7EAYCuklv43LXcs8QrkSZt0IDJjeXpLBgoyB08cSpcLnVMJbnjalWLUy3HvwZexCa2y6okzQ2JLK-I0u6vJPyh59FxXVKc-_ytNsP0jIdPZBA/s3278/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3278" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoWfPm5eBrh0OE_6iUsSCT9Xh1o9Z1AlsVIDVcz-8oczSu3IiKOmZKoOxWVlIxVi0PFvMmYlD6vZxH7EAYCuklv43LXcs8QrkSZt0IDJjeXpLBgoyB08cSpcLnVMJbnjalWLUy3HvwZexCa2y6okzQ2JLK-I0u6vJPyh59FxXVKc-_ytNsP0jIdPZBA/w640-h472/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Son of Paleface": Jane Russell's character, Mike "The Torch" Delroy, on the Fez</b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But rather than ruminate on the romantic lives of people who aren't here to defend themselves, let's get back to the rock.
Here's a shot of Jane Russell's character standing on the Fez in "Son of Paleface."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq9Xi8Bvu-D2bHwtxWtSW_YqFvEeqcS_wq3yWyduwL1n4fXm9fCcHgwMYgIXcDv8ScFoGX9u67Wlzgc0XimeyrLk6yUd2BYDOfyFeu56wI61ZfPbtKqdnHxP0dbslHfO5DY6n0WrUGawthLdF4jdByg1M1bFn9TqomC4QLUJ6A06H0xWf8ohSh3dglg/s3278/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez%201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3278" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq9Xi8Bvu-D2bHwtxWtSW_YqFvEeqcS_wq3yWyduwL1n4fXm9fCcHgwMYgIXcDv8ScFoGX9u67Wlzgc0XimeyrLk6yUd2BYDOfyFeu56wI61ZfPbtKqdnHxP0dbslHfO5DY6n0WrUGawthLdF4jdByg1M1bFn9TqomC4QLUJ6A06H0xWf8ohSh3dglg/w640-h472/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez%201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Iverson Movie Ranch's "Fez" in "Son of Paleface"<br /></b></span></div><br />The sequence is shot day-for-night, so the details don't exactly pop out — but there's the Fez, behind some dry brush. As for the Jane Russell character, there's no way that's the actual Jane Russell.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnVEuFrof-K60o-JAmhCBc0x2tEwwVXXHdmNc2tkDe3dIqNImbAWZjWGQDPTEh9Z7ZWWfi0aw5hBeeSZpJLxehvma_aXphV6fhPBlriM9NJxmXpzPjr_kKyzvIec98UfmzdHhKRCd1KQlcifX8Sp5h5DSt9c90aLYEYATQ5Apa8aLP5mVl1vFKKkYMQ/s3278/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3278" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnVEuFrof-K60o-JAmhCBc0x2tEwwVXXHdmNc2tkDe3dIqNImbAWZjWGQDPTEh9Z7ZWWfi0aw5hBeeSZpJLxehvma_aXphV6fhPBlriM9NJxmXpzPjr_kKyzvIec98UfmzdHhKRCd1KQlcifX8Sp5h5DSt9c90aLYEYATQ5Apa8aLP5mVl1vFKKkYMQ/w640-h472/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Jane Russell" — minus some of her feminine charms<br /></b></span></div><br />We can be reasonably sure it's not actually Jane Russell because, first of all, it doesn't really look like her. In fact, if you ask me, I'd say it looks more like a dude. (Update: Maybe not! See comments below.)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEBpAMCw3pEFoGx2ARpr8t2s7MrT8dz9UW7BXtGUMo2F_QI863hWoB0Sm4c0ScTW0Hy3HasP9zU-Pp6NCbGwPYwhI8dDgN5Vm7z8M7IDWaGSO2YRH1x50z6qy_yuh6X2I6iUKvuTcxSGx2jN1QD4jUXqjJTu36cARb5ExZZvnidJ7dCfyE63u-Pybmg/s2794/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Bob%20Hope,%20Jane%20Russell,%20Roy%20Rogers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="2794" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEBpAMCw3pEFoGx2ARpr8t2s7MrT8dz9UW7BXtGUMo2F_QI863hWoB0Sm4c0ScTW0Hy3HasP9zU-Pp6NCbGwPYwhI8dDgN5Vm7z8M7IDWaGSO2YRH1x50z6qy_yuh6X2I6iUKvuTcxSGx2jN1QD4jUXqjJTu36cARb5ExZZvnidJ7dCfyE63u-Pybmg/w640-h494/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Bob%20Hope,%20Jane%20Russell,%20Roy%20Rogers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Boys' club? Jane Russell, as "Mike," with Bob Hope and Roy Rogers in "Son of Paleface"</b></span></div><br />Sure, Jane's character is named "Mike,"
but in the movie, "Mike" is clearly not a dude.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBOkIOdPteiULG50g3OyMbr9Kjq28l0GRSHVfTjapah2EoJpzkqaidueMaxK37dciohjpvAsdfWbHfFp5DKw_LUthkDcW2e0A_tUHoGG44-9S1LQPPpQ2X8Zq2XJ0wqf-fsXtsER-DEZ5SMEY0LAyLaRQzuVzCMJAvGvwlvZFSQHbhDsJeobd4V_2UA/s3278/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez-jump%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3278" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBOkIOdPteiULG50g3OyMbr9Kjq28l0GRSHVfTjapah2EoJpzkqaidueMaxK37dciohjpvAsdfWbHfFp5DKw_LUthkDcW2e0A_tUHoGG44-9S1LQPPpQ2X8Zq2XJ0wqf-fsXtsER-DEZ5SMEY0LAyLaRQzuVzCMJAvGvwlvZFSQHbhDsJeobd4V_2UA/w640-h472/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez-jump%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>That's not the Jane Russell I know!<br /></b></span></div><br />If there's still any doubt about who might be standing on the Fez, it has to be a stunt person because he or she jumps off the rocks onto a nearby horse. Somehow I can't see Jane Russell agreeing to that.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiQ91MD3QoL3hTR7aDUA84uVl6SgQaTaKyCje6UE-UrtDvm2FUK0P_r_sZM6-VrK77ZFRRiu1Rl2geitsCDGBmR-PAx-Ke1QUj7Bvg8I0wSI2fHs9W-f1nV-l3VniLetU_04sogZPZotKNWhic-DbY1Im-hbzTIZ3Nj2PDK9DJOdbG9aImvBAdZB6_Q/s3278/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell%20in%20Fez%20sequence-rear%20projection%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3278" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiQ91MD3QoL3hTR7aDUA84uVl6SgQaTaKyCje6UE-UrtDvm2FUK0P_r_sZM6-VrK77ZFRRiu1Rl2geitsCDGBmR-PAx-Ke1QUj7Bvg8I0wSI2fHs9W-f1nV-l3VniLetU_04sogZPZotKNWhic-DbY1Im-hbzTIZ3Nj2PDK9DJOdbG9aImvBAdZB6_Q/w640-h472/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell%20in%20Fez%20sequence-rear%20projection%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jane Russell with the Iverson Ranch projected behind her<br /></b></span></div><br />Also, the Fez sequence is preceded by this shot of Jane, which appears to be done on a soundstage with better lighting and some of the Garden of the Gods rocks shown in rear projection.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqbYlqoqE3EPGCLR7twLqm-26HNGy8K_PtKw8X5b9Gs4Vm8oVQ6xmOTgY2xbsPWY7VoNsATVrPo1ibmB8UdgU0Zw4ME_zaS2Xc-SKbO3rWiNkkmMpyrIG-26IIk5zGU_tJ4P_VNi4A8ye1G3Zw-Db8-SCguVX3VsN-L-DvbCrxTBVDpjiKUhu7PP3Nw/s3278/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez-jump%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3278" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqbYlqoqE3EPGCLR7twLqm-26HNGy8K_PtKw8X5b9Gs4Vm8oVQ6xmOTgY2xbsPWY7VoNsATVrPo1ibmB8UdgU0Zw4ME_zaS2Xc-SKbO3rWiNkkmMpyrIG-26IIk5zGU_tJ4P_VNi4A8ye1G3Zw-Db8-SCguVX3VsN-L-DvbCrxTBVDpjiKUhu7PP3Nw/w640-h472/1952-Son%20of%20Paleface-Jane%20Russell's%20character%20on%20the%20Fez-jump%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock steady, the Fez remains stoic throughout the shoot</b></span></div><br />Oblivious to whatever is going on around it and whoever might be climbing on top of it, the Fez holds down its spot in the frame throughout the location shoot, and can still be found in the exact same spot today.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1Gn41i4S93xYZ3bT9UQE_Z3BhtWaw7_zMBpLjXvxDD1u02imy6conplyD1JwAlL96wg5h7DTNXGwR1Fcgeud3B7P36JCr56IA7OKWq5mG7p-1ptBBKDoi8e4vq4pw8BS0jVdY8DXJYuvSWeLladz8TkCSsZsZT7cg5S8TWR_8-9m6D9xKP1dKIKexQ/s736/1957-Old%20Yeller-PS-Spike%20on%20the%20Fez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1Gn41i4S93xYZ3bT9UQE_Z3BhtWaw7_zMBpLjXvxDD1u02imy6conplyD1JwAlL96wg5h7DTNXGwR1Fcgeud3B7P36JCr56IA7OKWq5mG7p-1ptBBKDoi8e4vq4pw8BS0jVdY8DXJYuvSWeLladz8TkCSsZsZT7cg5S8TWR_8-9m6D9xKP1dKIKexQ/w520-h640/1957-Old%20Yeller-PS-Spike%20on%20the%20Fez.jpg" width="520" /></a></div>Spike, aka Old Yeller, stands on the Fez in a promo still for "Old Yeller"<br /></b></span></div><br />Someone
else who once stood on top of the Fez is Old Yeller — actually a
movie dog named Spike, who played Old Yeller in the 1957 Disney movie
that traumatized millions of young children.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs-ZJmAIdnLd5IAQG5otmo_9uF35NufwcQsTTP71CRHzfR3UfRa2fhSO34mIiWvT81YwF7sBkkqc4R02r7yeFKRNAKxBojkH3P275zAV9q5NbOVXL8drQLsWxp27mUTWmDUCLL0Ke1GaXLYllk8-CRsNzeXLaTApdw_rJnFIxithqwD8XJDUIfGD_5w/s1252/1957-Old%20Yeller-LC-Central%20GoG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1252" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs-ZJmAIdnLd5IAQG5otmo_9uF35NufwcQsTTP71CRHzfR3UfRa2fhSO34mIiWvT81YwF7sBkkqc4R02r7yeFKRNAKxBojkH3P275zAV9q5NbOVXL8drQLsWxp27mUTWmDUCLL0Ke1GaXLYllk8-CRsNzeXLaTApdw_rJnFIxithqwD8XJDUIfGD_5w/w640-h498/1957-Old%20Yeller-LC-Central%20GoG.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Old Yeller defends his fallen human from some ill-tempered pigs<br /></b></span></div><br />One of "Old Yeller's" pivotal sequences was filmed just a few feet from the Fez, where the dog waged a heroic battle against a gang of feral pigs.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFHd0o7I1CWRaYohAG32SZaIA2IlQhFjDWls3U9IRu7mA9vFOeNJkztl_OxBfHc5Sej-gPc-MBXwZ5WUjwxkIY0QVrTOWaMbARqwP8h7kDvpkkDJYSeYWFhGW3oUFC4hdLaI1pUXpZU4-fT2t5XuEVrNfL-PmtqjAc6z_U2mV0Wy015y3fCYz0DEXBQ/s1554/1956%20(1957)-Old%20Yeller-wounded%20dog%2016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1554" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFHd0o7I1CWRaYohAG32SZaIA2IlQhFjDWls3U9IRu7mA9vFOeNJkztl_OxBfHc5Sej-gPc-MBXwZ5WUjwxkIY0QVrTOWaMbARqwP8h7kDvpkkDJYSeYWFhGW3oUFC4hdLaI1pUXpZU4-fT2t5XuEVrNfL-PmtqjAc6z_U2mV0Wy015y3fCYz0DEXBQ/w640-h438/1956%20(1957)-Old%20Yeller-wounded%20dog%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tommy Kirk agonizes over his wounded dog in "Old Yeller"</b></span></div><br />The outnumbered canine hero suffered serious injuries in the pig fight, sending the trajectory of the movie in a disturbing direction. I imagine at least a few of my readers recall the sad outcome as clearly as I do.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhpSI5J_1JQWyxyYKK72K7swhqxdoJc8Go96CTcsvhvpy40zisdXfbPJHsyLuOWR3pS9aM17atI0buJrtQSsv8tTozvx_18ib8O1ljJopk1SND5ePq9exB5hI-hEwBNmND0V4RWhQLmxWXHvW4Ua5Bi54Qu_Nt2Hy1HudUP2_5IHJTHVPvUKBKQ-q9w/s1239/1965-Harum%20Scarum-Elvis%20and%20Fran%20Jeffries%20make%20out%20by%20the%20tent-Central%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="963" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhpSI5J_1JQWyxyYKK72K7swhqxdoJc8Go96CTcsvhvpy40zisdXfbPJHsyLuOWR3pS9aM17atI0buJrtQSsv8tTozvx_18ib8O1ljJopk1SND5ePq9exB5hI-hEwBNmND0V4RWhQLmxWXHvW4Ua5Bi54Qu_Nt2Hy1HudUP2_5IHJTHVPvUKBKQ-q9w/w498-h640/1965-Harum%20Scarum-Elvis%20and%20Fran%20Jeffries%20make%20out%20by%20the%20tent-Central%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods.jpg" width="498" /></a></div>Things get heated for Elvis in the Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />The bloody encounter between Old Yeller and the pigs took place in the same Garden of the Gods location
where Ronald Reagan was once gunned down and Elvis Presley romanced one
of his many screen girlfriends. <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/11/how-single-location-on-iverson-movie.html" target="_blank">Click here for photos and details</a> on all three storylines.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCmOzx3i1XhczDcDlZ3gV_WZaVsU6v3JtacYkvhNlShYlo-Fm6apidIbN67zCOZvHCCq0C2YRlCuoFPoArvj6uSZIBbH_-4fAzylOuIDacH41YZslNoc4KX-n-wgdmsscK3yMUPsxkdJuJR8R77a-xO67xOyKX6wDD8xnYbsuNoX3NYqqc77rnydobg/s2556/1930-Utah%20Kid-Fez%20Group%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1984" data-original-width="2556" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCmOzx3i1XhczDcDlZ3gV_WZaVsU6v3JtacYkvhNlShYlo-Fm6apidIbN67zCOZvHCCq0C2YRlCuoFPoArvj6uSZIBbH_-4fAzylOuIDacH41YZslNoc4KX-n-wgdmsscK3yMUPsxkdJuJR8R77a-xO67xOyKX6wDD8xnYbsuNoX3NYqqc77rnydobg/w640-h496/1930-Utah%20Kid-Fez%20Group%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Utah Kid" (1930) — the Fez hides in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fez has been popping up in movies for close to 100 years, if not longer. One of the oldest examples I could find is this shot from the early sound Western "The Utah Kid."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16VJoFnQR6U1239wHQqxIsux0ikVfj5pWXpErUU5ejL1NKicl5Zwo6Oq7zqMOtCLlhgPuYNwD-geLYjOV9UiALJhvpzouiSVh8nt3pjkEuIPFCWGOTF_b8_rPMaA1lXML4Fs0GPT4KVq3X2VudIqPt9ziSs9BgqCsJ6orut4-yH64BOxmCi1beZ12yA/s2556/1930-Utah%20Kid-Fez%20Group%201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1984" data-original-width="2556" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16VJoFnQR6U1239wHQqxIsux0ikVfj5pWXpErUU5ejL1NKicl5Zwo6Oq7zqMOtCLlhgPuYNwD-geLYjOV9UiALJhvpzouiSVh8nt3pjkEuIPFCWGOTF_b8_rPMaA1lXML4Fs0GPT4KVq3X2VudIqPt9ziSs9BgqCsJ6orut4-yH64BOxmCi1beZ12yA/w640-h496/1930-Utah%20Kid-Fez%20Group%201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fez, in sepia tone<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Utah Kid" was filmed so long ago they were still releasing movies in sepia tone.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXnVl7CG2nySgwSxNJ1mcOJ7OYc4li36SjZDTLfNtrBYksURmbHxfv8GDrUYVWS6SojdXR7aQyB-BychWkTMjJtahhKRvUjJG5xPUeMXaHzgGNjoiVkuSjJeKKqIg0T6X7zGnxWbskjgJ6LV4im2YFxwBSC_V5m5RpJ1Djkjqi7DNljbO26LsmMgpRw/s1297/1940-West%20of%20Carson%20City%2026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1297" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXnVl7CG2nySgwSxNJ1mcOJ7OYc4li36SjZDTLfNtrBYksURmbHxfv8GDrUYVWS6SojdXR7aQyB-BychWkTMjJtahhKRvUjJG5xPUeMXaHzgGNjoiVkuSjJeKKqIg0T6X7zGnxWbskjgJ6LV4im2YFxwBSC_V5m5RpJ1Djkjqi7DNljbO26LsmMgpRw/w640-h480/1940-West%20of%20Carson%20City%2026.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fez in the Johnny Mack Brown movie "West of Carson City" (1940)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's another glimpse of the Fez in "West of Carson City," which filmed all over the Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAS_mT8DI3MWh06B78xprD0hDhhJmBcOUyw-I8CgrOCOnyhMJap-4-zRxnxtGzcVxsHOYyC5skfdEYgv-gZ7SzujJVwg3Rzb68olpX42__5OJ0eYOk3AWbAV7w0CKR93NH7AXWTLyOSdHrngq1tBQDo8eyqvkDZknfBKFrR8cvTPvjjMJ7hEJ8BeS7EA/s1297/1940-West%20of%20Carson%20City%2028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1297" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAS_mT8DI3MWh06B78xprD0hDhhJmBcOUyw-I8CgrOCOnyhMJap-4-zRxnxtGzcVxsHOYyC5skfdEYgv-gZ7SzujJVwg3Rzb68olpX42__5OJ0eYOk3AWbAV7w0CKR93NH7AXWTLyOSdHrngq1tBQDo8eyqvkDZknfBKFrR8cvTPvjjMJ7hEJ8BeS7EA/w640-h482/1940-West%20of%20Carson%20City%2028.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"West of Carson City": Love blossoms on the Fez<br /></b></span></div><br />People have been lured into standing, sitting, climbing, leaning and lounging on the Fez since Day One. In this shot Johnny and leading lady Peggy Moran avail themselves of its convenient flat surfaces.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltUqjN2TSJhmaErl-Krm15gvzVbIhjp8k1hjvWqQn-xi3UHyICPhs92dpUiQx05SC_ZxrrPH3uZx1xmz2x90emPLvkz3XMGDTF2HHEpOE0V9JW-r-P37C8pRjxdxbxfE56yTXKJXTjfGyhlim0q79oG7w_sFSWPvIeIm2QK3Ggx_OCREo8M1_JcgWFg/s2410/1939%20(1940)-West%20of%20Carson%20City-PS-Johnny%20Mack%20Brown,%20Peggy%20Moran,%20Bob%20Baker.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="1906" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltUqjN2TSJhmaErl-Krm15gvzVbIhjp8k1hjvWqQn-xi3UHyICPhs92dpUiQx05SC_ZxrrPH3uZx1xmz2x90emPLvkz3XMGDTF2HHEpOE0V9JW-r-P37C8pRjxdxbxfE56yTXKJXTjfGyhlim0q79oG7w_sFSWPvIeIm2QK3Ggx_OCREo8M1_JcgWFg/w506-h640/1939%20(1940)-West%20of%20Carson%20City-PS-Johnny%20Mack%20Brown,%20Peggy%20Moran,%20Bob%20Baker.jpeg" width="506" /></a></div>Johnny Mack Brown, Peggy Moran and Bob Baker in "West of Carson City"<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a better look at some of the key players in a promo still for "West of Carson City."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpGQb1Zx7IgRE8Onyc4brTlbbqa8JmC_ElXRgkCJVnKahT-HdpMtv9t_2n1jvkHxX-c_0SG4LgPlGtOcYrVDlUDKYK5-Ak-obRf8wdotbKHL2q0ZoZCuHLj_ZE5X63a96Zul94M51rCQVQzbM1LJ4_wF9ovCV9yzbLZGdC-8UOBTo2NEjUiIbxFNhEA/s1487/1956-1957-LRTV,%20season%205%20(color)-Lone%20Ranger%20and%20Tonto%20at%20the%20Fez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1487" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpGQb1Zx7IgRE8Onyc4brTlbbqa8JmC_ElXRgkCJVnKahT-HdpMtv9t_2n1jvkHxX-c_0SG4LgPlGtOcYrVDlUDKYK5-Ak-obRf8wdotbKHL2q0ZoZCuHLj_ZE5X63a96Zul94M51rCQVQzbM1LJ4_wF9ovCV9yzbLZGdC-8UOBTo2NEjUiIbxFNhEA/w640-h472/1956-1957-LRTV,%20season%205%20(color)-Lone%20Ranger%20and%20Tonto%20at%20the%20Fez.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger" (season 5, 1956-1957) — a rendezvous next to the Fez<br /></b></span></div><br />Even the Lone Ranger and Tonto once shared a moment at the Fez, during the fifth season of the TV series — the only season of the show to be shot in color.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpP9fAzqjd4xz12BV7UE3AH8LQfu9xdgRdQWCErO_1RqKmKF8h2CCb9My8T7lC7vabEfa5GlJneiTpuibzsnHD0a41s7TOsj4G7MAjWx9AlvX7yraM9tlfgKlnaOKddHAZNJE5505hU8j0OxifZXtynWgOCMH-p4gI5Vhy2oeQzgp93BhGoKKEe07CYA/s1227/1949-Big%20Steal-Mitchum%20&%20Greer-GoG%201-b:w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1227" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpP9fAzqjd4xz12BV7UE3AH8LQfu9xdgRdQWCErO_1RqKmKF8h2CCb9My8T7lC7vabEfa5GlJneiTpuibzsnHD0a41s7TOsj4G7MAjWx9AlvX7yraM9tlfgKlnaOKddHAZNJE5505hU8j0OxifZXtynWgOCMH-p4gI5Vhy2oeQzgp93BhGoKKEe07CYA/w640-h480/1949-Big%20Steal-Mitchum%20&%20Greer-GoG%201-b:w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Big Steal" (1949): The Fez gets caught up in a gun battle<br /></b></span></div><br />In 1949 the Fez found its way into one of only a handful of <i>films noir</i> to be shot on the Iverson Ranch, turning up along with Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in "The Big Steal."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Gh_zTjZTpvURRjkJnRiZA_jFa-KJoKfLpNWkpI91aPDsHzypJywnSYjBAm3ZJTZ2Kh9HX4ugrYekUeKYAqd6RYfASCpvyHnXWfnknym_xSZ04leC7KPn0TGOfKa2tDGRV-UCy7Nek2Yzuxbb5iYvMVZYJi_Idb16mcQFaJcSV8i19asiPwBVEYuA3Q/s1227/1949-Big%20Steal-Mitchum%20&%20Greer-GoG%201-color.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1227" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Gh_zTjZTpvURRjkJnRiZA_jFa-KJoKfLpNWkpI91aPDsHzypJywnSYjBAm3ZJTZ2Kh9HX4ugrYekUeKYAqd6RYfASCpvyHnXWfnknym_xSZ04leC7KPn0TGOfKa2tDGRV-UCy7Nek2Yzuxbb5iYvMVZYJi_Idb16mcQFaJcSV8i19asiPwBVEYuA3Q/w640-h480/1949-Big%20Steal-Mitchum%20&%20Greer-GoG%201-color.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Colorized version of "The Big Steal"</b></span></div><br />I'm usually not a fan of colorization, but this is a rare occasion when
it really added something because that old car looks great in baby blue.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMKEJIIAoDCc9EZruX2PFVTmZdp4t17bPeAl106L5IGVFbERPl-1TWSaMFag0QVedOdiHcDqc3M71lEVn4ljMA2Ouxm9GQQe1u-BtRCq5dvio6_dSHQLlsIApRTjidPsIFev99YM5Nm7Z5whrrqTpOVQSniGH5RZHzZwHSY77wtD7Acfvisovqvuqhw/s1227/1949-Big%20Steal-Mitchum%20&%20Greer-GoG%201-color-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1227" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMKEJIIAoDCc9EZruX2PFVTmZdp4t17bPeAl106L5IGVFbERPl-1TWSaMFag0QVedOdiHcDqc3M71lEVn4ljMA2Ouxm9GQQe1u-BtRCq5dvio6_dSHQLlsIApRTjidPsIFev99YM5Nm7Z5whrrqTpOVQSniGH5RZHzZwHSY77wtD7Acfvisovqvuqhw/w640-h480/1949-Big%20Steal-Mitchum%20&%20Greer-GoG%201-color-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Whoever drove that car up there is a hero<br /></b></span></div><br />If you ever happen to visit this spot, take a moment to try to figure out how they got that car up there.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSyyqWNxkHrVSwp2-gayhDhQbbUgXBJ6hC3hgFiSZmp0egTRKEvY8VvkJLmccJAtBjkmDlAVoHpmSPLpa2tcbHOSrQCISgkLv7AvFFSvGdQxjzoMfbLWs4KmDpw061oK0244CV0fDsB0ocR_djoPUQvMH3_r_lXVs4s-5ag1QDV8bQ6H-kjszU-d5eg/s3594/2011-Fez%20Group.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="3594" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSyyqWNxkHrVSwp2-gayhDhQbbUgXBJ6hC3hgFiSZmp0egTRKEvY8VvkJLmccJAtBjkmDlAVoHpmSPLpa2tcbHOSrQCISgkLv7AvFFSvGdQxjzoMfbLWs4KmDpw061oK0244CV0fDsB0ocR_djoPUQvMH3_r_lXVs4s-5ag1QDV8bQ6H-kjszU-d5eg/w640-h432/2011-Fez%20Group.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fez, top right, as part of the "Four Square Rocks" in 2011<br /></b></span></div><br />When the Fez is viewed from this angle, we can see that it's part of an unusual grouping of more or less rectangular and square rocks — the "Four Square Rocks."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUhb1FD4pUkneOq6rOhrRrc-S4pFLtfDNhyfBXvsnpp_IDMGtVU6mHGB448ptU6wLheVKhzZ-kWUFodLetUZ7X0_Tl3x2haNG9R_O1qipTKt-Ypy1RkRNGCTQAHNBZl9QG2vdHchmSPTZkkLlXXQRZ5vZKlw97p6KTPfR2VlE9FZVm2TVmV9N2axljQ/s1050/1962-Wild%20Westerners-PS-Four%20Square%20Rocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1050" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUhb1FD4pUkneOq6rOhrRrc-S4pFLtfDNhyfBXvsnpp_IDMGtVU6mHGB448ptU6wLheVKhzZ-kWUFodLetUZ7X0_Tl3x2haNG9R_O1qipTKt-Ypy1RkRNGCTQAHNBZl9QG2vdHchmSPTZkkLlXXQRZ5vZKlw97p6KTPfR2VlE9FZVm2TVmV9N2axljQ/w640-h458/1962-Wild%20Westerners-PS-Four%20Square%20Rocks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Wild Westerners" (Columbia, 1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />The Four Square Rocks also turn up sometimes in the movies, as seen in this promo still for "The Wild Westerners." That's the Fez in the top right corner of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECgYkRv26xtfvr9u_51ZcB6Ffi1SgO5MDFjMLbgPMm3xdA1FuECqLimmhSrnlooM4qffDhW8aNVaJF0POsfhLW-243ji1gD290OTxNB4Fkdtc9s4fmxX9AWbP_rJGORA3G8JgjDBtCjG-sxYuVowRoMH1JANTXMv-dn5nPpF5UwWPOymMHFjCeVrm1g/s3400/2011-Fez%20Group%20and%20Three%20Kings-3002-wide-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2424" data-original-width="3400" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECgYkRv26xtfvr9u_51ZcB6Ffi1SgO5MDFjMLbgPMm3xdA1FuECqLimmhSrnlooM4qffDhW8aNVaJF0POsfhLW-243ji1gD290OTxNB4Fkdtc9s4fmxX9AWbP_rJGORA3G8JgjDBtCjG-sxYuVowRoMH1JANTXMv-dn5nPpF5UwWPOymMHFjCeVrm1g/w640-h456/2011-Fez%20Group%20and%20Three%20Kings-3002-wide-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Four Square Rocks and their larger neighbors<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot reveals that the Four Square Rocks are one of the smaller rockpiles positioned near the base of Tower Rock and its imposing rock neighbors.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPQvUU2c_ezwvgbKz6YTasVq4nzB_0ec06c4eccGlV6sVYIwpWiqwupGLwVJcUDbKddqAFYSTWkqdff1UcQxhS9uy4lwjOG8SA6p7IuM3QakuzrSf2PjOa_c3wX7Wx9luVDzpGV6JbR6LgNi5w6ZGkWu7kV3D82U5vsNtg6uisQFe3BreE5iaoicG6A/s1050/1950-Cherokee%20Uprising-PS-Camera%20Mount-Whip%20Wilson%20and%20Iron%20Eyes%20Cody-fistfight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1050" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPQvUU2c_ezwvgbKz6YTasVq4nzB_0ec06c4eccGlV6sVYIwpWiqwupGLwVJcUDbKddqAFYSTWkqdff1UcQxhS9uy4lwjOG8SA6p7IuM3QakuzrSf2PjOa_c3wX7Wx9luVDzpGV6JbR6LgNi5w6ZGkWu7kV3D82U5vsNtg6uisQFe3BreE5iaoicG6A/w640-h506/1950-Cherokee%20Uprising-PS-Camera%20Mount-Whip%20Wilson%20and%20Iron%20Eyes%20Cody-fistfight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Cherokee Uprising" (1950): Whip Wilson and Iron Eyes Cody pretend to fight<br /></b></span></div><br />If this promo still were in color, I imagine the Fez might be red with embarrassment over this extremely fake-looking shot of a fistfight between Whip Wilson and Iron Eyes Cody.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQK0sVHhml052G9fWEbNQpQj5liNLqh6TPNqqVt7lz9HEZcFa96Sc8RgJBgfINmdCp03jybE2t1N7Sw-XjKbxXjPOnJPXqz-_baD0IlWib54TlT72n4tFKn4n4QCcvjcu3ft1efAfrRsKAuGMsrWKgJY1ZRf6iV3t2l2wLAeOoG1-lYB7wroE8cprPw/s1050/1950-Cherokee%20Uprising-PS-Camera%20Mount-Whip%20Wilson%20and%20Iron%20Eyes%20Cody-fistfight-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1050" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQK0sVHhml052G9fWEbNQpQj5liNLqh6TPNqqVt7lz9HEZcFa96Sc8RgJBgfINmdCp03jybE2t1N7Sw-XjKbxXjPOnJPXqz-_baD0IlWib54TlT72n4tFKn4n4QCcvjcu3ft1efAfrRsKAuGMsrWKgJY1ZRf6iV3t2l2wLAeOoG1-lYB7wroE8cprPw/w640-h506/1950-Cherokee%20Uprising-PS-Camera%20Mount-Whip%20Wilson%20and%20Iron%20Eyes%20Cody-fistfight-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Fez is unable to hide in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fez would probably prefer to hide behind the dry brush again, but we know where to find it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUJTo__y6NymGaP6L4U0ib4Tj-Y0XUDChVmQV7lVa7oQarJmSbKbuGBGhtO0fvDT2dAhcxZeineukup2oFGNLXOxfz2fzE0_0g3qx8jdv4eqNPhCZ2EmpnW477p6J9Q-VmlHaboq6I-HmYZoJeAuAxwh-Um3tvvH3XzMSYoHPRxfyThyrvM7ej8OE9Q/s2200/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20Maps-Fez%20location-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="2200" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUJTo__y6NymGaP6L4U0ib4Tj-Y0XUDChVmQV7lVa7oQarJmSbKbuGBGhtO0fvDT2dAhcxZeineukup2oFGNLXOxfz2fzE0_0g3qx8jdv4eqNPhCZ2EmpnW477p6J9Q-VmlHaboq6I-HmYZoJeAuAxwh-Um3tvvH3XzMSYoHPRxfyThyrvM7ej8OE9Q/w640-h622/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20Maps-Fez%20location-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>How to visit the Fez (Not the Wilmer Valderrama one)<br /></b></span></div><br />The best way to get to the Fez is via the Garden of the Gods hiking trail. Park on Redmesa Road about a quarter-mile north of Santa Susana Pass Road, near the gate on the west side of the road. The rock's GPS coordinates are 34.273329, -118.612135.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KCdKBHdPz30" width="320" youtube-src-id="KCdKBHdPz30"></iframe></div>Don't make me do it without the Fez on!<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a link to audio of the Steely Dan song "The Fez." If the song isn't already stuck in your head after all this talk about fezzes, give it a listen and maybe it will be.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-17638470989378842442022-11-15T18:30:00.001-08:002022-11-15T18:30:37.169-08:00Ancient rock carvings on the Iverson Movie Ranch? Chipping away at an unsolved movie mystery<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO6GnyMtITryd7iI11T0cOAeMhZF4OF54Zj8mGh-VtXg-BsQrE5gm9b-yMzRARyNZxW1lA05dJyYW_AUd57X0u47WKXTbL_muKvLtAk2DuvRLce1UjgWDqqdrC0frgc2RglU38ZwyonpTpRZ-Jb1frme4z2UHCHUCcE7XecGQzjXiJ5W1cm0OeWxznA/s4543/2017-Sphinx%20and%20Yakima%20Oak.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3041" data-original-width="4543" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO6GnyMtITryd7iI11T0cOAeMhZF4OF54Zj8mGh-VtXg-BsQrE5gm9b-yMzRARyNZxW1lA05dJyYW_AUd57X0u47WKXTbL_muKvLtAk2DuvRLce1UjgWDqqdrC0frgc2RglU38ZwyonpTpRZ-Jb1frme4z2UHCHUCcE7XecGQzjXiJ5W1cm0OeWxznA/w640-h428/2017-Sphinx%20and%20Yakima%20Oak.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The mighty Sphinx, alpha rock of the Garden of the Gods (northern profile)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the unsolved mysteries on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., is the presence of carvings on the Sphinx, the dominant rock in the famed Garden of the Gods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QMdkcWmSnJpzQHhbprUY8fs_-RFdlcBE-eIM6_mlplRK74358RGluTu-IcW6vXyyZSyD8OA22urqs4Ef2QVokmIA2yRL3KBW4umyi0NruxcZrNTXEjbFhEoYNO3STw3U_lBMf8L4NfqtwyBQpaDdvCb4I7smDi-URLbSUtM45MeDPmNqOpdmtj_oOg/s2985/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-6359.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="2985" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QMdkcWmSnJpzQHhbprUY8fs_-RFdlcBE-eIM6_mlplRK74358RGluTu-IcW6vXyyZSyD8OA22urqs4Ef2QVokmIA2yRL3KBW4umyi0NruxcZrNTXEjbFhEoYNO3STw3U_lBMf8L4NfqtwyBQpaDdvCb4I7smDi-URLbSUtM45MeDPmNqOpdmtj_oOg/w640-h484/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-6359.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The Sphinx — southern profile (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />The carvings appear on the south side of the heavily filmed rock, and
are plainly visible to anyone who might hike into the interior of the Garden
of the Gods — provided they know where to look.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ0UK4QuVKyDQd-UxBENkfYXFbHAPyEOGKbN48hyl_n0fGA8Pd_EC9Nv8jJ6zFS2n8Gmv2jTlVGmdND1BvI05rQ6CBC-UqCy74h3fR3wOcFzRmpIXeG3nhyUQONRYD04hRvXeWV_9uDv7nzcst8p4jRXTo-JnEjY2enmRYcR7FOG4YfGZYZD73VBorw/s2760/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6303.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="2760" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ0UK4QuVKyDQd-UxBENkfYXFbHAPyEOGKbN48hyl_n0fGA8Pd_EC9Nv8jJ6zFS2n8Gmv2jTlVGmdND1BvI05rQ6CBC-UqCy74h3fR3wOcFzRmpIXeG3nhyUQONRYD04hRvXeWV_9uDv7nzcst8p4jRXTo-JnEjY2enmRYcR7FOG4YfGZYZD73VBorw/w640-h424/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6303.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>A closeup of the carvings (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />My immediate thought when I first encountered
these carvings several years ago — and I know I'm not alone in this — was that they might be Native American
in origin. (Spoiler alert: They're not.)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iBWviemXiPBpDCssRP5OEcvB3jHXrP1FMlNyRDuSdSYPk_kG_g80fV83xZQR2CwP0hu2C3vG_8fgyo8S1OTnSRHOlzPvgXAa5GL7wJqjeESA_f-M3k5l0EJiAbPbpppvZ0wcup6c5DP6_SzZ4KhsQT1l_be1mbOMfDSYBSs5xKI6LEz3PuwPN0yuLQ/s2985/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-6359-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="2985" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iBWviemXiPBpDCssRP5OEcvB3jHXrP1FMlNyRDuSdSYPk_kG_g80fV83xZQR2CwP0hu2C3vG_8fgyo8S1OTnSRHOlzPvgXAa5GL7wJqjeESA_f-M3k5l0EJiAbPbpppvZ0wcup6c5DP6_SzZ4KhsQT1l_be1mbOMfDSYBSs5xKI6LEz3PuwPN0yuLQ/w640-h484/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-6359-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the mysterious carvings<br /></b></span></div><br />Native Americans have lived in California's San Fernando Valley for some
8,000 years, with certain Tongva, Chumash and Tataviam groups among those who are said to have inhabited the region around today's Chatsworth. The idea that these carvings
might be thousands of years old, while a bit naive, is clearly enticing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2jtUtcVgG_Wq7tGvsOU7_qko970j3VhSnNuBbwyMxDZgVjog5nUA3ys7l_PZ2yhd0YYVr-bw9SSFGlccKfvPkiiRw2jbIOpzRogCQTyRPCnzcVdai1RWXW8vlSvA6HfyioZtWjAr5YPKRcSB0vlptBTcum_i14VmI5rsZF8zRsKkI9IBJk2kgC0WLw/s3438/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6334.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3438" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2jtUtcVgG_Wq7tGvsOU7_qko970j3VhSnNuBbwyMxDZgVjog5nUA3ys7l_PZ2yhd0YYVr-bw9SSFGlccKfvPkiiRw2jbIOpzRogCQTyRPCnzcVdai1RWXW8vlSvA6HfyioZtWjAr5YPKRcSB0vlptBTcum_i14VmI5rsZF8zRsKkI9IBJk2kgC0WLw/w640-h374/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6334.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The carvings as they appear today (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I
first <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/08/tongva-carvings-can-we-get-expert.html" target="_blank">reported on the carvings back in 2014</a>, and around that time I also began reaching out to experts on Native American petroglyphs to see whether they could shed light on just what we have here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBhIRHrDvNlmrvauaUrwwDRC7h6f0sU0VhTjrepVVlM_R2sSDOLTmKjgO0ZUFfLgio7l_ecv1q9OyU51L2Q2fnCE0yZwjvxuqVHklJERXDVhSyTGllVTz6MqNPfcbWUknm20J2_BelTQqeBY1FNjNE7Z5HtBMnBMRl7ISe-Rwx36sRYfmpamUitEtFg/s617/Burro%20Flats%20Painted%20Cave%20pictographs.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="617" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBhIRHrDvNlmrvauaUrwwDRC7h6f0sU0VhTjrepVVlM_R2sSDOLTmKjgO0ZUFfLgio7l_ecv1q9OyU51L2Q2fnCE0yZwjvxuqVHklJERXDVhSyTGllVTz6MqNPfcbWUknm20J2_BelTQqeBY1FNjNE7Z5HtBMnBMRl7ISe-Rwx36sRYfmpamUitEtFg/w640-h440/Burro%20Flats%20Painted%20Cave%20pictographs.png" width="640" /></a></div>Burro Flats Painted Cave — a nearby example of legitimate indigenous rock art<br /></b></span></div><br />The consensus among the experts was that the carvings are not ancient petroglyphs and do not appear to be the work
of indigenous peoples. Relative to the genuine article, as seen here, they're probably not even all that old.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmqz9eWcipWurLO6EWub0D9vIaTePIBeqbCnlRYcOAZTXoucbVPko9Yi_zRqrfgWiD26BuFdKhxPl7gqkOT-VRP1KWjWa4iF8ttS189lR6orUGIipZ_vVuPWUIM6zx3QrLtOmtadHn1hDhMu88cft6a4WHaOhbPVV_I-hIzYZ-1E3NrGazWsqIr5lzg/s630/Chumash%20rock%20art-Dan%20McCaslin%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="630" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmqz9eWcipWurLO6EWub0D9vIaTePIBeqbCnlRYcOAZTXoucbVPko9Yi_zRqrfgWiD26BuFdKhxPl7gqkOT-VRP1KWjWa4iF8ttS189lR6orUGIipZ_vVuPWUIM6zx3QrLtOmtadHn1hDhMu88cft6a4WHaOhbPVV_I-hIzYZ-1E3NrGazWsqIr5lzg/w640-h360/Chumash%20rock%20art-Dan%20McCaslin%20photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>California Chumash rock art (Dan McCaslin photo)<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So yeah, on second thought, no way the carvings on the former movie ranch are from thousands of years ago. Among other issues, they bear little resemblance to these painted examples of this region's ancient rock art.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZGafQHxRZ6QwESkcbPlE9R2uKqQgzFjIOrK7yV62Xj5uIx18EthYeHJozH4T1oudSRJ9urcBVOn0l3aQV0bAd2oQF9sVXsW_HAmPAnbEE-D5vuc8Z91-rbLMiP0zPxhgW3Z5zuD45qaXAqr934Lx1ll5TSCv7DYFJIbMvq0H7jDCArlnZJId6Ymi5g/s1780/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6334-zoomed%20in-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1780" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZGafQHxRZ6QwESkcbPlE9R2uKqQgzFjIOrK7yV62Xj5uIx18EthYeHJozH4T1oudSRJ9urcBVOn0l3aQV0bAd2oQF9sVXsW_HAmPAnbEE-D5vuc8Z91-rbLMiP0zPxhgW3Z5zuD45qaXAqr934Lx1ll5TSCv7DYFJIbMvq0H7jDCArlnZJId6Ymi5g/w640-h382/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6334-zoomed%20in-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Identifiable images in the Iverson Movie Ranch carvings<br /></b></span></div><br />But it's an honest mistake, considering that the Iverson Ranch carvings include such recognizable items as a fish and a horse — images that one might reasonably expect would also turn up in bona fide petroglyphs.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pC1LC5J1ZYlvXW5fsBD0FMwE7yO8VP9SSWn1xogCJVooat17uqU6KdSOj2bFZCQfKx0rLIGEakiFMvgoQDj4ER6tLBwyZzzOoqql0nnT193asCoesSvFaJ5tXeH8JJKuD1cV5XwDIpOy1tk2X_zaOxQ_uh7FnA95mDnjf0o3nk2gB-UouoPgT7yWrA/s1780/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6334-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1780" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pC1LC5J1ZYlvXW5fsBD0FMwE7yO8VP9SSWn1xogCJVooat17uqU6KdSOj2bFZCQfKx0rLIGEakiFMvgoQDj4ER6tLBwyZzzOoqql0nnT193asCoesSvFaJ5tXeH8JJKuD1cV5XwDIpOy1tk2X_zaOxQ_uh7FnA95mDnjf0o3nk2gB-UouoPgT7yWrA/w640-h382/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-6334-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The third figure — what is it?<br /></b></span></div><br />I see this one as a bird, maybe even a chicken, although it's not quite as well-defined as the fish or the horse.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvtBp2heY6qQj9IOg_bGiZUJCJW-7aZ0l8aKkW2F8Uj36YwYjE_pK3RsjmPaFdOPUjZpYRE0hyY0aNq-7Po9hpr7_8WqOZMay60c5CM2MWw8HMHdfMhlh4p6eepWjQY1mI_MaYMe3EQWCjRKxQccXx-YGUkhrZXT2nqTjTMmUzwdxt64UarEDEFAf5A/s3554/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20age%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="3554" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvtBp2heY6qQj9IOg_bGiZUJCJW-7aZ0l8aKkW2F8Uj36YwYjE_pK3RsjmPaFdOPUjZpYRE0hyY0aNq-7Po9hpr7_8WqOZMay60c5CM2MWw8HMHdfMhlh4p6eepWjQY1mI_MaYMe3EQWCjRKxQccXx-YGUkhrZXT2nqTjTMmUzwdxt64UarEDEFAf5A/w640-h384/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20age%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Follow Me, Boys!" (Disney, 1966): 14-year-old Kurt Russell on the Sphinx<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Keeping in mind that this is the Iverson Movie Ranch — accent on the word "movie" — it follows that, like most mysteries surrounding this fascinating and historic property, this one is another <i>movie</i> mystery.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIathzMmTGBQYab1vtiyqgbGReYdfyDmXyy-SYSA6G5C0w3CkFOCAa-AapVRQdzlgDZlfCtx8yBag1RnVRpbrznZJqI_9Z3hEbMy9A181e50_lIXdktis-GVxdzo2U4MGMMEgWGjpktqbDz2oPPMzR-kjnqwDXSJKgx2gscclp6he_TyxkuH5Di4j4RQ/s3554/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20age%2014-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="3554" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIathzMmTGBQYab1vtiyqgbGReYdfyDmXyy-SYSA6G5C0w3CkFOCAa-AapVRQdzlgDZlfCtx8yBag1RnVRpbrznZJqI_9Z3hEbMy9A181e50_lIXdktis-GVxdzo2U4MGMMEgWGjpktqbDz2oPPMzR-kjnqwDXSJKgx2gscclp6he_TyxkuH5Di4j4RQ/w640-h384/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20age%2014-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The scene takes place in front of the same carvings<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the advantages of trying to solve a mystery on a former movie ranch — and I imagine this is obvious — is the movies. We always have movies to look at, and TV shows too, when seeking clues to the location's history.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pEtNH6v_BTkcVyFZHAtGP-MYWvdWk84IH5zXMqfdNMzjRZO59n4DW0FjvCsBPJblp1f5E29yoVmVYi2Kzo3Vlb4QY1S6AGGqaPK2F69DPY6yVXkqXQMSd82HBIA2S-Y0hLTbEeVyead_Nrg6xRZlMX_x2XRdVP3i8xcY7QU9S6nYS6jdogikibRcEA/s3554/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="3554" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pEtNH6v_BTkcVyFZHAtGP-MYWvdWk84IH5zXMqfdNMzjRZO59n4DW0FjvCsBPJblp1f5E29yoVmVYi2Kzo3Vlb4QY1S6AGGqaPK2F69DPY6yVXkqXQMSd82HBIA2S-Y0hLTbEeVyead_Nrg6xRZlMX_x2XRdVP3i8xcY7QU9S6nYS6jdogikibRcEA/w640-h384/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kurt's character, Whitey, tries to talk some sense into a fellow Scout who fell down a cliff<br /></b></span></div><br />So many productions were filmed on the ranch that the rock carvings are bound to show up in at least a few of them. And that's just what we find: a few movies — but only a few — that include shots of the carvings.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04n2sOvSkr4ZrRt6njKcb9IFCyxAveDDagPhnCjqNYJ4ZtLYLspJ1rpQeZ0XecYT4mdKn3ZqAUdVDnx6kQcz5IR2nDDLziEAExLXZvwDQJ3oYGbULSkOqQptnx4-Bh7xxVsNdRg720UOKy3EQ8-UqFk77nu7h5rCnz3awKhu-hWfy6pRcWe-y6Z_-yQ/s3554/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="3554" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04n2sOvSkr4ZrRt6njKcb9IFCyxAveDDagPhnCjqNYJ4ZtLYLspJ1rpQeZ0XecYT4mdKn3ZqAUdVDnx6kQcz5IR2nDDLziEAExLXZvwDQJ3oYGbULSkOqQptnx4-Bh7xxVsNdRg720UOKy3EQ8-UqFk77nu7h5rCnz3awKhu-hWfy6pRcWe-y6Z_-yQ/w640-h384/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The carvings continue to appear behind the boys<br /></b></span></div><br />Key questions I would love to have answered include these: When did the carvings first appear, and if they were created for a movie, which movie was it? And can we see it? <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnLnpb2RUyslXaJb600ykoq7LoafK0_2bHV8JyYqV1Z0l-gDkg6PU2cz3NQ3RSB8qOPvgdRWYtiHWNEVQQ5nFYgqxLTAIc0d3dodv-2KWqJG75Tn-bsRqL-5_HsUli-MNRdZfYYXuUurrUyr6ZYkSx_mTOMZBmi8iDTNVJ-vC1TedezVsNH04v2jDng/s3554/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-rescue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="3554" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnLnpb2RUyslXaJb600ykoq7LoafK0_2bHV8JyYqV1Z0l-gDkg6PU2cz3NQ3RSB8qOPvgdRWYtiHWNEVQQ5nFYgqxLTAIc0d3dodv-2KWqJG75Tn-bsRqL-5_HsUli-MNRdZfYYXuUurrUyr6ZYkSx_mTOMZBmi8iDTNVJ-vC1TedezVsNH04v2jDng/w640-h384/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-rescue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The other boy, Ronnie, played by Greger Vigen, is rescued thanks to Whitey's heroism<br /></b></span></div><br />For the most part, the answer to all of those questions, unfortunately, is we don't know. But a number of clues have turned up in various movies and TV shows.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPb6xeIGaxxTXNtO_KsxMW-mvYOcU8M1fka4Wiz6egdYXrbncPUCFDp6O-yqlcihMbmtnsypmpRh-Qnn-binEIP-vBGqN8c7mFrFAh9OmkZ6hRhk4RI1ntxgdZpOpeE_VofoHR8YY_av4u3E4LWbj2TC6SDc6-suTPAGXrRZCpKHmZozx1v2Q8UNHUMg/s2296/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-rescue-zoomed%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2296" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPb6xeIGaxxTXNtO_KsxMW-mvYOcU8M1fka4Wiz6egdYXrbncPUCFDp6O-yqlcihMbmtnsypmpRh-Qnn-binEIP-vBGqN8c7mFrFAh9OmkZ6hRhk4RI1ntxgdZpOpeE_VofoHR8YY_av4u3E4LWbj2TC6SDc6-suTPAGXrRZCpKHmZozx1v2Q8UNHUMg/w640-h410/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-rescue-zoomed%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the fish, the horse and ... whatever the thing on the right is</b></span></div><br />You may have noticed that the rock carvings look "funny" in the "Follow Me, Boys!" screen shots, as though someone tried to paint over them — similar to what we might try to do today with graffiti.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSyvcW63g94sMjsAoKDbGRnmtbiKAGCSQtyzTDfTH4MmG76iooMtOOkMQjJY7WwuaiIw-XCTJSUij8b6fRfc4RdoBHSj0QpYxM9VzvAnUjSWuUwcK6VjwKEt3TL4XI8IBfRpQYi122NAeYeWpiHGgqzFnAvdifcXUCx1biklzak1YL-k2_YzmG1JZFg/s2296/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-rescue-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2296" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSyvcW63g94sMjsAoKDbGRnmtbiKAGCSQtyzTDfTH4MmG76iooMtOOkMQjJY7WwuaiIw-XCTJSUij8b6fRfc4RdoBHSj0QpYxM9VzvAnUjSWuUwcK6VjwKEt3TL4XI8IBfRpQYi122NAeYeWpiHGgqzFnAvdifcXUCx1biklzak1YL-k2_YzmG1JZFg/w640-h410/1965%20(1966)-Follow%20Me,%20Boys-Sphinx-carvings-Kurt%20Russell,%20Greger%20Vigen-rescue-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It appears that an attempt was made to cover up the carvings<br /></b></span></div><br />The masking, whether it's paint, charcoal, putty or whatever, appears to be an attempt by the "Follow Me, Boys!" crew to hide the carvings, which would say something about how badly they wanted to shoot in this location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AwFYMLXIByNKG7kW2VcXD3L7Id9pDZAbbev4I12tCVCKy3itNhjQVKXN0J0rqQL1yE7RLkyP896dLzCQeQQ74aEewep6W98SA8VdCabfsBVs9HrpNkFtPQ8yEab802Sh5hSN1RaGok2hm78h9AXJHvGXE-PXATQeTHMYha64cSD1T4vvJqRrKizBNA/s4872/1965-Gunsmoke%2011.24%20(1966)-Honor%20Before%20Justice-Sphinx-carvings-8506.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="4872" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AwFYMLXIByNKG7kW2VcXD3L7Id9pDZAbbev4I12tCVCKy3itNhjQVKXN0J0rqQL1yE7RLkyP896dLzCQeQQ74aEewep6W98SA8VdCabfsBVs9HrpNkFtPQ8yEab802Sh5hSN1RaGok2hm78h9AXJHvGXE-PXATQeTHMYha64cSD1T4vvJqRrKizBNA/w640-h462/1965-Gunsmoke%2011.24%20(1966)-Honor%20Before%20Justice-Sphinx-carvings-8506.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "Honor Before Justice" (1966)<br /></b></span></div><br />Around the same time as the "Follow Me, Boys!" shoot, the carvings also made a lower-profile appearance in an episode of the popular Western TV series "Gunsmoke."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2v3-Y4yOp7AENzS1QOpCl4O6AidLAAvoyPiX4MRdHIgWtdmvOlRKTyMNav4LwiPLR9ZMSOK9aoyaJopClwERHRn2RDHGt8vB36etCohkg2nr-Fp1vtDAYRAJ6xkzv9F-jEW9NwGvMYWzn4z_uupjc1aJXDywDLtf1dnyNIEQIseLdMulZS_AMtzPxXg/s4872/1965-Gunsmoke%2011.24%20(1966)-Honor%20Before%20Justice-Sphinx-carvings-8506-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="4872" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2v3-Y4yOp7AENzS1QOpCl4O6AidLAAvoyPiX4MRdHIgWtdmvOlRKTyMNav4LwiPLR9ZMSOK9aoyaJopClwERHRn2RDHGt8vB36etCohkg2nr-Fp1vtDAYRAJ6xkzv9F-jEW9NwGvMYWzn4z_uupjc1aJXDywDLtf1dnyNIEQIseLdMulZS_AMtzPxXg/w640-h462/1965-Gunsmoke%2011.24%20(1966)-Honor%20Before%20Justice-Sphinx-carvings-8506-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>What is it about 1966 and those carvings?<br /></b></span></div><br />It's a rare occasion when the carvings can be seen in any production, and especially rare to see them pop out like this. Because of "Gunsmoke" and "Follow Me, Boys!," for a while I thought the carvings must be from the Sixties.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmQyOC4ch5AJQRhEIHCvHzqnOSCZtei6I6Uy3ow1m_oM8-5z9NMHD9PimfliXO66QsmFLH0SSTW5OT5WyjezBvUxNwMntL2PfUtvTP8RRFgVq2nVTbIRdtOuCpRSx_M8ABBvTQ2WdeSF1GJgsDxF6Ksrkpm8OPhdx8UCCYPuwd4WiI5DvV47PqwxhuQ/s3120/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2151" data-original-width="3120" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmQyOC4ch5AJQRhEIHCvHzqnOSCZtei6I6Uy3ow1m_oM8-5z9NMHD9PimfliXO66QsmFLH0SSTW5OT5WyjezBvUxNwMntL2PfUtvTP8RRFgVq2nVTbIRdtOuCpRSx_M8ABBvTQ2WdeSF1GJgsDxF6Ksrkpm8OPhdx8UCCYPuwd4WiI5DvV47PqwxhuQ/w640-h442/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"African Treasure" (Bomba the Jungle Boy, 1952)<br /></b></span></div><br />But the timeline shifted recently when my friend and fellow location historian Cliff Roberts found the carvings in the jungle movie "African Treasure." This discovery proves they were already carved at least by 1952.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuUEBoKKqOch5OFUy8rtBO41s6kxar1Fnz3HS_UDaU8KbYqBmpChwfhEMCkltvSfBRNhsSxOru8xromMHlqXNVOvdMPvITPfQSXhBSx4wLKRE78ln7NVhrIFf2c0FwRIiKbB8XogCfuG7LEBWjK9nyxbD37pJTFSHCYTxggZxg3B6ayZNhx2bNM9r5w/s2166/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0152-zoomed%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2166" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuUEBoKKqOch5OFUy8rtBO41s6kxar1Fnz3HS_UDaU8KbYqBmpChwfhEMCkltvSfBRNhsSxOru8xromMHlqXNVOvdMPvITPfQSXhBSx4wLKRE78ln7NVhrIFf2c0FwRIiKbB8XogCfuG7LEBWjK9nyxbD37pJTFSHCYTxggZxg3B6ayZNhx2bNM9r5w/w640-h492/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0152-zoomed%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Bomba traverses a perilous cliff in "African Treasure"<br /></b></span></div><br />Monogram's "Bomba the Jungle Boy" series starred Johnny Sheffield, who previously played "Boy" in the Tarzan movies. As soon as he was old enough to fight his own alligators, he got his own jungle series.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXfCgsRtJI0FPCT8Y6z3X96wFxN-fhDRl3UN5esTKnG_jS5hMDNTiGhojKnEXYu4uFV-PS9paQuiQPKNBgN_Q1l8bsTqwt4p4Z_Oc6hCdz-rAiY2Clv1E1-9S3uePfponNHX7o-CblkE1Zb249C6l716CVbzuELjZtBLmxX73h530z0AvojDYAzX3-g/s2166/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0152-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2166" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXfCgsRtJI0FPCT8Y6z3X96wFxN-fhDRl3UN5esTKnG_jS5hMDNTiGhojKnEXYu4uFV-PS9paQuiQPKNBgN_Q1l8bsTqwt4p4Z_Oc6hCdz-rAiY2Clv1E1-9S3uePfponNHX7o-CblkE1Zb249C6l716CVbzuELjZtBLmxX73h530z0AvojDYAzX3-g/w640-h492/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0152-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the carvings<br /></b></span></div><br /> The "Bomba" series filmed frequently on the Iverson Ranch, but it does not appear that the carvings on the side of the Sphinx were created specifically for "African Treasure" or any other "Bomba" movies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvlI4_SHj0RHZ65PVerzck8k67sOCyD2QqJqY_lccEs8nMukrIuDI49DaWuxi6aKqu1bxSdQpfHgD8gtMNGraeDmuN2ZezchDcbJmkbzyXT3iELGKU166VEAQ_L5hhgNGoso_LJu-KVRsi1ag4C6GbJJGLa_RUXIPrDy5T_h4RueMpR6Yloi2TweKRw/s3405/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="3405" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvlI4_SHj0RHZ65PVerzck8k67sOCyD2QqJqY_lccEs8nMukrIuDI49DaWuxi6aKqu1bxSdQpfHgD8gtMNGraeDmuN2ZezchDcbJmkbzyXT3iELGKU166VEAQ_L5hhgNGoso_LJu-KVRsi1ag4C6GbJJGLa_RUXIPrDy5T_h4RueMpR6Yloi2TweKRw/w640-h442/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Bomba works his way past the carvings<br /></b></span></div><br /> However, some shots in the Bomba sequence show the carvings with unusual clarity. The carvings are visible throughout a brief sequence in "African Treasure" in which Sheffield works his way along a narrow ledge.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSTN2U0ND4-_QJXYYd8LOlDAv_hcImjCE7ito7c_a5JyPSdJA4tXd8d-R-a8jxY-Yn5ur3qLhFU2BFd4LDEvtkkIGVTAktvodFxNIQuldo4EZ0MLEF2SoP953Ld-_crYGkARReqhu-nB9Qxl1s3aPM_fP809kxl4Z3V27jsPHzkz1F1KH6J47j0y9Kw/s3148/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151-zoomed%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="3148" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSTN2U0ND4-_QJXYYd8LOlDAv_hcImjCE7ito7c_a5JyPSdJA4tXd8d-R-a8jxY-Yn5ur3qLhFU2BFd4LDEvtkkIGVTAktvodFxNIQuldo4EZ0MLEF2SoP953Ld-_crYGkARReqhu-nB9Qxl1s3aPM_fP809kxl4Z3V27jsPHzkz1F1KH6J47j0y9Kw/w640-h476/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151-zoomed%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A closer look at the carvings<br /></b></span></div><br /> It's the same ledge where Kurt Russell's character would later rescue the other Boy Scout in "Follow Me, Boys!" Zooming in a little, we can easily make out familiar figures such as the fish and horse.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx23Ic5QYkZpKqwFgAZvabYYKPoW2-6TIZ0GEp_UUafZ2bskDaTFaEdsLn5IuqlzbsXga7-Txo1U02r0Ljz9InbYls9JpnfJ7bERnklFb8Dz8BQtrGFglzH4XVWijAIRcok_Y29YxvKMfTvJMIRQmQ1plkCnZOsdenPjVtctWTO91zkvk2PXvgGZIsQ/s3148/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="3148" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx23Ic5QYkZpKqwFgAZvabYYKPoW2-6TIZ0GEp_UUafZ2bskDaTFaEdsLn5IuqlzbsXga7-Txo1U02r0Ljz9InbYls9JpnfJ7bERnklFb8Dz8BQtrGFglzH4XVWijAIRcok_Y29YxvKMfTvJMIRQmQ1plkCnZOsdenPjVtctWTO91zkvk2PXvgGZIsQ/w640-h476/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>There's plenty to see on the side of that rock<br /></b></span></div><br /> The Bomba sequence also taps into other parts of the mystery, especially in the area above the fish and the horse and above Johnny Sheffield.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJARwuaS-pa2QN-ur8pghECV-LIa9WESlggz7rVh9dpB8EpdWR3H8WK_AwjQXyr-v41me4l2hjgIgXy73k3-oUH6jo4uwmF9ddELdIM3ANjfNcyVhebIFf1UrYhLa5c4O41jVUU198KN11GluxB49n_t9ozA_jW1GskjnpnadL5UMU3DPtrUBEdXSuqw/s3148/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="3148" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJARwuaS-pa2QN-ur8pghECV-LIa9WESlggz7rVh9dpB8EpdWR3H8WK_AwjQXyr-v41me4l2hjgIgXy73k3-oUH6jo4uwmF9ddELdIM3ANjfNcyVhebIFf1UrYhLa5c4O41jVUU198KN11GluxB49n_t9ozA_jW1GskjnpnadL5UMU3DPtrUBEdXSuqw/w640-h476/1952-African%20Treasure-Bomba%20the%20Jungle%20Boy-Petroglyphs-0151-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Damaged area near the rock carvings<br /></b></span></div><br /> It's clear that something has happened to the rock in this area, but what is it?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEBHGVVlIVW230BAUuu9Qri9HwHc3it6Ef1KY0payln4-yP-d6EdP7mW-fudN9adtIL5dtYThCJj1BrQ4SdzNenn8V1n9tK5yworWaQsgZYGVgXWpyZav4676MLwXTyEoUAVUnAYIhVOxSKRSv-ePR2iIeYiuQtCTK6flkUYUlQJfdfNHuQcVqN-D-A/s3513/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3513" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEBHGVVlIVW230BAUuu9Qri9HwHc3it6Ef1KY0payln4-yP-d6EdP7mW-fudN9adtIL5dtYThCJj1BrQ4SdzNenn8V1n9tK5yworWaQsgZYGVgXWpyZav4676MLwXTyEoUAVUnAYIhVOxSKRSv-ePR2iIeYiuQtCTK6flkUYUlQJfdfNHuQcVqN-D-A/w640-h504/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>A section of rock wall with a lot going on<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at the shape the rock is in today, we can see what appears to be scratched-out areas above and below the familiar rock carvings.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztwXrrt6ZuGU-vYB6MIGBdww30oLsXOQGt0qdNIIF0v7_cGIzj1WQWcgtW8Y5CzJt1Gao-1Ft067_NjrR1fl2vKl33SmS75rwd_LNTLNJKRnpoH3yOQ9KxnRKKw1jg-zFJ1qb_ry1YPs-yfzwzbmbPiikcg3dMEwi3WJPy-wOPfkURWaQiBfDRJvoGA/s3513/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3513" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztwXrrt6ZuGU-vYB6MIGBdww30oLsXOQGt0qdNIIF0v7_cGIzj1WQWcgtW8Y5CzJt1Gao-1Ft067_NjrR1fl2vKl33SmS75rwd_LNTLNJKRnpoH3yOQ9KxnRKKw1jg-zFJ1qb_ry1YPs-yfzwzbmbPiikcg3dMEwi3WJPy-wOPfkURWaQiBfDRJvoGA/w640-h504/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>What stories is this rock trying to tell us?<br /></b></span></div><br />The work isn't confined to the area with the fish, horse and bird, but extends across a wider swath of rock surface surrounding those carvings.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1X6MSGhNDR7fQIsB1JKnRSnYdyB9_a53iYqmAYQGi5uK-jqUlL9B9cHwUCAOvMb73YxP0srF_MkxdyWUaPD8Wnv2FN2ho3eNuIwVcBO8rUGk1eEVV_EC7rg9M0lq4ItbygHkCpy_atC7W0vG7DTMS3Zf_btOrGydgQw0M_07ww7lfJKfFgY701iftsQ/s3513/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3513" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1X6MSGhNDR7fQIsB1JKnRSnYdyB9_a53iYqmAYQGi5uK-jqUlL9B9cHwUCAOvMb73YxP0srF_MkxdyWUaPD8Wnv2FN2ho3eNuIwVcBO8rUGk1eEVV_EC7rg9M0lq4ItbygHkCpy_atC7W0vG7DTMS3Zf_btOrGydgQw0M_07ww7lfJKfFgY701iftsQ/w640-h504/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%203.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The identifiable images are just a part of the story<br /></b></span></div><br />The area where we find the fish, the horse and other examples of the most recognizable carvings is right in the middle of something that looks almost like a rock carving battlefield.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloBvkDg38YNGxQXI8QfkhkaDGH1p2ApZMbJkUJ2viJvKrsB2avJAwhWJEWOd41Q8-7xI1Q1wk26Zs-18s9RqJpz0HzxZL7nEcBPq4YosHa1ItxI5JXfjdqTwvJRlC-yOnm6zpIevOVYuSJ-Sle7fWOIstNbHJmrn4pqXFsgXY1wY3cRf_irWC5JqH_g/s3513/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3513" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloBvkDg38YNGxQXI8QfkhkaDGH1p2ApZMbJkUJ2viJvKrsB2avJAwhWJEWOd41Q8-7xI1Q1wk26Zs-18s9RqJpz0HzxZL7nEcBPq4YosHa1ItxI5JXfjdqTwvJRlC-yOnm6zpIevOVYuSJ-Sle7fWOIstNbHJmrn4pqXFsgXY1wY3cRf_irWC5JqH_g/w640-h504/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%204.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The surface looks as though it's been sanded or chipped away in this area<br /></b></span></div><br />Additional images may have once appeared below the fish and horse area, but they're gone now. This section gives the impression that any images previously found here were intentionally and permanently removed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx4Gl5J4o5-Bdh41HaM3fjx9qyCXWuzSNUTE_NUbP8byYuVMeI8MRFLKJy-OQe-IodNqDsKeLEvZHxk3LStynRc8YhjYLb392GLN83dvMsjV6QPQ4Y099E7BtyQQB8NWCTWq0GwqZ-ruELN1aImXhAGRVHOrxwCgXKyQeaRIx2kGdWH4OTxFTOKGVpQ/s3513/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3513" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx4Gl5J4o5-Bdh41HaM3fjx9qyCXWuzSNUTE_NUbP8byYuVMeI8MRFLKJy-OQe-IodNqDsKeLEvZHxk3LStynRc8YhjYLb392GLN83dvMsjV6QPQ4Y099E7BtyQQB8NWCTWq0GwqZ-ruELN1aImXhAGRVHOrxwCgXKyQeaRIx2kGdWH4OTxFTOKGVpQ/w640-h504/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-6340-noted%205.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>This section has also been worked and reworked<br /></b></span></div><br />A similar situation can be found in the area above the fish and horse, where it looks as though someone carved slashes throughout this section, presumably in an effort to eliminate any existing images.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg66yU2zCSrmmO_AFhFUlEb5oIyVI8NsmIEWpehPe_FMuisNDn_7u033wsVfCxF4h1ZsFAn-ZD9Xb25OwFNz3yq3TKAZsv08d-TNrUOwjKAqobYQV9nKxSXdu3lK3K_crdksAuUxnYWT43ggGLEMC_8UOPlIf_33Ovq5ipTtQ9BY-SwPT0ZsSnBLLbmg/s3114/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-esp%20top%20level-6326.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3114" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg66yU2zCSrmmO_AFhFUlEb5oIyVI8NsmIEWpehPe_FMuisNDn_7u033wsVfCxF4h1ZsFAn-ZD9Xb25OwFNz3yq3TKAZsv08d-TNrUOwjKAqobYQV9nKxSXdu3lK3K_crdksAuUxnYWT43ggGLEMC_8UOPlIf_33Ovq5ipTtQ9BY-SwPT0ZsSnBLLbmg/w640-h474/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-esp%20top%20level-6326.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Notice the area above the fish and horse<br /></b></span></div><br />Whoever may have been trying to eliminate the figures in this area seems to have given up on the task before it was completed, because we can still see remnants of the images.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPcYgInx55eqZ8jHkQYMV-ydXM4wDldqCZoJuNeeiG3d8qhW7jsg-K2bnYO2g817kbrTSjeFFaY0kUq3IkUrmaNdsN1nhBYA61e1jjpAIFxsEsJR4LKBnzZSGjzQ6hevwQllWY63heKJtXHgQljJR5iOqeT06cXlZKP6-Su1eiHiU3L-G27Pg5dnlTQ/s3114/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-esp%20top%20level-6326-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3114" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPcYgInx55eqZ8jHkQYMV-ydXM4wDldqCZoJuNeeiG3d8qhW7jsg-K2bnYO2g817kbrTSjeFFaY0kUq3IkUrmaNdsN1nhBYA61e1jjpAIFxsEsJR4LKBnzZSGjzQ6hevwQllWY63heKJtXHgQljJR5iOqeT06cXlZKP6-Su1eiHiU3L-G27Pg5dnlTQ/w640-h474/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-esp%20top%20level-6326-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Remnants of figures can still be seen<br /></b></span></div><br />The figures in this area would probably form a nice complement to those in the fish and horse area had these not been scratched out. As far as the question of when any of this happened, it remains largely unknown.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi_FsBmvYtGLSul-ZoZJQ3dFk1_kiwxvb2Ac7lQqjMMBDjMosjBiSA2XvjYqtDM1poKhn3c17Y7mnUN3r3ihpo2vstxb2z6ebgtQ-KtXBgHsG51HLUF2TL4lYxuPmR4khk5oEhymtQ5hUzHcP6ZonerqB-h76TFyY5Q6rFTgan-r20Enf8VfqA4khsg/s3028/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3028" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi_FsBmvYtGLSul-ZoZJQ3dFk1_kiwxvb2Ac7lQqjMMBDjMosjBiSA2XvjYqtDM1poKhn3c17Y7mnUN3r3ihpo2vstxb2z6ebgtQ-KtXBgHsG51HLUF2TL4lYxuPmR4khk5oEhymtQ5hUzHcP6ZonerqB-h76TFyY5Q6rFTgan-r20Enf8VfqA4khsg/w640-h476/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The rock carvings area, circa 1926 (Bison Archives)<br /></b></span></div><br />But an intriguing set of clues surfaced about two years ago when this old still photo turned up in Marc Wanamaker's Bison Archives.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tFelUuPVixFHisZLVfhouBrgATOfc2Qfw70lIideQhdDksAhwHTRI3BPemJPdwf7r3T7HK4DdQGE3tGTo0w0eDUqwcuxkh-KZqtvXLMGzCTvhSooe4R0xORfgScK2aZO_X-icEeKavGYIIhYWmZ6-xR_V9okT_iXePSnI7o-7eGY8vLHiUBnQKl4WA/s3028/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3028" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tFelUuPVixFHisZLVfhouBrgATOfc2Qfw70lIideQhdDksAhwHTRI3BPemJPdwf7r3T7HK4DdQGE3tGTo0w0eDUqwcuxkh-KZqtvXLMGzCTvhSooe4R0xORfgScK2aZO_X-icEeKavGYIIhYWmZ6-xR_V9okT_iXePSnI7o-7eGY8vLHiUBnQKl4WA/w640-h476/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>By the 1920s, activity can already be seen in the rock carvings area </b></span></div><br />The photo, believed to be from about 1926, shows assistant director Fred Fleck scouting a location on the Iverson Movie Ranch. But for our purposes, what's most interesting about it is what we can see behind him.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1SkxOKdksXKe34vS1PZcodveGps0_IQghKBAk84UXXcRPDe3FwKQ4V3Oe_ryfzZOhZJYBYmz10dYay_UT6LRLvLyw68nKSB8-4LCbrnqltLNZWFQ8U9cvhTAzRmMc_HVf2yICAsuExEdZc5-fQogZ4BVhvOvyAozVmSItc1dlcBapsoyqGgxQe_niQ/s1864/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1864" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1SkxOKdksXKe34vS1PZcodveGps0_IQghKBAk84UXXcRPDe3FwKQ4V3Oe_ryfzZOhZJYBYmz10dYay_UT6LRLvLyw68nKSB8-4LCbrnqltLNZWFQ8U9cvhTAzRmMc_HVf2yICAsuExEdZc5-fQogZ4BVhvOvyAozVmSItc1dlcBapsoyqGgxQe_niQ/w640-h450/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The rock has something to say — and has already had messages erased by the '20s<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on the vicinity of the rock carvings, it's immediately evident that activity has already taken place in this area — especially in the fish and horse area and in the section above it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rg4HQrN63wFzeZ1nCaaT8HNGP4GreecvHJicaQHIwnnk1aVi-NjhIZEA4a-2rR630gJI0TTB3WvFKE0RFfl1do8Lwte3Z2Vwd1Ho0y8TkrAhhkiOgldGWsdGTn_a4dbvizc8z7c-tIqRuqcD09FdSxNK9x9BvZS1B4eaaGfjbXQhtkIfKmvjixtc9Q/s1864/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1864" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rg4HQrN63wFzeZ1nCaaT8HNGP4GreecvHJicaQHIwnnk1aVi-NjhIZEA4a-2rR630gJI0TTB3WvFKE0RFfl1do8Lwte3Z2Vwd1Ho0y8TkrAhhkiOgldGWsdGTn_a4dbvizc8z7c-tIqRuqcD09FdSxNK9x9BvZS1B4eaaGfjbXQhtkIfKmvjixtc9Q/w640-h450/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Razorback" — natural markings on the rock<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the best ways to "navigate" between images of the rock as it
appears today and an image from close to 100 years ago is by identifying a key
natural formation on the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_NSGqJzGULlzYqGbq_rnNLgVksV-CLRsMvxV1Uoy7XW0g5NgAKtPUVTn1TD7GuqOal-xuwuaJJhtxAPtADkkZAq8AOgj0fskum02QUkr3b_n4Eh2ainjuNj6By_U0eHWMvbDLY4NbVzoSjvlEV9R7LcVo9c45H2ysbRc_Uu9vaR7nV7e1S6-6G1uKQ/s1308/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area-Razorback%20on%20Sphinx%20w%20University%20of%20Arkansas%20logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1308" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_NSGqJzGULlzYqGbq_rnNLgVksV-CLRsMvxV1Uoy7XW0g5NgAKtPUVTn1TD7GuqOal-xuwuaJJhtxAPtADkkZAq8AOgj0fskum02QUkr3b_n4Eh2ainjuNj6By_U0eHWMvbDLY4NbVzoSjvlEV9R7LcVo9c45H2ysbRc_Uu9vaR7nV7e1S6-6G1uKQ/w640-h572/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area-Razorback%20on%20Sphinx%20w%20University%20of%20Arkansas%20logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Arkansas Razorbacks logo, top, and the rock's naturally formed "Razorback"<br /></b></span></div><br />I refer to this set of markings as the "Razorback," because it reminds me of the familiar image of a razorback pig — like the one that appears as the logo of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix2GWai8DZ5sWIhqbjg8EPaxU2wnnUKgVG-a6MqITICYtX5-B-CjyQFLOO8io52uV_-FNEdRr_xgUD0gApn-_vYgmGxYfe-UJK-gCQHreXiPoZO9VfkZp1noYs5D8EZoj5j3FuG9dDJ7x69OihbO3_bUezRyPTC9TPUpXZfhVwWcCaEYjAv50Iao2Vw/s2565/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-razorback-6337-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1884" data-original-width="2565" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix2GWai8DZ5sWIhqbjg8EPaxU2wnnUKgVG-a6MqITICYtX5-B-CjyQFLOO8io52uV_-FNEdRr_xgUD0gApn-_vYgmGxYfe-UJK-gCQHreXiPoZO9VfkZp1noYs5D8EZoj5j3FuG9dDJ7x69OihbO3_bUezRyPTC9TPUpXZfhVwWcCaEYjAv50Iao2Vw/w640-h470/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-razorback-6337-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The natural "Razorback" formation: What is its relationship to the manmade carvings?<br /></b></span></div><br />The Razorback, which is still easy to find on the rock today, can be helpful in locating key reference points between the photo of the rock in the 1920s and photos of the rock as it appears in 2022.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFw5Bb2eZ1XzJdvsx3Xvvv_BphdVvgg1Cqa9b2shA8Y4TLAmDy9qcZcyt4gzGTxIrS6FOOF-L1YhqRfYwrkHjr8Mef-lpaBsn1rcDBR34jZt5D7yMymEokUJHc6465foo6HbpXug09Zf0oPU4r85TqpXGKHwHSXz_g5lZl8fxiL5kHfuA3-k8Cde-qA/s2565/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-razorback-6337-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1884" data-original-width="2565" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFw5Bb2eZ1XzJdvsx3Xvvv_BphdVvgg1Cqa9b2shA8Y4TLAmDy9qcZcyt4gzGTxIrS6FOOF-L1YhqRfYwrkHjr8Mef-lpaBsn1rcDBR34jZt5D7yMymEokUJHc6465foo6HbpXug09Zf0oPU4r85TqpXGKHwHSXz_g5lZl8fxiL5kHfuA3-k8Cde-qA/w640-h470/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-medium%20shot%20of%20carvings-razorback-6337-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Using the Razorback to help navigate the rock<br /></b></span></div><br />For example, we know that the fish is directly above the "ear" of the Razorback. Similarly, the horse is directly above the Razorback's hind leg.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bqqYr3fEGFebyx06XAFXlgmXmW_1moODLJF9JtAIQXuYI_beaRmKMl6mB-VcBwP4FnzzQNSyafKPaeIF-4VWlhPgn42LhOZguAaF00YTsbKJXL_tqrG3w2dQ6uYv_B4PMeYtpydmfLGdgTN3mg2XAwCs7GKIQvg1Ft1I2gmoCydnMpNHhNw5bVnBaQ/s1864/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1864" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bqqYr3fEGFebyx06XAFXlgmXmW_1moODLJF9JtAIQXuYI_beaRmKMl6mB-VcBwP4FnzzQNSyafKPaeIF-4VWlhPgn42LhOZguAaF00YTsbKJXL_tqrG3w2dQ6uYv_B4PMeYtpydmfLGdgTN3mg2XAwCs7GKIQvg1Ft1I2gmoCydnMpNHhNw5bVnBaQ/w640-h450/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Locating the future site of the fish and horse in the 1920s photo<br /></b></span></div><br />Even though today's fish and horse do not appear to be in place yet in the 1920s photo, the Razorback helps point us to the area where they will later be found.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJFX2nd2EaW0JPGzOTp89VfSQQB9QO7fXAdiWD2Ky0w7-_EVXIPR5Ffh4Cgzf0ohFI_jEvWJQnV9JJTC2DMhpSz96SGVrkK-w-PfqqGecwjUHo5crOiFplWC8nlfiNsB698woeulJAdZ4DRfr0GM51n-zPFy9p9dn0l3kHX29suJ1fQWkV8ukSjw6yg/s2416/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2416" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJFX2nd2EaW0JPGzOTp89VfSQQB9QO7fXAdiWD2Ky0w7-_EVXIPR5Ffh4Cgzf0ohFI_jEvWJQnV9JJTC2DMhpSz96SGVrkK-w-PfqqGecwjUHo5crOiFplWC8nlfiNsB698woeulJAdZ4DRfr0GM51n-zPFy9p9dn0l3kHX29suJ1fQWkV8ukSjw6yg/w640-h400/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives-zoomed%20in%20on%20carvings%20area%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock "canvases" in the shapes of future carvings?</b></span></div><br />Work has clearly been done in the fish and horse area, but it's hard to be sure what we're seeing. While it appears that no figures have been carved yet, it almost looks as though the rock has been "prepped."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jVuPvdQm_HZ2Q7Lj2zO61jC3owchwVJigBXVbEPHtrSPKzFDW3vsGLfbFZVBlrxzkBevrnMTAcRGqddKY4QUncq4pSc5LrXeaRYD-xVwiYjPPXQi44GbEAqJAKy6-WY7ShBXQ-9b1DD1fROhKJjPUhxhGkwLONgB7Jpiv-kil7dnel7NK12NJ2U2Dw/s2378/1926%20(ca)%20and%202022-THEN%20AND%20NOW-GoG:Sphinx-southern%20profile-carvings%20area.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="2378" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jVuPvdQm_HZ2Q7Lj2zO61jC3owchwVJigBXVbEPHtrSPKzFDW3vsGLfbFZVBlrxzkBevrnMTAcRGqddKY4QUncq4pSc5LrXeaRYD-xVwiYjPPXQi44GbEAqJAKy6-WY7ShBXQ-9b1DD1fROhKJjPUhxhGkwLONgB7Jpiv-kil7dnel7NK12NJ2U2Dw/w640-h540/1926%20(ca)%20and%202022-THEN%20AND%20NOW-GoG:Sphinx-southern%20profile-carvings%20area.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The rock carvings area circa 1926 (top) and in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Meanwhile, the work that has already been done in the section above the fish-horse area aligns with the current condition of the rock. But again, it's hard to tell exactly what's going on here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yPbLZmErkX_EfuzYLeb-vipWsSu8JA61zMtH_6GOllBD6P-lutKtvKXFu6DrNyLopHXH0hu8n7erhJDWNxbUjy-FrpuHqYjpUC0S-mQ_GH0P8HY7g0WN5XkCvoq1mdyTmTb6JJx_dWKWPMpoM-1wzCBnNYUqMkYzaned6oQ3E18QFDBWlx7KMKdj5Q/s2378/1926%20(ca)%20and%202022-THEN%20AND%20NOW-GoG:Sphinx-southern%20profile-carvings%20area-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="2378" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yPbLZmErkX_EfuzYLeb-vipWsSu8JA61zMtH_6GOllBD6P-lutKtvKXFu6DrNyLopHXH0hu8n7erhJDWNxbUjy-FrpuHqYjpUC0S-mQ_GH0P8HY7g0WN5XkCvoq1mdyTmTb6JJx_dWKWPMpoM-1wzCBnNYUqMkYzaned6oQ3E18QFDBWlx7KMKdj5Q/w640-h540/1926%20(ca)%20and%202022-THEN%20AND%20NOW-GoG:Sphinx-southern%20profile-carvings%20area-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>No sign of the carvings themselves circa 1926, despite all the "prep" work<br /></b></span></div><br />The appearance of the rock in the 1920s suggests that it may have already been in use as some kind of "message board." But the carvings that we see today — both in the fish and horse area and in the section above it — appear to have been added later.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrEcpFOP-OhVUjM2IIOALtYLuhN8rmgr0l1lc0FN9W-JpJyRwPws1HojWUPkm5o5M3utT-wCsPt6e1cQ_gxTz5SB5RtAfqsetalydpY0irFRdx66zMKcFsaWjaezXzNtsF0IbXH6_OPkKkKUY7N1tKfYY5TxiTe8otCUmDIbS59Ml8QgkEgcFn-zc0w/s3378/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile,%20showing%20carvings-6322.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="3378" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrEcpFOP-OhVUjM2IIOALtYLuhN8rmgr0l1lc0FN9W-JpJyRwPws1HojWUPkm5o5M3utT-wCsPt6e1cQ_gxTz5SB5RtAfqsetalydpY0irFRdx66zMKcFsaWjaezXzNtsF0IbXH6_OPkKkKUY7N1tKfYY5TxiTe8otCUmDIbS59Ml8QgkEgcFn-zc0w/w640-h496/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile,%20showing%20carvings-6322.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The Sphinx — southern profile, including the carvings area (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />The takeaway from all of this is that we still don't know what was going on with this intriguing expanse of rock in the early filming era — or for that matter, really in any era.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3sXMNb4LcMs9PtM5qZPj_NwQBW6kSsY7PmF1q3ndq_s4uhV92Ar3DUL4XgI6J22zGENgIbL-u6p60ebYz7Da--v5x9752I3k07sm5RjLGAxYnvtL4FnP5hJlpa89-ukK41I6DHezcehdm1_YB9Leyh9z-Vo01j7wh2MGj_uLnQwAv4hxE4T4DLByKQ/s2048/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx%20and%20Tower%20Rock,%20Cactus%20Hill-Kinemacolor-dir,%20David%20Miles-Linda%20Arvidson-photo%20courtesy%20of%20Bison%20Archives%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3sXMNb4LcMs9PtM5qZPj_NwQBW6kSsY7PmF1q3ndq_s4uhV92Ar3DUL4XgI6J22zGENgIbL-u6p60ebYz7Da--v5x9752I3k07sm5RjLGAxYnvtL4FnP5hJlpa89-ukK41I6DHezcehdm1_YB9Leyh9z-Vo01j7wh2MGj_uLnQwAv4hxE4T4DLByKQ/w502-h640/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx%20and%20Tower%20Rock,%20Cactus%20Hill-Kinemacolor-dir,%20David%20Miles-Linda%20Arvidson-photo%20courtesy%20of%20Bison%20Archives%20(1).jpeg" width="502" /></a></div>"Everyman" (Kinemacolor, 1913): Linda Arvidson and the Sphinx (Bison Archives)<br /></b></span></div><br />However, it's worth keeping in mind that this was a filming location going back to the earliest days of the movie industry on the West Coast — at least as far back as 1913.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHw0svZzYMnJFsp14wXNx5eZEuOmJNtTs1rFumu8wqNwPwFX18BIPXJhYSH8SK0THlzLyYCaXSmUkrYGbS91dsk58nKCixUw1Zz7HfZyrysJH2SXEdgALdw8FEXkt2HZXmoeJKXRX1uF-_c817Rkxmiy7tgW4lPLzSnNnXPx74BDguAPZkekBcd0k7vw/s2048/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx%20and%20Tower%20Rock,%20Cactus%20Hill-Kinemacolor-dir,%20David%20Miles-Linda%20Arvidson-photo%20courtesy%20of%20Bison%20Archives-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHw0svZzYMnJFsp14wXNx5eZEuOmJNtTs1rFumu8wqNwPwFX18BIPXJhYSH8SK0THlzLyYCaXSmUkrYGbS91dsk58nKCixUw1Zz7HfZyrysJH2SXEdgALdw8FEXkt2HZXmoeJKXRX1uF-_c817Rkxmiy7tgW4lPLzSnNnXPx74BDguAPZkekBcd0k7vw/w502-h640/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx%20and%20Tower%20Rock,%20Cactus%20Hill-Kinemacolor-dir,%20David%20Miles-Linda%20Arvidson-photo%20courtesy%20of%20Bison%20Archives-noted.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div>The Sphinx, in a 1913 promo still for the lost film "<a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/12/rare-photo-from-bison-archives.html" target="_blank">Everyman</a>"<br /></b></span></div><br />It's likely that secrets to the carvings' origins are hidden away in some of the silent movies filmed on the Iverson Ranch that are now lost — including movies we may never know were filmed on the ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgNaGDkvZLktMD9wy4bIUrKbgnVoJpc2cwnhxuzFYzCbZNX2B7Qj5KrnYlrR12aly_lnGEMzgQW81a6VCnKEwDi7KuCsQKX9tQb0vHFPJCG1LJiy3Fd1WxF7593HU_jqtRINFIiY6mjr4uAVEjlX1cl_RITpZ_AnY-a1TddfWdk7eDLLFLDvrHfN3Dg/s1608/2020-GoG%20Heights-laurel%20sumac-somewhat%20of%20a%20match%20for%201913%20photo-0301.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="1424" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgNaGDkvZLktMD9wy4bIUrKbgnVoJpc2cwnhxuzFYzCbZNX2B7Qj5KrnYlrR12aly_lnGEMzgQW81a6VCnKEwDi7KuCsQKX9tQb0vHFPJCG1LJiy3Fd1WxF7593HU_jqtRINFIiY6mjr4uAVEjlX1cl_RITpZ_AnY-a1TddfWdk7eDLLFLDvrHfN3Dg/w566-h640/2020-GoG%20Heights-laurel%20sumac-somewhat%20of%20a%20match%20for%201913%20photo-0301.JPG" width="566" /></a></div>Location of the Linda Arvidson photo in 2020 — more than a century later<br /></b></span></div><br />For the most part the location of the 1913 photo remains unchanged today — even the laurel sumac continues to thrive in that same spot. I did a <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/12/rare-photo-from-bison-archives.html" target="_blank">post in 2020 about the Arvidson photo, which you can see by clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZtXkFWFMARHAWzT0OyXnOsl3atZyZZHl8pr-Xl7ga3dr_XDKvfMniBpc010ke5-s-1xcteTSYf5T1lXILVFCr5iKBOSjLaPVrLOB1G-GM7_ibU_i1NabGv9leKemRKSK_wiTJvonxTJixw0tjxTEuWHo4_KD-lABYtr5WeEw_CNZzLxm2p9S8mG1mQ/s1600/1920-Man-Woman-Marriage-back%20of%20set-w%20reservoir-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZtXkFWFMARHAWzT0OyXnOsl3atZyZZHl8pr-Xl7ga3dr_XDKvfMniBpc010ke5-s-1xcteTSYf5T1lXILVFCr5iKBOSjLaPVrLOB1G-GM7_ibU_i1NabGv9leKemRKSK_wiTJvonxTJixw0tjxTEuWHo4_KD-lABYtr5WeEw_CNZzLxm2p9S8mG1mQ/w640-h436/1920-Man-Woman-Marriage-back%20of%20set-w%20reservoir-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Garden of the Gods in 1920, during filming of "Man-Woman-Marriage"<br /></b></span></div><br />Many other early movies also filmed in this area. One that still exists is "Man-Woman-Marriage," the source of this stunning behind-the-scenes shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0YjAGO_TzBpQ1HyKItY6asGhC5LyB-Gbdr5eIgnavu78yOOh7FEEohKpirgPylbnAj6fL936THkXhdMWAqt90CQTHZQsPja2U3tm4yP3G9uVUN1_oq-2sPFtcD7TLUDeiiSMLB02zB2KO5riaEg4ewtD310-DXZo7QUFXbKRJQkCrZLnpDViZhQ9eA/s1600/1920-Man-Woman-Marriage-back%20of%20set-w%20reservoir-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0YjAGO_TzBpQ1HyKItY6asGhC5LyB-Gbdr5eIgnavu78yOOh7FEEohKpirgPylbnAj6fL936THkXhdMWAqt90CQTHZQsPja2U3tm4yP3G9uVUN1_oq-2sPFtcD7TLUDeiiSMLB02zB2KO5riaEg4ewtD310-DXZo7QUFXbKRJQkCrZLnpDViZhQ9eA/w640-h436/1920-Man-Woman-Marriage-back%20of%20set-w%20reservoir-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A tantalizing view of the carvings area in 1920<br /></b></span></div><br />The photo provides another early look at the carvings area, but like most of the material to surface from this period, it's not detailed enough to add anything about the carvings' origins.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9H6azOz9x-Zpk8ysqZC30lCgIJfddMvYPBtrxCd7IEWkomhfsmiGf_tS4CusQSw42-w_BZ74csrgwuIHFUY8p7wDwkf6wtIm3-ySwYlBm8dKZ4Oojted9XWvnpYI8UawDwLN3m7Vau0ADBQwEAmokExWuld9KCO6XYQNtDVxSStiS1GNYSFJVIWgqA/s1600/1920-Man-Woman-Marriage-back%20of%20set-w%20reservoir-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9H6azOz9x-Zpk8ysqZC30lCgIJfddMvYPBtrxCd7IEWkomhfsmiGf_tS4CusQSw42-w_BZ74csrgwuIHFUY8p7wDwkf6wtIm3-ySwYlBm8dKZ4Oojted9XWvnpYI8UawDwLN3m7Vau0ADBQwEAmokExWuld9KCO6XYQNtDVxSStiS1GNYSFJVIWgqA/w640-h436/1920-Man-Woman-Marriage-back%20of%20set-w%20reservoir-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Behind the scenes of "Man-Woman-Marriage"<br /></b></span></div><br />The photo, which I received several years ago from Ben Burtt, includes more than its share of interesting features. <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/08/man-woman-marriage-starring-dorothy.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see more about this photo and other "Man-Woman-Marriage" photos in a post from 2015.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUmIjDuq9QyyhVrPsP5kTAVQoXj3V5Nf0W3lJyjoqe_ToY2no8JNqjoHXYwSjHB-aA5UyKJ_On6F6btWyHAtEJavf__EBdl-lKxKQdUMKDU2ZDlcuYkjJt8P8VK_QPl90Prd8tTUy1Qmom0hpfl8Ro0mbZFgRO-wCl0YlgRHaS70ZLzmFfPaQBbqJsA/s3358/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-Sphinx%20and%20Phantom-ugd%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="3358" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUmIjDuq9QyyhVrPsP5kTAVQoXj3V5Nf0W3lJyjoqe_ToY2no8JNqjoHXYwSjHB-aA5UyKJ_On6F6btWyHAtEJavf__EBdl-lKxKQdUMKDU2ZDlcuYkjJt8P8VK_QPl90Prd8tTUy1Qmom0hpfl8Ro0mbZFgRO-wCl0YlgRHaS70ZLzmFfPaQBbqJsA/w640-h476/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-Sphinx%20and%20Phantom-ugd%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Young Rajah" (Rudolph Valentino, 1922): Partially lost silent movie<br /></b></span></div><br />An example of an important lost silent film — in this case a partially lost one — is Rudolph Valentino's "The Young Rajah" from 1922, which filmed at least one major sequence on the Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhrmOEOxv5YwSsufgcLAsg6UCL8ctP_jZ9g8Da39ForMB3D3oNf4IO1-bOD07-5mbeQRsrfYDyHVfv_XMiApXuco_v700FZyeGXm6jsRKpIHw70IMHnHaC5RN0OgLSfs0bkkjqvnTKRguhrcGf_srlKU2M4UXY8kiG2rdWFR1pE3Xnhdyz8O7SFiTKg/s3358/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-Sphinx%20and%20Phantom-ugd%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="3358" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhrmOEOxv5YwSsufgcLAsg6UCL8ctP_jZ9g8Da39ForMB3D3oNf4IO1-bOD07-5mbeQRsrfYDyHVfv_XMiApXuco_v700FZyeGXm6jsRKpIHw70IMHnHaC5RN0OgLSfs0bkkjqvnTKRguhrcGf_srlKU2M4UXY8kiG2rdWFR1pE3Xnhdyz8O7SFiTKg/w640-h476/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-Sphinx%20and%20Phantom-ugd%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Battle sequence from "The Young Rajah": This appears to be the only surviving shot<br /></b></span></div><br />A large battle scene was filmed in the Garden of the Gods, but all of the video footage is lost. Partial versions of the movie can be found on YouTube, but the lone surviving battle photo clearly doesn't tell the whole story — and the photo is not detailed enough to reveal anything about the rock carvings.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-oTgYfp0QnfkTJmuKm5C3CSD-woRQggCX-MNtn3t1RYEmI1VlEtx7LMNCNbhhEMqyPeOecK_23165cj0MznL3ile10guci-eAvb6ybb10kik0nvojdIcwmQBNQQ6o8Yz6uVQu7iGKKhDsC9OIp6jx8q6RCA9Ko0t7iNyhCeZmvlq7hzUDXvyBqkC7w/s3358/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-Sphinx%20and%20Phantom-ugd%202-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="3358" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-oTgYfp0QnfkTJmuKm5C3CSD-woRQggCX-MNtn3t1RYEmI1VlEtx7LMNCNbhhEMqyPeOecK_23165cj0MznL3ile10guci-eAvb6ybb10kik0nvojdIcwmQBNQQ6o8Yz6uVQu7iGKKhDsC9OIp6jx8q6RCA9Ko0t7iNyhCeZmvlq7hzUDXvyBqkC7w/w640-h476/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-Sphinx%20and%20Phantom-ugd%202-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A major shoot, complete with large fake rocks and many extras<br /></b></span></div><br />It's clear from the number of extras, along with the fact that the studio went to the trouble to put up enormous fake rocks for the occasion, that this was a large-scale shoot. It's possible that the lost battle footage, should it ever turn up, could help shed light on the rock carvings.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqzBuUPXGASaeiwnDrOYy3qCgfRlpaYQmz60aJV12QCjANR0z5X8Ex9P-VoLt1ympUDJxt2uTmkK8X6_IWqnNCRZmuysAR1m-bx6ty9COie108ocixSdTQSf-2CLZmraIFQKs7wgdVVG_y7osDYfWOhluILY9Xuwst_g6x4RmAtIbeG2XtggyPL2skA/s1300/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-PS-Rudolph%20Valentino,%20Wanda%20Hawley-Paramount%20463.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1300" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqzBuUPXGASaeiwnDrOYy3qCgfRlpaYQmz60aJV12QCjANR0z5X8Ex9P-VoLt1ympUDJxt2uTmkK8X6_IWqnNCRZmuysAR1m-bx6ty9COie108ocixSdTQSf-2CLZmraIFQKs7wgdVVG_y7osDYfWOhluILY9Xuwst_g6x4RmAtIbeG2XtggyPL2skA/w640-h540/1922-The%20Young%20Rajah-PS-Rudolph%20Valentino,%20Wanda%20Hawley-Paramount%20463.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Young Rajah" (Paramount, 1922)<br /></b></span></div><br />I posted about "The Young Rajah" in 2018 — you can <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-rudolph-valentino-silent-movie-filmed.html" target="_blank">click here to see more photos and other info about the movie</a>, including a detailed breakdown of the surviving battle photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi3B33P35-vIIMPswxHEgwsFgL0omWoaSkTvZhdT9fq_wSfx4LYIUbFz-BqMdJbmAKTJS6TqU2Fgz82eDto4AluTRbfVRL3nVEx1OzaYElw1UR3nTQ7NiLQhCXRA8N4h0JOKWhBxkyQqClsDeN8M7QermwspAREfnr0UprAzt6rrfPaC9EO4-l7wKYA/s1998/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20with%20trail%20to%20rock%20carvings-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="1998" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi3B33P35-vIIMPswxHEgwsFgL0omWoaSkTvZhdT9fq_wSfx4LYIUbFz-BqMdJbmAKTJS6TqU2Fgz82eDto4AluTRbfVRL3nVEx1OzaYElw1UR3nTQ7NiLQhCXRA8N4h0JOKWhBxkyQqClsDeN8M7QermwspAREfnr0UprAzt6rrfPaC9EO4-l7wKYA/w640-h578/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20with%20trail%20to%20rock%20carvings-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Follow the trail off Redmesa Road to the rock carvings<br /></b></span></div><br />To find the rock carvings, park near the trailhead on Redmesa Road in Chatsworth, Calif., about a quarter-mile north of Santa Susana Pass Road. GPS coordinates for the carvings are 34.273397, -118.612325.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIapDVBs9-XRIrFNzHv7hLSGUfr7YNTznnlo9nf7pM3PfwwbNGcNRgbSfJ0hHfjKUvOO2MLokEHrVuVJYrqIzmLQvEqqKpsQNUufyTcQk0zB0uCyxFX6wG-PxdRTgwadc4ORCdtS2yfGI0V_R_6CmS0y8sfoQBR0DDbLIPO_n_UZtPonnxTTKn3K01g/s3028/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3028" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIapDVBs9-XRIrFNzHv7hLSGUfr7YNTznnlo9nf7pM3PfwwbNGcNRgbSfJ0hHfjKUvOO2MLokEHrVuVJYrqIzmLQvEqqKpsQNUufyTcQk0zB0uCyxFX6wG-PxdRTgwadc4ORCdtS2yfGI0V_R_6CmS0y8sfoQBR0DDbLIPO_n_UZtPonnxTTKn3K01g/w640-h476/1926%20(ca)-GoG:Sphinx-Assitant%20Director%20Fred%20Fleck-scouting%20locations-Bison%20Archives.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Thank you, Fred Fleck, for pausing here, and Bison Archives, for preserving these photos<br /></b></span></div><br />Whenever evidence surfaces from the silent film era — as it did just in the past couple of years with the "Everyman" photo from 1913 and the Fred Fleck photo from circa 1926, both from Bison Archives — it adds vital pieces to the jigsaw puzzle that is the early history of the Iverson Movie Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkX9zWqyyTnGs9-7PONeT3ok9UPOSeAjtDTjzhVhnVNVPM8twIsdZOK2WXBApLatdzvnif-oXPr1-x4SKmGQ1u2BOEHVSNX3oxWkrgiZM4Jy8VT2X5XhWOrThlcSHLoTf3RQIop1woV1iyj5Pd-oG3f1qC4t9E1GZfm4HIvfMPIW62Slz4oWWCq8R8w/s3114/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-esp%20top%20level-6326-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3114" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkX9zWqyyTnGs9-7PONeT3ok9UPOSeAjtDTjzhVhnVNVPM8twIsdZOK2WXBApLatdzvnif-oXPr1-x4SKmGQ1u2BOEHVSNX3oxWkrgiZM4Jy8VT2X5XhWOrThlcSHLoTf3RQIop1woV1iyj5Pd-oG3f1qC4t9E1GZfm4HIvfMPIW62Slz4oWWCq8R8w/w640-h474/2022%20(093033)-IR-Sphinx-southern%20profile-tight%20shot%20of%20carvings-esp%20top%20level-6326-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>A multi-layered mystery<br /></b></span></div><br />In the case of the rock carvings, the mysteries have multiple layers, which makes them that much more compelling. I encourage readers to offer your own theories in the comments section below.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-71520266983105541252022-10-21T10:48:00.004-07:002022-10-21T17:08:08.308-07:00A postcard from Lone Pine 2022: How a movie festival 200 miles away helped solve an old "Iverson Movie Ranch" mystery<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvdS81dASduIN7neFm2q6BNJDO8tBN0kQmtWAbvS9ueq9foa2cx9IMZMof0sEhyzid40YQy1Qqtgjt0SBZlZ_giqrmY6bSuk2zKzoOAXZkiDe-RLcEPELEUtUUGVE--_kwem2qH5n7Rk3w77zgbCpkSb7WjV_5nPrXDUnIK9vrEjZiAWu3Afi2KnjbQ/s1104/2022-Lone%20Pine%20Film%20Festival%20poster%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="719" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvdS81dASduIN7neFm2q6BNJDO8tBN0kQmtWAbvS9ueq9foa2cx9IMZMof0sEhyzid40YQy1Qqtgjt0SBZlZ_giqrmY6bSuk2zKzoOAXZkiDe-RLcEPELEUtUUGVE--_kwem2qH5n7Rk3w77zgbCpkSb7WjV_5nPrXDUnIK9vrEjZiAWu3Afi2KnjbQ/w416-h640/2022-Lone%20Pine%20Film%20Festival%20poster%202.jpg" width="416" /></a></div>The Lone Pine Film Festival just wrapped up its 32nd year<br /></b></span></div><br />We had a great time earlier this month at the Lone Pine Film Festival, which is still going strong in its 32nd year. Not only is Lone Pine one of the best film festivals in the U.S., I believe it also stands alone in that it's more focused on actual filming locations — and a lot of them — than any other festival in the world.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_WGslQ1PKmBDZFF3EOodqTACnSiKf3O9IbmPbAyAb5-LcR2ZKNi-f-YOXnv2Gkfcl1nUlXd7HufXEqhOvbor5bbFiGWPudwfbsw35TUr_hbqrpUfQrKdYQSjqboUUuZD_v-LtG_lLeYxh6m8_B2O-blAT-NwoaZE-ZcRp-1eGGHPblXuSYWLDT0gxQ/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Lone%20Pine-Alabama%20Hills-dawn%20on%20the%20Eastern%20Sierra-6897.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="4032" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_WGslQ1PKmBDZFF3EOodqTACnSiKf3O9IbmPbAyAb5-LcR2ZKNi-f-YOXnv2Gkfcl1nUlXd7HufXEqhOvbor5bbFiGWPudwfbsw35TUr_hbqrpUfQrKdYQSjqboUUuZD_v-LtG_lLeYxh6m8_B2O-blAT-NwoaZE-ZcRp-1eGGHPblXuSYWLDT0gxQ/w640-h406/2022%20(100922)-Lone%20Pine-Alabama%20Hills-dawn%20on%20the%20Eastern%20Sierra-6897.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Dawn breaks in the Alabama Hills (Oct. 9, 2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />The centerpiece of the festival — and of movie history in the Lone Pine area — is the Alabama Hills, a unique geological formation that first caught the attention of Hollywood more than a century ago.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKtt-GDXvF0O3kVYfi6fJ5CMXTatPEUMgANHk_Gv54xFNOQV1unVRGYn7DbYSr2rUVDWncmJaRR_KWz3jhScJC_steD9-tZQubQxIhYVBZs-JmVnkjpxEcZY6-IWueGwZZd8isCzkeQbn5rzpgD0g_EBfa67hsxvoPveU3Bd1l2ACM3Bk4EYDWkQ4uw/s3909/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-wide%20rocky%20landscape-7001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="3909" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKtt-GDXvF0O3kVYfi6fJ5CMXTatPEUMgANHk_Gv54xFNOQV1unVRGYn7DbYSr2rUVDWncmJaRR_KWz3jhScJC_steD9-tZQubQxIhYVBZs-JmVnkjpxEcZY6-IWueGwZZd8isCzkeQbn5rzpgD0g_EBfa67hsxvoPveU3Bd1l2ACM3Bk4EYDWkQ4uw/w640-h376/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-wide%20rocky%20landscape-7001.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Alabama Hills — a vast rocky landscape<br /></b></span></div><br />"Alabama Hills" is the name
given to a sprawling rocky area west of the town of Lone Pine in California's Owens Valley, where hundreds of movies and TV shows have been filmed over the past 100-plus years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTA9ACUO3xgKJ6R2u4JvtbgsNhUZZaSBtIuBxkgpYvMzq-oDKVyzOotiBDsa4Ej63-1CqpdbXf-Yka5wF9AuQlv-D6_d4eUzfjWjnwDKEZ92NsAPGTHsBfRFspAhsfoAk1pRohgl0bF1Wo6W4PYkVzlumj8Tf2aLA1Ur8JV-dc0sHsBZKvpSPJMwKaw/s740/1961-painting%20of%20CSS%20Alabama.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="740" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTA9ACUO3xgKJ6R2u4JvtbgsNhUZZaSBtIuBxkgpYvMzq-oDKVyzOotiBDsa4Ej63-1CqpdbXf-Yka5wF9AuQlv-D6_d4eUzfjWjnwDKEZ92NsAPGTHsBfRFspAhsfoAk1pRohgl0bF1Wo6W4PYkVzlumj8Tf2aLA1Ur8JV-dc0sHsBZKvpSPJMwKaw/w640-h494/1961-painting%20of%20CSS%20Alabama.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Painting of Confederate warship CSS Alabama, which gave the Alabama Hills their name</b></span></div><br />The
area has nothing to do with the state of Alabama, but the name is a
Civil War reference. The Alabama Hills are named after the CSS Alabama, which was sunk by the Union ship Kearsarge in 1864.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIuXsYtwZzab7RZg3LnDE4whrg1Wg4snl1W7duxnwsJZJRUf4Ore816xFW-KaDOCCJilz6vl_nilXKnMgMzfigf7wqdeU4Z8i5W4oCIuVJtsejRIuCgPc42YajbRZnGTW--UNWnfpNMjiDtO5Utx12LTb3vp09_qg0yRM7ereF-9wQM4M-xF1At6rQA/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-rock%20formation%20off%20Movie%20Road-6978.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIuXsYtwZzab7RZg3LnDE4whrg1Wg4snl1W7duxnwsJZJRUf4Ore816xFW-KaDOCCJilz6vl_nilXKnMgMzfigf7wqdeU4Z8i5W4oCIuVJtsejRIuCgPc42YajbRZnGTW--UNWnfpNMjiDtO5Utx12LTb3vp09_qg0yRM7ereF-9wQM4M-xF1At6rQA/w640-h480/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-rock%20formation%20off%20Movie%20Road-6978.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>A typical Alabama Hills rock formation</b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br />California's Alabama Hills are known for their unusual rock formations, spread out across mile after mile of dramatic landscape. This area has stood in for the American West of the frontier days in countless Western movies, and remains an active filming location today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EDrfvslOzYbdyragq4vx0TsnZAsjUkKkYibj4-Kd5KrV8vmHQA66eVI-kkVbRn007lL084JU16jkRWS9SQ4hjijyo9RrSjTK9THww--eCeJ9lzokdNzK1PWNawJYiDeI7bsnYaIs2kt2TvHUlbOut49jiFVwKcqW1B1gHcnDCzqpPxB-_wEEeeWd0w/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Lone%20Pine%20Peak%20and%20Mount%20Whitney-6994.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="4032" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EDrfvslOzYbdyragq4vx0TsnZAsjUkKkYibj4-Kd5KrV8vmHQA66eVI-kkVbRn007lL084JU16jkRWS9SQ4hjijyo9RrSjTK9THww--eCeJ9lzokdNzK1PWNawJYiDeI7bsnYaIs2kt2TvHUlbOut49jiFVwKcqW1B1gHcnDCzqpPxB-_wEEeeWd0w/w640-h324/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Lone%20Pine%20Peak%20and%20Mount%20Whitney-6994.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney, west of the Alabama Hills<br /></b></span></div><br />The Alabama Hills are bordered on the west by the Eastern Sierra, including Lone Pine Peak and Mount
Whitney, which lend additional scenic splendor to
the location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZgEUZqMqTXKGjxYwaI17QkQKAXgAnhMtL6167TrzKTzytmwjxG4LiAMsECgobd-yITIf_AJBPNwCuUe8ttF6nm6F3JXAkDqWe1JbyGo3B83BPPGW7L9y34MHuQjmB7NtJfOskO9c3iuXnUkXnVGEJNitv_BRpmWdHRlVQXh3oK27K9ajFqJi0aD_SA/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Lone%20Pine%20Peak%20and%20Mount%20Whitney-6994-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="4032" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZgEUZqMqTXKGjxYwaI17QkQKAXgAnhMtL6167TrzKTzytmwjxG4LiAMsECgobd-yITIf_AJBPNwCuUe8ttF6nm6F3JXAkDqWe1JbyGo3B83BPPGW7L9y34MHuQjmB7NtJfOskO9c3iuXnUkXnVGEJNitv_BRpmWdHRlVQXh3oK27K9ajFqJi0aD_SA/w640-h324/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Lone%20Pine%20Peak%20and%20Mount%20Whitney-6994-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Mount Whitney keeps a low profile here<br /></b></span></div><br />Almost everyone mixes up Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney at first — I know I did. Even though Mount Whitney is the tallest peak in the Lower 48 States, the proximity of Lone Pine Peak makes it appear higher.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44rrhRVubpFcyTEWz0J4BEVM7WadDiFt0njYf5MPVSJonedjR4ZEwbVY_XUE2Tbat64l2eHMhaCgY1cj3XvIwfBUJiRT1gssiGoWtDartES4YMaj7NL3lubKZvLG4TdZZEM5IoG0iFXKT0WqCNSmzTa0nKToVoBQatuEIKN6EXIBOHUgVYVR7LAskuQ/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Don%20Kelsen-7379.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2742" data-original-width="4032" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44rrhRVubpFcyTEWz0J4BEVM7WadDiFt0njYf5MPVSJonedjR4ZEwbVY_XUE2Tbat64l2eHMhaCgY1cj3XvIwfBUJiRT1gssiGoWtDartES4YMaj7NL3lubKZvLG4TdZZEM5IoG0iFXKT0WqCNSmzTa0nKToVoBQatuEIKN6EXIBOHUgVYVR7LAskuQ/w640-h436/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Don%20Kelsen-7379.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Lone Pine rock detective and tour guide Don Kelsen examines an Alabama Hills formation</b></span></div><br />The Alabama Hills aren't the only thing that sets the Lone Pine Film Festival apart from run-of-the-mill movie festivals. A key to the annual event's enduring popularity is that Lone Pine is a gathering of not just movie fans, but movie <i>location</i> fans — including some who really know their stuff when it comes to Lone Pine.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFNt_awyzo2-hmOs7YcQF79_OAvaUC-Z1dn1jlVNdZ-8ndD91-vbRadF7cEka_DXJXIiw8DrotEf2NvvF01TqyAt4BkO8jwjSntE4dgxyCDyp27KyoQE72oh8ZZoQ3dBnSlGLwndynlAJ6g7wbCHrjdE35jLg9GkdP6n0U0tyY0ZEvzR-uWCj6HHq0g/s1600/1953-The%20Last%20Posse-Alabama%20Hills%20(matches%20Don%20Kelsen%20photo).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1600" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFNt_awyzo2-hmOs7YcQF79_OAvaUC-Z1dn1jlVNdZ-8ndD91-vbRadF7cEka_DXJXIiw8DrotEf2NvvF01TqyAt4BkO8jwjSntE4dgxyCDyp27KyoQE72oh8ZZoQ3dBnSlGLwndynlAJ6g7wbCHrjdE35jLg9GkdP6n0U0tyY0ZEvzR-uWCj6HHq0g/w640-h420/1953-The%20Last%20Posse-Alabama%20Hills%20(matches%20Don%20Kelsen%20photo).png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Last Posse" (1953): One of hundreds of filming locations documented by Don Kelsen<br /></b></span></div><br />A case in point is master Lone Pine rock finder Don Kelsen, who has been involved with the movie festival — and with uncovering historic Alabama Hills filming locations — for something like three decades.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJ6MlGrHFD71Vy5thMQXDQi4rAeT_HQ2tLzcjZ5T26S-xE3nq47VusWM9Tn3-C5epgMXmP-lcWB7MULBX8wUp4iPIQVMVlD58w8FyJEO92cqqXj61nLnxo7qLwBluIglgU0KRMUvWZnxMC2HtWkMcKHCUtuHnHnbq0dfcFrvL0x5XxnA6RcZonasuXA/s1600/1953-The%20Last%20Posse-RECENT%20MATCH-Alabama%20Hills%20(Don%20Kelsen%20photo).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJ6MlGrHFD71Vy5thMQXDQi4rAeT_HQ2tLzcjZ5T26S-xE3nq47VusWM9Tn3-C5epgMXmP-lcWB7MULBX8wUp4iPIQVMVlD58w8FyJEO92cqqXj61nLnxo7qLwBluIglgU0KRMUvWZnxMC2HtWkMcKHCUtuHnHnbq0dfcFrvL0x5XxnA6RcZonasuXA/w640-h424/1953-The%20Last%20Posse-RECENT%20MATCH-Alabama%20Hills%20(Don%20Kelsen%20photo).png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Last Posse" location in modern times, photographed by Don Kelsen<br /></b></span></div><br />I've reported before on Kelsen's spectacular movie location finds — you can <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/09/digging-into-movie-history-in-alabama.html" target="_blank">click here to see some of his stunning Alabama Hills "then and now" shots</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JPWHqFX8EVxskRUQ_Y5LXlxX6Qveyf1nSOcmdVe22q3XaVcH2h4z5Un64JEwbkex8RJUYqT9sYu42ZHR4ZX61uz-PGR4Xse4T88MMXguyvav5xPwaazE-QG4Pc5gHdGX8DNo-5ZxscYc9rLf5PZPxQMh7-KJO-9xYo53i_h5LCwGJTWFUVXpfPJV9g/s952/1939-Gunga%20Din-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JPWHqFX8EVxskRUQ_Y5LXlxX6Qveyf1nSOcmdVe22q3XaVcH2h4z5Un64JEwbkex8RJUYqT9sYu42ZHR4ZX61uz-PGR4Xse4T88MMXguyvav5xPwaazE-QG4Pc5gHdGX8DNo-5ZxscYc9rLf5PZPxQMh7-KJO-9xYo53i_h5LCwGJTWFUVXpfPJV9g/w430-h640/1939-Gunga%20Din-poster.jpg" width="430" /></a></div>"Gunga Din" — 1939 epic filmed in the Alabama Hills<br /></b></span></div><br />High-profile Lone Pine movies such as "Gunga Din" and "Bad Day at Black Rock" are well-documented, so on my recent visit I made a point of seeking out locations for productions that don't normally get as much attention.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF889sVmQxE1HHNiQwtWfPiadeQ7GMzfdnAEbp_Ed_RqVax4HQOnva4PnMKUUehU1lDbo1deVzJbO9qJzwGEBtKp9yeyxO--EYqVU9bOjTi31zRFMaIo5VXfcRpln2gSUomnZzgz3C1F6hiGiNfVPaxQjPwcWT0fxoU5wZTrcE3Kw3zZTA8ms3HX4eQ/s5120/2018%20(2018:2019%20ad)-Jeep%20commercial-SUV%20Letters%20Earned-Lone%20Pine%20Peak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="5120" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF889sVmQxE1HHNiQwtWfPiadeQ7GMzfdnAEbp_Ed_RqVax4HQOnva4PnMKUUehU1lDbo1deVzJbO9qJzwGEBtKp9yeyxO--EYqVU9bOjTi31zRFMaIo5VXfcRpln2gSUomnZzgz3C1F6hiGiNfVPaxQjPwcWT0fxoU5wZTrcE3Kw3zZTA8ms3HX4eQ/w640-h268/2018%20(2018:2019%20ad)-Jeep%20commercial-SUV%20Letters%20Earned-Lone%20Pine%20Peak.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jeep commercial featuring Lone Pine Peak and the Alabama Hills, 2018<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing I've been seeing a lot of lately is car commercials shot in the Alabama Hills. Ads for Jeep, Acura, Chevy trucks and other makes have been capturing breathtaking Lone Pine scenery in recent years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3MDH6oivGJqManDd-inl1Lug0amWXHQbgsuE1o6iLXfniqHDNXHTZhyX-BzMEk4Kx2gH9v9H6Wc8ZV4TJ3jv11eZESAbLuJD1deJ1yPElsdNS-426xvPGTONqaZQ97wLgIIOrYchH-0UzYWC1I6bc9FCDWjDMuZWLbNuCBEl6c4rVnJPL4vl8ApKaA/s3753/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-road%20seen%20in%20Jeep%20ad%201-6916.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="3753" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3MDH6oivGJqManDd-inl1Lug0amWXHQbgsuE1o6iLXfniqHDNXHTZhyX-BzMEk4Kx2gH9v9H6Wc8ZV4TJ3jv11eZESAbLuJD1deJ1yPElsdNS-426xvPGTONqaZQ97wLgIIOrYchH-0UzYWC1I6bc9FCDWjDMuZWLbNuCBEl6c4rVnJPL4vl8ApKaA/w640-h272/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-road%20seen%20in%20Jeep%20ad%201-6916.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in October 2022 — not quite the same angle, but in the neighborhood<br /></b></span></div><br />I took this photo approximating the location of the Jeep commercial from my campsite in the Alabama Hills on Sunday morning, Oct. 9.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Md7mtsDsHqw" width="320" youtube-src-id="Md7mtsDsHqw"></iframe></div> Click on the video above to watch the Jeep spot<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the 30-second Jeep commercial that features the beautiful Alabama Hills shot, which appears at 0:19 in the ad. Click on the image above, then click on YouTube in the bottom right corner for the best look at the video.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK50ysKeK-lKBMKfuCoDUxPt57WQRMPwZneNEs4mYPBBb5QirvGEXj9MeASQ__dgBFYgJnwKPMRfqQekSqQwSRnzYNWayqj5sZqNWX0eGQEu1cSEq-BSLIvhXZG6RcG1B9CBzfNMZ2w1bveKW46TOqN-nB7GYMuyir58TivWl-T_68wkvLKnRO7coKPw/s3934/2018:2019-Jeep%20commercial-Rabbit%20Dry%20Lake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="3934" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK50ysKeK-lKBMKfuCoDUxPt57WQRMPwZneNEs4mYPBBb5QirvGEXj9MeASQ__dgBFYgJnwKPMRfqQekSqQwSRnzYNWayqj5sZqNWX0eGQEu1cSEq-BSLIvhXZG6RcG1B9CBzfNMZ2w1bveKW46TOqN-nB7GYMuyir58TivWl-T_68wkvLKnRO7coKPw/w640-h268/2018:2019-Jeep%20commercial-Rabbit%20Dry%20Lake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rabbit Dry Lake in the same Jeep commercial<br /></b></span></div><br />Other parts of the Jeep commercial are shot at Rabbit Dry Lake in Southern California's Mojave Desert. We explored this location back in 2019, in a <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/04/solving-one-of-biggest-mysteries-about.html" target="_blank">post you can see by clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuWB670dvKJpIE_9fbuXJreiihN6cbeptZkN9nu6o_uczi6JrY7tLh4NiOhbnvX20gs41wSJlgR9_EtJaOMdmY1zDVk1Hgw4R0an_cnKYEMNsps8JA9vafMU9ZQX8d0yqs0u0m2pPULLZs2q3WB-zXr5hTDTaZPNG8IpQRU9941QbzGVnAuUK9nVNVg/s3558/1956%20(1957)-The%20Tall%20T-Lone%20Pine-Ant%20Hills,%20tour%20area%20D-opening%20sequence-Randolph%20Scott.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3558" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuWB670dvKJpIE_9fbuXJreiihN6cbeptZkN9nu6o_uczi6JrY7tLh4NiOhbnvX20gs41wSJlgR9_EtJaOMdmY1zDVk1Hgw4R0an_cnKYEMNsps8JA9vafMU9ZQX8d0yqs0u0m2pPULLZs2q3WB-zXr5hTDTaZPNG8IpQRU9941QbzGVnAuUK9nVNVg/w640-h360/1956%20(1957)-The%20Tall%20T-Lone%20Pine-Ant%20Hills,%20tour%20area%20D-opening%20sequence-Randolph%20Scott.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Randolph Scott arrives in the Alabama Hills in the opening to the 1957 Western "The Tall T"<br /></b></span></div><br />Unique movie tours of the Alabama Hills, such as the Del Gaudio
brothers' "Tall T" tour, have long been among the biggest attractions at the Lone Pine
Film Festival.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pAbmBjOZprFrjaTI34ehfqMgewtBRb1xIkQ-zPXqsxCT0xgZydqcLEpDUdSsWY7AnzNtFiCr19ZB65gGwlvIjH8OR7XXZb3kp1io-tk4hnbF_6H799Qt4ZCWKcKghVdEN1SwptSCvEbVxcG-y1qeTKRh7ayZj4AFo0-ghmpht2w-BelH-ZjX2mjbuA/s2034/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Tall%20T%20matching%20shot,%20tour%20area%20D-7073.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="2034" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pAbmBjOZprFrjaTI34ehfqMgewtBRb1xIkQ-zPXqsxCT0xgZydqcLEpDUdSsWY7AnzNtFiCr19ZB65gGwlvIjH8OR7XXZb3kp1io-tk4hnbF_6H799Qt4ZCWKcKghVdEN1SwptSCvEbVxcG-y1qeTKRh7ayZj4AFo0-ghmpht2w-BelH-ZjX2mjbuA/w640-h348/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Tall%20T%20matching%20shot,%20tour%20area%20D-7073.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2022, one of the many highlights on the Del Gaudios' "Tall T" tour<br /></b></span></div><br />These fascinating tours give the general public a chance to experience the
excitement of seeing stunning filming locations up close, and to benefit
from the knowledge and legwork of veteran Lone Pine explorers.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfth2aaoEQ1LtE5RAK9HJ4iuKRt4FqJ3z6r5TRtl_cWYIYeJH9XHDGbIm4PeDJbmjwsnSjI0bX-Yil9fd9hVgNcluaGAr2C7pwSf5EaXwilgTWiBxv-R8SR7ym5bPcpL5J8RanKNYhywKwhGoODf7-FAxBWp7QkIxqKtsIwVbk-Uk9_V0niHEMKMHIQ/s3795/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Mike%20Del%20Gaudio%20leads%20%22The%20Tall%20T%22%20tour-7180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3795" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfth2aaoEQ1LtE5RAK9HJ4iuKRt4FqJ3z6r5TRtl_cWYIYeJH9XHDGbIm4PeDJbmjwsnSjI0bX-Yil9fd9hVgNcluaGAr2C7pwSf5EaXwilgTWiBxv-R8SR7ym5bPcpL5J8RanKNYhywKwhGoODf7-FAxBWp7QkIxqKtsIwVbk-Uk9_V0niHEMKMHIQ/w640-h404/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Mike%20Del%20Gaudio%20leads%20%22The%20Tall%20T%22%20tour-7180.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Mike </b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Del Gaudio breaks down a filming site for "The Tall T"</b></span></div><br />When you spend time in the Alabama Hills with location hunters like the Del Gaudios, you're bound to learn a thing or two — but more important, you're likely to get caught up in their passion for movie locations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrJijMQqketEcl2pdu16wl-LgDCNFBUYn7G9r_HJ0n9FcyR9EtGAbkZ06YUGl0DCW0AxHseWGhot8SjKEPFWM9e7AtJbfsRSdnKDWMJ_y-y7iQnPbXpEJ9Xqz7m2PIJYG8yWVfjeCmmgyFTmaTIWYdLChHhUmcRoYVuZEqEvRaYiBtiLaNa5m-JG3gQ/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-John%20Del%20Gaudio%20on%20%22The%20Tall%20T%22%20tour-7207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2337" data-original-width="4032" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrJijMQqketEcl2pdu16wl-LgDCNFBUYn7G9r_HJ0n9FcyR9EtGAbkZ06YUGl0DCW0AxHseWGhot8SjKEPFWM9e7AtJbfsRSdnKDWMJ_y-y7iQnPbXpEJ9Xqz7m2PIJYG8yWVfjeCmmgyFTmaTIWYdLChHhUmcRoYVuZEqEvRaYiBtiLaNa5m-JG3gQ/w640-h370/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-John%20Del%20Gaudio%20on%20%22The%20Tall%20T%22%20tour-7207.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>John Del Gaudio stands in for Richard Boone, illustrating a key shot in "The Tall T"<br /></b></span></div><br />The Del Gaudio brothers, who travel from the East Coast each year to conduct tours, flip burgers and whatever else the festival needs, have perfected a tandem approach to revealing the finer points of the Alabama Hills.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTITKqf79SvaD7Eo4gY6-xl4OKvMsMgixZ0vdftPk7pBnTeKTM5g6jsuLND587-lnV3qbqkrRxOTHkLkYSvJuK3P8y7kcfZ5-GKSOocAPYtyqjWsma3EsEvkiKmmu3zlEDLwW7dVOkJ8e1GYeIn1dp7dj3GLL0OAAvqZtToDhwwr_ARE3DoXkRDBY1Tg/s2362/1956%20(1957)-The%20Tall%20T-Lone%20Pine-tour%20area%20D-Richard%20Boone%20rides%20through%20the%20pass.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2362" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTITKqf79SvaD7Eo4gY6-xl4OKvMsMgixZ0vdftPk7pBnTeKTM5g6jsuLND587-lnV3qbqkrRxOTHkLkYSvJuK3P8y7kcfZ5-GKSOocAPYtyqjWsma3EsEvkiKmmu3zlEDLwW7dVOkJ8e1GYeIn1dp7dj3GLL0OAAvqZtToDhwwr_ARE3DoXkRDBY1Tg/w640-h374/1956%20(1957)-The%20Tall%20T-Lone%20Pine-tour%20area%20D-Richard%20Boone%20rides%20through%20the%20pass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Richard Boone's character, Usher, rides through the same pass in the movie<br /></b></span></div><br />A movie like "The Tall T," filmed almost entirely in the Alabama Hills, offers countless shots that can be matched up against the current landscape — and it's a landscape that remains largely unchanged since the peak filming years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf-AuTD4yKk0ePXffD_oMulId8wqFtLqhWDPTEcEzy_DyeUQTR3GMSTkD5SA8PXGhb7sZGm06hSZpEkzRZ-H2Z9JW73RFR2_ynDA52_xXEU_ocrxZQkvep1-ZX7_wuKgPZKbFynsqyi5lVQGS4fjWZzL0rF8Ajj4ot4pG7qIVdTSMQ1rmQfzEPoUm9A/s3813/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Mike%20Del%20Gaudio%20and%20tour%20participants%20on%20%22The%20Tall%20T%22%20tour-7242.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="3813" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf-AuTD4yKk0ePXffD_oMulId8wqFtLqhWDPTEcEzy_DyeUQTR3GMSTkD5SA8PXGhb7sZGm06hSZpEkzRZ-H2Z9JW73RFR2_ynDA52_xXEU_ocrxZQkvep1-ZX7_wuKgPZKbFynsqyi5lVQGS4fjWZzL0rF8Ajj4ot4pG7qIVdTSMQ1rmQfzEPoUm9A/w640-h478/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-Mike%20Del%20Gaudio%20and%20tour%20participants%20on%20%22The%20Tall%20T%22%20tour-7242.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Tour participants follow along with their "Tall T" photo brochures<br /></b></span></div><br />Visitors participating in the movie tours receive photo brochures containing screen shots from the movie so they can see exactly where everything was filmed and line up their own matching photos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnGF_KVbVL-E6TRGYNiRxGGB6NxZ3dSHaqkR-K9ZZG_drrJGGKz6P2Bm-c5oQcsk9HKFcNAo6IxYxLMTgsEo3c5Kbequd4iQw-9Nm47-_eJdCg3F-Ro3rqAV0nMtqCHFyOE-WOa-NCR08ByyVkb_4oFUAmmdTiNIlr4u009x_o4ALAYAkceXLFF2xpA/s3556/1956%20(1957)-The%20Tall%20T-Lone%20Pine-Anchor%20Ranch-Randolph%20Scott.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="3556" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnGF_KVbVL-E6TRGYNiRxGGB6NxZ3dSHaqkR-K9ZZG_drrJGGKz6P2Bm-c5oQcsk9HKFcNAo6IxYxLMTgsEo3c5Kbequd4iQw-9Nm47-_eJdCg3F-Ro3rqAV0nMtqCHFyOE-WOa-NCR08ByyVkb_4oFUAmmdTiNIlr4u009x_o4ALAYAkceXLFF2xpA/w640-h360/1956%20(1957)-The%20Tall%20T-Lone%20Pine-Anchor%20Ranch-Randolph%20Scott.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Randolph Scott on the Anchor Ranch in Lone Pine — note the horse stable behind him<br /></b></span></div><br />A scene early in "The Tall T" finds Randolph Scott on the Anchor Ranch, a cluster of old buildings in downtown Lone Pine that was historically used for filming.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QaoupObx4FYZnBFGSCLWdz4JwR335DoF5RMb5tGtTuCikBkA32i7AqAj4dWj_nRzU1YvVvBmfwx1kPn_sbVukbJlAsJU06c4f5XUI7g96b-hCoTnK_6ljgFtK9wHGYTzy9dhn5O61CQZijuxytPqWD2IqTG-9SNfBVro_k78etSGz_Z_Q8MpCIX2Ig/s2973/2022%20(100822)-Lone%20Pine-Anchor%20Ranch-horse%20stable-matches%20The%20Tall%20T-6723.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="2973" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QaoupObx4FYZnBFGSCLWdz4JwR335DoF5RMb5tGtTuCikBkA32i7AqAj4dWj_nRzU1YvVvBmfwx1kPn_sbVukbJlAsJU06c4f5XUI7g96b-hCoTnK_6ljgFtK9wHGYTzy9dhn5O61CQZijuxytPqWD2IqTG-9SNfBVro_k78etSGz_Z_Q8MpCIX2Ig/w640-h416/2022%20(100822)-Lone%20Pine-Anchor%20Ranch-horse%20stable-matches%20The%20Tall%20T-6723.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same stable building in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />To my surprise, much of the old ranch remains intact today — if "intact" is the right word. The old stable isn't in the best shape these days, but it's still recognizable as the same building seen behind Randolph Scott in the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2G31NWeF_cYvRMKyxWUVZBzygT2uqvSmy2fN0LdZWwukYbjYJgFoBjL51uRiO6TSu1hTZukhO3krsiFb_anZf2fdZLvgzoCu4AUkYyR7Bc8L_P-VfZq9dc-lZbVcav5IABrDbZYlAuZMQuwU5B1c2HW0_7JrQpLfrOZ1VtHEimmlTlDkA41Ew16kYA/s4092/2018%20(ca)-Jeep%20commercial-Conquering%20Comes%20Standard-Lone%20Pine%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="4092" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2G31NWeF_cYvRMKyxWUVZBzygT2uqvSmy2fN0LdZWwukYbjYJgFoBjL51uRiO6TSu1hTZukhO3krsiFb_anZf2fdZLvgzoCu4AUkYyR7Bc8L_P-VfZq9dc-lZbVcav5IABrDbZYlAuZMQuwU5B1c2HW0_7JrQpLfrOZ1VtHEimmlTlDkA41Ew16kYA/w640-h348/2018%20(ca)-Jeep%20commercial-Conquering%20Comes%20Standard-Lone%20Pine%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Conquering Comes Standard" Jeep commercial, circa 2018<br /></b></span></div><br />One of my favorite locations I visited during this year's festival was from another Jeep commercial. When I showed this shot to Don Kelsen, he knew right away where it was.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81DtdzwU9xC44hM8nGAwJ1ELpwEC0cExniSq84Aur6UdJmo2bmwIYZKmbRN117aM5uGbjLTETV88y8aLbqSGwZjldcfXLPYHyDwdr1DlNvwF_NsyIjy_Zi0wOEcB8nr2wtrhGxHnQqecyj9n3Oy2DQYA1DrigaiSF7s01C5wf1TCxWVfq1SjY-cZcZQ/s3522/2022%20(100822)-Lone%20Pine-Alabama%20Hills-matches%20Jeep%20ad%203-6794.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="3522" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81DtdzwU9xC44hM8nGAwJ1ELpwEC0cExniSq84Aur6UdJmo2bmwIYZKmbRN117aM5uGbjLTETV88y8aLbqSGwZjldcfXLPYHyDwdr1DlNvwF_NsyIjy_Zi0wOEcB8nr2wtrhGxHnQqecyj9n3Oy2DQYA1DrigaiSF7s01C5wf1TCxWVfq1SjY-cZcZQ/w640-h376/2022%20(100822)-Lone%20Pine-Alabama%20Hills-matches%20Jeep%20ad%203-6794.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The Jeep location in October 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's
a matching shot I took at the Jeep location — probably my best match from the latest Lone Pine expedition.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYM7wiF4HsHa1TSqngn_3vAiaQ5bh-2IzUmSBmB4up_4FF-6P8cb-yp5gV_zVteEFdx35CUKYjaNcl535fI6Cziv0xd8sVd5Hh1STDZevqAEfSJhd59WwRnfoVTab9xzxedzmuzkRz9sg-JLbJ2cgur8A3gWrwbZsDzNch5VEj7ZIJFGkGi2QkjgmzQ/s973/1938-The%20Lone%20Ranger%20(serial)-PS-Alabama%20Hills-Chief%20Thundercloud%20and%20Lynne%20Roberts.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="973" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYM7wiF4HsHa1TSqngn_3vAiaQ5bh-2IzUmSBmB4up_4FF-6P8cb-yp5gV_zVteEFdx35CUKYjaNcl535fI6Cziv0xd8sVd5Hh1STDZevqAEfSJhd59WwRnfoVTab9xzxedzmuzkRz9sg-JLbJ2cgur8A3gWrwbZsDzNch5VEj7ZIJFGkGi2QkjgmzQ/w640-h444/1938-The%20Lone%20Ranger%20(serial)-PS-Alabama%20Hills-Chief%20Thundercloud%20and%20Lynne%20Roberts.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Promo still for the 1938 serial "The Lone Ranger": Chief Thundercloud and Lynne Roberts<br /></b></span></div><br />Another highlight for me from this year's festival has a connection to the Iverson Movie Ranch. I spent a long time searching for the location of this photo after someone suggested years ago that it was taken on the Iverson Ranch. It turns out it wasn't shot there after all.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLGLTmzX6SFAqDRdfgMb0yw5y9KTQs3cenfzgMOEGmxrcnb49ZjM_4GSt8jGwujWy2uQK6Ij7A1y5POqG8UP6Ay4Ww9ac6AEZUgsPAlt_dyykNLT5FSUAPBJmpM3U1GLaEcXqbcvQ1Az3dLJBAQY7jZnUlzbwbRVinHs9Tq2NY50EUjSuDuOpmjzRBw/s2082/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-7362-cr2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2082" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLGLTmzX6SFAqDRdfgMb0yw5y9KTQs3cenfzgMOEGmxrcnb49ZjM_4GSt8jGwujWy2uQK6Ij7A1y5POqG8UP6Ay4Ww9ac6AEZUgsPAlt_dyykNLT5FSUAPBJmpM3U1GLaEcXqbcvQ1Az3dLJBAQY7jZnUlzbwbRVinHs9Tq2NY50EUjSuDuOpmjzRBw/w640-h474/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-7362-cr2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock in 2022, in the Alabama Hills<br /></b></span></div><br />Thanks
to Greg Parker — another extremely accomplished Lone Pine rock hunter and tour guide — the elusive rock was found earlier this year in the Alabama Hills. I took part in an expedition to the site on Oct. 9.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5BmhMdJfMAs7gISfd-TEH5ad891zSzH9dC6cfOp5FZNMXoCuzBVCG5WhjqcM1PRyYUvTwlyp7wVUon0xKmHD7RzGaoyhcZoTLKjiSjKeQcO3p1GZLmIDyc1LjWw8YIqTdFWd6jdiCeNG3tRut9_gaetD6uO6a0UfUsKFYblIqDdgrPkf_sdjbzdcmg/s640/1938-The%20Lone%20Ranger%20(serial)-Alabama%20Hills-Chief%20Thundercloud%20and%20Lynne%20Roberts%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5BmhMdJfMAs7gISfd-TEH5ad891zSzH9dC6cfOp5FZNMXoCuzBVCG5WhjqcM1PRyYUvTwlyp7wVUon0xKmHD7RzGaoyhcZoTLKjiSjKeQcO3p1GZLmIDyc1LjWw8YIqTdFWd6jdiCeNG3tRut9_gaetD6uO6a0UfUsKFYblIqDdgrPkf_sdjbzdcmg/w500-h640/1938-The%20Lone%20Ranger%20(serial)-Alabama%20Hills-Chief%20Thundercloud%20and%20Lynne%20Roberts%202.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger" (1938): The movies' original Tonto in the Alabama Hills<br /></b></span></div><br />A second promo still from the same photo session also turned up some time ago, with Chief Thundercloud standing on top of the rock and Lynne Roberts, the serial's leading lady, on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqf3GJf9UFjcCAfQajIBhtTmmYxGp4SnrYmrvuZs-sN7aWPhCEdHM3a7-E0ZBROfEVAT8-zOTdVoKln9ZdpI3MIF5A0lV1omVzjzCCfDd-MQZCNj2o5Y4cC5q_H8YsQYK59E7NOwOfqI-dheW4_ytCyrwgbzG-uZCFgrpaS9KuM_-PD-h7LQE8blvChw/s3232/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-7357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3232" data-original-width="2524" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqf3GJf9UFjcCAfQajIBhtTmmYxGp4SnrYmrvuZs-sN7aWPhCEdHM3a7-E0ZBROfEVAT8-zOTdVoKln9ZdpI3MIF5A0lV1omVzjzCCfDd-MQZCNj2o5Y4cC5q_H8YsQYK59E7NOwOfqI-dheW4_ytCyrwgbzG-uZCFgrpaS9KuM_-PD-h7LQE8blvChw/w500-h640/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-7357.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div>The mystery rock — a mystery no more<br /></b></span></div><br />The serial "The Lone Ranger" was filmed both on the Iverson Movie Ranch and in the Lone Pine area, among other locations. But the promo stills with the distinctive rock were definitely taken in the Alabama Hills.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fgkuIpz0MwWMC4r6Kz3mv3m1qZiBho350JKtLcxOM9V5I6vwmhb9Me_Iysrqwr6kjIfaEp_FPG-dkGNPIu_gDZDDon0gcAU0U52Fj-ZzP7Ui_LdQLD5rPnojP_ZDGFOXhGZAt6BbHcw-y1WoHQwkJ7xnLRrY9yweSqTd7sqZDkfyfhX9ybnUsWHM_g/s3249/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-John%20Del%20Gaudio-7360.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="3249" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fgkuIpz0MwWMC4r6Kz3mv3m1qZiBho350JKtLcxOM9V5I6vwmhb9Me_Iysrqwr6kjIfaEp_FPG-dkGNPIu_gDZDDon0gcAU0U52Fj-ZzP7Ui_LdQLD5rPnojP_ZDGFOXhGZAt6BbHcw-y1WoHQwkJ7xnLRrY9yweSqTd7sqZDkfyfhX9ybnUsWHM_g/w640-h430/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-John%20Del%20Gaudio-7360.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>John Del Gaudio basks in the presence of Chief Thundercloud's rock<br /></b></span></div><br />A number of veteran Lone Pine researchers, including the Del Gaudio brothers, took part in the pilgrimage to the rock, with Don Kelsen leading the expedition.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC9M8hGNUjSB8hWeOQcsc50ti0Osqux1NGMG7N73XDtn1lXiIvCs-zEasPH-dgj8fVpQzQ-ldeCO04rM98xp6PvUZ69hT2nhM38BeFrfdNiqc6xkXdXDWm7Xt9HhMOJOlsbH-mabXYaFCPfRQzyGzNbfIBlYIwIWvAtjK6pUkx8dCOy3jHQiLnIib3A/s3900/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-wide-7373.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="3900" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC9M8hGNUjSB8hWeOQcsc50ti0Osqux1NGMG7N73XDtn1lXiIvCs-zEasPH-dgj8fVpQzQ-ldeCO04rM98xp6PvUZ69hT2nhM38BeFrfdNiqc6xkXdXDWm7Xt9HhMOJOlsbH-mabXYaFCPfRQzyGzNbfIBlYIwIWvAtjK6pUkx8dCOy3jHQiLnIib3A/w640-h442/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-round%20rock%20seen%20in%20promo%20stills%20for%20The%20Lone%20Ranger,%201938-wide-7373.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Thundercloud Rock" in its natural setting (Oct. 9, 2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />After wondering for years where this rock might be, I have to admit it was pretty exciting to finally see it in person.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjl98IIebd2LzOrWJXFgOke8eT8Uoa8zKPiBK9PDNSnMqVYxTs-qPwfyUYIClSOt9RJDUaBmSsZ6GB1Mxa-8JhimChbyF8boFx18xNIHks7oOqWgZb9bs0Hy9LJHlLF7mp8XbI6CmR5CWNrvRzDVrStZLYAUpI1lpncPtKqRnezHDESqYiZTA9z5rXvw/s1589/undated-vintage%20postcard%20from%20Lone%20Pine,%20with%20Mount%20Whitney,%20motels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1589" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjl98IIebd2LzOrWJXFgOke8eT8Uoa8zKPiBK9PDNSnMqVYxTs-qPwfyUYIClSOt9RJDUaBmSsZ6GB1Mxa-8JhimChbyF8boFx18xNIHks7oOqWgZb9bs0Hy9LJHlLF7mp8XbI6CmR5CWNrvRzDVrStZLYAUpI1lpncPtKqRnezHDESqYiZTA9z5rXvw/w640-h406/undated-vintage%20postcard%20from%20Lone%20Pine,%20with%20Mount%20Whitney,%20motels.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Lone Pine, one of the best-kept secrets of the Eastern Sierra<br /></b></span></div><br />If you missed this year's Lone Pine Film Festival, you might want to start making your plans early for next year. The motels in town fill up fast, but there's also camping available in the historic Alabama Hills.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KSTzdRg1-MDztJI_f_Gg2PihLmL6miAgP5A4fjrRrcjtJImStR0ZRqChS7OajHm4KUTL2YA9nY6i3qkP-VFSMx_Jlnd4L6URBOX54hYIDAcqV8IK9vVsRrYZuYwuBn-9VOkEaI0Qjg6x1IaYYk0UxJiQ1VjeMaqokYTQO_lQbSt62hMOq7TnZGJuMQ/s1000/recent-Lone%20Pine%20Museum%20of%20Western%20Film%20HIstory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KSTzdRg1-MDztJI_f_Gg2PihLmL6miAgP5A4fjrRrcjtJImStR0ZRqChS7OajHm4KUTL2YA9nY6i3qkP-VFSMx_Jlnd4L6URBOX54hYIDAcqV8IK9vVsRrYZuYwuBn-9VOkEaI0Qjg6x1IaYYk0UxJiQ1VjeMaqokYTQO_lQbSt62hMOq7TnZGJuMQ/w640-h456/recent-Lone%20Pine%20Museum%20of%20Western%20Film%20HIstory.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Lone Pine Museum of Western Film History<br /></b></span></div><br />Meanwhile,
Lone Pine's Museum of Western Film History is open year-round, and is a must-see. You
can pick up a brochure there for $2 that'll show you the way to
many of the most important filming locations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdVe37wAocagV9L30DMpzIXGe-ZPRUkKFyPcgi_q5MxUgA-yVvd1T6J1LtTrzDVXJteIza37NvVTy7BUhqX301v261jRpPQdw-TnIGFa4fs89V4Kh9Ij3KygjMigLSKz2SEKyWdJCZxYweOkH1Ro3QFg1MBO8d2Wp4j1afUP4cEWTLCiBBY9KV2CrSA/s396/recent-Lone%20Pine-Movie%20Road%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="289" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdVe37wAocagV9L30DMpzIXGe-ZPRUkKFyPcgi_q5MxUgA-yVvd1T6J1LtTrzDVXJteIza37NvVTy7BUhqX301v261jRpPQdw-TnIGFa4fs89V4Kh9Ij3KygjMigLSKz2SEKyWdJCZxYweOkH1Ro3QFg1MBO8d2Wp4j1afUP4cEWTLCiBBY9KV2CrSA/w468-h640/recent-Lone%20Pine-Movie%20Road%20sign.jpg" width="468" /></a></div>Where to go, how to get there and what to do once you're there<br /></b></span></div><br />Two places to keep up on what's going on with the Lone Pine Film Festival, and to start making plans for next year's event, are <a href="https://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/" target="_blank">the Lone Pine Film Festival website</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lonepinefilmfestival/" target="_blank">the festival's Facebook page</a>. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmMMXD4v7l7MhVIaJMYOe2nsv6kVEzUOOeRIW5wclljP_FkKR1vDyfTMllbyC2pRzj7Xaw1Bi2UsASs9vMQIXb9UwmZgFDOJxhXOPcMrFre6M6LJMDh5mGDGHaBr__V05HxGNOCBrQyBRKx45EPqHgnIzkCdP99EnUA9d4WuGhobFW8v7B6174xXSvg/s4032/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-7465.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="4032" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmMMXD4v7l7MhVIaJMYOe2nsv6kVEzUOOeRIW5wclljP_FkKR1vDyfTMllbyC2pRzj7Xaw1Bi2UsASs9vMQIXb9UwmZgFDOJxhXOPcMrFre6M6LJMDh5mGDGHaBr__V05HxGNOCBrQyBRKx45EPqHgnIzkCdP99EnUA9d4WuGhobFW8v7B6174xXSvg/w640-h424/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-7465.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>See you on the rocks at Lone Pine 2023!<br /></b></span></div><br />If you do plan to go to Lone Pine 2023 — and for that matter, if you're headed to just about any historic filming locations in the SoCal area — <a href="mailto:iversonfilmranch@aol.com" target="_blank">shoot me an email</a> ahead of time and maybe we can arrange to meet up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrmq6QZ8CiF4KPCeAGIvYOcT6Z3y9iW1Uz7BtgeeDAUcs7glvbdNt4YhETaQMwBk_a5Erce_VgtbO22qpvqkF3Bhhis-ZUu_90omIIiDl0d-8Q_Lw8f3vdjzFMz_72ClgYpDadLmq7mnC2tK-h9bzj8MXSIlOi6mrd9h3_DV1SQAoTyFx7mBFWY-SXg/s2592/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-heart-shaped%20hole%20in%20rock-6989.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="2592" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrmq6QZ8CiF4KPCeAGIvYOcT6Z3y9iW1Uz7BtgeeDAUcs7glvbdNt4YhETaQMwBk_a5Erce_VgtbO22qpvqkF3Bhhis-ZUu_90omIIiDl0d-8Q_Lw8f3vdjzFMz_72ClgYpDadLmq7mnC2tK-h9bzj8MXSIlOi6mrd9h3_DV1SQAoTyFx7mBFWY-SXg/w640-h494/2022%20(100922)-Alabama%20Hills-heart-shaped%20hole%20in%20rock-6989.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>I 💗 Lone Pine<br /></b></span></div><br />As for me, I'll be going back for sure — and sooner than later. Seems I left my heart-shaped rock arch in the Alabama Hills.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-9651657653107900572022-09-20T14:09:00.007-07:002022-10-21T17:05:13.448-07:00A Mojave Desert nightmare in "Hot Rods to Hell"<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbGnkVQyDjH3LCRwcZDpXQMPH9qFEKCgZ3aVp_X4LIngWGKLl37Q3-rg8fnTZel54vdcihjAok43wpblJytj7aplZ0Mjr1cQJIE4h4ZfiHmyCLbNLEnPTdK5rQpHO_U08EALl5Ix4V-oBwPHxtEqb21rRYEbaAn9IDQoGuWQDyJXkEQDnpT4h49Pv-Q/s2506/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2506" data-original-width="1621" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbGnkVQyDjH3LCRwcZDpXQMPH9qFEKCgZ3aVp_X4LIngWGKLl37Q3-rg8fnTZel54vdcihjAok43wpblJytj7aplZ0Mjr1cQJIE4h4ZfiHmyCLbNLEnPTdK5rQpHO_U08EALl5Ix4V-oBwPHxtEqb21rRYEbaAn9IDQoGuWQDyJXkEQDnpT4h49Pv-Q/w414-h640/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-poster.jpg" width="414" /></a></div>"Hot Rods to Hell" (1967): Plenty of hot rods, and sufficient hell </b></span></div><br />Is it a mid-20th century metaphor for the settling of the Wild West? Who knows! But this much is clear: "Hot Rods to Hell" is one of the classics of the much-loved juvenile delinquent genre.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneLG5vJskNghGnyI16CL8KDVopaJ3atGpEc5OZ20jsez6coh6KScQ27i3qtSMugo_BuKdU0ynCh7v18cZ2tqXyJ4qgPhwT0o0kwWLlVM6XWYpuTLCjDwdloajIbcdoK8hPOh7h8v9bEvrCKHOuRIRred9ku8vflVvG8BfGjQlL4n_UCzwDa-pcNrgHg/s2792/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-interior%20of%20car-Dana%20Andrews%20and%20Jeanne%20Crain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="2792" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneLG5vJskNghGnyI16CL8KDVopaJ3atGpEc5OZ20jsez6coh6KScQ27i3qtSMugo_BuKdU0ynCh7v18cZ2tqXyJ4qgPhwT0o0kwWLlVM6XWYpuTLCjDwdloajIbcdoK8hPOh7h8v9bEvrCKHOuRIRred9ku8vflVvG8BfGjQlL4n_UCzwDa-pcNrgHg/w640-h444/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-interior%20of%20car-Dana%20Andrews%20and%20Jeanne%20Crain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jeanne Crain gets hysterical while Dana Andrews responds to an emergency by "resting his eyes"<br /></b></span></div><br />If a Juvenile Delinquent Movie Hall of Fame existed, they'd need a whole wing for "Hot Rods to Hell." But your own mileage may depend on your level of tolerance for ... um, I almost said "bad acting," but let's just call it "camp."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-BVKU18KtcaKbEI3gb5T0DnBfEMbw78nUavm_iUCgBlfeu8gaZFT5z1JWT7_el7yRrMr0dedB3kLfXTw52zzsXZh5s5_WlCwwhD_06SLJjbcIFuq9VcFHs-18IrtzobzGdh1H0yVwtjvEp84lTUAISYDpkyNWT08Uc0cARz60VDMvqj4B9_laowOMg/s3198/1955-Blackboard%20Jungle-LC-classroom-Glenn%20Ford,%20Vic%20Morrow.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3198" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-BVKU18KtcaKbEI3gb5T0DnBfEMbw78nUavm_iUCgBlfeu8gaZFT5z1JWT7_el7yRrMr0dedB3kLfXTw52zzsXZh5s5_WlCwwhD_06SLJjbcIFuq9VcFHs-18IrtzobzGdh1H0yVwtjvEp84lTUAISYDpkyNWT08Uc0cARz60VDMvqj4B9_laowOMg/w640-h504/1955-Blackboard%20Jungle-LC-classroom-Glenn%20Ford,%20Vic%20Morrow.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Blackboard Jungle" (1955): Fanning the flames of juvenile delinquent paranoia<br /></b></span></div><br />"Hot Rods to Hell" is what "Blackboard Jungle" might've been if they moved it to the weekend.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BzHHM2ebYpkaNpCbdMXBSCoJEFPk5sa1Wui91HG0CQHAtvtWvROoyA8bQh9Ahp3LsnN8TM8Tb4izenTq1F3eKYUbcGBtY-_K2P0xQCQL0Ddxx25yXbQwMNYOxkERkJxIaqw_csuI8qGFbvUE4B8cGF6JA4zI7CFEnYIxdI8C1VYa1NHUDSgnTGZ_3w/s2412/1961-West%20Side%20Story-street%20gang.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2412" data-original-width="1626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BzHHM2ebYpkaNpCbdMXBSCoJEFPk5sa1Wui91HG0CQHAtvtWvROoyA8bQh9Ahp3LsnN8TM8Tb4izenTq1F3eKYUbcGBtY-_K2P0xQCQL0Ddxx25yXbQwMNYOxkERkJxIaqw_csuI8qGFbvUE4B8cGF6JA4zI7CFEnYIxdI8C1VYa1NHUDSgnTGZ_3w/w432-h640/1961-West%20Side%20Story-street%20gang.jpg" width="432" /></a></div>"West Side Story" (1961): A seminal juvenile delinquent movie<br />and a fun musical rolled into one<br /></b></span></div><br />It's what "West Side Story" would have been if they took out all the singing and dancing, the choreographed knife fights, the racially motivated gang warfare, Natalie Wood, and replaced it all with hot rods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGpT1WiP3Gdv4jyyY9jFUGeyzB-8x5fktJupRaXbSuLPt3QhNpm47gDAEz-EZrkj9o3iFteEwzZadmXkq5JedT8CMKb-0fSe3w9oCKxSgHn8XA8Fq6dUTc2pnuSEZLDznk-iBXQoZ3NFga5FdtCFvIE71xSWO2Q4U3iR4jGOYUTr_YpLJNmFDro6Dew/s3324/1955-Rebel%20Without%20a%20Cause-Natalie%20Wood,%20James%20Dean.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="3324" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGpT1WiP3Gdv4jyyY9jFUGeyzB-8x5fktJupRaXbSuLPt3QhNpm47gDAEz-EZrkj9o3iFteEwzZadmXkq5JedT8CMKb-0fSe3w9oCKxSgHn8XA8Fq6dUTc2pnuSEZLDznk-iBXQoZ3NFga5FdtCFvIE71xSWO2Q4U3iR4jGOYUTr_YpLJNmFDro6Dew/w640-h288/1955-Rebel%20Without%20a%20Cause-Natalie%20Wood,%20James%20Dean.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Rebel Without a Cause" (1955): What is it with Natalie Wood and her bad boys?<br /></b></span></div><br />"Hot Rods to Hell" is what "Rebel Without a Cause" could have been if they took out all the great writing, directing and acting, moved it to the desert ... and they'd have to take out Natalie Wood again.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvlZNJqVlvUKIIBL6oWAXnsPcYGFjkM2IB6JToFEBREh2KGB6l8kkF9l1RyQvKQhCYxAD4-ylvlRzZts6hBSU1tLKD20CfHdQru6OVdvroLzCjgt1VhN17SY9y5k0iaM28fSbQpCXyZoPqIs__-eS8xQXvJiIpd9RBK5gXwRc92vfV_CLleUZapLD9w/s3448/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-off-road,%20Mojave%20Desert-1958%20Corvette.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvlZNJqVlvUKIIBL6oWAXnsPcYGFjkM2IB6JToFEBREh2KGB6l8kkF9l1RyQvKQhCYxAD4-ylvlRzZts6hBSU1tLKD20CfHdQru6OVdvroLzCjgt1VhN17SY9y5k0iaM28fSbQpCXyZoPqIs__-eS8xQXvJiIpd9RBK5gXwRc92vfV_CLleUZapLD9w/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-off-road,%20Mojave%20Desert-1958%20Corvette.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A souped-up '58 Corvette tears up the Mojave Desert in "Hot Rods to Hell"<br /></b></span></div><br />On one level it's just the saga of a typical American family headed West, where they get hassled by a gang of teenage misfits in fast cars. But the movie's "classic" status is cemented by footage of hot rods kicking up dust all over Southern California's Mojave Desert.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3jHxfedhy5bfFwEm82IGeb3VXrjASe7CS3thNLrfr-2_QLx1CRApyLTMXFF2Bde5-cth-G_ryd45v0T4WNFxS8cVauhq5EVhjdUJ5Ur0Lrwc-T75pAd1jUzvd7zCS_zOSEpa5W65JMWu-lvgwCh4CvPz1AwHhO_0xPiuEEsCVuQwQt1_RY8ZK-fK7A/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-tailgating-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3jHxfedhy5bfFwEm82IGeb3VXrjASe7CS3thNLrfr-2_QLx1CRApyLTMXFF2Bde5-cth-G_ryd45v0T4WNFxS8cVauhq5EVhjdUJ5Ur0Lrwc-T75pAd1jUzvd7zCS_zOSEpa5W65JMWu-lvgwCh4CvPz1AwHhO_0xPiuEEsCVuQwQt1_RY8ZK-fK7A/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-tailgating-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Desert driver's ed, lesson one: high-speed tailgating</b></span></div><br />Those hot rods wouldn't seem so hot if it weren't for one not-so-hot rod that lunks along throughout the movie. It's a green Plymouth Belvedere hauling around a family strictly from Squaresville, and in this movie all the kids love saying things like "Squaresville."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGv5B6tTG71cbbf2du3agUcV9AfHF9nHp16QPW2Nfz_-_3RnuzFclct7NENuEiqGm1eLGEJz9YAtl2bGs3buz0E9yggo2y7b2-DTO9PZwZpfo8DfjwcF29G4QtXUZhfoFcETE_7YexlKjGWDAhXZPV-_sJPSDEEcVwNKQS7WjfVQwZQWSE1HHoMSbDJA/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-'58%20Corvette%20and%20three%20others%20tormenting%20'61%20Belvedere.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGv5B6tTG71cbbf2du3agUcV9AfHF9nHp16QPW2Nfz_-_3RnuzFclct7NENuEiqGm1eLGEJz9YAtl2bGs3buz0E9yggo2y7b2-DTO9PZwZpfo8DfjwcF29G4QtXUZhfoFcETE_7YexlKjGWDAhXZPV-_sJPSDEEcVwNKQS7WjfVQwZQWSE1HHoMSbDJA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-'58%20Corvette%20and%20three%20others%20tormenting%20'61%20Belvedere.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Hot Rods to Hell": A beginner's guide to torturing out-of-towners</b></span></div><br />The movie is essentially a how-to manual for aspiring troublemakers, with step-by-step instructions on how to bug the heck out of anyone driving a slower car or bringing an ugly luggage carrier into the desert. We can only hope these lessons were never taken to heart by any real-world teenagers with actual driver's licenses.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgAYVAkYYSwHs62U378INeltIVbDOYwAV2_awsz2OQAWCH4vz2Ei5iXOt5mbB-ojTjv7ubKSHYmnU1TSd5XGKAHpLAZMt2PVyZnUjY5JaidSdGBnmo4v9XHTiz_8E_0OyGEAj05JrN57CMEcDi-CUmlY3jXfZI5ZDUX1VJ6Cl-kK8AsX-HAJJK8TE7Q/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Phillips%20family%20reacts%20to%20blowout.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgAYVAkYYSwHs62U378INeltIVbDOYwAV2_awsz2OQAWCH4vz2Ei5iXOt5mbB-ojTjv7ubKSHYmnU1TSd5XGKAHpLAZMt2PVyZnUjY5JaidSdGBnmo4v9XHTiz_8E_0OyGEAj05JrN57CMEcDi-CUmlY3jXfZI5ZDUX1VJ6Cl-kK8AsX-HAJJK8TE7Q/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Phillips%20family%20reacts%20to%20blowout.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The Typical American Family adds a blown tire to its list of problems<br /></b></span></div><br />As
if they didn't already have enough to freak out about, the Phillips
family suffers a hair-raising blowout, requiring most of them to overact. This becomes a recurring theme throughout their desert adventure.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyWMDZsA517h3LVdbK7nB-lNT95wDuCL5pUkoFunLL3lez3AONrGW6-6N6HC2EAI6wp1LqIuniOV1y6OaCp8_XrVzyGxlIQx6TZRy2SItYejICEGHhroUNhc7i39LwbHP1un7aGCA-lT82C3qzZ9FCtMoUqFILvmV1Y4uBUdcAiAUoJDvDv-_3pTWCg/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-the%20Phillips%20family%20arrives%20with%20a%20flat%20tire.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyWMDZsA517h3LVdbK7nB-lNT95wDuCL5pUkoFunLL3lez3AONrGW6-6N6HC2EAI6wp1LqIuniOV1y6OaCp8_XrVzyGxlIQx6TZRy2SItYejICEGHhroUNhc7i39LwbHP1un7aGCA-lT82C3qzZ9FCtMoUqFILvmV1Y4uBUdcAiAUoJDvDv-_3pTWCg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-the%20Phillips%20family%20arrives%20with%20a%20flat%20tire.png" width="640" /></a></div>The beleaguered Belvedere limps into Charlie's Gas & Oil<br /></b></span></div><br />Thank goodness they were fairly close to a service station, even if it's the same place the hot rod punks hang out. Pay
attention, kids, because this is what we used to call a "service
station."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUBUBTF-qRUiadXTEJgUdBE-g5KH8HE170YKKy1bLpsYIJTx7m9T1z8tLV043N-Xl6gHG3QHJ50mfuuRf2Xzi6OYWQCLIKFkiSiwWkWpro1CSWiyyRovgywrVc3YLdn1mQn5BUSwkJkH5PmoJtIebf9gvGBE2Cvj_81GZH_emJb_chAOPuU1de0v3MA/s3978/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-5985.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2241" data-original-width="3978" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUBUBTF-qRUiadXTEJgUdBE-g5KH8HE170YKKy1bLpsYIJTx7m9T1z8tLV043N-Xl6gHG3QHJ50mfuuRf2Xzi6OYWQCLIKFkiSiwWkWpro1CSWiyyRovgywrVc3YLdn1mQn5BUSwkJkH5PmoJtIebf9gvGBE2Cvj_81GZH_emJb_chAOPuU1de0v3MA/w640-h360/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-5985.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The Feed Store in Wilsona Gardens, 2022 (formerly "Charlie's Gas & Oil")<br /></b></span></div><br />The old gas station from "Hot Rods to Hell" is still there, but it's not a gas
station anymore, and the whole place has been remodeled at least a few times over the past half-century — including the addition of a roof.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBhW-ClP-Q_bOnSOTchOsgb4dtUfocpPPBlH9_cVCb1S2VVI3GD7M1TRPJRKseDhcXkCDSIkOESy1CAUb6aCKQbIb8NvD2vd57aihSS5irXRdWwvj8WuKpjbGr0Yd2Y-ydBB8JfX8bdvpEW2PXGH0uh3iENfqotii6ZTQbxq54u3-PBtVrh5qeQS_wQ/s3699/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-5969.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="3699" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBhW-ClP-Q_bOnSOTchOsgb4dtUfocpPPBlH9_cVCb1S2VVI3GD7M1TRPJRKseDhcXkCDSIkOESy1CAUb6aCKQbIb8NvD2vd57aihSS5irXRdWwvj8WuKpjbGr0Yd2Y-ydBB8JfX8bdvpEW2PXGH0uh3iENfqotii6ZTQbxq54u3-PBtVrh5qeQS_wQ/w640-h364/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-5969.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Still a Wilsona Gardens landmark<br /></b></span></div><br />These days Charlie's Gas & Oil is a feed store, but a few telephone poles, a big butte out back and some of the station's original dirt confirm that we're in the right place.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRf7wJhdyDUvgFHEqnMHGz7U0cy9g1wBMqej5PRhK3c9Mp00x3rb3ph5gvVnXurR-XoIfZkxd6Kcfjn_QDu_IwjES-YxAafeW3wDpn-sdD_i2evzLZONocB7Yy20tnVobHkNR1D0TdAgdmgQAoBdBgKu4SfTdMdzjklX2mhdO2Wzs1Ivg96r2d0RnHQ/s2688/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20gas%20station,%20Wilsona%20Gardens-AND-2022%20(082822)-Feed%20Store-windows%20and%20soft%20drink%20machine-Snapple%20machine-5966-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="2308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRf7wJhdyDUvgFHEqnMHGz7U0cy9g1wBMqej5PRhK3c9Mp00x3rb3ph5gvVnXurR-XoIfZkxd6Kcfjn_QDu_IwjES-YxAafeW3wDpn-sdD_i2evzLZONocB7Yy20tnVobHkNR1D0TdAgdmgQAoBdBgKu4SfTdMdzjklX2mhdO2Wzs1Ivg96r2d0RnHQ/w550-h640/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20gas%20station,%20Wilsona%20Gardens-AND-2022%20(082822)-Feed%20Store-windows%20and%20soft%20drink%20machine-Snapple%20machine-5966-noted%201.jpg" width="550" /></a></div>Oddly enough, it's the windows that give it away<br /></b></span></div><br />About the only thing that's still the same on the building itself is the windows — even though they now have metal security bars. Meanwhile, the old "slider" soda machine has been replaced by a broken-down Snapple unit that looks as though it probably had a cardboard "free" sign on it that blew away years ago.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VSur7qR9m2JHgK2ENuvo8-y6HnZ168NI2bCa1MAS8Z1odTqr7jgJ1ydOsu4-wqmPJZ1VIfDrKCXRgMlm-5QnCeZPOVJclbbm01REyOyCdA8mAqILGISMswBmvm-LZMfjSsrX0hoNTjs3l79Crzdwbw4Ky-iI0HD6MHuCm1YMA1nWQ1GbhyHIdHquUw/s2688/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20gas%20station,%20Wilsona%20Gardens-AND-2022%20(082822)-Feed%20Store-windows%20and%20soft%20drink%20machine-Snapple%20machine-5966-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="2308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VSur7qR9m2JHgK2ENuvo8-y6HnZ168NI2bCa1MAS8Z1odTqr7jgJ1ydOsu4-wqmPJZ1VIfDrKCXRgMlm-5QnCeZPOVJclbbm01REyOyCdA8mAqILGISMswBmvm-LZMfjSsrX0hoNTjs3l79Crzdwbw4Ky-iI0HD6MHuCm1YMA1nWQ1GbhyHIdHquUw/w550-h640/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20gas%20station,%20Wilsona%20Gardens-AND-2022%20(082822)-Feed%20Store-windows%20and%20soft%20drink%20machine-Snapple%20machine-5966-noted%202.jpg" width="550" /></a></div>Another "upgrade" gone wrong<br /></b></span></div><br />I know I'm not the only one around here who still pines for the good ol' days. What would you give to slide a Coke through the metal maze on one of those vintage soft drink machines again?<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau87lWA99PbgHvgMroNr3u-uM1irC1yoD5GgZ_YDweR1_gLEvjWsZLp5cvpk-UEiUwlBHypGTFDTE59DYcQKw9S6SPh2JWt7VC_FassrR4abRsCN7tV6K3r5nepRZaOOUJqm5EL4j3Frzwj_uMy9w8NIOGrGm-TNtWjf7MmerxeBYGb7z0461Lr8FHw/s2056/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-Charlie's%20gas%20station-blowout.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2056" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau87lWA99PbgHvgMroNr3u-uM1irC1yoD5GgZ_YDweR1_gLEvjWsZLp5cvpk-UEiUwlBHypGTFDTE59DYcQKw9S6SPh2JWt7VC_FassrR4abRsCN7tV6K3r5nepRZaOOUJqm5EL4j3Frzwj_uMy9w8NIOGrGm-TNtWjf7MmerxeBYGb7z0461Lr8FHw/w640-h482/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-Charlie's%20gas%20station-blowout.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Soon after arriving at Charlie's, everyone tries to calm down from the overacting incident<br /></b></span></div><br />For some reason Mrs. Phillips seems determined to soothe her young son Jamie, the only member of the family who didn't lose his mind when the tire blew.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a835pRIXJf0GlKfKttR33DWQBLYYtk-FsQAuUYAQIOh79HsEfvcAiX16Ml_Tq8pfQ-y_vhbv0i8kDMJNF8sxzlVsn1RlwLQt1fOasE-YUhSTJJBJK0Hd_rU7XaA4QDYb6V35lbrR7APmjd0ho_fn5suxLFHXHFn2d2rrSlXQaBqVxsw4tIVCg01P2Q/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a835pRIXJf0GlKfKttR33DWQBLYYtk-FsQAuUYAQIOh79HsEfvcAiX16Ml_Tq8pfQ-y_vhbv0i8kDMJNF8sxzlVsn1RlwLQt1fOasE-YUhSTJJBJK0Hd_rU7XaA4QDYb6V35lbrR7APmjd0ho_fn5suxLFHXHFn2d2rrSlXQaBqVxsw4tIVCg01P2Q/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Trouble awaits at Charlie's gas station — for the legal department<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie's crew apparently scoured the location ahead of time for any unsponsored branding that might give the legal team a headache back at the studio. Unfortunately, they tried to cover everything up with black electrical tape, and they made a hot mess of it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvlYCmh1yHNrXZ3YO4xSdI2iMp_bujUXZOZMZloxuAE47eAmDmp00_4DXgTzViMRubzC3mlS_qx0SdfyEU1zonsX5mZNcMXUhyMZpryq1lSP0-f7ZcLy1EV1AbpKd4vEqP9azpG1PkOG-xiTVnHbtIkgt3mByUdCjMRSy8GePZmnm616_C08jufcrXw/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvlYCmh1yHNrXZ3YO4xSdI2iMp_bujUXZOZMZloxuAE47eAmDmp00_4DXgTzViMRubzC3mlS_qx0SdfyEU1zonsX5mZNcMXUhyMZpryq1lSP0-f7ZcLy1EV1AbpKd4vEqP9azpG1PkOG-xiTVnHbtIkgt3mByUdCjMRSy8GePZmnm616_C08jufcrXw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>First attempt at a tape-over job<br /></b></span></div><br />You may think I'm being harsh by calling it a "hot mess" — especially if you're from England and would have preferred the British slang term "dog's dinner." But follow the timeline and draw your own conclusion.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanHomFl9oy94-Kxj5_m5xFoEO1VneaI1uua6k3B1oJFfFarqRiVMikqLvfSO4xvbNlscbd90533mmfKY3rbpHwBuOaAvHpe1dkP9Vbeyj0-qHBEQuyM5_-QM4xDM-fWSqdeYj-XeZ8z_muPVT-rSz3Lobtqs6UcqeTzQoehE6YDDclP0SeWISrzfFgw/s1472/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%201-zoomed%20in%20on%20logo-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1472" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanHomFl9oy94-Kxj5_m5xFoEO1VneaI1uua6k3B1oJFfFarqRiVMikqLvfSO4xvbNlscbd90533mmfKY3rbpHwBuOaAvHpe1dkP9Vbeyj0-qHBEQuyM5_-QM4xDM-fWSqdeYj-XeZ8z_muPVT-rSz3Lobtqs6UcqeTzQoehE6YDDclP0SeWISrzfFgw/w640-h492/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%201-zoomed%20in%20on%20logo-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>They botched it!<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on the screen shot, we can spot problems right away with the crew's low-budget, low-effort masking procedures. The electrical tape handiwork is OK, up to a point, but they could have used another strip or two. Meanwhile, covering up the Phillips 66 badge may have been too much to expect from a black Marks-A-Lot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLTL6HiaRWV0zz1t_8MiYjl4E7imWMsdCkNEuhBFHAnk9Jzr-nba82rnss3Ue7sqnHFismsmk2WYs8zdndQcKpfhH14vQGqph-tafaMxTJJh6EhN7qFt-2LxGeC3ia4hoxmbmoors_WWxw13wCLMixh6jnMDgWWN0KRhBJ4kMUX0gDkZIGWV0L71y4w/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLTL6HiaRWV0zz1t_8MiYjl4E7imWMsdCkNEuhBFHAnk9Jzr-nba82rnss3Ue7sqnHFismsmk2WYs8zdndQcKpfhH14vQGqph-tafaMxTJJh6EhN7qFt-2LxGeC3ia4hoxmbmoors_WWxw13wCLMixh6jnMDgWWN0KRhBJ4kMUX0gDkZIGWV0L71y4w/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Second attempt: A squared-off logo tape-over job<br /></b></span></div><br />At some point during the shoot, someone with a smidgeon of authority apparently noticed the screw-up, and some poor crew flunky had to redo it — probably after getting yelled at. Of course, they weren't about to reshoot anything they already had in the can.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlawSLBWd428WR1ARP2L9Pb4X0Dblr5Q3Nr7p4pg_Vqfj4fDOWTLLjnn40I1AyIW8-D4mkw1lQ7pIM5kQnOa2yNcd_M80U_YaUR4nunCFTGNncgXNTX_JlnhjyW8iAzAV0I348l0UyTCctby4TFfD6Ba-lnxboTXj6reWyKAHRD_UA3euBCHJ1wy69JA/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%203-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlawSLBWd428WR1ARP2L9Pb4X0Dblr5Q3Nr7p4pg_Vqfj4fDOWTLLjnn40I1AyIW8-D4mkw1lQ7pIM5kQnOa2yNcd_M80U_YaUR4nunCFTGNncgXNTX_JlnhjyW8iAzAV0I348l0UyTCctby4TFfD6Ba-lnxboTXj6reWyKAHRD_UA3euBCHJ1wy69JA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-branding%20taped%20over%203-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Third time's almost the charm (but when you have a Marks-A-Lot, I suppose you're gonna use it)</b></span></div><br />That lower management person was apparently a real stickler, because they made the poor crew do it a third time — and I have to think additional yelling was involved. This time they finally finished covering up those letters, but they also made the Phillips logo look more like a badge again, wasting more ink in the process.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc5_v5O8sALRmBv5tLbqZcU_DT9oVPr7YmmUuTBTaoTnAJC_i7WZKBjIj9jh2psCT2l_y9hsw0SWY4au5G7Ol0ub5BjvKLJMX2ns9KudYKClsFNeTw4vtvJs4xWit8Luww3RAJnPuXCUZ/s3450/1966+%25281967%2529-Hot+Rods+to+Hell-Charlie%2527s+Gas+Station-the+other+side+of+the+oil+rack%252C+with+Phillips+66+logo+and+Trop-Artic+brand+exposed-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc5_v5O8sALRmBv5tLbqZcU_DT9oVPr7YmmUuTBTaoTnAJC_i7WZKBjIj9jh2psCT2l_y9hsw0SWY4au5G7Ol0ub5BjvKLJMX2ns9KudYKClsFNeTw4vtvJs4xWit8Luww3RAJnPuXCUZ/w640-h362/1966+%25281967%2529-Hot+Rods+to+Hell-Charlie%2527s+Gas+Station-the+other+side+of+the+oil+rack%252C+with+Phillips+66+logo+and+Trop-Artic+brand+exposed-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>After all that hard work, the branding gets into the movie anyway</b></span></div><br />I think the desert heat must've been getting to them, because they still managed to screw it up. Nobody bothered to turn the oil rack around for the Belvedere's grille closeup, so all the original signage — including an un-Marks-A-Lotted Phillips 66 badge and an untaped Trop-Artic oil logo — is right there on full display in the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngRBkxjpLqTlYnkelq8drYQQYrWToMfOLs9665NEANsCPA6G0qsXNwKIVFZjXmlMI5DJGOjjwLhCf3fT_bM0E9BGbuEucAI_FH6rBQ5yPD6FTGyPrAUYt9zN-E0xqKmpt0kk5WPWw4C8P2qwTRkZ0YpX05FaBNS-Ltotwq4pcs7F4DJT7qctRCvT1cw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-generic%20%22gas%22%20sign-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngRBkxjpLqTlYnkelq8drYQQYrWToMfOLs9665NEANsCPA6G0qsXNwKIVFZjXmlMI5DJGOjjwLhCf3fT_bM0E9BGbuEucAI_FH6rBQ5yPD6FTGyPrAUYt9zN-E0xqKmpt0kk5WPWw4C8P2qwTRkZ0YpX05FaBNS-Ltotwq4pcs7F4DJT7qctRCvT1cw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-generic%20%22gas%22%20sign-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Was Charlie's really a Gulf station?<br /></b></span></div><br />Other examples of the crew's "that's good enough" set-decoration policy can be found elsewhere at Charlie's Gas & Oil. The generic "gas" sign looks like a movie prop, but it wouldn't be a total surprise to find out there's a Gulf sign under that temporary banner.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw41vQ1dmWyidjJGDD2UFUqGc459H1UP2Tk5tCGKxvG8hMIztKI4xPXT6fi4A0-Q3dekEKBtb7SHw9Z_Xzb-6OnPDhjtATERxgl2tUFvAaYTSW5j8R3HVJWBDuAwMN0IscAfErSuUjUOmuTl6wOtL5r6OSjQxhvgg_7_UdPQnYUBWvhvlPND4x-NjMQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Texaco%20pump%3F-Phillips%20family,%20Charlie,%20Ernie-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw41vQ1dmWyidjJGDD2UFUqGc459H1UP2Tk5tCGKxvG8hMIztKI4xPXT6fi4A0-Q3dekEKBtb7SHw9Z_Xzb-6OnPDhjtATERxgl2tUFvAaYTSW5j8R3HVJWBDuAwMN0IscAfErSuUjUOmuTl6wOtL5r6OSjQxhvgg_7_UdPQnYUBWvhvlPND4x-NjMQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Texaco%20pump%3F-Phillips%20family,%20Charlie,%20Ernie-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Then there's the Texaco theory<br /></b></span></div><br />Didn't we already figure out Charlie's is really a Phillips 66 station? Well this gas pump sure looks like it wears the Texaco star. The station's fixtures are such a hodge-podge, either it's all fake movie stuff or this gas station has a long-standing policy of breaking up with its corporate partners and keeping their equipment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjrwJMHXv8NpU4qbUcTrz_TSQWqU_T2hp4z8vynos8DqgrjuXiA5eGQqpw0UPsq1h2vLnFaDE-UwW_twvfa-WlWGbSxo-lMwCRtlp9TZlzqI_S_KlYz2yJN_3Cu0lBvLEpXdMSesLd2zzVrjnBUQCcmp26NBcXKQ4V1BzG4RS1JXHNfKnwBGEK0fh_w/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Texaco%20pump%3F-Phillips%20family,%20Charlie,%20Ernie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjrwJMHXv8NpU4qbUcTrz_TSQWqU_T2hp4z8vynos8DqgrjuXiA5eGQqpw0UPsq1h2vLnFaDE-UwW_twvfa-WlWGbSxo-lMwCRtlp9TZlzqI_S_KlYz2yJN_3Cu0lBvLEpXdMSesLd2zzVrjnBUQCcmp26NBcXKQ4V1BzG4RS1JXHNfKnwBGEK0fh_w/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Texaco%20pump%3F-Phillips%20family,%20Charlie,%20Ernie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Awkward moment for the Phillips family?<br /></b></span></div><br />It might look as though family patriarch Tom Phillips, on the right, is leaning forward to check out his 16-year-old daughter's impressive <i>derriere</i> — and getting busted by his wife to boot! But that's not what's happening here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQy3BldUH5vPRfdPCGtAOBn7U24mBe8ab5L6y2ZZodwk34ADei9GuqJAX8lh-0lM0jLF6fm6JVeTLZsoLt2X-i3kFSuKRdVpPQjSMoGOLb1CRhA3fvVI9RWEnLjPZWKXNkW_EZT5IQOFBCznjs6VdIxdXe9lTFs7HDzIJGBCXf6JgMwB1LF0o3t9EniQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Texaco%20pump%3F-Phillips%20family,%20Charlie,%20Ernie-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQy3BldUH5vPRfdPCGtAOBn7U24mBe8ab5L6y2ZZodwk34ADei9GuqJAX8lh-0lM0jLF6fm6JVeTLZsoLt2X-i3kFSuKRdVpPQjSMoGOLb1CRhA3fvVI9RWEnLjPZWKXNkW_EZT5IQOFBCznjs6VdIxdXe9lTFs7HDzIJGBCXf6JgMwB1LF0o3t9EniQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Texaco%20pump%3F-Phillips%20family,%20Charlie,%20Ernie-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Nothing to see here!<br /></b></span></div><br />I don't suppose it helps matters any that Tom has to haul his daughter and her rear end all over a desert full of testosterone-fueled hot rod boys. But Tom's just bent over in pain from a back injury, which plagues the poor guy throughout the movie. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGoQNOjNPoXnML80AG6jHoXuNr5iONT5NrOSB3bhUgqRVdoLQ_FS6CARYKnaAFLhFP8mBOn0rnpePtqu9heiPj6nMEczWUoDB1-LgMrtYj959EjYMPlmAPudIqiSQvXt1ylvxKI0LdcYlSdCGZkGLe-wbMHdtPA7P2wchMz6ncC1FKoRU6hZS6IeicA/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Ernie%20checks%20out%20Tina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGoQNOjNPoXnML80AG6jHoXuNr5iONT5NrOSB3bhUgqRVdoLQ_FS6CARYKnaAFLhFP8mBOn0rnpePtqu9heiPj6nMEczWUoDB1-LgMrtYj959EjYMPlmAPudIqiSQvXt1ylvxKI0LdcYlSdCGZkGLe-wbMHdtPA7P2wchMz6ncC1FKoRU6hZS6IeicA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Ernie%20checks%20out%20Tina.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ernie takes a good long gander at Tina Phillips as she sways by<br /></b></span></div><br />Besides, if there's any leering or ogling to be done at this gas station, Ernie will see to it that it gets done.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPnkn6KMcA9SCkGiCPuA-7f0dSBAguqs17u0axG0NnXCEH55tuVlGJDyZvglyxQDCr84fVn2qtj_V72rMYO_hYu0KhsTrHERFRIMjCtUtwP33n4tESBSBZlHY9-as3T0nN5Tz2WdhO3AGfn_fmefKYUIVpefF24cIbh81bF0ZgRg-1EHrVB3o_hDSrQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Ernie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPnkn6KMcA9SCkGiCPuA-7f0dSBAguqs17u0axG0NnXCEH55tuVlGJDyZvglyxQDCr84fVn2qtj_V72rMYO_hYu0KhsTrHERFRIMjCtUtwP33n4tESBSBZlHY9-as3T0nN5Tz2WdhO3AGfn_fmefKYUIVpefF24cIbh81bF0ZgRg-1EHrVB3o_hDSrQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Ernie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Beneath Ernie's button-down shirt beats the heart of a punk</b></span></div><br />A word of warning about high school hot rodder Ernie, played by Gene Kirkwood:
Don't let his good grooming and schoolboy face fool you — he's mean!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAZJNU04sbl_RSHcuJmkzbZuPTysQF2-rFqGdS8EBey5Lf-kijoZ1xAwE9q0vNAqmd3EriaQDqXwO7H3AHiyKSUxcwiHkKp45TcpH5mi9URYRTX5CW66KIapB3rnghIP3fFqllo3bjPFbo3RxfyQOT3i0NvqNgBNn4l8EsqXmLddlugfN01R86tppxw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-%22Last%20chance%20until%20Hanesburg%22-the%20Phillips%20family-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAZJNU04sbl_RSHcuJmkzbZuPTysQF2-rFqGdS8EBey5Lf-kijoZ1xAwE9q0vNAqmd3EriaQDqXwO7H3AHiyKSUxcwiHkKp45TcpH5mi9URYRTX5CW66KIapB3rnghIP3fFqllo3bjPFbo3RxfyQOT3i0NvqNgBNn4l8EsqXmLddlugfN01R86tppxw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-%22Last%20chance%20until%20Hanesburg%22-the%20Phillips%20family-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This may be true, technically, but is it really that big a deal?</b></span></div><br />One
of the more perplexing signs the movie crew put up at the gas station is this one making sure everyone knows that Charlie's Gas & Oil is the "last chance until Hanesburg." So,
where are we again, exactly?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5jeeR8UqfCyjDp_1AY4E3DjmqftgBRqBw4Mh8SOU3-k60K4HxdrqcQi4A2LpB3K6Qy-pbYjOachPyDG2MTJxSop3O8aK7x6lqMOVO9tgAQcxixVZmlwJEbVF-of3Cgm_7GLsVYoN23e_dtxj6n0B1KzQTCgWDFU5I5evUNL-8uw79SUZOdPPZF3brw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-East%20Hanesburg%20sign-Dana%20Andrews-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5jeeR8UqfCyjDp_1AY4E3DjmqftgBRqBw4Mh8SOU3-k60K4HxdrqcQi4A2LpB3K6Qy-pbYjOachPyDG2MTJxSop3O8aK7x6lqMOVO9tgAQcxixVZmlwJEbVF-of3Cgm_7GLsVYoN23e_dtxj6n0B1KzQTCgWDFU5I5evUNL-8uw79SUZOdPPZF3brw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-East%20Hanesburg%20sign-Dana%20Andrews-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Stuck inside East Hanesburg with the Hanesburg blues again<br /></b></span></div><br />OK, so we're not exactly in the middle of nowhere, we're just in East Hanesburg. But still, it must be at least a
couple of miles from regular Hanesburg. Better top off the tank before
you roll outta there, Tom.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDN7GHdh-oSP8TMSwtgFRmXFfYOVLqzDO5vV6VrckcnJjCJTwvN17j5t8t4k8M-oAcUmjLLVRiL31gvMFjp9yhRR8ezszaAYvhdbyfhVBmZ2lpgG-NiwPYZSF46ZrSVegQTRoytC3QEnKZiEWL3_i2RCxbmyrZ3i8-fEloyIea4jpqAqGpjeR8GMqMQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Charlie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDN7GHdh-oSP8TMSwtgFRmXFfYOVLqzDO5vV6VrckcnJjCJTwvN17j5t8t4k8M-oAcUmjLLVRiL31gvMFjp9yhRR8ezszaAYvhdbyfhVBmZ2lpgG-NiwPYZSF46ZrSVegQTRoytC3QEnKZiEWL3_i2RCxbmyrZ3i8-fEloyIea4jpqAqGpjeR8GMqMQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Charlie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Charles P. Thompson as Charlie in "Hot Rods to Hell"<br /></b></span></div><br />You may have spotted this old geezer wandering around the gas station. That's Charlie, who runs the station, and he's played by an actual Charlie and actual geezer, veteran actor Charles Thompson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09I-As43mxuGHRrqidrJNCujyGTWStVdVh8BpC-5lkWWoArwpijxPgBurDzjLyglD612gk6hbkk00xzJbA4mmMmluLpMlkje11AXQAbZ1fPTmtceraAeiSS4bKG0Mx7gnpPRz_vdlIDwIj4G39LAJUpesqhTtHtnWXl0yV0uMS5kNhJManjMzvB057w/s994/1960-Wanted%20Dead%20or%20Alive%203.2-The%20Cure-Steve%20McQueen%20and%20Charles%20P.%20Thompson.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="994" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09I-As43mxuGHRrqidrJNCujyGTWStVdVh8BpC-5lkWWoArwpijxPgBurDzjLyglD612gk6hbkk00xzJbA4mmMmluLpMlkje11AXQAbZ1fPTmtceraAeiSS4bKG0Mx7gnpPRz_vdlIDwIj4G39LAJUpesqhTtHtnWXl0yV0uMS5kNhJManjMzvB057w/w640-h476/1960-Wanted%20Dead%20or%20Alive%203.2-The%20Cure-Steve%20McQueen%20and%20Charles%20P.%20Thompson.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Charles Thompson with Steve McQueen in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1960)<br /></b></span></div><br />Thompson never quite rose to the status of "geezer icon" — you know, the Clem Bevans, Cyril Delevanti, Burt Mustin level. But Charlie had his moments.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzNO2mNR5q2M8tod9le5obi-5HDsPewXNMaWkNy6KQaEncdEbDo_eu1GqksXpE0CkhAVQYhJDo3S3CX4T5xNKP4bvDjIT2ZK86Kmn2RoyUDTOffN8LcM-jsBZCEnk_72rmIejiZ3wAiK9GJPD6MmiL8fYOgtW-PYyEzWOF7gmfwhrM3212G_mozNkPA/s3332/1962-Andy%20Griffith%20Show%203.13-The%20Bank%20Job-Charles%20P.%20Thompson,%20Jim%20Nabors,%20Andy%20Griffith.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2504" data-original-width="3332" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzNO2mNR5q2M8tod9le5obi-5HDsPewXNMaWkNy6KQaEncdEbDo_eu1GqksXpE0CkhAVQYhJDo3S3CX4T5xNKP4bvDjIT2ZK86Kmn2RoyUDTOffN8LcM-jsBZCEnk_72rmIejiZ3wAiK9GJPD6MmiL8fYOgtW-PYyEzWOF7gmfwhrM3212G_mozNkPA/w640-h480/1962-Andy%20Griffith%20Show%203.13-The%20Bank%20Job-Charles%20P.%20Thompson,%20Jim%20Nabors,%20Andy%20Griffith.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Charles Thompson as Asa Breeney, with Jim Nabors and Andy Griffith (1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />Charlie may have found the inspiration for his mechanic's outfit in Gomer Pyle's wardrobe when Thompson played Asa Breeney in "The Bank Job," one of his seven guest appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WLQ_EAJMdlmflZ4uEb1pVsp5IBRaY7Qg_LwzkynQtlHTQqsuVguNYsRu0L70zbp20ZzAcfhlI8ktJDSnluGThNc41x2N1mebAuA3Luw77jclHVDzI94vcod0Pwaxm-ykfYgHpVBdofJ0bkIhu9rLMWHjA0V_I5Wj7qdFA7Obkouqr3q9UBadC-WHpQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Charlie%20with%20wrench,%20Ernie,%20Tom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WLQ_EAJMdlmflZ4uEb1pVsp5IBRaY7Qg_LwzkynQtlHTQqsuVguNYsRu0L70zbp20ZzAcfhlI8ktJDSnluGThNc41x2N1mebAuA3Luw77jclHVDzI94vcod0Pwaxm-ykfYgHpVBdofJ0bkIhu9rLMWHjA0V_I5Wj7qdFA7Obkouqr3q9UBadC-WHpQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Charlie%20with%20wrench,%20Ernie,%20Tom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Charlie uses a wrench to make a point, prompting Ernie to strike an Elvis-like pose<br /></b></span></div><br />Thompson's Charlie character in "Hot Rods to Hell" is a beaten man. He's fed up with the local hot rodders, but even though he wields a big wrench, he knows he's helpless to do anything about them.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLJmmzAwFyBcQuNaZCnPuxVTY1Ncrg3UaVes9EQTk_eub5b3xkcaMNF5hP5Smh-GLSejNuxQwri9600dqMgKzYMeKUfcNoF-GULLhp64vD3UjiAAE-iF8RJ2_bMrjY4Y0scX6dGr1N4vVnnNn_WwemPHyEnDVdLKdFMXmQnyH4yn2EBOyiXkEWXSPpw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Ernie,%20Charlie,%20Corvette.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLJmmzAwFyBcQuNaZCnPuxVTY1Ncrg3UaVes9EQTk_eub5b3xkcaMNF5hP5Smh-GLSejNuxQwri9600dqMgKzYMeKUfcNoF-GULLhp64vD3UjiAAE-iF8RJ2_bMrjY4Y0scX6dGr1N4vVnnNn_WwemPHyEnDVdLKdFMXmQnyH4yn2EBOyiXkEWXSPpw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Ernie,%20Charlie,%20Corvette.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The ghastly trio regroups at Charlie's<br /></b></span></div><br />We have to give Charlie credit for trying, though. When Duke and Gloria show up in Duke's 'Vette to pick up their henchman Ernie, Charlie ambles over with a tire iron so he can lecture the bratty high-schoolers.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM326ZhWqa53LHn2RcKT80vbIaj48goddh5RlYUX630K4PRkNij82b5Bm1idZFat3eqJO4oj6gqAOc9T38ATcR7ZIQfxfegDexfPK7aF8cSGwnSJ75rQxIOU7PLmUjhgS_PGPRttz9JlgrySCUXd7zCt1bWNzrEu0hARekU2xgLWbXdHLIgug_7HKRBg/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Ernie,%20Charlie,%20Corvette-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM326ZhWqa53LHn2RcKT80vbIaj48goddh5RlYUX630K4PRkNij82b5Bm1idZFat3eqJO4oj6gqAOc9T38ATcR7ZIQfxfegDexfPK7aF8cSGwnSJ75rQxIOU7PLmUjhgS_PGPRttz9JlgrySCUXd7zCt1bWNzrEu0hARekU2xgLWbXdHLIgug_7HKRBg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Ernie,%20Charlie,%20Corvette-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Gloria's need for speed has been satisfied — momentarily<br /></b></span></div><br />Gloria, who's prone to alarming mood swings, is exhilarated for the time being, presumably from racing around the desert in a hot rod, which all the local kids apparently spend every waking moment doing.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEK7xOb3XmNQolLdZTbu6YTMXJdND1lwzBBKDVN-QvJzdBiyI2ce6Q3P6KaK3okKiOJ5xVMqsuJD0Zp0lcpK2x1NDZuttC7o45n5bt68Co2_niAU19ubITJjv0uytKpaxQefw8hyvx-kfc_Qsyc6mQSAYAfPJeTupHYxstqpLmnZTJ3geW0MTjOKLew/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Corvette%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEK7xOb3XmNQolLdZTbu6YTMXJdND1lwzBBKDVN-QvJzdBiyI2ce6Q3P6KaK3okKiOJ5xVMqsuJD0Zp0lcpK2x1NDZuttC7o45n5bt68Co2_niAU19ubITJjv0uytKpaxQefw8hyvx-kfc_Qsyc6mQSAYAfPJeTupHYxstqpLmnZTJ3geW0MTjOKLew/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Corvette%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Gloria (Mimsy Farmer) and Duke (Paul Bertoya) soak up Charlie's sage advice<br /></b></span></div><br />Duke, who's way too old to be in high school — actor Paul Bertoya was 28 at the time — listens attentively to Charlie's words of wisdom as Gloria braces for another mood swing.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIG2MyrgzE56iESCgg937HzbwGhHNcrXnWXYbhPHO5vIVoYlivkjGp2Gx1BafumnoZLyj-825NdJgUQ94LKgJKvQads-DoijwW3eSZAUYi-UWFYyo5apzWWENYH3xVCG60oiQN0y_RfNuWKru40YLsjfzuQ-5KFiPoaqee7GSH4YDbqWXh4WearQAWpg/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Corvette%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIG2MyrgzE56iESCgg937HzbwGhHNcrXnWXYbhPHO5vIVoYlivkjGp2Gx1BafumnoZLyj-825NdJgUQ94LKgJKvQads-DoijwW3eSZAUYi-UWFYyo5apzWWENYH3xVCG60oiQN0y_RfNuWKru40YLsjfzuQ-5KFiPoaqee7GSH4YDbqWXh4WearQAWpg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria,%20Duke,%20Corvette%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Charlie's advice falls on deaf ears<br /></b></span></div><br />The well-dressed and impeccably coiffed hooligans react to Charlie's lecture the same way they react to almost everything: They laugh it off. These kids laugh so much I'm starting to think they might actually be having fun.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIbNxIWO2YRkJheLnn99yxZbvioB_lrlyFVQ2Li8HP9AjEQEX04f7nbSn7d2tjmLOaJLHHjYbHFXv16QTN6VsNl6WM0Yn2ifEm8JuzgkmzkKzG4QNX76yX16TqsXBmUeUnfo-ZauZiNGuXnCJ-B3OSorXKZbVC22Ebm8IB5XLZdnNFS_pxkYeRjCkAA/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria-%22Ah,%20you're%20old,%20Charlie.%20How%20would%20you%20know%3F%22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIbNxIWO2YRkJheLnn99yxZbvioB_lrlyFVQ2Li8HP9AjEQEX04f7nbSn7d2tjmLOaJLHHjYbHFXv16QTN6VsNl6WM0Yn2ifEm8JuzgkmzkKzG4QNX76yX16TqsXBmUeUnfo-ZauZiNGuXnCJ-B3OSorXKZbVC22Ebm8IB5XLZdnNFS_pxkYeRjCkAA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Gloria-%22Ah,%20you're%20old,%20Charlie.%20How%20would%20you%20know%3F%22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Ah, you're old, Charlie. How would you know?"<br /></b></span></div><br />Then Gloria, ever the philosopher, delivers one of the movie's most memorable lines, which pretty much sums up the code by which all the young desert rats live.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIKd_wYW941HQfXrKBz7Lo6tni49EHL1G4MLSCasYsQAifcyMHclg1cA7w0AL3JmNpvggFTuaZqyegZIv000DKgs0F441mYxaPChQ9eOkjd7D0oy5MRfgsJl9eWM_6W-84k8GIm0zeVepLeHQfGJDq_VR0jP1UXV9RiIe7Munomwkhpm7CD9h80HmLg/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Corvette%20leaving%20the%20station-San%20Gabriels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIKd_wYW941HQfXrKBz7Lo6tni49EHL1G4MLSCasYsQAifcyMHclg1cA7w0AL3JmNpvggFTuaZqyegZIv000DKgs0F441mYxaPChQ9eOkjd7D0oy5MRfgsJl9eWM_6W-84k8GIm0zeVepLeHQfGJDq_VR0jP1UXV9RiIe7Munomwkhpm7CD9h80HmLg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Corvette%20leaving%20the%20station-San%20Gabriels.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The San Gabriel Mountains loom to the south as the 'Vette makes a dramatic exit<br /></b></span></div><br />And on that meaningful note, they go roaring off into the desert to raise more hell. That's a reference to the movie's title, in case I was too subtle about it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUs3tWMaLJEgsfsBtslwMH4W-GfFBhaE4--zeOqHOWh_del_7q-wGD1W0NQ_eHGRTaGC8hRpZMF_m4fjllDvIHFsqslYiSKJETdGlc_oYNH_GxaT3CY6AAks7W9gcyR9zm5wl1cNsIf9QKqHCPSBR662mGOQUWJerSwzv_MOsYo5C0eu727GPzNdf4Q/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Corvette%20leaving%20the%20station-Piute%20Butte.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUs3tWMaLJEgsfsBtslwMH4W-GfFBhaE4--zeOqHOWh_del_7q-wGD1W0NQ_eHGRTaGC8hRpZMF_m4fjllDvIHFsqslYiSKJETdGlc_oYNH_GxaT3CY6AAks7W9gcyR9zm5wl1cNsIf9QKqHCPSBR662mGOQUWJerSwzv_MOsYo5C0eu727GPzNdf4Q/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Corvette%20leaving%20the%20station-Piute%20Butte.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The view from Charlie's looking southwest across 170th Street<br /></b></span></div><br />Next thing we know, we're getting the 50-cent tour of Wilsona Gardens attractions. First up is Piute Butte, across the street from Charlie's.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFF_JR6zoaxnXabvMyvs-lyHdxFuBDbag1pauGB66GXUqKJM5MkXEN-VAG4gkfcsRzNV59MDIbX17a1Kk99j0q3cgHRdKxSta0rH1om6xSkgg--ExVvPtSf_0xeCPRA2bbMj-oVwA8iRphxiaG5uHk4m7XIeXsijy_h4OF0AzVnIlwkW2ih73tY718Nw/s3465/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Piute%20Butte%20looking%20approx%20SW-as%20seen%20from%20Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-5964.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="3465" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFF_JR6zoaxnXabvMyvs-lyHdxFuBDbag1pauGB66GXUqKJM5MkXEN-VAG4gkfcsRzNV59MDIbX17a1Kk99j0q3cgHRdKxSta0rH1om6xSkgg--ExVvPtSf_0xeCPRA2bbMj-oVwA8iRphxiaG5uHk4m7XIeXsijy_h4OF0AzVnIlwkW2ih73tY718Nw/w640-h362/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Piute%20Butte%20looking%20approx%20SW-as%20seen%20from%20Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-5964.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Piute Butte in 2022, viewed from the former Charlie's location<br /></b></span></div><br />Needless to say, all of these landmarks are still there — where else would they be? This is the eastern slope of Piute Butte seen from 170th and Avenue K-4 — the same corner where Charlie had his gas station.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDOmW0e5rRmJkS2BRY5VBz6_uxb72DWRTcD3NqnKl6K-it2XSTVE7M6Kdizzn-9BNkOsdqCOt_ZxgbI5izM6RjMWJIrPKjsOzvOi5lAc1n87xg0_zk_Bv8UQqSiDWX48b5XCozCFubaJT8WWjK0IQEdHKS-UdoHXtBhfsCp33z7DSi3pjf-eGjoPEKg/s4777/1963-Gunsmoke-9.11-Extradition%202-GML%206-Piute%20Butte,%20N%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-6200%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3327" data-original-width="4777" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDOmW0e5rRmJkS2BRY5VBz6_uxb72DWRTcD3NqnKl6K-it2XSTVE7M6Kdizzn-9BNkOsdqCOt_ZxgbI5izM6RjMWJIrPKjsOzvOi5lAc1n87xg0_zk_Bv8UQqSiDWX48b5XCozCFubaJT8WWjK0IQEdHKS-UdoHXtBhfsCp33z7DSi3pjf-eGjoPEKg/w640-h446/1963-Gunsmoke-9.11-Extradition%202-GML%206-Piute%20Butte,%20N%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-6200%20copy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Extradition, Part 2" ("Gunsmoke" episode, 1963): Piute Butte's southern profile<br /></b></span></div><br />Piute Butte is one of the most important movie landmarks in the western Mojave Desert, and it pops up all the time in Westerns and other productions. We've featured it before — <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">click here to see more of Piute Butte</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNlas5iUob5iUQnu517NSn8KsofBQCITEViHGa11QiCMrEEPn58qCmpzBmJi-DVGoQVtimI4tt71ZuprZOaQsxvoQXR3EkhwBME7-cMgYBMDaZDrMcaDNYl6Ri5vf1gYZ_rNL_8Hao8KGn5A68FMOnaFiHR5eivOTK-WAfzY2HG5HrXO9MMxTarLVkw/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Belvedere%20leaving%20the%20station-170th%20Street%20and%20McAdam%20Butte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNlas5iUob5iUQnu517NSn8KsofBQCITEViHGa11QiCMrEEPn58qCmpzBmJi-DVGoQVtimI4tt71ZuprZOaQsxvoQXR3EkhwBME7-cMgYBMDaZDrMcaDNYl6Ri5vf1gYZ_rNL_8Hao8KGn5A68FMOnaFiHR5eivOTK-WAfzY2HG5HrXO9MMxTarLVkw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Charlie's%20Gas%20Station-Belvedere%20leaving%20the%20station-170th%20Street%20and%20McAdam%20Butte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Phillips family Belvedere hits 170th Street headed north<br /></b></span></div><br />Around the same time the hot rodders roll out from Charlie's, the Average American Family of Four also gets back on the road — unfortunately for them. As they pull out we see a distinctive butte to the north.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RpINWkJ0fm6a1smiAUIuorRTxKCLaAk592wM7J_6buZddKrJxQG15pOAzrSQJXjxI5JHamiyEujOp8UeWX8PDua474ZcdyCZlmra4wWV4tR15HdJEfdKqgpS2Wx9Mo2kYahLSujjBScEOHlLZKqALW6KJ_p8zBXyKnf0qcC4B_bVx3f8UVYqFgONKQ/s2856/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20to%20smaller%20butte%20above%20Avenue%20J-from%20Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-5963.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="2856" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RpINWkJ0fm6a1smiAUIuorRTxKCLaAk592wM7J_6buZddKrJxQG15pOAzrSQJXjxI5JHamiyEujOp8UeWX8PDua474ZcdyCZlmra4wWV4tR15HdJEfdKqgpS2Wx9Mo2kYahLSujjBScEOHlLZKqALW6KJ_p8zBXyKnf0qcC4B_bVx3f8UVYqFgONKQ/w640-h360/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20to%20smaller%20butte%20above%20Avenue%20J-from%20Feed%20Store%20(formerly%20Charlie's%20Gas%20&%20Oil)-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-5963.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />I tracked much of the Phillips family's desert outing on my own recent visit to Wilsona Gardens, and found most of the buttes and other rock features, including this one at the north end of 170th Street, still intact. I was only mildly disappointed that I did not encounter any sociopathic hot rodders.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDAfbNjc5-PxZsn_0-RsrjBPtKh4gpLt9lF2rre5xULcp4lMwYujS-rpXtD4V4pu_-v1A-cGzHFMVxEpV7_L_gDw9N_SVyN9EgmgRffar4Kh4L5kGnNW5ogBz-2Gq9E0On72ChwMWyRVSU-Lio2ZwoKs1137NxUgHZTd8TGzfkhGMkD3MNERiW7aGIQ/s2868/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.30-The%20Duke%20Le%20May%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-170th%20Street%20Butte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="2868" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDAfbNjc5-PxZsn_0-RsrjBPtKh4gpLt9lF2rre5xULcp4lMwYujS-rpXtD4V4pu_-v1A-cGzHFMVxEpV7_L_gDw9N_SVyN9EgmgRffar4Kh4L5kGnNW5ogBz-2Gq9E0On72ChwMWyRVSU-Lio2ZwoKs1137NxUgHZTd8TGzfkhGMkD3MNERiW7aGIQ/w640-h480/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.30-The%20Duke%20Le%20May%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-170th%20Street%20Butte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train" episode "The Duke Le May Story" (1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />The small butte at the north end of 170th Street turns up from time to time in Westerns too. Here's an appearance by the butte in the TV series "Wagon Train."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4RZ977xsLv1rAyWadl6e7oljq2TSTkEBd1hCuYcvEHYx4bBrUv7wehF0IYhF3dnrWwzNSflUiN_HGlFeFyItU4JPeKdThabOC5bNz1z1zMOvV7vA-q05tiZzA5aQo7o7ctfhuN-vZPj3unh7GluAP4ZaBpALRireyH7JzmGsxLolNJbrlXRdQxfsRQ/s2868/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.30-The%20Duke%20Le%20May%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-170th%20Street%20Butte-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="2868" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4RZ977xsLv1rAyWadl6e7oljq2TSTkEBd1hCuYcvEHYx4bBrUv7wehF0IYhF3dnrWwzNSflUiN_HGlFeFyItU4JPeKdThabOC5bNz1z1zMOvV7vA-q05tiZzA5aQo7o7ctfhuN-vZPj3unh7GluAP4ZaBpALRireyH7JzmGsxLolNJbrlXRdQxfsRQ/w640-h480/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.30-The%20Duke%20Le%20May%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-170th%20Street%20Butte-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking north from Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The butte is located due north of the town of Lake Los Angeles, about five miles up 170th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kZ22xhHcgbpixFFip0uvsNTxBfKo9vqQl8KDv7wrk2TFEORJvwftIjmmwFXFsnigCrrx8_Xi2gs7emx6PQmuhXAwTFCQhZwWshauFdo0TDIfFADOrVs-ZjZaIayvXq0Z-3DfStw_G80iels2wIHZgJI4EvTHonV4iEBoqDIsAu40X7XtefBc8Mav8Q/s3412/2020%20(2022)-Google%20Sph%20(William%20Sharpe)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Saddleback%20Butte%20State%20Park,%20looking%20NxNW%20to%20McAdam%20Butte-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1930" data-original-width="3412" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kZ22xhHcgbpixFFip0uvsNTxBfKo9vqQl8KDv7wrk2TFEORJvwftIjmmwFXFsnigCrrx8_Xi2gs7emx6PQmuhXAwTFCQhZwWshauFdo0TDIfFADOrVs-ZjZaIayvXq0Z-3DfStw_G80iels2wIHZgJI4EvTHonV4iEBoqDIsAu40X7XtefBc8Mav8Q/w640-h362/2020%20(2022)-Google%20Sph%20(William%20Sharpe)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Saddleback%20Butte%20State%20Park,%20looking%20NxNW%20to%20McAdam%20Butte-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The 170th Street butte, seen from Saddleback Butte State Park (William Sharpe photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />The 170th Street butte is adjacent to Saddleback Butte State Park, and while it's formidable in its own right, it's dwarfed by other formations in the
area — including Saddleback Butte itself.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBK0Lu8djGBea6mmUWeKaFW4VdW8eVWc2hbALF003_dCnrgiTMk1n4q5T9qQbRv-zSKRx6aU2LQ81fzLXkKW7C78kZ3iyebmiTFRaqzYQFSyYVZhP0sZM0nT7H0HkPbynO1Mo3yU3_2VBvgbhNcVsgZpDeloSljlwBtTAqq8-G__t2m58DNc_eGgS0Bw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20to%20McAdam%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBK0Lu8djGBea6mmUWeKaFW4VdW8eVWc2hbALF003_dCnrgiTMk1n4q5T9qQbRv-zSKRx6aU2LQ81fzLXkKW7C78kZ3iyebmiTFRaqzYQFSyYVZhP0sZM0nT7H0HkPbynO1Mo3yU3_2VBvgbhNcVsgZpDeloSljlwBtTAqq8-G__t2m58DNc_eGgS0Bw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20to%20McAdam%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Drag racing up 170th Street outside Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />In "Hot Rods to Hell," the west end of Saddleback Butte, positioned to the southeast of the 170th Street butte, sneaks into the frame at times when the camera shoots north up 170th Street. This shot includes just a small section of Saddleback Butte.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZIsCJCAj5rO0N4Q-_r3afEcsmRelHr_EdkUITYrHEaS_k7UsAxLwpNcVHsKIJlUfkBBrwyPEmgJSKmuNlYBt7BSrY5KD26n1NTIf1chHgfzcyAtIRztKsdJHWnymNz62juSis8eA4G3FRDytL6QEY_KD2ivj-RSsJvkwy8NTb6AMdP_Nck9DWC2BYA/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20to%20McAdam%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZIsCJCAj5rO0N4Q-_r3afEcsmRelHr_EdkUITYrHEaS_k7UsAxLwpNcVHsKIJlUfkBBrwyPEmgJSKmuNlYBt7BSrY5KD26n1NTIf1chHgfzcyAtIRztKsdJHWnymNz62juSis8eA4G3FRDytL6QEY_KD2ivj-RSsJvkwy8NTb6AMdP_Nck9DWC2BYA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20to%20McAdam%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>That can't be good!<br /></b></span></div><br />Duke's Corvette constantly looks as though its engine is about to explode. The hot rod continues to be driven hard throughout the movie, but it keeps spewing ominous blue smoke the whole time.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha74btcpAZrxnJQdBJgk4rUqJ8og0LU4PRtotCMIDtDsY6Y0HgbkfrD8i27aVEvKpJlxN7qXJUHstjLY3rspYYJLYOfFoUB6MVG5kINQRAI_RkgVVkNI5IK4wL8Hru2bT5bR42g8-MtacTj8iNTpyfnln7lx12_0PsrueqfwWuKiZqMMNXx5HdXeoQwg/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-170th%20Street%20at%20Avenue%20K-Joe's%20arrival.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha74btcpAZrxnJQdBJgk4rUqJ8og0LU4PRtotCMIDtDsY6Y0HgbkfrD8i27aVEvKpJlxN7qXJUHstjLY3rspYYJLYOfFoUB6MVG5kINQRAI_RkgVVkNI5IK4wL8Hru2bT5bR42g8-MtacTj8iNTpyfnln7lx12_0PsrueqfwWuKiZqMMNXx5HdXeoQwg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-170th%20Street%20at%20Avenue%20K-Joe's%20arrival.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Here comes Joe with his '56!</b></span></div><br />We get a better look at Saddleback Butte when Joe, another ranking member of the local hot rod delinquents club, arrives in his '56 Chevy to help terrorize the Phillips family.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxS2NbE-NRGE0fh1bwbxktcwSa3lSIk2TE28l0COiuDm8zsvTE23ZHm1CaH1otrE7sSz1Tr3RVIVpzhKy0renGPz6TQiV7Ey-BoF3LsvHK-m6jzhMMyXS666i-DQaMsaYNPW-baMDsTJzCgYFZgS5l8vUDjVxRAeQCBPvuQTwm16jHjaqFpmsMG2Epgg/s2439/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-looking%20E%20on%20Avenue%20K%20at%20170th%20St%20to%20Saddleback%20Butte-incl%20sign%20for%20park-matches%20site%20where%20Joe%20arrives%20in%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2439" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxS2NbE-NRGE0fh1bwbxktcwSa3lSIk2TE28l0COiuDm8zsvTE23ZHm1CaH1otrE7sSz1Tr3RVIVpzhKy0renGPz6TQiV7Ey-BoF3LsvHK-m6jzhMMyXS666i-DQaMsaYNPW-baMDsTJzCgYFZgS5l8vUDjVxRAeQCBPvuQTwm16jHjaqFpmsMG2Epgg/w640-h360/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-looking%20E%20on%20Avenue%20K%20at%20170th%20St%20to%20Saddleback%20Butte-incl%20sign%20for%20park-matches%20site%20where%20Joe%20arrives%20in%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6013.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2022: 170th Street East and Avenue K<br /></b></span></div><br />Today the spot where Joe joins the 170th Street terrorization party runs along the fence setting off Saddleback Butte State Park, near the campground area. That's the western slope of Saddleback Butte in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRJqKXt0c_uTAw1XVIgFi2ukK5YgICPfeRwmcD8OeCW_jWn26upemzYN24sRPrZyzQFfpJcBJVd72tQvqlrtOqBiKcATHloVixCRONWack9IwI7hMybN1_F5NrP1ZhYBAOHwKd_05jF_rTPtjoi0MIk6Xp8dYN2FLU0M1SRjJNHvpkNXo8xQN0a_rEg/s2616/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Saddleback%20Butte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2616" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRJqKXt0c_uTAw1XVIgFi2ukK5YgICPfeRwmcD8OeCW_jWn26upemzYN24sRPrZyzQFfpJcBJVd72tQvqlrtOqBiKcATHloVixCRONWack9IwI7hMybN1_F5NrP1ZhYBAOHwKd_05jF_rTPtjoi0MIk6Xp8dYN2FLU0M1SRjJNHvpkNXo8xQN0a_rEg/w640-h478/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Saddleback%20Butte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train" episode "The Clayton Tucker Story" (1960): Saddleback Butte's southern profile<br /></b></span></div><br />Saddleback Butte is in a lot of productions, most often seen from the south and the Lake Los Angeles area, as in this shot from "Wagon Train." <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/careful-with-that-bazooka-marshal.html" target="_blank">Click here for more about Saddleback Butte</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHwVYM9A5QfUasa4T7MSahK7ID6_STtjeeEhNWF5yNeANnd2WISwt0HWZuRsUihurln0FuDcnXDB-vaz5gyCoA0aw2Q8D4UW8PT4uJi87n0wFCkKLKdAuKGbgtbXMobeNMNLut1Re47QzSz5jQUI_0o3sOE8HMUDxm8BnhZXtM-6eowK5AtpjMcR7OA/s2616/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Saddleback%20Butte-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2616" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHwVYM9A5QfUasa4T7MSahK7ID6_STtjeeEhNWF5yNeANnd2WISwt0HWZuRsUihurln0FuDcnXDB-vaz5gyCoA0aw2Q8D4UW8PT4uJi87n0wFCkKLKdAuKGbgtbXMobeNMNLut1Re47QzSz5jQUI_0o3sOE8HMUDxm8BnhZXtM-6eowK5AtpjMcR7OA/w640-h478/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Saddleback%20Butte-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train": Saddleback, right, and the 170th Street butte</b></span></div><br />Another shot from the same "Wagon Train" episode, with only about half of Saddleback Butte visible, gives some idea of the size disparity between Saddleback and the smaller butte at the north end of 170th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_WMYcZy4Z2eOnW2t2CCvzlnFtM05t6omm93y_2poSnFwbuTGhiF3bJEo12adpc8d7-zXUZweRr_Z80XelddqCos2vSCDgav1naye35lOlTPAP9CcFi5WsT79X37w7uXDuppcZ5s-yXIqa99tDQuV4FP8yY6T-CX35hwkvQD18uv5q0DucTlw_XpfPA/s2286/1960-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-170th%20St%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-zoomed%20in%20on%20modern%20farming%20equipment-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="2286" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_WMYcZy4Z2eOnW2t2CCvzlnFtM05t6omm93y_2poSnFwbuTGhiF3bJEo12adpc8d7-zXUZweRr_Z80XelddqCos2vSCDgav1naye35lOlTPAP9CcFi5WsT79X37w7uXDuppcZ5s-yXIqa99tDQuV4FP8yY6T-CX35hwkvQD18uv5q0DucTlw_XpfPA/w640-h472/1960-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-170th%20St%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-zoomed%20in%20on%20modern%20farming%20equipment-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the background, because who doesn't enjoy the occasional blooper?<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking a closer look at the "Wagon Train" shot, we can see something that looks like a modern farm vehicle in the background. OK, so it's a production error, but we've all seen worse.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlQc_8lMJGWFVKNkXFdJvOTzBQ7r6yTHAYcJegEpUWuckent2ZQx5GNr-pOLwo1xON6fRnFEuKa8csx_bJ1Ghn0-ld8HmwB0KjmTWPjuuOtz2Vww20JyVV67sh3k95U99YJO3CeOPX0oTbr3T4Bh9wVDdTVfF25Xlm74hWY7zK2DQ-ICs_EyOSGDmIw/s2338/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Wilsona%20Gardens,%20Hi%20Vista,%20etc-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="1806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlQc_8lMJGWFVKNkXFdJvOTzBQ7r6yTHAYcJegEpUWuckent2ZQx5GNr-pOLwo1xON6fRnFEuKa8csx_bJ1Ghn0-ld8HmwB0KjmTWPjuuOtz2Vww20JyVV67sh3k95U99YJO3CeOPX0oTbr3T4Bh9wVDdTVfF25Xlm74hWY7zK2DQ-ICs_EyOSGDmIw/w494-h640/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Wilsona%20Gardens,%20Hi%20Vista,%20etc-noted.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>Tiny movie towns on the outskirts of Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The action we've been looking at so far is centered in and around Wilsona Gardens, a tiny desert community on the northern outskirts of <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Lake Los Angeles</a>. Also noted here is nearby <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/careful-with-that-bazooka-marshal.html" target="_blank">Hi Vista</a>, which was the focus of a <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/careful-with-that-bazooka-marshal.html" target="_blank">recent post about the "Kill Bill Church" and other standing movie sets</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9ZaVN7EcJHHWv5FNWC1zjiQZAvzf013jUYxKdLCbnNKoe0DbbN5pgyJcUL32hNjP0Oe1SUvLQMUefgSMQU5Sc1F9eZtJ9KcuvLh8_U23FXt4W0XdRLQcIitaHxHZkCtUKgVHaJgqVH2XhTLMKQdjIzxNt0_vnxjhMtQ1zt_GCwl_e0VmlPjaYEGjsQ/s2000/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20Piute%20Butte-noted%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2000" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9ZaVN7EcJHHWv5FNWC1zjiQZAvzf013jUYxKdLCbnNKoe0DbbN5pgyJcUL32hNjP0Oe1SUvLQMUefgSMQU5Sc1F9eZtJ9KcuvLh8_U23FXt4W0XdRLQcIitaHxHZkCtUKgVHaJgqVH2XhTLMKQdjIzxNt0_vnxjhMtQ1zt_GCwl_e0VmlPjaYEGjsQ/w640-h498/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20Piute%20Butte-noted%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wilsona Gardens, where much of "Hot Rods to Hell" was filmed<br /></b></span></div><br />Zooming in on Wilsona Gardens, we can pinpoint the former location of Charlie's Gas & Oil. The satellite shot also gives a sense of some of the buttes and other features surrounding the town.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nsSteWqorykJStSQig0oK191ct7s9RBDRURMtXfutuvihj7tAaH54ENP9vtQuobzgcvefAScFXkoxXlWGlU-4-huoSVgOdWJx8GnW4WoLIzr-oEcOVRZUoDyaiESakhRDyhkUWFt50ns739eHG5KWzzPaW3if3um9-s8eqmYAk6x8kWYcATqbi0E9A/s2000/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20Piute%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2000" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nsSteWqorykJStSQig0oK191ct7s9RBDRURMtXfutuvihj7tAaH54ENP9vtQuobzgcvefAScFXkoxXlWGlU-4-huoSVgOdWJx8GnW4WoLIzr-oEcOVRZUoDyaiESakhRDyhkUWFt50ns739eHG5KWzzPaW3if3um9-s8eqmYAk6x8kWYcATqbi0E9A/w640-h498/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20Piute%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Hot Rods to Hell" locations in and around Wilsona Gardens<br /></b></span></div><br />The map quickly becomes too "busy" if we try to point out all the "Hot Rods to Hell" locations, but here we can see where Joe enters the picture in his '56 Chevy, along with some of the key buttes and roads. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowLjmNPIL7lW8WYSIkZpBtjJKAXEm3d1h-7JF0Mq0UAejLgf-Ky2ih4tF8kwE-iLbQvkzWkkko8xYC5KKRwtK82cfCWzSpegDJBreZs_7l2cuaZj9jBxCkf-q0gpwRp_sxF477Ibe2d6nwq7umqw8ZScMfRft_kzBsSp_QD9QZ_r3AX8aIro59s_7MA/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke%20box%20in%20the%20Phillips%20family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowLjmNPIL7lW8WYSIkZpBtjJKAXEm3d1h-7JF0Mq0UAejLgf-Ky2ih4tF8kwE-iLbQvkzWkkko8xYC5KKRwtK82cfCWzSpegDJBreZs_7l2cuaZj9jBxCkf-q0gpwRp_sxF477Ibe2d6nwq7umqw8ZScMfRft_kzBsSp_QD9QZ_r3AX8aIro59s_7MA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke%20box%20in%20the%20Phillips%20family.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tom gets the Belvedere a little squirrelly as the hot rod punks keep him boxed in<br /></b></span></div><br />The addition of Joe's '56 Chevy to the festivities ratchets up the unpleasantness level for the Phillips family. Here Tom struggles to maintain control of the Belvedere as Joe and Duke work together to box him in.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJUVHWxqJ_WqXgZOTho1JSAFOGwUqQn2sC3K-KHkqzv8SKOEtBi0N1lgDfoEIL2zS-fesZjMSjPPDD6uGExTTainweoxtA4hh8Rs7d3xeHCgB-JAETDQJQwFMQJxJcBNBY4PEZMFd22O2wFVoIfgBUmzxYWQzIOHYll-dKDXnimJp0SiRN41tQHZJdg/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke%20box%20in%20the%20Phillips%20family%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJUVHWxqJ_WqXgZOTho1JSAFOGwUqQn2sC3K-KHkqzv8SKOEtBi0N1lgDfoEIL2zS-fesZjMSjPPDD6uGExTTainweoxtA4hh8Rs7d3xeHCgB-JAETDQJQwFMQJxJcBNBY4PEZMFd22O2wFVoIfgBUmzxYWQzIOHYll-dKDXnimJp0SiRN41tQHZJdg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke%20box%20in%20the%20Phillips%20family%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Advanced driver's training: Proper use of the wrong side of the road<br /></b></span></div><br />These shots from the "boxing in" sequence are taken looking north up 170th Street, where the smaller butte at the north end of the street continues to be showcased.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dfjaogt5WhlsckdZUUNZZ1Il0GNPFaNkT16LhL-_haty2HW5Zy_Po7AXIG3ZmdmNdDHF74DJ_f3m6oum_yoWAkpLRtY1SHQz4DA4_PHFJRVAG6j_FaS0fkM7WVHABhE3aSlKkvQFPoVHKgWknNX567KzvaQJJmEk5rcJ8AGtNH751wSOlGugnJQvdQ/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke%20box%20in%20the%20Phillips%20family%203-ruins-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dfjaogt5WhlsckdZUUNZZ1Il0GNPFaNkT16LhL-_haty2HW5Zy_Po7AXIG3ZmdmNdDHF74DJ_f3m6oum_yoWAkpLRtY1SHQz4DA4_PHFJRVAG6j_FaS0fkM7WVHABhE3aSlKkvQFPoVHKgWknNX567KzvaQJJmEk5rcJ8AGtNH751wSOlGugnJQvdQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke%20box%20in%20the%20Phillips%20family%203-ruins-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>What's that white thing?<br /></b></span></div><br />In some of these shots we can just make out a white object, possibly a building, way in the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwODcleR61pE7Y1SHdHqBi_vxu7xP1pa7RsHX-4bXx8x5l-UCmnzmA3Kiua5kyRvV0dVg46CEyT9SP3tC-Bj_tGF3Yo-Afh_sOvPQL8mNKO2nBO9t6MVi-gb_f8L7k9Ti5F7i_EBP6gslCCS-t_z0zLP7VlAkjZzDK8jJgDhraf3hl6CbocJtmKW79A/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke-ruins-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwODcleR61pE7Y1SHdHqBi_vxu7xP1pa7RsHX-4bXx8x5l-UCmnzmA3Kiua5kyRvV0dVg46CEyT9SP3tC-Bj_tGF3Yo-Afh_sOvPQL8mNKO2nBO9t6MVi-gb_f8L7k9Ti5F7i_EBP6gslCCS-t_z0zLP7VlAkjZzDK8jJgDhraf3hl6CbocJtmKW79A/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens%20area-looking%20N%20up%20170th%20St%20near%20Avenue%20J-butte-Joe%20and%20Duke-ruins-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It appears to be an arch<br /></b></span></div><br />Here we get about as good a look at the distant object as we can find in the movie, and it's good enough to tell that it is indeed a manmade structure, apparently an arch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHKxd05UWqlo7r08jFGlIak_IrHquci2qkzN8k81KFxFFCb2jTz-pVnclePxQlU7NsbRGFciZgHq9aJwWxDwwPOdiiF_C_LfeszVprpzaV2ZA3cQ8BF_VZYPh2med_EUNHFQVz36zvsE0igtBms_MMDdZC-p3V_g4ycjHtxfZzXuL6dYAhbPaF63b2Q/s2660/2014%20(2022)-Google%20Sph%20(Philip%20Sustachek)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens-McAdam%20Ruins,%20looking%20south.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2660" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHKxd05UWqlo7r08jFGlIak_IrHquci2qkzN8k81KFxFFCb2jTz-pVnclePxQlU7NsbRGFciZgHq9aJwWxDwwPOdiiF_C_LfeszVprpzaV2ZA3cQ8BF_VZYPh2med_EUNHFQVz36zvsE0igtBms_MMDdZC-p3V_g4ycjHtxfZzXuL6dYAhbPaF63b2Q/w640-h386/2014%20(2022)-Google%20Sph%20(Philip%20Sustachek)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Wilsona%20Gardens-McAdam%20Ruins,%20looking%20south.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The arch as it appeared in 2014 (Philip Sustachek photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />It turns out this arch is a local landmark, part of a set of stone ruins situated north of Avenue J. This shot from 2014, looking south, shows that the arch remained more or less intact at that time, but was showing signs of wear.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pDKFuLkgQCaWfjL8t33TYuQhw_iGYF1Cwe8UxaKjduLw2hyRKyW3Sbp5jAGsd5JcM6aOCoapZdq6b4LZJhw7QxeOuSgNfIl2M-RqO34EjUuNOrmuRDFlZxcRew0Co45nzttmVfnEXaWbtgcJCBNSI3v7vvig-5ynzoFpsEQ24Ep50HgftFXhmkj_vA/s1785/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-remains%20of%20stone%20arch%20structure%20at%20N%20end%20of%20170th%20St,%20N%20of%20Avenue%20J-6069.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1785" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pDKFuLkgQCaWfjL8t33TYuQhw_iGYF1Cwe8UxaKjduLw2hyRKyW3Sbp5jAGsd5JcM6aOCoapZdq6b4LZJhw7QxeOuSgNfIl2M-RqO34EjUuNOrmuRDFlZxcRew0Co45nzttmVfnEXaWbtgcJCBNSI3v7vvig-5ynzoFpsEQ24Ep50HgftFXhmkj_vA/w640-h416/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-remains%20of%20stone%20arch%20structure%20at%20N%20end%20of%20170th%20St,%20N%20of%20Avenue%20J-6069.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The remains of the arch in 2022 — defying gravity even as the old building falls apart<br /></b></span></div><br />One side of the arch has since fallen off, as I discovered on my recent visit to the location. The San Gabriel Mountains to the south can be seen in both of the above two photos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMTjUzFP68bhm61cQxNcV4cgu7hMio76fs2Ef9BMXai02ygCTAbaihjj_hQ8zOCV9guiyuVjhq6j9GYoQ8bF0n04Wo8qwjER6GC6JCE1Z8nnABob54_7W6afhARpti_ERSdBmh-QIfPQOpV2yfsWUjtlSVmyT4nVZpDO_wz2qJe-AVfdK_-NgG2g5mA/s2619/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-remains%20of%20stone%20arch%20structure%20at%20N%20end%20of%20170th%20St,%20N%20of%20Avenue%20J-6054.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2619" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMTjUzFP68bhm61cQxNcV4cgu7hMio76fs2Ef9BMXai02ygCTAbaihjj_hQ8zOCV9guiyuVjhq6j9GYoQ8bF0n04Wo8qwjER6GC6JCE1Z8nnABob54_7W6afhARpti_ERSdBmh-QIfPQOpV2yfsWUjtlSVmyT4nVZpDO_wz2qJe-AVfdK_-NgG2g5mA/w640-h354/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-remains%20of%20stone%20arch%20structure%20at%20N%20end%20of%20170th%20St,%20N%20of%20Avenue%20J-6054.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>South face of the stone ruins (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />I took this shot from the front of the ruins looking north. The missing piece of arch puts a crimp in the property's aesthetic groove, but we can still see that the old stone building once had a prime location below that butte.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMqwYtS6DFcSjtNO9LA65025TRoFBPFEYDCR636UdjmD2B0OxJ42xIuDz5nx3JhMdHRU0CqJd2x3K6nLQJ4K97qlsUy7GfBpiAv-QKpUmyttQhPxIiyJcu4aKiVnQYpTURT7Tw9ku_Zev0-OSZfsMRLIWfprYdtIXOxlHQ1NGeF_fz4dp83ge-z3RtA/s3448/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20E%20down%20Ave%20K-8%20approaching%20bend%20at%20152nd%20St-Saddleback%20Butte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMqwYtS6DFcSjtNO9LA65025TRoFBPFEYDCR636UdjmD2B0OxJ42xIuDz5nx3JhMdHRU0CqJd2x3K6nLQJ4K97qlsUy7GfBpiAv-QKpUmyttQhPxIiyJcu4aKiVnQYpTURT7Tw9ku_Zev0-OSZfsMRLIWfprYdtIXOxlHQ1NGeF_fz4dp83ge-z3RtA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20E%20down%20Ave%20K-8%20approaching%20bend%20at%20152nd%20St-Saddleback%20Butte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Hot Rods to Hell": The kids race west on Avenue K-8, with Saddleback Butte behind them<br /></b></span></div><br />The hot rodders appear to race each other all over the desert, but in reality they stick mainly to one particular route. Part of that route involves tearing down Avenue K-8 west of Wilsona Gardens.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPCVg_EqgLgpTEVY4rR9z5cclhhpyJn7ckLTqn6a57IKCKzW9Bn4EASnOgE6lCBcvuvQzFcshpKhc0nk5URnNse3iRBeOxGZIkMutNNHrUaktBBrGqV-3CdXBWBlLBcBopTYc2HQnN4K6BHjWpEVmR8rvUDylrAQzz6fXjSCcChPdejg_okhByg63Lw/s1992/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Avenue%20K-8%20looking%20E%20to%20Saddleback%20Butte-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6086.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1992" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPCVg_EqgLgpTEVY4rR9z5cclhhpyJn7ckLTqn6a57IKCKzW9Bn4EASnOgE6lCBcvuvQzFcshpKhc0nk5URnNse3iRBeOxGZIkMutNNHrUaktBBrGqV-3CdXBWBlLBcBopTYc2HQnN4K6BHjWpEVmR8rvUDylrAQzz6fXjSCcChPdejg_okhByg63Lw/w640-h364/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-Avenue%20K-8%20looking%20E%20to%20Saddleback%20Butte-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6086.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Avenue K-8 and Saddleback Butte in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />The road looks about the same today, albeit with enough cracks and patches that it may no longer be suitable for hot rod racing. Saddleback Butte, meanwhile, hasn't changed a bit since "Hot Rods to Hell" filmed here in 1966.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDCtAbntv0Mzt0voqlERa7gbbSTIZJBy1ElfZIwrlOOtDyfGG7WKF2oS7nJDmjDZDqYCbn4ynefH4XTfGGDOyuLt8K2AOvZQ71tBUCzlNCpLdcLCCJDxF5Nfa79k8hOxkq3SNXdFNToZaBXe47fCUmk-v3mqBFl2-EdyqUPf68IPYMNrYCxQhH1n-9g/s3448/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20E%20down%20Ave%20K-8%20at%20the%20bend%20where%20it%20becomes%20152nd%20St-Saddleback%20Butte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDCtAbntv0Mzt0voqlERa7gbbSTIZJBy1ElfZIwrlOOtDyfGG7WKF2oS7nJDmjDZDqYCbn4ynefH4XTfGGDOyuLt8K2AOvZQ71tBUCzlNCpLdcLCCJDxF5Nfa79k8hOxkq3SNXdFNToZaBXe47fCUmk-v3mqBFl2-EdyqUPf68IPYMNrYCxQhH1n-9g/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20E%20down%20Ave%20K-8%20at%20the%20bend%20where%20it%20becomes%20152nd%20St-Saddleback%20Butte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The road hangs a right as they approach the turnaround</b></span></div><br />This route includes a bend in the road that also marks one of the hot rodders' main turnaround points, where Avenue K-8 takes a turn to the north and becomes 160th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGH6BiME1py_z9mp8p1kOJjgvXsXRGYvfN1zFza27FmGdBq0uiMKlvMSt17KQfd9SBwlEnW_-ZMA0JbwdhLPxvltAzd_RwZrUyuBFVlPxAORcuRWrnkYNYtbb6bRz4uxxDZusq0_rrDUTtUySHUdUl4poMLwxIaK8MgVkpdeGXMJ_qJHxVMlSqeENLQ/s3448/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20N%20up%20152nd%20St%20at%20the%20Avenue%20K-8%20turnaround%20point-Saddleback%20Butte.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGH6BiME1py_z9mp8p1kOJjgvXsXRGYvfN1zFza27FmGdBq0uiMKlvMSt17KQfd9SBwlEnW_-ZMA0JbwdhLPxvltAzd_RwZrUyuBFVlPxAORcuRWrnkYNYtbb6bRz4uxxDZusq0_rrDUTtUySHUdUl4poMLwxIaK8MgVkpdeGXMJ_qJHxVMlSqeENLQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-looking%20N%20up%20152nd%20St%20at%20the%20Avenue%20K-8%20turnaround%20point-Saddleback%20Butte.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Duke whips into the turnaround area as we look north up 160th Street<br /></b></span></div><br />The hot rodders typically make a big display of kicking up dust — and in the case of Duke's Corvette, spewing more blue smoke — whenever they hit the turnaround at the end of each lap.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxteqGlRbQx-ITUqg8W-qCoh_o0Sft2y_jckmVO7F9cCFuSjJk1lNNyhn-NXiPzECD8aBgR4nKi-ObVE_NdjaIQMqWGr_4XSgC-j2EHlP9Ga_euqnTT-Bjo4Gd6794P4E7OW71DEaMSeQGGNhL2dIojSKlD6-o-5Omqwf7-7Fr8t_7M9DtI96WNR7PSw/s4032/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-160th%20St%20looking%20N%20at%20bend%20in%20road%20where%20it%20meets%20Avenue%20K-8-turnaround%20point%20in%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6112.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxteqGlRbQx-ITUqg8W-qCoh_o0Sft2y_jckmVO7F9cCFuSjJk1lNNyhn-NXiPzECD8aBgR4nKi-ObVE_NdjaIQMqWGr_4XSgC-j2EHlP9Ga_euqnTT-Bjo4Gd6794P4E7OW71DEaMSeQGGNhL2dIojSKlD6-o-5Omqwf7-7Fr8t_7M9DtI96WNR7PSw/w640-h480/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-160th%20St%20looking%20N%20at%20bend%20in%20road%20where%20it%20meets%20Avenue%20K-8-turnaround%20point%20in%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6112.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The turnaround point in 2022: Still plenty of room to kick up dust<br /></b></span></div><br />This turnaround area is still there, and various tire tracks suggest that it may still be getting some use as a turnaround.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRGKPqWjTzFl-kdY49fvbMCKY8zRexfrcSdFuVrZgHdRMmqgNe3y4X1abxE0s4w-IptWXN1apQqd6P0dgc0JIn7Ov4ap7Bvk3X8OPlYxOkNqsCqAZ5-rP7jMT6Yo-POngMRC3aLd84IRTJ_rPucTedjrKHaGf122TGXpgVtqGfMSURMoDtrPbhWuVpQ/s3152/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens%20showing%20Avenue%20K-8:160th%20Street%20bend-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="3152" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRGKPqWjTzFl-kdY49fvbMCKY8zRexfrcSdFuVrZgHdRMmqgNe3y4X1abxE0s4w-IptWXN1apQqd6P0dgc0JIn7Ov4ap7Bvk3X8OPlYxOkNqsCqAZ5-rP7jMT6Yo-POngMRC3aLd84IRTJ_rPucTedjrKHaGf122TGXpgVtqGfMSURMoDtrPbhWuVpQ/w640-h336/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens%20showing%20Avenue%20K-8:160th%20Street%20bend-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Location of one of the main racing routes<br /></b></span></div><br />This action takes place along Avenue K-8 near 160th Street, just west of Wilsona Gardens and not far from Charlie's Gas & Oil. If you're following on Google Maps, note that Google misidentifies 160th Street as 152nd.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPdgamxBHIuImzo4NkNg8I7TnoNki20k1itihW2hdi545rjsALhFkC5Hxpd3RpLcXVAQyzE3t0Q4Ih-p6gBQydRgWiLZ5j2qu1MPWcKnbhs-JV3KGI_0-Rkfd8gmqI8c3NsA3yVQSZ2GyfKBjX-n7caWbEexm6ZSHIB8AYp-JOmMRtqvT_2-9oaa99A/s3152/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens%20showing%20Avenue%20K-8:152nd%20Street%20bend-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="3152" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPdgamxBHIuImzo4NkNg8I7TnoNki20k1itihW2hdi545rjsALhFkC5Hxpd3RpLcXVAQyzE3t0Q4Ih-p6gBQydRgWiLZ5j2qu1MPWcKnbhs-JV3KGI_0-Rkfd8gmqI8c3NsA3yVQSZ2GyfKBjX-n7caWbEexm6ZSHIB8AYp-JOmMRtqvT_2-9oaa99A/w640-h336/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Wilsona%20Gardens%20showing%20Avenue%20K-8:152nd%20Street%20bend-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the turnaround<br /></b></span></div><br />The turnaround spot where Duke kicks up dirt can still be found at the bend in the road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPaWk2qrFy4y9gshj1ZwLvE7BBZK0obUBtMXgvMOQ53x26yOdE0DY8js5rTpNFMOz2LbY80_w8m-ATbvB7DoRCivOxaVxbxVM5N3SlXu4VN4poeHk0eK5DdSIlZKx01b7vNnxzLZu8DH8NTijyIp7t9v6Zk0cHuPFEsfdGm1d2LjxQrbxz2YYs9zrUg/s2616/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-160th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20K-8-street%20sign%20at%20bend%20in%20road%20(turnaround%20point%20in%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell)-6097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2616" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPaWk2qrFy4y9gshj1ZwLvE7BBZK0obUBtMXgvMOQ53x26yOdE0DY8js5rTpNFMOz2LbY80_w8m-ATbvB7DoRCivOxaVxbxVM5N3SlXu4VN4poeHk0eK5DdSIlZKx01b7vNnxzLZu8DH8NTijyIp7t9v6Zk0cHuPFEsfdGm1d2LjxQrbxz2YYs9zrUg/w640-h378/2022%20(082822)-Wilsona%20Gardens-160th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20K-8-street%20sign%20at%20bend%20in%20road%20(turnaround%20point%20in%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell)-6097.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Street sign at the bend in the road: 160th Street East and Avenue K-8<br /></b></span></div><br />A street sign at the turnaround lets everyone know this is 160th Street at Avenue K-8, despite what Google Maps might want people to think.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWc7x-jcjmxtwx1wsgl7qw-JGQ6yhcS1STQYIHrrewERpH5szwairlS2PrOeUBdBxaJGaO3fyNIeucmMXfK_UuJiLr_HwokSpzs3eURi5GrKTTpGV2TlDmxzjJgz8oybUOuYGo65d6gDWutHu0YgUHYjhYPbnfuCDdu6i2QrKVOfE0GQCn_WKSkLnKg/s3336/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matched.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="3336" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWc7x-jcjmxtwx1wsgl7qw-JGQ6yhcS1STQYIHrrewERpH5szwairlS2PrOeUBdBxaJGaO3fyNIeucmMXfK_UuJiLr_HwokSpzs3eURi5GrKTTpGV2TlDmxzjJgz8oybUOuYGo65d6gDWutHu0YgUHYjhYPbnfuCDdu6i2QrKVOfE0GQCn_WKSkLnKg/w640-h328/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matched.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Drag racing up 150th Street<br /></b></span></div><br />Another favorite stretch of road is 150th Street south of Avenue M. In this shot we see Duke's Corvette — with Gloria attached to the roll bar, as usual — racing a couple of the kids' greaser pals in an old roadster.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSoWuxQI3_7H4v4wDjKUGEh1S-TqwzaQyzh7F1MOwE25XVhfSOozDA3nigT9_-SQRJcYSOoT7OocS2FKx7ofxPCL5Aeh41DRs5j3dvRtxB6IHpNG1LXewT6rh3lKiJEeBGALrjvJ6u32XgipT_11vpWjtf7_t8CPv9s6N6exaq5PyLpUN8o40PHcDCw/s3336/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matched-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="3336" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSoWuxQI3_7H4v4wDjKUGEh1S-TqwzaQyzh7F1MOwE25XVhfSOozDA3nigT9_-SQRJcYSOoT7OocS2FKx7ofxPCL5Aeh41DRs5j3dvRtxB6IHpNG1LXewT6rh3lKiJEeBGALrjvJ6u32XgipT_11vpWjtf7_t8CPv9s6N6exaq5PyLpUN8o40PHcDCw/w640-h328/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matched-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking south to Lovejoy Buttes<br /></b></span></div><br />The feature that dominates the background is the northern slope of Lovejoy Buttes, one of the area's most prominent butte formations.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30vJGSxriWPQhQxeiw06xHXa_pHGTrLtuplPxWyZ3kvDomyMT0l-aKIfLAUMasegBQvXk5RkOi2cMbZhKtiba0AY7bH-CqqxFW-sR57YcAO1VWxB-saK_iMa_Tjhwr2GNWv9-v87Kru-qEMzDWAgsO7oDkk3a3H-TjMLuRKoNpivmgjEpYIcTFUmGig/s3738/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20San%20Gabriels-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6168.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="3738" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30vJGSxriWPQhQxeiw06xHXa_pHGTrLtuplPxWyZ3kvDomyMT0l-aKIfLAUMasegBQvXk5RkOi2cMbZhKtiba0AY7bH-CqqxFW-sR57YcAO1VWxB-saK_iMa_Tjhwr2GNWv9-v87Kru-qEMzDWAgsO7oDkk3a3H-TjMLuRKoNpivmgjEpYIcTFUmGig/w640-h316/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20San%20Gabriels-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6168.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>150th Street and Lovejoy Buttes in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Lovejoy Buttes continues to provide a backdrop to the south if you're traveling on this stretch of 150th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJB6fSeXUZCffJ9sqa-OkdYzimc0aMJ5W3oXJ49WmDTEoeK7HJfR366NHKoFKjb3-lqRjNeDdyqJ0Z-anK5PYUxgd_PY6vm5zUz05_KqUHKYuhaIskFA6nGE-uEx8VaqdjnVtVmqSv3Lt4Xya7EpcGSVl3oekabNDfjrq8RaLvNGRUWrTVkFy2pau2A/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-small%20rock%20clump%20near%20football%20tossing%20location.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJB6fSeXUZCffJ9sqa-OkdYzimc0aMJ5W3oXJ49WmDTEoeK7HJfR366NHKoFKjb3-lqRjNeDdyqJ0Z-anK5PYUxgd_PY6vm5zUz05_KqUHKYuhaIskFA6nGE-uEx8VaqdjnVtVmqSv3Lt4Xya7EpcGSVl3oekabNDfjrq8RaLvNGRUWrTVkFy2pau2A/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-small%20rock%20clump%20near%20football%20tossing%20location.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The two hot rods race north up 150th Street, running the Phillips family off the road<br /></b></span></div><br />One problem the hot rodders have with the family in the Belvedere is that they keep getting in the way of the most important thing in the kids' lives: hot rod racing. In this sequence a race between two hot rods suddenly becomes a game of "chicken" with Mrs. Phillips, forcing the Belvedere off the road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnjfLv3z3nX0KK3hmxvt4679QUc2KwVhf7fcvFchv94uRZS1JA02rNNqpVrYX7CT527qMYFc08QxRrKyaat3NZQJnW3LK3yDfnhXA1YOyIUTpYJyfwK01U7e6N9VQa4eTvalNsKf_v20G2fxP8W0EsWSnYNcKCXRvg_OkFeB2is_SlyOEoZEXRHYrmQ/s1872/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-looking%20NW%20to%20roadside%20clump%20near%20football%20tossing%20sequence-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6153.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1872" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnjfLv3z3nX0KK3hmxvt4679QUc2KwVhf7fcvFchv94uRZS1JA02rNNqpVrYX7CT527qMYFc08QxRrKyaat3NZQJnW3LK3yDfnhXA1YOyIUTpYJyfwK01U7e6N9VQa4eTvalNsKf_v20G2fxP8W0EsWSnYNcKCXRvg_OkFeB2is_SlyOEoZEXRHYrmQ/w640-h362/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-looking%20NW%20to%20roadside%20clump%20near%20football%20tossing%20sequence-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6153.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2022: 150th Street, south of Avenue M<br /></b></span></div><br />We can easily pinpoint the location where the encounter takes place because the same big clump of rocks is still there by the side of 150th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX1vx91bCl8RprVzuw_aJAjeLFebJ2B4iebGysvkmRWLyVVOdgXvcms85SUSEa0KNzOtquk_rIPsAGqP6A45HS4jmyE57X8Dc3lgznCGXFvsj-HjpjRAjk62MQfFr6uJym3UZ3tj11Uu52KxzBoRbtNprR0IFZbWjWEMa8JBPfmVdfcg3H9thWFI0WA/s3550/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-looking%20NW%20to%20roadside%20clump-Belvedere%20just%20got%20run%20off%20the%20road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3550" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX1vx91bCl8RprVzuw_aJAjeLFebJ2B4iebGysvkmRWLyVVOdgXvcms85SUSEa0KNzOtquk_rIPsAGqP6A45HS4jmyE57X8Dc3lgznCGXFvsj-HjpjRAjk62MQfFr6uJym3UZ3tj11Uu52KxzBoRbtNprR0IFZbWjWEMa8JBPfmVdfcg3H9thWFI0WA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-looking%20NW%20to%20roadside%20clump-Belvedere%20just%20got%20run%20off%20the%20road.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Belvedere kicks up some dust of its own after being run off the road<br /></b></span></div><br />The car comes to a stop near the big roadside clump, prompting a spontaneous family meeting.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYvbtMG23v_A02Oaf9a9eThajFXovrR0KJPRCyd61JyhzzmSC9eRPutDVOBWwpOI9HJsmifhNRN_RFuScTRkmq3zr_P8xf-d_Tv-pijnes7N_C76cnfz2un_rx121YFE9JdIIdCYc9tEuqjEzCo_XLrAmu0e6ssm7FUMnmeQ0LsdgMEtXs8uH_9AV2w/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-family%20meeting%20in%20car.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYvbtMG23v_A02Oaf9a9eThajFXovrR0KJPRCyd61JyhzzmSC9eRPutDVOBWwpOI9HJsmifhNRN_RFuScTRkmq3zr_P8xf-d_Tv-pijnes7N_C76cnfz2un_rx121YFE9JdIIdCYc9tEuqjEzCo_XLrAmu0e6ssm7FUMnmeQ0LsdgMEtXs8uH_9AV2w/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-family%20meeting%20in%20car.png" width="640" /></a></div>Family meeting in the Belvedere<br /></b></span></div><br />After talking things over, Team Belvedere decides that as long as they're parked anyway, sort
of, this would be a great time to take a break from all the driving and
the getting hassled by juvenile delinquents.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjNkkqv_e8Gzo1iYVmmL6GpCyK1wBXBZmyW9kislQjAX_YVAe0VAAmGsWclWAWcnlF69Zsqq0lCmX7mNS4Hp0i7ebxouNeSG_p32UmtUrbUBpG3HORaNjNWmb5vd7ZoXn8-PnhA2syP2QJOSXlCO-9q5rX1JYmuTtT_Wje6djCYW6NUrb_pHge9jleg/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-family%20meeting%20in%20car-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjNkkqv_e8Gzo1iYVmmL6GpCyK1wBXBZmyW9kislQjAX_YVAe0VAAmGsWclWAWcnlF69Zsqq0lCmX7mNS4Hp0i7ebxouNeSG_p32UmtUrbUBpG3HORaNjNWmb5vd7ZoXn8-PnhA2syP2QJOSXlCO-9q5rX1JYmuTtT_Wje6djCYW6NUrb_pHge9jleg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-family%20meeting%20in%20car-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Note the rock in the rear window<br /></b></span></div><br />This meeting is filmed at the actual location, and underscoring that point is a rock that appears in the rear window of the Belvedere. We will see it again in just a moment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AZzF79vRh3s8nlzuoPDxsPYNPZJxw5-fQ9XlNgp7drhDXzT4MbCdlHUl6fVryRYTtTxvjbVHeSvczz0hq9n9j4cBrZ4YW31f5HXhZofJw6ChTOsgEiYelSw1osDthN0ke1JKBhzhts358wFq-MBDNOiR6gjR4o1Uo3JUKKDN0loZAyhDn5eB7d4kog/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Rocky%20Buttes%20to%20west.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AZzF79vRh3s8nlzuoPDxsPYNPZJxw5-fQ9XlNgp7drhDXzT4MbCdlHUl6fVryRYTtTxvjbVHeSvczz0hq9n9j4cBrZ4YW31f5HXhZofJw6ChTOsgEiYelSw1osDthN0ke1JKBhzhts358wFq-MBDNOiR6gjR4o1Uo3JUKKDN0loZAyhDn5eB7d4kog/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Rocky%20Buttes%20to%20west.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Time to toss the football around<br /></b></span></div><br />The kids get out of the car right there to play some catch, at young Jamie's insistence. Mom and Dad, meanwhile, commiserate about what a bummer this trip is turning out to be.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro81kKndWesbtM8bYfXETirtgcRv5icxn4rzZdIV65wYlTgms5iEsNQNdrIE4wG1-BU2XDkCf0_icu3yHO22ooWfn6CuBnJBrS34ED7Ka0XWCgttq0inn35eG3X3ZN1gUXC9kRUGnsEL5u8RmLp1tpKCVKuBE9pfxTabloWxMA5xll3FkuPam84TYdw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Rocky%20Buttes%20to%20west-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro81kKndWesbtM8bYfXETirtgcRv5icxn4rzZdIV65wYlTgms5iEsNQNdrIE4wG1-BU2XDkCf0_icu3yHO22ooWfn6CuBnJBrS34ED7Ka0XWCgttq0inn35eG3X3ZN1gUXC9kRUGnsEL5u8RmLp1tpKCVKuBE9pfxTabloWxMA5xll3FkuPam84TYdw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Rocky%20Buttes%20to%20west-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another major butte surfaces<br /></b></span></div><br />While this action is taking place, we get a look at yet another of the region's major rocky buttes. In fact, this one goes by the name "Rocky Buttes."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaadRBU3ASHF77JRLVgQdPrH0WdJojFE2uupZlH6hHGWSb2W3M0inx3lRVTgRw-_PvKPnqkETReoj1fyBRNatugm0_mJ_MRJcYN9w_1Si-AC0Y151yh50_P0ItVsokmd39IPu9fVKRGHfSKTwVN3KWbVVINWkFq21qfFarJcIQ9rCm5rtFgIHA7Rjlw/s3339/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-football%20tossing%20location-Rocky%20Buttes%20to%20west-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6127.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3339" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaadRBU3ASHF77JRLVgQdPrH0WdJojFE2uupZlH6hHGWSb2W3M0inx3lRVTgRw-_PvKPnqkETReoj1fyBRNatugm0_mJ_MRJcYN9w_1Si-AC0Y151yh50_P0ItVsokmd39IPu9fVKRGHfSKTwVN3KWbVVINWkFq21qfFarJcIQ9rCm5rtFgIHA7Rjlw/w640-h366/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-football%20tossing%20location-Rocky%20Buttes%20to%20west-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6127.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Rocky Buttes, immediately to the west (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />As you may have already guessed, Rocky Buttes is another rock formation that remains right where it's always been, as I was able to confirm on my recent visit to the site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfnjeXNh2Tltt13cYx1ds8xVxU8znzWE1Y3J3WYBX7Pal61HAtBeiB3Gnjg4oAOsdi7dHmqE89hwxo7516UAkSayo8_UVOnYqlLVj1mO6BvZl088LTBFBNwoEtwExwT3gNHEhjOdonDD-6zPUP6MxqWsaRj367UTCTUQfvdhcbo9zjVmB5A_X8il0Cg/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-family%20tossing%20football%20around.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfnjeXNh2Tltt13cYx1ds8xVxU8znzWE1Y3J3WYBX7Pal61HAtBeiB3Gnjg4oAOsdi7dHmqE89hwxo7516UAkSayo8_UVOnYqlLVj1mO6BvZl088LTBFBNwoEtwExwT3gNHEhjOdonDD-6zPUP6MxqWsaRj367UTCTUQfvdhcbo9zjVmB5A_X8il0Cg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-family%20tossing%20football%20around.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>An idyllic desert setting for a game of catch — just don't back up, Tina!<br /></b></span></div><br />Tom eventually joins the kids in the flinging of the pigskin, delighting Jamie while earning a typically teenage "who gives a flyin' half-a-crap" response from Tina.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6B7HOkU-w9kyXcobCBRPOcQBmxgpB0vOFox-sv7ZQnCC-OqD-S15CujYgrX-VxeO-cUhKBhkQ7rtv72mfRM7JSRzVA5w65BhUbT8f0QlBxhAWhI3fNiiXAbNDcryIUdyZaoYzPozy-lVzoxKOY0LTsf9U56se1mYDsyhewFZbcCKA0Stoqi5XQQlVDQ/s3448/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Tina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6B7HOkU-w9kyXcobCBRPOcQBmxgpB0vOFox-sv7ZQnCC-OqD-S15CujYgrX-VxeO-cUhKBhkQ7rtv72mfRM7JSRzVA5w65BhUbT8f0QlBxhAWhI3fNiiXAbNDcryIUdyZaoYzPozy-lVzoxKOY0LTsf9U56se1mYDsyhewFZbcCKA0Stoqi5XQQlVDQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Tina.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tina, played by Laurie Mock, has some thinking to do<br /></b></span></div><br />Tina's not exactly the football type — plus she's dealing with a crisis of conscience. She's secretly drawn to the hot rod life herself, although the last thing she wants to do is admit it to her traumatized parents.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeppq93btQd-SIV3ziu6BpyQ73fBD7nyithZViCLq-bWckZdW801YVeY9lZqWwlj4QfpEiBuNptLPG8iwJwNMDCNMTOTxjwwWNKoVG9Hc-v5RJ8tp0XvnVuFl4HFwzej2nl_CMLO4kMRvx5ivBFtiglOiW_wuZ0QG_YLbtQX2RSGVC8t0oEyyDlbHXjQ/s3448/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Tina-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeppq93btQd-SIV3ziu6BpyQ73fBD7nyithZViCLq-bWckZdW801YVeY9lZqWwlj4QfpEiBuNptLPG8iwJwNMDCNMTOTxjwwWNKoVG9Hc-v5RJ8tp0XvnVuFl4HFwzej2nl_CMLO4kMRvx5ivBFtiglOiW_wuZ0QG_YLbtQX2RSGVC8t0oEyyDlbHXjQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-near%20roadside%20clump-Tina-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A lumpy rock formation peeks in over Tina's shoulder<br /></b></span></div><br />But while she's thinking things through, at least they put her in front of an interesting rock — the same rock we saw a moment ago through the rear window of the Belvedere.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QE_n2zwKo-kkxTMTWkgYRSiRAYUEkYJJSrchAXIJACuXWr7L6oOxjIZzPTOa0DOfy8gHOepxi3fQVZYP-sPM7GVx3eqlrdnWC4AkDDGTXivXrGxRiiehbCLuAPCYviNccM0_LVqiRCr0D1aMSsNhqUZfnhFNzo6Tq1AxDUqxKz69gqJBJSGkxf6XgA/s4032/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-small%20formation%20seen%20behind%20Tina%20during%20football%20tossing%20sequence-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QE_n2zwKo-kkxTMTWkgYRSiRAYUEkYJJSrchAXIJACuXWr7L6oOxjIZzPTOa0DOfy8gHOepxi3fQVZYP-sPM7GVx3eqlrdnWC4AkDDGTXivXrGxRiiehbCLuAPCYviNccM0_LVqiRCr0D1aMSsNhqUZfnhFNzo6Tq1AxDUqxKz69gqJBJSGkxf6XgA/w640-h480/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-small%20formation%20seen%20behind%20Tina%20during%20football%20tossing%20sequence-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock formation in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />And like just about all of the rocks in the area, this one is still there too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUXFkIxJtjn9lELjFSwdUQ8iIGpZtpZWA7AU25j3MglnFkreSro2afnaRcd0VSHiQZF4vzwPa4BdDKre-yF1KWZPYmBy55lavZfblTkREl3ScMTT7bkTg7-JmUK-7b1w-3qpb5owSo9BCwnLrJBPvDe-l2uMjjrmxF031n_-UsIAURGkd5s5yEeWdMg/s3879/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-roadside%20clump,%20incl%20small%20formation%20seen%20behind%20Tina%20during%20football%20tossing%20sequence-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6126-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="3879" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUXFkIxJtjn9lELjFSwdUQ8iIGpZtpZWA7AU25j3MglnFkreSro2afnaRcd0VSHiQZF4vzwPa4BdDKre-yF1KWZPYmBy55lavZfblTkREl3ScMTT7bkTg7-JmUK-7b1w-3qpb5owSo9BCwnLrJBPvDe-l2uMjjrmxF031n_-UsIAURGkd5s5yEeWdMg/w640-h324/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-roadside%20clump,%20incl%20small%20formation%20seen%20behind%20Tina%20during%20football%20tossing%20sequence-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6126-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Tina's rock, just off 150th Street<br /></b></span></div><br />Tina's "thinkin' rock" is tucked in behind the main roadside clump.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid24dB43XjSLiHStNYQF10z7-NiFn2bkIeabUlvTgq2QMroCh2WTjZW9ff8qw59AiWxOOC080qgYHZxzxy7lizyKOk6yZooOf6SrjK7UfMQjdgjbrfMWzF_66QyR1z1jGqLtWOrqfCqef9dNQ51NWBt802-bX5c7kkJZGJzTEbEkbE91U3ltVNpixUqw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-looking%20NE%20to%20Piute%20Butte%20(L)%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-tossing%20football-matches%20Google%20SV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid24dB43XjSLiHStNYQF10z7-NiFn2bkIeabUlvTgq2QMroCh2WTjZW9ff8qw59AiWxOOC080qgYHZxzxy7lizyKOk6yZooOf6SrjK7UfMQjdgjbrfMWzF_66QyR1z1jGqLtWOrqfCqef9dNQ51NWBt802-bX5c7kkJZGJzTEbEkbE91U3ltVNpixUqw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-looking%20NE%20to%20Piute%20Butte%20(L)%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-tossing%20football-matches%20Google%20SV.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tom can do this with his eyes closed!<br /></b></span></div><br />Daddy Tom was something of a football hero in high school, but he's not exactly feelin' it these days.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59h1YZAPTXTYoqWObyimEgIn-2qnJVVZfjNb5NrmsW6ewEVLotjaFW35SmHJqfe_RRlGtXtCwJe-bSRe8yuZe8qwGs2rMHvJmcFLNvqvDKwn04vdMJV3In-OfVxyCaSRv4Xj8htJhq61zYQjtIXlLk_a9_U3WMQnVQznpzcKecAkK4U6ZI6CRaCxM-g/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-looking%20NE%20to%20Piute%20Butte%20(L)%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-tossing%20football-matches%20Google%20SV-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59h1YZAPTXTYoqWObyimEgIn-2qnJVVZfjNb5NrmsW6ewEVLotjaFW35SmHJqfe_RRlGtXtCwJe-bSRe8yuZe8qwGs2rMHvJmcFLNvqvDKwn04vdMJV3In-OfVxyCaSRv4Xj8htJhq61zYQjtIXlLk_a9_U3WMQnVQznpzcKecAkK4U6ZI6CRaCxM-g/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-looking%20NE%20to%20Piute%20Butte%20(L)%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte-tossing%20football-matches%20Google%20SV-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking northeast from the football tossing area<br /></b></span></div><br />The shot of Tom is taken with the camera shooting northeast, and captures two buttes that may be starting to become familiar sights: Piute and Saddleback.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik57js8mAlrOJRt1Q5eBFF-ALHifXz9s2Ii5eR64Wr9BP5V8HwTOM2gN5PMi5kR6-0g36dTaBlUXB9HRWDUvzHU5Rf8LMB82Xxvha6It6TaifJR162b7pfzxkbPaU9h536eTxO3CpXK2TJjpBZ9_mbQNU4LQlg81m0lGXVtpN_YVw4auSU6cJTg8gYUw/s1611/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-Piute%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20looking%20NE,%20as%20seen%20behind%20Tom%20during%20football%20tossing%20sequence-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1611" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik57js8mAlrOJRt1Q5eBFF-ALHifXz9s2Ii5eR64Wr9BP5V8HwTOM2gN5PMi5kR6-0g36dTaBlUXB9HRWDUvzHU5Rf8LMB82Xxvha6It6TaifJR162b7pfzxkbPaU9h536eTxO3CpXK2TJjpBZ9_mbQNU4LQlg81m0lGXVtpN_YVw4auSU6cJTg8gYUw/w640-h364/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St-Piute%20Butte%20and%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20looking%20NE,%20as%20seen%20behind%20Tom%20during%20football%20tossing%20sequence-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same buttes in 2022, from about the same angle<br /></b></span></div><br />Here again we were able to duplicate the shot on our recent visit to the location, and we can see that, once again, not much has changed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGygyGtfcO7ZMcRisEUxg1ATASb5FuVK3T9aK3pZBtvtQmDDZMQWCbMDx_YaEFt4bmqLZaGFpgTU_g50jq4UzPXZd8UuCXFwTLRQ5V8y6WVu4BMINNh4U_DroIx0y8jRzretHKxMmEDTJkMxlyN4-IlKrCtWbEAVxgSPgLQA6Vru4jsWh7Wi0eUr4bGw/s3054/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-western%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20incl.%20Avenue%20M,%20150th%20St,%20Avenue%20O-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3054" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGygyGtfcO7ZMcRisEUxg1ATASb5FuVK3T9aK3pZBtvtQmDDZMQWCbMDx_YaEFt4bmqLZaGFpgTU_g50jq4UzPXZd8UuCXFwTLRQ5V8y6WVu4BMINNh4U_DroIx0y8jRzretHKxMmEDTJkMxlyN4-IlKrCtWbEAVxgSPgLQA6Vru4jsWh7Wi0eUr4bGw/w640-h510/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-western%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20incl.%20Avenue%20M,%20150th%20St,%20Avenue%20O-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the football sequence<br /></b></span></div><br />The football tossing scenes take place alongside 150th Street on the western edge of Lake Los Angeles, a short distance south of Avenue M.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS-hTBTi-NSnZEem2BEKMVe0K_Oo7hCx0WTowLtBJec7BT_srwcifOJfhriCN3lqHS8SZeFb4BtDU0aUZA2u0S59GyayXXsdvurVmV_XZDgq1qYDDF7Z-ebqNBmyWkRe7l8Obj3R-Ml5fQhxzc1VETxu6w7_bKnDszTk6GJFoaWYQQP7vflqT63Z2XQ/s3054/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-western%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20incl.%20Avenue%20M,%20150th%20St,%20Avenue%20O-noted%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3054" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS-hTBTi-NSnZEem2BEKMVe0K_Oo7hCx0WTowLtBJec7BT_srwcifOJfhriCN3lqHS8SZeFb4BtDU0aUZA2u0S59GyayXXsdvurVmV_XZDgq1qYDDF7Z-ebqNBmyWkRe7l8Obj3R-Ml5fQhxzc1VETxu6w7_bKnDszTk6GJFoaWYQQP7vflqT63Z2XQ/w640-h510/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-western%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20incl.%20Avenue%20M,%20150th%20St,%20Avenue%20O-noted%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Buttes of the western Lake Los Angeles area<br /></b></span></div><br />A number of key buttes can also be found in this area, including Rocky Buttes, adjacent to the football tossing location, and a smaller formation I call "Longview Butte," south of Avenue O.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi6_1iXbSnkLa26ft9hkhJPtGjhFbQXbJZhr6c_JPtDQW9Iwax7Ed3cKPM4ZKICuZ0w_uL_k5puKOzqpYv3Qs-tQI96Tz_tYpB94CPHP_L-F3PuzfLk0o4fu74cJgX_0LViXGdb69KDAyMLsFTxQVVaUUafE4AueAYDGjfc4iGzGAZrZXd0BAL_HDLg/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east%20near%20Longview%20Road,%20with%20Longview%20Butte-more%20hot%20rods%20join%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi6_1iXbSnkLa26ft9hkhJPtGjhFbQXbJZhr6c_JPtDQW9Iwax7Ed3cKPM4ZKICuZ0w_uL_k5puKOzqpYv3Qs-tQI96Tz_tYpB94CPHP_L-F3PuzfLk0o4fu74cJgX_0LViXGdb69KDAyMLsFTxQVVaUUafE4AueAYDGjfc4iGzGAZrZXd0BAL_HDLg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east%20near%20Longview%20Road,%20with%20Longview%20Butte-more%20hot%20rods%20join%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>More hot rods join the feeding frenzy</b></span></div><br />Longview Butte gets some screen time during a sequence in which the number of menacing hot rods multiplies. That's Longview Butte on the right, as the hot rodders speed west on Avenue O.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyAbv59ivRvqf_irNYsvixcokbOffHCeAu4unSTCu2_pniFYwxNVj1S0PwI7WIR_q8ZGYOGkMzUmqVSXi8S0zNLoNnIvbvVUHykKKsMbT6bjBX-tAXD7WQjLqh3BZvhRnx8R6wA1AHrbMBE1PGhHuhaJuZFvqD03kLIkc75OQuKPiwGd0d7cyPap65A/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east%20near%20Longview%20Road,%20with%20Longview%20Butte-four%20hot%20rides%20lined%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyAbv59ivRvqf_irNYsvixcokbOffHCeAu4unSTCu2_pniFYwxNVj1S0PwI7WIR_q8ZGYOGkMzUmqVSXi8S0zNLoNnIvbvVUHykKKsMbT6bjBX-tAXD7WQjLqh3BZvhRnx8R6wA1AHrbMBE1PGhHuhaJuZFvqD03kLIkc75OQuKPiwGd0d7cyPap65A/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east%20near%20Longview%20Road,%20with%20Longview%20Butte-four%20hot%20rides%20lined%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Making good use of the road's wide shoulders<br /></b></span></div><br />I believe the filmmakers chose this particular stretch of road because it features smooth dirt shoulders on both sides of the road, enabling them to line up as many as four hot rods side by side.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9k80AP96kXqwG3IWbCL8h9IMdNd8WyE9lXea0Qlpj8vx0B3VrfBfwNdfAQZzjnuHY8hCm7jlnUBmu0Qw-n5ptycmM-xL51R4xeBCgTCQGjqX49Gf9yRyHRSVVs9ls0DDCuxPb96nz7vhFVL4xAZL4eKNMqRfllSdBSwY8F01Fb5xBJFAXdnYPka9lg/s2802/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20O,%20W%20of%20136th%20St-Longview%20Butte-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6225-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="2802" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9k80AP96kXqwG3IWbCL8h9IMdNd8WyE9lXea0Qlpj8vx0B3VrfBfwNdfAQZzjnuHY8hCm7jlnUBmu0Qw-n5ptycmM-xL51R4xeBCgTCQGjqX49Gf9yRyHRSVVs9ls0DDCuxPb96nz7vhFVL4xAZL4eKNMqRfllSdBSwY8F01Fb5xBJFAXdnYPka9lg/w640-h360/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20O,%20W%20of%20136th%20St-Longview%20Butte-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-6225-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking east down the same stretch of Avenue O in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />"Longview
Butte" is my name for this small butte west of Lake Los Angeles. The
butte is located near Longview Road, which is an alternative name for
135th Street East.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEavmck90HRDeRo4-SqveliBLQdogxt21IdP65JySmxl6b-htDiZ0TybOn0XcwbMZgaFhkETWsJJfhcSCdSMxyRdwlH4hq0wae29_J6auVJCKC1arW270XwtQgYX4cBjOjiygEd2Cj-TnLogqaSJsik-YPglFJ4Zxr4rlXxzM5KRFKcvhT07xuxXfdkA/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-four%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEavmck90HRDeRo4-SqveliBLQdogxt21IdP65JySmxl6b-htDiZ0TybOn0XcwbMZgaFhkETWsJJfhcSCdSMxyRdwlH4hq0wae29_J6auVJCKC1arW270XwtQgYX4cBjOjiygEd2Cj-TnLogqaSJsik-YPglFJ4Zxr4rlXxzM5KRFKcvhT07xuxXfdkA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-four%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The hot rodders raise the intensity level of their terror tactics<br /></b></span></div><br />The hot rods quickly catch up to the Phillips family in their overmatched Belvedere. It doesn't take long, because first of all, it's a '61 Belvedere, but on top of that it's running on one of Charlie's spare tires.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUvMmNx6Ci9UdCitRWfbYIWmCDBvOAi_O3mQeK33xvdB2bqXa-REmE9a6Sm7OrxInXXzL9Y1Vnhk92LHQkI62jqFaR5d3tqJqM4nwRXgmcl04hnvZQvIMc_1SPPv_Gaeqyv9Cp1JVHppDxWpewM0eoPKH04D9DwdZXhwh-hT_fRAfp0xR6J-o9pwQkA/s3050/2015%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Mojave%20Desert-Avenue%20O%20near%20110th%20Street%20(betw%20110th%20and%20Big%20Rock%20Wash),%20looking%20E%20toward%20tip%20of%20Longview%20Butte,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20formation%20driving%20sequence.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="3050" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUvMmNx6Ci9UdCitRWfbYIWmCDBvOAi_O3mQeK33xvdB2bqXa-REmE9a6Sm7OrxInXXzL9Y1Vnhk92LHQkI62jqFaR5d3tqJqM4nwRXgmcl04hnvZQvIMc_1SPPv_Gaeqyv9Cp1JVHppDxWpewM0eoPKH04D9DwdZXhwh-hT_fRAfp0xR6J-o9pwQkA/w640-h362/2015%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Mojave%20Desert-Avenue%20O%20near%20110th%20Street%20(betw%20110th%20and%20Big%20Rock%20Wash),%20looking%20E%20toward%20tip%20of%20Longview%20Butte,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20formation%20driving%20sequence.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in modern times, with modern traffic (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />The terror continues to play out on Avenue O, a little west of the previous location, near 110th Street. This is about as far west as "Hot Rods to Hell's" Mojave Desert shoot would go.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCf7PG4oaklRpLwJrGjJil5L2GmlmKaw73K32UKTEkjaz9oXfPzTem_WEKigXY2KbpBXNERnZNsCP7xzB86LzHzjNVYgRlRo7z9vNdEKn14Kb3oy_VSYc4SmJsin2FxZyvPSU2XVd_Ro70ZwIQ16jD3zdF0pMPd-WOR9HzOJOqB7zilvAOgEDH3nsWFQ/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-four%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCf7PG4oaklRpLwJrGjJil5L2GmlmKaw73K32UKTEkjaz9oXfPzTem_WEKigXY2KbpBXNERnZNsCP7xzB86LzHzjNVYgRlRo7z9vNdEKn14Kb3oy_VSYc4SmJsin2FxZyvPSU2XVd_Ro70ZwIQ16jD3zdF0pMPd-WOR9HzOJOqB7zilvAOgEDH3nsWFQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-four%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Two familiar buttes in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />Even though this stretch of road doesn't have much in the way of landmarks, we can spot enough of them to figure out where it is — including partial views of Longview Butte and Lovejoy Buttes.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCJyON1LVH5sfCu8ELfDgQAwfMmkPbSV-Oh1Y9ZtOv-j9H00aNtdzPqp7oZ7CQtcgtgeB4qSTUPfWznh47P5R1KvRyaVq91wPYbACWZHDXp3PbKhavhzjouUpDNfLVb3m3uqEuXcKmbe82ntBNeAyN2rWRWv4VVdeiieiWERJMgDWNTOpLUHsPmHFIA/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-four%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCJyON1LVH5sfCu8ELfDgQAwfMmkPbSV-Oh1Y9ZtOv-j9H00aNtdzPqp7oZ7CQtcgtgeB4qSTUPfWznh47P5R1KvRyaVq91wPYbACWZHDXp3PbKhavhzjouUpDNfLVb3m3uqEuXcKmbe82ntBNeAyN2rWRWv4VVdeiieiWERJMgDWNTOpLUHsPmHFIA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-four%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A lesser-known Mojave Desert landmark<br /></b></span></div><br />The same movie shot also provides a glimpse of the area where Big Rock Wash crosses Avenue O and the road dips a little before going up a slight rise as it continues east.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilyuy66q0HVuh9lmsXH2oOYDDEgAWN4rlA_HABR4kHOgpU99HuSWBb0Z_0DX9DxJdxo1BOa-wO9m0shRW92tdrf08GsiNAi2nsXLqzGPxOxHYlyJ52R_eFVEKZ1as1vPPjRZLrSwfRRuTHDu895ddOI1ovIdblmyJh-Vo4UyGBKWq0dSStOo0puB2_g/s3456/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-six%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3456" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilyuy66q0HVuh9lmsXH2oOYDDEgAWN4rlA_HABR4kHOgpU99HuSWBb0Z_0DX9DxJdxo1BOa-wO9m0shRW92tdrf08GsiNAi2nsXLqzGPxOxHYlyJ52R_eFVEKZ1as1vPPjRZLrSwfRRuTHDu895ddOI1ovIdblmyJh-Vo4UyGBKWq0dSStOo0puB2_g/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Avenue%20O%20looking%20east,%20with%20Longview%20Butte%20visible%20above%20the%20rise-six%20hot%20rods%20do%20formation%20driving%20around%20the%20Belvedere.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The hot rodders show off their precision driving skills<br /></b></span></div><br />Now the movie presents the hot rod club at full strength, with no less than six hot rods weaving back and forth around a terrified Phillips family with the precision of an Olympic synchronized swimming team. Who's teaching that driver's training class, Joie Chitwood?<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexDXQfDFPvZHKQHJlcJ4AmNeOVdA_FW78M6PhbbOaG0Tgl0VSv1HsnD6Uf2BJ2wr3iahUG10hvYAhHN8ak5ylgJjZYJY1fMnW0M-rPS3gDX3P6hTGjRKP8sShBw2TXxoIfKiR1o8M8IIaeGoWgNGanDzBD_aEXOSUSj5KNiobeMuSina6i9ElgQrYOQ/s961/1956%20(ca)-Joie%20Chitwood's%20Thrill%20Show-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexDXQfDFPvZHKQHJlcJ4AmNeOVdA_FW78M6PhbbOaG0Tgl0VSv1HsnD6Uf2BJ2wr3iahUG10hvYAhHN8ak5ylgJjZYJY1fMnW0M-rPS3gDX3P6hTGjRKP8sShBw2TXxoIfKiR1o8M8IIaeGoWgNGanDzBD_aEXOSUSj5KNiobeMuSina6i9ElgQrYOQ/w560-h640/1956%20(ca)-Joie%20Chitwood's%20Thrill%20Show-poster.jpg" width="560" /></a></div>Poster for the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show (circa 1956)<br /></b></span></div><br />I realize almost nobody will get that Joie Chitwood reference, and some readers may even be tempted to look it up. But I'm so old that I'm convinced I know what I'm talking about.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7kEFFT6VW7k8yjotEgoOirZM7tsKqLEhz_GhyiTgia5rbKktMKmPw7FATxVYsNfRnH7913HPUlI9KnVJxXNJ0JiNgYyca4dZ1GxzeqrEVAQCwiRVBQVcRblkrDrOHBlQ5b-MYpAkBdDetsvYWgJFTzqhE3NH4TqO_AJOR99hoBdoZGvC0wVTKq0M9A/s1228/1950s%20(ca)-Joie%20Chitwood%20Thrill%20Show-1958%20Corvette.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1228" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7kEFFT6VW7k8yjotEgoOirZM7tsKqLEhz_GhyiTgia5rbKktMKmPw7FATxVYsNfRnH7913HPUlI9KnVJxXNJ0JiNgYyca4dZ1GxzeqrEVAQCwiRVBQVcRblkrDrOHBlQ5b-MYpAkBdDetsvYWgJFTzqhE3NH4TqO_AJOR99hoBdoZGvC0wVTKq0M9A/w640-h388/1950s%20(ca)-Joie%20Chitwood%20Thrill%20Show-1958%20Corvette.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Chitwood's '58 'Vette catches some air<br /></b></span></div><br />The Joie Chitwood Thrill Show even had its own 1958 Corvette, just like "Hot Rods to Hell." The Chitwood operation didn't see a need for a roll bar, but then, they didn't have Gloria to haul around.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRCEGE-yq4gPBp7Vus9i6l2FO3ZMyfVpwhty_MGGC2mnSdLGwk9PjuXuzZe80gxrmvh3z_9ZCdrvDwT39o9Za_bEpua6eCkHYBPxY2i_e3ozWuc-RfiZnILeb9aqN2nnAHVHAaKs9cehh1ag0oaSc959BbB6eeh1CfjnkCrrLm7sGpcHc6qHmM7MR5A/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRCEGE-yq4gPBp7Vus9i6l2FO3ZMyfVpwhty_MGGC2mnSdLGwk9PjuXuzZe80gxrmvh3z_9ZCdrvDwT39o9Za_bEpua6eCkHYBPxY2i_e3ozWuc-RfiZnILeb9aqN2nnAHVHAaKs9cehh1ag0oaSc959BbB6eeh1CfjnkCrrLm7sGpcHc6qHmM7MR5A/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The troublesome Corvette arrives at Makeout Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />"Hot Rods to Hell" found its way on a few occasions into what today is midtown Lake Los Angeles — especially when the randy teenagers would visit what I like to call "Makeout Rock."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj-2N4B2cOT7w1S7Txyi3c2c7US4rLtDn_p7oQGZnaMROQTKrKRlZkvTGbCLbx8WWKW_6NjU4pL1-Ovzq02GYhsY68UNcx_EEeex7-DU2arjjR0dJ6PjkEr-gaNWAQr5gAw_U1_39qznBNISkFc_IAL6WHEnWcZwvlusJX1aAup8Cx-M5CnmJq-lIgg/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj-2N4B2cOT7w1S7Txyi3c2c7US4rLtDn_p7oQGZnaMROQTKrKRlZkvTGbCLbx8WWKW_6NjU4pL1-Ovzq02GYhsY68UNcx_EEeex7-DU2arjjR0dJ6PjkEr-gaNWAQr5gAw_U1_39qznBNISkFc_IAL6WHEnWcZwvlusJX1aAup8Cx-M5CnmJq-lIgg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Does this mean we'll finally see some <i>real</i> action?<br /></b></span></div><br />If there's one thing wild desert teenagers like to do almost as much as racing hot rods, it's making out, and being anywhere near Makeout Rock seems to instantly awaken those urges.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWxORMMpq21fB2w_gLiXzT-J8dnS1NQmMXGpBy2yP01krR81hHgRIKJV36z1WiwqDEQpJ7Jc3QDqhdJrKwTNxOj6ARby4o-WUzhPfEVDJO2gplsPGctsPzLvS6BsnSujeDpIXYU6phjdgWgZcZGQ9wtA7Tlh8hKPyHGW5A2ceLLv3-RF6MEsfKCWsXw/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Gloria%20and%20Duke%20get%20romantic%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWxORMMpq21fB2w_gLiXzT-J8dnS1NQmMXGpBy2yP01krR81hHgRIKJV36z1WiwqDEQpJ7Jc3QDqhdJrKwTNxOj6ARby4o-WUzhPfEVDJO2gplsPGctsPzLvS6BsnSujeDpIXYU6phjdgWgZcZGQ9wtA7Tlh8hKPyHGW5A2ceLLv3-RF6MEsfKCWsXw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Gloria%20and%20Duke%20get%20romantic%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Gloria starts getting friendly with Duke while the youths are parked next to Makeout Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Even the moody Gloria hears the call of the wild whenever she finds herself in close proximity to the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vVeLera033phfBaGsFtW8cP5-fv2_-CxMwe8R3E8fkS_9fMK7JdLufo7uLJUTEB9PTYZ-2pMcYd-Gma06lw3H7O9oZqCAN4yRsc8Bxx4RtO1f8KFfjw4aaNMrFULLNbdHsBVBdhyQAZsk09882eBT2YyQsdyNUYb5eKTFKD1-BALAod8TSFNdA_3mw/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Gloria%20and%20Duke%20get%20romantic%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vVeLera033phfBaGsFtW8cP5-fv2_-CxMwe8R3E8fkS_9fMK7JdLufo7uLJUTEB9PTYZ-2pMcYd-Gma06lw3H7O9oZqCAN4yRsc8Bxx4RtO1f8KFfjw4aaNMrFULLNbdHsBVBdhyQAZsk09882eBT2YyQsdyNUYb5eKTFKD1-BALAod8TSFNdA_3mw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Gloria%20and%20Duke%20get%20romantic%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ernie looks on in disgust as things heat up<br /></b></span></div><br />But three's a crowd when the love mojo's about to boil over, and unfortunately for Ernie, he's the odd man out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0k6mslBAoPNkxMQUymot4-zV2Sibt6UVkX5ij4-AgQrh0LGoHfJPy2T0768KjGcGNMglINEWT5t7tkno_aAoC6zr2Fa1M9rykEVWvOXws1cw-h0PGZ6BklyeQk_eHpUHqkDoqGg2g7d-Lkw3Pam_9MIhhA7tDbkhkLe17iLBRsireYXirwHYTWsDbmw/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Gloria%20and%20Duke%20get%20romantic%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0k6mslBAoPNkxMQUymot4-zV2Sibt6UVkX5ij4-AgQrh0LGoHfJPy2T0768KjGcGNMglINEWT5t7tkno_aAoC6zr2Fa1M9rykEVWvOXws1cw-h0PGZ6BklyeQk_eHpUHqkDoqGg2g7d-Lkw3Pam_9MIhhA7tDbkhkLe17iLBRsireYXirwHYTWsDbmw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Gloria%20and%20Duke%20get%20romantic%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ernie braces for his marching orders<br /></b></span></div><br />Ernie knows what's about to happen as soon as Duke and Gloria crawl out of the 'Vette — he's about to be told to take a hike.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xoaW_CUovMPIaIgxeBkD1pdphXlk5YylrnAO17XCYIKl1Yd-z13aIhdPjqvi4k6zLxIZJorAG7UTBOPD3-Oha0UALxK6AtCZ_kRCsr6NckjaNfWIx2FvnVxAH3YsI2Me99B4sMXtdUrlbiQu3pbKfn7GAv4KMkheHAMKPacxdTk0q9EZoFDU3Hayqw/s1342/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-Makeout%20Rock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1342" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xoaW_CUovMPIaIgxeBkD1pdphXlk5YylrnAO17XCYIKl1Yd-z13aIhdPjqvi4k6zLxIZJorAG7UTBOPD3-Oha0UALxK6AtCZ_kRCsr6NckjaNfWIx2FvnVxAH3YsI2Me99B4sMXtdUrlbiQu3pbKfn7GAv4KMkheHAMKPacxdTk0q9EZoFDU3Hayqw/w640-h518/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-Makeout%20Rock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Duke and Gloria go at it while Ernie awaits the command to beat it<br /></b></span></div><br />The tender moment when Duke is about to tell Ernie to get lost is captured in a promo still for "Hot Rods to Hell," with Makeout Rock prominently featured in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnUX0nWi-NMxiowKkRVwDbPoztk7mBuw9VlXXAj0L1vf9uGWtIdbXSTNJIWUBlho8yN5agzBmT1qDKAcGVe7Q-zI2unZefxwJ13a7jaU75359R-KCQc3Ltzwwjy5fkCe5vFP-Y2XZe6hi3FUlnrQ2hWfcbymEi88kXTfHfowfmudN-rsJLSoAWIG2SA/s2966/1963-Wagon%20Train%206.30-The%20Blane%20Wessels%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2966" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnUX0nWi-NMxiowKkRVwDbPoztk7mBuw9VlXXAj0L1vf9uGWtIdbXSTNJIWUBlho8yN5agzBmT1qDKAcGVe7Q-zI2unZefxwJ13a7jaU75359R-KCQc3Ltzwwjy5fkCe5vFP-Y2XZe6hi3FUlnrQ2hWfcbymEi88kXTfHfowfmudN-rsJLSoAWIG2SA/w640-h474/1963-Wagon%20Train%206.30-The%20Blane%20Wessels%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Makeout Rock in "Wagon Train" (1963)</b></span></div><br />"Hot
Rods to Hell" isn't the only production to showcase Makeout Rock,
although it may be the only one to show people actually making out
there. Most of the other ones are Westerns.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvTE-pSlQOhmhNvJn_IQEkSxBU2usdLAEJuXmH_BihhNh9fP9g8OoDq8OyfjPCzMHCXhYtoaj0yIfheVUR95QMrM74OyBZkBiotGa7nPTWVSgIRvPyfve8AAVQOMobnpTWoY4z929sGS_I8UOPVNufUgk0euPf53YeDYYuTX0gfJZ7lGnI4CnNoQNbA/s2966/1963-Wagon%20Train%206.30-The%20Blane%20Wessels%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock%203-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2966" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvTE-pSlQOhmhNvJn_IQEkSxBU2usdLAEJuXmH_BihhNh9fP9g8OoDq8OyfjPCzMHCXhYtoaj0yIfheVUR95QMrM74OyBZkBiotGa7nPTWVSgIRvPyfve8AAVQOMobnpTWoY4z929sGS_I8UOPVNufUgk0euPf53YeDYYuTX0gfJZ7lGnI4CnNoQNbA/w640-h474/1963-Wagon%20Train%206.30-The%20Blane%20Wessels%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock%203-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Blane Wessels Story"<br /></b></span></div><br />Back in 1963, "Wagon Train" viewers watched settlers fight to the death
with the Cheyenne at the same rock in the episode "The Blane Wessels
Story."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB1BsdmmMSo_nEV2eHA3R1wKUaJyON-Hdlk5sWS0vP4ejJWS0ioB25lDA1bkGYCi698RsnLSEZjKDqhaPErGLF9Xr976wqF7RgDCrZ--F062urpFVLtrpzhmwTU3NHnIhqXdeV6aHbMv_-a7lCAggc2N92O-4JjB4oI6ZgoK6EGAIUoOFoXvEsBTyvw/s3372/1965-Virginian%204.10-Beyond%20the%20Border-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile%20w%20Fire%20Station%20Butte%20in%20bg,%20shooting%20approx%20SW%20fr%20near%20171st%20or%20172nd%20cul%20de%20sac-Makeout%20Rock,%20right.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="3372" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB1BsdmmMSo_nEV2eHA3R1wKUaJyON-Hdlk5sWS0vP4ejJWS0ioB25lDA1bkGYCi698RsnLSEZjKDqhaPErGLF9Xr976wqF7RgDCrZ--F062urpFVLtrpzhmwTU3NHnIhqXdeV6aHbMv_-a7lCAggc2N92O-4JjB4oI6ZgoK6EGAIUoOFoXvEsBTyvw/w640-h474/1965-Virginian%204.10-Beyond%20the%20Border-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile%20w%20Fire%20Station%20Butte%20in%20bg,%20shooting%20approx%20SW%20fr%20near%20171st%20or%20172nd%20cul%20de%20sac-Makeout%20Rock,%20right.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian" (1965): Makeout Rock on the right, with Water Tower Rockpile<br /></b></span></div><br />An episode of "The Virginian" captured Makeout Rock in the same shot as another nearby Lake Los Angeles rock feature, Water Tower Rockpile.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVaP9Vu__wVZb-n-NibSziLke50anJI9X1L-1IcQzO_CxpiF8XP10nycG6VA7abPEPtNLIa8lqD0ruM8M_GrFlatiK5pU0Hiyz5p63UhB1bDSEZMdTekxjM-vUJGJ5zdG78GgiTSwUNfTTZe-iQw8_ovszy1Lq8ut4nmT6WproGNfIqtoME8LHDaGeA/s3372/1965-Virginian%204.10-Beyond%20the%20Border-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile%20w%20Fire%20Station%20Butte%20in%20bg,%20shooting%20approx%20SW%20fr%20near%20171st%20or%20172nd%20cul%20de%20sac-Makeout%20Rock,%20right-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="3372" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVaP9Vu__wVZb-n-NibSziLke50anJI9X1L-1IcQzO_CxpiF8XP10nycG6VA7abPEPtNLIa8lqD0ruM8M_GrFlatiK5pU0Hiyz5p63UhB1bDSEZMdTekxjM-vUJGJ5zdG78GgiTSwUNfTTZe-iQw8_ovszy1Lq8ut4nmT6WproGNfIqtoME8LHDaGeA/w640-h474/1965-Virginian%204.10-Beyond%20the%20Border-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile%20w%20Fire%20Station%20Butte%20in%20bg,%20shooting%20approx%20SW%20fr%20near%20171st%20or%20172nd%20cul%20de%20sac-Makeout%20Rock,%20right-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Beyond the Border" ("The Virginian," season four)<br /></b></span></div><br />Readers who caught <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">our first Lake Los Angeles post</a>, back in July, will be familiar with the widely filmed Water Tower Rockpile, including how it got that name. <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Click here if you'd like to refresh your memory</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8uT_93LNlxPGs2ca3byHcjjOEqODHAivX6HmdSPBcH2YRygPnBrOtRUAmMbLiAZEoBJFHnS12X14lPQJ_lmJzDLUvz8dQKp2MPtPps9pYOO-d1ek3u46CIGF98NYjE9QqNpC4NSU35DAO8IcObejr0dXlZ_ZoOPYQES4xmwjo4r43vhtnMygKSp0IA/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8uT_93LNlxPGs2ca3byHcjjOEqODHAivX6HmdSPBcH2YRygPnBrOtRUAmMbLiAZEoBJFHnS12X14lPQJ_lmJzDLUvz8dQKp2MPtPps9pYOO-d1ek3u46CIGF98NYjE9QqNpC4NSU35DAO8IcObejr0dXlZ_ZoOPYQES4xmwjo4r43vhtnMygKSp0IA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>This is as close as "Hot Rods to Hell" comes to showing on-screen sex<br /></b></span></div><br />In
contrast to just about every movie made in the past 40 or 50 years —
especially ones about wild teenagers — there's no on-screen sex in "Hot
Rods to Hell." This shot of Duke with his
shirt off makes it clear what's been going on, but it might as well be radio because the audience has to use its imagination.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyObiACjGgXfpJcvw8KoTfp8C4MZV8gIT5aRcVZ0_Kg8_yldTpKZmbg_VpunVKWHVXjGrHh1F4n3URri7riKNhRmmMTlkIQZwBPZQGsOmX-Wd7Zp5RSXiI_aeM4IvjxTy-DJOXy2XlcnBEA8OJJUS35ZWqn_zlhHKOZa2y9UMhGgUBXhzASos-huc5Q/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyObiACjGgXfpJcvw8KoTfp8C4MZV8gIT5aRcVZ0_Kg8_yldTpKZmbg_VpunVKWHVXjGrHh1F4n3URri7riKNhRmmMTlkIQZwBPZQGsOmX-Wd7Zp5RSXiI_aeM4IvjxTy-DJOXy2XlcnBEA8OJJUS35ZWqn_zlhHKOZa2y9UMhGgUBXhzASos-huc5Q/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>As Gloria's moods go, this one's about to be epic!<br /></b></span></div><br />But it doesn't take much imagination to figure out that the couple's rendezvous behind the rock didn't go well — at least not for Gloria. She's suddenly mad as a wet hen, and feels some more philosophizing coming on.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI4GV0TgX-07dc-KX6HcCAVzm1ofH2uVJ1YU4GUIzEITaw9O-TTVMtu8sVDkQYFy3G5evZ62DdVPD9mxoqlbqT0KcpAAPALXSXV4g0xgV_61nCGYrlo7j3XNBF0LblfWpfH1TcW1HUQDM6NtzhRuPa9InE-jsYVfgKJvHkYZf9d-qk9Q_5Cj0ccNT2g/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI4GV0TgX-07dc-KX6HcCAVzm1ofH2uVJ1YU4GUIzEITaw9O-TTVMtu8sVDkQYFy3G5evZ62DdVPD9mxoqlbqT0KcpAAPALXSXV4g0xgV_61nCGYrlo7j3XNBF0LblfWpfH1TcW1HUQDM6NtzhRuPa9InE-jsYVfgKJvHkYZf9d-qk9Q_5Cj0ccNT2g/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Duke puts his shirt on while Gloria contemplates the nature of existence<br /></b></span></div><br />As we learned elsewhere in the movie, Gloria's mood swings tend to be
accompanied by deep philosophical revelations, and this one is no
exception.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI83ZPreJtGjaHGwZ1BlW55Ki8dBm9n_DuB6ML6w3vRy51lmEd1QDN08zOpJu8VHcr8jRFqgXZtIyV_5mBVF66MWoB-gsRLLDf3fnq_9QPvzfzNPQaLo5BBmwXCNGINVfMnQ8h64y7i1UmmuPibQweT4W1PlsLDBHdr__5KyfIjlPktwSZEVylMv0yig/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI83ZPreJtGjaHGwZ1BlW55Ki8dBm9n_DuB6ML6w3vRy51lmEd1QDN08zOpJu8VHcr8jRFqgXZtIyV_5mBVF66MWoB-gsRLLDf3fnq_9QPvzfzNPQaLo5BBmwXCNGINVfMnQ8h64y7i1UmmuPibQweT4W1PlsLDBHdr__5KyfIjlPktwSZEVylMv0yig/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Here it comes ...<br /></b></span></div><br />After weighing the pros and cons of her latest unsatisfying escapade at Makeout Rock, Gloria realizes that this is the perfect moment to bring up <u>Every Teenager's Complaint About His or Her Home Town</u>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7m-ULG2ylHU9YLgpWlxwpyuNk9Y-zPxc6zla-euZVd89W8XMgn3m8dw9-EKpfJ67YA6uPrzzH39YYwDXD5MRdhDKd7lDHeyd8oBA3GVas2UOZxW9022zCmzhUs2HtKuo5K-ze9GHRCh399VGBb3onGNY7qT4I5oXT-dLe3Lrofn9Ny1Sof9wjYBLBzg/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7m-ULG2ylHU9YLgpWlxwpyuNk9Y-zPxc6zla-euZVd89W8XMgn3m8dw9-EKpfJ67YA6uPrzzH39YYwDXD5MRdhDKd7lDHeyd8oBA3GVas2UOZxW9022zCmzhUs2HtKuo5K-ze9GHRCh399VGBb3onGNY7qT4I5oXT-dLe3Lrofn9Ny1Sof9wjYBLBzg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-shirtless%20scene%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Gloria morphs into the spokesperson for teen angst<br /></b></span></div><br />Duke, who's satisfied with a life of hot rodding and taking Gloria to Makeout Rock, pretends to listen while Gloria announces her Big Revelation: <b>There's nothing to do around here!</b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgQCmh3hzD0qdLJO81A_RNXqY2dmSYkHQDB3g7GJ5h9Rf_3Co7I5SxDg9z2DSudV5p8PmmbcxEKp-wFdiqnvvtXI4T7wU1u6SsKB75bnWYOEZfGroK-pBb8pEys3qjkJN2x4-Uwh5YdED-ApS1OKO70Peapg8TLonT0UjkthAW1v9-M1lZfSLywY8HQ/s1536/recent-Mojave%20Desert%20living-Cima%20area-Library%20of%20Congress.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgQCmh3hzD0qdLJO81A_RNXqY2dmSYkHQDB3g7GJ5h9Rf_3Co7I5SxDg9z2DSudV5p8PmmbcxEKp-wFdiqnvvtXI4T7wU1u6SsKB75bnWYOEZfGroK-pBb8pEys3qjkJN2x4-Uwh5YdED-ApS1OKO70Peapg8TLonT0UjkthAW1v9-M1lZfSLywY8HQ/w640-h426/recent-Mojave%20Desert%20living-Cima%20area-Library%20of%20Congress.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Mojave Desert: A harsh land<br /></b></span></div><br />I've been spending time in that same area lately, and I have to admit, Gloria has a point. If I had to live in the middle of the Mojave Desert, I might be driven to antisocial behavior too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI5Dyvc4Vkwb2kYtBs_Iw_8GuH9PyErV7h1pnzu2-Yogn9Mk7omC4dtlsE-Geu7CcJcov8f1Ceu-DrcDYi62y9_NW0RbYYKB6Jed-pILoii2Gang_bD5vQ-EWzg0PrBUpSykwaX0qn8vdAYKO4xej5_VsGIKMPu4FLtMIGm4o1dfbM05_tnHlJICo6Q/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-argument.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI5Dyvc4Vkwb2kYtBs_Iw_8GuH9PyErV7h1pnzu2-Yogn9Mk7omC4dtlsE-Geu7CcJcov8f1Ceu-DrcDYi62y9_NW0RbYYKB6Jed-pILoii2Gang_bD5vQ-EWzg0PrBUpSykwaX0qn8vdAYKO4xej5_VsGIKMPu4FLtMIGm4o1dfbM05_tnHlJICo6Q/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-argument.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Probably not the first lovers' spat at Makeout Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Gloria begs Duke to take her somewhere exciting, like
Las Vegas. This provokes an argument between the young lovers, because Duke knows the 'Vette would never make it to Vegas without that ring job he's been putting off.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsEOxNipKuGBKHjvQbYPkI-lBXXphnpoiH2t8B25tJlxLIZHPdDqXGaNT0KIQW0myM3NJJGRhMfskZjpcllq6Fw2xSCz3UB914zVUYeESnGcRDKDmjUVEsLlwO0et8kHwSabu8Q-zZ5GDyRYUViyDmztF41pBHgOOWJWiQ-Ww3rxrp99OGlqA6XKUlQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-leaving%20Makeout%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsEOxNipKuGBKHjvQbYPkI-lBXXphnpoiH2t8B25tJlxLIZHPdDqXGaNT0KIQW0myM3NJJGRhMfskZjpcllq6Fw2xSCz3UB914zVUYeESnGcRDKDmjUVEsLlwO0et8kHwSabu8Q-zZ5GDyRYUViyDmztF41pBHgOOWJWiQ-Ww3rxrp99OGlqA6XKUlQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Makeout%20Rock-Mimsy%20Farmer%20and%20Paul%20Bertoya-leaving%20Makeout%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Let's go find that Belvedere!<br /></b></span></div><br />Duke eventually talks Gloria out of her Vegas fantasy and, after yet another mood swing, Gloria gets excited about picking up Ernie and getting back to torturing the Phillips family.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9bYS7cEruRtkhzDTEct9_rDeHAOOFHRM3Ga1Myscj0eD9jHOSEuoFY8y93CNEk-gH_ngdtJrJ1ti-376R84j9q54eWOkmuW1EgaY5xj54FPO5TsrTzF_Tc8b_X6hSbmB90hLvN9XvqZmIOE98b2HiuigoQNedOhojDBheLBfK5vZM4fqMh6ytYVMQw/s3262/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-midtown%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20looking%20approx%20NE%20to%20remains%20of%20Makeout%20Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="3262" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9bYS7cEruRtkhzDTEct9_rDeHAOOFHRM3Ga1Myscj0eD9jHOSEuoFY8y93CNEk-gH_ngdtJrJ1ti-376R84j9q54eWOkmuW1EgaY5xj54FPO5TsrTzF_Tc8b_X6hSbmB90hLvN9XvqZmIOE98b2HiuigoQNedOhojDBheLBfK5vZM4fqMh6ytYVMQw/w640-h348/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-midtown%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20looking%20approx%20NE%20to%20remains%20of%20Makeout%20Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Midtown Lake Los Angeles in modern times (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />Some readers may be starting to wonder where Makeout Rock is in today's landscape, and I'm afraid I have some bad news: Makeout Rock didn't make it. (Pause to appreciate the irony.)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2nsTxlZT96b_RzJwXispTrTN4fSgsViedckXJzwnmXKda-JVPeEhTGqpn_OIiSDH21QWWCNc2GRHSFiN-K6sdn40Eq_jygrX3y-BcqYuxAciJI7XCtGkWIdrpOM5rBrH8AOXopdSSgigsQGZe_yON5fcRvGr3lUkUEU89fNT5xQqlag6eBT-7KWgcA/s3262/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-midtown%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20looking%20approx%20NE%20to%20remains%20of%20Makeout%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="3262" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2nsTxlZT96b_RzJwXispTrTN4fSgsViedckXJzwnmXKda-JVPeEhTGqpn_OIiSDH21QWWCNc2GRHSFiN-K6sdn40Eq_jygrX3y-BcqYuxAciJI7XCtGkWIdrpOM5rBrH8AOXopdSSgigsQGZe_yON5fcRvGr3lUkUEU89fNT5xQqlag6eBT-7KWgcA/w640-h348/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-midtown%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20looking%20approx%20NE%20to%20remains%20of%20Makeout%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Here lie the bleached bones of Makeout Rock</b></span></div><br />This bleached-out and mostly demolished pile of rocks near a residential area in midtown Lake Los Angeles appears to be what's left of Makeout Rock. The shot looks northeast with <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Phantom Hill</a> in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3yLeDglXZ4kqCyGT_14fYOQW1Gx6m7QqyC0-i_9aU1pl3bNyJNJD2EFBeyYCYJwXnYFAIkBUvCHB5fEm-jU-k56LyjUxf1cy6cCVzzCv9cYRDEWXNTbyv2TiHIRJ8LdOYkxdGzabTJRCp30BG66DecasInMPS1nMU579uBRO1fyB4j0AVsK8Jm0Z4Q/s5106/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-composite-Makeout%20Rock,%20Rock%2015,%20Glenfall%20Brain.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="5106" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3yLeDglXZ4kqCyGT_14fYOQW1Gx6m7QqyC0-i_9aU1pl3bNyJNJD2EFBeyYCYJwXnYFAIkBUvCHB5fEm-jU-k56LyjUxf1cy6cCVzzCv9cYRDEWXNTbyv2TiHIRJ8LdOYkxdGzabTJRCp30BG66DecasInMPS1nMU579uBRO1fyB4j0AVsK8Jm0Z4Q/w640-h240/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-composite-Makeout%20Rock,%20Rock%2015,%20Glenfall%20Brain.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Composite shot from "Hot Rods to Hell": Makeout Rock, left, along with other formations<br /></b></span></div><br />Back in the peak filming years, Makeout Rock was part of an undeveloped landscape filled with striking rock formations. Most of the other nearby rockpiles have fared better than Makeout Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qiBquwXsM7GBgqSiaXmu64GcDgcq73bTXnqyh3dedEl7tvzwK-DnqRVfB_R4Af-mAZjXdXHTUmTn4bMxSn8ufS4sGLwTOuojfJTYf30EEEHD1x--A9r0xpoDxVQ3s6gY-oLYbFv9nn6bgr-UAzmRsMONTWEeDToVdf4GjcWIFfTm0b34EQGsL5Mvwg/s5106/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-composite-Makeout%20Rock,%20Rock%2015,%20Glenfall%20Brain-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="5106" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qiBquwXsM7GBgqSiaXmu64GcDgcq73bTXnqyh3dedEl7tvzwK-DnqRVfB_R4Af-mAZjXdXHTUmTn4bMxSn8ufS4sGLwTOuojfJTYf30EEEHD1x--A9r0xpoDxVQ3s6gY-oLYbFv9nn6bgr-UAzmRsMONTWEeDToVdf4GjcWIFfTm0b34EQGsL5Mvwg/w640-h240/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-composite-Makeout%20Rock,%20Rock%2015,%20Glenfall%20Brain-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock formations around 170th Street in midtown Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />One of Makeout Rock's neighbors is a formation I refer to in my research as "Rock 15." It can be a challenge to keep coming up with names for every key rock, so sometimes I get lazy and just hand out numbers.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32Q6dSrphIlsSTNS95Dfj8pTWwdsgOcp1INqAuGuqnaqmHuinq2vF_iKBrkN9MCfbHgU3cr0U9WONAFnoZWsj0Z6_K-liQlfuCbXwNR-gggatcpLAVpBJg1Nxtg2cFcMcX8xBK_B1svjKyFzjhiaStsq7tbCLw28X2Vt6bnbXZ7okw_5dSEi_c4cjRA/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain-Corvette.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32Q6dSrphIlsSTNS95Dfj8pTWwdsgOcp1INqAuGuqnaqmHuinq2vF_iKBrkN9MCfbHgU3cr0U9WONAFnoZWsj0Z6_K-liQlfuCbXwNR-gggatcpLAVpBJg1Nxtg2cFcMcX8xBK_B1svjKyFzjhiaStsq7tbCLw28X2Vt6bnbXZ7okw_5dSEi_c4cjRA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain-Corvette.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Hot Rods to Hell": Rock 15 on the right<br /></b></span></div><br />If you ask me, it kind of looks like a "Rock 15." Regardless, Rock 15 is another formation that hasn't exactly had an easy time of it since they started building houses in this area in the 1970s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDPG23BHnfRXrC9XJD26bvHA_iw5eHZimAxkVk-bHMo5bg185O2z-6RbWnMdkQZhJM1O30gSvoLTA7lUt1n-XMwUqnrQ3Xqdh-F3RAqUeZWkzlNzPjWnd29V2VL7o6-Zlg_fCaTJiTT_t5wasa-Rb_y5TaPl-fkSUS9LXIpXFjP8Lj2ZcMySH3N2DIQ/s2549/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20SW%20(more%20W)%20to%20Rock%2015,%20Fire%20Station%20Butte,%20residential%20homes-zoomed%20in.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2549" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDPG23BHnfRXrC9XJD26bvHA_iw5eHZimAxkVk-bHMo5bg185O2z-6RbWnMdkQZhJM1O30gSvoLTA7lUt1n-XMwUqnrQ3Xqdh-F3RAqUeZWkzlNzPjWnd29V2VL7o6-Zlg_fCaTJiTT_t5wasa-Rb_y5TaPl-fkSUS9LXIpXFjP8Lj2ZcMySH3N2DIQ/w640-h350/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20SW%20(more%20W)%20to%20Rock%2015,%20Fire%20Station%20Butte,%20residential%20homes-zoomed%20in.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock 15 today: Hiding in some lucky homeowner's backyard<br /></b></span></div><br />But unlike Makeout Rock, Rock 15 remains recognizable today, part of the current residential landscape of central Lake Los Angeles. Today Rock 15 sits in the backyard of a Lake Los Angeles home.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZhY-BYL7Ph6wvzf1ePPJ-Ger9OBnJ_OC1mxPjnu1nvlqiJ8Zu-m5FH14CLEixy7owELxJFwHUCrAiH5n96e6Sgt-A_AmCejEXod4QRcVCnRXIayA4JJmdUt1JOMtxqIR1DwqTMmQxjEskuTst57kgW7d-tDYcLbqHJIHNaEpwDYmBz7ek3lq6DDzXg/s2549/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20SW%20(more%20W)%20to%20Rock%2015,%20Fire%20Station%20Butte,%20residential%20homes-zoomed%20in-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2549" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZhY-BYL7Ph6wvzf1ePPJ-Ger9OBnJ_OC1mxPjnu1nvlqiJ8Zu-m5FH14CLEixy7owELxJFwHUCrAiH5n96e6Sgt-A_AmCejEXod4QRcVCnRXIayA4JJmdUt1JOMtxqIR1DwqTMmQxjEskuTst57kgW7d-tDYcLbqHJIHNaEpwDYmBz7ek3lq6DDzXg/w640-h350/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20SW%20(more%20W)%20to%20Rock%2015,%20Fire%20Station%20Butte,%20residential%20homes-zoomed%20in-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock 15, with Fire Station Butte to the southwest<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot is taken looking approximately southwest, about 90 degrees off from the angles seen in "Hot Rods to Hell." But despite the variation in the angles, we can discern features on Rock 15 that confirm its identity.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjgVY0Z1yzV6mWkS5tPVPULXSQr-jFGTJxqg8bxcJF_8Bv159T4v-MFDHMibJiiJ_ztQ86acU45W61xp6YtoiQ1lTtXatBIgVTULDRGKcmlIutcAB0B_SgEtw_rgwIG_d2ITGadsI_WX1g9rzG8G_jIIixmfvdlqN9dqdM1aKqfGuHGLIRbqYZuCiQw/s2549/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20SW%20(more%20W)%20to%20Rock%2015,%20Fire%20Station%20Butte,%20residential%20homes-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2549" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjgVY0Z1yzV6mWkS5tPVPULXSQr-jFGTJxqg8bxcJF_8Bv159T4v-MFDHMibJiiJ_ztQ86acU45W61xp6YtoiQ1lTtXatBIgVTULDRGKcmlIutcAB0B_SgEtw_rgwIG_d2ITGadsI_WX1g9rzG8G_jIIixmfvdlqN9dqdM1aKqfGuHGLIRbqYZuCiQw/w640-h350/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20SW%20(more%20W)%20to%20Rock%2015,%20Fire%20Station%20Butte,%20residential%20homes-zoomed%20in-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>How to make sure it's the right rock<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the best identifying features is this small rock that forms sort of a "nose" on Rock 15.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBboVr4xe0KT-_BntIeXgIhi5b2RpbusKgw29WDOvGiVAlD5zvrM7O6J80ud95dLBToQJ8t0HUxu4HLe46OYYHZ9GyxU-zIZiPxu9A8FIHvebpZQFrcGeg3ndy_0byUso-XSuo6-mx7rHwQdwrtd8cxSVBwlBr-qa136XBwe0jrFi1cOBbJfw1BSgYSw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBboVr4xe0KT-_BntIeXgIhi5b2RpbusKgw29WDOvGiVAlD5zvrM7O6J80ud95dLBToQJ8t0HUxu4HLe46OYYHZ9GyxU-zIZiPxu9A8FIHvebpZQFrcGeg3ndy_0byUso-XSuo6-mx7rHwQdwrtd8cxSVBwlBr-qa136XBwe0jrFi1cOBbJfw1BSgYSw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "side view" of Rock 15, if we want to think of it that way<br /></b></span></div><br />Returning to a view of Rock 15 in "Hot Rods to Hell," about 90 degrees off from the backyard angle, we can easily find the same small "nose" feature.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqBZfT5FUJZsKbwMzeK1FmcN-vM_5LfU1Qvw4YkyUyGQS3TLT9CpqGv_0e4d8CqI9GXFtnRMO3bpGM9L_0TXeiJeFW43Ud41z63fqO_EFCXcwvRf7DR1xgXjTAExSSa5b03QOlLQSp1OVH09ktmnwHJYlIC4YO5YGNnZMWqmGdthD_mVCKwMvHtIYoQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqBZfT5FUJZsKbwMzeK1FmcN-vM_5LfU1Qvw4YkyUyGQS3TLT9CpqGv_0e4d8CqI9GXFtnRMO3bpGM9L_0TXeiJeFW43Ud41z63fqO_EFCXcwvRf7DR1xgXjTAExSSa5b03QOlLQSp1OVH09ktmnwHJYlIC4YO5YGNnZMWqmGdthD_mVCKwMvHtIYoQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It's as plain as the nose on Rock 15's face<br /></b></span></div><br />It may not seem like much, but in combination with the fact that everything else about the rock also matches, the "nose" knows it's on the right rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4n3uTErlRtkt8qrzJhk9IHQQjbBaQOALjsg_zOunVeSGZ8HX9_dqtnCk3SnhSEJ05of3FPWn1hZltt6YqJqYXagmP35uKX6yRL2lc41PcLE0tMTwu-dFIXfkdXeu1SfpzF8-ceTXqPShToxuVfZ7ss6SvZpvBtg2fwtT4qYAK1qS2PMTlrEePKvy4w/s4672/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me,%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20with%20set-6806.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="4672" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4n3uTErlRtkt8qrzJhk9IHQQjbBaQOALjsg_zOunVeSGZ8HX9_dqtnCk3SnhSEJ05of3FPWn1hZltt6YqJqYXagmP35uKX6yRL2lc41PcLE0tMTwu-dFIXfkdXeu1SfpzF8-ceTXqPShToxuVfZ7ss6SvZpvBtg2fwtT4qYAK1qS2PMTlrEePKvy4w/w640-h410/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me,%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20with%20set-6806.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "Help Me, Kitty" (1964): Rock 15 with a broken-down set<br /></b></span></div><br />Rock 15 may be retired now, but it did have a Hollywood career beyond just "Hot Rods to Hell." Here's a shot of the rock in "Gunsmoke," where it had a broken-down wooden set thrown together in front of it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qJcExpleGaDmG3A4DIZpJIaRayVkZ4i42PUr_TLDHM6vuZkQomjKMdXZya5ImUlrkoclh4cAl2CrncEs-etY4Nxbf7rH9Vm3KiR5hB83DpCgPocH57OvJbdi1Dc5toq8ixuPYJAFuafyOGFiBym8pxyXly1-j18XVa3d9EM5NagFXQZRZbkvtC8fRg/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qJcExpleGaDmG3A4DIZpJIaRayVkZ4i42PUr_TLDHM6vuZkQomjKMdXZya5ImUlrkoclh4cAl2CrncEs-etY4Nxbf7rH9Vm3KiR5hB83DpCgPocH57OvJbdi1Dc5toq8ixuPYJAFuafyOGFiBym8pxyXly1-j18XVa3d9EM5NagFXQZRZbkvtC8fRg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Rock%2015%20and%20Glenfall%20Brain-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another one of the area's many unusual rock features<br /></b></span></div><br />You may have already spotted this rather elaborate pile of rocks lurking in the background in some of the "Hot Rods to Hell" shots. This rock feature still occupies a prominent roadside position in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaURb9OMJbrWAjokIvTBB_XqoTNvkUiWNGheITrHlGwwqOOXm9P6ry0cNcwZyq0gWsAvFY6VgkhCGb1qKpUhVaXokECCglvuV3u5Bv7UzRDv9nLoDLV-Uxw1mhQqSfjOuxMuHmW-fEJGlN-BoOBPb4TICvU7xQvZMn0BIRmc-DWvX7iTYCaiJAiGu1Zg/s3450/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3450" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaURb9OMJbrWAjokIvTBB_XqoTNvkUiWNGheITrHlGwwqOOXm9P6ry0cNcwZyq0gWsAvFY6VgkhCGb1qKpUhVaXokECCglvuV3u5Bv7UzRDv9nLoDLV-Uxw1mhQqSfjOuxMuHmW-fEJGlN-BoOBPb4TICvU7xQvZMn0BIRmc-DWvX7iTYCaiJAiGu1Zg/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Glenfall Brain" in "Hot Rods to Hell"</b></span></div><br />A while back I started using the name "Glenfall Brain" for this formation, for no better reason than it looks kind of like a brain and it's located along Glenfall Avenue.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGK_N7pdicTRzecofjIhlsOQsosSVrGdYE6aRh2BoIQQMvlXowmWFwX9GMoSYKkBvj5sT-f3ePzjxuRjKgkityL6nAOzPl8PcaAL-CpOII-BUl6T5xQVV1t7AWtITk3YvK5a59yZm9PPpD5LpQFRsGu0PJksp2QtouCu5KYZsi-euJLx3ax21CNe8-g/s3652/2021%20(121821)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-6279.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="3652" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGK_N7pdicTRzecofjIhlsOQsosSVrGdYE6aRh2BoIQQMvlXowmWFwX9GMoSYKkBvj5sT-f3ePzjxuRjKgkityL6nAOzPl8PcaAL-CpOII-BUl6T5xQVV1t7AWtITk3YvK5a59yZm9PPpD5LpQFRsGu0PJksp2QtouCu5KYZsi-euJLx3ax21CNe8-g/w640-h274/2021%20(121821)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-6279.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Glenfall Brain in modern-day Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />You can't miss Glenfall Brain if you're driving through the heart of Lake Los Angeles. It's just west of 170th Street, the main drag through town, at the spot where Glenfall forms a frontage road to 170th.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ici-kJ24o3kcecmKDC3EWP9QbQPt2RlaYHcJXOkSvjghy_TMCwalPFKRQBBON8RHb2_9v6htbtJNoH7cHEYGR46g3Jn0GSBZfeNFQA6PRyy778QlYPhii6SgBcPfNRpKNOr865WATJZNElVyQ0ZUMftMN8Wr16i8o7CoqljR_E2IROOhLGs9ZSqLHw/s3652/2021%20(121821)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-6279-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="3652" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ici-kJ24o3kcecmKDC3EWP9QbQPt2RlaYHcJXOkSvjghy_TMCwalPFKRQBBON8RHb2_9v6htbtJNoH7cHEYGR46g3Jn0GSBZfeNFQA6PRyy778QlYPhii6SgBcPfNRpKNOr865WATJZNElVyQ0ZUMftMN8Wr16i8o7CoqljR_E2IROOhLGs9ZSqLHw/w640-h274/2021%20(121821)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-6279-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The heart of historic movie town Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />I took this shot in December 2021, looking north, with Piute Butte in the distance. The shot also captures some of the businesses of downtown Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHQmPgzuvdDKaGLjSVJ9KQaCVuYp44NkX8UqCu2kLyQXY3RnGWmqUK1bclIxvR22qe8ldxdy_tsgFNW7bISkQYwgwiqx8el3psilQmAv9sfAhrVWQ0axaPKGbLreYltF7g8a25SL3DtI-YOY_7iJzIKABLl2EZp6HnqUnSk9DVTydji-yJ7TGGXj-Bg/s5044/2022%20(011122)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-6684.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2984" data-original-width="5044" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHQmPgzuvdDKaGLjSVJ9KQaCVuYp44NkX8UqCu2kLyQXY3RnGWmqUK1bclIxvR22qe8ldxdy_tsgFNW7bISkQYwgwiqx8el3psilQmAv9sfAhrVWQ0axaPKGbLreYltF7g8a25SL3DtI-YOY_7iJzIKABLl2EZp6HnqUnSk9DVTydji-yJ7TGGXj-Bg/w640-h378/2022%20(011122)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-6684.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Glenfall Brain, behind the M&G Burgers sign (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />It's an impressive rock formation, and one with a respectable Hollywood resume.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5_reTUWnNWwVqKf8WlKl688si9I3Klf33qYGXt54MPTvoS0kbNnMVjNoP1JtadFtgPv_BNeqpa4SuxHU6sJBeyXXOQj-pTvR7yY7drFJsiXyGw_RCuSZoCL2sRbM7U84wugsO9Bw7lWcuBs14bx56-e0QRfwJA6-_9S_wlhvCaGYYUbBPeAGPtwNLA/s2872/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.35-The%20Andrew%20Hale%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-Ward%20Bond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="2872" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5_reTUWnNWwVqKf8WlKl688si9I3Klf33qYGXt54MPTvoS0kbNnMVjNoP1JtadFtgPv_BNeqpa4SuxHU6sJBeyXXOQj-pTvR7yY7drFJsiXyGw_RCuSZoCL2sRbM7U84wugsO9Bw7lWcuBs14bx56-e0QRfwJA6-_9S_wlhvCaGYYUbBPeAGPtwNLA/w640-h478/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.35-The%20Andrew%20Hale%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain-Ward%20Bond.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train" episode "The Andrew Hale Story" (1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Wagon Train" was among the earliest of the TV Westerns to blaze a trail to Lake Los Angeles and the Western Mojave. Here's a season two shot of wagonmaster Ward Bond with the Glenfall Brain behind him.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwStpkimQwxRPD-wDyWUYXbAYoHT55TeuGIMs5WgTHK14gMm-WKdRWDw_PNpDwnuRF3OirczjozLL8AD6IEOej_l_ISVoUrbkodna-wyYSXvJ6fuLTE2hQifZJGf4COoTdwR3IAWBRb2ggLnTWoKKzs4dYX2wzQ28VF2q3vL6UXdEkihHaKyMCuY1wMw/s2616/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain%20and%20Alpine%20Butte.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2616" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwStpkimQwxRPD-wDyWUYXbAYoHT55TeuGIMs5WgTHK14gMm-WKdRWDw_PNpDwnuRF3OirczjozLL8AD6IEOej_l_ISVoUrbkodna-wyYSXvJ6fuLTE2hQifZJGf4COoTdwR3IAWBRb2ggLnTWoKKzs4dYX2wzQ28VF2q3vL6UXdEkihHaKyMCuY1wMw/w640-h478/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain%20and%20Alpine%20Butte.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Clayton Tucker Story" ("Wagon Train," season three, 1960)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Wagon Train" continued to visit Lake Los Angeles throughout its eight-year run, and continued to feature the Glenfall Brain. This shot captures the "brain" at top left, with Alpine Butte in the distance, to the west.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIu_5S7MfBEVNVqqalXmnIyeuK5yhKMpJRvqEQOg_yoIKZcv-gRaWWM0YLUmv8DZ9Ne6B8uyp5U7cMIjlFThtLtgduG_HbQL-PLC5EK-7c7SzOrpuoqR2CWv74t79tosSn0v5DoOliyMBVYWTytwgPXmrDJ2zhEAmvMT9K7UZB5zzVdY6qG1FK0UEpw/s3834/1966-Incident%20at%20Phantom%20Hill-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="3834" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIu_5S7MfBEVNVqqalXmnIyeuK5yhKMpJRvqEQOg_yoIKZcv-gRaWWM0YLUmv8DZ9Ne6B8uyp5U7cMIjlFThtLtgduG_HbQL-PLC5EK-7c7SzOrpuoqR2CWv74t79tosSn0v5DoOliyMBVYWTytwgPXmrDJ2zhEAmvMT9K7UZB5zzVdY6qG1FK0UEpw/w640-h272/1966-Incident%20at%20Phantom%20Hill-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Glenfall%20Brain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Incident at Phantom Hill" (1966)<br /></b></span></div><br />A similar angle, again showcasing the Glenfall Brain along with Alpine Butte, can be found six years later in the Western feature "Incident at Phantom Hill," from Universal Pictures.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao2TTyUrc5eJhS6EszxEKj4HHAyZttE-F_jYaGLoBT4pAYnx10chS_gROTuWEEEHBxJ2xrSyP295_X-X51qOIaQa8uozfj06yXTKc33BYlrgkTYrbI5C_AT32iVNmLuUZb5kG_nNt2_j-noPhUDZwSCS6jPW9kcr5NZKoGHTM6VQjMx9p68iYN1LW_Q/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao2TTyUrc5eJhS6EszxEKj4HHAyZttE-F_jYaGLoBT4pAYnx10chS_gROTuWEEEHBxJ2xrSyP295_X-X51qOIaQa8uozfj06yXTKc33BYlrgkTYrbI5C_AT32iVNmLuUZb5kG_nNt2_j-noPhUDZwSCS6jPW9kcr5NZKoGHTM6VQjMx9p68iYN1LW_Q/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Belvedere arrives in Hanesburg — still being harassed by those annoying teenagers<br /></b></span></div><br />In case you're wondering — and I can't imagine that you would be — the Phillips family did finally make it to Hanesburg. This was one of just a handful of locations that required them to leave the Mojave Desert.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGalQvqzBvKzAQPIdZkAAcL2l3VtqtKNCOwBU7gNSf0Z21ypru2Y3D9X-NrhhxqK4vW8D2smE_cVTzIMQnBwiSQBdbXFVoVXLjDPuf4z4mPuxWp9NXQ03GpZ-yJp4AfEy300BD4hxq5NtUEsggJ_e-lbzVDMuf4EbzA6ekcyjm67D3_jxaNdKVWZNNnA/s2472/2019%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-looking%20E%20down%20Motor%20Avenue%20at%20Palms%20Blvd-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="2472" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGalQvqzBvKzAQPIdZkAAcL2l3VtqtKNCOwBU7gNSf0Z21ypru2Y3D9X-NrhhxqK4vW8D2smE_cVTzIMQnBwiSQBdbXFVoVXLjDPuf4z4mPuxWp9NXQ03GpZ-yJp4AfEy300BD4hxq5NtUEsggJ_e-lbzVDMuf4EbzA6ekcyjm67D3_jxaNdKVWZNNnA/w640-h338/2019%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-looking%20E%20down%20Motor%20Avenue%20at%20Palms%20Blvd-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same intersection as it appears today — looking southeast down Motor Avenue<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Hanesburg" footage was shot in the Palms neighborhood of West Los Angeles, mainly around the intersection of Motor Avenue and Palms Boulevard.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriGc8wdhUXgVv6hnRIr4dm3JrUr_Uky0S-7ktDuagGLN5jW58Vw0M_cnjUKxJA9wAiOU0bKl_CVDiFcC72Tbr12Ckew2KJFUv-cLJb7_6quaFLEFUpwMvK_K2m3QuibpFHQM9drUpMJ0RF5WAmF6jH-EGnT9LTtpVBfw8md_H-OVvmqSM7MFQ-7nVRw/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriGc8wdhUXgVv6hnRIr4dm3JrUr_Uky0S-7ktDuagGLN5jW58Vw0M_cnjUKxJA9wAiOU0bKl_CVDiFcC72Tbr12Ckew2KJFUv-cLJb7_6quaFLEFUpwMvK_K2m3QuibpFHQM9drUpMJ0RF5WAmF6jH-EGnT9LTtpVBfw8md_H-OVvmqSM7MFQ-7nVRw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You say you like palm trees? Fuhgeddaboudit!<br /></b></span></div><br />In contrast to the Mojave Desert locations, this neighborhood has changed a lot since "Hot Rods to Hell" filmed here in 1966. For example, all those palm trees are long gone now — even though the town is still called "Palms."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO9-d96Tno5aLlP6e1cEEd3T5gts6p5oSwQtC6tOAGaC7hIY0_FTwoVxffG9uHGVm3rN6Uj5plCfNsE9v3k77c19YuPd9cd-7Q5m3hktuYMni_WzMXwLw34i-0S4jW72W5TyhBmn05LG9GYLiyS5i8kS8sH3GqrliEnx66m1bxwfRMuxH0zXaRsIufQ/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO9-d96Tno5aLlP6e1cEEd3T5gts6p5oSwQtC6tOAGaC7hIY0_FTwoVxffG9uHGVm3rN6Uj5plCfNsE9v3k77c19YuPd9cd-7Q5m3hktuYMni_WzMXwLw34i-0S4jW72W5TyhBmn05LG9GYLiyS5i8kS8sH3GqrliEnx66m1bxwfRMuxH0zXaRsIufQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wait a minute! Something did survive<br /></b></span></div><br />But if we look hard enough, we can spot a few clues that pinpoint the location. The best one may be this building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAY5mAzAXsB58iw8w4DSVtm3BEgSWJMKDlbx0ZlW7Q0EF7NppME6U5IP301ImtrKgWOspGONCsYzIrPwBkiCO_LJBueAW5DzN-rJBDumPB96iPCEmVLAXqu_HPUaKxRxbDhk62Gml4a6cMR64Jx3RrUpPiIluuSNTPFk9L-c-IrGn8xseViIZrObTQg/s2472/2019%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-looking%20E%20down%20Motor%20Avenue%20at%20Palms%20Blvd-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="2472" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAY5mAzAXsB58iw8w4DSVtm3BEgSWJMKDlbx0ZlW7Q0EF7NppME6U5IP301ImtrKgWOspGONCsYzIrPwBkiCO_LJBueAW5DzN-rJBDumPB96iPCEmVLAXqu_HPUaKxRxbDhk62Gml4a6cMR64Jx3RrUpPiIluuSNTPFk9L-c-IrGn8xseViIZrObTQg/w640-h338/2019%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-looking%20E%20down%20Motor%20Avenue%20at%20Palms%20Blvd-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Palms Elementary School: Everything but the palms<br /></b></span></div><br />The building is still there, part of Palms Elementary School on Motor Avenue.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmDJL7Cd7uqfG3nuEOPFkkoo5pBPlrQMVBVS8Hegv3Znhsw3pz_FmTl7RfaWo373M0Qjh8cKPIhCfg4nKVZVllOc_kq4TWIEzplCOEM4bl2rSRDAxEn0Ow3HPvvtKOsBkJoQcbYyrDUZXkNsGx2tEajJuMWYY43jR57LxzWsnpF8qSNpGdlazpswH5g/s3808/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3808" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmDJL7Cd7uqfG3nuEOPFkkoo5pBPlrQMVBVS8Hegv3Znhsw3pz_FmTl7RfaWo373M0Qjh8cKPIhCfg4nKVZVllOc_kq4TWIEzplCOEM4bl2rSRDAxEn0Ow3HPvvtKOsBkJoQcbYyrDUZXkNsGx2tEajJuMWYY43jR57LxzWsnpF8qSNpGdlazpswH5g/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This is what happens when you look <i>too</i> closely<br /></b></span></div><br />This may be the best thing going on in Palms that day — even better than a surviving building. Check out what's happening way down the street. It's super-small, so we'll have to zoom in.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-b6EMJjl85c8-mVwgCZgSSvpKA_O9Lsj0aQTFfUL8ylQHKQizdzlz4VYK4fqOMQNRQWa0hHx--X3IgQhg99DNEYWym_rCTYExyY9ShZwInO_fQvMVe2RyQuhr6iGH_vPdFdm0XyEqChK5OO1h5ZguDMouTjV6FcVRuPEhs9V6HSuh2AK9GtKolJIQPA/s2610/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-zoomed%20in%20on%20traffic%20cops.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="2610" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-b6EMJjl85c8-mVwgCZgSSvpKA_O9Lsj0aQTFfUL8ylQHKQizdzlz4VYK4fqOMQNRQWa0hHx--X3IgQhg99DNEYWym_rCTYExyY9ShZwInO_fQvMVe2RyQuhr6iGH_vPdFdm0XyEqChK5OO1h5ZguDMouTjV6FcVRuPEhs9V6HSuh2AK9GtKolJIQPA/w640-h228/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-%22Hanesburg%22-Palms,%20West%20L.A.-Phillips%20family%20and%20'58%20Corvette%20arrive%20in%20town-zoomed%20in%20on%20traffic%20cops.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ha ha — those traffic cops are working the movie shoot!<br /></b></span></div><br />I'm sure these officers weren't supposed to be seen on camera, since they're
obviously on hand to manage traffic for the movie shoot. But there they are, keeping motorists from driving into the filming
area. Classic! <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9VxjSp2RzVMANciL_ZmJrMbiX3X8x0oo1UmYRdEAhyc1cqcDNdKbnPdTUpS_yg__8vqwcgRVV7lFZAG8jABEeEtzlsIcX7OmVxZ95SxVnKq0mzMqj3d-yWkf5C0JumTAbpQimLV8vmgIw2JnBGRCvsohDIfcwMcUv_xywy5Y0LBo8wXHqbY9igyC8w/s2094/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-Corvette%20crash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2094" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9VxjSp2RzVMANciL_ZmJrMbiX3X8x0oo1UmYRdEAhyc1cqcDNdKbnPdTUpS_yg__8vqwcgRVV7lFZAG8jABEeEtzlsIcX7OmVxZ95SxVnKq0mzMqj3d-yWkf5C0JumTAbpQimLV8vmgIw2JnBGRCvsohDIfcwMcUv_xywy5Y0LBo8wXHqbY9igyC8w/w640-h502/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-PS-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-Corvette%20crash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Promo still for "Hot Rods to Hell": The 'Vette gets sideways — and not in a good way<br /></b></span></div><br />Inevitably, all good joy rides must come to an end. The studio probably should have put out a spoiler alert in connection with this promo still for "Hot Rods to Hell," but the cat's out of the bag now.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qB_M3FQkvBJtnWCR41Qde-RuHb-4DyM2vSHQ92Q0oiVhXXdLsU-6xaBBHYgBMiiS2rcclaQQNj-UZ6cLqJyhajNttO3_dCK688YZLHU0fcfsK72VdicT11f4mTUIgTzg3-NH63oIdKYPKJZTn8I5uDdMdBsn-ySryiqlHFl2wv8Ub5dgxEGc0gRRhw/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-Corvette%20in%20ditch-day%20for%20night%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qB_M3FQkvBJtnWCR41Qde-RuHb-4DyM2vSHQ92Q0oiVhXXdLsU-6xaBBHYgBMiiS2rcclaQQNj-UZ6cLqJyhajNttO3_dCK688YZLHU0fcfsK72VdicT11f4mTUIgTzg3-NH63oIdKYPKJZTn8I5uDdMdBsn-ySryiqlHFl2wv8Ub5dgxEGc0gRRhw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-Corvette%20in%20ditch-day%20for%20night%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>An embarrassing and potentially fatal life lesson for the hot rod punks<br /></b></span></div><br />Sure enough, at one point the Corvette runs into a little difficulty and winds up in a ditch. Not that it makes up for the Phillips family's suffering, but at least it's a convenient way to put a bow on it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR62YAm3PxY9l3CZiy2PYpwtjMDz8bRgHrtNXn038FCqHAyK0yJP-hGGVdlQc80FMJb-DZmFw5xYg6Lbsl5wMtrr8QsRTzfO-Ckwd9DiPpWexgt75gLFZeAHHnO4abBCjQDXGCEiHjhazlUNJ8WPCzNgw7tl4t2LqikDIKON7b6NsjzPiOQwuDehPKw/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-Corvette%20in%20ditch-day%20for%20night%204-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR62YAm3PxY9l3CZiy2PYpwtjMDz8bRgHrtNXn038FCqHAyK0yJP-hGGVdlQc80FMJb-DZmFw5xYg6Lbsl5wMtrr8QsRTzfO-Ckwd9DiPpWexgt75gLFZeAHHnO4abBCjQDXGCEiHjhazlUNJ8WPCzNgw7tl4t2LqikDIKON7b6NsjzPiOQwuDehPKw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-Corvette%20in%20ditch-day%20for%20night%204-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The butte at top right marks the spot<br /></b></span></div><br />Needless
to say, the location for this important development is of some
interest, and like most of
the locations seen in the movie, the clues are there to help us pinpoint it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vH4SXSTEtitIQK-Mw84Nt31dWwx457tKhYkbQ2X9L1KnEE3GvOotg9B9JBtrI5FFX06IUT8vd_ySVYMUJb0bOhUg4heFeCLV6ZufmlZaYY5BqXw3FxetCk4RqKSBIMh_2x2_gGXoj3VuQw2aQciDTAh9_QSujfDbu5TxxnAPbzQ-tlAUqomOEHkfdA/s2413/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20N%20up%20150th%20St%20at%20Avenue%20M-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20scene1-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2413" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vH4SXSTEtitIQK-Mw84Nt31dWwx457tKhYkbQ2X9L1KnEE3GvOotg9B9JBtrI5FFX06IUT8vd_ySVYMUJb0bOhUg4heFeCLV6ZufmlZaYY5BqXw3FxetCk4RqKSBIMh_2x2_gGXoj3VuQw2aQciDTAh9_QSujfDbu5TxxnAPbzQ-tlAUqomOEHkfdA/w640-h306/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20N%20up%20150th%20St%20at%20Avenue%20M-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20scene1-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking north up 150th Street in modern times (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />A seemingly inconsequential rock mound, which happens to be the westernmost point of Piute Butte, identifies the location: We're on 150th Street, immediately south of Avenue M.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7JCOjVw0VuuZTb0Wqsr8alsp7kAgpc615FK6mqDwparsOfwkbkuJNhNICvKFyfMztKAkWhLDrtmSU3SEdyCN2V_Ydz7Q-hrAu00hxB_XB_A19MZ_I_jztyAbpPJ1armm61-FpYpWMM6VTLN7Sn688XviwlgZxHRnNcJQkdQ5sR2mSs8ZkVPdrhRSgA/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%203a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7JCOjVw0VuuZTb0Wqsr8alsp7kAgpc615FK6mqDwparsOfwkbkuJNhNICvKFyfMztKAkWhLDrtmSU3SEdyCN2V_Ydz7Q-hrAu00hxB_XB_A19MZ_I_jztyAbpPJ1armm61-FpYpWMM6VTLN7Sn688XviwlgZxHRnNcJQkdQ5sR2mSs8ZkVPdrhRSgA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%203a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The crash site, looking south down 150th Street<br /></b></span></div><br />The
Corvette crash is sometimes referred to as the "bridge crash" because
it happens on this narrow bridge along 150th Street. But it's not a real
bridge, just some fake guardrails that were installed temporarily for the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjREY6q5kTKR37rrNXueAQdBRzyJ40aFSFhy4-xl5mW4pSoyNATBCTxqpBTn_CpxvZVrLlIg3C4Wrl_-Ph9L2ITyFKVef9XY91SIy4U_PgeQiigCRYdJOCyXSbvtnHd1xgnB0LfAxO81Obuh-PTaAZrKlDk5lo_kkpVO2JnEH7kMVncdyo6iZoPVfdA/s1578/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20south%20down%20150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20site-6214.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1578" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjREY6q5kTKR37rrNXueAQdBRzyJ40aFSFhy4-xl5mW4pSoyNATBCTxqpBTn_CpxvZVrLlIg3C4Wrl_-Ph9L2ITyFKVef9XY91SIy4U_PgeQiigCRYdJOCyXSbvtnHd1xgnB0LfAxO81Obuh-PTaAZrKlDk5lo_kkpVO2JnEH7kMVncdyo6iZoPVfdA/w640-h412/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20south%20down%20150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20site-6214.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The crash site in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />This is what the location looked like when I stood in the middle of the road a few weeks ago trying to get a matching photo. It's reasonably close, considering I had to dodge 18-wheelers to get the shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MGk3SF3U4FGid3tMu2DZkkNplAgxACK5-PbkeAIifCjRrRYeeQ-4oLdlt9z_HhYHF3a1C7kHzJx0NnBqSN0o79_qNMdGOokTopzltC_QbMuXIxvyRDq7IZFHlhyxIwl4f5QvNF-HqpKbhskHh6E4c8z07OqjnSMKjQnE9Eov5GD5tYc-i7eJ26x1TA/s1578/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20south%20down%20150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20site-6214-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1578" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MGk3SF3U4FGid3tMu2DZkkNplAgxACK5-PbkeAIifCjRrRYeeQ-4oLdlt9z_HhYHF3a1C7kHzJx0NnBqSN0o79_qNMdGOokTopzltC_QbMuXIxvyRDq7IZFHlhyxIwl4f5QvNF-HqpKbhskHh6E4c8z07OqjnSMKjQnE9Eov5GD5tYc-i7eJ26x1TA/w640-h412/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20south%20down%20150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20site-6214-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same roadside rock clump seen in the football tossing shots<br /></b></span></div><br />One point of interest is this roadside rock formation — the same feature we saw when the Phillips family got out of the car to toss the football around, only this time we're seeing it from the opposite side.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnmFEzFCY1cfVUycVyO2EFQoFdiYs7aEDnQH9kOmk3YOQQTphHECuHQ8_SEsjlpbvz2DPgEmuO3TDS4WwSBsE0cHkpaulCvqk2V61u0ZS4zxE9HRoohTMYZ8P05ZNJVpdzJMWpQWWkrysmAG8bYgt-KOxQIDYQR8lhn544CAaTtT3jmjAs-O9NlQnOQ/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%203a-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnmFEzFCY1cfVUycVyO2EFQoFdiYs7aEDnQH9kOmk3YOQQTphHECuHQ8_SEsjlpbvz2DPgEmuO3TDS4WwSBsE0cHkpaulCvqk2V61u0ZS4zxE9HRoohTMYZ8P05ZNJVpdzJMWpQWWkrysmAG8bYgt-KOxQIDYQR8lhn544CAaTtT3jmjAs-O9NlQnOQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%203a-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A more shadowy figure, but it's the same rockpile<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the roadside clump in the movie shot. If some of these screen shots appear washed out it's because the crash sequence was filmed day-for-night and the shots had to be lightened to be visible here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjcTrgh1Bop2gHDTXHdDpvytindOPv-ACEdzPreh-BPGmmOVwsDlhloFp0vO2XsKtiqKfbnQ337EVtlgtxhO9Lpt2wo2LSJVe5Bk3lGsq4lCNKaN4QatN4zjS-WbYtxZPUbQ3PtaOajNTVYqvwGehwJ9wu0ZNHUplJLctqPnclsJ036MxI8wZEVgoNw/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%206-Corvette%20flips%20over%20guardrail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjcTrgh1Bop2gHDTXHdDpvytindOPv-ACEdzPreh-BPGmmOVwsDlhloFp0vO2XsKtiqKfbnQ337EVtlgtxhO9Lpt2wo2LSJVe5Bk3lGsq4lCNKaN4QatN4zjS-WbYtxZPUbQ3PtaOajNTVYqvwGehwJ9wu0ZNHUplJLctqPnclsJ036MxI8wZEVgoNw/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%206-Corvette%20flips%20over%20guardrail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And away we go — one Corvette and two stunt punks<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a movie shot of the Corvette flipping over the guardrail
— almost the same moment captured in the black-and-white promo still
posted above. I'm sure we're all glad Gloria wasn't in the car at the time.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkFqsV2UBmjjJdN-kodBeLu8utnquTp1vuKzIN895OB9d2LOF9q4B32-khrALGfU4mrbqV8XDyl3iSuFbWlnxycfY_ywYPOUYud4izeDUElUCY-dmQZvzg1wCp0RlI7JKaeg0e6OZZiXgO7284cfTp_4Dm86wXpkRrnpVeYfWJ_UtingWIkUGd-fN4A/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%205-Tom%20(Dana%20Andrews).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkFqsV2UBmjjJdN-kodBeLu8utnquTp1vuKzIN895OB9d2LOF9q4B32-khrALGfU4mrbqV8XDyl3iSuFbWlnxycfY_ywYPOUYud4izeDUElUCY-dmQZvzg1wCp0RlI7JKaeg0e6OZZiXgO7284cfTp_4Dm86wXpkRrnpVeYfWJ_UtingWIkUGd-fN4A/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%205-Tom%20(Dana%20Andrews).jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tom starts counting the ways to say "Told ya so!"<br /></b></span></div><br />One good thing about the crash is it gives Tom a chance to finally do the gloating he's been waiting all day to do.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZU7xBkxf2RR4aHHG-PZUqDhL2DSBcyx-cd5hNxj_C7gcOfUmLRFE0tCgPzH7dnxpm5Zpyy8Zxr-xbNh7O-Z0g5wRQ8hQ9p1rdXBg2YDa6mewH3YnQSc4ZBxQP5gO9x65-KKS6OsjLxCh04dhcktKAQBK21coYXLqO9BDIvhC3H8RmHFLAfC6TMVgjA/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%204-officer%20arrives.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZU7xBkxf2RR4aHHG-PZUqDhL2DSBcyx-cd5hNxj_C7gcOfUmLRFE0tCgPzH7dnxpm5Zpyy8Zxr-xbNh7O-Z0g5wRQ8hQ9p1rdXBg2YDa6mewH3YnQSc4ZBxQP5gO9x65-KKS6OsjLxCh04dhcktKAQBK21coYXLqO9BDIvhC3H8RmHFLAfC6TMVgjA/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%204-officer%20arrives.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Officer Better-Late-Than Never makes his usual late entrance<br /></b></span></div><br />A Highway Patrolman who has basically been a useless appendage throughout the movie arrives at the crash site too late to help out — after Tom and the two bloodied and suddenly remorseful hot rod hoodlums have already worked out an arrangement.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xo5xjPcl3afqlqYnu9thJtITb7aPJMAz99tWCA2DcxogdkK5YSAZmayouc6cmVlI9FtPVznrNZX8LxWetFCRy9cfbfx5vsHVhXY0S6Nsgqd4_bEtCt-hd6Lch7yi-DzwyvpNjiC2Gs_gIGgV4Nq0UBdtEfWwM4MXftod8FB4A_wzPzMplxMMIyx5RA/s2796/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte,%20looking%20NE%20from%20150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-6144.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2796" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xo5xjPcl3afqlqYnu9thJtITb7aPJMAz99tWCA2DcxogdkK5YSAZmayouc6cmVlI9FtPVznrNZX8LxWetFCRy9cfbfx5vsHVhXY0S6Nsgqd4_bEtCt-hd6Lch7yi-DzwyvpNjiC2Gs_gIGgV4Nq0UBdtEfWwM4MXftod8FB4A_wzPzMplxMMIyx5RA/w640-h362/2022%20(082822)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte,%20looking%20NE%20from%20150th%20St%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-6144.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Piute Butte in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />The officer's arrival, framed as it is by Piute Butte to the northeast, gives us one last opportunity to admire the feature's refusal to change. My photo is taken from slightly farther south, but it's in the ballpark.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehLkygemApoMdft5d2faBRZNtvy3zVFW3PdewH-NEvK_9fNS_SdwbJhBuMsoFX-PRXmset4Mhp5RNL-s6kYW92u-6AYD6CimQ4OytIqp8ze_3ZThOOuaUH3wW_h5bQlneced5IfQJBgfcU9YdUvMbScJorhuTMQLRKEv2XsxQVO9zwrmtpiXDHZ9AkQ/s3452/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%204-officer%20arrives-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3452" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehLkygemApoMdft5d2faBRZNtvy3zVFW3PdewH-NEvK_9fNS_SdwbJhBuMsoFX-PRXmset4Mhp5RNL-s6kYW92u-6AYD6CimQ4OytIqp8ze_3ZThOOuaUH3wW_h5bQlneced5IfQJBgfcU9YdUvMbScJorhuTMQLRKEv2XsxQVO9zwrmtpiXDHZ9AkQ/w640-h362/1966%20(1967)-Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell-Mojave%20Desert-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20M-site%20of%20Corvette%20crash-day%20for%20night%204-officer%20arrives-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The street sign helps pinpoint the crash site<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing the movie shot captured that I didn't get in my photo is the street sign at the corner of 150th Street and Avenue M. The sign underscores that the crash site is immediately south of Avenue M.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxnWPBSV68QtwAW1uEb2YgjHKADhRvN6RBvd7i-aBof6EoR18a9YCoQxzBPxbomXKEe_TmE6MG8yypJ_zslltvRNoVBD394EmlML5wXSjizKJ2mdb3UxGDgnB5cD24_TOQaOT0jDXYG-yfcmynNzYGW4OcOwn4UIukfi9_xuKcE9X5WwKOZU4v2blDA/s2708/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20M,%20w%20Piute%20Butte,%20Rocky%20Buttes-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20site%20and%20football%20tossing%20location-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="2708" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxnWPBSV68QtwAW1uEb2YgjHKADhRvN6RBvd7i-aBof6EoR18a9YCoQxzBPxbomXKEe_TmE6MG8yypJ_zslltvRNoVBD394EmlML5wXSjizKJ2mdb3UxGDgnB5cD24_TOQaOT0jDXYG-yfcmynNzYGW4OcOwn4UIukfi9_xuKcE9X5WwKOZU4v2blDA/w640-h568/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20M,%20w%20Piute%20Butte,%20Rocky%20Buttes-matches%20Hot%20Rods%20to%20Hell%20crash%20site%20and%20football%20tossing%20location-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Hot Rods to Hell" filming locations along 150th Street<br /></b></span></div><br />Both the crash site and the football tossing site are noted on this map, along with key roads and rock features. The crash site is about one-third of a mile north of the football location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xfAx5AJev0M" width="320" youtube-src-id="xfAx5AJev0M"></iframe></div>Car chase video from "Hot Rods to Hell"<br /></b></span></div><br />Above is a 12-minute video clip posted by the fun YouTube account Car Chase Wonderland 2 showing much of the Mojave Desert action in "Hot Rods to Hell." Drive safely!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-55601343038606478162022-07-29T18:07:00.004-07:002022-10-21T17:05:56.993-07:00Careful with that bazooka, Marshal Dillon! (Movie history of Lake Los Angeles, Part 2)<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrVVMaWW8f7TxoBeBU-4VpdWs-aZD5R_57i2lBlj45XdgWMAlRBJD9jhhg3pdKHJm73LVXuowPIiElMKunybC04FykJqUOdmXpe_qP5XFfPc_1NSFv-mFbH85UfCJU0-0wvBlrtK1-FxJ8JMK7GcDsPe5j8xnrXwdvpOmhT8K-g1IMp4s-kldVzmmOQ/s1992/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Sanctuary%20Church%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1992" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrVVMaWW8f7TxoBeBU-4VpdWs-aZD5R_57i2lBlj45XdgWMAlRBJD9jhhg3pdKHJm73LVXuowPIiElMKunybC04FykJqUOdmXpe_qP5XFfPc_1NSFv-mFbH85UfCJU0-0wvBlrtK1-FxJ8JMK7GcDsPe5j8xnrXwdvpOmhT8K-g1IMp4s-kldVzmmOQ/w640-h420/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Sanctuary%20Church%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Deadly Vipers observe festivities inside the Two Pines Wedding Chapel<br /></b></span></div><br />When we wrapped up <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Part 1 of our in-depth look at Lake Los Angeles movie history</a>, we were about to delve into the story behind the "Kill Bill Church." (<a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Please click here to see Part 1</a>.) <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHfXOp1A6gNTr2QMUR4l5jsM2U_rBYHWXoa2d8eUt6hEsc1UgSl2M5A5z07L5_pxDrKMb-epP8cAQ4PHCRx9UpYHKTH7oH7Pr8z9-wcbkVQkYmwTNdP2CY_CGMlqSk4xDDtaif-B2YDxF7pXulfVuaYtjK4eVlhdThF7dScnJgnpF7a-T4i1LGz93EQ/s3744/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Sanctuary%20Church%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2474" data-original-width="3744" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHfXOp1A6gNTr2QMUR4l5jsM2U_rBYHWXoa2d8eUt6hEsc1UgSl2M5A5z07L5_pxDrKMb-epP8cAQ4PHCRx9UpYHKTH7oH7Pr8z9-wcbkVQkYmwTNdP2CY_CGMlqSk4xDDtaif-B2YDxF7pXulfVuaYtjK4eVlhdThF7dScnJgnpF7a-T4i1LGz93EQ/w640-h422/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Sanctuary%20Church%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Does anybody here object to the wedding? Absolutely!<br /></b></span></div><br />Located in Hi Vista on the northern outskirts of Lake Los Angeles, this
small church — or what looks like a church — is the most famous movie location in the Greater
Lake Los Angeles area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRD86PVBgOzR-UeL8wUHGufagGPBWxi-sc5USBbrCEXkI8BCXsXESDBATr9Smdh8K5C_1_eUFrKtYI-aLHuXubpMQlBrt3mElZDaYH6UE27aHSL1-BvaRSzEcGpDdDaa8WGf54ogd-PSBkIxMhKz4oiuCWGl6zmS4TW8Qm6pRCVxQTzDeCbskL4JmH7A/s1500/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRD86PVBgOzR-UeL8wUHGufagGPBWxi-sc5USBbrCEXkI8BCXsXESDBATr9Smdh8K5C_1_eUFrKtYI-aLHuXubpMQlBrt3mElZDaYH6UE27aHSL1-BvaRSzEcGpDdDaa8WGf54ogd-PSBkIxMhKz4oiuCWGl6zmS4TW8Qm6pRCVxQTzDeCbskL4JmH7A/w640-h320/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sanctuary Adventist Church, 2015 (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />In
recent years it became known as the Sanctuary Adventist
Church, but it does not appear to be currently operating as a
church. The building's ownership has changed hands a few times over the years, and I get the impression the church part of the operation may have slipped through the cracks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6aMoOadrKiOQl-msp6r4xQ6Gn1IHOGVWHf7RDulSlpNnaG3ikND6Zt11H94fi1XnxBVhZh_ZhY8opKpzmIJKexFWXiq_JOQ7SAMbDvtvUKjnRiFyHqQqQIEL77ziVJa_OMlLYtanclqkFdBJOheUWlXrtT4Qsklckn9rb8zdU7xp-A7j_RJk9BOE3Q/s3915/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-front%20view,%20with%20truck,%20film%20here%20signs-5536.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2175" data-original-width="3915" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6aMoOadrKiOQl-msp6r4xQ6Gn1IHOGVWHf7RDulSlpNnaG3ikND6Zt11H94fi1XnxBVhZh_ZhY8opKpzmIJKexFWXiq_JOQ7SAMbDvtvUKjnRiFyHqQqQIEL77ziVJa_OMlLYtanclqkFdBJOheUWlXrtT4Qsklckn9rb8zdU7xp-A7j_RJk9BOE3Q/w640-h356/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-front%20view,%20with%20truck,%20film%20here%20signs-5536.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Film here, but you'll want to move the truck<br /></b></span></div><br />The building is still available for filming. When I was out
there earlier this month the "film here" signs were out in force. These signs are a common sight now in the Mojave Desert, especially around Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhrPddssn9prEIu-KhMVGxu9vExxifiZJDZdD7W3EWv9wr--QyW8Q13eOJXu6bf5qrOlAiypkkKjMsN8t4Jy2YyUm7YjK9zKkWBnhLc_OQR7rplmGgoXgtSgdzDasCnUGLqymqDt4bfxwHS-g47iTD3JaLY3ZKQatD_16G8SWkybB8z8E3Ahd98Y7Hg/s732/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="732" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhrPddssn9prEIu-KhMVGxu9vExxifiZJDZdD7W3EWv9wr--QyW8Q13eOJXu6bf5qrOlAiypkkKjMsN8t4Jy2YyUm7YjK9zKkWBnhLc_OQR7rplmGgoXgtSgdzDasCnUGLqymqDt4bfxwHS-g47iTD3JaLY3ZKQatD_16G8SWkybB8z8E3Ahd98Y7Hg/w640-h448/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit-zoomed%20in-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Adventist Church with its sign displayed in 2015<br /></b></span></div><br />Did you notice the sign for Sanctuary Adventist Church in Jerry Condit's 2015 photo?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGUBQLd4o351rb8q6cob0FevAsTm02lvMtftfMNQnDkkyTWcSHM2Mry_lZFPG4EH1sU4hK5ZoeGmYG_EZtV9PwtLcBMLMaGX8OoH4GlEsbOecQDzVykN-D5qPGKrKq6U_owNzMGRKkaGTRcFWwnT2ynRPH5K2xCECosFO6VQZvA55fWA3wLJqFyVZBA/s2703/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-front%20view,%20with%20truck,%20film%20here%20signs-5535-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="2703" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGUBQLd4o351rb8q6cob0FevAsTm02lvMtftfMNQnDkkyTWcSHM2Mry_lZFPG4EH1sU4hK5ZoeGmYG_EZtV9PwtLcBMLMaGX8OoH4GlEsbOecQDzVykN-D5qPGKrKq6U_owNzMGRKkaGTRcFWwnT2ynRPH5K2xCECosFO6VQZvA55fWA3wLJqFyVZBA/w640-h474/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-front%20view,%20with%20truck,%20film%20here%20signs-5535-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Sign now stashed behind an old bench — or is it a church pew?<br /></b></span></div><br />Today that same church sign is stashed behind an old bench that has been sitting out on the building's front deck for years. Meanwhile there they are again: at least three "film here" signs, prominently displayed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-acVJNfF1E8SwjQFhGR7zFiNfYDpVhATZuNOEDltofgEN6OrR7U2070j9lzvI8QO1hXOkpNns67f6V7XX_Y5eA7LHlIbEe26Hppf0mTQKVpmnGLAep9KVojcbbhrZ8sQCojQ9i79ry_HtIi8Gmqu78c35gDUaMl05W6sMFlbhzrJB819Kv3UR9VkJww/s2226/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Hi%20Vista-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2226" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-acVJNfF1E8SwjQFhGR7zFiNfYDpVhATZuNOEDltofgEN6OrR7U2070j9lzvI8QO1hXOkpNns67f6V7XX_Y5eA7LHlIbEe26Hppf0mTQKVpmnGLAep9KVojcbbhrZ8sQCojQ9i79ry_HtIi8Gmqu78c35gDUaMl05W6sMFlbhzrJB819Kv3UR9VkJww/w640-h552/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Hi%20Vista-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Hi Vista, Calif. — location of the "Kill Bill Church"<br /></b></span></div><br />Located
on East Avenue G at 198th Street East, about 10 miles from downtown
Lake Los
Angeles, the "Kill Bill Church" has a storied past
that even some of the most rabid "Kill Bill" enthusiasts don't know about.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl0qxQfYOSFofwv3SdBS9ovXRPBG_M_aQF6QoxZmnhU2CyFhKUVkcoRnJ8jb8jb7Zv_xJlG6dWcvkQ_TfK2d6m7J3ktijo8DdPpjjekpVvKp1kX7i-d0JoWS1Rqk0dCVer1uf6_tbc0Zj546KBQaTa2xEvZT-yE4wDT0IXqrMyRfjwSxj8KL-PNH9Rw/s567/1960s%20(ca)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall%20(later%20Sanctuary%20Church)-Mojavedesert.net.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="567" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl0qxQfYOSFofwv3SdBS9ovXRPBG_M_aQF6QoxZmnhU2CyFhKUVkcoRnJ8jb8jb7Zv_xJlG6dWcvkQ_TfK2d6m7J3ktijo8DdPpjjekpVvKp1kX7i-d0JoWS1Rqk0dCVer1uf6_tbc0Zj546KBQaTa2xEvZT-yE4wDT0IXqrMyRfjwSxj8KL-PNH9Rw/w640-h466/1960s%20(ca)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall%20(later%20Sanctuary%20Church)-Mojavedesert.net.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Hi Vista Community Hall (ca. 1960s): The building that would later become the "Kill Bill Church"<br /></b></span></div><br />The
building used to be the community center for the town of Hi Vista.
There's scarcely a town out there today, so it's unexpected that
they would have ever needed a community center. But they definitely had
one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5ldWflQ-9AWb_5mPfraubuW-yPuoVtkZ5KUf6foLSpyD7BHPmw8birLF4GdkPbbzpafVTbo7C_6PX6Eo6BXJ4BfSBe-R1N2ZfCtfQ73jQ73PsRAZRH2NQxEe-17knzca4tONdK8kY-HiO_jGBOnoHZpgpjCcTUQ6TxNtd8CD2Ep1kRmPmTYismdShQ/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5ldWflQ-9AWb_5mPfraubuW-yPuoVtkZ5KUf6foLSpyD7BHPmw8birLF4GdkPbbzpafVTbo7C_6PX6Eo6BXJ4BfSBe-R1N2ZfCtfQ73jQ73PsRAZRH2NQxEe-17knzca4tONdK8kY-HiO_jGBOnoHZpgpjCcTUQ6TxNtd8CD2Ep1kRmPmTYismdShQ/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East.png" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions" (1981): A new look for Hi Vista's community hall<br /></b></span></div><br />The
structure's present-day appearance can be traced back to the Robert De
Niro-Robert Duvall movie "True Confessions." The old community hall
received a new bell tower, new facade treatment and other modifications
to give it the look of a Spanish-style Catholic <i>iglesia</i> in the film.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE8b-0fAyczQvQn3WtMJ2kyodH9ZL4ZnQNZ5OSmn1uG4FV9J83Fwwq0LTd2ppqyDVez1f0EsxrRQ7IH9bQNAM7cq25ZGy1Eh45dCMNQqQJRCtB45DiF0nCDbYBBTsC-Be1IljbBOIA6rxpV7NdayGRra9Jv9iBHyrpiWTUIAyOeVKIOv3XQYMXAB5Gw/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20interior-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE8b-0fAyczQvQn3WtMJ2kyodH9ZL4ZnQNZ5OSmn1uG4FV9J83Fwwq0LTd2ppqyDVez1f0EsxrRQ7IH9bQNAM7cq25ZGy1Eh45dCMNQqQJRCtB45DiF0nCDbYBBTsC-Be1IljbBOIA6rxpV7NdayGRra9Jv9iBHyrpiWTUIAyOeVKIOv3XQYMXAB5Gw/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20interior-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>De Niro and Duvall inside the future Kill Bill Church in "True Confessions"<br /></b></span></div><br />In
what may be the building's first movie appearance, "True Confessions"
showcased both the interior and the exterior of what was now a "church." A movie church, anyway.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dO9yVKwOnUSBxpihBIETfY8Egx6Vr_YXuytkNlncBeBELDOlLkR4t1afboj30FWiMnNZj0OGkW-d2VX6qhY-GYeikIa0u-1p4NBgrPE3knSMyxXYqdz2MXec_UokTezn-F49R5KkEK3HUg6USpsd8tcWvIGAWfGunbT0HEIrp8nCWawkZWL9kF0vLw/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20interior-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dO9yVKwOnUSBxpihBIETfY8Egx6Vr_YXuytkNlncBeBELDOlLkR4t1afboj30FWiMnNZj0OGkW-d2VX6qhY-GYeikIa0u-1p4NBgrPE3knSMyxXYqdz2MXec_UokTezn-F49R5KkEK3HUg6USpsd8tcWvIGAWfGunbT0HEIrp8nCWawkZWL9kF0vLw/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20interior-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The movie demonstrates that this building works as a church<br /></b></span></div><br />In
the real world the building had yet to be transformed into a church at
the time "True Confessions" came along. The interiors we see in the movie, well sometimes those Hollywood set dressers just outdo themselves.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxqUFeFynVkGJG1FjqA5BX-Qv4otlejday8wHNIcHc6b9_oJB-JgMXymcakXgBjIDqxzcs4N4SRsGZBOpSi6gnUA0n9hj_1f0y7eB4IlGW2ub1Mr8_RBI-7LiHeOOdfb3NeFeiA7o9E-0Z2ht4qK5C8KLF4aDFSDbTYmjlMLS43H8XYfR4pQfPrDvpg/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20interior-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-looking%20east.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxqUFeFynVkGJG1FjqA5BX-Qv4otlejday8wHNIcHc6b9_oJB-JgMXymcakXgBjIDqxzcs4N4SRsGZBOpSi6gnUA0n9hj_1f0y7eB4IlGW2ub1Mr8_RBI-7LiHeOOdfb3NeFeiA7o9E-0Z2ht4qK5C8KLF4aDFSDbTYmjlMLS43H8XYfR4pQfPrDvpg/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20interior-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-looking%20east.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Duvall and De Niro emote against the backdrop of Hi Vista<br /></b></span></div><br />Since these
interior scenes were filmed inside the actual building and not on a
soundstage, the scenery outside the windows and front entrance is Hi
Vista in all its glory.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdfLu29mF2cI5dJ2xx6-FM3PpSJHUj0YQp-t4Wip2Rzy93x48AS0GTgryCGHf4iAZZbDki0QkHhAJRQ1xSQESwER-QHZjq239vdKkp61jDqPcyUgP-5puc_9vgO_kI5CrudfT6WUD2X7SHyX6clLNL81LihqxGQ6Myuv2JSnr8_oy3vJqjcJii7t1uw/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20exterior-east%20side-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-cemetery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdfLu29mF2cI5dJ2xx6-FM3PpSJHUj0YQp-t4Wip2Rzy93x48AS0GTgryCGHf4iAZZbDki0QkHhAJRQ1xSQESwER-QHZjq239vdKkp61jDqPcyUgP-5puc_9vgO_kI5CrudfT6WUD2X7SHyX6clLNL81LihqxGQ6Myuv2JSnr8_oy3vJqjcJii7t1uw/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20exterior-east%20side-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-cemetery.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions": A poignant stroll in Hi Vista<br /></b></span></div><br />When
De Niro and Duvall wander outside to visit the church cemetery,
we get a good look at the east side of the community hall/church
building, where the set design continues the <i>iglesia</i> theme.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1lZ9OD4mkDFmSZS_H6pKbfFCko3DR9ZJLdTZyKQHyZOfsMhx9-2CMfstIvJ05vPtcQ0d5vCqrVNQfKb-6K2Xtx3Da5NbbDL0ShrldingBpUvIxFdHgMJhApOJfPVoEWZQcoa8rndAxqkhPO8sv3HwrS2FIVGRTu5rnlxVKkeWo6s1fYUxX8oSF7bzA/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20exterior-east%20side-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-cemetery-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1lZ9OD4mkDFmSZS_H6pKbfFCko3DR9ZJLdTZyKQHyZOfsMhx9-2CMfstIvJ05vPtcQ0d5vCqrVNQfKb-6K2Xtx3Da5NbbDL0ShrldingBpUvIxFdHgMJhApOJfPVoEWZQcoa8rndAxqkhPO8sv3HwrS2FIVGRTu5rnlxVKkeWo6s1fYUxX8oSF7bzA/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20exterior-east%20side-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-cemetery-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Across East Avenue G, another building of interest<br /></b></span></div><br />We
also get a partial glimpse of a building across the street, which
remains in place today and is another filming location. We'll take a
closer look at this building in a moment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpOJDd8yvwnz1afKR4rIVNx82DmDQC3tdARHJHeV9PEpCWVAM0Ym1hGmgPti2DYVQw0iHXix9dCOaKCg79ODNGKfwV68nvphCJNZ4v928PjC65BMpl0UMU92GfIBvurSq8yFDhdJniHSgieRzaNK10MfJ6ojbwTYCzg2BdyPxBXa6RNdGxFQ_3UPQYw/s2548/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere-Talking%20Heads%20video-Hi%20Vista%20(Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20area)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="2548" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpOJDd8yvwnz1afKR4rIVNx82DmDQC3tdARHJHeV9PEpCWVAM0Ym1hGmgPti2DYVQw0iHXix9dCOaKCg79ODNGKfwV68nvphCJNZ4v928PjC65BMpl0UMU92GfIBvurSq8yFDhdJniHSgieRzaNK10MfJ6ojbwTYCzg2BdyPxBXa6RNdGxFQ_3UPQYw/w640-h454/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere-Talking%20Heads%20video-Hi%20Vista%20(Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20area)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Road to Nowhere" (Talking Heads music video, 1985)<br /></b></span></div><br />Following
the "True Confessions" shoot the Hi Vista Community Hall retained its
new "churchy" look out front, even after it lost the cross and bell. It
went back to being a community hall, and also continued to be used for
filming — including this appearance four years later in the music video
for the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCmosSkHeQxrZqMnaRQqzj8apmvc9sufJXAq_xk2hxkHEPcFwo2fYpzAhwBaisS2R-J5Ly5BBq6eJ2IWl_s8oSuzNRzDlec3hhg9Y1V1Hxji_d1S-i4a4bwVNjmu9aWG0tHp9dqi0h6ZQ1WwN7TcVvXhAQqtUc5Dz70ZcW9WfsLKifOFAaoCXQbCq0w/s567/1960s%20(ca)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall%20(later%20Sanctuary%20Church)-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="567" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCmosSkHeQxrZqMnaRQqzj8apmvc9sufJXAq_xk2hxkHEPcFwo2fYpzAhwBaisS2R-J5Ly5BBq6eJ2IWl_s8oSuzNRzDlec3hhg9Y1V1Hxji_d1S-i4a4bwVNjmu9aWG0tHp9dqi0h6ZQ1WwN7TcVvXhAQqtUc5Dz70ZcW9WfsLKifOFAaoCXQbCq0w/w640-h466/1960s%20(ca)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall%20(later%20Sanctuary%20Church)-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The original banner: They don't make 'em like that anymore</b></span></div><br />I
don't know why I find this amusing, but it also appears that they
dragged out the exact same banner they were using back in the 1960s. I
mean, that <i>is</i> the same banner — the closer you look, the more the same it is.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-OL1VHC8aY-tw_Bz7RKomGjjEvAvYgjvi4aQSCz8d6O6uu8VIly8SouUk0hvjifZj6rFdb02bjzfFIG7S1nNfAV5oLGoNB3c3Fh439lZ0TSc0ZUot9c8Vb1pvWABox6nnhORxAcfpn1mP20uRhfaTADqDIRzFBdj3k-OTbCPm62txJNyGePBOu5xUw/s2048/David%20Byrne%20and%20David%20Binder-flipt-noted%202b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-OL1VHC8aY-tw_Bz7RKomGjjEvAvYgjvi4aQSCz8d6O6uu8VIly8SouUk0hvjifZj6rFdb02bjzfFIG7S1nNfAV5oLGoNB3c3Fh439lZ0TSc0ZUot9c8Vb1pvWABox6nnhORxAcfpn1mP20uRhfaTADqDIRzFBdj3k-OTbCPm62txJNyGePBOu5xUw/w640-h430/David%20Byrne%20and%20David%20Binder-flipt-noted%202b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>David Byrne of Talking Heads (L) has an imaginary meeting with the community center guy</b></span></div><br />David
Byrne may have been
quietly cursing everyone involved with "True Confessions" after he drove
all the way out to the desert only to find the "community center" he'd
heard so much about now looked like a Catholic <i>iglesia</i> on the outside. I mean, that's just one possibility.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjUWvSBxI3xfWCfyzGHgnve6RGe7KYZ3kXlWGRfOYZ3KWLMUDJynl4bqTOYEJQFJ1lfXFflHU0bSISvK7Eld7I_8h_a652z4QtQ-Of4iWj598xT-TnKXaMLOkyJwZSKStLl60knQV16BrIKKNjBVCZpcOxLKg6se9uavOgA-5QDfU6fp9JVbfazhzFg/s2552/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2552" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjUWvSBxI3xfWCfyzGHgnve6RGe7KYZ3kXlWGRfOYZ3KWLMUDJynl4bqTOYEJQFJ1lfXFflHU0bSISvK7Eld7I_8h_a652z4QtQ-Of4iWj598xT-TnKXaMLOkyJwZSKStLl60knQV16BrIKKNjBVCZpcOxLKg6se9uavOgA-5QDfU6fp9JVbfazhzFg/w640-h454/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Road to Nowhere": The community hall as a community hall<br /></b></span></div><br />The
music video focuses mainly on the building's interior, and we can see
that the pews from "True Confessions" have been removed, along with any
other items suggesting a church on the inside.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoFxNrLuuK1ESzrJmvVIWBxSJYgzgIwRolpR0Vc7eB15DP3TW274qa-kquJLUWteI6MMzoCJzrVPzZiUCtElYEY7TfGftAWQvtHtYnchzYsYzm13b5UFI5zmbyZ9HpYjfvy00zWSuY_xpEcMZseQSjiKWpTqJLi6Cdh77JU3EPYz5RVRLEMXybqAG-g/s2552/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2552" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoFxNrLuuK1ESzrJmvVIWBxSJYgzgIwRolpR0Vc7eB15DP3TW274qa-kquJLUWteI6MMzoCJzrVPzZiUCtElYEY7TfGftAWQvtHtYnchzYsYzm13b5UFI5zmbyZ9HpYjfvy00zWSuY_xpEcMZseQSjiKWpTqJLi6Cdh77JU3EPYz5RVRLEMXybqAG-g/w640-h454/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Talking Heads video: Is it art imitating life, life imitating art, or ... "Let's just see what happens"?<br /></b></span></div><br />The interior of the building looks just about exactly like a
small town community center. The sequence "feels" like the video director just filmed a community event already in progress, perhaps the desired effect.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPj_QhF7xWuRNlt3VrJL9F9YloQqVSYmrmuD7I3NH0pov46p1uDB0SMznC8MZd7cLk241mFACymKo_dd2JmWurzB8fD2DrXwflZ1ldIwK3LTYPNZ_LnUf1NyFwkjU-GAHhRUSazM9_ksOia2JkxGREsnOndsNyOmqF55VldueuW48JZDgUrcbzAULueQ/s2552/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2552" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPj_QhF7xWuRNlt3VrJL9F9YloQqVSYmrmuD7I3NH0pov46p1uDB0SMznC8MZd7cLk241mFACymKo_dd2JmWurzB8fD2DrXwflZ1ldIwK3LTYPNZ_LnUf1NyFwkjU-GAHhRUSazM9_ksOia2JkxGREsnOndsNyOmqF55VldueuW48JZDgUrcbzAULueQ/w640-h454/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Road to Nowhere" choir (Hi Vista Community Hall, 1985)<br /></b></span></div><br />Intended
or not, it's appropriately "on the nose" that a group of either local
residents, music video extras or Talking Heads family members would
convene in the Hi Vista Community Hall to lip-sync about a "road to
nowhere."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnW55EbtG0cIKzl5NYWXMXPF71qPqD_sMK-Bm0IYmaGpKbviwC_5GAgaBnrXAYIICh0BeBrVF2c9aUPpU7obcGQdjvmOm39vbePX3mcgdgWiEYU4E73xi8dLJ5JqtaF34RebYiek2AaonzQy19d5k8lrbH_H3BT84BiJ863Q0WcBcSsD-1Bi4CstBrA/s2552/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%203-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2552" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnW55EbtG0cIKzl5NYWXMXPF71qPqD_sMK-Bm0IYmaGpKbviwC_5GAgaBnrXAYIICh0BeBrVF2c9aUPpU7obcGQdjvmOm39vbePX3mcgdgWiEYU4E73xi8dLJ5JqtaF34RebYiek2AaonzQy19d5k8lrbH_H3BT84BiJ863Q0WcBcSsD-1Bi4CstBrA/w640-h454/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior%203-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>OK, so it's not all Hi Vista locals<br /></b></span></div><br />It
eventually occurred to me that's David Byrne in the back (circled in
yellow), and the other band members are also planted here and there in
the choir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4A-YSFitZFHvTiACbEf5Ta7KyL3VF-PeHONnF7Tpl5uIE2mPssX_cDwfgYyxPmWzjxFm3z5uXgZ5a6dpvJALjV3DqWBQ_TNrU2iJb6afPCsZygc-Ivk9X73lZ6usJ5Q-oxIfX6D6DTnLzcOg30IKTBH_d05yUZPQrBnihkt0g_GJqGj6h81gNpM_MQ/s2552/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-kid%20walking%20down%20desert%20road.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="2552" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4A-YSFitZFHvTiACbEf5Ta7KyL3VF-PeHONnF7Tpl5uIE2mPssX_cDwfgYyxPmWzjxFm3z5uXgZ5a6dpvJALjV3DqWBQ_TNrU2iJb6afPCsZygc-Ivk9X73lZ6usJ5Q-oxIfX6D6DTnLzcOg30IKTBH_d05yUZPQrBnihkt0g_GJqGj6h81gNpM_MQ/w640-h452/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-kid%20walking%20down%20desert%20road.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Road to Nowhere" (1985): Leaving Hi Vista, headed east<br /></b></span></div><br />The
next shot in the video is just a kid in a swimsuit walking down a
desert road, which is not only, once again, "on the nose," but also <i>location verite</i>. The shot is taken looking east along Avenue G, with the kid walking away from the real-world location of the Hi Vista Community Hall.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjDtdCgL_cv7PESdXFhJ0Fqhx80nUQSJrUSmaCaN9qr7GVljJD111dy3Vqwtf4Bdiv2YhJI03_aPqDICmEp_QsIpacumxiruWn5ZUC-bS9dlng4RZ3W23ZNvvPJn9WvBJJR2e7xveW_hG2RzZsD98am9Af45W8rB4VMM01zC9VfPEIlgYt1CJPxS7ww/s2439/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-%22Road%20to%20Nowhere%22-Avenue%20G%20looking%20E%20from%20200th%20St-matches%20Talking%20Heads%20video%20Road%20to%20Nowhere,%20etc-5626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2439" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjDtdCgL_cv7PESdXFhJ0Fqhx80nUQSJrUSmaCaN9qr7GVljJD111dy3Vqwtf4Bdiv2YhJI03_aPqDICmEp_QsIpacumxiruWn5ZUC-bS9dlng4RZ3W23ZNvvPJn9WvBJJR2e7xveW_hG2RzZsD98am9Af45W8rB4VMM01zC9VfPEIlgYt1CJPxS7ww/w640-h358/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-%22Road%20to%20Nowhere%22-Avenue%20G%20looking%20E%20from%20200th%20St-matches%20Talking%20Heads%20video%20Road%20to%20Nowhere,%20etc-5626.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same road to nowhere in July 2022: Avenue G through Hi Vista</b></span></div><br />I
took my own shot when I was out that way earlier this month, confirming
that Avenue G running through the heart of Hi Vista, Calif., is indeed
the iconic "road to nowhere."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LQiOA7euaYA" width="320" youtube-src-id="LQiOA7euaYA"></iframe></div>"Road to Nowhere" — click to watch the video<br /></b></span></div><br />It's
a cool video — and you can check it out on YouTube by clicking on the
image above. I'll give you a Heads-up, though: All the good Lake Los
Angeles and Hi Vista footage is in the first 40 seconds. Yes I said "Heads"-up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaeU7wzO9eEpPTtVmLdgXqW_aTMDykKxE-2U9mseHT4x_WY4xwP5prgX2uQrMLoJ1T5kQJ3BzHKTp3tDXkX7jC9vtF0BhF97CRjNCMeOISBHGCZOcbhntwjTTk03GHLjbUE8or_DwkScWocpxIIZkVwai-ONC09weX54yq8u9nM1PoRcaJnNvYlzAZA/s1200/2011-Kill%20Bill-The%20Whole%20Bloody%20Affair-poster,%20including%20Sanctuary%20Church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaeU7wzO9eEpPTtVmLdgXqW_aTMDykKxE-2U9mseHT4x_WY4xwP5prgX2uQrMLoJ1T5kQJ3BzHKTp3tDXkX7jC9vtF0BhF97CRjNCMeOISBHGCZOcbhntwjTTk03GHLjbUE8or_DwkScWocpxIIZkVwai-ONC09weX54yq8u9nM1PoRcaJnNvYlzAZA/w426-h640/2011-Kill%20Bill-The%20Whole%20Bloody%20Affair-poster,%20including%20Sanctuary%20Church.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>"Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" (2011)<br /></b></span></div><br />The
Hi Vista Community Hall wound up in a few other productions over the
years, but the defining event in its career as a filming location — so
far — has been its role as the Two Pines Wedding Chapel in the "Kill
Bill" movies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PKrC6CUWGdjXtAArPY4dsVnaWNyMa0tML2fn9aW5DHP2zC7fH-mbQTjDy-v4oJxc4o89U1rahqUj50rslwo13DZSk3VReEvNtEe4B6mqJ4p9B6cq6vRRI5MNzhJaBFy1ie2A7FPgTYho1JanC7x6dF0jnASD8idCkVgQ2qCBmSsoE3SslNVVAlRAdw/s1200/2011-Kill%20Bill-The%20Whole%20Bloody%20Affair-poster,%20including%20Sanctuary%20Church-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PKrC6CUWGdjXtAArPY4dsVnaWNyMa0tML2fn9aW5DHP2zC7fH-mbQTjDy-v4oJxc4o89U1rahqUj50rslwo13DZSk3VReEvNtEe4B6mqJ4p9B6cq6vRRI5MNzhJaBFy1ie2A7FPgTYho1JanC7x6dF0jnASD8idCkVgQ2qCBmSsoE3SslNVVAlRAdw/w426-h640/2011-Kill%20Bill-The%20Whole%20Bloody%20Affair-poster,%20including%20Sanctuary%20Church-noted.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>A high point for Hi Vista<br /></b></span></div><br />The
building even turns up in the poster for "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody
Affair," Quentin Tarantino's four-hour-plus director's
cut combining the two volumes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cdekBQRF5AZc1RiwuiNeRCobZyO8dOXBSEWSq6WM3VzgOWckpXwqs7XFaV-pyBt0qdKbjredo3B6zCXMyTyAP_Orn6A_Do4axfNEFa0Q06S28eIUUBLr7GvOCtObVwJInzaGd6i8zTHrqo90LTsKqPUDFKTV8SrnckPV6nXmuod9J9XbgeSqpoHtlg/s2224/2003%20and%202004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201%20and%20Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-posters.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="2224" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cdekBQRF5AZc1RiwuiNeRCobZyO8dOXBSEWSq6WM3VzgOWckpXwqs7XFaV-pyBt0qdKbjredo3B6zCXMyTyAP_Orn6A_Do4axfNEFa0Q06S28eIUUBLr7GvOCtObVwJInzaGd6i8zTHrqo90LTsKqPUDFKTV8SrnckPV6nXmuod9J9XbgeSqpoHtlg/w640-h474/2003%20and%202004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201%20and%20Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-posters.png" width="640" /></a></div>Posters for the first two "Kill Bill" movies, starring Uma Thurman (2003 and 2004)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Kill
Bill Volume 1" and "Kill Bill Volume 2" were filmed more or less simultaneously, from 2002-2003. What was essentially a four-hour movie was then split into two movies, which were released separately in 2003 and 2004.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZml1cgzj7ky0_P6Sz5jNTNbXau-Nfl1H20h06eoxAKIXOM84y7PfGRpo5vS02Dt_J-6x9IF8O3z-yFiN_5seagM6P_Grvf-3xy0VhkF5Imv8E5ltYN7xDlWvJD8M12i_UpJB-iEHY2Z-xvvlY3VQoJXgOFsiCKYvPFKNibt8zawTsMKXVdQgky_mhQ/s2550/2003-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201-Hi%20Vista-Two%20Pines%20Wedding%20Chapel%20interior%20during%20wedding%20scene%20in%20Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="2550" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZml1cgzj7ky0_P6Sz5jNTNbXau-Nfl1H20h06eoxAKIXOM84y7PfGRpo5vS02Dt_J-6x9IF8O3z-yFiN_5seagM6P_Grvf-3xy0VhkF5Imv8E5ltYN7xDlWvJD8M12i_UpJB-iEHY2Z-xvvlY3VQoJXgOFsiCKYvPFKNibt8zawTsMKXVdQgky_mhQ/w640-h324/2003-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201-Hi%20Vista-Two%20Pines%20Wedding%20Chapel%20interior%20during%20wedding%20scene%20in%20Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": There will be blood in the Two Pines Wedding Chapel<br /></b></span></div><br />Like
"True Confessions" and the "Road to Nowhere" video, "Kill Bill" shot
both the interior and the exterior of the Hi Vista Community Hall, where
a notorious wedding massacre would take place.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY5i6kNnEcirGnKN3xvEMFhOKRYXlD8q1NZDYGhqJtFKTYNp2OEGL0olSlvfQtNXJumIgOqv50ik9BgmJdkqlu6FGttUovMui0KbTFAovX_biQyKwc5iGkd7tVTn_5ijMQx3tw7nyp9VWul1Ly16DwJTo2gIB0o4PuFAvlKaP76S62-s91KHzzXZZSA/s1196/2003%20(ca)-Kill%20Bill-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-interior-bloodbath.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="1196" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY5i6kNnEcirGnKN3xvEMFhOKRYXlD8q1NZDYGhqJtFKTYNp2OEGL0olSlvfQtNXJumIgOqv50ik9BgmJdkqlu6FGttUovMui0KbTFAovX_biQyKwc5iGkd7tVTn_5ijMQx3tw7nyp9VWul1Ly16DwJTo2gIB0o4PuFAvlKaP76S62-s91KHzzXZZSA/w640-h266/2003%20(ca)-Kill%20Bill-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-interior-bloodbath.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Massacre at the community hall<br /></b></span></div><br />If
you're familiar with the "Kill Bill" movies, you won't be surprised to see that the interior of the Hi Vista Community Hall becomes the
setting for a bloodbath.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvTD-o7gXGW8YgfcTAHeyM_b6t9KCUbaPjl96A83fD55BcWmH3iR-KRfdOSkB8efzfoOEd2Z-GAGT034C227nxeCKOw0bR4gDHorsxHe2kCqNR1daGMH14XHibGFVDHgSlGopm6Rc3_nswZ_PCjIN1AfA2_4X2ZI63CsyqlQt_gnM_49SMVpuWc90Zg/s1728/undated%20(recent)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior-photo%20by%20Peter%20Paulsen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1728" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvTD-o7gXGW8YgfcTAHeyM_b6t9KCUbaPjl96A83fD55BcWmH3iR-KRfdOSkB8efzfoOEd2Z-GAGT034C227nxeCKOw0bR4gDHorsxHe2kCqNR1daGMH14XHibGFVDHgSlGopm6Rc3_nswZ_PCjIN1AfA2_4X2ZI63CsyqlQt_gnM_49SMVpuWc90Zg/w640-h426/undated%20(recent)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior-photo%20by%20Peter%20Paulsen.png" width="640" /></a></div>Interior of the Hi Vista Community Hall (Peter Paulsen photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />This
is what the same space looked like more recently — after the dead
bodies and most of the fancy wedding chapel stuff had been cleared out.
You can match up things like the ceiling beams if you're so inclined.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKeHrv_R9y0P7BL0_pgZDTmWkUO1c1hW5y-BiI_PRQX08v3GyKyN7cLf36p1qeDbzsJmXWUNPAKeSXrJp5Pu5XJ8bNwarQEKiHxpFVoOu_-h2lJSJ4mVTqkrJsFNdTsIG99StSYoy-N-wFyW527qgmI52Vtld1Yb7IW4YESymyaQC8n9Z0eq3PVD7Xg/s2504/undated%20(recent)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior-zoomed%20in%20on%20the%20folding%20chairs-photo%20by%20Peter%20Paulsen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="2504" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKeHrv_R9y0P7BL0_pgZDTmWkUO1c1hW5y-BiI_PRQX08v3GyKyN7cLf36p1qeDbzsJmXWUNPAKeSXrJp5Pu5XJ8bNwarQEKiHxpFVoOu_-h2lJSJ4mVTqkrJsFNdTsIG99StSYoy-N-wFyW527qgmI52Vtld1Yb7IW4YESymyaQC8n9Z0eq3PVD7Xg/w640-h354/undated%20(recent)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior-zoomed%20in%20on%20the%20folding%20chairs-photo%20by%20Peter%20Paulsen.png" width="640" /></a></div>Terrific Hi Vista-themed folding chairs<br /></b></span></div><br />What
really caught my eye — keeping in mind that I'm not exactly normal — is
the "Hi Vista"-branded metal chairs. I'd love to rent some of these for
my next watch party.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTTb2nc3Y4RsWHW3s1XKNRAAaQjgWO-MW9GzjJbPSYhLNLGa-T3_P8bR_75jDB5tDudGgJhzTXd9ZVK0peL9BbxqQFCFxK3ITfFJWEd-6_jjlvbXC8W1lPO4nMdMtufF4tHDDMGAvlT9mO-3bX8obMrM8ofoRqxtFhJvhFnhO-mMyD144xOQnvi2ZZw/s2504/undated%20(recent)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior-zoomed%20in%20on%20the%20folding%20chairs-photo%20by%20Peter%20Paulsen-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="2504" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTTb2nc3Y4RsWHW3s1XKNRAAaQjgWO-MW9GzjJbPSYhLNLGa-T3_P8bR_75jDB5tDudGgJhzTXd9ZVK0peL9BbxqQFCFxK3ITfFJWEd-6_jjlvbXC8W1lPO4nMdMtufF4tHDDMGAvlT9mO-3bX8obMrM8ofoRqxtFhJvhFnhO-mMyD144xOQnvi2ZZw/w640-h354/undated%20(recent)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-interior-zoomed%20in%20on%20the%20folding%20chairs-photo%20by%20Peter%20Paulsen-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Hi Vista Improvement Association?<br /></b></span></div><br />I
love that the good citizens of Hi Vista may have seen fit to create an
"improvement association" — especially when their town is already as
amazing as it is. The thought that they may have then stenciled it on
their folding chairs is just the icing on the cake — or maybe I should say the Liquid Paper on the cake.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagS31owB0UVQC6IlXH-cPf4RIMDVMRwzO2AACa5J79hXxZ92VzDgNwAbvIHqwlEejPU-NeBwfCAtYVolt-gi_pP5JfDiZt-Mx5rD9VzZRDYgyfyG7oZzjtfIRlo0NWq526vxI00KcFvKjTNtXwQWzCUc-I9JxFyE_26Q0B3wilB9dQS6THZL9IZXcmg/s2550/2002-2003-Kill%20Bill-Hi%20Vista-Two%20Pines%20Wedding%20Chapel%20exterior%20as%20it%20appears%20for%20the%20wedding%20scene%20in%20Kill%20Bill.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="2550" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagS31owB0UVQC6IlXH-cPf4RIMDVMRwzO2AACa5J79hXxZ92VzDgNwAbvIHqwlEejPU-NeBwfCAtYVolt-gi_pP5JfDiZt-Mx5rD9VzZRDYgyfyG7oZzjtfIRlo0NWq526vxI00KcFvKjTNtXwQWzCUc-I9JxFyE_26Q0B3wilB9dQS6THZL9IZXcmg/w640-h322/2002-2003-Kill%20Bill-Hi%20Vista-Two%20Pines%20Wedding%20Chapel%20exterior%20as%20it%20appears%20for%20the%20wedding%20scene%20in%20Kill%20Bill.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": The community hall decked out as the Two Pines Wedding Chapel<br /></b></span></div><br />This
is what the building's exterior looks like in "Kill Bill" — essentially
what it still looks like today, other than having a better paint job
back then. This shot would have been taken during filming in 2002 or
2003.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCMVnIto8jpp3LvJPiKZhM2IgPx4svqhpbsw7gvu9GNuxccUevOKjaLYr4tKDilcRAxA_V5oVqalihQMUmrJDshsIcOVRKjam0gNFslx-FwFO7YS0JCHuIPo506kM4o-fvCKy0stnkTggVFNLAALG0nnQDE4UN3eKiZmliFUqGmvHX-zGxFmF6CboCw/s1500/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCMVnIto8jpp3LvJPiKZhM2IgPx4svqhpbsw7gvu9GNuxccUevOKjaLYr4tKDilcRAxA_V5oVqalihQMUmrJDshsIcOVRKjam0gNFslx-FwFO7YS0JCHuIPo506kM4o-fvCKy0stnkTggVFNLAALG0nnQDE4UN3eKiZmliFUqGmvHX-zGxFmF6CboCw/w640-h320/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same building in 2015 — the Sanctuary Church period<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's
Jerry Condit's 2015 photo again for comparison. As I mentioned, the
paint job on the old building isn't so good these days. You might also
notice that the Joshua tree out front has gotten a lot bigger.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQDbgoeUUPP8W-89lrucy2BBa4UsNoWodGns8GkWEBnCneHy03UO8aVlhaSh3Cng_zerLvNjQdAArQFI1BKvvvj___WCX7kIKC7gF4onfd36nSfznK0mCDLLk1VrqtlBRQP-4dsRUI11rMrneHt5Ghf8AzpQ4ZNA87ExQ6caqM3J4UXfdKOi0f68GkA/s2541/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Adventist%20Church:Kill%20Bill%20Church-film%20here%20signs-5602.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2541" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQDbgoeUUPP8W-89lrucy2BBa4UsNoWodGns8GkWEBnCneHy03UO8aVlhaSh3Cng_zerLvNjQdAArQFI1BKvvvj___WCX7kIKC7gF4onfd36nSfznK0mCDLLk1VrqtlBRQP-4dsRUI11rMrneHt5Ghf8AzpQ4ZNA87ExQ6caqM3J4UXfdKOi0f68GkA/w640-h304/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Adventist%20Church:Kill%20Bill%20Church-film%20here%20signs-5602.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The community hall in July 2022: Still a church ... or just a filming location?<br /></b></span></div><br />It's now seven
years later, and the paint job has only gotten worse. Also, besides the "film here" signs all over the place, it has that
dorky truck parked out front, blocking the view of the building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmo6J1oB5XKx_sG-4SNuQxO7shiftfWl4eG2NaBYgDslnoFG3s53wOckCR_tWrHhBMU1iERxUdn-0Tl89N47AgxZb8UJ86jTr4OTKNJxJopsp4EtPiCgHJPyzdU0lmn3I_pX_K3Rlj64Z5-QokNlXNg6eGaueVp2PFDFMPiekCQyJRUL1U-li9S2QU8w/s2550/2002-2003-Kill%20Bill-Hi%20Vista-Two%20Pines%20Wedding%20Chapel%20exterior%20as%20it%20appears%20for%20the%20wedding%20scene%20in%20Kill%20Bill-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="2550" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmo6J1oB5XKx_sG-4SNuQxO7shiftfWl4eG2NaBYgDslnoFG3s53wOckCR_tWrHhBMU1iERxUdn-0Tl89N47AgxZb8UJ86jTr4OTKNJxJopsp4EtPiCgHJPyzdU0lmn3I_pX_K3Rlj64Z5-QokNlXNg6eGaueVp2PFDFMPiekCQyJRUL1U-li9S2QU8w/w640-h322/2002-2003-Kill%20Bill-Hi%20Vista-Two%20Pines%20Wedding%20Chapel%20exterior%20as%20it%20appears%20for%20the%20wedding%20scene%20in%20Kill%20Bill-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The front deck: A gift from "Kill Bill" to the building's owners<br /></b></span></div><br />Check
out the front deck area, which was added around the time of the "Kill
Bill" shoot. After "Kill Bill" the owners of the building kept the deck
in place.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnPB53yCYM9d5WT19upORwVrwx1jjbNrqR71v0hapiHmJCD5yRp3c3JrYSsiuWS0KPll9dj7Uif_89bOt9Lt0vOt82Rws67JY5TAfN6E1xiMX0ZVLUXhKn31nYZHV_LhUTRXHQhThjpolK2Mq9D8K5KzaSQY7xeGDdLnl_ClkBuoFyma1549d7Ugfiw/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnPB53yCYM9d5WT19upORwVrwx1jjbNrqR71v0hapiHmJCD5yRp3c3JrYSsiuWS0KPll9dj7Uif_89bOt9Lt0vOt82Rws67JY5TAfN6E1xiMX0ZVLUXhKn31nYZHV_LhUTRXHQhThjpolK2Mq9D8K5KzaSQY7xeGDdLnl_ClkBuoFyma1549d7Ugfiw/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista%20Community%20Hall-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno," 1999: The community hall, still without a front deck<br /></b></span></div><br />We
can be pretty sure the deck was built specifically for "Kill Bill,"
since it didn't exist yet just a few years earlier when Jean-Claude Van
Damme's "Inferno" filmed in Hi Vista.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnx2y8ZlFxrKXKkRg3aTfP4_QtoRXjEeGuLVhL_ddFChG-7Bh8q3wxT4s_ssCBt3QfokP0BKTwGh1JxPyQM60H-oDPSr2AmHwEUNBeD01afS2X9S2hxczFl8rfr5PsqdDZscIc94oH4xaj15oEVU5orSVlc1fKVkzMhFd_1kPVCSf7AmMEZAkKiGpjWg/s2394/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-view%20looking%20south%20from%20inside%20Sanctuary%20Church-Saddleback%20Butte%20from%20the%20north-Uma%20Thurman%20and%20David%20Carradine1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="2394" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnx2y8ZlFxrKXKkRg3aTfP4_QtoRXjEeGuLVhL_ddFChG-7Bh8q3wxT4s_ssCBt3QfokP0BKTwGh1JxPyQM60H-oDPSr2AmHwEUNBeD01afS2X9S2hxczFl8rfr5PsqdDZscIc94oH4xaj15oEVU5orSVlc1fKVkzMhFd_1kPVCSf7AmMEZAkKiGpjWg/w640-h424/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-view%20looking%20south%20from%20inside%20Sanctuary%20Church-Saddleback%20Butte%20from%20the%20north-Uma%20Thurman%20and%20David%20Carradine1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Looking south from inside the chapel<br /></b></span></div><br />When
"Kill Bill" was on site, the production made good use of the deck —
another reason to believe it was built for "Kill Bill." Here's an
unusual shot taken from the interior of the wedding chapel looking out
toward the front deck.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdANHxbwLXPSHBafm7dsZfvxjSamiHiHlhY7vzGoe-MppZUE2lFiV7jN3sKPcVLQYZLHSYO48FGElMgRkI3nmHVuM1K7rd0LYdpIml24Up0gohU8rfinhMRb1KzJ6-zBoxn_UVuykwHT25_ev64FjLMTaKOlRMZUmzkYtkKghbnUulI1JS6YCoIIl0Eg/s2394/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-view%20looking%20south%20from%20inside%20Sanctuary%20Church-Saddleback%20Butte%20from%20the%20north-Uma%20Thurman%20and%20David%20Carradine1-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="2394" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdANHxbwLXPSHBafm7dsZfvxjSamiHiHlhY7vzGoe-MppZUE2lFiV7jN3sKPcVLQYZLHSYO48FGElMgRkI3nmHVuM1K7rd0LYdpIml24Up0gohU8rfinhMRb1KzJ6-zBoxn_UVuykwHT25_ev64FjLMTaKOlRMZUmzkYtkKghbnUulI1JS6YCoIIl0Eg/w640-h424/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-view%20looking%20south%20from%20inside%20Sanctuary%20Church-Saddleback%20Butte%20from%20the%20north-Uma%20Thurman%20and%20David%20Carradine1-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>A Lake Los Angeles landmark makes an appearance<br /></b></span></div><br />Juxtaposing
the interior and exterior of the building, along with "Kill Bill" stars
David Carradine and Uma Thurman, the shot also captures the Lake Los
Angeles landmark Saddleback Butte to the south.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9bZ9QZu7taMNDMUJMonE92BGzu84b70L2oOvJ3CrmfRDuAFKN2pgIZ2VVJqEgG5FRVM5fpXk4QAyPUgvBVUIpZoQtSDXHXY5Ch3vi-8qBGXDqKrbuBXFtjfPymndAE2coM0TtVyddsGTc3ZVfFevWtsrF_1bnMa0Z9RCiY9ONBucur2PDaw6573tBQ/s2872/1966-Bonanza%208.11-The%20Oath-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-relay%20station%20set-Michael%20Landon%20loses%20fistfight-Saddleback%20Butte-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2872" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9bZ9QZu7taMNDMUJMonE92BGzu84b70L2oOvJ3CrmfRDuAFKN2pgIZ2VVJqEgG5FRVM5fpXk4QAyPUgvBVUIpZoQtSDXHXY5Ch3vi-8qBGXDqKrbuBXFtjfPymndAE2coM0TtVyddsGTc3ZVfFevWtsrF_1bnMa0Z9RCiY9ONBucur2PDaw6573tBQ/w640-h482/1966-Bonanza%208.11-The%20Oath-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-relay%20station%20set-Michael%20Landon%20loses%20fistfight-Saddleback%20Butte-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Oath" ("Bonanza" episode, 1966): Little Joe KO'd in Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />We
usually see Saddleback Butte from the other side, like in <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Lake Los Angeles Part 1</a>, when we spotted
it in a "Bonanza" episode where Little Joe was splayed out near the
relay station.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfZsVnMw5_9xeP-CO9qQDFlgKHvAfZJ-mkv1bjNjGkxjTRv9tHp4VTN_V668KGv35rOjk2gxrESHu0DNXof_XUXu3VbAg16QrJq_6M_lmPwaKMxsd6TVebrDJsdwfnYmlX7r3UKYPB7oTBQ0PnNB4hRh85mlqa6CtivK9YUVW2s31J3RVPQXf9eeTBQ/s2226/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Hi%20Vista-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2226" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfZsVnMw5_9xeP-CO9qQDFlgKHvAfZJ-mkv1bjNjGkxjTRv9tHp4VTN_V668KGv35rOjk2gxrESHu0DNXof_XUXu3VbAg16QrJq_6M_lmPwaKMxsd6TVebrDJsdwfnYmlX7r3UKYPB7oTBQ0PnNB4hRh85mlqa6CtivK9YUVW2s31J3RVPQXf9eeTBQ/w640-h552/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Hi%20Vista-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Los Angeles, Hi Vista and Saddleback Butte, all lined up<br /></b></span></div><br />We
previously noted the relationship of Hi Vista and the Kill Bill Church
to downtown Lake Los Angeles. Now we can add that Saddleback Butte is
positioned exactly halfway between the two sites.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsoYMMj6KpfpSeJo9g2RP-RIE6hQiYfeC90DhXsWybDjFB1lAdKlbOPZtOq6RE3dfzznpbr3iazcdFrO7B9LdSqXKK5jNXB0M8Ed5qmHTmoNG1apciglnO35d_DyG4FGxmBrDToMS9gMJQm-xAsKTA5PiMuT64K8hBJWPBw2DIazp8Utlx1buFm1N2A/s2226/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Hi%20Vista-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2226" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsoYMMj6KpfpSeJo9g2RP-RIE6hQiYfeC90DhXsWybDjFB1lAdKlbOPZtOq6RE3dfzznpbr3iazcdFrO7B9LdSqXKK5jNXB0M8Ed5qmHTmoNG1apciglnO35d_DyG4FGxmBrDToMS9gMJQm-xAsKTA5PiMuT64K8hBJWPBw2DIazp8Utlx1buFm1N2A/w640-h552/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Hi%20Vista-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Is it just me?<br /></b></span></div><br />Funny, I can't look at this aerial shot of Saddleback Butte without seeing a scorpion. Maybe it's just me.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBx8c-367C4-l4RF6BaUgsn43VVDHHUKrISRZG13gtfxAPqRCguMv1gJtMIsnH0Fphq4INRSvP-0IELrUNGgVa9Met1-j831BrYTNqy3F29t-B0M8wbOANKfmqDSvkJrca_l8PzBIQTYmJw1p_8Vqw9D5sgh5vqBo7fVGGsD0USJbv8zGlRMUbjQcDQ/s2616/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Saddleback%20Butte.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2616" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBx8c-367C4-l4RF6BaUgsn43VVDHHUKrISRZG13gtfxAPqRCguMv1gJtMIsnH0Fphq4INRSvP-0IELrUNGgVa9Met1-j831BrYTNqy3F29t-B0M8wbOANKfmqDSvkJrca_l8PzBIQTYmJw1p_8Vqw9D5sgh5vqBo7fVGGsD0USJbv8zGlRMUbjQcDQ/w640-h478/1959%20(1960)-Wagon%20Train%203.18-Clayton%20Tucker%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Saddleback%20Butte.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train" (1960): Saddleback Butte, as seen from Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's
a nice shot of Saddleback Butte from the "Wagon Train" episode "The
Clayton Tucker Story," with the butte filmed from the south, as usual.
We still haven't seen the last of Saddleback.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78nrshegbI8kf_RBdtsNu5AcSWyDvDp9weHqjnXTR46Zw7DHIlYSUGkePjZzIuIOKW2hstlW3XXdVIURkW4Dg5x-ylOthdAREKkxVOevQun2WT5_1SC7nCCYnn6iYuSZiB0iWcCrEHzavkK1Mbnk4mal26a_Hwsa_Mm9nXG4KwH0nZApMqxvzTgcwKg/s2042/2003-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201-Sanctuary%20Church,%20Hi%20Vista-arrival,%20with%20sunglasses.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="2042" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78nrshegbI8kf_RBdtsNu5AcSWyDvDp9weHqjnXTR46Zw7DHIlYSUGkePjZzIuIOKW2hstlW3XXdVIURkW4Dg5x-ylOthdAREKkxVOevQun2WT5_1SC7nCCYnn6iYuSZiB0iWcCrEHzavkK1Mbnk4mal26a_Hwsa_Mm9nXG4KwH0nZApMqxvzTgcwKg/w640-h268/2003-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%201-Sanctuary%20Church,%20Hi%20Vista-arrival,%20with%20sunglasses.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Arriving at the chapel with a dashboard full of shades<br /></b></span></div><br />Looking
west down Avenue G, this shot from "Kill Bill" adds some perspective to
the Hi Vista location shoot. You may recognize the community
hall/wedding chapel on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdHLOnqP6g48tXWwXn5X1DRdSNt7KKiEbK609nEgedUVSb7smA8nW9alYeSVHVUBrYvPbWqc1XC7aCfRdKKH6K-I0G9iWLv-vLKIjhXoSc8Ehj__HgwZAVJe65IE470JAw7BGLhSqZiph1hgiUJYprVvhD_dxbflblUPAQLbEHhZz0mpxXFoeF2qHFg/s1500/2015-Sanctuary%20Church%20and%20environs,%20looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1500" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdHLOnqP6g48tXWwXn5X1DRdSNt7KKiEbK609nEgedUVSb7smA8nW9alYeSVHVUBrYvPbWqc1XC7aCfRdKKH6K-I0G9iWLv-vLKIjhXoSc8Ehj__HgwZAVJe65IE470JAw7BGLhSqZiph1hgiUJYprVvhD_dxbflblUPAQLbEHhZz0mpxXFoeF2qHFg/w640-h278/2015-Sanctuary%20Church%20and%20environs,%20looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Arriving in Hi Vista in 2015 — the place hasn't changed much (Jerry Condit photo)</b></span></div><br />Jerry
captured a similar angle on his expedition to Hi Vista in 2015. Here we
see not only the Sanctuary Church on the right, along the north side of Avenue G, but
also some of the old buildings across the street, on the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRi2bHyyfgX3DYE6LT_1ko6hvAOo2aDrm4YTaiFLfRQ2r1KQny3JfuE2alnSXdquaJq-_8iXs0cHfm7eg6oMA6segiige0D4TCU-8LxEbFihvE_M7-S4YIqfWxa8ut-LZDy1oE0-Y3kPgjC4xrkNO5Cx-3PXAWLDn2YRJ5qPvJYq8z-YxsE7ErYD-ag/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20exterior-east%20side-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-cemetery-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRi2bHyyfgX3DYE6LT_1ko6hvAOo2aDrm4YTaiFLfRQ2r1KQny3JfuE2alnSXdquaJq-_8iXs0cHfm7eg6oMA6segiige0D4TCU-8LxEbFihvE_M7-S4YIqfWxa8ut-LZDy1oE0-Y3kPgjC4xrkNO5Cx-3PXAWLDn2YRJ5qPvJYq8z-YxsE7ErYD-ag/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church%20exterior-east%20side-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-Robert%20De%20Niro%20and%20Robert%20Duvall-cemetery-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions": The building catty-corner from the church<br /></b></span></div><br />Remember
that building across the street from the Kill Bill Church that we first noticed in "True Confessions"? It turns out it's the
centerpiece of a present-day movie set — and one of the buildings in Jerry's 2015 photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDO9PO4_384RHL5GTeYRHKqkXWrpZgU_3ty9DBfIAbvLcn0KM7j_K8RlHuCG5j1cbM4SOPoam89f2ld1SKR0TI7IA_IqxUI6rF3M5Wqf9IWFNfYN_GDOqYaZMJ_kV6i2eErSbdI7fpgf7v1-nypq_n5AJI-TJGSslWPWFYsFj73ksLjswfDBydnwFuA/s1500/2015-Sanctuary%20Church%20and%20environs-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1500" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDO9PO4_384RHL5GTeYRHKqkXWrpZgU_3ty9DBfIAbvLcn0KM7j_K8RlHuCG5j1cbM4SOPoam89f2ld1SKR0TI7IA_IqxUI6rF3M5Wqf9IWFNfYN_GDOqYaZMJ_kV6i2eErSbdI7fpgf7v1-nypq_n5AJI-TJGSslWPWFYsFj73ksLjswfDBydnwFuA/w640-h278/2015-Sanctuary%20Church%20and%20environs-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The building from "True Confessions" — and other movies (2015)<br /></b></span></div><br />This
is the same building seen in "True Confessions," although it has
received more than its share of abuse since then, including a series of
movie-related "renovations."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M4DY0d6MQsq3eNmr5x3bGhdEiRo48g4BKR5ChmSuVQ4dPkgpmqvWY9KaIiSuNn8XZisJmtEJ-HqIJ59jU88qf_g-0Nw9QA6VPPrxl5vam2-TFE_8wW0JbsnX_SwgAM0-TB90MuHPiIadh2A60XDyHbBU5fbGVkJPCFKI9E2DsmHx2smrYTjVBs97OQ/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-out%20in%20front%20of%20the%20community%20hall-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-looking%20across%20Avenue%20G%20to%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20as%20bodega-Robert%20Duvall%20arrives%20at%20the%20church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M4DY0d6MQsq3eNmr5x3bGhdEiRo48g4BKR5ChmSuVQ4dPkgpmqvWY9KaIiSuNn8XZisJmtEJ-HqIJ59jU88qf_g-0Nw9QA6VPPrxl5vam2-TFE_8wW0JbsnX_SwgAM0-TB90MuHPiIadh2A60XDyHbBU5fbGVkJPCFKI9E2DsmHx2smrYTjVBs97OQ/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-out%20in%20front%20of%20the%20community%20hall-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-looking%20across%20Avenue%20G%20to%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20as%20bodega-Robert%20Duvall%20arrives%20at%20the%20church.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions": Better days for the grocery store across the street<br /></b></span></div><br />One
of the best views of the building when it was still in decent
shape is also in "True Confessions," when Duvall first arrives at
the
church. Across the street, the structure appears as a
small grocery store. I'm told that at one time the building was an
actual grocery store, so it's possible what we see here is its true
identity.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0EDSKGpplzLeVHWhQ6kEHYCh4y4Acqlb7XieLa7HHy5_GiNmQoEGWXb9zGRxbDK_G-mXS3rM8jytKzAT-m6hdg5_h5dudyDavdbYgAHl6L5Xvpvsr6j0SgxNkh4oNQScf8nz2pweZQueaQKmhj492QjFJ4f4bjiFgLjfMx299P3Ju3jInUbfNYhSXQ/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-out%20in%20front%20of%20the%20community%20hall-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-looking%20across%20Avenue%20G%20to%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20as%20bodega-Robert%20Duvall%20arrives%20at%20the%20church-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0EDSKGpplzLeVHWhQ6kEHYCh4y4Acqlb7XieLa7HHy5_GiNmQoEGWXb9zGRxbDK_G-mXS3rM8jytKzAT-m6hdg5_h5dudyDavdbYgAHl6L5Xvpvsr6j0SgxNkh4oNQScf8nz2pweZQueaQKmhj492QjFJ4f4bjiFgLjfMx299P3Ju3jInUbfNYhSXQ/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-out%20in%20front%20of%20the%20community%20hall-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-looking%20across%20Avenue%20G%20to%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20as%20bodega-Robert%20Duvall%20arrives%20at%20the%20church-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Obligatory "Old dude from the Valley" comment<br /></b></span></div><br />By
the way, Duvall's 1959 Plymouth Fury in "True Confessions" is NICE!
I'll try to make sure we see a little more of it driving around the
desert.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSykkyrGOUklC0Y9UYdNmyQBIsaOeeouYmS05P8fRG3P43qG-GgmC6Wtoun7LSRWqSkgDU0-bSUg0ww_3yNE6eTLTFnBTVTAEgvkqktRItEQ2-7dhxDkMS2qAW1rv58mFFwdK1rL5bDyemp4OL7gaGePid0fYSaAfvWg8nX3UjADaSWcW6Uje_GL-RHw/s3810/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague)-Hi%20Vista-drone%20shot%20of%20the%20filming%20location%20compound%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(including%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="3810" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSykkyrGOUklC0Y9UYdNmyQBIsaOeeouYmS05P8fRG3P43qG-GgmC6Wtoun7LSRWqSkgDU0-bSUg0ww_3yNE6eTLTFnBTVTAEgvkqktRItEQ2-7dhxDkMS2qAW1rv58mFFwdK1rL5bDyemp4OL7gaGePid0fYSaAfvWg8nX3UjADaSWcW6Uje_GL-RHw/w640-h228/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague)-Hi%20Vista-drone%20shot%20of%20the%20filming%20location%20compound%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(including%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop).png" width="640" /></a></div>"Gordon's Body Shop" (drone shot by Michael Montague, 2019)<br /></b></span></div><br />Today
the former grocery store is the centerpiece of a group of deteriorating
old structures known as the
"Gordon's Body Shop Movie Set." The main building, which according to
local legend may have also been a gas station at one time, is situated
on the southwest corner of Avenue G and 198th Street, catty-corner from
the Kill Bill Church.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFuONnZ8-b9zWGS2p5UKgMCQR6rshPNpgnm765IrbvvWPIeCZ5UVxmQLg-NPzV_kXx5HVW3AFpPvLN4zw90utERqjLhgT8DeOu6aGQQPTKcHbybihIaCc8PSfkovnjqkpgRIpGIuN3VziWr0Xke6XcF7G5OGfSnfRnKRKZrvj7ieUda8jRCCovlznQw/s3810/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague)-Hi%20Vista-drone%20shot%20of%20the%20filming%20location%20compound%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(including%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop)-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="3810" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFuONnZ8-b9zWGS2p5UKgMCQR6rshPNpgnm765IrbvvWPIeCZ5UVxmQLg-NPzV_kXx5HVW3AFpPvLN4zw90utERqjLhgT8DeOu6aGQQPTKcHbybihIaCc8PSfkovnjqkpgRIpGIuN3VziWr0Xke6XcF7G5OGfSnfRnKRKZrvj7ieUda8jRCCovlznQw/w640-h228/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague)-Hi%20Vista-drone%20shot%20of%20the%20filming%20location%20compound%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(including%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop)-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Ghost town ... or movie set? Maybe a little of both<br /></b></span></div><br />The
Gordon's "movie set" is a quintessential desert survival story: A bunch
of old buildings outlive their original purpose and then, rather than
face the wrecking ball or admit that they're now nothing more than a
ghost town — because where's the profit in that? — they get a second
chance working part time in showbiz.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq72Cf5hI-x2OvOtJaqik00esiw3jGQMR6vCEnc7f9aNNBqJNbDoJf-c9_a3hmKHRC4k6kBHfNL9QpgpHQPTd1cSx3R2cyqeaewvjd6gLSenxVIJJAvkKU3CalS9CojOeQRIcncr4n__JNjVl4-EUALyhQiI9gP3fcBmUu2rpAzObW4mbSotUIdVV9AA/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq72Cf5hI-x2OvOtJaqik00esiw3jGQMR6vCEnc7f9aNNBqJNbDoJf-c9_a3hmKHRC4k6kBHfNL9QpgpHQPTd1cSx3R2cyqeaewvjd6gLSenxVIJJAvkKU3CalS9CojOeQRIcncr4n__JNjVl4-EUALyhQiI9gP3fcBmUu2rpAzObW4mbSotUIdVV9AA/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno" (1999): Van Damme prepares to hand out a beatdown<br /></b></span></div><br />The
grocery store building resurfaces as Eli's Emporium in "Inferno," where
Hi Vista plays the town of ... (wait for it) ... Inferno! Eli's is sort
of a headquarters for a gang of thugs, so you have to peer around a
series of knife fights, shootings, beatdowns and flying kicks to
actually see the building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUuQPxijvAAsFxms_BGEZNHwGKeNOZ5M1QNzADwSj-GoGEEgMEqbZRPIEU9Y4Oio8tD5I9zVu-rpcj_nsKbrpepUZpIWr4XIvpfcZChnGWWW_DBXXSlhQ5NOLzum2aMQLHFDuSIJ3PTdepE_aNZAMThPPURt0JkIS1CZre0A9wu_U2LCxmgWHP766QQ/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-flying%20kick.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUuQPxijvAAsFxms_BGEZNHwGKeNOZ5M1QNzADwSj-GoGEEgMEqbZRPIEU9Y4Oio8tD5I9zVu-rpcj_nsKbrpepUZpIWr4XIvpfcZChnGWWW_DBXXSlhQ5NOLzum2aMQLHFDuSIJ3PTdepE_aNZAMThPPURt0JkIS1CZre0A9wu_U2LCxmgWHP766QQ/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-flying%20kick.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": The body shop provides the backdrop for a martial arts clinic<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's
a wider shot of Gordon's Body Shop as Eli's Emporium, although even an
airborne Van Damme tends to block the view of the building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtd3b9ru0D9DZh8iLDp3ubZ2Zyw6AzEBBNZ58jRAR_Utr2plzDzra3GJCVT4qP3H1HoB7aP5_UFm-Mn5jvCxxIRzRZYHvrBl9i5LfwglA5bD_W0_T3b84w9-Bg3iRRkth-47gVR8IIomqObl77ZO2glJqVg2tpXuGxaLf5hihPk4jJqeOrKjAqM0ZUw/s2838/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-the%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20movie%20set,%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(198th%20St%20East%20at%20Avenue%20G).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2838" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtd3b9ru0D9DZh8iLDp3ubZ2Zyw6AzEBBNZ58jRAR_Utr2plzDzra3GJCVT4qP3H1HoB7aP5_UFm-Mn5jvCxxIRzRZYHvrBl9i5LfwglA5bD_W0_T3b84w9-Bg3iRRkth-47gVR8IIomqObl77ZO2glJqVg2tpXuGxaLf5hihPk4jJqeOrKjAqM0ZUw/w640-h314/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-the%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20movie%20set,%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(198th%20St%20East%20at%20Avenue%20G).png" width="640" /></a></div>The same building in 2012, beat to heck but ready for its closeup (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />Whatever it once was, clearly it was once something. As of 2012, a
"film here" sign was visible on the front of the building, along with a
phone number to call for filming inquiries.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU16loiYZ6sfPE-6XPo3V5c2LCbLsmMWKG2XfiJR2AQACzaHbB4ZSAKVDRKtSC-A4mzZx3gGIRURw73IITu1gH1NE9W3ellgxJ5PhoZhequao0YrQZDECyWsKvOpRz32fjskK2ekBlhl1ZTfn8GsGSKmxgKi-bKudXJgtkLPaNLt98KiVl_CH-yUb8CQ/s3630/2016%20(ca)-Google%20Maps%20photos%20(Angela%20Witzke)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20movie%20set,%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(198th%20St%20East%20at%20Avenue%20G).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="3630" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU16loiYZ6sfPE-6XPo3V5c2LCbLsmMWKG2XfiJR2AQACzaHbB4ZSAKVDRKtSC-A4mzZx3gGIRURw73IITu1gH1NE9W3ellgxJ5PhoZhequao0YrQZDECyWsKvOpRz32fjskK2ekBlhl1ZTfn8GsGSKmxgKi-bKudXJgtkLPaNLt98KiVl_CH-yUb8CQ/w640-h270/2016%20(ca)-Google%20Maps%20photos%20(Angela%20Witzke)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20movie%20set,%20across%20the%20street%20from%20the%20Kill%20Bill%20Church%20(198th%20St%20East%20at%20Avenue%20G).png" width="640" /></a></div>Gordon's Body Shop (Angela Witzke photo, ca. 2016)<br /></b></span></div><br />By
2016 the "Body Shop" signage could be seen on the front of the
building. My hunch is the sign was added for filming, rather than for an
actual body shop, since the sign wasn't there in 2012 and it doesn't
look like the shop did any business in the meantime.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpZXH4plgHz__nL4_YWizQut-4ckjC0nBU0mTaNOFtpACumoSH_LjqYsGYvzbSuXQDxT8EBOieccKa7QJ0DYzEJmwlHsklUAlgf1vID6WV64o8OTgLxdXRu0f2fWtoBFN4IkCOjW2fy7LczhoUP2PcqTjbUWeVJwgpdVxUMEEEdf8NkIytDFTrkeU5w/s2829/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-5545.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="2829" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpZXH4plgHz__nL4_YWizQut-4ckjC0nBU0mTaNOFtpACumoSH_LjqYsGYvzbSuXQDxT8EBOieccKa7QJ0DYzEJmwlHsklUAlgf1vID6WV64o8OTgLxdXRu0f2fWtoBFN4IkCOjW2fy7LczhoUP2PcqTjbUWeVJwgpdVxUMEEEdf8NkIytDFTrkeU5w/w640-h414/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-5545.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Gordon's Body Shop in July 2022: Still branded as a body shop<br /></b></span></div><br />I
noticed on a recent stop in Hi Vista that the "Body Shop" sign can
still be seen on the front of the building, along with one of the
ubiquitous "film here" signs.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmcXqmf01isUiZnG-qzHnUNR8VmqB65bDw-UZXTDGrHh_FKzSY98uNnU5ezJJKkABqXe3-eEPakcORfBVoqVXlu_JSWaMpa12LkxVkckZH_rdUHacOq5V-JKgMSyWYmavr1KjAsJMO5tunQ5_DWCAEz-jD1gAmI_Axj0oliKgcOrXNLSzJRuVqlGdaQ/s3597/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-front%20of%20building,%20including%20signs-5551.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="3597" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmcXqmf01isUiZnG-qzHnUNR8VmqB65bDw-UZXTDGrHh_FKzSY98uNnU5ezJJKkABqXe3-eEPakcORfBVoqVXlu_JSWaMpa12LkxVkckZH_rdUHacOq5V-JKgMSyWYmavr1KjAsJMO5tunQ5_DWCAEz-jD1gAmI_Axj0oliKgcOrXNLSzJRuVqlGdaQ/w640-h380/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-front%20of%20building,%20including%20signs-5551.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Whatever you do, don't ask if this is 19756<br /></b></span></div><br />Also
on prominent display is a large and informative sign probably put up by
someone who's tired of having to give directions to the trailer out
back.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZcofcy0H-lduXbIcUnQ7TOeqIct0x1R1YO-w-UPTaKDjqtBX0f06i6eNGrEAoXfcG_nctDDI4RkI20CMAX0mlzb7rO0VsEVBIaPfcIft3Dy5HJPN48gytPiU4HJCvRDXv1XdgteUXqu4W-8Jcxch_h1QqNcxKvHa8HVsJCtzR_228LlEfj9bp8I6IA/s2616/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-closeup%20of%20Gordon's%20sign-5550-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2616" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZcofcy0H-lduXbIcUnQ7TOeqIct0x1R1YO-w-UPTaKDjqtBX0f06i6eNGrEAoXfcG_nctDDI4RkI20CMAX0mlzb7rO0VsEVBIaPfcIft3Dy5HJPN48gytPiU4HJCvRDXv1XdgteUXqu4W-8Jcxch_h1QqNcxKvHa8HVsJCtzR_228LlEfj9bp8I6IA/w640-h524/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-closeup%20of%20Gordon's%20sign-5550-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Gordon's" sign — you may have to squint to see it<br /></b></span></div><br />It doesn't jump right out, but the sign on the front of the building does say "Gordon's" Body Shop. If you happen to
know of a production that featured the movie version of Gordon's Body Shop please let us know, either by commenting below or by sending me an email. (<a href="mailto:iversonfilmranch@aol.com">iversonfilmranch@aol.com</a>)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_vUs_RF4M-PaUuqvzmt3pCob40rnuMsZ33570lnVBge507SlnZT5besz3bLgmkJZs9ekYFIVE71MDTBBUyr2Qtyn_XM9VkRibsZ4V9utaf8dkzMv72jzub7CfemIP-qD79xBOgkwuvuURmiBD1htUu3p9z12Gps0Wrr7KIn_mU6QFYXVCCpdHrmWAg/s4072/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="4072" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_vUs_RF4M-PaUuqvzmt3pCob40rnuMsZ33570lnVBge507SlnZT5besz3bLgmkJZs9ekYFIVE71MDTBBUyr2Qtyn_XM9VkRibsZ4V9utaf8dkzMv72jzub7CfemIP-qD79xBOgkwuvuURmiBD1htUu3p9z12Gps0Wrr7KIn_mU6QFYXVCCpdHrmWAg/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill" — another view to the east<br /></b></span></div><br />Back across the street on the "Kill Bill" front deck, there's more movie history to be found in either
direction along Avenue G. Looking east in this shot of Carradine on the deck,
notice the hill in the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioVo99Z3Z3xHhemFdhzkkSkV5tQUQSl1CQLi1aX0YT9XEpjTyofatTTJGEc_QtWXhVZPF5Vx2l3pa60S8-xg0o8dg8mr8BYcHq--VTr0Mieq-vcDIJfI0jV-4_eFsiI9klJZs_kkqYpMiUdzV254Y1xnZPjVgwk8xp-4g8kJLpPfBI-3Om3Y3GUqkBQ/s2552/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-kid%20walking%20down%20desert%20road-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="2552" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioVo99Z3Z3xHhemFdhzkkSkV5tQUQSl1CQLi1aX0YT9XEpjTyofatTTJGEc_QtWXhVZPF5Vx2l3pa60S8-xg0o8dg8mr8BYcHq--VTr0Mieq-vcDIJfI0jV-4_eFsiI9klJZs_kkqYpMiUdzV254Y1xnZPjVgwk8xp-4g8kJLpPfBI-3Om3Y3GUqkBQ/w640-h452/1985-Road%20to%20Nowhere%20(Talking%20Heads%20music%20video)-Hi%20Vista-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-kid%20walking%20down%20desert%20road-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Road to Nowhere" video (1985) — looking east down Avenue G<br /></b></span></div><br />It's the same hill that looms in the background in the Talking Heads video, all the way down at the end of the "road to nowhere."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj_hz2JrxDPNqHAGLj0hpe3wFlxB55DFO21YCwVtgJOc38LBOWUk023USbNgHgtL_FWGDKmzJTSH1taZoD9Ef7bILlX4dnVWNQlWscXWwIwIQyqcOn3sYP2ps5JNo1M7d5bDXL3nwvwFz8vyaaNDTZyGivhshuzVMd6tOkPeVZJhNoCChaoPPTmUE3g/s4176/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20walking%20west%20toward%20town.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="4176" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj_hz2JrxDPNqHAGLj0hpe3wFlxB55DFO21YCwVtgJOc38LBOWUk023USbNgHgtL_FWGDKmzJTSH1taZoD9Ef7bILlX4dnVWNQlWscXWwIwIQyqcOn3sYP2ps5JNo1M7d5bDXL3nwvwFz8vyaaNDTZyGivhshuzVMd6tOkPeVZJhNoCChaoPPTmUE3g/w640-h334/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20walking%20west%20toward%20town.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Van Damme, living the "Road to Nowhere" dream in "Inferno"<br /></b></span></div><br />We
get a similar shot in "Inferno," only Jean-Claude Van Damme is
walking in the other direction down Avenue G — headed for the town of Inferno and a whole movie's worth of trouble. Thanks to the use of a telephoto lens, that hill in the background looks a lot larger here than in the "Road to Nowhere" video.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgmMTWMCEsaE-HdApR_ffuzT8MmFvgwa5fPR-YRA4mOtmw65i5ZfrjtuiD8nbgSvl6rnZrcOrAyDpAWa0wydwBmqIV1enoK2RlhR0vh3nkLxCqCJcX5j7NzDAfl94jwC5poeCy7F1W-r-AcJDouYkJ0mbdC3zOQNFZjnYrkUS7R3qMfNJOvuZUf4WsQ/s4076/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="4076" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgmMTWMCEsaE-HdApR_ffuzT8MmFvgwa5fPR-YRA4mOtmw65i5ZfrjtuiD8nbgSvl6rnZrcOrAyDpAWa0wydwBmqIV1enoK2RlhR0vh3nkLxCqCJcX5j7NzDAfl94jwC5poeCy7F1W-r-AcJDouYkJ0mbdC3zOQNFZjnYrkUS7R3qMfNJOvuZUf4WsQ/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Looking west down Avenue G; Uma Thurman as "The Bride"<br /></b></span></div><br />Shots
of Uma Thurman during the front deck scene are taken in the opposite direction, with the camera shooting west
down Avenue G.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZL7cipUCjkxSR61kghtQNawK8NPaNryKaH6IP1WEAPhwaIuvqpJJOAVlDTW8_ZlNbPqh30Oao6FEvuo4QM1bmSVgzfG12KMuY0mBDECq29YbSpcXND8ozWZoVkhypRFrt1bnA6nWkc2Cbcc10L3N0v_n6ApdOhPi_RwO3O826n9e6kVAFpZEGew49Q/s4076/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="4076" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZL7cipUCjkxSR61kghtQNawK8NPaNryKaH6IP1WEAPhwaIuvqpJJOAVlDTW8_ZlNbPqh30Oao6FEvuo4QM1bmSVgzfG12KMuY0mBDECq29YbSpcXND8ozWZoVkhypRFrt1bnA6nWkc2Cbcc10L3N0v_n6ApdOhPi_RwO3O826n9e6kVAFpZEGew49Q/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%204.png" width="640" /></a></div>A small building that settled for bit parts<br /></b></span></div><br />It appears that the small building on the left was part of the "Gordon's Body
Shop" compound and occasionally worked its way into productions — at least in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7R8gMM5uC8vDinJfxG56nTiVdhDvuWGZw2vEZJmCjxcXeSA1JEIkHWUGeftVPLYAEL5GxhH4NB1mk2j127g9iKVI8VMzhEouuKPIWBe-DuLBe2mvF1eP0Cin7_jORbLeUdRvLecX16ephkHqvfrNd0ptFwKubPCITc0g-zqGw9h4TllW0rkUYwXFOA/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-small%20building-green%20house%20across%20the%20street-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7R8gMM5uC8vDinJfxG56nTiVdhDvuWGZw2vEZJmCjxcXeSA1JEIkHWUGeftVPLYAEL5GxhH4NB1mk2j127g9iKVI8VMzhEouuKPIWBe-DuLBe2mvF1eP0Cin7_jORbLeUdRvLecX16ephkHqvfrNd0ptFwKubPCITc0g-zqGw9h4TllW0rkUYwXFOA/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-small%20building-green%20house%20across%20the%20street-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno" (1999): Another movie appearance for the small building<br /></b></span></div><br />The
small building did wind up in "Inferno" — but like
most of the shots of Hi Vista in that movie, we again have to look for it around the edges of a martial arts workout.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdhsbybksoZRBzZPzeg3m1s5uPonziQ52qIyb7Y46hq-esQiaC-jZi9cFzw6u4vowf_JWLtqaHzt1Y_1ISchybASqFjeIjn_O37HWZ53ajiCCDzYF5HWb0vxMMqIU0dXWDrqmNNbMw5sLkN9jHhuDHiT6WwEOc2jl0OgT3xGdaPotzZcWJG-d833JWQ/s3284/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague%20drone%20shot)-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set%20compound%20looking%20due%20SW,%20w%20Gordons,%20the%20small%20building,%20other%20sets,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20San%20Gabriels-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="3284" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdhsbybksoZRBzZPzeg3m1s5uPonziQ52qIyb7Y46hq-esQiaC-jZi9cFzw6u4vowf_JWLtqaHzt1Y_1ISchybASqFjeIjn_O37HWZ53ajiCCDzYF5HWb0vxMMqIU0dXWDrqmNNbMw5sLkN9jHhuDHiT6WwEOc2jl0OgT3xGdaPotzZcWJG-d833JWQ/w640-h292/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague%20drone%20shot)-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set%20compound%20looking%20due%20SW,%20w%20Gordons,%20the%20small%20building,%20other%20sets,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20San%20Gabriels-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Gordon's Body Shop" compound, 2019 — including the building from the Uma shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Michael
Montague's drone's-eye view of the "Gordon's Body Shop" area reveals
that the small building remained standing as of 2019, a short distance
west of Gordon's.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnETuKf_WNh7vHn9vNL6HsYeySE5WyRkdlRGEfXXokkWtdE4NR6tcZ2vU0lqHlco1OeH3qnV4bzi-NT37nmiRtKQKrAfPAVm9inT8lAOcoAHt9SdA7Dkhm-jNH0XII2zsjKdmNFA3My8fsrvAJYlVbWFnXIBkgtpWqsdG1RwrwVy5CmOoyOdwdAv27Ow/s3284/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague%20drone%20shot)-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set%20compound%20looking%20due%20SW,%20w%20Gordons,%20the%20small%20building,%20other%20sets,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20San%20Gabriels-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="3284" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnETuKf_WNh7vHn9vNL6HsYeySE5WyRkdlRGEfXXokkWtdE4NR6tcZ2vU0lqHlco1OeH3qnV4bzi-NT37nmiRtKQKrAfPAVm9inT8lAOcoAHt9SdA7Dkhm-jNH0XII2zsjKdmNFA3My8fsrvAJYlVbWFnXIBkgtpWqsdG1RwrwVy5CmOoyOdwdAv27Ow/w640-h292/2019%20(August)-Google%20Sph%20(Michael%20Montague%20drone%20shot)-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set%20compound%20looking%20due%20SW,%20w%20Gordons,%20the%20small%20building,%20other%20sets,%20Saddleback%20Butte,%20San%20Gabriels-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Landmarks to the south of Hi Vista<br /></b></span></div><br />As long as we're hovering above the compound, I'll point out a couple of distant
landmarks. The drone shot is taken looking southwest, and both
Saddleback Butte and the San Gabriels can be seen to the south.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JGKiuAA8zgwtaIjYhbDoJZ70RdU5n810_1bdORexX1IrdSOM9pOzcsfQRrrRYWEokj-uO_qZvmMhB5Wqq08_u6LhNFQjBC07qHFNh3AjHwZaMhLaNHEZ8_2B85h5ekFFb6x8BL4ARpB3wjoBQPVDcxsvnt0fTOq4lGn92uQRq3vynjy2JJNC7ahMqg/s2916/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Hi%20Vista-small%20building%20on%20south%20side%20of%20Avenue%20G%20near%20198th%20St.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2916" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JGKiuAA8zgwtaIjYhbDoJZ70RdU5n810_1bdORexX1IrdSOM9pOzcsfQRrrRYWEokj-uO_qZvmMhB5Wqq08_u6LhNFQjBC07qHFNh3AjHwZaMhLaNHEZ8_2B85h5ekFFb6x8BL4ARpB3wjoBQPVDcxsvnt0fTOq4lGn92uQRq3vynjy2JJNC7ahMqg/w640-h314/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Hi%20Vista-small%20building%20on%20south%20side%20of%20Avenue%20G%20near%20198th%20St.png" width="640" /></a></div>The small building in 2012 — no "film here" signs<br /></b></span></div><br />One
thing I noticed about the small building is that it didn't have the
"film here" signs that can be seen all over Hi Vista — at least not in
2012.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFu3vj88GQCFMFZC49s0N130fVyyF84TJeNrbzLNmpW_DZInUC58LxMe4Az8Xo-0oqkdQTtsmPtvsI_tTmBJRDEDAj3Gw107SlKI9LBvRhUcf2CupwOH0xL10oijCl9IDXWvRWoM0tTOkVzQGBr-MFD1cKCE1dUP3YXsAvSQxxFObGwJAAbA8QYu9iQ/s2624/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Hi%20Vista-the%20small%20building%20near%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop,%20looking%20SW.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="2624" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFu3vj88GQCFMFZC49s0N130fVyyF84TJeNrbzLNmpW_DZInUC58LxMe4Az8Xo-0oqkdQTtsmPtvsI_tTmBJRDEDAj3Gw107SlKI9LBvRhUcf2CupwOH0xL10oijCl9IDXWvRWoM0tTOkVzQGBr-MFD1cKCE1dUP3YXsAvSQxxFObGwJAAbA8QYu9iQ/w640-h356/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Hi%20Vista-the%20small%20building%20near%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop,%20looking%20SW.png" width="640" /></a></div>The small building in 2012 — still waiting for its big break<br /></b></span></div><br />Even so, I have a feeling that if someone had wanted to film the
building at the time, it could have been arranged.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKG4HfEKT7AFjHlCpfGyRXew-mnrIMZKq9_VJkWslQiY39UAHXQVIJOxcHSMttJA6T4C5ryWbGwRHroHcudNYCpIKSZk3FSOJt-7lBrlyoPJAVC-ihBZg5FWauflH8NVvjoHYjJ3V-_fwmrKAefB_U-hdTpQRkMm_vIZVni2ZLI16vQRB3M-gwvQhmQw/s3837/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-ruins%20of%20the%20small%20building%20near%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-5571.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1965" data-original-width="3837" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKG4HfEKT7AFjHlCpfGyRXew-mnrIMZKq9_VJkWslQiY39UAHXQVIJOxcHSMttJA6T4C5ryWbGwRHroHcudNYCpIKSZk3FSOJt-7lBrlyoPJAVC-ihBZg5FWauflH8NVvjoHYjJ3V-_fwmrKAefB_U-hdTpQRkMm_vIZVni2ZLI16vQRB3M-gwvQhmQw/w640-h328/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Hi%20Vista-ruins%20of%20the%20small%20building%20near%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-5571.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>What's left of the small building, as of July 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />But
not anymore. Like a number of structures in and around the Gordon's
Movie Set area, the small building was recently demolished. This is all
that was left of it when I stopped off in Hi Vista earlier this month.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVr5Z1GAOhHC--b2KlZVVf0cPgDNnwrm8ywy4udRR8bwfkH4dynRO7va2gXSTtmShEZdMNW-QUcwuwMknRXfQCSQM9HFwzAtMJIkA6F2JZDYKZuf5wkJP-Jr8M_lHq4rZA1X_JQXbYN4S3lKv1rU8sHevgt58LfuKjYvM1HvSeFcDAdEDVJ8CkENmYjQ/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-small%20building-green%20house%20across%20the%20street-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVr5Z1GAOhHC--b2KlZVVf0cPgDNnwrm8ywy4udRR8bwfkH4dynRO7va2gXSTtmShEZdMNW-QUcwuwMknRXfQCSQM9HFwzAtMJIkA6F2JZDYKZuf5wkJP-Jr8M_lHq4rZA1X_JQXbYN4S3lKv1rU8sHevgt58LfuKjYvM1HvSeFcDAdEDVJ8CkENmYjQ/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-small%20building-green%20house%20across%20the%20street-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": Another Hi Vista building turns up in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />In the same "Inferno" shot where the small building turns up on the left, another Hi Vista building, a house, makes an appearance toward the right of the screen.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-pQysrSeOTFLSQltKUJfnpHHS_GBkZradhMs0wUCUogeZFHWfHZo6UlptxRxmPkBqRcHyjjMtJr7ehp82spBQ_Y2jLZpMv69AJ0bePSMyjhgb63wW36eSTcrejxqiuAEveX3us0l26sbgH4G5PpMsAl34ntKo-gal5R4IEfmqmshZKFMnwJq-9PgYg/s3940/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-pQysrSeOTFLSQltKUJfnpHHS_GBkZradhMs0wUCUogeZFHWfHZo6UlptxRxmPkBqRcHyjjMtJr7ehp82spBQ_Y2jLZpMv69AJ0bePSMyjhgb63wW36eSTcrejxqiuAEveX3us0l26sbgH4G5PpMsAl34ntKo-gal5R4IEfmqmshZKFMnwJq-9PgYg/w640-h346/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East.png" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions" (1981): Duvall passes a green house as he drives toward the church<br /></b></span></div><br />The same house surfaced almost two decades earlier in the opening sequence of "True Confessions." As Robert Duvall drives east down Avenue G in his Plymouth Fury, he passes a green house on the north side of the road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs2N0eCIKotBIMTAHQ9XFOdW4xt4yTJ6HaFVuaJLt1OcD--ewgbbr-T0Eyj04K6WgdfgTcUNT7LaIW_CD_1rQszwoX3FVGR-rS6PlWCawMVQfN_HtowJ1kwyroFXE9GpEOTlT7nBI7ST2xnJqPGCnGsA8LmrWBHala0d1UhTgVvdUuERplh0-E5WMQg/s4076/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="4076" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs2N0eCIKotBIMTAHQ9XFOdW4xt4yTJ6HaFVuaJLt1OcD--ewgbbr-T0Eyj04K6WgdfgTcUNT7LaIW_CD_1rQszwoX3FVGR-rS6PlWCawMVQfN_HtowJ1kwyroFXE9GpEOTlT7nBI7ST2xnJqPGCnGsA8LmrWBHala0d1UhTgVvdUuERplh0-E5WMQg/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%205.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Where the house would have been if it were still standing<br /></b></span></div><br />The house was gone by the time of the "Kill Bill" shoot, but even so, shots
of Uma Thurman in front of the church echo the opening
sequence in "True Confessions."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_iLzfZTqPRfEWEclCPyKgigTwS5vobu29PMktVWIV77h7a5FN-_EN1zUiwurT8Yj9Y5W3UDs65_Ynb3pqo9ob7lCoZQEEfvq30BF4dN92E_a06yiIWQP3HUGicJ-2vTcdEZeTKs1gcy57EwCaxNETgkJjzS7eOZWp6eST8X0Hl84aC_ZWKtwNMG7Sg/s2584/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East-zoomed%20in.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="2584" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_iLzfZTqPRfEWEclCPyKgigTwS5vobu29PMktVWIV77h7a5FN-_EN1zUiwurT8Yj9Y5W3UDs65_Ynb3pqo9ob7lCoZQEEfvq30BF4dN92E_a06yiIWQP3HUGicJ-2vTcdEZeTKs1gcy57EwCaxNETgkJjzS7eOZWp6eST8X0Hl84aC_ZWKtwNMG7Sg/w640-h322/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East-zoomed%20in.png" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on the house and the old van — pea-soup green?<br /></b></span></div><br />I have to wonder whether it's more than a coincidence that both the house and the van seen in "True
Confessions" are painted something close to the pea-soup green we kept finding in <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Lake Los Angeles Part 1</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz1qpv_k9cDdRlr3yuwsoedBQCwo-lgZg0YL0m2Md2J6kCGu5ALzNuons1aEmbFKmi4-ZTyaeOHdObMULLbZhTesQ3FHl8pYitDOnbfNlvvgPH-qQkXDXCnbvp7dLOjM6cSiSwIYc1HmivukD92kGSmi_lybZM-5aEc-U3qzSZGQGVDskAr6lo903sA/s4343/2016-Club%20Ed%20from%20NW-Wikipedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="4343" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz1qpv_k9cDdRlr3yuwsoedBQCwo-lgZg0YL0m2Md2J6kCGu5ALzNuons1aEmbFKmi4-ZTyaeOHdObMULLbZhTesQ3FHl8pYitDOnbfNlvvgPH-qQkXDXCnbvp7dLOjM6cSiSwIYc1HmivukD92kGSmi_lybZM-5aEc-U3qzSZGQGVDskAr6lo903sA/w640-h426/2016-Club%20Ed%20from%20NW-Wikipedia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Club Ed in 2016: A pea-soup-green paint scheme that keeps coming up<br /></b></span></div><br />Any connection to <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Club Ed or the Four Aces diner</a> would be a stretch,
since those sets didn't exist yet in 1980. But apparently someone who lives in the
area really likes that color.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28wrx9JWLWdTscsDtIXSl5Qpapmia7Rfnagfymh_jpFw_hLiR6hGiXF14TldQyrjKIljmh_ns9Eril95fCK2TJb1NWuHXsQcIReE8ca6aVO1Ibud0wL0QTK0LTA_VSRaDSBQCg-4xqygGEtjrWeT_hWAKLDlpE33POf1QSmkqnowiHk8I1MNl1fe8lw/s1828/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Hi%20Vista-19725%20East%20Avenue%20G%20near%20198th%20St-foundation%20of%20green%20house,%20tall%20tree%20stump.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1828" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28wrx9JWLWdTscsDtIXSl5Qpapmia7Rfnagfymh_jpFw_hLiR6hGiXF14TldQyrjKIljmh_ns9Eril95fCK2TJb1NWuHXsQcIReE8ca6aVO1Ibud0wL0QTK0LTA_VSRaDSBQCg-4xqygGEtjrWeT_hWAKLDlpE33POf1QSmkqnowiHk8I1MNl1fe8lw/w640-h390/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Hi%20Vista-19725%20East%20Avenue%20G%20near%20198th%20St-foundation%20of%20green%20house,%20tall%20tree%20stump.png" width="640" /></a></div>What remains of the green house<br /></b></span></div><br />That
pea-soup green house is gone now. This is what was
left of it as of a few years ago: a crumbling foundation and an unusually
tall tree stump.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6EmtNGSV-crC2cTaMj8Dm-_bE4AxqyBap02X0xFPsY3oXyz_VE6NqaX9OBiLWqMvxF8GCtgfrLEPTHYZ7w3dOwKWbIYpLMLFORcbwq8DPLuOZGoxvJ_eh3ls7WJP94-mGKaLPBB7Cnw6Eh_mU8upb5MAPngs1yVpZ8luOrmNQPgUp5pvx2vb_6UIEQ/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-the%20green%20house%20on%20the%20N%20side%20of%20Avenue%20G%20near%20198th%20St-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6EmtNGSV-crC2cTaMj8Dm-_bE4AxqyBap02X0xFPsY3oXyz_VE6NqaX9OBiLWqMvxF8GCtgfrLEPTHYZ7w3dOwKWbIYpLMLFORcbwq8DPLuOZGoxvJ_eh3ls7WJP94-mGKaLPBB7Cnw6Eh_mU8upb5MAPngs1yVpZ8luOrmNQPgUp5pvx2vb_6UIEQ/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-the%20green%20house%20on%20the%20N%20side%20of%20Avenue%20G%20near%20198th%20St-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno" (1999): Jean-Claude Van Damme and the green house<br /></b></span></div><br />The
green house would have been demolished between 1999 and 2002, based on the
fact that it was still there when "Inferno" filmed on Avenue G but it
was gone by the time "Kill Bill" filmed just a few years later.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCIm9B515a41fB2k1BYBXunFZ1ejBsUyhLIfqXLggGjd33_XEHhKQCTCss60-1FPPDTx9aB0INRrS_uSbw3aOBpertQPQM37bO-cmRSos3dPqbE9d2O2hz7dO3lsHuiagJQlo7vk8hUQsjp2bZMTMuOz_0u6JTI26m5y04ETcBuOWKHIXCKJWHXTR7A/s4076/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="4076" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCIm9B515a41fB2k1BYBXunFZ1ejBsUyhLIfqXLggGjd33_XEHhKQCTCss60-1FPPDTx9aB0INRrS_uSbw3aOBpertQPQM37bO-cmRSos3dPqbE9d2O2hz7dO3lsHuiagJQlo7vk8hUQsjp2bZMTMuOz_0u6JTI26m5y04ETcBuOWKHIXCKJWHXTR7A/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Hi Vista holdouts?<br /></b></span></div><br />The group of small structures outlined here in yellow, above Uma's left shoulder, would have previously been hidden behind the green house. This is apparently a small residential area, and
it's still there.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid4BIjoVBWGZ845Ktsc5nIYhFPcsIRyeM1EGCQwhfnDrqlJ0HJSGVNOGbIYZUwTSjScKzt_odGCKL_SvAyGRgFUvDL6I_W3_pbNFuSXzJOciFPEtsfImDi0EhzuOwQxlalQmmrUE1pmBHIBzsZUelX43-H__vZfjElu3FwZ1QQGPm29vjEuHGNauWsw/s2433/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista%20residential%20area%20near%20ruins%20of%20green%20house-5577.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="2433" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid4BIjoVBWGZ845Ktsc5nIYhFPcsIRyeM1EGCQwhfnDrqlJ0HJSGVNOGbIYZUwTSjScKzt_odGCKL_SvAyGRgFUvDL6I_W3_pbNFuSXzJOciFPEtsfImDi0EhzuOwQxlalQmmrUE1pmBHIBzsZUelX43-H__vZfjElu3FwZ1QQGPm29vjEuHGNauWsw/w640-h366/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista%20residential%20area%20near%20ruins%20of%20green%20house-5577.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same residential area in July 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />I didn't get particularly good shots of this residential area when I was in Hi Vista earlier this month, but this is more or less what it looks like today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguoQhKNfjXlP-Ls33XntQar84Fk7lP0PqKeCF82FahVv11jhxPl5T-mu48JHvremHLojIvWrfa9s6dHItBlu9MaCYFxDdOMkigwqXuMqH6IuswHfSn4BXUsPubJtfbWUOIV4z3HJEn60sQaGfrH2Jj9rgmLZVESUlgP0w99pUPoQ4FeQdtvlIB6TdHw/s2976/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista%20residential%20area%20near%20ruins%20of%20green%20house-including%20tall%20tree%20stump-5574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="2976" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguoQhKNfjXlP-Ls33XntQar84Fk7lP0PqKeCF82FahVv11jhxPl5T-mu48JHvremHLojIvWrfa9s6dHItBlu9MaCYFxDdOMkigwqXuMqH6IuswHfSn4BXUsPubJtfbWUOIV4z3HJEn60sQaGfrH2Jj9rgmLZVESUlgP0w99pUPoQ4FeQdtvlIB6TdHw/w640-h406/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista%20residential%20area%20near%20ruins%20of%20green%20house-including%20tall%20tree%20stump-5574.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The "tall tree stump": A reminder of the green house that no longer exists<br /></b></span></div><br />The "unusually tall tree stump" I mentioned in connection with the ruins of the green house is still there too, still standing guard over the ruins.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5qGdADFu1Wr7Cl_HF2gJ218uA7r06bwN53IB-nKoTzcNRp-Ai54FgaDMauSRQBlh_8nFr5c7gQ8-WRWpDrLgDs69VSBmjiXRvEHybcIoAMc34OSQy8Y5CO1iXp8RNFj7K2jBH_PeV5RNHY8JF7me-Uw78Ova6IP3ONTetUVFYy4ohN5u_i_NtNHuXg/s3940/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5qGdADFu1Wr7Cl_HF2gJ218uA7r06bwN53IB-nKoTzcNRp-Ai54FgaDMauSRQBlh_8nFr5c7gQ8-WRWpDrLgDs69VSBmjiXRvEHybcIoAMc34OSQy8Y5CO1iXp8RNFj7K2jBH_PeV5RNHY8JF7me-Uw78Ova6IP3ONTetUVFYy4ohN5u_i_NtNHuXg/w640-h346/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The mailboxes of Hi Vista in 1980<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the minor background features in the "True Confessions" sequence is this group of mailboxes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1rnemk0BNqxa305QafH6fGPwr83nBNbANjxTn_KFCwIXzk9YITEK13SrG0Iv4cK4XlAmxGs7zGpjcsvANoO8gBGkUKu_IPPjeuJiUDSh3LY-uX8ggQ6eYwWADAIhLEZN80kLbKyrpBX3COOYM8_F14dvQJA2zAE-NU95MCaXWCIccVYLLkcoJaRYBw/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20on%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20St-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1rnemk0BNqxa305QafH6fGPwr83nBNbANjxTn_KFCwIXzk9YITEK13SrG0Iv4cK4XlAmxGs7zGpjcsvANoO8gBGkUKu_IPPjeuJiUDSh3LY-uX8ggQ6eYwWADAIhLEZN80kLbKyrpBX3COOYM8_F14dvQJA2zAE-NU95MCaXWCIccVYLLkcoJaRYBw/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20on%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20St-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Hi Vista's mailboxes in 1999: United they stand<br /></b></span></div><br />The mailboxes pop up again almost 20 years later in "Inferno," and they've evolved. Each mailbox appeared to have its own stand in 1980, but they now share a common wooden stand.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOJ5DnWyNEMQFDXFpFIK6H-qmZF0_E6D5e-GucxF1rKygE1_kTeCIU-xtrtqBTjb3e0zTT9Pn-GK0z0LMD168MDIiNxsr-tusUThYRY05mmEF5YX2wq2ydiDHNkGs55enG_4b4g2w-0PykINR_AFnteDFqHFIEqPnXv3HXPtFg3lVR1oilDVosYaatA/s4076/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="4076" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOJ5DnWyNEMQFDXFpFIK6H-qmZF0_E6D5e-GucxF1rKygE1_kTeCIU-xtrtqBTjb3e0zTT9Pn-GK0z0LMD168MDIiNxsr-tusUThYRY05mmEF5YX2wq2ydiDHNkGs55enG_4b4g2w-0PykINR_AFnteDFqHFIEqPnXv3HXPtFg3lVR1oilDVosYaatA/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%203.png" width="640" /></a></div>The same mailboxes in the early 2000s<br /></b></span></div><br />The
same mailboxes can be seen in the Uma shot, and we can assume that they continue to evolve.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUF_YwzmeneOtq_mN4XxvJ9yI-_glf0aEXHFR8IELMAwZcwtY1zJ394YZ6Ex0oQlRKkHNzwicxJvljLSMfVkAH3W8tV-lr2daVMWW1YByHzMtJB6dXJrWxRPto_0nJpoNy36N2PyVHTwfbZ-FgAPVkn-F7Iodzl3CxMm_rcpwK3A1mSKbaj6h0oKJnPw/s2130/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20at%20Avenue%20G%20and%20198th%20St-5596.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2130" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUF_YwzmeneOtq_mN4XxvJ9yI-_glf0aEXHFR8IELMAwZcwtY1zJ394YZ6Ex0oQlRKkHNzwicxJvljLSMfVkAH3W8tV-lr2daVMWW1YByHzMtJB6dXJrWxRPto_0nJpoNy36N2PyVHTwfbZ-FgAPVkn-F7Iodzl3CxMm_rcpwK3A1mSKbaj6h0oKJnPw/w640-h410/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20at%20Avenue%20G%20and%20198th%20St-5596.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The mailboxes continue to hold their ground in July 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />As of July 2022, the mailboxes remain in place near the corner of Avenue G and 198th Street, and it appears they still share that wooden stand we first noticed in "Inferno."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHyQjwrqytenE06cmonoAvTT799vYpLYCuD1zIS3bJA-WVPFQbfVEAzb9KxnaWR4hwz_cF7Y3y384zvMY8XafS8cTdBqSYFtnL5F-THbYLBJ304i7PHfWR-oiLTvEREKJzQK7lz9Rlb6hfQQft0N_NPNHXn4wTbMASmQlCMZgf-PfeXrxbD9V1svuew/s4072/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-telephone%20poles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="4072" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHyQjwrqytenE06cmonoAvTT799vYpLYCuD1zIS3bJA-WVPFQbfVEAzb9KxnaWR4hwz_cF7Y3y384zvMY8XafS8cTdBqSYFtnL5F-THbYLBJ304i7PHfWR-oiLTvEREKJzQK7lz9Rlb6hfQQft0N_NPNHXn4wTbMASmQlCMZgf-PfeXrxbD9V1svuew/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-telephone%20poles.png" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>"Kill Bill": A Hi Vista telephone pole showcase</b></span></div><br />When Uma is filmed in a slightly different position, other background features come into view — including
the row of telephone poles along Avenue G.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkB-0JtpOTX0r9ncr8lLVuk5q2ManISzmAbk-VrsebV1esKRLkuOeXtpHRT8BPoX9OT2aI2ckY5a0mZojLOIt2QygL6H-2LkADDZG-Cxz5iRgwyKaB1BtcI_XoHFDCk0toneDBQdalW90APd97Zj75XJNz2NACpYIwpR0mHFHldwak1NJcFNwNJFvSlA/s4072/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-telephone%20poles-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="4072" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkB-0JtpOTX0r9ncr8lLVuk5q2ManISzmAbk-VrsebV1esKRLkuOeXtpHRT8BPoX9OT2aI2ckY5a0mZojLOIt2QygL6H-2LkADDZG-Cxz5iRgwyKaB1BtcI_XoHFDCk0toneDBQdalW90APd97Zj75XJNz2NACpYIwpR0mHFHldwak1NJcFNwNJFvSlA/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-Uma%20Thurman-looking%20west%20down%20Avenue%20G-telephone%20poles-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Familiar Rings<br /></b></span></div><br />The
telephone pole at the corner of 198th Street has four metal rings near
its base, and the next one to the west has three rings, although you may have to click on the photo to see them.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLeulHF_d1m0nqi398uBDWIBAnwoinTLID55815ql-_m4KakU0WDXNSraTbPas6_rl-IL6S0dxxLxSqUnpSQMSSVVT0tf4MFCbOg19rf26GdC3K3b4xZQ8cwjrwVA5Z69MW7SzvruqV0lEhC8UML7j9Cu6tdjYmMsiIbX0NkCJurWyq4AAHSiXNwAqw/s3940/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLeulHF_d1m0nqi398uBDWIBAnwoinTLID55815ql-_m4KakU0WDXNSraTbPas6_rl-IL6S0dxxLxSqUnpSQMSSVVT0tf4MFCbOg19rf26GdC3K3b4xZQ8cwjrwVA5Z69MW7SzvruqV0lEhC8UML7j9Cu6tdjYmMsiIbX0NkCJurWyq4AAHSiXNwAqw/w640-h346/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-opening%20sequence-Hi%20Vista-approaching%20Sanctuary%20Church-looking%20NW%20down%20East%20Avenue%20G%20fr%20198th%20Street%20East-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions": Telephone poles tell no tales — or do they?<br /></b></span></div><br />The
configuration of the rings was the same two decades earlier, as seen in
"True
Confessions." It's a minor detail, but I was able to use it to help track the positions of some of the nearby structures.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE8D-TP_OjLWt6J9Ialupv0PD9SDQyRTa8PtFMv4K4-PugtS_yhkCkiajn-eSSDSmuS1PC2phDYGiX9kTE245VBnQnko022tuDDzU6eqmXwodZLqSysWwBUuyy6PstZxDJ60HkfFbe2gLPdwVQRYJty68C0bh7H3YYxok2Kg2Es0nw8t50hP8GYgCbw/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20on%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20St-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE8D-TP_OjLWt6J9Ialupv0PD9SDQyRTa8PtFMv4K4-PugtS_yhkCkiajn-eSSDSmuS1PC2phDYGiX9kTE245VBnQnko022tuDDzU6eqmXwodZLqSysWwBUuyy6PstZxDJ60HkfFbe2gLPdwVQRYJty68C0bh7H3YYxok2Kg2Es0nw8t50hP8GYgCbw/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20on%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20St-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": Corner of Avenue G and 198th<br /></b></span></div><br />The four rings were also visible in 1999 in "Inferno," adorning the telephone pole adjacent to the mailboxes and nearest the corner of Avenue G and 198th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aeDBikN3udRAm4xce0J_l9-4t449OMiiPx8caEFm1pcRY0rFAf_b_GXQN38To8yPOzsKhZPq1TjDtMR-gsVuKuUZjQ3v2uUd-sb521lh7l80rA905bRMOp92bqi1oTX157v2PLoKaQUBtBSZaAHyXxxcHxLNACI396cGDHZ3YQjcZyWHzdV03S-0mg/s2796/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20and%20telephone%20pole%20near%20Avenue%20G%20and%20198th%20St-5548-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1635" data-original-width="2796" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aeDBikN3udRAm4xce0J_l9-4t449OMiiPx8caEFm1pcRY0rFAf_b_GXQN38To8yPOzsKhZPq1TjDtMR-gsVuKuUZjQ3v2uUd-sb521lh7l80rA905bRMOp92bqi1oTX157v2PLoKaQUBtBSZaAHyXxxcHxLNACI396cGDHZ3YQjcZyWHzdV03S-0mg/w640-h374/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-mailboxes%20and%20telephone%20pole%20near%20Avenue%20G%20and%20198th%20St-5548-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>As of July 2022, the telephone pole is starting to shed its rings<br /></b></span></div><br />By the time of my latest visit to Hi Vista, the number of rings on that particular pole had dipped slightly, to what I would call about three and a half.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT-dyKZ1Z-piZbpvRuRAtqw0EFK-_QWagNWUydl5JMVPruccJzDWpIN03VPF5DEEcmyW29FnOLhmrkVPbvRB3hmyDSnb5kIQmtqV5H4iOV-0tWBS6kzsWBbNJLNzGIF94-MoU8AGqH5TTxhvbBlg2ZVheun8m33usBbs_RLED5FjX1JdT1hY_hmjMSg/s4072/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-front%20deck%20of%20wedding%20chapel-closeup%20of%20Uma%20Thurman%20with%20deck%20post.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="4072" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT-dyKZ1Z-piZbpvRuRAtqw0EFK-_QWagNWUydl5JMVPruccJzDWpIN03VPF5DEEcmyW29FnOLhmrkVPbvRB3hmyDSnb5kIQmtqV5H4iOV-0tWBS6kzsWBbNJLNzGIF94-MoU8AGqH5TTxhvbBlg2ZVheun8m33usBbs_RLED5FjX1JdT1hY_hmjMSg/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-front%20deck%20of%20wedding%20chapel-closeup%20of%20Uma%20Thurman%20with%20deck%20post.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Attention to detail on the deck of the wedding chapel<br /></b></span></div><br />Back on the front deck of the "Kill Bill Church," I want to point out this closeup of
Uma. Besides being a nice shot of the actress, it features one of the
deck's support posts in great detail, full of nooks and crannies. Since
the deck was brand new, it would have had to be purposefully
"distressed" to get this look.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQgQzsGJtNhSBFFENh_Qz3Zq6hYgdqWv_5hxV0PU_ynkzbKcO7gEfvus7-DwdjUWz7SD28fxkHcPqiIrdaGzvCKT-vvLt9AT-wF9ldtUGZ2E2Z2dxfl9ZybxAWA2oJsyF6ITB6Ks7dx9KvDL3w0nWEEelTprVZ3KDPnQCJPmzWi068TePxhVWqhB_bw/s4072/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="4072" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQgQzsGJtNhSBFFENh_Qz3Zq6hYgdqWv_5hxV0PU_ynkzbKcO7gEfvus7-DwdjUWz7SD28fxkHcPqiIrdaGzvCKT-vvLt9AT-wF9ldtUGZ2E2Z2dxfl9ZybxAWA2oJsyF6ITB6Ks7dx9KvDL3w0nWEEelTprVZ3KDPnQCJPmzWi068TePxhVWqhB_bw/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%204.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Another piece of the Hi Vista movie puzzle</b></span></div><br />We
still have at least one more mystery building to figure out — did you
happen to notice it in this "Kill Bill" shot? It's another movie
building, and I was able to piece together some of its filming history.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65PQ7tEGtl-dzeX1UPIUdbQVmJQCua2l1dOzXM30Dr8a2yqXNeBpDcz5RQN-vGOxEvZ7jjHqxYiquRCV70GJq4AVpxyzqJnLhGIk0YE0ddI1CTRHuaoH8B4oCzzyAx1cgRiF_9MJ0or5LjRwnxKasRAih-XT3eB9S-dflY_kYw0KX6fFzeDgvz96WeA/s4072/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="4072" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65PQ7tEGtl-dzeX1UPIUdbQVmJQCua2l1dOzXM30Dr8a2yqXNeBpDcz5RQN-vGOxEvZ7jjHqxYiquRCV70GJq4AVpxyzqJnLhGIk0YE0ddI1CTRHuaoH8B4oCzzyAx1cgRiF_9MJ0or5LjRwnxKasRAih-XT3eB9S-dflY_kYw0KX6fFzeDgvz96WeA/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine-looking%20east%20down%20Avenue%20G-noted%205.png" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the mystery building, corner of 200th Street and Avenue G<br /></b></span></div><br />The mystery building was situated on the southwest corner of Avenue G and 200th Street, where it was oriented at a 45-degree angle, with the length of the building running northwest to southeast.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiZFvX21pPZIT8yCueBgqiNnfo77yxYBhnKWZ-Na8eHDpRrYVu13NL_jQ17LFFeMXSr7_BTkO9Z2fmFMeDMt20W1ESy3ln-95jeJQ-EWDzvDVP1Kye99wtKL2c-tnIkLJHL76nECVTvwrZAec22dFk0TdEFLNqgKznx1sdMVMaDQx8KCF_FHKyAv3NA/s3729/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-empty%20lot%20at%20corner%20of%20Avenue%20G%20and%20200th%20St-5509.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3729" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiZFvX21pPZIT8yCueBgqiNnfo77yxYBhnKWZ-Na8eHDpRrYVu13NL_jQ17LFFeMXSr7_BTkO9Z2fmFMeDMt20W1ESy3ln-95jeJQ-EWDzvDVP1Kye99wtKL2c-tnIkLJHL76nECVTvwrZAec22dFk0TdEFLNqgKznx1sdMVMaDQx8KCF_FHKyAv3NA/w640-h478/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-empty%20lot%20at%20corner%20of%20Avenue%20G%20and%20200th%20St-5509.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Southwest corner of 200th Street and Avenue G in July 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />If you were to visit that site today, as I did earlier this month, all you would find is this vacant lot — no sign of a building, and not even the foundation of a building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4aRfm6s5alODsFObWkcCKKxPaBTuSX09bLXTlhtu4BLSHQG8vcrKIe5_aPVOcrF-K7ZfW_OOIBvk1WldTEeutMEJYyxaac2TZOA6iqkJKTyxfj22QpxU3HtDU47YidjP3kp5O1JbwG5p3HBudC7eqoHSdZn4Kt3PtNzSgYLV1cVAuKh3VVsQkvYdQg/s3288/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1865" data-original-width="3288" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4aRfm6s5alODsFObWkcCKKxPaBTuSX09bLXTlhtu4BLSHQG8vcrKIe5_aPVOcrF-K7ZfW_OOIBvk1WldTEeutMEJYyxaac2TZOA6iqkJKTyxfj22QpxU3HtDU47YidjP3kp5O1JbwG5p3HBudC7eqoHSdZn4Kt3PtNzSgYLV1cVAuKh3VVsQkvYdQg/w640-h364/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": The Hi Vista Diner in 1999<br /></b></span></div><br />That's because the "mystery building" was not a real building. It was another movie set — the Hi Vista Diner, one of Hi Vista's most elusive sets.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8avlCEanGvrFzWRcKrdUYtxjO1FrWgsGLqVCbnStI409-TT17ob3_Ko4RDzX-7lfQLfme3a1FhA4baV5uqZ4a6yuo05uT1Pw5M0VK8BYP3Y0BVmjsLTHj6bbZsVUhhxqfI9k-BWXx4bSheQZRaMAUz2sgt_nJd9Wp5r7Crtedb5NJWGOZ3360AM6eQ/s1536/1999-Inferno%20(originally%20Desert%20Heat)-probably%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20area,%20Hi%20Vista%20Diner%20(200th%20Street%20East%20and%20Avenue%20G)-David%20%22Shark%22%20Fralick.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8avlCEanGvrFzWRcKrdUYtxjO1FrWgsGLqVCbnStI409-TT17ob3_Ko4RDzX-7lfQLfme3a1FhA4baV5uqZ4a6yuo05uT1Pw5M0VK8BYP3Y0BVmjsLTHj6bbZsVUhhxqfI9k-BWXx4bSheQZRaMAUz2sgt_nJd9Wp5r7Crtedb5NJWGOZ3360AM6eQ/w640-h410/1999-Inferno%20(originally%20Desert%20Heat)-probably%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20area,%20Hi%20Vista%20Diner%20(200th%20Street%20East%20and%20Avenue%20G)-David%20%22Shark%22%20Fralick.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno" (1999): Jean-Claude demonstrates a flying kick outside the Hi Vista Diner</b></span></div><br />The Hi Vista Diner is a key location in "Inferno," which contains some of the best — and probably rarest — movie shots of the diner. It's a good bet that the diner was built for "Inferno," although its origin story is unknown.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QBSY6xZRyt0nm49dyA4eZ5tUn8J58gT4kwgy7f_tCICbnv8PMdwNpqYgxc9Hk8ta4Tcl_f9DXdDgskvcvkqcGaNIv3nAitmcNEW8wEVGc6Sr-uzMAKt27rSAIjc286eSyrZ3PqG6COyETn_q4VQmhpktoYE-8RC69RVLuZKRcy7hNu6SDO5eIIytEQ/s4560/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church%20and%20Hi%20Vista%20Diner,%20directly%20across%20the%20street%20from%20each%20other.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4560" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QBSY6xZRyt0nm49dyA4eZ5tUn8J58gT4kwgy7f_tCICbnv8PMdwNpqYgxc9Hk8ta4Tcl_f9DXdDgskvcvkqcGaNIv3nAitmcNEW8wEVGc6Sr-uzMAKt27rSAIjc286eSyrZ3PqG6COyETn_q4VQmhpktoYE-8RC69RVLuZKRcy7hNu6SDO5eIIytEQ/w640-h306/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church%20and%20Hi%20Vista%20Diner,%20directly%20across%20the%20street%20from%20each%20other.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": The Hi Vista Diner and the Kill Bill Church</b></span></div><br />One
minor issue is that when we see the diner in "Inferno," it's directly
across the street from the future Kill Bill Church, and not down at the
corner of 200th Street, about a block away, where we see it in "Kill Bill."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXgQkhhmGMcdAcvAd1CNVvGF6FW8kRujITzsQedQ2bDCMSxlxyEjPbQv4H4k3M0_J6A07OqYpIx6tdBmyJAyQCdKjbJp3GJqeu0VAZ2sspli8WMxPsXVCUlu9Q7seEwTr4YznSrNG1eNIMOXPQiBbJa4LNBsk6vIbPOUQvAP7tCZHcIag9Vfk4g0BOA/s4560/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4560" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXgQkhhmGMcdAcvAd1CNVvGF6FW8kRujITzsQedQ2bDCMSxlxyEjPbQv4H4k3M0_J6A07OqYpIx6tdBmyJAyQCdKjbJp3GJqeu0VAZ2sspli8WMxPsXVCUlu9Q7seEwTr4YznSrNG1eNIMOXPQiBbJa4LNBsk6vIbPOUQvAP7tCZHcIag9Vfk4g0BOA/w640-h306/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Downtown Hi Vista: Avenue G and 198th Street, in "Inferno"<br /></b></span></div><br />But
it's not really an issue, because sets get moved around all the time. Sometime after filming was completed on "Inferno," and before filming took place on "Kill Bill," the diner was moved a short distance east to 200th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPysKUc5bdeCD9hPHUgnrdZNhqjsUaB45_eYTsgPy5-9nnT19b_gd7AWQ6UqxW2YOc-rUrxAXAtNOZiQdBJ3AlsiNkre9wiPRR7ftMvciuYqCCUu9LJPoETNHtQFaMh-dKw1LVA6DUuAEILJGn9M3U3x725ip1pMFPyOW3fk8dKzekYL5NXC1SRBczKQ/s4560/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4560" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPysKUc5bdeCD9hPHUgnrdZNhqjsUaB45_eYTsgPy5-9nnT19b_gd7AWQ6UqxW2YOc-rUrxAXAtNOZiQdBJ3AlsiNkre9wiPRR7ftMvciuYqCCUu9LJPoETNHtQFaMh-dKw1LVA6DUuAEILJGn9M3U3x725ip1pMFPyOW3fk8dKzekYL5NXC1SRBczKQ/w640-h306/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Hi Vista Diner and Gordon's Body Shop, seen from atop the Kill Bill Church</b></span></div><br />The
diner's location near
both the Gordon's Body Shop building and the future Kill Bill Church is
integral to the story in "Inferno." It makes sense that the diner would have
started out in that location, but it also makes sense to later remove it from that spot
to facilitate filming of the other sets.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT4E84kaGEnZDWlAMspSpw23VgQidoqtqbPy1wVI4szFNRbZABQznPbVYuCINktmg2AWZJVUMK6a0ylfl-6T8QXlVuPAFNOswqfB05ET16_eA9y-cPbS4BxCXTUurkgxS9pEdl8DGkqTXhSRvjKT94p0AXc6zxhkCr4GcxIhtJEYcGzZqVwehDZPDmg/s4560/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4560" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT4E84kaGEnZDWlAMspSpw23VgQidoqtqbPy1wVI4szFNRbZABQznPbVYuCINktmg2AWZJVUMK6a0ylfl-6T8QXlVuPAFNOswqfB05ET16_eA9y-cPbS4BxCXTUurkgxS9pEdl8DGkqTXhSRvjKT94p0AXc6zxhkCr4GcxIhtJEYcGzZqVwehDZPDmg/w640-h306/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A peek behind the scenes at just how sturdy that new wooden cross might be<br /></b></span></div><br />There's a lot to like in this overview shot from "Inferno," including what appears to me to be a look at how the flimsy wooden cross was added to the top of the future Kill Bill Church for the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z5tJ-T9iJ22rGnXf_r0HG0bBE6ZzA0ekLgzOyGWS5M7qKQ21ix47mS719chEZ2exF03nu2ifAEVIez7rj19bi6SC5LNsGziGfvjOkkGMkv3SxVgFJafSN2b1qvoXAQ48nABZl-ePWeEXFv4F8o2M4JRw0QJM6nZ5cAxzszXWNMLje6IwqIW2JD-5Fg/s4560/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4560" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z5tJ-T9iJ22rGnXf_r0HG0bBE6ZzA0ekLgzOyGWS5M7qKQ21ix47mS719chEZ2exF03nu2ifAEVIez7rj19bi6SC5LNsGziGfvjOkkGMkv3SxVgFJafSN2b1qvoXAQ48nABZl-ePWeEXFv4F8o2M4JRw0QJM6nZ5cAxzszXWNMLje6IwqIW2JD-5Fg/w640-h306/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looking southwest from the bell tower: a sprawling movie set<br /></b></span></div><br />Just about all of the buildings of the "Gordon's Body Shop Movie Set" saw action in "Inferno," but most of these buildings no longer exist.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4yTv7rt8zKJ_55qFnDO2pUotdYmZeCu4fqV83R7mo2T26CF4fmmLwrvVzH0f7H3dmqFvnh1zw3YyPLdV4tQExtJWA32O6lISRZ1mPuHelx6booesqEt-rJLBxfHsN1L_uEby0BEJdL2PM-7UEkTmFo53PXmNvknEGnjNK_8Lc8jZT1w0GRl_mmNJEw/s4560/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4560" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4yTv7rt8zKJ_55qFnDO2pUotdYmZeCu4fqV83R7mo2T26CF4fmmLwrvVzH0f7H3dmqFvnh1zw3YyPLdV4tQExtJWA32O6lISRZ1mPuHelx6booesqEt-rJLBxfHsN1L_uEby0BEJdL2PM-7UEkTmFo53PXmNvknEGnjNK_8Lc8jZT1w0GRl_mmNJEw/w640-h306/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20Movie%20Set-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-overview%20from%20top%20of%20Kill%20Bill%20Church-noted%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Saddleback Butte, to the southwest of Hi Vista<br /></b></span></div><br />I imagine many readers are familiar with Saddleback Butte
by now and are tired of my pointing it out — but just in case we have a
few stragglers, there it is again.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdu_fiWrVT9mtCIiCX_aq-qsr9Y_-J0qBElIY8wBrmOjhz6JW1RsgHMUBSZEu_eMnkAnQyURAt1Zo8umxXjhmZOZ6I9-EHktP-wNk7UWp2Q9h_8bRRyjvjwlJGViYxeesB6qYVzaKwDMyZ5hEAuJHKoLxBV7V6-kpuEfRmaCyDUQ_1Vd0o9iW40ncSA/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20high%20kick,%20Pat%20Morita%20ringing%20bell.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdu_fiWrVT9mtCIiCX_aq-qsr9Y_-J0qBElIY8wBrmOjhz6JW1RsgHMUBSZEu_eMnkAnQyURAt1Zo8umxXjhmZOZ6I9-EHktP-wNk7UWp2Q9h_8bRRyjvjwlJGViYxeesB6qYVzaKwDMyZ5hEAuJHKoLxBV7V6-kpuEfRmaCyDUQ_1Vd0o9iW40ncSA/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20high%20kick,%20Pat%20Morita%20ringing%20bell.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": Jean-Claude Van Damme delivers a high kick in Hi Vista<br /></b></span></div><br />We saw this same angle from "Inferno" a while back, but let's take a closer look at what's going on over at the Hi Vista Community Hall.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8XYlhkyRm106dh6sURzTyAHyvxky3KvPzVmbQMqBWMd9tYpTDL6IX9V_LDlnjxjL7DN8yY2CHbOW3Ly5HB4iPvZRZ5m9fVq_TiQEBij0HyT6FOihtX6qu5uPpanIg-1oVxPRd4DCB-WsApUyL3KIV6ZayJdy_TbUop_-73ZGS6NxDUY-wWM0sr_NMg/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20high%20kick,%20Pat%20Morita%20ringing%20bell-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8XYlhkyRm106dh6sURzTyAHyvxky3KvPzVmbQMqBWMd9tYpTDL6IX9V_LDlnjxjL7DN8yY2CHbOW3Ly5HB4iPvZRZ5m9fVq_TiQEBij0HyT6FOihtX6qu5uPpanIg-1oVxPRd4DCB-WsApUyL3KIV6ZayJdy_TbUop_-73ZGS6NxDUY-wWM0sr_NMg/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20high%20kick,%20Pat%20Morita%20ringing%20bell-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Pat Morita rings the bell, distracting the bad guy<br /></b></span></div><br />Not only does the building have a new bell and flimsy wooden cross, presumably both installed specially for "Inferno," but it also has Pat Morita — the wise Mr. Miyagi from "Karate Kid" — ringing the bell to help the hero.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBMUeRh5cJNChwXVF5FaStEmNJtt94ciKTAP0kPhL2j1-w9jKI_bK8KaKE17ETV0HucK-jJBtQRAiAuFAmCA2t7glIjIbjSQE1pr1A-tphKnjYKpPmCqOz0QIf23kpLJLtA_M33I0uSTK8bgDhxpWk8scZF9uIgo6lXCP6KtlvS6wKLG_lWN8tBpNsQ/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-Pat%20Morita%20atop%20Kill%20Bill%20Church,%20with%20new%20bell%20and%20cross.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBMUeRh5cJNChwXVF5FaStEmNJtt94ciKTAP0kPhL2j1-w9jKI_bK8KaKE17ETV0HucK-jJBtQRAiAuFAmCA2t7glIjIbjSQE1pr1A-tphKnjYKpPmCqOz0QIf23kpLJLtA_M33I0uSTK8bgDhxpWk8scZF9uIgo6lXCP6KtlvS6wKLG_lWN8tBpNsQ/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Kill%20Bill%20Church-Pat%20Morita%20atop%20Kill%20Bill%20Church,%20with%20new%20bell%20and%20cross.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": Pat Morita up top, along with the community hall's new cross and bell<br /></b></span></div><br />There's Morita again, on the roof of the community center, where he's found almost a perfect sniper's post. We also get a better look at the building's temporary bell and flimsy new cross, which is too small for that building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpqxfWcIewxbXRgy4cMKNoo65VRo5HIwkUTnWpcaoFNhK14tLk4fPT5mYpz0yc1tiRjA7AfzVqfTOQC6XlOVySl5acJkLR8KFE9BwhApfz2djkEkMB9-noY58LTfpla9eQ9cj5vRU6AMc03dlUXXv3ZKDCbzjoWIpNcaysTfgXuASdNJaUfuKs5WVAA/s1596/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-SIGN%20SAYS%20DINER%20ON%20ONE%20SIDE,%20CAFE%20ON%20THE%20OTHER-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="1056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpqxfWcIewxbXRgy4cMKNoo65VRo5HIwkUTnWpcaoFNhK14tLk4fPT5mYpz0yc1tiRjA7AfzVqfTOQC6XlOVySl5acJkLR8KFE9BwhApfz2djkEkMB9-noY58LTfpla9eQ9cj5vRU6AMc03dlUXXv3ZKDCbzjoWIpNcaysTfgXuASdNJaUfuKs5WVAA/w424-h640/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-SIGN%20SAYS%20DINER%20ON%20ONE%20SIDE,%20CAFE%20ON%20THE%20OTHER-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" width="424" /></a></div>The old sign for the diner (photo by Troy Paiva, 2007)<br /></b></span></div><br />The Hi Vista Diner existed for only a few years,
approximately from 1999-2007. A number of variations on its name can be found, including High Vista Diner, Hi-Vista Diner and High Vista Cafe.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHtn2stO1nYUKdNYukBx-X5Q17zKRdutJg4KZZPDW_r2bf4wy59BYc4fsm6as41x_wu30Qt_2i9_uNQr8Yj78SgeSpbqPZgh1Mt3bxAmpjnNkzpCr0l7-zHCS4J8ssy8RiB7a8oIeOZ8ADsu1Ci1ivVQYqWlEcugZu7EbV3cREA08eiobrvUVkxLwUA/s1592/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-looking%20W%20(%3F)-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1058" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHtn2stO1nYUKdNYukBx-X5Q17zKRdutJg4KZZPDW_r2bf4wy59BYc4fsm6as41x_wu30Qt_2i9_uNQr8Yj78SgeSpbqPZgh1Mt3bxAmpjnNkzpCr0l7-zHCS4J8ssy8RiB7a8oIeOZ8ADsu1Ci1ivVQYqWlEcugZu7EbV3cREA08eiobrvUVkxLwUA/w426-h640/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-looking%20W%20(%3F)-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" width="426" /></a></div>A crumbling Hi Vista Diner in 2007 (Troy Paiva photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Lucky for us, photographer Troy Paiva came across the Hi Vista Diner in
2007 and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostamerica/428282316/in/photostream/" target="_blank">posted some incredible night shots of it</a>. His photos were taken when the diner was at its second location, at Avenue G and 200th Street. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlPsAltwtMeUV9vw0nsMIRrsXI7HhebHiLQit8ZDnFXQQHcE9NO_ODa3iElH7bTIHRSVNNnfdIxygKrpKjlvXy8d2BbU6DN3TWPHeFjkYig6hAFg5P8H3XY5WB2VD3bksKlC9N5ADm1zwX-TcLpxgWt75wriVfEarIYG1i8QDcDXC33xlsLC8mI8Nag/s1588/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-just%20the%20sign-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1588" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlPsAltwtMeUV9vw0nsMIRrsXI7HhebHiLQit8ZDnFXQQHcE9NO_ODa3iElH7bTIHRSVNNnfdIxygKrpKjlvXy8d2BbU6DN3TWPHeFjkYig6hAFg5P8H3XY5WB2VD3bksKlC9N5ADm1zwX-TcLpxgWt75wriVfEarIYG1i8QDcDXC33xlsLC8mI8Nag/w640-h426/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-just%20the%20sign-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" width="640" /></a></div>A different name for the diner on either side of the sign (Troy Paiva photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Paiva noticed that the sign read "High Vista Diner" on one side and "High Vista Cafe" on the other. This discovery reinforces what we already knew about the building — that it was always a movie set and never a real diner.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMjiQlarylKk9dV4QUVICqocLQ3tYfZ71z6ZEYiPWt7g7CzDVYAP8I0_oz3DL81UpZa37xpC28C6J6lvX1D8NitWkCEw9XmKIOUC1CfEjjzWoDN6bthOppqioTUVhJOgZgyG1ZDixCEFWlT3MDH6bASDakNRzp7g3aiMf3l0Jc9NZzDV-uoK2kaWLNQ/s1592/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-looking%20S%20to%20San%20Gabriels%20(matches%20view%20from%20200th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20G)-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1064" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMjiQlarylKk9dV4QUVICqocLQ3tYfZ71z6ZEYiPWt7g7CzDVYAP8I0_oz3DL81UpZa37xpC28C6J6lvX1D8NitWkCEw9XmKIOUC1CfEjjzWoDN6bthOppqioTUVhJOgZgyG1ZDixCEFWlT3MDH6bASDakNRzp7g3aiMf3l0Jc9NZzDV-uoK2kaWLNQ/w428-h640/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-looking%20S%20to%20San%20Gabriels%20(matches%20view%20from%20200th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20G)-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" width="428" /></a></div>Night shot of the cafe (Troy Paiva photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />The two-sided sign was presumably just a way to make the building that much more versatile as a movie set. The timing of Paiva's visit was especially
fortunate since the building would be demolished less than a year later.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc137pLIQccdxdPLpumj8XyxFktb6_eG3jrc_7a7I3TdMwbaQZJEa99CBkkwi-0IkJaxs5fN2yzAQqF5JoFcZ12Nau2_xKPMtQiujzO5HP5-muJ5FzMLM0UD1gtiZ5sei76-rRSnDtKO1kcAmg2MckBe-GOgPnQTdCVv9PVPP53sy_INjm0mJuAAnTw/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20flying%20kick-characters%20outside%20diner's%20doorway-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc137pLIQccdxdPLpumj8XyxFktb6_eG3jrc_7a7I3TdMwbaQZJEa99CBkkwi-0IkJaxs5fN2yzAQqF5JoFcZ12Nau2_xKPMtQiujzO5HP5-muJ5FzMLM0UD1gtiZ5sei76-rRSnDtKO1kcAmg2MckBe-GOgPnQTdCVv9PVPP53sy_INjm0mJuAAnTw/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-Jean-Claude%20Van%20Damme%20flying%20kick-characters%20outside%20diner's%20doorway-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Inferno": A small crowd gathers to watch Van Damme beat up a guy<br /></b></span></div><br />In a sequence from "Inferno" that we examined above, some of the movie's characters are standing just outside the doorway of the diner watching Van Damme deliver a flying kick to a hapless thug.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0uk3vmuLoZ75UEHEWgOh0V56Y51e-UmjwI-VrZXpyTCSvEdJ2Sf2IVLLm5skT0Ix5Sf9EyKX6WwI1AJS7sSx-zhJ6X3EbmZoAPZHCiv8QV2JnqWL2GZ57Sxe1RYq1V0zN7tN8QJZ-uzjxSDna6XE1mWiMXidVzATA8h9DkTPTy7uiwi893djOVvAlA/s4074/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-medium%20shot%20of%20characters%20outside%20diner's%20doorway,%20with%20ice%20machine,%20round%20%22portal%22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4074" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0uk3vmuLoZ75UEHEWgOh0V56Y51e-UmjwI-VrZXpyTCSvEdJ2Sf2IVLLm5skT0Ix5Sf9EyKX6WwI1AJS7sSx-zhJ6X3EbmZoAPZHCiv8QV2JnqWL2GZ57Sxe1RYq1V0zN7tN8QJZ-uzjxSDna6XE1mWiMXidVzATA8h9DkTPTy7uiwi893djOVvAlA/w640-h344/1999-Inferno%20(aka%20Desert%20Heat)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner-medium%20shot%20of%20characters%20outside%20diner's%20doorway,%20with%20ice%20machine,%20round%20%22portal%22.png" width="640" /></a></div>The ice machine is cool, too, but get a load of that round portal<br /></b></span></div><br />When the camera zooms in on the spectators, we catch a glimpse of a unique feature of the Hi Vista Diner: the round window, or "portal," at the left of the frame.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFZ1T4df38FZUatlr0zzph2_iuIvsLHmE0QKC5AGnU0CzB8Zb5eerIHknAUK5svVwI1-4xUE1WDMP787D8VGIV2h2_G_7Udwj3r9qjKdO4B_cTurNPBhzEwN3faNh-yqZ-Ez6PGlUA4oHbVBn0csA2x_qP3RhZtmi7sDQlU1wSCNaKY0uDw0ChW9vjw/s1492/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-interior,%20including%20round%20window%20seen%20in%20Inferno-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFZ1T4df38FZUatlr0zzph2_iuIvsLHmE0QKC5AGnU0CzB8Zb5eerIHknAUK5svVwI1-4xUE1WDMP787D8VGIV2h2_G_7Udwj3r9qjKdO4B_cTurNPBhzEwN3faNh-yqZ-Ez6PGlUA4oHbVBn0csA2x_qP3RhZtmi7sDQlU1wSCNaKY0uDw0ChW9vjw/w456-h640/2007%20(030207)-Hi%20Vista-Hi%20Vista%20Diner:High%20Vista%20Cafe-(bulldozed%20by%20March%202008)-interior,%20including%20round%20window%20seen%20in%20Inferno-photo%20by%20Troy%20Paiva.png" width="456" /></a></div>Inside the Hi Vista Diner, 2007 (Troy Paiva photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />When Paiva photographed the building in 2007, he captured this interior shot of the "portal." Paiva's photos of the Hi Vista Diner can be found on Flickr as part of his excellent <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostamerica/albums/72157623463254598" target="_blank">Antelope Valley album</a>.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostamerica/428282316/in/photostream/" target="_blank"><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6c1tPowMMY_gjpnNSRBFxcUrnztQXhGKfnH4fRI2dLCEYryc2V4C0o7Jbxa7QespHBZSHzaCaSX-KrRrMOzxyXV1F18nKLRyGk8SpmOoLFHNDvWL4v72LfsKXYw7X_wjtVWZ-hGQ33w78B3mbgjwMOWfFCVix3Yv3SkUL_XRk4OxG6EAK1ZNmXKLpA/s4076/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine%20and%20Uma%20Thurman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="4076" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6c1tPowMMY_gjpnNSRBFxcUrnztQXhGKfnH4fRI2dLCEYryc2V4C0o7Jbxa7QespHBZSHzaCaSX-KrRrMOzxyXV1F18nKLRyGk8SpmOoLFHNDvWL4v72LfsKXYw7X_wjtVWZ-hGQ33w78B3mbgjwMOWfFCVix3Yv3SkUL_XRk4OxG6EAK1ZNmXKLpA/w640-h360/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Hi%20Vista-Sanctuary%20Church-David%20Carradine%20and%20Uma%20Thurman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Carradine and Thurman hash things out on the deck of the wedding chapel<br /></b></span></div><br />We still haven't exhausted the location details we can learn from "Kill Bill" shots taken on the wedding chapel's front deck — but we're getting close.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iaraTNXejEb_AbK2UWecTcsQHnCOVaBYs7Ut14swd-q94ud6YgUk-AHJp_fpvPxCDvijvw5VBbnbZ5XJcEwJcdTLWNEuPp9Or54YbFUFhKjvyPxkA8AISqs7eeHwBRXf1lQ4DSqYGnv1JLt59a3lX4UfB0jOiy3EY9Qrt49_eaBTRAlrcacJQ48i8Q/s1394/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-view%20looking%20south%20from%20front%20area%20of%20Sanctuary%20Church-chimney%20that's%20probably%20still%20there-Saddleback%20Butte%20from%20the%20north-Uma%20Thurman%20and%20David%20Carradine-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1394" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iaraTNXejEb_AbK2UWecTcsQHnCOVaBYs7Ut14swd-q94ud6YgUk-AHJp_fpvPxCDvijvw5VBbnbZ5XJcEwJcdTLWNEuPp9Or54YbFUFhKjvyPxkA8AISqs7eeHwBRXf1lQ4DSqYGnv1JLt59a3lX4UfB0jOiy3EY9Qrt49_eaBTRAlrcacJQ48i8Q/w640-h632/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-view%20looking%20south%20from%20front%20area%20of%20Sanctuary%20Church-chimney%20that's%20probably%20still%20there-Saddleback%20Butte%20from%20the%20north-Uma%20Thurman%20and%20David%20Carradine-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>What the heck is that thing — and is it still there?<br /></b></span></div><br />If I had to guess, I'd say it looks like an old chimney — and sure enough, that's what it turns out to be.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0dH_wIXgILazGrKnMj0t_nOacPIj7cEl_Tiy6kH2KxkGeyl0f2Tmx6cLqq3k5A6SRC7SMVB2_3g6q6ZliF6XH_qWWXTdz6c9xmD5Aw6c8x4VwyfQ92c8r8aKO3EBJbBma98utfv_qlQEO6g8GHa8SXlHDC88Z9mEW2-jamUbHL-oznG8fBDVhbAHJg/s3330/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-chimney%20and%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-5526.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="3330" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0dH_wIXgILazGrKnMj0t_nOacPIj7cEl_Tiy6kH2KxkGeyl0f2Tmx6cLqq3k5A6SRC7SMVB2_3g6q6ZliF6XH_qWWXTdz6c9xmD5Aw6c8x4VwyfQ92c8r8aKO3EBJbBma98utfv_qlQEO6g8GHa8SXlHDC88Z9mEW2-jamUbHL-oznG8fBDVhbAHJg/w640-h388/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-chimney%20and%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop-5526.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The chimney and Gordon's Body Shop: Original location of the Hi Vista Diner<br /></b></span></div><br />In a wider shot, taken looking west, we get a sense of the proximity of the chimney to Gordon's Body Shop, on the right. The Hi Vista Diner was originally situated between these two structures.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AQMqMMKkl_whg2XWivAj2_nIgGA6Wjt4vBe-EyOa9GJj6veV427XVo9C5sllrNpNHZ4UDounU4Xcs_QnTgxaWvHb3okRmoveVhC-RwY8LpdAUnKhgEp6CFp55ESCM4C4s88hXHF1QWh2wSZQtTUuMoMbhDKbyYpzqNJzbeH-t3aus9yQpDcHYsxIsw/s2574/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-elephant%20rock%20and%20chimney-5582.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="2574" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AQMqMMKkl_whg2XWivAj2_nIgGA6Wjt4vBe-EyOa9GJj6veV427XVo9C5sllrNpNHZ4UDounU4Xcs_QnTgxaWvHb3okRmoveVhC-RwY8LpdAUnKhgEp6CFp55ESCM4C4s88hXHF1QWh2wSZQtTUuMoMbhDKbyYpzqNJzbeH-t3aus9yQpDcHYsxIsw/w640-h354/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-elephant%20rock%20and%20chimney-5582.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The view to the east: The chimney and a nearby rock formation<br /></b></span></div><br />Here we're looking at the chimney from the opposite side, with the hills to the east visible in the distance and a small rock formation toward the right of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI4b83D06mBWFwDyR8l0m7l4YByjwiHQ-kjamBqHwsD8dF-xv78861JMnmOv763uI0j1PUhC76LCsFnp2RJXu_tBXPhFH4AJu0Yh1jHOjqbWsqbSTm5dPg3Hp_UC_ngg9XV51i1qF4fYsW_PfZQ_x-r5LbbJsoazRGhDS5wee43KNzLIM0KgYrgd2hA/s1839/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-elephant%20rock%20near%20chimney-5581.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1839" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI4b83D06mBWFwDyR8l0m7l4YByjwiHQ-kjamBqHwsD8dF-xv78861JMnmOv763uI0j1PUhC76LCsFnp2RJXu_tBXPhFH4AJu0Yh1jHOjqbWsqbSTm5dPg3Hp_UC_ngg9XV51i1qF4fYsW_PfZQ_x-r5LbbJsoazRGhDS5wee43KNzLIM0KgYrgd2hA/w640-h382/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20Hi%20Vista-elephant%20rock%20near%20chimney-5581.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Hi Vista's "Elephant Rock"<br /></b></span></div><br />While I was in Hi Vista a local resident pointed out to me that he thought the rock formation near the old chimney looks like an elephant — and I agree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M4DY0d6MQsq3eNmr5x3bGhdEiRo48g4BKR5ChmSuVQ4dPkgpmqvWY9KaIiSuNn8XZisJmtEJ-HqIJ59jU88qf_g-0Nw9QA6VPPrxl5vam2-TFE_8wW0JbsnX_SwgAM0-TB90MuHPiIadh2A60XDyHbBU5fbGVkJPCFKI9E2DsmHx2smrYTjVBs97OQ/s3938/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-out%20in%20front%20of%20the%20community%20hall-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-looking%20across%20Avenue%20G%20to%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20as%20bodega-Robert%20Duvall%20arrives%20at%20the%20church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3938" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M4DY0d6MQsq3eNmr5x3bGhdEiRo48g4BKR5ChmSuVQ4dPkgpmqvWY9KaIiSuNn8XZisJmtEJ-HqIJ59jU88qf_g-0Nw9QA6VPPrxl5vam2-TFE_8wW0JbsnX_SwgAM0-TB90MuHPiIadh2A60XDyHbBU5fbGVkJPCFKI9E2DsmHx2smrYTjVBs97OQ/w640-h344/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Hi%20Vista-out%20in%20front%20of%20the%20community%20hall-East%20Avenue%20G%20at%20198th%20Street%20East-looking%20across%20Avenue%20G%20to%20Gordon's%20Body%20Shop%20as%20bodega-Robert%20Duvall%20arrives%20at%20the%20church.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions" (1981): Duvall in Hi Vista with his '59 Fury<br /></b></span></div><br />We'll be moving on now from Hi Vista, but I mentioned that I'd try to work in a little more of Robert Duvall's choice 1959 Plymouth Fury. Here it comes, from the opening sequence in "True Confessions."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVgz0xEsxpQe3yaKzE4TZPfduG6Uh4YmZq8CxqLrb25zM3KZYBJ205lvMlJuCjciZjTh5CFRCUkfhbiqD0SDKfPdMyuA6b6jCH4iiIgT7P-glLROQXM4Odhk0KA2yZFklpgz8YamhiESjGYf9cSm_sz5X9RzJ182QC9aZRubvFdiB1ND6Xj_1WUWL2A/s3940/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-roads-Robert%20Duvall%20at%20the%20wheel%20of%20the%201959%20Plymouth%20Fury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVgz0xEsxpQe3yaKzE4TZPfduG6Uh4YmZq8CxqLrb25zM3KZYBJ205lvMlJuCjciZjTh5CFRCUkfhbiqD0SDKfPdMyuA6b6jCH4iiIgT7P-glLROQXM4Odhk0KA2yZFklpgz8YamhiESjGYf9cSm_sz5X9RzJ182QC9aZRubvFdiB1ND6Xj_1WUWL2A/w640-h346/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Lake%20Los%20Angeles:Hi%20Vista-roads-Robert%20Duvall%20at%20the%20wheel%20of%20the%201959%20Plymouth%20Fury.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Duvall at the wheel of the Fury, navigating the Mojave Desert<br /></b></span></div><br />Duvall is deep in thought as he's driving through the desert to meet his brother, played by Robert De Niro. We see Joshua trees whizzing past the window, a sure sign he's in the Mojave Desert.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrT_0RIn7ci6_yg-xAx-OSIC0zRFGuYzA-aGq3U-YVhfHUs24z8Aj8tqpnf6PKJRiaYxyR8YW3TLJngLhx_4oH3aB3znaR4zrdTGSXFhVv5NgQLeZ7JPqsVo-Gn10uirYBSP_2ZAndrBGC-j2d-KFURDzGcCqu9m7u2bV2riXzOwsppUXZMtNSi9YtA/s3940/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20S%20down%20140th%20Street%20East%20near%20Avenue%20I-San%20Gabriels%20and%20Alpine%20Butte-Robert%20Duvall%20driving%20to%20the%20church%20in%20opening%20shot-matched%20%E2%88%9A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrT_0RIn7ci6_yg-xAx-OSIC0zRFGuYzA-aGq3U-YVhfHUs24z8Aj8tqpnf6PKJRiaYxyR8YW3TLJngLhx_4oH3aB3znaR4zrdTGSXFhVv5NgQLeZ7JPqsVo-Gn10uirYBSP_2ZAndrBGC-j2d-KFURDzGcCqu9m7u2bV2riXzOwsppUXZMtNSi9YtA/w640-h346/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20S%20down%20140th%20Street%20East%20near%20Avenue%20I-San%20Gabriels%20and%20Alpine%20Butte-Robert%20Duvall%20driving%20to%20the%20church%20in%20opening%20shot-matched%20%E2%88%9A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"True Confessions": 1959 Fury vs. Mojave Desert<br /></b></span></div><br />The Fury is seen barreling down a desert road, giving us a chance to try to figure out where it is. Thanks to the distinctive rocky buttes all over that area, it's relatively easy.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5s3p6gGvgKT8UxcsO1Fkj70wsh8-s6E4JmSuZHtYIUN-MSjGaYKSquR1UGprOc-F6cglfU3JEshGOg2sADWDbgwThE_fAoJmCa7H4fNGlrEF8gvmSn4qi46oAuoTh_1PBWS93Ye4SmbsXJah45TX8zmtemHIokrFK3hy0rGhlchBk78SPWm55qRDiEw/s3940/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20S%20down%20140th%20Street%20East%20near%20Avenue%20I-San%20Gabriels%20and%20Alpine%20Butte-Robert%20Duvall%20driving%20to%20the%20church%20in%20opening%20shot-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3940" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5s3p6gGvgKT8UxcsO1Fkj70wsh8-s6E4JmSuZHtYIUN-MSjGaYKSquR1UGprOc-F6cglfU3JEshGOg2sADWDbgwThE_fAoJmCa7H4fNGlrEF8gvmSn4qi46oAuoTh_1PBWS93Ye4SmbsXJah45TX8zmtemHIokrFK3hy0rGhlchBk78SPWm55qRDiEw/w640-h346/1980%20(1981)-True%20Confessions-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-looking%20S%20down%20140th%20Street%20East%20near%20Avenue%20I-San%20Gabriels%20and%20Alpine%20Butte-Robert%20Duvall%20driving%20to%20the%20church%20in%20opening%20shot-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Key features seen in the movie<br /></b></span></div><br />The San Gabriels let us know the shot is taken looking south, but the key to this location is identifying Alpine Butte. Once we have the butte nailed down, we can figure out that the Fury is headed north on 140th Street, on the northwestern outskirts of Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkIO5rzFO9jf0_zs3_eCoEgXv5p0o4nFJEmmZBcY3ELvkqmbXb0pDasBQwBu0GGWZrRNsP54KCmwOjs_94tQgTy3VQqxn-OQh8kS86gKuc014OKrlNCk5D0HcTYEUrd-CDh6ZMNkNeZXb704xULEGkP4Xm-CtTPeimfYnA2Y-Sh-AqSXWGB_s33FcUg/s2038/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-140th%20Street%20looking%20S%20fr%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20I-matches%20True%20Confessions.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2038" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkIO5rzFO9jf0_zs3_eCoEgXv5p0o4nFJEmmZBcY3ELvkqmbXb0pDasBQwBu0GGWZrRNsP54KCmwOjs_94tQgTy3VQqxn-OQh8kS86gKuc014OKrlNCk5D0HcTYEUrd-CDh6ZMNkNeZXb704xULEGkP4Xm-CtTPeimfYnA2Y-Sh-AqSXWGB_s33FcUg/w640-h404/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-140th%20Street%20looking%20S%20fr%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20I-matches%20True%20Confessions.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2012 (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the coolest things about the "True Confessions" shot is that Duvall is actually headed to Hi Vista. In the real world he's about eight minutes away, and just has to hang a right on Avenue G.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kQMWXgHLYhJhRVAaAfz9sW8vllEYu1wl1EQq_Go2kJmLBkS18IqCSoxJMi-qv03I-C5PEVLjq4u9sXu-QEqP6u7VkGxTehzAW9OI9rjRAVReEmXmr9h7a1nh6dVbTwf0cJW2wwYoSqgi7vRGOqvSWpJhSV-D3D7GMgMtkL0QBz1fxQ5ZtS_RtWbj8Q/s3014/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-bazooka%20sequence-James%20Arness-howdy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3014" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kQMWXgHLYhJhRVAaAfz9sW8vllEYu1wl1EQq_Go2kJmLBkS18IqCSoxJMi-qv03I-C5PEVLjq4u9sXu-QEqP6u7VkGxTehzAW9OI9rjRAVReEmXmr9h7a1nh6dVbTwf0cJW2wwYoSqgi7vRGOqvSWpJhSV-D3D7GMgMtkL0QBz1fxQ5ZtS_RtWbj8Q/w640-h406/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-bazooka%20sequence-James%20Arness-howdy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>If you're on the <a href="mailto:iversonfilmranch@aol.com" target="_blank">mailing list</a>, you've already seen this (<a href="mailto:iversonfilmranch@aol.com" target="_blank">click here to be added</a>)<br /></b></span></div><br />I've been teasing here and there about Marshal Dillon showing up in Lake Los Angeles with a bazooka, and it really did happen — that is, if you consider Matt Dillon and James Arness to be the same person, like pretty much everyone in the world does.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7tPHnp2NTp_hudvejzFveALEyAa9WCVsKYPYl6YBz7P_f_0KrNH1gwOI9jJjFF0aaKX-GSWM9frqmLGuVDNsKhXyAcdGdOjR5Ma_ync7KRjryDDe-rGn65c56vIjxHEVLKGyh1iq66k3UnOdAkS0iS0FJNRLF6CY7KbyykumqLcBfDlHRPxXGWREbA/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-bazooka%20sequence-James%20Arness%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7tPHnp2NTp_hudvejzFveALEyAa9WCVsKYPYl6YBz7P_f_0KrNH1gwOI9jJjFF0aaKX-GSWM9frqmLGuVDNsKhXyAcdGdOjR5Ma_ync7KRjryDDe-rGn65c56vIjxHEVLKGyh1iq66k3UnOdAkS0iS0FJNRLF6CY7KbyykumqLcBfDlHRPxXGWREbA/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-bazooka%20sequence-James%20Arness%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Them!" (1954): James Arness draws bazooka duty<br /></b></span></div><br />That's Marshal Dillon there on the left — OK, James Arness — doing his best to aid in the blowing up of giant ants in the sci-fi classic "Them!" I hope the other guy let him fire off a few rounds.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkJS8kv8ZrhCIFvvAaOgdA0M2P2fMZ8kyVGVk7C0uyd5GbAXRAY8kGOyJ45IaO8N5P_ThpBDnwoedian8tptyfgkCJPr7LR4FMTlDI0Tj5QftiCMrpqwPWnpnVBq6QTSZVwweIqpcUx1BPTqj_bPwWfpiuY2wigJyNxQUKnpEA8Sc9iliVopmA224hQ/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-James%20Arness-loading%20bazooka.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkJS8kv8ZrhCIFvvAaOgdA0M2P2fMZ8kyVGVk7C0uyd5GbAXRAY8kGOyJ45IaO8N5P_ThpBDnwoedian8tptyfgkCJPr7LR4FMTlDI0Tj5QftiCMrpqwPWnpnVBq6QTSZVwweIqpcUx1BPTqj_bPwWfpiuY2wigJyNxQUKnpEA8Sc9iliVopmA224hQ/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-James%20Arness-loading%20bazooka.png" width="640" /></a></div>James Arness, as FBI agent Robert Graham, admires what he hopes is a blank<br /></b></span></div><br />It looks like Agent Bob is relegated to "helper" status on this project. But look how impressed he is with that whopper he just pulled out of the carefully labeled "loaded projectiles" box.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPlEHWol8aYk8_uq8i6Q5bTvfkMW58HQA4M6ABflChu0u8kVWhBFwp2CvmpWF5Yx0BQJye83x55RHPJlzoYy_sK8K_iqYcN930uEqJTl9Qt_X9cwu48qUGmHORXjE9SwUxhufWL5j6vOBJPxZNd6LrZt0fYwJZ4GaCWwKQIO2XJGB9GRH9qe8QSUD-A/s3832/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-James%20Arness-loading%20bazooka-zoomed%20in%20on%20%22loaded%20projectiles%22%20box-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="3832" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPlEHWol8aYk8_uq8i6Q5bTvfkMW58HQA4M6ABflChu0u8kVWhBFwp2CvmpWF5Yx0BQJye83x55RHPJlzoYy_sK8K_iqYcN930uEqJTl9Qt_X9cwu48qUGmHORXjE9SwUxhufWL5j6vOBJPxZNd6LrZt0fYwJZ4GaCWwKQIO2XJGB9GRH9qe8QSUD-A/w640-h440/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-James%20Arness-loading%20bazooka-zoomed%20in%20on%20%22loaded%20projectiles%22%20box-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in for a fact check<br /></b></span></div><br />I didn't make that part up. It clearly says "loaded projectiles" right there.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tnZ02P_Uc6LGk8ZpmMidVSpgInwr7frLtDkCJzv5mf-r5cD3Y9c-Ybi3QGLfcr5rNPpXOF_Nk856CQtXtyglMjmQSDQaL6IBZPVDIsvpPh6iparhheJawVyksjQmkqS1Er92SG1eJIn3OZyztViA9hdOZDhwGpiMLgaFhIzUm7JZKkBGjP92D7oWNw/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Brian%20Duffy-bazooka.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tnZ02P_Uc6LGk8ZpmMidVSpgInwr7frLtDkCJzv5mf-r5cD3Y9c-Ybi3QGLfcr5rNPpXOF_Nk856CQtXtyglMjmQSDQaL6IBZPVDIsvpPh6iparhheJawVyksjQmkqS1Er92SG1eJIn3OZyztViA9hdOZDhwGpiMLgaFhIzUm7JZKkBGjP92D7oWNw/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Brian%20Duffy-bazooka.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Brian Duffy in "Palm Springs" (2020): Are bazookas in Lake Los Angeles a "thing"?<br /></b></span></div><br />"Them!"
wasn't the only movie to bring a bazooka to Lake Los
Angeles. Just a stone's throw from where "Them!" filmed, the comedy "Palm Springs"
explored a similar theme more than 65 years later. I can't help wondering whether they got the
idea from the giant ant movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK09Um3kmaIU6V9AKfwbUqrD4OcnbyPCOZqYbZy09RMr9HGVKAqJjLaciRsIH612EAjswQdMP8npJUMeFus7_XmfCEsZ1td8nu0Yj7lkhkJ3id9fOI4SOzACaCIXVVaSPxME4PmmOLNSe9WdR9O_0QC8sHWVPA-Jtn0JpmCEa4jProlW84nSgs6gZQ0g/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK09Um3kmaIU6V9AKfwbUqrD4OcnbyPCOZqYbZy09RMr9HGVKAqJjLaciRsIH612EAjswQdMP8npJUMeFus7_XmfCEsZ1td8nu0Yj7lkhkJ3id9fOI4SOzACaCIXVVaSPxME4PmmOLNSe9WdR9O_0QC8sHWVPA-Jtn0JpmCEa4jProlW84nSgs6gZQ0g/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sizing up the enormous ant hole in "Them!"<br /></b></span></div><br />The target of all the bazooka activity in "Them!" is this giant ant hole. Sean McClory plays Major Kibbee, whose unpleasant job it is to peek down into the hole, apparently to determine whether it's worth blowing up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbB8mFgT2AmS3apuwU9x6xzu5oj3RBLoQvZC9OfMjNnC3YuWU7Lsdb_gXnc-p8rzxy37N6uEyqB2RrVG2h-2dFOCQIdDk5z2Qy1nc9TgSe8_AK2v2h31LPe6iiKOKrwhkFU9wj97gQkb5WY8kKtw6W_phVIgq_Ux1CykdJGNisGrG0FeRceqrm7h0qQ/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbB8mFgT2AmS3apuwU9x6xzu5oj3RBLoQvZC9OfMjNnC3YuWU7Lsdb_gXnc-p8rzxy37N6uEyqB2RrVG2h-2dFOCQIdDk5z2Qy1nc9TgSe8_AK2v2h31LPe6iiKOKrwhkFU9wj97gQkb5WY8kKtw6W_phVIgq_Ux1CykdJGNisGrG0FeRceqrm7h0qQ/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Them!": A distinctive ridgeline helps narrow down the ant hole location<br /></b></span></div><br />The best thing about this shot is that it shows the location of the giant ant hole, along with a few landmarks. The shoot took place in Lake Los Angeles, even though in the
movie it was supposed to be the New Mexico desert.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZooX0FN7cJzh9AvRyIz0DYv0nqWm9ZxodCA1u7IuP1podVkBb_CWOsZOIQBhrxtRJDlz1KYAKAOKG8vAFIiBVaHSTgVcHrvDwZXeu1hov_Kcus1Lz0ToXa8uzZKZZ8bexRyN2azDBkxJHCqsMxhkeA9XV-bXW1389gBfdiAXSa_8gxqpk2KuoGKvaA/s2307/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Them%20ant%20hole%20location-opener-4645-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="2307" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZooX0FN7cJzh9AvRyIz0DYv0nqWm9ZxodCA1u7IuP1podVkBb_CWOsZOIQBhrxtRJDlz1KYAKAOKG8vAFIiBVaHSTgVcHrvDwZXeu1hov_Kcus1Lz0ToXa8uzZKZZ8bexRyN2azDBkxJHCqsMxhkeA9XV-bXW1389gBfdiAXSa_8gxqpk2KuoGKvaA/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Them%20ant%20hole%20location-opener-4645-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same markers in the ridgeline in 2022 (Lovejoy Buttes)<br /></b></span></div><br />I found my way to the former ant hole location in June 2022, and those same background rocks were still there, marking the area where the ant hole action was filmed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24dtgJjB88ze3kn_bD2P7gQ5lLYt-ocGv1ZdmndHkWdfF4vaOzejXxsXVxO3-EUTqntTpTa4fYZ6Njzq3jWNHHwpXxwWT3WOQSWXKvbA0i6QbiqNlu0vKyP-9r2JNOui8uvNHiFyoBjNky9UTwgQtNK082jxlGPwmKYo1RxlQWyDXlZnW1qO_xKBGeA/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24dtgJjB88ze3kn_bD2P7gQ5lLYt-ocGv1ZdmndHkWdfF4vaOzejXxsXVxO3-EUTqntTpTa4fYZ6Njzq3jWNHHwpXxwWT3WOQSWXKvbA0i6QbiqNlu0vKyP-9r2JNOui8uvNHiFyoBjNky9UTwgQtNK082jxlGPwmKYo1RxlQWyDXlZnW1qO_xKBGeA/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The tree that once stood guard over the ant hole is gone now<br /></b></span></div><br />I wish I could tell you that Joshua tree is still there, but sadly, its former home is now merely a place where a tree once stood. Joshua trees commonly live about 150 years, but I fear the desert has long since swallowed up the remains of this one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmE-BNckVL-nawCoSTDvH78sP_al66DKS1ObrFA1S0UDgLgifTEoEDMHmzCfozv_fxAESkqgU4AEH-BW8pm-svNrjuUZU8hvpWj4jz_2skurzC9_crblzgEfzIS55M6bgbhH1SPoBzvq9FjqZ6tCh7__NJE3Sm9jOYMisRiz3ys9dZZeUlYkJsuyYlw/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmE-BNckVL-nawCoSTDvH78sP_al66DKS1ObrFA1S0UDgLgifTEoEDMHmzCfozv_fxAESkqgU4AEH-BW8pm-svNrjuUZU8hvpWj4jz_2skurzC9_crblzgEfzIS55M6bgbhH1SPoBzvq9FjqZ6tCh7__NJE3Sm9jOYMisRiz3ys9dZZeUlYkJsuyYlw/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20buttes-Sean%20McClory,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Them!": Key rock clumps in the vicinity of the ant hole<br /></b></span></div><br />Fortunately, we still have more durable landmarks out that way — the rocks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCnRBFkqMb9C3jKVX5F6iTIZtLJEc9ybOaLbGCnlkyrOxgl8ctC_aCkSC5GT1E6rcRDBfijK-Dc8yktzkkqs_jkqHVpXdi4v3fMmaLIbtEqhugmdRMmRO8nlQQfrF2cNGStbC1dX-wTJfgTaMkJ6hkpSFM9-JRsITqTm5zm5QLu35Voc_iVP_HQ5Oyw/s2217/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Them%20ant%20hole%20location-4557-c1-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="2217" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCnRBFkqMb9C3jKVX5F6iTIZtLJEc9ybOaLbGCnlkyrOxgl8ctC_aCkSC5GT1E6rcRDBfijK-Dc8yktzkkqs_jkqHVpXdi4v3fMmaLIbtEqhugmdRMmRO8nlQQfrF2cNGStbC1dX-wTJfgTaMkJ6hkpSFM9-JRsITqTm5zm5QLu35Voc_iVP_HQ5Oyw/w640-h456/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Them%20ant%20hole%20location-4557-c1-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same clumps in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot is taken at something close to the same angle used in "Them!" The two rock clumps highlighted in the movie shot are still there today, about where they should be.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgME0Z-_Pff8iV9GnCzveYqPH_peQ1TzCEJKoVrlxH05zrPID5hy_hdg4kVPVpVRjHtt2PZ8t-e_W4t7-7QBSL3IqC3hwdVZwZAViZ3tPAbRqGtOICw6yKqBhE3s5YLqRuF2dXPfqhT_g2pa8AjAA1iuAG4Dn-HolloohTI9ZDw6DszthEsWPVhLo-ZYA/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20with%20tower%20rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgME0Z-_Pff8iV9GnCzveYqPH_peQ1TzCEJKoVrlxH05zrPID5hy_hdg4kVPVpVRjHtt2PZ8t-e_W4t7-7QBSL3IqC3hwdVZwZAViZ3tPAbRqGtOICw6yKqBhE3s5YLqRuF2dXPfqhT_g2pa8AjAA1iuAG4Dn-HolloohTI9ZDw6DszthEsWPVhLo-ZYA/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20with%20tower%20rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>The giant ant hole smolders after taking bazooka fire<br /></b></span></div><br />The ant hole is seen smoking after being worked over by the bazooka. For us movie location fans, a fun element is that they keep changing the camera angle, showcasing different rocks each time.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrTUD94dZ2nqtj6ayau8M2jaFPm8u07F16qhLODfcaHOQ5ckVJ2ftapNGc9v3T87eupikJ5Krnzab8SVbPlcP8xH3VTVHkVZ2qj2tMQGFUYNMJr8G6v9TnaMaH_jH3XLw1ThYrmGBre9XcK1Cl37MmkNYRFn3eqJ7PmZPH4JCK3l3bBnNHvy-ofSOng/s2569/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Lovejoy%20SW%20Tower%20A%20and%20combo-matches%20Them!-4552.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="2569" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrTUD94dZ2nqtj6ayau8M2jaFPm8u07F16qhLODfcaHOQ5ckVJ2ftapNGc9v3T87eupikJ5Krnzab8SVbPlcP8xH3VTVHkVZ2qj2tMQGFUYNMJr8G6v9TnaMaH_jH3XLw1ThYrmGBre9XcK1Cl37MmkNYRFn3eqJ7PmZPH4JCK3l3bBnNHvy-ofSOng/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Lovejoy%20SW%20Tower%20A%20and%20combo-matches%20Them!-4552.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />The shooting location is relatively unchanged today — if you look closely, the above two shots are a match. The whole filming area for "Them!" is in the southwest corner of the sprawling Lovejoy Buttes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo09jKVsiNtl-g2gGKZGKJqNROVBq-faRSCI63ubjt_oKZBUCwBUdNpCkttxYH0pFmgEMp7Ti7XyMZ2cMExh237R66zGIq_cvPV01LMkP07LIDt86fvIQ3YjY8kZqyjLUaqzK3np0boKOkvGSkCiHBRB5VSdm8JFfetD1--YcVnMoQuG0hoA6euevaWw/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole-tower%20rock-fire%20suits.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo09jKVsiNtl-g2gGKZGKJqNROVBq-faRSCI63ubjt_oKZBUCwBUdNpCkttxYH0pFmgEMp7Ti7XyMZ2cMExh237R66zGIq_cvPV01LMkP07LIDt86fvIQ3YjY8kZqyjLUaqzK3np0boKOkvGSkCiHBRB5VSdm8JFfetD1--YcVnMoQuG0hoA6euevaWw/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole-tower%20rock-fire%20suits.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Time to find out whether we got the queen<br /></b></span></div><br />At one point some unfortunate "Them!" cast members have to put on super-cheap hazmat suits so they can crawl inside the nest and size up the damage.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuOGc5OqVlM9Ktp4yd_5tV4cmMkTT6xBVyBgvDbQFfVHzG7IjfF-FvuOwaoDbdR54H-fN6uilAnCrRtHB56ciuNfKCuGda475SZ7AjChuRcTuFl3arjp2tdnQK0Bl2RknqeNCdgH4B9LzQa935rRaXRoSd3aGZ5hwtzIuFyFnjdzR1CjdfGv_0M0Gnw/s3171/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Lovejoy%20SW%20Tower%20A-4548.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="3171" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuOGc5OqVlM9Ktp4yd_5tV4cmMkTT6xBVyBgvDbQFfVHzG7IjfF-FvuOwaoDbdR54H-fN6uilAnCrRtHB56ciuNfKCuGda475SZ7AjChuRcTuFl3arjp2tdnQK0Bl2RknqeNCdgH4B9LzQa935rRaXRoSd3aGZ5hwtzIuFyFnjdzR1CjdfGv_0M0Gnw/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Lovejoy%20SW%20Tower%20A-4548.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock formation seen in the "hazmat" shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Once again, it's easy to identify the location since the rocks in the background look exactly the same today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUMLcYSiX2tLxMnBZyopusdCF5M7aZNogeA-bOg02bFw5pbqJUJWYrZqxfnV2GdhuDpF-giSzL6mOongCzYda3mvWOXz3A0roj83GyjoIdNuvqeKQ-1i8rfnT9ESK_drIkKQTgzx7_Hbyu4gJtbwFF0EUPSsSxOJwJfRr0RGoHuPfZzxyTOPpsa5cEg/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area%20with%20tower%20rock-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUMLcYSiX2tLxMnBZyopusdCF5M7aZNogeA-bOg02bFw5pbqJUJWYrZqxfnV2GdhuDpF-giSzL6mOongCzYda3mvWOXz3A0roj83GyjoIdNuvqeKQ-1i8rfnT9ESK_drIkKQTgzx7_Hbyu4gJtbwFF0EUPSsSxOJwJfRr0RGoHuPfZzxyTOPpsa5cEg/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area%20with%20tower%20rock-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon.png" width="640" /></a></div>Amid the chaos and movie rocks, a budding romance<br /></b></span></div><br />Eventually James Arness starts to notice that he's attracted to the main ant expert's brainy daughter, played by Joan Weldon. He starts chatting her up in front of that same group of rocks we've been looking at.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGRQ5iTIKpzpN5skYEP2XAa7vZvhw_GzJmuU7_w74oFdPJuXxUB0xbSIU2Vw1QcV6JB7uB6bwOhWFknWytvRWjw9w7F6f2amWuyhYU6yrSqA9qGJuP8xqaAnGKc1M0Dio42_68QqcEnmZ4rIbTOYVoQKPRwhi5cEFwuT0wWFuifBc6jr2d_GaI08lnQ/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGRQ5iTIKpzpN5skYEP2XAa7vZvhw_GzJmuU7_w74oFdPJuXxUB0xbSIU2Vw1QcV6JB7uB6bwOhWFknWytvRWjw9w7F6f2amWuyhYU6yrSqA9qGJuP8xqaAnGKc1M0Dio42_68QqcEnmZ4rIbTOYVoQKPRwhi5cEFwuT0wWFuifBc6jr2d_GaI08lnQ/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Them!": James Arness hits on the scientist's daughter<br /></b></span></div><br />During this critical conversation, Arness pretty much ignores the real ant expert — the pretty young scientist's father, played by Edmund Gwenn, on the left — opting instead to discuss "giant ants" with his daughter.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINHOKY96qVBphqceZUK-ZvomCwDG_FccPwL8_8_k6PBe8NhT0DGLvhCxpJDXbjTSzpQpjOS5ris7b6iJa1uyJTyWCPvvNwmG8y1ZW6U9iLiZfRPR1ZbeNQFaYaHFpLpTL55RmlqQxykew3hnruEqUNCNzj-z21s6IMBHwkmz1srGun4NcYp9xx73C7Q/s2667/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-c2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2667" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINHOKY96qVBphqceZUK-ZvomCwDG_FccPwL8_8_k6PBe8NhT0DGLvhCxpJDXbjTSzpQpjOS5ris7b6iJa1uyJTyWCPvvNwmG8y1ZW6U9iLiZfRPR1ZbeNQFaYaHFpLpTL55RmlqQxykew3hnruEqUNCNzj-z21s6IMBHwkmz1srGun4NcYp9xx73C7Q/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-c2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same ridgeline in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />The ridgeline we first see behind Arness matches up well with today's landscape. This is a photo I took in June 2022 in the same location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a0Nuu9Z_axaHdqTn-NlmcCJ-A5R02CQWwd6_Pj60vxZ6ZDqbOpSCra2rLjdk1yKrE4ul6ltuZlJJfQtctl1nopWMYc8rReX3IgdU05q_hAnFX4f4wROS61XCc9MhT-adViyixcyd6DG-YJgMNqH7mKd9-JgG-V1HoWZU8Tl02c8apKljDLNgsk2W4A/s2667/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-c2-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2667" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a0Nuu9Z_axaHdqTn-NlmcCJ-A5R02CQWwd6_Pj60vxZ6ZDqbOpSCra2rLjdk1yKrE4ul6ltuZlJJfQtctl1nopWMYc8rReX3IgdU05q_hAnFX4f4wROS61XCc9MhT-adViyixcyd6DG-YJgMNqH7mKd9-JgG-V1HoWZU8Tl02c8apKljDLNgsk2W4A/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-c2-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Bits of scenery that manage to peek through between Arness and the others<br /></b></span></div><br />These three sections of the local terrain can be matched up with the shot from "Them!"<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXg6vUQSAnBJ_cf3AkItTSW00ozi9GVafwMo4BzORMUutKT7FMPeP3XuWEV657jBB7VH-yVIjdtjgeBZ-l7IZbUfaOqfIo-THAwXbKLeGE83RvErprPGYOs49jrvgGWdDP1_akEitEnb4Qu7cnBAIE5vTD8ay4AAidXoF32CMmRzFw309nv6mLJQjbUw/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXg6vUQSAnBJ_cf3AkItTSW00ozi9GVafwMo4BzORMUutKT7FMPeP3XuWEV657jBB7VH-yVIjdtjgeBZ-l7IZbUfaOqfIo-THAwXbKLeGE83RvErprPGYOs49jrvgGWdDP1_akEitEnb4Qu7cnBAIE5vTD8ay4AAidXoF32CMmRzFw309nv6mLJQjbUw/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area,%20James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock features in "Them!"<br /></b></span></div><br />The same three sections of the landscape are highlighted in the screen shot from the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-qS-BYD39PcPjlrEX5MrEl_dlPcC3OiNuz9D9xXP1ytQD8RnzB6j4C13fMWShDuhKS_GNx-OvGKRWthqIFgWcFngxE-xOe8XkCT5WOltHa0oKh790cJ0wtNnpISxEYLLhUe14JtYNvfHnS7iYuGoUP_vphj1u8GfClvYZcwq3sFywGJhcQGWR3FKdw/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area%20looking%20N%20to%20hill%20profile,%20rock%20clumps-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon,%20Edmund%20Gwenn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-qS-BYD39PcPjlrEX5MrEl_dlPcC3OiNuz9D9xXP1ytQD8RnzB6j4C13fMWShDuhKS_GNx-OvGKRWthqIFgWcFngxE-xOe8XkCT5WOltHa0oKh790cJ0wtNnpISxEYLLhUe14JtYNvfHnS7iYuGoUP_vphj1u8GfClvYZcwq3sFywGJhcQGWR3FKdw/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area%20looking%20N%20to%20hill%20profile,%20rock%20clumps-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon,%20Edmund%20Gwenn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The ant scientist reminds James Arness that the future of the human race is at stake<br /></b></span></div><br />Gwenn's character finally gets the FBI agent's attention, reminding him of that little matter involving the ants — and diverting some of that testosterone that was previously aimed at his daughter.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKW7SanDKiJ38oxYzQO7Ru0DRV8EC8PPpsajrct1qzGopSaWAOUCDWnFLmWid8BkKVDvFURwt49uAeC4hXXze4iXhIhCb0EFPWDP3S8bRoY5xMiB7cI-KPruM9gU7j-ooVmvW4ar0N9jPU6Q-XVgLMxCWnA-UE1C-Sb_duK9IZ7i46rdux7xd-7YW4aw/s2952/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Arness%20Rock-matches%20Them!-4529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="2952" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKW7SanDKiJ38oxYzQO7Ru0DRV8EC8PPpsajrct1qzGopSaWAOUCDWnFLmWid8BkKVDvFURwt49uAeC4hXXze4iXhIhCb0EFPWDP3S8bRoY5xMiB7cI-KPruM9gU7j-ooVmvW4ar0N9jPU6Q-XVgLMxCWnA-UE1C-Sb_duK9IZ7i46rdux7xd-7YW4aw/w640-h358/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-Arness%20Rock-matches%20Them!-4529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Matching shot of the location as it appears in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />The shot is taken looking north, and we see another section of the Lovejoy Buttes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTeO-itF7F0Vf6Ag3izdrm8cxbDI06vV3dC4MV4P-UwEdMBDhkqjSLw33QwqNWwG_JRTWKeNriCVWvPQ6hLM_UdrU8Oos_mIYfHoEa7a36-_CLwbE75W6HdBEyTwprk5A-4SVCwrlhEk0WCl3ch0pE-jX1m7G6aChjHgrnR9kE3rEb7wy1qhQOlDHSw/s3410/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area%20looking%20N%20to%20hill%20profile,%20rock%20clumps-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon,%20Edmund%20Gwenn-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="3410" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTeO-itF7F0Vf6Ag3izdrm8cxbDI06vV3dC4MV4P-UwEdMBDhkqjSLw33QwqNWwG_JRTWKeNriCVWvPQ6hLM_UdrU8Oos_mIYfHoEa7a36-_CLwbE75W6HdBEyTwprk5A-4SVCwrlhEk0WCl3ch0pE-jX1m7G6aChjHgrnR9kE3rEb7wy1qhQOlDHSw/w640-h360/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-ant%20hole%20area%20looking%20N%20to%20hill%20profile,%20rock%20clumps-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon,%20Edmund%20Gwenn-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock formations as they appear in "Them!"<br /></b></span></div><br />Those same two formations are highlighted here in the screen shot from the sci-fi classic.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszDexvHb9g2MfgsyCu3Ev9lWead5D-PhzU1pWV7kDM7ClIsASuHnLjxCZeMb2vc_i7ptOXznG1i0jR6_CahcFToTwpDGeEuWKHZd-SeDcrK2ZfWHWxRMzF2-xbIWEJi0sB3tDqRQY_SZPPpSfvCp3lTbD78rl4I4yW7isrPWGJJGwpj7naFCIYr7NDQ/s1000/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-helicopter%20sequence-looking%20NxNE-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszDexvHb9g2MfgsyCu3Ev9lWead5D-PhzU1pWV7kDM7ClIsASuHnLjxCZeMb2vc_i7ptOXznG1i0jR6_CahcFToTwpDGeEuWKHZd-SeDcrK2ZfWHWxRMzF2-xbIWEJi0sB3tDqRQY_SZPPpSfvCp3lTbD78rl4I4yW7isrPWGJJGwpj7naFCIYr7NDQ/w640-h476/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-helicopter%20sequence-looking%20NxNE-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Them!": Giant ants vs. helicopter at Lovejoy Buttes<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing we hardly ever see in these location shots is the ants, suggesting that most of that footage was shot on a soundstage. But we at least see this one encounter between an old-fashioned helicopter and the monster ants.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VHGUjVygubCUiKHppi2ERih__9eLxYxBruMSP8nEfgyWPPkpZ7AomDUa3UPthwTHqupCvWkozGbFcnjn4YSHqjqKvX8e39Cu53woq_DXRTjFM-jGiXySCmY_W97_68kcLwdAHc6cyVZkB-98Zkd7e8fK7pz5m_hgc7sdUUrUFhbZAXwRZ5WHqmw8ug/s1994/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-helicopter%20sequence-looking%20NxNE-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1994" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VHGUjVygubCUiKHppi2ERih__9eLxYxBruMSP8nEfgyWPPkpZ7AomDUa3UPthwTHqupCvWkozGbFcnjn4YSHqjqKvX8e39Cu53woq_DXRTjFM-jGiXySCmY_W97_68kcLwdAHc6cyVZkB-98Zkd7e8fK7pz5m_hgc7sdUUrUFhbZAXwRZ5WHqmw8ug/w640-h476/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-helicopter%20sequence-looking%20NxNE-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>What's up with these ants' faces?<br /></b></span></div><br />These two ants have completely different faces. Were the filmmakers being unusually progressive about giving the ants unique identities, or were they just using whatever fake ants they could find in the prop department?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLNBybvg-PnqOW3_b_IObQqsj2jNW9xGywv5A3k9fZyuXdQkxIX9olTNOB8HT9ZQ7ZSDehCPVMp_fjB0Cdf2VUtyP7K8w9cdK56_o9BjZatzw5AE8QAUL31hj9awflYV7RuMer5Dt3qDTWRcd671QOSGoy2Ui2XzESCOrQ_BYfvTtfRM54vquZqkb6w/s2403/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="2403" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLNBybvg-PnqOW3_b_IObQqsj2jNW9xGywv5A3k9fZyuXdQkxIX9olTNOB8HT9ZQ7ZSDehCPVMp_fjB0Cdf2VUtyP7K8w9cdK56_o9BjZatzw5AE8QAUL31hj9awflYV7RuMer5Dt3qDTWRcd671QOSGoy2Ui2XzESCOrQ_BYfvTtfRM54vquZqkb6w/w640-h474/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same ridgeline seen in the helicopter shot (June 2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />Parts of the same ridge we saw behind James Arness when he was making his move also provide the backdrop for the helicopter-ant encounter. The section highlighted here offers the best match with the copter shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0l9itDQ0ECHSkg-oEp_NJXdsL7H7A-ug0Et9ovaxC7xX85t7KZMDHouPd6fRs0t_MEkDC3km2aLeBbzBdUPwyFCpZ_AYXi-aG-CQEevLGd2KCY7F8sdS5SIPwDdBHN1Uk2ZhFh2qGizRdSeBhmc4SB-SOhyl8wPFDFJ-DbAkFlxl2l5uWRPPiYle-A/s1994/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-helicopter%20sequence-looking%20NxNE-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1994" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0l9itDQ0ECHSkg-oEp_NJXdsL7H7A-ug0Et9ovaxC7xX85t7KZMDHouPd6fRs0t_MEkDC3km2aLeBbzBdUPwyFCpZ_AYXi-aG-CQEevLGd2KCY7F8sdS5SIPwDdBHN1Uk2ZhFh2qGizRdSeBhmc4SB-SOhyl8wPFDFJ-DbAkFlxl2l5uWRPPiYle-A/w640-h476/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-helicopter%20sequence-looking%20NxNE-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same section of the ridge, in "Them!"<br /></b></span></div><br />The closely matched ridgeline indicates we're seeing just about the same angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBl9zk7Cb9cFDyBaeqmSWBKR9SUezvVOo3lcBt8A3hjGBLEtP_iA_eMJO17DWnrUpQwY1Z7H7-RDN_RmjO0dA2AzCV9h8ta9mgkMSKdirxT3-qUXiGKvaNaXDqtiQwuy6nplDHVkfuSVtlVDb3dvw5x1mmHIxl5KPRlibYzbXsq0N8G4d0W9OzBk9dA/s2403/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-noted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="2403" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBl9zk7Cb9cFDyBaeqmSWBKR9SUezvVOo3lcBt8A3hjGBLEtP_iA_eMJO17DWnrUpQwY1Z7H7-RDN_RmjO0dA2AzCV9h8ta9mgkMSKdirxT3-qUXiGKvaNaXDqtiQwuy6nplDHVkfuSVtlVDb3dvw5x1mmHIxl5KPRlibYzbXsq0N8G4d0W9OzBk9dA/w640-h474/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes%20SW-ridge%20to%20N-angle%201-4561-noted%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Is this where the giant ants were based?<br /></b></span></div><br />Putting together the various angles, we can approximate the location of the ant hole. However, pinpointing the hole is no simple matter — and it's possible that multiple ant hole locations were used in the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zBGLolc4dAmFTJMnEOXOIv0ocv9EIYTKUJorEs2vquhsw_7WspxMQiR-45XYZwxec015RSBGoWHML_UUB9PSXjO1L-t5wFMSe8BAaKgF-yW9Gx1pWSwtWL-chf3WdP1jM80CJOn8f3T_5bMnJUEGBr76tn9epE6p9mUyJM1nZBbPhf0-r3ziOi4_1g/s2604/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20showing%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20Alpine%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="2604" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zBGLolc4dAmFTJMnEOXOIv0ocv9EIYTKUJorEs2vquhsw_7WspxMQiR-45XYZwxec015RSBGoWHML_UUB9PSXjO1L-t5wFMSe8BAaKgF-yW9Gx1pWSwtWL-chf3WdP1jM80CJOn8f3T_5bMnJUEGBr76tn9epE6p9mUyJM1nZBbPhf0-r3ziOi4_1g/w640-h530/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20showing%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20Alpine%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Major buttes in and around Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The
Lovejoy Buttes are the dominant system of buttes in the town of Lake
Los Angeles, dwarfing the heavily filmed Phantom Hill and Queensglen Butte, which we examined in <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, and even larger than the major buttes on the outskirts of town, such as Alpine Butte and Rocky Buttes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAXkYUYQp5ghipcytIJAVzY872SheqGzbz74jKouSJOochSErXrSpB7nXlKkL0fFi5LpOU9w5uEJMkhxFkqI6PojlaGRsVxTGExyl-IVJctb6Thkp1PQwH5DGOvrj2WIvR6bWTmhkxcnGblHiE5svr7U3K7ewpn4c2H8rdUSceYBze5UaipxnlaIDFA/s3618/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="3618" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAXkYUYQp5ghipcytIJAVzY872SheqGzbz74jKouSJOochSErXrSpB7nXlKkL0fFi5LpOU9w5uEJMkhxFkqI6PojlaGRsVxTGExyl-IVJctb6Thkp1PQwH5DGOvrj2WIvR6bWTmhkxcnGblHiE5svr7U3K7ewpn4c2H8rdUSceYBze5UaipxnlaIDFA/w640-h430/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Zooming in on Lovejoy Buttes<br /></b></span></div><br />The
Lovejoy Buttes span a swath of desert from 145th Street on the west to
170th Street on the east, and extend north and south from just below Avenue
O to Avenue Q.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZPG0LdO-5lWht-VIMq1yzWmp9uaElZIz_AInEJJjDG3e_9KW1R4X494b50TCzTpBvcMxUDwW71Mb0fPAZoG7gD3ezq3naWDU33ODEkk6Xmd3JPW9DO62Ya_qqpyfolrtdElvbRcFuE4CmVwY4jL8UXJpPjuHDtaNNPPix5OQlBc5Y_1GqCJhK1El0g/s3618/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="3618" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZPG0LdO-5lWht-VIMq1yzWmp9uaElZIz_AInEJJjDG3e_9KW1R4X494b50TCzTpBvcMxUDwW71Mb0fPAZoG7gD3ezq3naWDU33ODEkk6Xmd3JPW9DO62Ya_qqpyfolrtdElvbRcFuE4CmVwY4jL8UXJpPjuHDtaNNPPix5OQlBc5Y_1GqCJhK1El0g/w640-h430/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Approximate filming location for "Them!"<br /></b></span></div><br />Much
of the filming at Lovejoy Buttes was historically concentrated around
the west end and southwest corner of the formation, which is where the
shoot for the giant ant movie "Them!" took place.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDGxuf74q10quDw663ssct9Ynwd2ZwL7oaeuwDr9o9t6WbY1mhjU33xU7oGnCQN-11up7Bc8foM7ibWSmj8v9fKiyGofDO_L9fhZr9o3xWAkQuVWS8Cm6TGY87JIIn0TPrIGamMsbr-C7DAxsaiwPh83ARwxXOm3InW5UUxT4iRwZ2GTr4w3QDh8Tzg/s3618/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="3618" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDGxuf74q10quDw663ssct9Ynwd2ZwL7oaeuwDr9o9t6WbY1mhjU33xU7oGnCQN-11up7Bc8foM7ibWSmj8v9fKiyGofDO_L9fhZr9o3xWAkQuVWS8Cm6TGY87JIIn0TPrIGamMsbr-C7DAxsaiwPh83ARwxXOm3InW5UUxT4iRwZ2GTr4w3QDh8Tzg/w640-h430/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Lovejoy%20Buttes-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Another nearby filming location<br /></b></span></div><br />The filming location for "Them!" is just up the road from the "Four Aces" movie set, which we explored in detail in <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">Lake Los Angeles, Part 1</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySFA0vMrg5GtDLiEskIvuemS_YhFfqSiCRIy4c7yjwD9qML7vDKA817x6bc2NG3JN0Z0ghxQ8qJrRtl9iDCJMUsywAlPc4vTXUQMwsSzLzroXMHTzK_aCYGOBA6eDbK0aKWHMDGUpwysRt8I3IcXVbilayG7eGIyqMLFmpG44kjv2BA38X-m5YCSpFQ/s2372/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2372" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySFA0vMrg5GtDLiEskIvuemS_YhFfqSiCRIy4c7yjwD9qML7vDKA817x6bc2NG3JN0Z0ghxQ8qJrRtl9iDCJMUsywAlPc4vTXUQMwsSzLzroXMHTzK_aCYGOBA6eDbK0aKWHMDGUpwysRt8I3IcXVbilayG7eGIyqMLFmpG44kjv2BA38X-m5YCSpFQ/w640-h434/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Motaur" fills up at Four Aces in Lake Los Angeles — <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">see Part 1 for details</a><br /></b></span></div><br />In
case you missed Lake Los Angeles Part 1, you can <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-bottom-of-lake-los-angeles.html" target="_blank">click here to see it</a>. Part 1 includes
not only tons of rocks (literally tons), but also some beloved modern
movie sets, such as Club Ed, Four Aces and Belle's Diner.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-68040643112315277552022-07-22T14:27:00.010-07:002023-03-21T21:41:10.073-07:00Getting to the bottom of Lake Los Angeles (Movie History of Lake Los Angeles, Part 1)<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSyresil8H_Ew7jIQX26ciY5mAzNIXTt-74ArGmwlu_zlVNfSLrBsK-deZ_wUIhLas5YbOyfACzucrzgWFGgNDadi5aqTFliuCFm0ol36xHJvE4zTF5vMhyqfb5wNK-6gpnHaWQ39Do-zBcX6HdCuAu1FOmjAOBParoBKHnZqEHfLeBGM0ye8QyerdcQ=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSyresil8H_Ew7jIQX26ciY5mAzNIXTt-74ArGmwlu_zlVNfSLrBsK-deZ_wUIhLas5YbOyfACzucrzgWFGgNDadi5aqTFliuCFm0ol36xHJvE4zTF5vMhyqfb5wNK-6gpnHaWQ39Do-zBcX6HdCuAu1FOmjAOBParoBKHnZqEHfLeBGM0ye8QyerdcQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Los Angeles, Calif. — a historic movie town that deserves to be famous<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The first thing we may want to clear up about Lake Los Angeles is that it's not a lake. It's a town. And as strange as it might sound, the town of Lake Los Angeles has no lake.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8WaCEMYIBr6XRTvPnYMHvm5UFekRZnY3GWEji4_ByQYExEI-bgFYJKHyMLBDUl2XSafV9oMvJg4bOY70FobVTHo89AE5YSMhd5MSH3zQrIU6UuNEWDSf51R-nJrJEry1oRUabNFxusAWENNTiPCPcCQ0gBlLQ-SagS_UvxN5BkxM1A80MxXQykV4Ew/s1656/undated-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-widely%20seen%20photo%20of%20the%20lake%20in%20its%20heyday,%20from%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20News.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1656" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8WaCEMYIBr6XRTvPnYMHvm5UFekRZnY3GWEji4_ByQYExEI-bgFYJKHyMLBDUl2XSafV9oMvJg4bOY70FobVTHo89AE5YSMhd5MSH3zQrIU6UuNEWDSf51R-nJrJEry1oRUabNFxusAWENNTiPCPcCQ0gBlLQ-SagS_UvxN5BkxM1A80MxXQykV4Ew/w640-h406/undated-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-widely%20seen%20photo%20of%20the%20lake%20in%20its%20heyday,%20from%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20News.png" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Los Angeles, circa 1970s: Back when the town had an actual lake<br /></b></span></div><br />Oh sure, it did have a lake, once upon a time — decades ago. The town was even named after the lake. Unfortunately, the lake dried up, leaving behind a town that's, well, dry and has zero lakes left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHV3i3J9IDwjzlyqBdOj1K2ukqBQ5KOqlTOPoG84PCrOp-6HG4d9Y0vEe3i4rTFVSLW3zy6VrLqGv0RATz6xgeOMx-J-fYxCxWSCVyPf04JDA-dtlWWM-wnw8CD-eEwd3A24s0cjO1Se8AxRwhwoOQaD2BQ_Eq1y61iGgJPKZWFFac5jzV-xIM0NYNYA/s2811/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-dry%20lakebed-5495.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="2811" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHV3i3J9IDwjzlyqBdOj1K2ukqBQ5KOqlTOPoG84PCrOp-6HG4d9Y0vEe3i4rTFVSLW3zy6VrLqGv0RATz6xgeOMx-J-fYxCxWSCVyPf04JDA-dtlWWM-wnw8CD-eEwd3A24s0cjO1Se8AxRwhwoOQaD2BQ_Eq1y61iGgJPKZWFFac5jzV-xIM0NYNYA/w640-h408/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-dry%20lakebed-5495.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The former lake area as it appears today (July 2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />In the same spot where people were once photographed happily swimming and boating, today there's nothing but a Joshua tree and a bunch of scrub brush fighting to survive in the scorching desert heat.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIDWVmTJhBTv7D-rPhPFp0bmwyGIjmonk9hxm7707mvSNQzdAZKIBmhA5Yr2rQX33wSBMGciwCm95iUrRDKO_x122uS3288jzMp23eQN3nWS_cTky4y-ZWJVqJZRDdmNYXBmSJTmyO_PjTbcvBTlQlmcuqpwFtH2OGnuRBm1a6ECHKH5W7K36RC6f3mQ=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIDWVmTJhBTv7D-rPhPFp0bmwyGIjmonk9hxm7707mvSNQzdAZKIBmhA5Yr2rQX33wSBMGciwCm95iUrRDKO_x122uS3288jzMp23eQN3nWS_cTky4y-ZWJVqJZRDdmNYXBmSJTmyO_PjTbcvBTlQlmcuqpwFtH2OGnuRBm1a6ECHKH5W7K36RC6f3mQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Los Angeles with the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance, to the south<br /></b></span></div><br />Another odd bullet point about the town of Lake Los Angeles is that it's not part of the city of Los Angeles, despite having the city as part of its name. If you're keeping score, that means Lake Los Angeles is 0-for-2 when it comes to getting its name right: No lake, and no Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6Pw0-fSn5e2mqOnReG1TKy4tqKeVjpEz-dnv4HY2DVLKfkfna_qiG89dEJqITEwiYOZR__thPjbc_KAO84VWpeTvPeZjUlHkXdbjOvJuPaD8t-k-zh3E7lPVSzfGiVLb1AD-lJLsxoQA8-Hd571cN01e9eCNPPAflvQRbR4oGXna9HobdSey5vSmDw/s3064/1966%20(ca)-sign-welcome%20to%20Antelope%20Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="3064" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6Pw0-fSn5e2mqOnReG1TKy4tqKeVjpEz-dnv4HY2DVLKfkfna_qiG89dEJqITEwiYOZR__thPjbc_KAO84VWpeTvPeZjUlHkXdbjOvJuPaD8t-k-zh3E7lPVSzfGiVLb1AD-lJLsxoQA8-Hd571cN01e9eCNPPAflvQRbR4oGXna9HobdSey5vSmDw/w640-h436/1966%20(ca)-sign-welcome%20to%20Antelope%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We know this is an old sign because nobody would use those creepy colors now (circa 1966)<br /></b></span></div><br /> But at least Lake Los Angeles is in the right county. The town is
situated way up in the northeast corner of Los Angeles County, in
the Antelope Valley — once known as the "Gateway to the Inland Empire and North L.A. County," as if that was ever a thing.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOGjevdwJoTsRJ9lXsor-X2bUr2YyLq0PyDRal-T3-_erz9NwGc2PwNKMQZc5MlSIipbf_g2OrQkIFPHgvmUMQwHivFnUeBNH2pqV7Z5nghH-anty6P_zR0Ev3_mVfLzOEZ7uTPQnKexbJiYrMLc3AAhIk7yKYBwymB8v56lFyz7o7-EbzjQENXTPCQ/s3333/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20with%20Palmdale%20and%20Lancaster-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="3333" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOGjevdwJoTsRJ9lXsor-X2bUr2YyLq0PyDRal-T3-_erz9NwGc2PwNKMQZc5MlSIipbf_g2OrQkIFPHgvmUMQwHivFnUeBNH2pqV7Z5nghH-anty6P_zR0Ev3_mVfLzOEZ7uTPQnKexbJiYrMLc3AAhIk7yKYBwymB8v56lFyz7o7-EbzjQENXTPCQ/w640-h434/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20with%20Palmdale%20and%20Lancaster-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Los Angeles — officially part of the "Palmdale/Lancaster Urban Area"<br /></b></span></div><br /> With a rich but widely overlooked filming history, this small Mojave Desert town of some 13,000 inhabitants and just one traffic signal sits about 15 miles east of its much larger neighbors Palmdale and Lancaster.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrEiI0trmtgJYO3kfD2Hbu630cI76OaSdbEsBTatyjeC_s-8l5xippiXnXUeFFZ3lzE5mvwcC3khZrIOcCV9q-2iTrxFsXnDkIrBd7KjXJmsQgFgdaVsjTZ3dp_wfBJuYXE8Xoa7t2ywM_X-iezzRt5Pt3AfdRpRaCCkAuFNIoWMVjCpT4c9BTcArhA/s1193/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20(%3F)%20(might%20be%20the%20Them%20hole)-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1193" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrEiI0trmtgJYO3kfD2Hbu630cI76OaSdbEsBTatyjeC_s-8l5xippiXnXUeFFZ3lzE5mvwcC3khZrIOcCV9q-2iTrxFsXnDkIrBd7KjXJmsQgFgdaVsjTZ3dp_wfBJuYXE8Xoa7t2ywM_X-iezzRt5Pt3AfdRpRaCCkAuFNIoWMVjCpT4c9BTcArhA/w640-h500/1953%20(1954)-Them!-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20(%3F)%20(might%20be%20the%20Them%20hole)-James%20Arness,%20Joan%20Weldon-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Them!" (1954): Filmed in Lake Los Angeles, but you wouldn't know it from IMDb<br /></b></span></div><br />In movie location listings, Lake Los Angeles is often misidentified as Palmdale or Lancaster, or else it gets mixed up with other desert towns that are even farther away, such as Victorville and Mojave.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GbxYXilhfW8giyoKxs6NYee2m--vcDWp1Xy_9_OPYet3brOwHEHJ9mqWvBEc427J1blpZ_ne_sb-WKd-t8l6jlADNkWPrC04gya9ne_HNTbFnBpP8_itgpAn2z7Ig4jC4BJoFd4slu_Uir7gPNOy7w3y40HAwRzbTSB9X67tgdKpWDhOBzoHq68iGQ/s1992/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Sanctuary%20Church%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1992" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GbxYXilhfW8giyoKxs6NYee2m--vcDWp1Xy_9_OPYet3brOwHEHJ9mqWvBEc427J1blpZ_ne_sb-WKd-t8l6jlADNkWPrC04gya9ne_HNTbFnBpP8_itgpAn2z7Ig4jC4BJoFd4slu_Uir7gPNOy7w3y40HAwRzbTSB9X67tgdKpWDhOBzoHq68iGQ/w640-h420/2004-Kill%20Bill%20Vol.%202-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Sanctuary%20Church%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": Deadly Vipers at Sanctuary Adventist Church in Hi Vista, outside Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />Calling it Palmdale or Lancaster may not technically be "wrong" in some cases, but even so, it misses the point. Lake Los Angeles is its own place, with its own movie history and its own distinctive screen presence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRHOocy-cPIMKI4YS5cKjp9II8MurTfuGHn7FqgjhAXo7vJk4kS0ZLpdX7ajrIlxmWX0dgc4ryWwO6bO5n-WihhEFzm_siWRpIpVwPzXtTblg1uvbM2y4sfFG33ZDu90khapYl6xJGyJMp3FSw5PEV39_h-APHTSpWRcdEi2vJqjsYbq-wzpdMRwta_g=s2412" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2412" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRHOocy-cPIMKI4YS5cKjp9II8MurTfuGHn7FqgjhAXo7vJk4kS0ZLpdX7ajrIlxmWX0dgc4ryWwO6bO5n-WihhEFzm_siWRpIpVwPzXtTblg1uvbM2y4sfFG33ZDu90khapYl6xJGyJMp3FSw5PEV39_h-APHTSpWRcdEi2vJqjsYbq-wzpdMRwta_g=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>Buttes near downtown Lake Los Angeles (2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />The
big draw for filmmakers, who have a habit of suddenly needing a rugged desert landscape, is the region's abundance of rocky
buttes. Before it became Lake Los Angeles, the area was known as "Los Angeles
Buttes."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoefEB31kUX3-jXFepzDuTa1HuX09ZFT1gH_zdmOJnh-MvnBiveKX1awxM_nnn5lgWpD87uwKwXzzl9IrW_VRn_f3iD2ZQ3HCPdjQP58fbIpRq7VAXVnA96LkFTu9Esha-1u_ncjioBidnXDueE9SBxm_bqztU8AokkTiZLmPpsLy5izBemfK80g50Q/s3263/1961-Wagon%20Train%204.24-Nancy%20Palmer%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-matches%206706.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2163" data-original-width="3263" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoefEB31kUX3-jXFepzDuTa1HuX09ZFT1gH_zdmOJnh-MvnBiveKX1awxM_nnn5lgWpD87uwKwXzzl9IrW_VRn_f3iD2ZQ3HCPdjQP58fbIpRq7VAXVnA96LkFTu9Esha-1u_ncjioBidnXDueE9SBxm_bqztU8AokkTiZLmPpsLy5izBemfK80g50Q/w640-h424/1961-Wagon%20Train%204.24-Nancy%20Palmer%20Story-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-matches%206706.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train" episode "The Nancy Palmer Story" (1961): Those same buttes</b></span></div><br />Hollywood discovered the region way back in the silent film era, but the town's filming heyday came in the 1960s, when TV
Westerns including "Wagon Train," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "The
Virginian," "Rawhide" and others routinely roamed the nooks and crannies of Lake Los Angeles.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMTx7o5ZiCplgGKHCkzdrANG2Ysq3ZHsanAWWJL5q-zOOV9HVuEns4bn5iB5kOvSk-1JaHrcw4uGjycH7ZW2OJHKaYPor5YYqJt4bCne3nwJ8kKOrX8Dn877SEOFlkno_U0FsEPw7s6lnhRu7_zrtPAuSOoOQ14Uk3R3S0HrdVU3Ril54pUCT-hxTkg/s898/2022-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-street%20sign-Mackenna's%20Gold%20Avenue%20and%20Rawhide%20Avenue-4803.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="641" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMTx7o5ZiCplgGKHCkzdrANG2Ysq3ZHsanAWWJL5q-zOOV9HVuEns4bn5iB5kOvSk-1JaHrcw4uGjycH7ZW2OJHKaYPor5YYqJt4bCne3nwJ8kKOrX8Dn877SEOFlkno_U0FsEPw7s6lnhRu7_zrtPAuSOoOQ14Uk3R3S0HrdVU3Ril54pUCT-hxTkg/w456-h640/2022-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-street%20sign-Mackenna's%20Gold%20Avenue%20and%20Rawhide%20Avenue-4803.jpeg" width="456" /></a></div>The streets of Lake Los Angeles are steeped in movie history</b></span></div><br />The movies came to town too, especially the Westerns — as commemorated by some of the town's street signs. This one recalls the 1969 Western feature "Mackenna's Gold," along with the TV series "Rawhide."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNc8fZ0GsxiqrKib2aR9V1p3XxrBjp_lxu2WhGdUQbTz18hQkBWioIwQ8XvgKtIrAOb1kExKTIBBZuQ2TaB1NSeo_k4gLINx7uv9myu46ji-1Ob1MnmWbNyzqSayKUkNvkntam8SvwcJtbnyhIgrKwr1_Hbr1PgDgSiT8rmJerCXRLpywvlOvBPJgJ7A=s3834" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="3834" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNc8fZ0GsxiqrKib2aR9V1p3XxrBjp_lxu2WhGdUQbTz18hQkBWioIwQ8XvgKtIrAOb1kExKTIBBZuQ2TaB1NSeo_k4gLINx7uv9myu46ji-1Ob1MnmWbNyzqSayKUkNvkntam8SvwcJtbnyhIgrKwr1_Hbr1PgDgSiT8rmJerCXRLpywvlOvBPJgJ7A=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div>"Incident at Phantom Hill" (1966): Filmed in the heart of Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The Western "Incident at Phantom Hill" was filmed right in the middle of town. That's Noah Beery Jr. on the right, and the movie also starred Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane, Dan Duryea and Claude Akins.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibYYYp1dlWvCQUsZNEwvjQHZHXMAUDLqYb0iWMT1iBbHplRi5Es4T5GacXcn4kgY1v5UWCicLOnh9DiDQ2nIIOiU0ONusqzXDG7kvN_X2VVrT8704C4se7GhGcLNo7sm-bTI1pOVWJOH0Zcs05T3MqMCZyoj6ocx_M5KJMcZ_gvosd0ANKUYJEFELeMw=s3052" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="3052" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibYYYp1dlWvCQUsZNEwvjQHZHXMAUDLqYb0iWMT1iBbHplRi5Es4T5GacXcn4kgY1v5UWCicLOnh9DiDQ2nIIOiU0ONusqzXDG7kvN_X2VVrT8704C4se7GhGcLNo7sm-bTI1pOVWJOH0Zcs05T3MqMCZyoj6ocx_M5KJMcZ_gvosd0ANKUYJEFELeMw=w640-h270" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Los Angeles' "Phantom Hill" in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This impressive butte in the center of Lake Los Angeles, which I refer to as "Phantom Hill," was a focal point for filming and is featured prominently in "Incident at Phantom Hill." You'll notice that the above two shots match.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGa_ZELv1PxjzegCnVJWS2Ni5lJNFqDMMTY7hS6lr7CcqrS1KJuPAZyfX0mB5CWhLie7Fsce_Tj-uwFCJlUPbqvseRawTNWEaemD2XNgFGMzmQD2xVT9SfKTw_m0ZjcLCMA-V2Ig7HIkaftq4txae7HUJcDFL3CsqWP00EzDsJdB_2xSMLU6p5dCG7xg=s4784" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="4784" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGa_ZELv1PxjzegCnVJWS2Ni5lJNFqDMMTY7hS6lr7CcqrS1KJuPAZyfX0mB5CWhLie7Fsce_Tj-uwFCJlUPbqvseRawTNWEaemD2XNgFGMzmQD2xVT9SfKTw_m0ZjcLCMA-V2Ig7HIkaftq4txae7HUJcDFL3CsqWP00EzDsJdB_2xSMLU6p5dCG7xg=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></div>"Extradition, Part 1" ("Gunsmoke" episode, 1963): Phantom Hill<br /></b></span></div><br />The same butte can be found in many productions. Here it is in the two-part "Gunsmoke" installment "Extradition," about a tough desert crossing. The primary location shoot for both parts took place in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwoUsmWQHPBIhR9u4Uc3BDu0F-aKUwqnkdWErlVDwLVmGTc2nz_lnAGUoo39nCVt_X8iK7pN7cgeeRz4neUlzEfWhvyD8HV2QQgM9qMAQL41fBAGceb05UkMwWSMh0vuCvJYTjZSo53g3a3BuL_xoS5BLkhKfWGp5MhtlX2hzhKpdnaGPRpGXodD0law=s3422" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="3422" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwoUsmWQHPBIhR9u4Uc3BDu0F-aKUwqnkdWErlVDwLVmGTc2nz_lnAGUoo39nCVt_X8iK7pN7cgeeRz4neUlzEfWhvyD8HV2QQgM9qMAQL41fBAGceb05UkMwWSMh0vuCvJYTjZSo53g3a3BuL_xoS5BLkhKfWGp5MhtlX2hzhKpdnaGPRpGXodD0law=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div>Phantom Hill in "Chuka" (1967): Same butte, same angle<br /></b></span></div><br />The 1967 Western "Chuka," starring Rod Taylor, Ernest Borgnine and John Mills, captures Phantom Hill from a similar angle to the one seen above in "Gunsmoke."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLJjhMinrDcmsfCxbbNDYRXKlouRDtwRUpAhHjWl6-aYvPZ-O48Dr5KasYBfoHFDZ4nhF7u8otfB57-pM5OmgYqxk2wmpwHUGKCegEV8PpTroU3LECJty0S5Urgegnf_7psyvX4303-HGpuoo-ofUA_-JgB6zBZrqUMfVZkIJk6dMuYHRxXo5E2sggfQ=s3424" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="3424" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLJjhMinrDcmsfCxbbNDYRXKlouRDtwRUpAhHjWl6-aYvPZ-O48Dr5KasYBfoHFDZ4nhF7u8otfB57-pM5OmgYqxk2wmpwHUGKCegEV8PpTroU3LECJty0S5Urgegnf_7psyvX4303-HGpuoo-ofUA_-JgB6zBZrqUMfVZkIJk6dMuYHRxXo5E2sggfQ=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div>"Mackenna's Gold" (Columbia, 1969) — Filmed in "midtown" Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The residential street "Mackennas Gold Avenue," identified above on a street sign, is named after the wide-screen Columbia Western "Mackenna's Gold," filmed in Lake Los Angeles in 1967 and released in 1969.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcToMQdeu8ZTpxghtg_bJ-5w0oUvEaZ--qKPAHBJW3EiMnimesnkEo7aBGNmRW_Py2ZkS6rmaEzaXQ3iMAnUmq-wFMQiY8j1TfI3kibZ3EzTuYE05qfpgO1efuioTyJMQYZ8PUF5VdFoaQqG6-tqznU6sgx4Q19g7KXiw3YPzQYkwT3zLraBGEAdw24Q=s3424" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="3424" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcToMQdeu8ZTpxghtg_bJ-5w0oUvEaZ--qKPAHBJW3EiMnimesnkEo7aBGNmRW_Py2ZkS6rmaEzaXQ3iMAnUmq-wFMQiY8j1TfI3kibZ3EzTuYE05qfpgO1efuioTyJMQYZ8PUF5VdFoaQqG6-tqznU6sgx4Q19g7KXiw3YPzQYkwT3zLraBGEAdw24Q=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div>Phantom Hill, in "Mackenna's Gold"<br /></b></span></div><br />Once again we find Phantom Hill playing a central role. The big-budget Western features a cast that includes Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Julie Newmar, Raymond Massey, Eli Wallach and Edward G. Robinson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx5fmeGsaH0peAn6PyPcC1b1SL9sVDM_ijOWy0JBVvqmcJX8npDq9ucLCam5gmxr_OO2ORvLuBTjaxERGIPWi166MsIT421VDI7Xvw6JBNHukF9csRGl-ScXY94Slp2J8eWhRm7RUihcEbO7aiMwDJCaUvomhmtfSO8NVnR0tyAtaajqisdje-mwXHhQ=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1600" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx5fmeGsaH0peAn6PyPcC1b1SL9sVDM_ijOWy0JBVvqmcJX8npDq9ucLCam5gmxr_OO2ORvLuBTjaxERGIPWi166MsIT421VDI7Xvw6JBNHukF9csRGl-ScXY94Slp2J8eWhRm7RUihcEbO7aiMwDJCaUvomhmtfSO8NVnR0tyAtaajqisdje-mwXHhQ=w400-h313" width="400" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnFZBvfj8mUp5Xo3Gh1Mh3dgpOtYLeoZgCshWuF7zoZxes_g3I8Y-89i2EzbCWXv9ld9RVqPO2D2SyCgnf5NAPCc3q28id-gzcvDii26fBFPNSb-Hwll463XsrI4BuFUTMRKc2oP9xLVUt-QGSqJHBQN8SvLZMZpUhhRQ8Y8_p144efGZCzdhCLG73qg=s2872" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2872" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnFZBvfj8mUp5Xo3Gh1Mh3dgpOtYLeoZgCshWuF7zoZxes_g3I8Y-89i2EzbCWXv9ld9RVqPO2D2SyCgnf5NAPCc3q28id-gzcvDii26fBFPNSb-Hwll463XsrI4BuFUTMRKc2oP9xLVUt-QGSqJHBQN8SvLZMZpUhhRQ8Y8_p144efGZCzdhCLG73qg=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>"The Oath" ("Bonanza" episode, 1966): Relay station near the foot of Phantom Hill<br /></b></span></div><br />Phantom Hill used to have two old cabins nearby that turned up in movies and TV shows, often playing a relay station. In this shot from "Bonanza" the sign on one of the buildings reads "Overland Stage Line & Depot."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv4PHsylsAEn0op-ctMwlfl9n8t6uMO5UeJfvk21HmWDDB-bhywVmneSDyo0Ej-scLlESWtfHVPuNHov_ceTKLpA9kgc8MsCbKH2TBhJLspYajexp7MDpdHSSZBlR7ANOgfvrvnhYDHIwSXB_RfYZvWP9nMWkmFdO0CYZO_Vuq_5RFnt4yMYDdU7io7A=s2872" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2872" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv4PHsylsAEn0op-ctMwlfl9n8t6uMO5UeJfvk21HmWDDB-bhywVmneSDyo0Ej-scLlESWtfHVPuNHov_ceTKLpA9kgc8MsCbKH2TBhJLspYajexp7MDpdHSSZBlR7ANOgfvrvnhYDHIwSXB_RfYZvWP9nMWkmFdO0CYZO_Vuq_5RFnt4yMYDdU7io7A=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>A cranky Little Joe (Michael Landon) at the stage depot in "The Oath"<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a shot of Michael Landon outside the stage depot, with Phantom Hill in the background. The sour expression on Little Joe's face gives us a clue as to what's coming next.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI9VuRIq90sddjwBrdTomznWSIqMdxcCTyO71jR68PfUVVXqXhNyHC993KizLaH-52rYb7Ejprz9OLnmAXhSndS-O9DkcUCtP0i81Kew0v_-QNEOQfHrhW7ft9FhJ7EMVdsdhAhMvICtvQm7fx-tFJDAG2tBYOkJdQ_PbvmGng2OBVUXnzQHqNCc_7Gg=s2872" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2872" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI9VuRIq90sddjwBrdTomznWSIqMdxcCTyO71jR68PfUVVXqXhNyHC993KizLaH-52rYb7Ejprz9OLnmAXhSndS-O9DkcUCtP0i81Kew0v_-QNEOQfHrhW7ft9FhJ7EMVdsdhAhMvICtvQm7fx-tFJDAG2tBYOkJdQ_PbvmGng2OBVUXnzQHqNCc_7Gg=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>Michael Landon in another meaningful brawl — just outside the stage depot<br /></b></span></div><br />That's right — Little Joe gets into one of his many "Bonanza" fistfights, probably his only one in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV-drM2onE4ZHwHxsfBj46pXfydkk63EKN3e80JEgTY3QqqrG6Q7pATh3iZQcfP4dgz_kbHN9ikg1f6IuUqKWMf__gUqmwyZWAyWoH50uZ9KAOX9bJf-zGjbEoqUBoB4kS7pt7NAUCfQAev7GCMkuodRrNXUlu8bVxaVTu6vdABKPA89fBXrvTm3RuAw=s2872" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2872" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV-drM2onE4ZHwHxsfBj46pXfydkk63EKN3e80JEgTY3QqqrG6Q7pATh3iZQcfP4dgz_kbHN9ikg1f6IuUqKWMf__gUqmwyZWAyWoH50uZ9KAOX9bJf-zGjbEoqUBoB4kS7pt7NAUCfQAev7GCMkuodRrNXUlu8bVxaVTu6vdABKPA89fBXrvTm3RuAw=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>Whoops! Didn't see that coming<br /></b></span></div><br />Little Joe loses this one, running his lifetime record in Lake Los Angeles fistfights to 0-for-1. Meanwhile we get a chance to admire the fake movie bricks covering the stage depot building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_D4lPu3W0tLualZBR2C7v6_C943nc8pJpoKt6ttlBNzXFCiLez-xXbORY4E1FuYZMaAhpCTj0Nwjr5wOqY9K9LHc9AHwKA4TQcEuQBfGk7h0V2EhMJUTLNFcFoP2-9aQaF4JFDK6EbI02m31rq1GwrdQt8xUkcwuRlsXkQicJtlU9nWsxD5vdaW-JRA=s2872" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2872" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_D4lPu3W0tLualZBR2C7v6_C943nc8pJpoKt6ttlBNzXFCiLez-xXbORY4E1FuYZMaAhpCTj0Nwjr5wOqY9K9LHc9AHwKA4TQcEuQBfGk7h0V2EhMJUTLNFcFoP2-9aQaF4JFDK6EbI02m31rq1GwrdQt8xUkcwuRlsXkQicJtlU9nWsxD5vdaW-JRA=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>Saddleback Butte, a key landmark north of town<br /></b></span></div><br />We also get our first glimpse of Saddleback Butte, just to the north of Lake Los Angeles. It's one of
the area's major landmarks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglnppQN62Ol8HkQJseY6YB9X8JLEFTipfP8YGQkKRnRVUx3rceCaNMo0PUl_xC07ncy3EF99ZilzGP2Egi3nPXrw4mtpijk1cFDayJn7i0SyyBooRct2yn0NCgAClhvhbYYkZpnDjfFv0bnyS_a5PJSTAgVJDPUYxpoihGAWASkCXK0TpBjjri2tj_Dg=s4592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="4592" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglnppQN62Ol8HkQJseY6YB9X8JLEFTipfP8YGQkKRnRVUx3rceCaNMo0PUl_xC07ncy3EF99ZilzGP2Egi3nPXrw4mtpijk1cFDayJn7i0SyyBooRct2yn0NCgAClhvhbYYkZpnDjfFv0bnyS_a5PJSTAgVJDPUYxpoihGAWASkCXK0TpBjjri2tj_Dg=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></div>"Help Me, Kitty" ("Gunsmoke" episode, 1964): The same relay station building<br /></b></span></div><br />The fake bricks were just one of a variety of surfaces used on the relay station set. When the same building appeared two years earlier in "Gunsmoke," the skin on the building was wood.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyw8KW-P5xC2nYNB_Bjh8s8Mi048zLzkyaZJgyY-jmjIbs8TgfS9ETnXVtk5r7u0SkCT_RYVPe5QAHVaBhrt6IjqYUPQ8dTZ07k1hOfR0BGZA1Nngg5Emv-hLJkcsUmg98SSnNX_mWJHrrjj3_Ukn8TpsggiazsgsOD3dhnNoGeLWYDum_LLCwIAcLiw=s3834" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="3834" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyw8KW-P5xC2nYNB_Bjh8s8Mi048zLzkyaZJgyY-jmjIbs8TgfS9ETnXVtk5r7u0SkCT_RYVPe5QAHVaBhrt6IjqYUPQ8dTZ07k1hOfR0BGZA1Nngg5Emv-hLJkcsUmg98SSnNX_mWJHrrjj3_Ukn8TpsggiazsgsOD3dhnNoGeLWYDum_LLCwIAcLiw=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div>The relay station set as "Brant's Trading Post" in "Incident at Phantom Hill"<br /></b></span></div><br />The relay station set was made up of actual buildings, not movie facades, and they stood in place for decades. In the years before these structures were converted into a movie set, they would have served some purpose in the real world — my guess is it was a house and small barn.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4tkOiqwUpfwrmhbveQ6MDes0ZjVQ_fGdzPy-MxuNN911czaVTd9g803A4XOVGxhi1Dy3O18iUFfdDMrvoRIsrwjEGaI8F_HPrtUi3ynym_OX4P0jnKBBZ6DgRBzYjokg5aHWA_ZFOZCzZYuxWhVulbxMJXR51Kpo9zRjDDoEq2amFHc-fNQ04cTjD0w=s3228" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="3228" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4tkOiqwUpfwrmhbveQ6MDes0ZjVQ_fGdzPy-MxuNN911czaVTd9g803A4XOVGxhi1Dy3O18iUFfdDMrvoRIsrwjEGaI8F_HPrtUi3ynym_OX4P0jnKBBZ6DgRBzYjokg5aHWA_ZFOZCzZYuxWhVulbxMJXR51Kpo9zRjDDoEq2amFHc-fNQ04cTjD0w=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></div>"The Jonas Murdock Story" ("Wagon Train" episode, 1960)<br /></b></span></div><br />The old cabins were removed sometime around the end of the 1960s, and today the Lake Los Angeles fire station stands where the two buildings used to be, near the corner of 170th Street and Lake Los Angeles Avenue.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeNDXai3wahhViRQbtwjIMJteucv85TqGHmBHAixMqmUm53Go2soXwtb-BbB5M5ZZ9qkt8jBCW7SBJiKkXUv_hkuA_PLlVZEM9ryK4G03knG0TxFbvLuwmivNGVMqCi7-1CaLM5wfNCnzq4u1Ut6bnQD27LnNQ2C-CWVJs2pLcTSxYeRftxb6fEEiZRg=s3992" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3992" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeNDXai3wahhViRQbtwjIMJteucv85TqGHmBHAixMqmUm53Go2soXwtb-BbB5M5ZZ9qkt8jBCW7SBJiKkXUv_hkuA_PLlVZEM9ryK4G03knG0TxFbvLuwmivNGVMqCi7-1CaLM5wfNCnzq4u1Ut6bnQD27LnNQ2C-CWVJs2pLcTSxYeRftxb6fEEiZRg=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></div>The Lake Los Angeles fire station, in the middle of what was once a busy filming area<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the fire station that replaced the two movie buildings, photographed on a recent visit to Lake Los Angeles. The photo is taken from behind the station looking east, toward another large butte adjacent to Phantom Hill.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJdijvtgJU1tVHowDnfZo5Qtg-HLH4EtPBrLfk8sw5y8Be-q1ALANka5nyiv6mJwrdxIwZ-kzPsH0lF4MX-LsziSOYlDL6C8Nk3ZJfrNAMK610IL7ydnubopY2mgYwio5SQXIFNTcayf0vA7ZoBcLlx22Td5HT8V2IXpk9HOVD0Xq-BBuVsKG1Iw18Xg=s2918" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2120" data-original-width="2918" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJdijvtgJU1tVHowDnfZo5Qtg-HLH4EtPBrLfk8sw5y8Be-q1ALANka5nyiv6mJwrdxIwZ-kzPsH0lF4MX-LsziSOYlDL6C8Nk3ZJfrNAMK610IL7ydnubopY2mgYwio5SQXIFNTcayf0vA7ZoBcLlx22Td5HT8V2IXpk9HOVD0Xq-BBuVsKG1Iw18Xg=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></div>"Gallagher's Sons" ("Bonanza" episode, 1962): Queensglen Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from "Bonanza" shows the same area about 60 years earlier. Queensglen Butte in the background is almost a perfect match for the fire station photo, even though this TV screen shot carefully avoids the movie buildings. In the "Bonanza" shot the relay station would be just off camera to the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliNVrxmW_9VX1VLre6H9G_qIi78R1HkfHs6Rlhik9ylKDTvuJi40CNBi6aBmr1yqkZvgxkMFaNaBsfQexsML2VzfkFTxWtEYdL4AWA3RI35pRHI4D0psSyotqcrcbbUtsxTHgIn3X608n3DLPNt2VnMdGu9IuyZ5i1SKE0xtXGB22mHtJBECFtt8ufg/s2004/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="2004" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliNVrxmW_9VX1VLre6H9G_qIi78R1HkfHs6Rlhik9ylKDTvuJi40CNBi6aBmr1yqkZvgxkMFaNaBsfQexsML2VzfkFTxWtEYdL4AWA3RI35pRHI4D0psSyotqcrcbbUtsxTHgIn3X608n3DLPNt2VnMdGu9IuyZ5i1SKE0xtXGB22mHtJBECFtt8ufg/w640-h602/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Central Lake Los Angeles, showing Queensglen Butte and Phantom Hill (Google Maps)</b></span></div><br />An aerial view of central Lake Los Angeles reveals that Queensglen Butte — that's my name for it — is much larger than Phantom Hill, its more heavily filmed neighbor to the northwest.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80aXwCDS1nD_vYxu87xRbAZpcSyGQUz6dFVjLiFeFa2D8z0y0_XAsdyGwrqJbi-UaSoij9BGEELHBG7NgBb_-WDTvvsB0qSctZSq_Lk5UGrR66yCkDkMtQpmvUCQx4iiapmv_b3aa8CVsvt3tjEsUsu_AsSPQ7G23ooVXIpPq3DvFqOFJRpX59kV9YA/s2004/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="2004" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80aXwCDS1nD_vYxu87xRbAZpcSyGQUz6dFVjLiFeFa2D8z0y0_XAsdyGwrqJbi-UaSoij9BGEELHBG7NgBb_-WDTvvsB0qSctZSq_Lk5UGrR66yCkDkMtQpmvUCQx4iiapmv_b3aa8CVsvt3tjEsUsu_AsSPQ7G23ooVXIpPq3DvFqOFJRpX59kV9YA/w640-h602/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the fire station, also the former location of the movie buildings<br /></b></span></div><br />The aerial map also pinpoints the location of L.A. County Fire Station 114 — the same location where the movie relay station once stood.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA039CmhWvrBCC1N-MWf4wAsdKukm0twXyDjdFcBOeo29Wjwhyjjj-PqGKYsJbjTlFKsBS5ZmIRTCUQLxH4Zgdw8xUbGoyHLla0n79kGqT1vzWKddBIGSDV6g2E_Ropei9Jumi5rRZlN9SdLhSR9JF8n3KuCWK6gTttg0uWQWIuz0vSjrbfJjPEiJ_Q/s2004/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="2004" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA039CmhWvrBCC1N-MWf4wAsdKukm0twXyDjdFcBOeo29Wjwhyjjj-PqGKYsJbjTlFKsBS5ZmIRTCUQLxH4Zgdw8xUbGoyHLla0n79kGqT1vzWKddBIGSDV6g2E_Ropei9Jumi5rRZlN9SdLhSR9JF8n3KuCWK6gTttg0uWQWIuz0vSjrbfJjPEiJ_Q/w640-h602/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Queensglen Avenue, bisecting Queensglen Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />Another feature I want to point out on the aerial is Queensglen Avenue, which bisects Queensglen Butte on both the east and the west and is the reason I started identifying it as Queensglen Butte.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmHq4HvGa5tfz1O3Co398cd80qSEItecF9K574iwRghMknIeH7qhMh1lN3oMDiSRp70-KAfB_1aOwC37wIMR2vF4G7jvNy4wEBDFdHKr2DFfdnf_s0ZpGbjvtBuNeHju5LrUeK4mDOsUVDEWs5ODKr8lwRkXqoUtzUOZY1ky0ZHk9issbsHCHidMmDA/s2868/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.30-Duke%20Le%20May%20Story-Queensglen%20Butte%20from%20near%20Fire%20Station%20and%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20Ave:170th%20St%20E.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="2868" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmHq4HvGa5tfz1O3Co398cd80qSEItecF9K574iwRghMknIeH7qhMh1lN3oMDiSRp70-KAfB_1aOwC37wIMR2vF4G7jvNy4wEBDFdHKr2DFfdnf_s0ZpGbjvtBuNeHju5LrUeK4mDOsUVDEWs5ODKr8lwRkXqoUtzUOZY1ky0ZHk9issbsHCHidMmDA/w640-h480/1959-Wagon%20Train%202.30-Duke%20Le%20May%20Story-Queensglen%20Butte%20from%20near%20Fire%20Station%20and%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20Ave:170th%20St%20E.png" width="640" /></a></div>Queensglen Butte in the "Wagon Train" episode "The Duke Le May Story" (1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />Similar shots to the "Bonanza" shot can also be found in a number of other Westerns. From an episode of "Wagon Train," here's Queensglen Butte looking east again, zoomed in a bit more than in "Bonanza."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUD4EleybxODSyTCgzEDYB3szgFkPzYJnO2gQK6Rrp6eilxrEQu9Ny_INAqVFaa6j8jeUmPGMa7vjp1VPOkzP-4SRXYWA7g-v5TTCbI8IrUKc7ah5jq-MNm_mecCYUj-T1btf5HcRmRIxbuaL3KZv_knTLlYl6n16lBIGnovZ8Viw-sbk7j5J1xg5VvQ/s2612/2022%20(011222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Queensglen%20Butte%201-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20Avenue%20at%20170th%20St%20E-6874-matches%20Wagon%20Train%202.30.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1982" data-original-width="2612" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUD4EleybxODSyTCgzEDYB3szgFkPzYJnO2gQK6Rrp6eilxrEQu9Ny_INAqVFaa6j8jeUmPGMa7vjp1VPOkzP-4SRXYWA7g-v5TTCbI8IrUKc7ah5jq-MNm_mecCYUj-T1btf5HcRmRIxbuaL3KZv_knTLlYl6n16lBIGnovZ8Viw-sbk7j5J1xg5VvQ/w640-h486/2022%20(011222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Queensglen%20Butte%201-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%20Avenue%20at%20170th%20St%20E-6874-matches%20Wagon%20Train%202.30.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The "Wagon Train" location in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Today the "Wagon Train" angle is a close match for the view looking east along Lake Los Angeles Avenue toward the intersection with 170th Street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjLPDIp8FfUAMpVaGxcguu_foH5PMcDtQgM2HElQjsx-ubP6o9DMztjdTd4P9qPSAj-ZIXnLMyp78ztJdPXrFB4VOAWE8orEWcb_J4QU70NudtznqkyCAmBg7-8aqT_EL8MMMJykfGisZBoBB3PV8xIK2Nr5uMbkw5pjFybYS_WWaSlKT1pkas4fIjlg=s4596" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4596" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjLPDIp8FfUAMpVaGxcguu_foH5PMcDtQgM2HElQjsx-ubP6o9DMztjdTd4P9qPSAj-ZIXnLMyp78ztJdPXrFB4VOAWE8orEWcb_J4QU70NudtznqkyCAmBg7-8aqT_EL8MMMJykfGisZBoBB3PV8xIK2Nr5uMbkw5pjFybYS_WWaSlKT1pkas4fIjlg=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div>"Help Me, Kitty": The relay station's remote desert location<br /></b></span></div><br />A wide shot of the area from "Gunsmoke," looking north this time, puts the relay station in context. Here we see the buildings as part of a barren desert vista.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJMtbn9XnYHKpEaKLr6zG0yaqyXwm5t8EZisImbP_UBjXieEJXc-XkDfXhRUGVNaw7Dyit7ty4KsSzfD1A1womzRK9u73AU7Ngo2GczGR_Ame221w-xI_IEIHKJiDo_QYCuceEyosneJHpS7cBYU-Vbp74Au_YFVBmvNf1uyRbLnVrmiV5wXAw_SoMsQ=s4576" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="4576" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJMtbn9XnYHKpEaKLr6zG0yaqyXwm5t8EZisImbP_UBjXieEJXc-XkDfXhRUGVNaw7Dyit7ty4KsSzfD1A1womzRK9u73AU7Ngo2GczGR_Ame221w-xI_IEIHKJiDo_QYCuceEyosneJHpS7cBYU-Vbp74Au_YFVBmvNf1uyRbLnVrmiV5wXAw_SoMsQ=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></div>Amanda Blake and Betty Conner take the scenic route in "Help Me, Kitty"<br /></b></span></div><br />The
relay station plays an important role in the "Gunsmoke" episode, in
which Amanda Blake and guest star Betty Conner find themselves stranded
in the desert. Their ordeal plays out entirely in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ACNZxZMg1zIPo0o31ma1owO89FVWQWKdOSj9CpbzPydRUoHZoVbEWcb0iUFV1v5kOQO7E3n84uX9zj1aewoez2ry_Ur38RDgXTdfHhV2p_liYIpkS2x6y5wccDvf0c0diSMeLvcQJ04ffteAcZYJaoc5JraLtdQIUsDsVUAn2lkBxPGRBxaBNrrX9A/s4576/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Amanda%20Blake%20as%20Kitty,%20Betty%20Conner%20as%20Hope-6809-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="4576" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ACNZxZMg1zIPo0o31ma1owO89FVWQWKdOSj9CpbzPydRUoHZoVbEWcb0iUFV1v5kOQO7E3n84uX9zj1aewoez2ry_Ur38RDgXTdfHhV2p_liYIpkS2x6y5wccDvf0c0diSMeLvcQJ04ffteAcZYJaoc5JraLtdQIUsDsVUAn2lkBxPGRBxaBNrrX9A/w640-h462/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Amanda%20Blake%20as%20Kitty,%20Betty%20Conner%20as%20Hope-6809-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Piute Butte, north of Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The ghostlike image of a background feature, barely visible behind the two women, is Piute Butte, another important movie landmark located a short distance north of Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj96UXCaXXTNr3yYxbCAMyXTteA3Ok3QONV4HKCt7kRD-_9uW8M-zV4OzS9SiZMQ7kMlOqchsz_nS6RCr_iSrhGxcaK5U5fY3w4DfPqndFx5xdG_QnXAGtMRAiyLgRjEyFyn64OP-6Z-jNALLGB7He-X0Cu2WDoI-Q8xAskTW-FJixNk_rtG9HY65OyQ/s4777/1963-Gunsmoke-9.11-Extradition%202-GML%206-Piute%20Butte,%20N%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-6200.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3327" data-original-width="4777" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj96UXCaXXTNr3yYxbCAMyXTteA3Ok3QONV4HKCt7kRD-_9uW8M-zV4OzS9SiZMQ7kMlOqchsz_nS6RCr_iSrhGxcaK5U5fY3w4DfPqndFx5xdG_QnXAGtMRAiyLgRjEyFyn64OP-6Z-jNALLGB7He-X0Cu2WDoI-Q8xAskTW-FJixNk_rtG9HY65OyQ/w640-h446/1963-Gunsmoke-9.11-Extradition%202-GML%206-Piute%20Butte,%20N%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-6200.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Extradition, Part 2" ("Gunsmoke): Piute Butte looms in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />We get a better look at Piute Butte in another "Gunsmoke" episode, "Extradition, Part 2." Its easily recognized "high-low" profile makes Piute Butte an important background feature, as it tends to be one of the first indications that a shoot took place in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuary32TIQNvLK7u5RyP91XLSXvDzfkY0Lq4YSnvpZZooX7e1D013S8zD1RNhSeK-DD1tmHCZZ1q4p9BbL_qzVbsybJ85G5StHZc1e_l6aaWEWucRy-WvJRBHrqjwS0_dbqqybQGznAAET1kxAcFNElpvgXLiekaffQiAHxQyAeG2xNaJSi3yMb9ixA/s2852/1963-Virginian%201.28-%20The%20Mountain%20of%20the%20Sun-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20area%2016-Piute%20Butte.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2120" data-original-width="2852" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuary32TIQNvLK7u5RyP91XLSXvDzfkY0Lq4YSnvpZZooX7e1D013S8zD1RNhSeK-DD1tmHCZZ1q4p9BbL_qzVbsybJ85G5StHZc1e_l6aaWEWucRy-WvJRBHrqjwS0_dbqqybQGznAAET1kxAcFNElpvgXLiekaffQiAHxQyAeG2xNaJSi3yMb9ixA/w640-h476/1963-Virginian%201.28-%20The%20Mountain%20of%20the%20Sun-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20area%2016-Piute%20Butte.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Mountain of the Sun" ("The Virginian," 1963)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a color shot of Piute Butte in an episode from the first season of "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOizYvaS6QENpXU24SuzFt3JD_dXvRlC5aD-rQBqQR_BkwpDDBvQ_g-9yws-k312vNQivp0K-OPORnvkNQOz7YQZGqvchvxsTycP5EWBuPxiqe395l9dJGsujy67bl4jD_r5RUaxYUV2sWirJf_PxYO6dUuGvrUPsBhevqOmoKu4_CbPeQbTns_Se0wA/s2802/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte-Gena%20Rowlands.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2802" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOizYvaS6QENpXU24SuzFt3JD_dXvRlC5aD-rQBqQR_BkwpDDBvQ_g-9yws-k312vNQivp0K-OPORnvkNQOz7YQZGqvchvxsTycP5EWBuPxiqe395l9dJGsujy67bl4jD_r5RUaxYUV2sWirJf_PxYO6dUuGvrUPsBhevqOmoKu4_CbPeQbTns_Se0wA/w640-h472/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte-Gena%20Rowlands.png" width="640" /></a></div>"No Tears for Savannah" ("The Virginian," 1963): Gena Rowlands with Piute Butte<br /></b></span></div><br />In another episode of "The Virginian," this time from season two, we see a suffering Gena Rowlands framed by Piute Butte. It would appear Lake Los Angeles is once again the setting for a desert ordeal.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC_eJ9GWnZPGjqkcbnacIoiczwI0paRoSn80PtMvme0eECZ8jBMQSTFVmeQvdAd6y1ZhH-jpNMT4_7Bv5WSyizSsOKThjj4Tc7T48_WdR4VdzGNgCqFW9HX8B8Ijn7-iNgtGkYBaXpYR2YJVN2Hd_uvCSqLE17Za4ueNQcnv0aA0LU5ksetRxW8GDHQ/s2794/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte-flipped.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="2794" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC_eJ9GWnZPGjqkcbnacIoiczwI0paRoSn80PtMvme0eECZ8jBMQSTFVmeQvdAd6y1ZhH-jpNMT4_7Bv5WSyizSsOKThjj4Tc7T48_WdR4VdzGNgCqFW9HX8B8Ijn7-iNgtGkYBaXpYR2YJVN2Hd_uvCSqLE17Za4ueNQcnv0aA0LU5ksetRxW8GDHQ/w640-h474/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte-flipped.png" width="640" /></a></div>"No Tears for Savannah": Piute Butte on the right, horizontally flipped<br /></b></span></div><br />Elsewhere in that same "Virginian" episode we again see Piute Butte, but this time it is flipped horizontally — presumably so the audience won't recognize it as the same butte seen in the Gena Rowlands sequence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0He1dw7-UnfEb4dbanTP60xpIdK-ds7zvKFZ9f2ebQeW4ztY-wXW6CnAB3HcXnwurcNR9MXEk8cpoogXnCm51ZWNKUtU7fcBscl5frsp7Ogsmto__Jsn9eC0jXcvBG1Xu77xU9q9L9nrDLHg8rKxafdBJ7aQwjxwPS7ZzXwQjJHtQRj2OChhS5yVxQ/s4132/2022%20(011122)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte%20with%20barn,%20other%20buildings-6711.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="4132" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0He1dw7-UnfEb4dbanTP60xpIdK-ds7zvKFZ9f2ebQeW4ztY-wXW6CnAB3HcXnwurcNR9MXEk8cpoogXnCm51ZWNKUtU7fcBscl5frsp7Ogsmto__Jsn9eC0jXcvBG1Xu77xU9q9L9nrDLHg8rKxafdBJ7aQwjxwPS7ZzXwQjJHtQRj2OChhS5yVxQ/w640-h426/2022%20(011122)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Piute%20Butte%20with%20barn,%20other%20buildings-6711.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Piute Butte in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Piute Butte as it appears today looks just about the same as it does in movies and on TV, although in today's world it's likely to turn up with barns and other contemporary Lake Los Angeles structures in the shot.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwTJ1euig8FV9eZiFVsrrd93tFGMr1AvqjjqjNmUmZCcw88SgM2NxyXsjlE0wyOgLA-NGz0fqvp0ogfQUxfUxEVPoJz330KH501sdAnwRBfKNClPPK-cK9jT8IcQhpFvuWh1Tf0ede3KYiWnC7dYBNd-F9P-twCkhB5bVNMm8GFAJlJJo0ieA9lossLQ=s4560" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="4560" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwTJ1euig8FV9eZiFVsrrd93tFGMr1AvqjjqjNmUmZCcw88SgM2NxyXsjlE0wyOgLA-NGz0fqvp0ogfQUxfUxEVPoJz330KH501sdAnwRBfKNClPPK-cK9jT8IcQhpFvuWh1Tf0ede3KYiWnC7dYBNd-F9P-twCkhB5bVNMm8GFAJlJJo0ieA9lossLQ=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></div>"Help Me, Kitty": Kitty and Hope approach a desert relay station<br /></b></span></div><br />The Amanda Blake/Betty Conner desert trek in the "Gunsmoke" episode "Help Me, Kitty" includes an interesting sequence as the two women make their way toward the remote relay station.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngHTRXv9r6gG-f6OGAvyDeO3R6uYlkBytIgZ3me1I4uUsbaPRhPNBN3oc71rCvgqE_YYt9RX_ieUyBPZU_EuTV0z6dmpLmd_spdRvP4Sw83fUWeM4wANJO_2KJkiPbsdvz_KAthe9SyXu6G1Q9AFJGIbpnSpO5wfpyRFebJnfHHy5A-x4SsdylGIFmA/s4560/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-relay%20station%20set-6812-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="4560" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngHTRXv9r6gG-f6OGAvyDeO3R6uYlkBytIgZ3me1I4uUsbaPRhPNBN3oc71rCvgqE_YYt9RX_ieUyBPZU_EuTV0z6dmpLmd_spdRvP4Sw83fUWeM4wANJO_2KJkiPbsdvz_KAthe9SyXu6G1Q9AFJGIbpnSpO5wfpyRFebJnfHHy5A-x4SsdylGIFmA/w640-h418/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-relay%20station%20set-6812-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The relay station that stood where the fire station is today<br /></b></span></div><br />This is the same desert relay station where Little
Joe lost a fistfight in "Bonanza" and where "Incident at Phantom Hill" and a number
of other movies and TV shows filmed key scenes.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDyVV8gQv5ro1xzetBp1ht87_cxr1qC7LU4Hg9Yuo9Bwipwa6B48ke4J0hh8CwGbav8c40XMxSES7EhBRb7aF6zPRZMSHmW_eBYvrM0-4mEy7gzEwDTJq0PH4i1sqGcBZFe0jRNZNQepp8OUFMesRt-hm9Lfou97nMXC7RRtOI4iHTTTo9OSv0Kahqg/s4560/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-relay%20station%20set-6812-noted%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="4560" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDyVV8gQv5ro1xzetBp1ht87_cxr1qC7LU4Hg9Yuo9Bwipwa6B48ke4J0hh8CwGbav8c40XMxSES7EhBRb7aF6zPRZMSHmW_eBYvrM0-4mEy7gzEwDTJq0PH4i1sqGcBZFe0jRNZNQepp8OUFMesRt-hm9Lfou97nMXC7RRtOI4iHTTTo9OSv0Kahqg/w640-h418/1964-Gunsmoke%2010.7-Help%20Me%20Kitty-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-relay%20station%20set-6812-noted%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A familiar background feature peeks over the horizon<br /></b></span></div><br />It's easy to miss, but the very top of Piute Butte is also visible during this sequence. The bulk of the feature is concealed below the horizon line, with the shallow slope at the left of the frame helping to block it out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoMvvhCPw7RYBzKY9h7Ks0Hmvx7rMg8C5jkKGogfkE8iMZACPPgFRa7c6RpbT597_JchjWNIzs4IIfziBbL5yBBS6tn8E2-p8Y3KddwbS7YryvN28TuY4rmf6lLTWXmyfN1Duq1w_rXralRR0KfKn2w1HN38-tT7IkYqOMiFab0sqOX9N1XoZKf1DnDg=s4596" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4596" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoMvvhCPw7RYBzKY9h7Ks0Hmvx7rMg8C5jkKGogfkE8iMZACPPgFRa7c6RpbT597_JchjWNIzs4IIfziBbL5yBBS6tn8E2-p8Y3KddwbS7YryvN28TuY4rmf6lLTWXmyfN1Duq1w_rXralRR0KfKn2w1HN38-tT7IkYqOMiFab0sqOX9N1XoZKf1DnDg=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div>"Water Tower Rockpile," seen behind the relay station in "Gunsmoke"<br /></b></span></div><br />The closest landmark to the relay station is a nearby pile of rocks, seen here just behind the buildings. I've been calling this rocky clump "Water Tower Rockpile," as suggested by the next photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfApaL7IJaLfFd6FQKky_r17ZSWZ_nf5BAOY8ed-5PA6hr3vyvWMehbKPo0FXVnphQ4SlPswo3e-xHpw1r2MWbzKHNutBFERjIdVw8_dwJs8L21MOLxZ32pW_WYAj82-YN7VJmfxhqvxdDjvp6ywIzsDhnerNQBhityTg9mpLeDdVMhlKVLz58ToDsXw=s3840" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2488" data-original-width="3840" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfApaL7IJaLfFd6FQKky_r17ZSWZ_nf5BAOY8ed-5PA6hr3vyvWMehbKPo0FXVnphQ4SlPswo3e-xHpw1r2MWbzKHNutBFERjIdVw8_dwJs8L21MOLxZ32pW_WYAj82-YN7VJmfxhqvxdDjvp6ywIzsDhnerNQBhityTg9mpLeDdVMhlKVLz58ToDsXw=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></div>The same pile of rocks, photographed in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />"Water Tower Rockpile" can still be found in the center of Lake Los Angeles, and today you can't miss that there's a water tower standing right next to it. The
tower looks old, but it was just put up in
the past 10 years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF838TzYZh6YBavtRPIhqnZzTobHSfTGSbXGTmM0WPHe93FkwVDWaaPhh6avvh-jI8xQmxQPhC4YUH4zBdRc20sXjlV_okToc7YklqVzJZ9xyW8OSHihnuIDLEs_GhkkBAzwu7kpeDo7J-j80ndauvi2txaFYWqHBdkFt_dEc1rwkp0eCJIUuARhI9uQ/s2004/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="2004" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF838TzYZh6YBavtRPIhqnZzTobHSfTGSbXGTmM0WPHe93FkwVDWaaPhh6avvh-jI8xQmxQPhC4YUH4zBdRc20sXjlV_okToc7YklqVzJZ9xyW8OSHihnuIDLEs_GhkkBAzwu7kpeDo7J-j80ndauvi2txaFYWqHBdkFt_dEc1rwkp0eCJIUuARhI9uQ/w640-h602/2022%20(%222022%22)-Google%20aerial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Phantom%20Hill%20and%20Queensglen%20Butte-noted%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Central Lake Los Angeles: Water Tower Rockpile and the water tower<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at the map of central Lake Los Angeles, we can pinpoint Water Tower Rockpile and the nearby water tower. I know I'm repeating myself, but this spot was historically one of the busiest filming areas in town.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUP83OusNB23sjYuc_VyWe5ZHLTGUipICeM3XTL1blDNT8sSP251AscvoMZo3z9HZPrLZCYtza-4oZo7BsSxpl8lrp2NSdPvRC7bjrOUP3bmrrlcNnFRNp4j_Mz_h75Lukuw8CLEve_Y8Titg0gJh9-lXLa33KyCvBYHd2Hn7Cdn0OKr2tMIDm50joQg=s4788" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4788" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUP83OusNB23sjYuc_VyWe5ZHLTGUipICeM3XTL1blDNT8sSP251AscvoMZo3z9HZPrLZCYtza-4oZo7BsSxpl8lrp2NSdPvRC7bjrOUP3bmrrlcNnFRNp4j_Mz_h75Lukuw8CLEve_Y8Titg0gJh9-lXLa33KyCvBYHd2Hn7Cdn0OKr2tMIDm50joQg=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div>"Extradition, Part 2" ("Gunsmoke," 1963): Water Tower Rockpile<br /></b></span></div><br />It's no surprise, then, that Water
Tower Rockpile turns up repeatedly in movies and TV shows filmed in Lake Los Angeles. This shot is taken looking approximately southwest.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXWVMV1eutosoJfVAJ_wQAIhqYS9xsv8HFfGOgMiGsrQuKNvKsD0kXWH1yadF5N3h6Fi9oq1ZQWWu7cvUMOZ8J24y8Ynxz0bszD8zgm3DFAy0-89HSy6Gz3ZkI1Te2vjaLvhyeUvdhoidPztyFCyZS8mal_T6z2MqyCi5FDg53MnnXdnEkRn9OuCzc4w=s4788" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4788" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXWVMV1eutosoJfVAJ_wQAIhqYS9xsv8HFfGOgMiGsrQuKNvKsD0kXWH1yadF5N3h6Fi9oq1ZQWWu7cvUMOZ8J24y8Ynxz0bszD8zgm3DFAy0-89HSy6Gz3ZkI1Te2vjaLvhyeUvdhoidPztyFCyZS8mal_T6z2MqyCi5FDg53MnnXdnEkRn9OuCzc4w=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div>Water Tower Rockpile, at the center of the action<br /></b></span></div><br />The
rockpile is something of a shapeshifter, taking on different profiles
depending on the camera angle. But that's it right in the middle of the
"Gunsmoke" shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4tRhlYFLOut-l1j3PZVQhGspTany_oXpoL9BngOTnopu2z1rwbHbedchmtkzprP7E25nBYKDEwsbqJbvJC2so0NoOTE9Xxzq6LHmJEUOrW2qeugTdr8qyguWWxMjc09h0L8FMZ6ujGxkXQqqzqsnBIfZVP3CLpIncHSRPhZM9urUSSCvyydz6Y_ldQ=s2914" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="2914" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4tRhlYFLOut-l1j3PZVQhGspTany_oXpoL9BngOTnopu2z1rwbHbedchmtkzprP7E25nBYKDEwsbqJbvJC2so0NoOTE9Xxzq6LHmJEUOrW2qeugTdr8qyguWWxMjc09h0L8FMZ6ujGxkXQqqzqsnBIfZVP3CLpIncHSRPhZM9urUSSCvyydz6Y_ldQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"No Tears for Savannah" ("The Virginian," 1963): Water Tower Rockpile<br /></b></span></div><br />The
same year Water Tower Rockpile turned up in "Gunsmoke's"
"Extradition," it also appeared in "The
Virginian." That's the rockpile on the left, from the same episode we examined previously that featured Gena Rowlands.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGUqUAx9u1CGZaFnwLyeDP3erZAtWgh0xmXZtz-vXqZVd6bLohdSBanXZSoZha6l62YVuhcTKPowpQJ45l1_UEu7C3PdE6DNRelCqzNSMvymk583sX_bCZvwsPiFl8k6Wf1oQT-Pc_CZJ-9LS7i3Vv4ekLH5WTE6ZASr9NK9Mg0VvVfgf-Dt9BRDVjg/s2914/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="2914" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGUqUAx9u1CGZaFnwLyeDP3erZAtWgh0xmXZtz-vXqZVd6bLohdSBanXZSoZha6l62YVuhcTKPowpQJ45l1_UEu7C3PdE6DNRelCqzNSMvymk583sX_bCZvwsPiFl8k6Wf1oQT-Pc_CZJ-9LS7i3Vv4ekLH5WTE6ZASr9NK9Mg0VvVfgf-Dt9BRDVjg/w640-h480/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The San Gabriel Mountains, south of Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Virginian" shot is taken with the camera facing south, and includes a glimpse of the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. This mountain range has also proved helpful in identifying productions shot in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWFckr7xCD330QEGdJVJe76qmwFzc0ufOr1THJnEQSQddtG4Ka9lMTqKVNwmetTluQVztH5CLrGNnktnLCGeGif3IE9s8Y649JCm5yi20kpIhvmE0swSF4wTMxG4Byeir4rNTpzWSi2gXiGVCDhkDZ2692HzybmcFJnrnxzAwLZOQbaKcrOliEKbGDQ/s5184/011222-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-snow-covered%20San%20Gabriels-6870-recr.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2484" data-original-width="5184" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWFckr7xCD330QEGdJVJe76qmwFzc0ufOr1THJnEQSQddtG4Ka9lMTqKVNwmetTluQVztH5CLrGNnktnLCGeGif3IE9s8Y649JCm5yi20kpIhvmE0swSF4wTMxG4Byeir4rNTpzWSi2gXiGVCDhkDZ2692HzybmcFJnrnxzAwLZOQbaKcrOliEKbGDQ/w640-h306/011222-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-snow-covered%20San%20Gabriels-6870-recr.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The San Gabriels in January 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Throughout the winter months, the scenic San Gabriels to the south provide a snow-covered counterpoint to the arid Mojave Desert landscape of the Lake Los Angeles region.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0YUxnCxunK4LgJh8B7KDxlmPU6wYIZ1UXVMl0hQkRmvT4_cFKz9Q2LBDw3AnZRFfhMIAqKqplLM5Ogklir0FD3tcjbffsm-NAwOJ3hhtjnJVVsyvJ7lStUrcm2aPLYUO-7fxdWqQBuZJHiXdxUPCO6paKlOAjSAgt1NWmjq7jgxdWtu7htT59Yk-8A/s1641/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-San%20Gabriel%20Mountains%20to%20south-5477-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1641" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0YUxnCxunK4LgJh8B7KDxlmPU6wYIZ1UXVMl0hQkRmvT4_cFKz9Q2LBDw3AnZRFfhMIAqKqplLM5Ogklir0FD3tcjbffsm-NAwOJ3hhtjnJVVsyvJ7lStUrcm2aPLYUO-7fxdWqQBuZJHiXdxUPCO6paKlOAjSAgt1NWmjq7jgxdWtu7htT59Yk-8A/w640-h424/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-San%20Gabriel%20Mountains%20to%20south-5477-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>San Gabriel Mountains ridgeline south of Lake Los Angeles (July 2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />In a photo taken later in the year, after the snow had melted, we can pinpoint two sections of the San Gabriels that match the "Virginian" shot. Notice the areas highlighted here in red and blue.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ci9RDcGZ6Msj0TjLKiuSIQSHZF4iZ8N4oJSemcjPzIGNuMmax6aq77c-CjwL6dVMarj5_E4vh28Ta74QhC29Ep3f0RsVAnNNf5pg5p9uDvlEcz574rLJt5L6Y4yY3tYY2GKX1tWuMbj3apIJZO_lUjANKbNIxtpnZjLJwZFC7NeBCoEdB-wZ4ZmapA/s2914/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="2914" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ci9RDcGZ6Msj0TjLKiuSIQSHZF4iZ8N4oJSemcjPzIGNuMmax6aq77c-CjwL6dVMarj5_E4vh28Ta74QhC29Ep3f0RsVAnNNf5pg5p9uDvlEcz574rLJt5L6Y4yY3tYY2GKX1tWuMbj3apIJZO_lUjANKbNIxtpnZjLJwZFC7NeBCoEdB-wZ4ZmapA/w640-h480/1963-Virginian%202.3-No%20Tears%20for%20Savannah-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Water%20Tower%20Rockpile-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian": Matching ridgelines in the San Gabriels<br /></b></span></div><br />These are the same sections of the ridgeline that frame Water Tower Rockpile in "The Virginian."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNO3IUzfmaG64_3Jri2mMDDJwOdJM7KqZxvMqD-z-Arlb-KyG6aqTteFX46gr5oRJ3exN6aJXjEhgKOsB_bFPrvlP7kFm3stKcHqvXceOn35Hgg38yUiYXrg02L-cIn-c4-KBAoVONeWVeOZJ1n3B-AjZF-yB4EYR0uSL3YUmWZ02VwvAUrBggiLpEw/s3832/2022-Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202a-incl%20butte%20at%20230th%20St%20E%20and%20E%20Avenue%20S.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3832" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNO3IUzfmaG64_3Jri2mMDDJwOdJM7KqZxvMqD-z-Arlb-KyG6aqTteFX46gr5oRJ3exN6aJXjEhgKOsB_bFPrvlP7kFm3stKcHqvXceOn35Hgg38yUiYXrg02L-cIn-c4-KBAoVONeWVeOZJ1n3B-AjZF-yB4EYR0uSL3YUmWZ02VwvAUrBggiLpEw/w640-h360/2022-Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202a-incl%20butte%20at%20230th%20St%20E%20and%20E%20Avenue%20S.png" width="640" /></a></div>Cadillac Lyriq commercial airing in 2022: San Gabriels in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />Almost 60 years after this stretch of the San Gabriels turned up in "The Virginian" and other TV Westerns, a shot from a current TV commercial lets us know that the Lake Los Angeles region continues to be used for filming.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgILdm_MBAw_GNaVQHwCrUG4JTXTigUiet9FfIOgYmsHGrlVBYfYMoe6_HYoVGgSKB2ANCtIZjMD1XWIWgqNn9wNnq0CkyNZnFNca9faZ1rFl2XvcHK-GDXyLbrxPUJQL4XdTMYmZngrC5NRv5V4CvcnGTnphoKlzdnDeBjFA1xXKodMgvAmqrz7tQ_Q/s2924/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-240th%20St%20east%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20N,%20looking%20S%20to%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains%20with%20Joshua%20tree%20and%20butte%20(near%20230th%20St%20and%20E%20Ave%20S)%20matching%202022%20Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2924" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgILdm_MBAw_GNaVQHwCrUG4JTXTigUiet9FfIOgYmsHGrlVBYfYMoe6_HYoVGgSKB2ANCtIZjMD1XWIWgqNn9wNnq0CkyNZnFNca9faZ1rFl2XvcHK-GDXyLbrxPUJQL4XdTMYmZngrC5NRv5V4CvcnGTnphoKlzdnDeBjFA1xXKodMgvAmqrz7tQ_Q/w640-h356/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-240th%20St%20east%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20N,%20looking%20S%20to%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains%20with%20Joshua%20tree%20and%20butte%20(near%20230th%20St%20and%20E%20Ave%20S)%20matching%202022%20Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial.png" width="640" /></a></div>Shooting location for the Cadillac spot (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />While it's not always possible, in this case we can confirm the exact location even without visiting the site. Here's the same location seen in the Cadillac commercial, which I was able to pinpoint on Google Maps.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvxELSi5-AhtfZj5Mps1W9G26gIA1xfRrn7ht3YXYSFoh51M-V7s8AnhROM1vg348Kyo6nQM-lzXRQ3hn2q83oXrQ5REKO2YQ0Dild0q3FztDj94PNt9d7Itmziidq0Am3Pl3T2wgpfuydH4mzg3jUY2XfkMi43jcF8w3Spe7ryOF4q4Jr4a-3Zut5w/s2924/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-240th%20St%20east%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20N,%20looking%20S%20to%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains%20with%20Joshua%20tree%20and%20butte%20(near%20230th%20St%20and%20E%20Ave%20S)%20matching%202022%20Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2924" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvxELSi5-AhtfZj5Mps1W9G26gIA1xfRrn7ht3YXYSFoh51M-V7s8AnhROM1vg348Kyo6nQM-lzXRQ3hn2q83oXrQ5REKO2YQ0Dild0q3FztDj94PNt9d7Itmziidq0Am3Pl3T2wgpfuydH4mzg3jUY2XfkMi43jcF8w3Spe7ryOF4q4Jr4a-3Zut5w/w640-h356/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-240th%20St%20east%20of%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20just%20S%20of%20Avenue%20N,%20looking%20S%20to%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains%20with%20Joshua%20tree%20and%20butte%20(near%20230th%20St%20and%20E%20Ave%20S)%20matching%202022%20Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Features found on Google Maps that match the Cadillac ad<br /></b></span></div><br />Here I've highlighted the same Joshua tree and butte seen in the Cadillac spot, along with a distinctive section of ridgeline in the San Gabriel Mountains to the south.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-XtVfJ60DyBHe3xsIxY29sMWKqQ-55EpCwwdAwQ9E8UbMrzglFOzR4ucSgaL8p-BKxr7nHwlRjPpdAdBa7k2VojoS4tlt_21gsrY-Lbk737brLJCSxRsNYTddm8Ubv8OfVAi_Y7foSV77TLEsg9S0XT5mI7UbVxfxQcK_33nAdYbcOyWn1ZKRztm1w/s3832/2022-Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202a-incl%20butte%20at%20230th%20St%20E%20and%20E%20Avenue%20S-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3832" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-XtVfJ60DyBHe3xsIxY29sMWKqQ-55EpCwwdAwQ9E8UbMrzglFOzR4ucSgaL8p-BKxr7nHwlRjPpdAdBa7k2VojoS4tlt_21gsrY-Lbk737brLJCSxRsNYTddm8Ubv8OfVAi_Y7foSV77TLEsg9S0XT5mI7UbVxfxQcK_33nAdYbcOyWn1ZKRztm1w/w640-h360/2022-Cadillac%20Lyriq%20commercial-Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202a-incl%20butte%20at%20230th%20St%20E%20and%20E%20Avenue%20S-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>The same features as they appear in the Cadillac commercial</b></span></div><br />In the screen shot from the Cadillac commercial, we can see that the Joshua tree, butte and ridgeline all match. The shot is taken on 240th Street East near Avenue N, on the outskirts of Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uQZvnybqj1t2uHHZiFhCUGvTeBo5AYNrPbbUmCs8z-uKZcMOk0ugJsand77CISVSyNg-LbnjRCMQxfkeS6VtbVqy4lQ_9NnHOO508y8jxTRJDvUX23gGgAaX_U3iAHnIctyxibr50Uk1TVK3y_raMDqQvrCAk5ji1xoj6Y2oXVySsekQvIwuFtgsJQ/s2529/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-240th%20St%20looking%20S-Joshua%20tree,%20butte,%20San%20Gabriels-matches%20Cadillac%20commercial-5643.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="2529" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uQZvnybqj1t2uHHZiFhCUGvTeBo5AYNrPbbUmCs8z-uKZcMOk0ugJsand77CISVSyNg-LbnjRCMQxfkeS6VtbVqy4lQ_9NnHOO508y8jxTRJDvUX23gGgAaX_U3iAHnIctyxibr50Uk1TVK3y_raMDqQvrCAk5ji1xoj6Y2oXVySsekQvIwuFtgsJQ/w640-h368/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-240th%20St%20looking%20S-Joshua%20tree,%20butte,%20San%20Gabriels-matches%20Cadillac%20commercial-5643.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in July 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Even though I succeeded in finding the site on Google Maps, naturally I wanted to check it out in person. I visited the location earlier this month, and was able to confirm that it still looks pretty much the same — including the tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Md7mtsDsHqw" width="320" youtube-src-id="Md7mtsDsHqw"></iframe></div>Video of the Cadillac Lyric commercial<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a link to the 30-second Cadillac spot on YouTube. Click on the thumbnail above and you should be able to watch the commercial, which includes a number of shots of Lake Los Angeles and the San Gabriels.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJnhBDLmRxRar5C6MgFzBToB_1ebMy2QnqC4Gya073qJhEbTxfPTVyVm4xStB5AA5vHP-0BuRQiJxfai5e9Md5rLGnA5oJfHKj5EX2Mb7Wn7yi0zKOpXbROlhxu1c-5yWxevCSsWePwQIdX9H8Xi3MJzMQN7AbZ71hWR6hzvKxWjmosTVkTRksKBZUA/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJnhBDLmRxRar5C6MgFzBToB_1ebMy2QnqC4Gya073qJhEbTxfPTVyVm4xStB5AA5vHP-0BuRQiJxfai5e9Md5rLGnA5oJfHKj5EX2Mb7Wn7yi0zKOpXbROlhxu1c-5yWxevCSsWePwQIdX9H8Xi3MJzMQN7AbZ71hWR6hzvKxWjmosTVkTRksKBZUA/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs" (2020): The Highway Patrol harshes someone's desert vibe<br /></b></span></div><br />No,
this isn't a snapshot from one of my recent excursions to Lake Los
Angeles. It's a screen shot from the 2020 Andy Samberg comedy feature
"Palm Springs," filmed in Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA7r3vMtf6la1hKI9wry6OvcoxSo_cjr_q7hu85D3Zuz1x13vYDlkN0d5wRc_RZjv55AvRwrnpkvyADQelsus8OIs-tJsvkw3fiXZK96GTBpb0Dnp_s8M-Oc1sGtE7xMK0TfssWnDhLaujuVZ1RxKJDp1l2iWW_jeIvEgNt_BXPY7DGdNLjc9B0GjcA/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA7r3vMtf6la1hKI9wry6OvcoxSo_cjr_q7hu85D3Zuz1x13vYDlkN0d5wRc_RZjv55AvRwrnpkvyADQelsus8OIs-tJsvkw3fiXZK96GTBpb0Dnp_s8M-Oc1sGtE7xMK0TfssWnDhLaujuVZ1RxKJDp1l2iWW_jeIvEgNt_BXPY7DGdNLjc9B0GjcA/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Snow on the San Gabriels to the south</b></span></div><br />Once again we see the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains to the south, including the same ridgeline we matched up in the Cadillac commercial. But let's dig a little deeper into this traffic stop sequence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U5J-AJM0qO0apUSUueDLA0g59VYtm_xix4NpwM7FonDX-bR-RRIo_aAh2uqQAzohEeRvrkuwgo2JT6bW2GoX6HeuFhr_5YNNxNBoTaVRLa7sBVR2bzmgPv3lo9SyUewXqX3fZKKy0fUQcJXbsgnfXL0bK6qseiv-Tjmlo-F_iQdYyrXczc21antFaA/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U5J-AJM0qO0apUSUueDLA0g59VYtm_xix4NpwM7FonDX-bR-RRIo_aAh2uqQAzohEeRvrkuwgo2JT6bW2GoX6HeuFhr_5YNNxNBoTaVRLa7sBVR2bzmgPv3lo9SyUewXqX3fZKKy0fUQcJXbsgnfXL0bK6qseiv-Tjmlo-F_iQdYyrXczc21antFaA/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Bummer: Samberg and Milioti in handcuffs</b></span></div><br />The CHP encounter in "Palm Springs" escalates to the point where Samberg and companion Cristin Milioti are handcuffed and ordered to wait by the side of the road while officers conduct a search.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iCAlz2kuTdWhWGLJbfjqrG3JB8VHkcmc8hMkeUCd35p9r4IyQHU6cyeivNSqmyd4SqWewuSwXGvxFFEZ2TSWNu_TwJmmOb-On5rKBN4ygiPWRgXXmGkBVrqawQnFiii8z07DXEREO1hqHQG9HUhrB-vOwjN-kVYc75n1u6Y18jSybnVU4zGIEcHXVA/s1136/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="1136" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iCAlz2kuTdWhWGLJbfjqrG3JB8VHkcmc8hMkeUCd35p9r4IyQHU6cyeivNSqmyd4SqWewuSwXGvxFFEZ2TSWNu_TwJmmOb-On5rKBN4ygiPWRgXXmGkBVrqawQnFiii8z07DXEREO1hqHQG9HUhrB-vOwjN-kVYc75n1u6Y18jSybnVU4zGIEcHXVA/w640-h268/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs" traffic stop: NOT Palm Springs<br /></b></span></div><br />This wide shot from the movie gives us an overview of the location of the traffic stop, looking west.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AIbZqm9DvxudGa4j3z1oFMIqxdz0TdbH3P6dtSnc4-OPDJLKkXQlIM4VGji_5lMMAI2txHfpHzm_lIO4Hsry0WXO_l-fteIQOaz1TV63jFPjHcw0Ds1fqu5HavbiIEELUjmyR2GuY7OnVCvSyHj-jAdRWb9FlwY2ZOny0leNOL_KqS1AM7OR8twWTw/s3943/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20W.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="3943" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AIbZqm9DvxudGa4j3z1oFMIqxdz0TdbH3P6dtSnc4-OPDJLKkXQlIM4VGji_5lMMAI2txHfpHzm_lIO4Hsry0WXO_l-fteIQOaz1TV63jFPjHcw0Ds1fqu5HavbiIEELUjmyR2GuY7OnVCvSyHj-jAdRWb9FlwY2ZOny0leNOL_KqS1AM7OR8twWTw/w640-h290/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20W.png" width="640" /></a></div>The scene of the crime (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />As we did with the Cadillac commercial, we can again pinpoint the shooting location on Google Maps. The shoot takes place on 150th Street East, on the western edge of Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36p5B7xNdbKdWrdYmhgcb4rgKrqDv02vYmrNg6wEczQsEJFJUDao8b_fmcbTNuRcHl8zvgEekF6yZf-ygN0dOsouSGqGrxeuvx34LlnviGxog7a3V5tV_Y9_DkZU_Er6l-xcH4MO4tOHGK9sTS7ntV2LxXkwlNpQ-YXCJf8MIDmXnAOclPbz1v7TGAQ/s3943/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20W-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="3943" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36p5B7xNdbKdWrdYmhgcb4rgKrqDv02vYmrNg6wEczQsEJFJUDao8b_fmcbTNuRcHl8zvgEekF6yZf-ygN0dOsouSGqGrxeuvx34LlnviGxog7a3V5tV_Y9_DkZU_Er6l-xcH4MO4tOHGK9sTS7ntV2LxXkwlNpQ-YXCJf8MIDmXnAOclPbz1v7TGAQ/w640-h290/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20W-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Features seen on Google Maps that match the "Palm Springs" traffic stop<br /></b></span></div><br />A number of details match up nicely, even though the Google Maps shots are several years older than the "Palm Springs" screen shots. It seems Google hasn't visited this stretch of road since 2012.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r8JXzvbNU-5UCjeZ5cLE9Qj1c3nmD6vVdiqeh0Iy4_hJOHCc6N3nIxWcww-MhKq7MB6ceM3cJiFCTLtHEykRNsWt-6rwF528AZNxJZAX2gvSFiBXGcn7wfBZu9-AzO1XZq_rsAFtkl5hiiOuk7UAlAFhRjsTZK0hHa3gyp6QIiLh8TAKF-JKHIUFQw/s1136/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%203-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="1136" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r8JXzvbNU-5UCjeZ5cLE9Qj1c3nmD6vVdiqeh0Iy4_hJOHCc6N3nIxWcww-MhKq7MB6ceM3cJiFCTLtHEykRNsWt-6rwF528AZNxJZAX2gvSFiBXGcn7wfBZu9-AzO1XZq_rsAFtkl5hiiOuk7UAlAFhRjsTZK0hHa3gyp6QIiLh8TAKF-JKHIUFQw/w640-h268/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%203-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": The same bushes and butte, six or seven years later<br /></b></span></div><br />The same bushes and distant butte to the west can be found both on Google Maps and in "Palm Springs."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4ExrirEf2Tf3RWxOH3ar8rXVhGo6dbLZHwnLDX4olsaD7enTwcMh4CioRGxDXDv9KHIA6LwWtA_ikQ2O0e7xx1awZuzZQGBA-894idspu43ZiLdgs-HCinHxM1AobGs067KRv-8rs8Nj-RnTVq5ehaUC9n8UZEdfwsEA1CCMkg4ceVHQC-gaQrZQTA/s3943/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20W-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="3943" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4ExrirEf2Tf3RWxOH3ar8rXVhGo6dbLZHwnLDX4olsaD7enTwcMh4CioRGxDXDv9KHIA6LwWtA_ikQ2O0e7xx1awZuzZQGBA-894idspu43ZiLdgs-HCinHxM1AobGs067KRv-8rs8Nj-RnTVq5ehaUC9n8UZEdfwsEA1CCMkg4ceVHQC-gaQrZQTA/w640-h290/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20W-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Google Maps: Matching up some of the less obvious features<br /></b></span></div><br />By taking a closer look at the Google Maps shot from a few years earlier, we can track the gradual evolution of this remote desert location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zfcFWoiMIsThFI4we6v_DTdFMnzYIcUUQbpS2PATTeXDUmgj-_l1P677mhT9fgkI4_LuX8U3QzaNI6Ah2IB1QgfPbPNKwqNH2H-y5S3oWOXF0sIbJmjETkpb71uSbWiclR234d_SjJxTmQDnSMdI76TZjK5QgrHC-9xcc6pGPm_Oo-tA1BP7-R4vow/s1136/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%203-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="1136" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zfcFWoiMIsThFI4we6v_DTdFMnzYIcUUQbpS2PATTeXDUmgj-_l1P677mhT9fgkI4_LuX8U3QzaNI6Ah2IB1QgfPbPNKwqNH2H-y5S3oWOXF0sIbJmjETkpb71uSbWiclR234d_SjJxTmQDnSMdI76TZjK5QgrHC-9xcc6pGPm_Oo-tA1BP7-R4vow/w640-h268/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%203-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The desert reveals its secrets in "Palm Springs"<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie shot reveals that the diagonal road on the left, heading southwest, has been well-traveled since 2012, and today is more fully carved out. Meanwhile a distant bush still clings to its position along the other dirt road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oklrq2tORkIVssneUYyYepG9EUP46FpH0z_rkXUDohrLnN7RYdYNFPbWp_jnhCNQLeDqxYAQwHmPGsPv744Y_KW3pXqriHfUub12iJNAh9TLMhncfGgZjh1BFvp3KeVgSzAc7VE7BTazqRJWBh2gLIk6byNaL4yfy2Ef1zklzxPctebv-jzslhhLcA/s3675/2022%20(062222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20Street%20East-site%20of%20CHP%20traffic%20stop%20in%20%22Palm%20Springs%22-4944.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="3675" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oklrq2tORkIVssneUYyYepG9EUP46FpH0z_rkXUDohrLnN7RYdYNFPbWp_jnhCNQLeDqxYAQwHmPGsPv744Y_KW3pXqriHfUub12iJNAh9TLMhncfGgZjh1BFvp3KeVgSzAc7VE7BTazqRJWBh2gLIk6byNaL4yfy2Ef1zklzxPctebv-jzslhhLcA/w640-h296/2022%20(062222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20Street%20East-site%20of%20CHP%20traffic%20stop%20in%20%22Palm%20Springs%22-4944.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The "Palm Springs" traffic stop location in June 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />I recently visited the site in person and took my own photos of the traffic stop filming site. I even captured a dramatic sky on a day when intermittent lightning storms buffeted the desert around Lake Los Angeles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQeac6LObjSL2NA7dZV_5uJdCz8F_fzuhsH6xyRArIARCujpp02wPf6eNErUH1ArWIu-CNolC0f61nIqH4W0TXx3FBH3fuEtBEXelGmdF0hOZw4P_zIOwVd6zdlzF8qfRimjxHoTtfrhlMnHp7-xkNkmfIdpS5CGrbDuN1XdOKtEDF_LAI6zLx_UWw/s3675/2022%20(062222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20Street%20East-site%20of%20CHP%20traffic%20stop%20in%20%22Palm%20Springs%22-4944-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="3675" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQeac6LObjSL2NA7dZV_5uJdCz8F_fzuhsH6xyRArIARCujpp02wPf6eNErUH1ArWIu-CNolC0f61nIqH4W0TXx3FBH3fuEtBEXelGmdF0hOZw4P_zIOwVd6zdlzF8qfRimjxHoTtfrhlMnHp7-xkNkmfIdpS5CGrbDuN1XdOKtEDF_LAI6zLx_UWw/w640-h296/2022%20(062222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20Street%20East-site%20of%20CHP%20traffic%20stop%20in%20%22Palm%20Springs%22-4944-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Features seen in the "Palm Springs" traffic stop sequence<br /></b></span></div><br />The same features seen in "Palm Springs" can be identified in my own photos. But I think this is one case where Google Maps might actually work better than going to the location in person.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLghs3afDMz7RFATxe6O0ZK7OEfMi5EHFcSXlY1DOcdbnr95b6QcDuzNkcA6lljymOZNNM11fgSBq055VaMhaW5TbuNflLJi2n4ydKoh6AptxTPUuaoM6Bcgzht-rysE8MQeJ4c9mbCgvWHM8T7xstIpfY7UsnawV-8Pfzox4QtM815Kq2_RdvoS8gA/s1531/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20SW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1531" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLghs3afDMz7RFATxe6O0ZK7OEfMi5EHFcSXlY1DOcdbnr95b6QcDuzNkcA6lljymOZNNM11fgSBq055VaMhaW5TbuNflLJi2n4ydKoh6AptxTPUuaoM6Bcgzht-rysE8MQeJ4c9mbCgvWHM8T7xstIpfY7UsnawV-8Pfzox4QtM815Kq2_RdvoS8gA/w640-h300/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20SW.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same location, looking southwest<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's another Google Maps shot taken from the same location, but this time we're looking southwest to a formation known as "Rocky Buttes."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxtcQh1SO-oTYQ23cEgDRq8u-tniTHSrhbTQUitD76F1Ovss1ul0bDnOHk9P-MX0kLL5McZqPhx0uok-7PR5GHHudqQ9qdUEWdoncpwdsK47CuWcUW3c9bL8nh02S-M6NS4cnFdnG_3eKk8FqYZ1Ij4xJ0fturW0d5vysf3qcUaU8fIegjl_qsk7tAw/s1531/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20SW-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1531" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxtcQh1SO-oTYQ23cEgDRq8u-tniTHSrhbTQUitD76F1Ovss1ul0bDnOHk9P-MX0kLL5McZqPhx0uok-7PR5GHHudqQ9qdUEWdoncpwdsK47CuWcUW3c9bL8nh02S-M6NS4cnFdnG_3eKk8FqYZ1Ij4xJ0fturW0d5vysf3qcUaU8fIegjl_qsk7tAw/w640-h300/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20E%20near%20site%20of%20traffic%20stop%20in%20Palm%20Springs,%20looking%20SW-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Key sections of the Rocky Buttes ridgeline to the southwest<br /></b></span></div><br />Note the sections of the distant buttes highlighted here in blue and yellow.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZxUQ6srQ6Kf_P9NiOKXdTURZ9mlAt4s1hfXh9KpgD_objI_XSe0wWcUYSLwosmC5nx76FingotIEPoOMz8wsUxGVHtxLxLewQr5fSreG2hazmDdMjcpHvN0w22IWFjnNWfZ0aP5tl-ZJ0UKlAMpBFbIS_xz5z8CIympwWjblZkUvF0SJlupTsmB4VQ/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZxUQ6srQ6Kf_P9NiOKXdTURZ9mlAt4s1hfXh9KpgD_objI_XSe0wWcUYSLwosmC5nx76FingotIEPoOMz8wsUxGVHtxLxLewQr5fSreG2hazmDdMjcpHvN0w22IWFjnNWfZ0aP5tl-ZJ0UKlAMpBFbIS_xz5z8CIympwWjblZkUvF0SJlupTsmB4VQ/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": The same sections of distant features<br /></b></span></div><br />The highlighted buttes are almost an exact match for the "Palm Springs" shot. If you've been dying to make a bad pun where the word "butte" is pronounced like "butt," I recommend getting it out of your system now.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjIki-MBKtYuBDab1wW6IYHtKFDwV_f2wX54xkATBO7Ea-c6CPinFWrkL-vTP39fBIzPOElbErvOg782cD9v77KwU6RAJe6J0pFGsT9Yvknz2Zru7gjIYp59yAeLHJ_jOXWj8pjRGLPgR1g6Qd1PzC6CYJ9gPfUpZOPD9UkSDgET8vjvZhqFC1YJ7Jw/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjIki-MBKtYuBDab1wW6IYHtKFDwV_f2wX54xkATBO7Ea-c6CPinFWrkL-vTP39fBIzPOElbErvOg782cD9v77KwU6RAJe6J0pFGsT9Yvknz2Zru7gjIYp59yAeLHJ_jOXWj8pjRGLPgR1g6Qd1PzC6CYJ9gPfUpZOPD9UkSDgET8vjvZhqFC1YJ7Jw/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": The original traffic stop, looking southeast<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's where I think things get even more interesting — but I hope you won't think I'm some kind of weirdo when you find out what I'm so excited about. I mean, sure, it's weird, but so what. It's OK because I call it research.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmasEVkeciAOXXIjkAwPaU_8bG1l8TH7T6YztNpriYwpyi9VgapVUol4S0HR0iYisKUOs2bkv5CmZFYPRHmlEhXlX6VrHnwmScrnVz2UZ-U9dnceO-2yH9Ac7VJa3pvuz9EzKnK9c1E_jYShQnhNpqaXbukAGuxqF2I-SwANh6Los8WTDvXhp_gNJk_g/s1582/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-43047%20150th%20St%20E%20(west%20of%20Piute%20Butte)-looking%20SxSE-matches%20Palm%20Springs%20(2020)%20traffic%20stop,%20down%20to%20the%20cracks%20in%20the%20road.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1582" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmasEVkeciAOXXIjkAwPaU_8bG1l8TH7T6YztNpriYwpyi9VgapVUol4S0HR0iYisKUOs2bkv5CmZFYPRHmlEhXlX6VrHnwmScrnVz2UZ-U9dnceO-2yH9Ac7VJa3pvuz9EzKnK9c1E_jYShQnhNpqaXbukAGuxqF2I-SwANh6Los8WTDvXhp_gNJk_g/w640-h452/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-43047%20150th%20St%20E%20(west%20of%20Piute%20Butte)-looking%20SxSE-matches%20Palm%20Springs%20(2020)%20traffic%20stop,%20down%20to%20the%20cracks%20in%20the%20road.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Google Maps (2012): Scene of the traffic stop</b></span></div><br />This Google Maps shot matches up with the original shot of the "Palm Springs" traffic stop — but the one thing that locks in this stretch of road as the exact location of the movie shot, more than anything else ...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELy8bG2PqELTgOAXugZz8a84vYPlp5KkC2oZS_hNGAgQcS56TJ67bSZsQaTlDEp84kn5uCWzSiwup6xWrcekRqx3d9atIwQBxWMk7RDD80acQstvX8bpH_WV6AISucAtpYtOpqQf4cp-sM4qomnuj6Ygcz2b4bQ-JwvM6joU3ir72P8VCjQKda9IyWg/s1582/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-43047%20150th%20St%20E%20(west%20of%20Piute%20Butte)-looking%20SxSE-matches%20Palm%20Springs%20(2020)%20traffic%20stop,%20down%20to%20the%20cracks%20in%20the%20road-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1582" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELy8bG2PqELTgOAXugZz8a84vYPlp5KkC2oZS_hNGAgQcS56TJ67bSZsQaTlDEp84kn5uCWzSiwup6xWrcekRqx3d9atIwQBxWMk7RDD80acQstvX8bpH_WV6AISucAtpYtOpqQf4cp-sM4qomnuj6Ygcz2b4bQ-JwvM6joU3ir72P8VCjQKda9IyWg/w640-h452/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-43047%20150th%20St%20E%20(west%20of%20Piute%20Butte)-looking%20SxSE-matches%20Palm%20Springs%20(2020)%20traffic%20stop,%20down%20to%20the%20cracks%20in%20the%20road-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Google Maps: Cracks in 150th Street East, in 2012<br /></b></span></div><br />... is the cracks in the asphalt. The cracks as they appeared in 2012 can be seen in the Google Maps shot, and even though they get a little worse as the years roll by ...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlP5H8pBYNxSs4qY49zDJcE-RnepDd9lLzjPBRHHtA4m-wvXlAuEmeWIvWRBlyN6j5n8MAAzFa8kidIeVnnJYAQU__vKxSFV-hiUcG9drZpAQ7eTkd-ivHCUgWSpUWtsnuTEcgK7P-UqWsuwPR_c45KLgu544T5gL_WoDal_JPUC0uXBFdOxZxmYeePQ/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlP5H8pBYNxSs4qY49zDJcE-RnepDd9lLzjPBRHHtA4m-wvXlAuEmeWIvWRBlyN6j5n8MAAzFa8kidIeVnnJYAQU__vKxSFV-hiUcG9drZpAQ7eTkd-ivHCUgWSpUWtsnuTEcgK7P-UqWsuwPR_c45KLgu544T5gL_WoDal_JPUC0uXBFdOxZxmYeePQ/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-IMDb%201-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": The same cracks in the road<br /></b></span></div><br />... they're still recognizable as the same cracks several years later in "Palm Springs." More than the telephone poles, the San Gabriels or any of the distant buttes, the cracks in the road pinpoint the location of the shoot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxB-vJIT7TvAn_RoUjqsc8HdsuoIGchvlidoXKqLrY3QPbDWzGp3OESN_D-8TJyYB7zkpluTZpw8EJhIna4zVZKYf0_CaK2bYQwXsoq-a9SFQHY1Y1gG7r3S354ds6SOODuk1EP2THkwmvd2FbH19HuqViVtdNkfM_EjS2SdR5bjbM0aTwJyvtFJ5uw/s3944/2016-Club%20Ed%20from%20NW-Wikipedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3944" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxB-vJIT7TvAn_RoUjqsc8HdsuoIGchvlidoXKqLrY3QPbDWzGp3OESN_D-8TJyYB7zkpluTZpw8EJhIna4zVZKYf0_CaK2bYQwXsoq-a9SFQHY1Y1gG7r3S354ds6SOODuk1EP2THkwmvd2FbH19HuqViVtdNkfM_EjS2SdR5bjbM0aTwJyvtFJ5uw/w640-h432/2016-Club%20Ed%20from%20NW-Wikipedia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Club Ed," located at 42848 150th St. East, Lake Los Angeles (2016)<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the Lake Los Angeles region's better-known movie sets, "Club Ed," is situated on that same stretch of 150th Street, about a half-mile north of the "Palm Springs" traffic stop site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrQxCX5y9K1sr7GZ9I03YBaKeAXpC1EaKU99wOHj8deQXMxUpc9H7nHk5s50BcTDwkz0GAetaJHy0NgPLbU0mhORtUzob4fhISTkODABFTcaWyDML4Do6dM0KKfKh26gddUdbE5OtBNPgP1M1FnQLvIHP_Ecpvad9rgXePRUjtw8h9mF7LhekT9HASg/s1005/1991-Eye%20of%20the%20Storm-VHS%20cover-incl%20Easy%20Rest%20Inn%20sign%20at%20Club%20Ed,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Dennis%20Hopper,%20Lara%20Flynn%20Boyle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrQxCX5y9K1sr7GZ9I03YBaKeAXpC1EaKU99wOHj8deQXMxUpc9H7nHk5s50BcTDwkz0GAetaJHy0NgPLbU0mhORtUzob4fhISTkODABFTcaWyDML4Do6dM0KKfKh26gddUdbE5OtBNPgP1M1FnQLvIHP_Ecpvad9rgXePRUjtw8h9mF7LhekT9HASg/w362-h640/1991-Eye%20of%20the%20Storm-VHS%20cover-incl%20Easy%20Rest%20Inn%20sign%20at%20Club%20Ed,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Dennis%20Hopper,%20Lara%20Flynn%20Boyle.jpg" width="362" /></a></div>VHS cover for "Eye of the Storm"<br /></b></span></div><br />The set is said to have been built for the 1991 thriller "Eye of the Storm," starring Dennis Hopper, Craig Sheffer and Lara Flynn Boyle. If you remember 1991, you may recall we were still watching VHS tapes back then.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IgAHnd2FVeAN8M74r3Es66-n5NXZ2wAKnBhZCbl1b4AuIEGjlkWVbaM10cN5rskCD1_HM7Bw_UwPFGWboSqVACqgSqyGTBkZdEm73ikdB3F-qsZ2mCNm4owPRmnpiU49Wra_2LgAqojPnqD5UjRE5TqUvo-IKBGl03qxoKkyXYFegSpkdoCjxmmJJw/s1400/2005-The%20Devil's%20Rejects-Club%20Ed-motel-IMDb%20photo%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IgAHnd2FVeAN8M74r3Es66-n5NXZ2wAKnBhZCbl1b4AuIEGjlkWVbaM10cN5rskCD1_HM7Bw_UwPFGWboSqVACqgSqyGTBkZdEm73ikdB3F-qsZ2mCNm4owPRmnpiU49Wra_2LgAqojPnqD5UjRE5TqUvo-IKBGl03qxoKkyXYFegSpkdoCjxmmJJw/w640-h424/2005-The%20Devil's%20Rejects-Club%20Ed-motel-IMDb%20photo%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Devil's Rejects" (2005): Trouble at Club Ed<br /></b></span></div><br />Club Ed has been filmed many times since then, and remains an active movie set today. The paint job, usually something close to pea-soup green, is often the first clue that you're seeing Club Ed in a movie or TV show.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhKptRYBqP85EBkb1YO4EQkR9e1HyfDkdKtY_UphskNOIoQRJdPeezu-FRLzjVtbunO83zFcxToiVbj9PnUgJUVKY-RegsQ3eWG43fFlWQR-GBcqNRUhI3SVsvHFsE-t3nTbp_rPrKwuExtY1a9qKGvvN8lLJicCPWma1edCkg-dIOqowX6iq60bMkA/s922/2011-Graham%20Gilmore%20photo-Club%20Ed%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="922" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhKptRYBqP85EBkb1YO4EQkR9e1HyfDkdKtY_UphskNOIoQRJdPeezu-FRLzjVtbunO83zFcxToiVbj9PnUgJUVKY-RegsQ3eWG43fFlWQR-GBcqNRUhI3SVsvHFsE-t3nTbp_rPrKwuExtY1a9qKGvvN8lLJicCPWma1edCkg-dIOqowX6iq60bMkA/w640-h434/2011-Graham%20Gilmore%20photo-Club%20Ed%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Club Ed with its "Easy Rest Inn" sign (Graham Gilmore photo, 2011)<br /></b></span></div><br />If you're headed up 150th Street East on the outskirts of Lake Los Angeles, you'll know you've arrived at Club Ed when you spot the "Easy Rest Inn" sign along the side of the road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dhkODLZY6WhnKT_VdS7nrg1p0W0ORcQQi77YcCmrCXsfZSgy8f9dF2aU57_RPIPYdLPvWUJ2Wft9I_XQwbfBsSQGUZxcYkbAs8VlKnfED9NcXfTr3H50le9YR4SA2rkdjHEhPyBBi6WCX4Vj2Ih6aDRrcNQvSnktP6vNWLwnGHyX_LOcOwNgau3oMg/s1005/1991-Eye%20of%20the%20Storm-VHS%20cover-incl%20Easy%20Rest%20Inn%20sign%20at%20Club%20Ed,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Dennis%20Hopper,%20Lara%20Flynn%20Boyle-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dhkODLZY6WhnKT_VdS7nrg1p0W0ORcQQi77YcCmrCXsfZSgy8f9dF2aU57_RPIPYdLPvWUJ2Wft9I_XQwbfBsSQGUZxcYkbAs8VlKnfED9NcXfTr3H50le9YR4SA2rkdjHEhPyBBi6WCX4Vj2Ih6aDRrcNQvSnktP6vNWLwnGHyX_LOcOwNgau3oMg/w362-h640/1991-Eye%20of%20the%20Storm-VHS%20cover-incl%20Easy%20Rest%20Inn%20sign%20at%20Club%20Ed,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Dennis%20Hopper,%20Lara%20Flynn%20Boyle-noted.jpg" width="362" /></a></div>"Eye of the Storm": Early depiction of the Easy Rest Inn</b></span></div><br />A rendition of the sign can be found on the VHS cover for "Eye of the Storm."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXgGYGGi76-0NGujyuKYvFWZhYvCaLdi3DxwNguLOzoEudhUf9H1Uy9xv1-RylDmeexMhM9WromIowlEc_UXj6i0iznikUXLq0JTV5HlQgpWzmbT-JnaR-ucGAwARMLaphz4GZ5LG3cRT3bMFhyxyaBiX87cpQ4b3GqU2k9ycQeoGSf3LBMI_A7pgxg/s1760/1996%20(ca)-Quicksilver%20Highway%20(1997%20TV%20movie)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Club%20Ed%20as%20Myra's%20Place%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1760" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXgGYGGi76-0NGujyuKYvFWZhYvCaLdi3DxwNguLOzoEudhUf9H1Uy9xv1-RylDmeexMhM9WromIowlEc_UXj6i0iznikUXLq0JTV5HlQgpWzmbT-JnaR-ucGAwARMLaphz4GZ5LG3cRT3bMFhyxyaBiX87cpQ4b3GqU2k9ycQeoGSf3LBMI_A7pgxg/w640-h470/1996%20(ca)-Quicksilver%20Highway%20(1997%20TV%20movie)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Club%20Ed%20as%20Myra's%20Place%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Quicksilver Highway" (TV movie, 1997): Club Ed's pale period<br /></b></span></div><br />Club Ed hasn't always been green. When it appeared as Myra's Place in the horror anthology "Quicksilver Highway," it was ... um ... well, I'm not sure that color has a name. Come to think of it, I'm not sure it's a color.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aSw56420KhFsD7dUnNuhE-N-BDb6CxaYX4XXgvD2pYe5xZZyjQlCodfNuHuuZz5zigsVXEX-qL055Sj6JpQ0VnLpka_f9R2AQYIVJUbdzuMbmjwTMhdH4v7tHBiO-14KtNaV2M9emP4EEm43mHy7u6kDQqr1aJy2PgzQv5_Mzss95SfeoB7l5503OA/s3748/2004-Torque-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Club%20Ed%20as%20Earl's%20Blue%20Plate%20Diner-Will%20Yun%20Lee%20and%20Christina%20Milian.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3748" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aSw56420KhFsD7dUnNuhE-N-BDb6CxaYX4XXgvD2pYe5xZZyjQlCodfNuHuuZz5zigsVXEX-qL055Sj6JpQ0VnLpka_f9R2AQYIVJUbdzuMbmjwTMhdH4v7tHBiO-14KtNaV2M9emP4EEm43mHy7u6kDQqr1aJy2PgzQv5_Mzss95SfeoB7l5503OA/w640-h422/2004-Torque-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Club%20Ed%20as%20Earl's%20Blue%20Plate%20Diner-Will%20Yun%20Lee%20and%20Christina%20Milian.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Will Yun Lee and Christina Milian at Club Ed in "Torque" (2004)<br /></b></span></div><br />When the set was transformed into Earl's Blue Plate Diner for the motorcycle action movie "Torque," it sported a bright yellow paint scheme.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqnn0ezZPwCO6dY6MG00dYzXniXBpYMVKflOuKi1TJpBeCGRhkIAoxH9BMbPl3NCiedH6S25rIYXWZMwuAac1C37hgJLXFAlb9oVTMP61Y9bs7fxOXdlBNVw2akw3sAsQgI19ki3lXYiM6fjsoME5LHjdudj5RTFnIG_lk9xNmK_rgruNJsGl4XyhIg/s3459/2022%20(062222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Club%20Ed-4925.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2649" data-original-width="3459" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqnn0ezZPwCO6dY6MG00dYzXniXBpYMVKflOuKi1TJpBeCGRhkIAoxH9BMbPl3NCiedH6S25rIYXWZMwuAac1C37hgJLXFAlb9oVTMP61Y9bs7fxOXdlBNVw2akw3sAsQgI19ki3lXYiM6fjsoME5LHjdudj5RTFnIG_lk9xNmK_rgruNJsGl4XyhIg/w640-h490/2022%20(062222)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Club%20Ed-4925.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Club Ed in June 2022: It's just easier being green<br /></b></span></div><br />I confirmed on a recent visit to Lake Los Angeles that Club Ed is currently awash in something close to its trademark faded green. The building is also looking appropriately ragged these days, even if the effect is dampened a bit by the presence of a late-model red truck.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtxvNHsyrTpzksgOIcEq2WiSwf-u5DlOKuXQw64x9Yh_gc6o0XIJf4gQAaAvClP8zTIkVDa7FhB2MREcUyDl63qejRzd3oOO75o-X34-KafGAzo247RGmyUkamXQzhYECxFxq9AVAPe3H72wAomvvczOLutIH0cxvVlKk9U-DDpvMt19yjnp6DyxZHQ/s2264/1997-Quicksilver%20Highway-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2264" data-original-width="1406" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtxvNHsyrTpzksgOIcEq2WiSwf-u5DlOKuXQw64x9Yh_gc6o0XIJf4gQAaAvClP8zTIkVDa7FhB2MREcUyDl63qejRzd3oOO75o-X34-KafGAzo247RGmyUkamXQzhYECxFxq9AVAPe3H72wAomvvczOLutIH0cxvVlKk9U-DDpvMt19yjnp6DyxZHQ/w398-h640/1997-Quicksilver%20Highway-poster.jpg" width="398" /></a></div>Audience score on Rotten Tomatoes: 23% (That's bad)<br /></b></span></div><br />If you're thinking Club Ed seems to have a penchant for schlocky, low-budget horror and action movies, you won't get an argument out of me. In researching the set's movie history, I kept running across some of the lowest Rotten Tomatoes ratings I've ever seen.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15J1jh1sjbxRku3-lVJPjMB8eEkR52KLSjJ2PC26zwT1gC5Tnbio_-23KaoA7en4opMMhbyMJG-lMeLAC1RI9DBaKntmOJjGzlAYYKCtxPBggcEF9x1tPTmxi08yceqxsZrBzPKeH8Pp0FTB0VU7WWazrCwfjV7HhklM-Aw42ixCS12jOjgkwR0tyZw/s567/recent-Four%20Aces.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="567" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15J1jh1sjbxRku3-lVJPjMB8eEkR52KLSjJ2PC26zwT1gC5Tnbio_-23KaoA7en4opMMhbyMJG-lMeLAC1RI9DBaKntmOJjGzlAYYKCtxPBggcEF9x1tPTmxi08yceqxsZrBzPKeH8Pp0FTB0VU7WWazrCwfjV7HhklM-Aw42ixCS12jOjgkwR0tyZw/w640-h374/recent-Four%20Aces.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Four Aces": Available for filming<br /></b></span></div><br />We can't talk about Club Ed without also mentioning "Four Aces," another active Lake Los Angeles filming location. The combo diner, gas station and motel is located at 145th Street East and Avenue Q.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a77scJKI3ACOA4TQhNCbB-n5j6qbHdCycB8OM42MaD4TYdpG2J8fvPsI-yBAg0yQ-NRHlk-iFMJA59Xgooo86iPYTo86wpdaXfybOcYG0_pRAFroPMQXNK6mgA0kWJIvHqCrOl7yrJmfaqw5P-ZGR8qet1pCXNnJf44wn8oNZKtlOmbUllP8j_bWjA/s4076/2022-Dodge%20Hwy%2093-Summer's%20Highway%20commercial-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="4076" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a77scJKI3ACOA4TQhNCbB-n5j6qbHdCycB8OM42MaD4TYdpG2J8fvPsI-yBAg0yQ-NRHlk-iFMJA59Xgooo86iPYTo86wpdaXfybOcYG0_pRAFroPMQXNK6mgA0kWJIvHqCrOl7yrJmfaqw5P-ZGR8qet1pCXNnJf44wn8oNZKtlOmbUllP8j_bWjA/w640-h258/2022-Dodge%20Hwy%2093-Summer's%20Highway%20commercial-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Four Aces in a current Dodge commercial<br /></b></span></div><br />In recent years this
location has been a magnet for commercial shoots. I found this shot of the motel area in a Dodge commercial that's currently airing, themed "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GouegyoQK8Y" target="_blank">Hwy 93 — Summer's Highway</a>."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXyNhZP_hIX02mD8oz97qZNnCBi3ENoVq-fVIbK0fKu5Ty4r6n6ObqJXr9hSqc4yGpzuTvbhlHdxhvcVc07nIOgQSwJMmf90QbTW_jM7XQNHDCtF6Qkxtbi1XgdQ_945DY1ipYrKirLkK8A5QmBa6oNBid-ELbdnlhXduMXpZKDM4xklCnpWi71yT2A/s2552/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Jack's%20Roost%20Fries-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2552" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXyNhZP_hIX02mD8oz97qZNnCBi3ENoVq-fVIbK0fKu5Ty4r6n6ObqJXr9hSqc4yGpzuTvbhlHdxhvcVc07nIOgQSwJMmf90QbTW_jM7XQNHDCtF6Qkxtbi1XgdQ_945DY1ipYrKirLkK8A5QmBa6oNBid-ELbdnlhXduMXpZKDM4xklCnpWi71yT2A/w640-h360/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Jack's%20Roost%20Fries-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles.png" width="640" /></a></div>Jack in the Box commercial for Jack's Roost Fries (2022): Four Aces<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A series
of Jack in the Box spots premiered in June 2022 featuring the Four Aces gas station, the adjacent Lovejoy Buttes and some of the surrounding terrain.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoo7_5xSEbGF8pKQg-HYry_PgQwYwl5ua3QUnf1n3tQjTe2_NhVwa3MPmfk9VcIupTk-CCPCGzQOKZD9KDd4_1i8pFbmLhhg1W0H4tussI2te2i2Vljj1w6nXA-8uhHGI7G-EEQSQ76Vn9WSRx-yKpH_4BT6ELhrqI4Y2y44OOIiRxBHTRzbNn7bnZA/s1621/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20145th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20Q%20looking%20NE%20fr%20near%20Four%20Aces%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matches%20Jack-in-the-Box%20commercial.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1621" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoo7_5xSEbGF8pKQg-HYry_PgQwYwl5ua3QUnf1n3tQjTe2_NhVwa3MPmfk9VcIupTk-CCPCGzQOKZD9KDd4_1i8pFbmLhhg1W0H4tussI2te2i2Vljj1w6nXA-8uhHGI7G-EEQSQ76Vn9WSRx-yKpH_4BT6ELhrqI4Y2y44OOIiRxBHTRzbNn7bnZA/w640-h358/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20145th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20Q%20looking%20NE%20fr%20near%20Four%20Aces%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matches%20Jack-in-the-Box%20commercial.png" width="640" /></a></div>Lovejoy Buttes and some familiar Joshua trees (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />Once again, the background can be matched up without ever leaving the living room. Here's a Google Maps shot containing the same Joshua trees and buttes as the Jack in the Box screen shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NCsFzcmdDGxTUworUQaZ3Auu_NGp6XxTowd3Rjn2P9yvCoz4x3_2YRpsWgOG85Ri9vKYYgVyLk3JrY0s-AMwJEgeOxCsIxRQwAqefaj3DRWfhsE8ykNyVrOfabNok8VpZQRJUOMNZugR74IPMj4bMPA0DzkKgumQjn8fp4BTanQWIZ442X9dfJLPYA/s1621/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20145th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20Q%20looking%20NE%20fr%20near%20Four%20Aces%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matches%20Jack-in-the-Box%20commercial-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1621" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NCsFzcmdDGxTUworUQaZ3Auu_NGp6XxTowd3Rjn2P9yvCoz4x3_2YRpsWgOG85Ri9vKYYgVyLk3JrY0s-AMwJEgeOxCsIxRQwAqefaj3DRWfhsE8ykNyVrOfabNok8VpZQRJUOMNZugR74IPMj4bMPA0DzkKgumQjn8fp4BTanQWIZ442X9dfJLPYA/w640-h358/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20145th%20St%20and%20Avenue%20Q%20looking%20NE%20fr%20near%20Four%20Aces%20to%20Lovejoy%20Buttes-matches%20Jack-in-the-Box%20commercial-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The same background features seen in the Jack in the Box commercial<br /></b></span></div><br />Two of the same Joshua trees seen in the Jack in the Box ad are highlighted here, along with Lovejoy Buttes. Here again, the Google Maps shot is from 2012, almost 10 years before the Jack's commercials were shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyKZOxkQ5oenFP9yL_d9xHIzpHzd3Y381AzaLHZxsELbLIju4kHn6RQ2UoSXKk8rJvsA1n7gIUt2K6nYzS0rNrmmZA5Iocz7iTUx5OG3tyYLxzmZ4ErPKLAyAdSTvP0oTiNTvdAqdVzfdZah-ctot8w3UvqVD3z3Sjx0V9J08pUfIRd-UNgjcDQw16A/s2552/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Jack's%20Roost%20Fries-Four%20Aces,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2552" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyKZOxkQ5oenFP9yL_d9xHIzpHzd3Y381AzaLHZxsELbLIju4kHn6RQ2UoSXKk8rJvsA1n7gIUt2K6nYzS0rNrmmZA5Iocz7iTUx5OG3tyYLxzmZ4ErPKLAyAdSTvP0oTiNTvdAqdVzfdZah-ctot8w3UvqVD3z3Sjx0V9J08pUfIRd-UNgjcDQw16A/w640-h360/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Jack's%20Roost%20Fries-Four%20Aces,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The same Joshua trees seen on Google Maps<br /></b></span></div><br />The same two trees are noted here. Joshua trees tend to hold their shape reasonably well over the years, so they make decent indicators for stuff like this — provided the production isn't super-old.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUS4tZXKfqEYydBUhDR6ODyvQHWm-pOsCrgRfQ29ogl8u6IRBpX4ST583VFBBnMxQqf72kf5BoKvfAuMEC4GyjDS3FiAGet0d4jeoagYpHlUBwyjH6x2RqKBRQkZv5P_6vkoXKA6xpXE11eE976TTFkoFXxNEXqo9FSP4fjX3j42JPAM_DmARuJ4WO9A/s2552/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2552" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUS4tZXKfqEYydBUhDR6ODyvQHWm-pOsCrgRfQ29ogl8u6IRBpX4ST583VFBBnMxQqf72kf5BoKvfAuMEC4GyjDS3FiAGet0d4jeoagYpHlUBwyjH6x2RqKBRQkZv5P_6vkoXKA6xpXE11eE976TTFkoFXxNEXqo9FSP4fjX3j42JPAM_DmARuJ4WO9A/w640-h360/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains.png" width="640" /></a></div>The San Gabriels to the south in a new ad for the Double Bacon Cheesy Jack Combo<br /></b></span></div><br />Other
spots in the new Jack in the Box campaign feature the San Gabriel
Mountains in the distance, along with a series of large billboards that
were added digitally. This shot finds Jack and his companions
traveling east on Avenue Q at 145th Street, with the cameras set up across 145th Street from
the Four Aces location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzU2jjhwMI5DIUr1N1tB5if3gQmI9RNMUP0H_GFyfiVPqVIIIOvVMrL6nU9566RH6I73RLbuuTopDLPnfaJ13VWn7kImyFbThUXvxT4qANYLdnlY4qA_hC-wahs6WLRMIyR1pEoc0SEpc3pwpNRnBwfUiLPIkgOUHBtAX5QiHD1hsdLBrbDyOeUTujEg/s3054/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20and%20145th%20St%20w%20San%20Gabriels,%20Joshua%20trees%20and%20sign%20matching%20Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20spot-4788.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="3054" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzU2jjhwMI5DIUr1N1tB5if3gQmI9RNMUP0H_GFyfiVPqVIIIOvVMrL6nU9566RH6I73RLbuuTopDLPnfaJ13VWn7kImyFbThUXvxT4qANYLdnlY4qA_hC-wahs6WLRMIyR1pEoc0SEpc3pwpNRnBwfUiLPIkgOUHBtAX5QiHD1hsdLBrbDyOeUTujEg/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20and%20145th%20St%20w%20San%20Gabriels,%20Joshua%20trees%20and%20sign%20matching%20Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20spot-4788.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Avenue Q at 145th Street (June 2022): Where the Jack in the Box ad was shot<br /></b></span></div><br />I took this photo on a visit to Lake Los Angeles in June, capturing the same stretch of road seen in the Jack in the Box ad. The photo includes several of the same features seen in the commercial.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6e2bz60L8eImpkNtAUXE6P2-ynMwopjlkEDQWLm1UHdPzkfey3YlF_8zapv2-D3KHnSTcZkG_bJZFEa8XBwYnVoVBVHR67WQrmD-U9ighG3tJcfYZkCjG-E-L2r9-q8dmQPldm-VoW6H39fq0F49bg3qG1xy0o2yRKytdRyMMJMRRzp71Atib0JK9g/s3054/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20and%20145th%20St%20w%20San%20Gabriels,%20Joshua%20trees%20and%20sign%20matching%20Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20spot-4788-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="3054" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6e2bz60L8eImpkNtAUXE6P2-ynMwopjlkEDQWLm1UHdPzkfey3YlF_8zapv2-D3KHnSTcZkG_bJZFEa8XBwYnVoVBVHR67WQrmD-U9ighG3tJcfYZkCjG-E-L2r9-q8dmQPldm-VoW6H39fq0F49bg3qG1xy0o2yRKytdRyMMJMRRzp71Atib0JK9g/w640-h360/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20and%20145th%20St%20w%20San%20Gabriels,%20Joshua%20trees%20and%20sign%20matching%20Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20spot-4788-noted.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Joshua trees and other matching features<br /></b></span></div><br />Besides the San Gabriels in the background, matching features include the scrawny Joshua tree circled here in light blue and the more hardy Joshua tree with a double-arrow street sign in front of it, circled in yellow.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts6Ybyr7tE5qYcUAvcjybKQKvGvxDzVsd33ePQrvTFGGBLiPkEkigl0fGVEqAqEmvrvNPpVdH6Q4_TJns2fFpk2qe6kK0USjG21ceoE5bhrLBXqQUJwKXjXGJsVOyFXLkzGPApj7uo9fySqAOI1d-RWh6P-PBa867sOBrk6giDMbLBrWDPOUwI2MYgw/s2024/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20for%20Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20at%20145th%20Street%20East-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2024" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts6Ybyr7tE5qYcUAvcjybKQKvGvxDzVsd33ePQrvTFGGBLiPkEkigl0fGVEqAqEmvrvNPpVdH6Q4_TJns2fFpk2qe6kK0USjG21ceoE5bhrLBXqQUJwKXjXGJsVOyFXLkzGPApj7uo9fySqAOI1d-RWh6P-PBa867sOBrk6giDMbLBrWDPOUwI2MYgw/w640-h358/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20for%20Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20at%20145th%20Street%20East-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same features in the Jack in the Box spot<br /></b></span></div><br />The scrawny Joshua tree and the more hardy tree are easy to spot in the Jack in the Box commercial.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tjLnWOSkd5OSdxhPro3LEZSWJaETDXExh1yO9zBjPY01qTBkoixBIQRP_DNdd-FXihopX84Y8MSK8Xdv7zqGgY5WzwgYKeraPwtSh8zS3S1AsWyGeN24plY6Enniq0Ea5M_2zr-tUDSV5MAkq-gXz9-mLPxpCFQjXYX2pY5ynTQo0tdJVCytn_hdmQ/s2550/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20and%20145th%20St-Joshua%20tree%20and%20sign%20seen%20in%20Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20spot-4786.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2550" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tjLnWOSkd5OSdxhPro3LEZSWJaETDXExh1yO9zBjPY01qTBkoixBIQRP_DNdd-FXihopX84Y8MSK8Xdv7zqGgY5WzwgYKeraPwtSh8zS3S1AsWyGeN24plY6Enniq0Ea5M_2zr-tUDSV5MAkq-gXz9-mLPxpCFQjXYX2pY5ynTQo0tdJVCytn_hdmQ/w640-h446/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20and%20145th%20St-Joshua%20tree%20and%20sign%20seen%20in%20Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20spot-4786.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The Joshua tree with the sign in front of it (June 2022)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a better look at the more hardy of the two Joshua trees — the one with the sign in front of it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMqWgLiIRy1_3grkSwEA3PiIW-CTZrB-5Rwiqa1EA9-iICyso3VFWub77s6kKFMW11sOWLl31LQ-ve8tDR0jx74ttsYRcfRm0KDFnJnqYDAAcN1MqlACetMU-Di-TQf1720gcKebhOBZTw2uv9a8GwIOB769Gt0-nMaTftQWFAp4wIYI5AbhvWdHuUg/s2024/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20for%20Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20at%20145th%20Street%20East-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2024" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMqWgLiIRy1_3grkSwEA3PiIW-CTZrB-5Rwiqa1EA9-iICyso3VFWub77s6kKFMW11sOWLl31LQ-ve8tDR0jx74ttsYRcfRm0KDFnJnqYDAAcN1MqlACetMU-Di-TQf1720gcKebhOBZTw2uv9a8GwIOB769Gt0-nMaTftQWFAp4wIYI5AbhvWdHuUg/w640-h358/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20for%20Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Avenue%20Q%20at%20145th%20Street%20East-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>No Jack in the Box billboard found at the site<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing that doesn't match at all between the commercial and the site visit is the ginormous billboard, which was added digitally and never really existed at the location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mBouduOiKUq3-wsYb9JypBtsxgmnokbw2vpwmwxF7oE-0yJXXrDjOo82tBIUtocry8d26qoi0olFgigmojblKkPMn9D2_l7-Q6ZX1j0hsUVX5ec_ptTUd-uWKYD5QqGBAAsudOK1j1Y5t_iTIYDOFw81Wj-_59f8DHEf6xNF__OhBXfKeedYX6qc7w/s2942/2015%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces%20Movie%20Set,%20looking%20N.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2942" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mBouduOiKUq3-wsYb9JypBtsxgmnokbw2vpwmwxF7oE-0yJXXrDjOo82tBIUtocry8d26qoi0olFgigmojblKkPMn9D2_l7-Q6ZX1j0hsUVX5ec_ptTUd-uWKYD5QqGBAAsudOK1j1Y5t_iTIYDOFw81Wj-_59f8DHEf6xNF__OhBXfKeedYX6qc7w/w640-h254/2015%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces%20Movie%20Set,%20looking%20N.png" width="640" /></a></div>Four Aces Movie Set: Talk about a "hardy" Joshua tree<br /></b></span></div><br />On the other side of Avenue Q from the non-existent Jack's billboard, the Four Aces Movie Set is open for business — complete with a monster Joshua tree that dwarfs our so-called "hardy" one across the street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYydnzVp4LCQpScYSpprkKMCXyIqoZVqo-AtKHQozYjuGkmcwi_i5Pnzy13vYK36QomM2zDQyKujbzNbuWiBBsIPgD4NX2wspWfVGeoM7fJFBMote_C7IDCMkcUhyrz6X0eVgeM3BV8CxBl08y38W0PfFZg6FDJbZB9vYOuiqQLlajBC9xgBF6gK8PJA/s1800/recent-Four%20Aces-diner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="1800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYydnzVp4LCQpScYSpprkKMCXyIqoZVqo-AtKHQozYjuGkmcwi_i5Pnzy13vYK36QomM2zDQyKujbzNbuWiBBsIPgD4NX2wspWfVGeoM7fJFBMote_C7IDCMkcUhyrz6X0eVgeM3BV8CxBl08y38W0PfFZg6FDJbZB9vYOuiqQLlajBC9xgBF6gK8PJA/w640-h360/recent-Four%20Aces-diner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The diner at Four Aces, because one puke-green movie set is never enough<br /></b></span></div><br />The Four Aces diner has the pea-soup-green motif in common with Club Ed, an indication that the two sets are in cahoots. I believe both sets have the same owner.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR__dXVgXSP0xV44LIEJCJ5A-Z-BdeAh5iJQtDqzcm-5KCG-KT7KRgRnKmyPiFlhxkYX7IllHkOpd-SZmHInpCfHObbA4eZdJpNHCJiWV3Stiwj6PjXP5g6abe9T3lJ6xoiFkUCVQu2PTc06oBTj-x6eOMMTg2bxetkP-_BVLxeUkjoZGDn-1_WE-bEA/s4076/2022-Dodge%20Hwy%2093-Summer's%20Highway%20commercial-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="4076" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR__dXVgXSP0xV44LIEJCJ5A-Z-BdeAh5iJQtDqzcm-5KCG-KT7KRgRnKmyPiFlhxkYX7IllHkOpd-SZmHInpCfHObbA4eZdJpNHCJiWV3Stiwj6PjXP5g6abe9T3lJ6xoiFkUCVQu2PTc06oBTj-x6eOMMTg2bxetkP-_BVLxeUkjoZGDn-1_WE-bEA/w640-h258/2022-Dodge%20Hwy%2093-Summer's%20Highway%20commercial-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Featured in the current Dodge ad: A vintage Four Aces sign?<br /></b></span></div><br />Ordinarily I would assume that the Dodge folks or their ad agency came up with the "Kold-Draft Ice" sign, but since it's that same pea-green color yet again, maybe it's something Four Aces keeps around for special occasions.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_zBqpXF-l2dMtr8PgnmWHWBBeM6jEVMRHPw0yRAR5Dv5lpYnqGVynSqCl0i17WUl7XR9h3kY5YnaOO-kKpIdFIz20uK5LGpCT0opPZMR1xQE3RZhiGIRm-9287C3tmZbcfKfSDjwX58ks36lFANr3-RNNX1ZtNnNw9Yz60tcjNDtES-W9kFlfdLjsw/s3836/2020%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Wishes-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_zBqpXF-l2dMtr8PgnmWHWBBeM6jEVMRHPw0yRAR5Dv5lpYnqGVynSqCl0i17WUl7XR9h3kY5YnaOO-kKpIdFIz20uK5LGpCT0opPZMR1xQE3RZhiGIRm-9287C3tmZbcfKfSDjwX58ks36lFANr3-RNNX1ZtNnNw9Yz60tcjNDtES-W9kFlfdLjsw/w640-h268/2020%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Wishes-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>The massive Joshua tree in a Progressive Insurance "Motaur" commercial<br /></b></span></div><br />Progressive Insurance shot a number of its entertaining "Motaur" commercials at Four Aces a few years ago, including prominently featuring the giant tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNNq0SaoHZG4lT3VK_oBQf_NRnSGhNW4Dz-6y_MsSDi68EAdvnHiydDEKS8te8J0pLc_7QLxTH_2PYezwvD6MClbxPMcJmlsdBl6cG4sRLlC7p-UtdZQ8TQJXsN0YdYI40GSxwNrNbgdllTp3Bl7UDm4Myh0_fKsGWyZaURPzSfgXiG43LeP53LKOtA/s3836/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Wishes-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNNq0SaoHZG4lT3VK_oBQf_NRnSGhNW4Dz-6y_MsSDi68EAdvnHiydDEKS8te8J0pLc_7QLxTH_2PYezwvD6MClbxPMcJmlsdBl6cG4sRLlC7p-UtdZQ8TQJXsN0YdYI40GSxwNrNbgdllTp3Bl7UDm4Myh0_fKsGWyZaURPzSfgXiG43LeP53LKOtA/w640-h268/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Wishes-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Progressive's "Motaur": Half man, half motorcycle<br /></b></span></div><br />The Motaur ads revolve around a character who's half man, half motorcyle, played by actor Terrence Terrell. The spots were in heavy rotation back in 2019 and 2020, and I believe they continue to air.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAAJLbwFwg4ZmpkOLnTRsM9YsrnZ22xo9m0j0YYjLmSmkHBJgonRsQS6aF1E98v8uJeqbhQVxrpdVr6YMUAMh7rtGvUpremXsznfn51AHbHR-xp-IHNsFnrPrgeeOMF_Td3FStZcJsglMz0P34GQwGYMXygjMJjJg7xMcY_ccSobsqYrgQdvP-GYkEw/s3836/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAAJLbwFwg4ZmpkOLnTRsM9YsrnZ22xo9m0j0YYjLmSmkHBJgonRsQS6aF1E98v8uJeqbhQVxrpdVr6YMUAMh7rtGvUpremXsznfn51AHbHR-xp-IHNsFnrPrgeeOMF_Td3FStZcJsglMz0P34GQwGYMXygjMJjJg7xMcY_ccSobsqYrgQdvP-GYkEw/w640-h268/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Motaur fills up, with Lovejoy Buttes in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />Several of the most familiar Motaur commercials are based in the gas station section of the Four Aces set, with backgrounds that show off the surrounding buttes and desert flora — especially the Joshua trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFItO-z0DaCfAFm_EY1PZldVKAtRPHxzbim7ZbQEPOpB2xC0jzBphyqVeqwE22FiEDzBNMlKEIWb5H5YkxdZiFkF5YcbRDehcgEvycAOsUndhR9b2PelQuvNDSdg_pCUZighwcRPDQ1aQS7go9VcSFtOVcxGQ99j9__hEMamQ1sysC8oH8Dqmt3-pewg/s3836/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFItO-z0DaCfAFm_EY1PZldVKAtRPHxzbim7ZbQEPOpB2xC0jzBphyqVeqwE22FiEDzBNMlKEIWb5H5YkxdZiFkF5YcbRDehcgEvycAOsUndhR9b2PelQuvNDSdg_pCUZighwcRPDQ1aQS7go9VcSFtOVcxGQ99j9__hEMamQ1sysC8oH8Dqmt3-pewg/w640-h268/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Joshua trees: Always ready for their closeup<br /></b></span></div><br />I wouldn't be surprised if you're starting to recognize some of those trees. These are the same two Joshua trees I highlighted above in one of the Jack in the Box commercials.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGGZI2erUBj6zokGaV8ZHIr1kfq8T5Loqq354icu5wQAofc8eIzRnFInLbNm8gs1ii47ta2tYZZK7wR1LAo1ndOkFL_Oxr_7kFp-C_h7xPYH7XZEVA30vEwHKBGYzE0pKpXA8FL_rXdy8pZwtyc9fcSm8CGISJ5cr3tGsnjUxZcwz2Lzn5YxAztOVPQ/s3836/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGGZI2erUBj6zokGaV8ZHIr1kfq8T5Loqq354icu5wQAofc8eIzRnFInLbNm8gs1ii47ta2tYZZK7wR1LAo1ndOkFL_Oxr_7kFp-C_h7xPYH7XZEVA30vEwHKBGYzE0pKpXA8FL_rXdy8pZwtyc9fcSm8CGISJ5cr3tGsnjUxZcwz2Lzn5YxAztOVPQ/w640-h268/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Do%20You%20Mind-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%202-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A Motaur among the Joshua trees<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a better look at one of the trees to the east of the Four Aces gas station — the one that was mostly hidden behind the gas pumps in the previous shot. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrHxlpcgypClKiLX0xmHhMSPebr4MMTjAN1yjq19RCsfSsQ_vTJKqesVBHJNYTEeAR61oANtDVjNp_g6QzTr0VNR3PLP7dX3TGYlNQybUVijscSYeKaLgv8wM0H-kNzQY1hWioTdK33Tplh8Qb9OeUdogbU-NY-nBXKRBp7WJ7r5EEBqRnK-wz0Hatg/s2552/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Jack's%20Roost%20Fries-Four%20Aces,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2552" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrHxlpcgypClKiLX0xmHhMSPebr4MMTjAN1yjq19RCsfSsQ_vTJKqesVBHJNYTEeAR61oANtDVjNp_g6QzTr0VNR3PLP7dX3TGYlNQybUVijscSYeKaLgv8wM0H-kNzQY1hWioTdK33Tplh8Qb9OeUdogbU-NY-nBXKRBp7WJ7r5EEBqRnK-wz0Hatg/w640-h360/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Jack's%20Roost%20Fries-Four%20Aces,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Same tree, different commercial<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the highlighted tree again, as it appears in the Jack in the Box spot. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, these wide shots work best
if you click on them to see a larger version of the photo.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOarArnbtdUAL3Nj9L9eY1ZKw5EDPyqqVqrTJD-dTVkIifRigvj0uhyop8cAteyua7ZlMvkAe5iBxlq7ynNyJvpR-UJPE0mg8qJ9izF1fVA8AyFDxjnpSlbgSih3mIfwb-WbnS8s2Rx6wdn5_kMNjw5qjWyQT-aYrUKp58Zybjxvh_YpxoWF_Eu93yQ/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOarArnbtdUAL3Nj9L9eY1ZKw5EDPyqqVqrTJD-dTVkIifRigvj0uhyop8cAteyua7ZlMvkAe5iBxlq7ynNyJvpR-UJPE0mg8qJ9izF1fVA8AyFDxjnpSlbgSih3mIfwb-WbnS8s2Rx6wdn5_kMNjw5qjWyQT-aYrUKp58Zybjxvh_YpxoWF_Eu93yQ/w640-h268/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": Cristin Milioti fuels up at Four Aces<br /></b></span></div><br />The characters in "Palm Springs" also made a pit stop at the Four Aces filling station, crossing paths with both the Jack in the Box campaign and Progressive's Motaur spots.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjF8rP5_sEL4B3AnRwN5fBSCgvXjWukf4ucEfKHqwwwmwFLqpBPZUr8WrnKwGCA0XjeHtP54_4dRVXfKM46LrytZWvNfEQn_LXta6dM_rfk3G1MakGFCCrjcwtHs0liI76R5qBIHpeSjEEBr6rkpLHP3ANBItQxz1u13SKhF4JfQzNhf7iefQlvm9lw/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-IMDb-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjF8rP5_sEL4B3AnRwN5fBSCgvXjWukf4ucEfKHqwwwmwFLqpBPZUr8WrnKwGCA0XjeHtP54_4dRVXfKM46LrytZWvNfEQn_LXta6dM_rfk3G1MakGFCCrjcwtHs0liI76R5qBIHpeSjEEBr6rkpLHP3ANBItQxz1u13SKhF4JfQzNhf7iefQlvm9lw/w640-h268/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-IMDb-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mystery Christmas bell?<br /></b></span></div><br />First of all, there's the "bell," which looks to me like an out-of-place Christmas decoration. I have no idea why it's there, but it pops up in both "Palm Springs" and the Motaur ads.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEswH9j8gmeDKsdWFGD6_k72JyPhdPrH1BOhIYMmWLJm_Hw2QxSL7uBxmQ2rIvDNT4SLm4p0nvx1ay3rksGgbZ38kijLx2kydZXC6wyXrlEsmiKvZONHzS1JwPCCr_iixq9jRKKysoEHpxPmtlE0U5SwUhXYA8fUBBTqu8V2SF4dnlrJYKMifSrzj1Gg/s3836/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Told%20You%20(15)-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEswH9j8gmeDKsdWFGD6_k72JyPhdPrH1BOhIYMmWLJm_Hw2QxSL7uBxmQ2rIvDNT4SLm4p0nvx1ay3rksGgbZ38kijLx2kydZXC6wyXrlEsmiKvZONHzS1JwPCCr_iixq9jRKKysoEHpxPmtlE0U5SwUhXYA8fUBBTqu8V2SF4dnlrJYKMifSrzj1Gg/w640-h268/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Told%20You%20(15)-Four%20Aces,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Motaur dazzles a couple of kids, but what about that bell?<br /></b></span></div><br />This Progressive spot provides a less cluttered look at the "bell," near the center of the shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVL9ojoQ9LS9WZuMDGmj-VfJUJzh4aDRhf8F3n5SHU7iv0G__4yFoLQ6PKaTR-C3-z82mYPS3ttDRvQrvcmHXmYkybo7kVUgRHipi9qu1BBnD4n7uytgYczrgikFdAq8voQw0MFNqwtUAzR-TrU_d7NA4Dz5y9SLVaB7uTwBU9K29wyuuSinkWoDVkA/s3894/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20showing%20%20%22bell%22%20is%20gone-4432.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="3894" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVL9ojoQ9LS9WZuMDGmj-VfJUJzh4aDRhf8F3n5SHU7iv0G__4yFoLQ6PKaTR-C3-z82mYPS3ttDRvQrvcmHXmYkybo7kVUgRHipi9qu1BBnD4n7uytgYczrgikFdAq8voQw0MFNqwtUAzR-TrU_d7NA4Dz5y9SLVaB7uTwBU9K29wyuuSinkWoDVkA/w640-h452/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20showing%20%20%22bell%22%20is%20gone-4432.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Four Aces in June 2022: No sign of the bell<br /></b></span></div><br />The "bell" will probably remain shrouded in mystery. I noticed on a recent stop at Four Aces that, whatever it was, it's no longer there.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIJEuDEZE_A5oc7TfGVu2FZMv0yHQC47dJL9iV9xCmdOmJQ2zJ8wSQbEWCBYuzNrGdVL8fHLDHEvXkfLf-J83IlXkDqMrcDIFyGhcJ_kvc1q_2X9S4pScDdkeZPYbZuN_iSkH2gVhSRRbCBR3y0ixKktyiufyRWKPUjm8Hw0xSX9JpQt5ZY_vni2pjQ/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-IMDb-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIJEuDEZE_A5oc7TfGVu2FZMv0yHQC47dJL9iV9xCmdOmJQ2zJ8wSQbEWCBYuzNrGdVL8fHLDHEvXkfLf-J83IlXkDqMrcDIFyGhcJ_kvc1q_2X9S4pScDdkeZPYbZuN_iSkH2gVhSRRbCBR3y0ixKktyiufyRWKPUjm8Hw0xSX9JpQt5ZY_vni2pjQ/w640-h268/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-IMDb-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": The Four Aces gas station, looking south<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Palm Springs" shot also has a lot in common with one of the Jack in the Box ads. The gas pump area at Four Aces is oriented at a 45-degree angle, and can be shot with two completely different backgrounds — the San Gabriels to the south, as seen here, or Lovejoy Buttes to the east, as in some of the commercials.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpZRvcyWa-XEX0tdEVoogmLqgxweG1lP5s_VKInkkPqaVw5Yg5GajxihkMSVO9dKvZb_szJnU7V127txMbhH4_n46wAzXEZWMfFglSuCS0igB4sTSxyjVqN-OUzozNLDo86kNP-Iz1V5vZzq8-mZXIvYutXsxysRDEvPtqDzQfcaA1urzSJIl1qArQw/s2552/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2552" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpZRvcyWa-XEX0tdEVoogmLqgxweG1lP5s_VKInkkPqaVw5Yg5GajxihkMSVO9dKvZb_szJnU7V127txMbhH4_n46wAzXEZWMfFglSuCS0igB4sTSxyjVqN-OUzozNLDo86kNP-Iz1V5vZzq8-mZXIvYutXsxysRDEvPtqDzQfcaA1urzSJIl1qArQw/w640-h360/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial-Double%20Bacon%20Cheesy%20Jack%20Combo-Lake%20Los%20Angeles,%20San%20Gabriel%20Mountains-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Jack in the Box ad: Across the street from Four Aces, looking south<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Palm Springs" gas stop is shot looking south, so a number of the same features turn up that were also seen in this Jack in the Box spot. The angles are different because this shot is taken from a little farther east.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92Nqk2wkA9YRJ-6uA2NVm0uQQZAnHnC91vYFPkErUK7kcVWP2QA9eyt2eu0uOVyPxA13tCno0MP2f-kO_FRoiPobAY9_gfeWySzByq5Q3FqFg2Q9cdc3OLVbh7kT3IGU5XQbFH9_zH4HOy-skLFjt3Rv_sz2Kfph7gqayyAmupCm-QuDfp4Em1ai_KA/s3836/2020%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Interruption-150th%20Street,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="3836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92Nqk2wkA9YRJ-6uA2NVm0uQQZAnHnC91vYFPkErUK7kcVWP2QA9eyt2eu0uOVyPxA13tCno0MP2f-kO_FRoiPobAY9_gfeWySzByq5Q3FqFg2Q9cdc3OLVbh7kT3IGU5XQbFH9_zH4HOy-skLFjt3Rv_sz2Kfph7gqayyAmupCm-QuDfp4Em1ai_KA/w640-h268/2020%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-Interruption-150th%20Street,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>Motaur joy ride: More trouble on 150th Street?<br /></b></span></div><br />"Palm Springs" also shares its traffic stop location with one of the Motaur spots. In this Progressive ad, the Motaur goes for a ride on 150th Street, zipping past the spot where the CHP encounter went down.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjp-3QGJ30OY_LHpRY8008nSadj-dn8fNjajpZ5PXJ6OreF7t-IxBZCBKv0fPflvJZdoPDEUyYRnmE2wSR_P3hdGn5CAmZ2qhXmNnQxjLsrGUs9qmXhw59gWVHudDtUp3OJQ7HbVXEfAq9cyvflv6V3YLeeo_vP2bdGACqDOgqALSaBRybe_I1BoFcA/s3832/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-%22Interruption%22%206-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S,%20w%20Rocky%20Buttes%20on%20right,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes%20at%20center%20and%20San%20Gabriels%20in%20distance-matched%20%E2%88%9A-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="3832" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjp-3QGJ30OY_LHpRY8008nSadj-dn8fNjajpZ5PXJ6OreF7t-IxBZCBKv0fPflvJZdoPDEUyYRnmE2wSR_P3hdGn5CAmZ2qhXmNnQxjLsrGUs9qmXhw59gWVHudDtUp3OJQ7HbVXEfAq9cyvflv6V3YLeeo_vP2bdGACqDOgqALSaBRybe_I1BoFcA/w640-h268/2019%20(ca)-Progressive%20Insurance%20commercial-Motaur-%22Interruption%22%206-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-150th%20St%20looking%20S,%20w%20Rocky%20Buttes%20on%20right,%20Lovejoy%20Buttes%20at%20center%20and%20San%20Gabriels%20in%20distance-matched%20%E2%88%9A-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Motaur rides past a Lake Los Angeles landmark<br /></b></span></div><br />As the Motaur travels north on 150th, we again see the Rocky Buttes on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtcAN7dvaYMp4BtDnPlZIW3c0Wp3xeM-oxSq8lko3JxH9VeqmTrJ49Y6KEUhRDT5wcyImMX9N2mr7SRL7I3oA_VayVAmp9-znECjiHoVuwilIyos2zMd7pE1vaeuFkfeob0BTGzJdcDaGwXABO1w8F4yo7pxewwiOjUYrcJW_yoiaOIUyFWLR_5Zf5w/s1600/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtcAN7dvaYMp4BtDnPlZIW3c0Wp3xeM-oxSq8lko3JxH9VeqmTrJ49Y6KEUhRDT5wcyImMX9N2mr7SRL7I3oA_VayVAmp9-znECjiHoVuwilIyos2zMd7pE1vaeuFkfeob0BTGzJdcDaGwXABO1w8F4yo7pxewwiOjUYrcJW_yoiaOIUyFWLR_5Zf5w/w640-h266/2019%20(2020)-Palm%20Springs-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Highway%20Patrol%20scene-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Palm Springs": Just not a particularly fun spot<br /></b></span></div><br />These are the same buttes we identified previously in the "Palm Springs" traffic stop sequence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZP1eyKTq5o" width="320" youtube-src-id="iZP1eyKTq5o"></iframe></div>Motaur spot on 150th Street, Lake Los Angeles</b></span></div><br />Here's a video of the Progressive Insurance "Motaur" commercial shot on 150th Street. Click on the red arrow thingie, then on the word "YouTube" at bottom right, to view it on YouTube.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqpgeqi-beliFLNXZbEGT2CKQpox7W2cYUNv3F3tv6RlCXVEHhOK7fcohzjUPIfzDygYlgfQ_3u58VEQWcFAt25H5PJ-f_zuDoyn-e7GfnYWlCyF_iRBGbXAaCmSQokwMJSFJnf_vWcx5VN4NXbGHe2yAxvWzAr3hvGZGsqjZmT2bkLoFEBYWMXG6rw/s3039/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20including%20eastern%20face%20of%20Gas%20Food%20Lodging%20sign%20(intact)-4422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="3039" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqpgeqi-beliFLNXZbEGT2CKQpox7W2cYUNv3F3tv6RlCXVEHhOK7fcohzjUPIfzDygYlgfQ_3u58VEQWcFAt25H5PJ-f_zuDoyn-e7GfnYWlCyF_iRBGbXAaCmSQokwMJSFJnf_vWcx5VN4NXbGHe2yAxvWzAr3hvGZGsqjZmT2bkLoFEBYWMXG6rw/w640-h426/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20including%20eastern%20face%20of%20Gas%20Food%20Lodging%20sign%20(intact)-4422.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Four Aces in 2022: The eastern face of the "Gas Food Lodging" sign<br /></b></span></div><br />In what is at best a mildly interesting footnote to the Jack in the Box shoot at Four Aces, I confirmed recently that the big Four Aces sign out on the corner reads "Gas Food Lodging" on both sides.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6hhjF6oc-3EyhrQVigap79zJDwA1g76ubskbcYZDR7YBetzzPNj_s-1A10WEnqrG5TQDVY8DF3q1BRrVZfkAqz9fecI1dsEbjw_LSRZSVrxB1i_5hhyr8vduLp-6o4KDPhhXyghcDJCS6rwb4rB4Nl_2EIp0dcDtwbBYiW0Ys2PYJ2AR-hN_kWp-Nw/s3036/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20showing%20Gas%20Food%20Lodging%20sign-4449.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="3036" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6hhjF6oc-3EyhrQVigap79zJDwA1g76ubskbcYZDR7YBetzzPNj_s-1A10WEnqrG5TQDVY8DF3q1BRrVZfkAqz9fecI1dsEbjw_LSRZSVrxB1i_5hhyr8vduLp-6o4KDPhhXyghcDJCS6rwb4rB4Nl_2EIp0dcDtwbBYiW0Ys2PYJ2AR-hN_kWp-Nw/w640-h426/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20showing%20Gas%20Food%20Lodging%20sign-4449.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The sign's western face — some of the words are messed up<br /></b></span></div><br />The lettering is in much worse shape on the west side of the sign than it is on the east side — especially the word "Food." Could be normal wear and tear, but an alternate theory is that the sign was damaged during a shoot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zXWPxgq6Ybh3WK5w3hngHpXEGEZE9DFCfq7tU4yHi7q5zlwf729V3KRHu_t-sla8manWN3zCbaBupJF6WnPG5r7rr5g63ik5ttsEcnM9e_4JRSm3FgO8y8agKP9cyM9g6-Qrp_rnpe4ifYDHke52BywF2O-Rgp8jbhh0vx6TfMxZBbj5eTDv4lxkrg/s1706/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20zoomed%20in%20on%20broken%20words%20in%20Gas%20Food%20Lodging%20sign-4440.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1706" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zXWPxgq6Ybh3WK5w3hngHpXEGEZE9DFCfq7tU4yHi7q5zlwf729V3KRHu_t-sla8manWN3zCbaBupJF6WnPG5r7rr5g63ik5ttsEcnM9e_4JRSm3FgO8y8agKP9cyM9g6-Qrp_rnpe4ifYDHke52BywF2O-Rgp8jbhh0vx6TfMxZBbj5eTDv4lxkrg/w640-h466/2022%20(062022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces,%20zoomed%20in%20on%20broken%20words%20in%20Gas%20Food%20Lodging%20sign-4440.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Gas Food Lodging" sign's messed-up western face: Normal wear and tear?<br /></b></span></div><br />It occurs to me that the shoot for the Jack's Roost Fries ad may be the culprit. In the commercial the sign reads "Gas Lodging," so the word "Food" was removed from the sign.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeX4EQwDml-tsvzRvsgoetiySkStxovawidA2EHavMYFEaujlhDKgZEB3rCQST3y3IpTnQOy9CtExhsfZ1VJusVOPgKU8WUAODi42P2R_NBZNnlv0lTh05PR7rby5Nc4F1JtWrxAgMd-Sd7lnrs7YnsYeRRSB8WQxoGeUXLDe6y50-czO9RPCEsoUdw/s1530/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20(Jack's%20Roost%20Fries)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1530" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeX4EQwDml-tsvzRvsgoetiySkStxovawidA2EHavMYFEaujlhDKgZEB3rCQST3y3IpTnQOy9CtExhsfZ1VJusVOPgKU8WUAODi42P2R_NBZNnlv0lTh05PR7rby5Nc4F1JtWrxAgMd-Sd7lnrs7YnsYeRRSB8WQxoGeUXLDe6y50-czO9RPCEsoUdw/w640-h358/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20(Jack's%20Roost%20Fries)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces.png" width="640" /></a></div>No food at Four Aces, in the world according to Jack in the Box<br /></b></span></div><br />Of course the word could have been blotted out digitally, but I imagine it was easier at the time to just ask the people running Four Aces to take down the word "Food" from that side of the sign. The sign's pretty old, so the letters could have easily fallen apart while being handled.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfWfCLgtj8dl1ZcK-cdQTdlBtXLYFGDlrx4dFkmHZMDdYKOYp9ttwc0x9LlAPy0XcQn468tcB93vXslcCDiWovBTOu50ncV1NinCfBTox6RMvBc17ipc_BD6T9lr9iDxT5FEswmwKcKJk--eiy8wQxO27e4YcmBqb3x0wSUN-dcDrKOEkqTGyQhBhkQ/s1530/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20(Jack's%20Roost%20Fries)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1530" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfWfCLgtj8dl1ZcK-cdQTdlBtXLYFGDlrx4dFkmHZMDdYKOYp9ttwc0x9LlAPy0XcQn468tcB93vXslcCDiWovBTOu50ncV1NinCfBTox6RMvBc17ipc_BD6T9lr9iDxT5FEswmwKcKJk--eiy8wQxO27e4YcmBqb3x0wSUN-dcDrKOEkqTGyQhBhkQ/w640-h358/2022-Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20commercial%20(Jack's%20Roost%20Fries)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Four%20Aces-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>... and the sign would never be the same<br /></b></span></div><br />I get it — it's Jack's commercial, after all. But however it went down, I can't help thinking it's kind of silly, if it's true, that Jack in the Box simply did not want anything in the commercial that might promote a food outlet other than Jack's — even a fictional diner that was part of a movie set.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZ2usdFIwdLnwW_mTmZbmVnttXSrrFdajA2HtqskR9bYEvSGpb82RD9kiQExL0U35vH7ZMNCBQ3PeGqaJkP9LGjo3krWUMnbq6bN0nKTlpdFyCDMOVpfsPhannn0E3klYED0QqQatGMDSsj8G_Ts_wknkwch_CGsg64pppfBFvAiNz43uoCyEOlZ07w/s2994/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Cafe,%20240th%20St,%20midway%20between%20Ave%20O%20and%20Ave%20P-5667.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2994" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZ2usdFIwdLnwW_mTmZbmVnttXSrrFdajA2HtqskR9bYEvSGpb82RD9kiQExL0U35vH7ZMNCBQ3PeGqaJkP9LGjo3krWUMnbq6bN0nKTlpdFyCDMOVpfsPhannn0E3klYED0QqQatGMDSsj8G_Ts_wknkwch_CGsg64pppfBFvAiNz43uoCyEOlZ07w/w640-h408/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Cafe,%20240th%20St,%20midway%20between%20Ave%20O%20and%20Ave%20P-5667.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>"Belle's Diner" (July 2022): Another roadside distraction<br /></b></span></div><br />Club Ed and Four Aces aren't the only "famous movie sets" around Lake Los Angeles. It's the kind of place where anything that looks like an old abandoned roadside business might turn out to be an active filming location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48vgNgjDiiW2xO6Pz4KQPLqYSLxrDSIQsP37zUcGa0tEI6P52Imvv5yWGUMJhD9ZeJtwwwU4BbtGKVFgtgZeH5DmOFCjmguPai4KyWVh2gOzCNCtTACS5OieONxdi6YUxabDRiO1jtvwt8Bix1CEQ1XYjJWGXI9xDhPVqoQ3jrO27s8uzrDfwsHKbaw/s2080/1997-Breakdown-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-40020%20240th%20St%20East-Kurt%20Russell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="2080" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48vgNgjDiiW2xO6Pz4KQPLqYSLxrDSIQsP37zUcGa0tEI6P52Imvv5yWGUMJhD9ZeJtwwwU4BbtGKVFgtgZeH5DmOFCjmguPai4KyWVh2gOzCNCtTACS5OieONxdi6YUxabDRiO1jtvwt8Bix1CEQ1XYjJWGXI9xDhPVqoQ3jrO27s8uzrDfwsHKbaw/w640-h268/1997-Breakdown-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-40020%20240th%20St%20East-Kurt%20Russell.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Breakdown" (1997): Kurt Russell at Belle's Diner, east of Lake Los Angeles<br /></b></span></div><br />Case in point: "Belle's Diner." Following up on a lead I found in Harry Medved and Bruce Akiyama's excellent guidebook "Hollywood Escapes," I located the old building in the Kurt Russell movie "Breakdown."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm-CZxMLZfqtUftvgw-7P0lHvP-hu2Odf_L-GyQP5a_LQnRlnUE84Y08YJidNK-lTsK6qBqLCHZqTKlyBahQayRrkY5zxbWRVaYGcbGZPleTaxU-V_gublxIleOX16wobPji_-88kVajVw5g6tWqXSjpa0P3zt1kgyYuCriLTnQdUEurU0mpSlAB3OA/s2080/1997-Breakdown-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-40020%20240th%20St%20East-Kurt%20Russell%20and%20Jack%20Noseworthy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="2080" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm-CZxMLZfqtUftvgw-7P0lHvP-hu2Odf_L-GyQP5a_LQnRlnUE84Y08YJidNK-lTsK6qBqLCHZqTKlyBahQayRrkY5zxbWRVaYGcbGZPleTaxU-V_gublxIleOX16wobPji_-88kVajVw5g6tWqXSjpa0P3zt1kgyYuCriLTnQdUEurU0mpSlAB3OA/w640-h268/1997-Breakdown-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-40020%20240th%20St%20East-Kurt%20Russell%20and%20Jack%20Noseworthy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Breakdown": Kurt Russell and Jack Noseworthy at Belle's<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the distant hills and other background features can also be spotted in the movie. For example, notice the small gray hill visible above the old green pickup truck and Jack Noseworthy's right shoulder.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcG2DNFVo_SWz4-snkGoDmdz9DaLU429ZXgeed5sM8ZzI2IrudNOsYsRe-w7EJlihTjwSeAwte7_gKdyby_LkrPEAnjUCwrVtsj8E9BBGrnr-wvfiP6XHCo8fGf7Yd5yoIy0nDkUE9SmHHDpMh59HtCLgOSOMehogwBbK12fkRQd2NsuVveaea27asQ/s3852/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Cafe%20from%20front,%20with%20small%20gray%20hill-5655.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="3852" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcG2DNFVo_SWz4-snkGoDmdz9DaLU429ZXgeed5sM8ZzI2IrudNOsYsRe-w7EJlihTjwSeAwte7_gKdyby_LkrPEAnjUCwrVtsj8E9BBGrnr-wvfiP6XHCo8fGf7Yd5yoIy0nDkUE9SmHHDpMh59HtCLgOSOMehogwBbK12fkRQd2NsuVveaea27asQ/w640-h314/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Cafe%20from%20front,%20with%20small%20gray%20hill-5655.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Belle's Diner in July 2022: The same gray hill</b></span></div><br />In this shot I took earlier this month, the same small hill can be seen on the right. You may have also noticed that the Belle's Joshua tree is still standing, some 25 years after it turned up in the Kurt Russell movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QzkR7iXta2Ta-0L0DMLY0hdf1R8NqpXnMIAZ96f538irqDo13LmF9mQYN-u3jOjgIDyccg7pIQQsFFjtH0Jf10Rg8JG3EjTzc9lgh7QOOu7r45qAjr0SSRlC5HK__jKZj0HFXWyxT2odAQt5C5eNJQJwmWwFMheK5CPAX114-bICFC2wbIe_rN5-lg/s3036/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner,%2040020%20240th%20St%20East-looking%20E%20toward%20buttes,%20incl%20roadside%20sign%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QzkR7iXta2Ta-0L0DMLY0hdf1R8NqpXnMIAZ96f538irqDo13LmF9mQYN-u3jOjgIDyccg7pIQQsFFjtH0Jf10Rg8JG3EjTzc9lgh7QOOu7r45qAjr0SSRlC5HK__jKZj0HFXWyxT2odAQt5C5eNJQJwmWwFMheK5CPAX114-bICFC2wbIe_rN5-lg/w640-h320/2012%20(2022)-Google%20SV-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner,%2040020%20240th%20St%20East-looking%20E%20toward%20buttes,%20incl%20roadside%20sign%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Belle's Diner in 2012, with its rusted-out roadside sign (Google Maps)</b></span></div><br />One minor disappointment from my visit to Belle's is that I was hoping to get a good look at the old roadside sign, which was still intact as of 2012, if "intact" is the right word. Even then the old sign was clearly well past its use-by date, but that just made it more interesting.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KWTXtk7vv6Nd1daKGhpu_PYl78RUfEir5XlPTfYG2AwW-wwub3b9YXSzI_Fm_0cht9-_o6dJxXMcNVu5EmPfpZtgw1Lb-kNHlhx7JmsoCKvGdgReKkFcF_qBSLZDn5Dc78lXqQwA4v2-ZrLi-Yy8L11ykEghX8e9j6DdOHLmDQVSlq4Li-HHPiIYjw/s2949/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-piece%20of%20pipe%20that%20used%20to%20be%20part%20of%20the%20big%20sign%20out%20front-5688.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2118" data-original-width="2949" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KWTXtk7vv6Nd1daKGhpu_PYl78RUfEir5XlPTfYG2AwW-wwub3b9YXSzI_Fm_0cht9-_o6dJxXMcNVu5EmPfpZtgw1Lb-kNHlhx7JmsoCKvGdgReKkFcF_qBSLZDn5Dc78lXqQwA4v2-ZrLi-Yy8L11ykEghX8e9j6DdOHLmDQVSlq4Li-HHPiIYjw/w640-h460/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-piece%20of%20pipe%20that%20used%20to%20be%20part%20of%20the%20big%20sign%20out%20front-5688.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>All that's left of the old metal sign in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />Sadly, this is all that remains of the sign today — a piece of metal sticking up out of the ground. At least it pinpoints where the sign used to stand.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSp7_ZFfwPV0JAfjplbPsaL1hJbkmtUHzYwHzEKgNlpfHF-2J5AeOQ2ugupT5Q1KRWmVR_08aWrKkMmgCe09ce1yvC-5QG9CR4Z9av6ncVTXCuCGYmkK8NX-erK5yDv1ekh0vNslyCywCnySuPqmAEEiMk2IZFr_ilHuRecwa6ZL5-j19LSUcCrryQg/s2523/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-5659.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2523" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSp7_ZFfwPV0JAfjplbPsaL1hJbkmtUHzYwHzEKgNlpfHF-2J5AeOQ2ugupT5Q1KRWmVR_08aWrKkMmgCe09ce1yvC-5QG9CR4Z9av6ncVTXCuCGYmkK8NX-erK5yDv1ekh0vNslyCywCnySuPqmAEEiMk2IZFr_ilHuRecwa6ZL5-j19LSUcCrryQg/w640-h420/2022%20(072022)-Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Belle's%20Diner-5659.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Belle's Diner: Keeping it green, like so many other desert movie sets<br /></b></span></div><br />Belle's is located on 240th Street East, midway between Avenue O and Avenue P. It's the same road where the Cadillac Lyriq commercial was shot, and the Joshua tree in that ad can be found 1.3 miles north of Belle's.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRD86PVBgOzR-UeL8wUHGufagGPBWxi-sc5USBbrCEXkI8BCXsXESDBATr9Smdh8K5C_1_eUFrKtYI-aLHuXubpMQlBrt3mElZDaYH6UE27aHSL1-BvaRSzEcGpDdDaa8WGf54ogd-PSBkIxMhKz4oiuCWGl6zmS4TW8Qm6pRCVxQTzDeCbskL4JmH7A/s1500/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRD86PVBgOzR-UeL8wUHGufagGPBWxi-sc5USBbrCEXkI8BCXsXESDBATr9Smdh8K5C_1_eUFrKtYI-aLHuXubpMQlBrt3mElZDaYH6UE27aHSL1-BvaRSzEcGpDdDaa8WGf54ogd-PSBkIxMhKz4oiuCWGl6zmS4TW8Qm6pRCVxQTzDeCbskL4JmH7A/w640-h320/2015-Sanctuary%20Church-matches%20Kill%20Bill-JCondit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sanctuary Adventist Church, 2015 (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />This small church is probably the single most famous movie location in the Lake Los Angeles area. In recent years it's been the Sanctuary Adventist Church, but it was made famous by the "Kill Bill" movies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGoBRUG_2wShmX5qq8q0apcgYwcZx7Bgmf8Tm0ncA8KrL1BtXif_bKJd2mUcWOmQsW70tJImYXEqM8t5P904qNMfbvdNdNAq7BeBO7aOJdYbJSyIv3vadvpC5BbzBqUjVouWHvith-y7FAGg1DHPO4AL-l-qtRuMyg9IzVPYnuE7uiex16PBj6XTPaQ/s1193/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Sanctuary%20Adventist%20Church,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Deadly%20Vipers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1193" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGoBRUG_2wShmX5qq8q0apcgYwcZx7Bgmf8Tm0ncA8KrL1BtXif_bKJd2mUcWOmQsW70tJImYXEqM8t5P904qNMfbvdNdNAq7BeBO7aOJdYbJSyIv3vadvpC5BbzBqUjVouWHvith-y7FAGg1DHPO4AL-l-qtRuMyg9IzVPYnuE7uiex16PBj6XTPaQ/w640-h414/2004-Kill%20Bill,%20Vol.%202-Sanctuary%20Adventist%20Church,%20Lake%20Los%20Angeles-Deadly%20Vipers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Kill Bill": The Deadly Vipers at Sanctuary Church<br /></b></span></div><br />There's a great <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/careful-with-that-bazooka-marshal.html" target="_blank">backstory behind the so-called "Kill Bill Church," but we've run out of room here so we'll have to save that part of the Lake Los Angeles story for Part 2</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsrPAJUbMPkuWRNuz2_q_y2g4zMMa62nL_5R3cUUI7U0HtyO_wJAMxnNsvMT-WztU2ymvLAclNiF3s72xkKBnl_tQSiaqdfPRUIE6AcKOQfkHsuie_ZRnNlVN8osi0D07Nh4ilZq4BAFwp0Ea3FGs6reIO9y3ehfYvHvw-C3TPVkQXUdvLbZLRyPJMw/s612/coming%20soon-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsrPAJUbMPkuWRNuz2_q_y2g4zMMa62nL_5R3cUUI7U0HtyO_wJAMxnNsvMT-WztU2ymvLAclNiF3s72xkKBnl_tQSiaqdfPRUIE6AcKOQfkHsuie_ZRnNlVN8osi0D07Nh4ilZq4BAFwp0Ea3FGs6reIO9y3ehfYvHvw-C3TPVkQXUdvLbZLRyPJMw/w400-h266/coming%20soon-noted.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>But wait — there's more!<br /></b></span></div><br />The good news is that Part 2 and Part 3 of the movie history of Lake Los Angeles are posted now, with more in the works. <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/07/careful-with-that-bazooka-marshal.html" target="_blank">Click here to see Part 2, focusing on Hi Vista, the Kill Bill Church, the giant ants of the sci-fi classic "Them!" and more. You'll also see Marshal Dillon himself, James Arness, with a bazooka no less</a>. Then if you're up for a wild romp around the roads of the western Mojave Desert, <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-mojave-desert-nightmare-in-hot-rods.html" target="_blank">click here to check out Part 3, about the juvenile delinquent movie "Hot Rods to Hell</a>." It's a thrill ride, so you may die laughing!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWLtUEd5A2T347Ruk8DRpAldXCG9CA5H6wGH6j3Wm0E5LQ9asSb5NCItDbytlUh6DCV0HqpITFWVVvV_Ho8_6POPI3o3vn3n2XgkvZB05OrTzgv1bs3sinuWpiFIgUIOOi1-XYgZiYeKJNQ2t8bSHmN2o9oaN1rG6eItSwIItLMr02DnDc4KJC0QZNw/s2376/Hollywood%20Escapes-book%20cover-Medved-Akiyama.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="1550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWLtUEd5A2T347Ruk8DRpAldXCG9CA5H6wGH6j3Wm0E5LQ9asSb5NCItDbytlUh6DCV0HqpITFWVVvV_Ho8_6POPI3o3vn3n2XgkvZB05OrTzgv1bs3sinuWpiFIgUIOOi1-XYgZiYeKJNQ2t8bSHmN2o9oaN1rG6eItSwIItLMr02DnDc4KJC0QZNw/w418-h640/Hollywood%20Escapes-book%20cover-Medved-Akiyama.png" width="418" /></a></div>"Hollywood Escapes": Check it out!<br /></b></span></div><br />If
you appreciate stuff like Club Ed, Four Aces, Belle's Diner and the Kill
Bill Church, I recommend picking up a copy of "Hollywood Escapes," which you can find on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Escapes-Moviegoers-Exploring-Californias/dp/0312308566/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UUBWOPJY39FH&keywords=hollywood+escapes&qid=1658177717&s=books&sprefix=hollywood+escapes%2Cstripbooks%2C312&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. Would you be interested in a book that could provide you with a
lifetime's worth of Southern California movie locations you could visit? Here it is!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-15495882662492801592022-05-19T22:26:00.006-07:002022-08-17T16:00:07.564-07:00Darby Hinton returns to the Iverson Movie Ranch, where he learned to shoot the Kentucky Long Rifle from "Daniel Boone" at age 7<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbGXGnqZayJq3LftxK97EOQeTOunMyLCtU5N2OuLCX8y9v0R2-DkbVYEqCc53UNp2VRjnN0uAEWpFC2rpTizdGstZ7D2svGIvfSFSNjDgN2zMeHiBqeeifbZGcfBnq4u005PTYq0DnF9o2Y_W_3KATJGRmKv0MFZTYZDI9007Qu-Z5rncfjraHPW__A/s1508/Daniel%20Boone-PS-Fess%20Parker%20and%20Darby%20Hinton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbGXGnqZayJq3LftxK97EOQeTOunMyLCtU5N2OuLCX8y9v0R2-DkbVYEqCc53UNp2VRjnN0uAEWpFC2rpTizdGstZ7D2svGIvfSFSNjDgN2zMeHiBqeeifbZGcfBnq4u005PTYq0DnF9o2Y_W_3KATJGRmKv0MFZTYZDI9007Qu-Z5rncfjraHPW__A/w508-h640/Daniel%20Boone-PS-Fess%20Parker%20and%20Darby%20Hinton.jpg" width="508" /></a></div>Fess Parker as Daniel and Darby Hinton as Izzy in "Daniel Boone" (1964-1970)<br /></b></span></div><br />Actor Darby Hinton, who many readers will remember as young Israel Boone on the TV series "Daniel Boone," recently paid a visit to the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7trcWcvXn_12d7Tvd-WV-GNFN2nyJwAmi0JaQslTJrdaHgGyy7XssMY_lsfKDBHVIVh-yI94u3iowiRYJ4-5ZGoawK8rjLBjrnL4Gkt5xrTqapmlWefDuRB2HtNIyMDtIgKRBiUt3yMkOxDcUxGdWyg5hbwUgsIjfI1JVROo2gch2Cli_9ENAyi6tQ/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Pyramid%20Peak,%20Batman%20Corner-Fess%20Parker,%20Darby%20Hinton%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7trcWcvXn_12d7Tvd-WV-GNFN2nyJwAmi0JaQslTJrdaHgGyy7XssMY_lsfKDBHVIVh-yI94u3iowiRYJ4-5ZGoawK8rjLBjrnL4Gkt5xrTqapmlWefDuRB2HtNIyMDtIgKRBiUt3yMkOxDcUxGdWyg5hbwUgsIjfI1JVROo2gch2Cli_9ENAyi6tQ/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Pyramid%20Peak,%20Batman%20Corner-Fess%20Parker,%20Darby%20Hinton%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>Daniel Boone shows Izzy how to hold the Kentucky long rifle in "Doll of Sorrow" (1965)<br /></b></span></div><br />It was a homecoming for Hinton, who shot some memorable scenes on the movie ranch back in 1965. The beloved NBC frontier series was still in its first season at the time, but Darby was already a veteran actor at age 7.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLxmuM6GrOBfrENnNmUe-r6wrkSQfixP9XpBQ7Y3MMC4cqSYP3Vc0qt3Y6xB5TaJN7ZE7sV6q6SaoW1LilrKopT6rsVL16kQrQk8T-C2p89HZf0m9Fx-znnwmVifczier310G0QhE4hvXWjPa4Qqsx0BUtn4AkI4F_Kpc6NliED_KavIu9fkjl1r3ig/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Darby%20Hinton%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLxmuM6GrOBfrENnNmUe-r6wrkSQfixP9XpBQ7Y3MMC4cqSYP3Vc0qt3Y6xB5TaJN7ZE7sV6q6SaoW1LilrKopT6rsVL16kQrQk8T-C2p89HZf0m9Fx-znnwmVifczier310G0QhE4hvXWjPa4Qqsx0BUtn4AkI4F_Kpc6NliED_KavIu9fkjl1r3ig/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Darby%20Hinton%202.png" width="640" /></a></div>Darby, as Izzy Boone, tries to hold up the rifle on his own<br /></b></span></div><br />The youngster struggled with the heft of the iconic firearm, also known as the Pennsylvania long rifle. The famed flintlock weapon could be a lot to handle for even a grown man, much less a 7-year-old boy.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMeY2Qq0_d2tuCab6hX2uh_Lkdo0DBg3Oo6OYosTo7xymiV4XB0unLS0Stp3_vxIvbAa1Xtb__pRxUJj75DD5cXgnCB9thi-mD4mji6OS9gxx-VdwrSM48AttdOPxo6bmMIauZGwAOpPePPkv996I-MSHFpb9YPquvDQw2036SH1V96J_sIuyk9s4Cg/s3024/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20in%20the%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-4242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2595" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMeY2Qq0_d2tuCab6hX2uh_Lkdo0DBg3Oo6OYosTo7xymiV4XB0unLS0Stp3_vxIvbAa1Xtb__pRxUJj75DD5cXgnCB9thi-mD4mji6OS9gxx-VdwrSM48AttdOPxo6bmMIauZGwAOpPePPkv996I-MSHFpb9YPquvDQw2036SH1V96J_sIuyk9s4Cg/w550-h640/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20in%20the%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods-4242.jpg" width="550" /></a></div>Darby Hinton and "Tick Licker" return to the Iverson Ranch in 2022<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Earlier this month, Hinton revisited the Iverson Ranch, where he was schooled by Fess Parker in the proper use of the long rifle more than a half-century earlier. The actor surprised us by bringing along "Tick Licker."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghefapo8GvO5wztUx__5CL27wSfPbSZEyMxdm-64cjGAz6jNAORR7Gb4eHIqHLmGeCpd-OIYR5__GNF7mBnpzSqfJ_nAtIpcT8y4uruPY62VDJ1t2ImVIDFez7IAHg_cvB3v8VsnRTlATUXDQXpcqIHm_9EYwYi6I5u2uvobw-KLdGFzCaempxPVnN5g/s3255/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2535" data-original-width="3255" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghefapo8GvO5wztUx__5CL27wSfPbSZEyMxdm-64cjGAz6jNAORR7Gb4eHIqHLmGeCpd-OIYR5__GNF7mBnpzSqfJ_nAtIpcT8y4uruPY62VDJ1t2ImVIDFez7IAHg_cvB3v8VsnRTlATUXDQXpcqIHm_9EYwYi6I5u2uvobw-KLdGFzCaempxPVnN5g/w640-h498/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Darby with "Tick Licker" at a key filming location for "Doll of Sorrow"<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Legend
has it that the real-life Daniel Boone nicknamed his hunting rifle
"Old Tick Licker" — a name Hinton still uses for his own long rifle, a
prized souvenir from his six seasons on the TV show.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLU90eHxjOd0OTkEW-h_zl7o3JdvcCLEjRIacEcPbsnsDdMano6PIEopr6llD4vOT87JyjZsFpShNTyUNGOqEishBZ2bmf0AMxbgFgcV98CewRpa4mAIUkwFBKYjiT6SRFmISeuiTcWqEBhA_iE-8cq9621yIDe82T19FPnbH0wVM8BqNRjX2ldQM2g/s612/Daniel%20Boone%20and%20Tick%20Licker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLU90eHxjOd0OTkEW-h_zl7o3JdvcCLEjRIacEcPbsnsDdMano6PIEopr6llD4vOT87JyjZsFpShNTyUNGOqEishBZ2bmf0AMxbgFgcV98CewRpa4mAIUkwFBKYjiT6SRFmISeuiTcWqEBhA_iE-8cq9621yIDe82T19FPnbH0wVM8BqNRjX2ldQM2g/w472-h640/Daniel%20Boone%20and%20Tick%20Licker.jpg" width="472" /></a></div>Artist's depiction of Daniel Boone and "Old Tick Licker"<br /></b></span></div><br />Daniel Boone reportedly once claimed the rifle was so accurate he could shoot a tick off a bear without harming the bear. The tall tale became a part of frontier lore — and the backstory behind the "Tick Licker" nickname.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR38zcJWERAD0QuebYJCgLMuvf1wRYQzzLsKtl3cDZETFyWVeUXsdhMdGfz1bJzgTDaTbPRzQWw6po7HbjtWze8Tv_KMhvWx5aAPs_dl1cgNiQD6PKL2Pie0kz9PaqmLA-3C0BNnx1z07hPYM_1E0v6u9Jo6A4h-C43X_yek0Soad4I20qKTl5CswVA/s1301/1939-Drums%20Along%20the%20Mohawk-PS-Henry%20Fonda%20with%20Tick%20Licker%20long%20rifle-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1042" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR38zcJWERAD0QuebYJCgLMuvf1wRYQzzLsKtl3cDZETFyWVeUXsdhMdGfz1bJzgTDaTbPRzQWw6po7HbjtWze8Tv_KMhvWx5aAPs_dl1cgNiQD6PKL2Pie0kz9PaqmLA-3C0BNnx1z07hPYM_1E0v6u9Jo6A4h-C43X_yek0Soad4I20qKTl5CswVA/w512-h640/1939-Drums%20Along%20the%20Mohawk-PS-Henry%20Fonda%20with%20Tick%20Licker%20long%20rifle-IMDb.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Henry Fonda wields the long rifle in John Ford's "Drums Along the Mohawk," 1939<br /></b></span></div><br />The long rifle has been a staple of Hollywood's representations of frontier life for decades.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0geVQFenaleo_S9Qbc8ZvgW9lHzOnUFtx8p6zXmc2jsxcp_r7q37DEDMuxtBctLCJxCWt1X4oaBJxVpRJr-DvOt8XwdwwnwaD9l3dHaeCJVcIchBOWdLzurc70MjA26gwrNX-E2rMo7vUcxlb2F8RTP1M2KBuMmV6XHuBUhj7K6HvKvzs7spgRuihew/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Pyramid%20Peak,%20Batman%20Corner-Fess%20Parker,%20Darby%20Hinton%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0geVQFenaleo_S9Qbc8ZvgW9lHzOnUFtx8p6zXmc2jsxcp_r7q37DEDMuxtBctLCJxCWt1X4oaBJxVpRJr-DvOt8XwdwwnwaD9l3dHaeCJVcIchBOWdLzurc70MjA26gwrNX-E2rMo7vUcxlb2F8RTP1M2KBuMmV6XHuBUhj7K6HvKvzs7spgRuihew/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Pyramid%20Peak,%20Batman%20Corner-Fess%20Parker,%20Darby%20Hinton%203.png" width="640" /></a></div>Daniel Boone sets up an impromptu stand to help Izzy steady the rifle<br /></b></span></div><br />But when young Israel Boone got his first chance to fire "Old Tick Licker" in the episode "Doll of Sorrow," things did not go as planned.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieyK0gVE7cFO6Xk0UFKTdATrXpb0ofnlNqt1hFSjuZlDBUsPrjKCkH5cWm5wgf2djap_CgT8U74VWKLPf0zhTE73Qjf8WqBtYHpWtK2XqykI6qNR9-UHQVngnDGW9xT_K2PEcwjnUFwyde5RfNLJ30p41o--ETyyxHWx2mTVwQKYwoCMnp0h2s14D5w/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20Trail,%20Sentrys.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieyK0gVE7cFO6Xk0UFKTdATrXpb0ofnlNqt1hFSjuZlDBUsPrjKCkH5cWm5wgf2djap_CgT8U74VWKLPf0zhTE73Qjf8WqBtYHpWtK2XqykI6qNR9-UHQVngnDGW9xT_K2PEcwjnUFwyde5RfNLJ30p41o--ETyyxHWx2mTVwQKYwoCMnp0h2s14D5w/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20Trail,%20Sentrys.png" width="640" /></a></div>A wagon races out of control after the horses were startled by the shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Izzy hit his target, but the shot frightened a team of horses driven by a traveling merchant, who just happened to be passing through the area with his wagonload of goods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Gb0QbvlTsZyXxvMmslhCJcfcORIUjP5WB-nD7b06oZ4HlaIipCb2ZBmoQFkXZWgU1bZRgkN5KWJ2vl3CvGrZLwfrA-2rgy4Z_MdrFz4dy8kM6zCtJktLTdfUW_UNGnSI6iFe_erRGnOU87iQDPTDSO4PkydH0rWFSl5zMTxzoTP7LxeI2jpuLuG1iA/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-the%20Arena-Edward%20Binns%20and%20Fess%20Parker.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Gb0QbvlTsZyXxvMmslhCJcfcORIUjP5WB-nD7b06oZ4HlaIipCb2ZBmoQFkXZWgU1bZRgkN5KWJ2vl3CvGrZLwfrA-2rgy4Z_MdrFz4dy8kM6zCtJktLTdfUW_UNGnSI6iFe_erRGnOU87iQDPTDSO4PkydH0rWFSl5zMTxzoTP7LxeI2jpuLuG1iA/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-the%20Arena-Edward%20Binns%20and%20Fess%20Parker.png" width="640" /></a></div>It's "swing first and ask questions later" as the merchant and the frontiersman go at it<br /></b></span></div><br />Binns' character, Seth Jennings, picks a fight with Daniel Boone before either Daniel or Izzy has a chance to explain and try to make good on the merchant's losses.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQynKUkt9CMV0eUTruZhVFpImdYp_WmLZXCaJEdOHz7i_-p0G1LuH4G17yQ_p-LUYsDieXLO_57WGWRiZ7zOMkGH16athUnAu-2dqUPoyVxUwCoE9gtyoXYAid9ReJQlGfJV9zF1qe1jIIpyOdqugRgw36vQfGbYYGoOCdVezwmIreB-QcyX2UeKhkUQ/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-Darby%20Hinton%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQynKUkt9CMV0eUTruZhVFpImdYp_WmLZXCaJEdOHz7i_-p0G1LuH4G17yQ_p-LUYsDieXLO_57WGWRiZ7zOMkGH16athUnAu-2dqUPoyVxUwCoE9gtyoXYAid9ReJQlGfJV9zF1qe1jIIpyOdqugRgw36vQfGbYYGoOCdVezwmIreB-QcyX2UeKhkUQ/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-Darby%20Hinton%203.png" width="640" /></a></div>Izzy reacts to a good punch from his dad<br /></b></span></div><br />Young Darby Hinton shows a full range of emotions as Izzy tracks the ebb and flow of the fight.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVysc6303iKB19b2_c87TMjWLoeULO7rWCbJJRs10ftBLVHvpQT0w7pPKaUkHZGThp6h6WN8-IY5AjwOd7mNOwmvBTQcwueheq1ThVDyLIedipnErbRCm_-SH3wqbid76Wj7Vai9LDbyDKOVXGEfT92pMy3vHKNoZn6U48ePkwVXSsYQDchY8atVQ8ig/s3290/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-The%20Arena-Fess%20Parker,%20Darby%20Hinton%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3290" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVysc6303iKB19b2_c87TMjWLoeULO7rWCbJJRs10ftBLVHvpQT0w7pPKaUkHZGThp6h6WN8-IY5AjwOd7mNOwmvBTQcwueheq1ThVDyLIedipnErbRCm_-SH3wqbid76Wj7Vai9LDbyDKOVXGEfT92pMy3vHKNoZn6U48ePkwVXSsYQDchY8atVQ8ig/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Doll%20of%20Sorrow-Iverson%20Ranch-The%20Arena-Fess%20Parker,%20Darby%20Hinton%201.png" width="640" /></a></div>Izzy and Daniel share a moment after Daniel's victory<br /></b></span></div><br />Even in a fight scene, the popular family-oriented show featured moments of tenderness and father-son bonding.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixNmtnrU4_lM7RFBq641s0NhYwtvVbINzt3V3q2GEpcnNpuQxCIIaWUJYG5IR57wt-yQuJukQuJuCTsxtWEK92iiw4jPceN8O8p8gUXKrwF6iuNfmRFSZRRH0sHB7iDCQjEPD6TnJcAVVmUa8BQ6GPeoemAAMENqknmOYFrmY927xlSQJtLFVEPIpdg/s3504/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="3504" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixNmtnrU4_lM7RFBq641s0NhYwtvVbINzt3V3q2GEpcnNpuQxCIIaWUJYG5IR57wt-yQuJukQuJuCTsxtWEK92iiw4jPceN8O8p8gUXKrwF6iuNfmRFSZRRH0sHB7iDCQjEPD6TnJcAVVmUa8BQ6GPeoemAAMENqknmOYFrmY927xlSQJtLFVEPIpdg/w640-h484/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4200.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The parties talk things over after the fight<br /></b></span></div><br />The action in the "Doll of Sorrow" sequence takes place in a section of the Lower Iverson just off the main trail into the Garden of the Gods. I've been calling this area "the Arena" in my research since I first ran across it years ago.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kfu6tFz-xl__2N-c04-MeNJvZUMC3TtCJhJ1QG2adWZSaCMKp5RGxcXAemhRbd-RV6zqojsF57yQsBD6dbeMr8PqIwb4VItkjRBOstskMHRKpARrYTDiJO3hl2DCd-2SuNi8aCH2x1HoLdJibOWwQYK4OvTGxhMei4RWhntdbDi6zYXndcPBoE0IKA/s782/recent-GoG-the%20Arena-matches%20Daniel%20Boone%201.28%20fistfight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="782" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kfu6tFz-xl__2N-c04-MeNJvZUMC3TtCJhJ1QG2adWZSaCMKp5RGxcXAemhRbd-RV6zqojsF57yQsBD6dbeMr8PqIwb4VItkjRBOstskMHRKpARrYTDiJO3hl2DCd-2SuNi8aCH2x1HoLdJibOWwQYK4OvTGxhMei4RWhntdbDi6zYXndcPBoE0IKA/w640-h486/recent-GoG-the%20Arena-matches%20Daniel%20Boone%201.28%20fistfight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Arena as it appears today<br /></b></span></div><br />The Arena remains completely intact today, with a number of the rocks being immediately recognizable.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv4cHJLIzEC4YB4vNQ1_8HfQblIEAisItifqAGRVHvRr5bzS-vatoKoJW-DSvY1OTCLC2gl6P00T9MaehCoEWR3UspkdLAfDHlqy-gRL-GSoWfY-CH9hAmC5sPVHUhHKoRxJgxdIN2gdhYiFE5-xaeCJdZzh__ynE1LOG60o3tyU-x6hYw3rKZmx90Q/s782/recent-GoG-the%20Arena-matches%20Daniel%20Boone%201.28%20fistfight-Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="782" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv4cHJLIzEC4YB4vNQ1_8HfQblIEAisItifqAGRVHvRr5bzS-vatoKoJW-DSvY1OTCLC2gl6P00T9MaehCoEWR3UspkdLAfDHlqy-gRL-GSoWfY-CH9hAmC5sPVHUhHKoRxJgxdIN2gdhYiFE5-xaeCJdZzh__ynE1LOG60o3tyU-x6hYw3rKZmx90Q/w640-h486/recent-GoG-the%20Arena-matches%20Daniel%20Boone%201.28%20fistfight-Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A rock star is born<br /></b></span></div><br />For a few years now, I've been referring to this rock in my research as "Darby Hinton Rock," because it's the spot where Darby, as Israel Boone, cheered his father on while Daniel and Ed Binns' character slugged it out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ9nQG7cgToLIp1PXP-8mx19KMhLxJpP5349ksjZ-1mcFyTj1eJRr535xvfkMkHjjT15CiB_EQKYOZ7Y5k_6nSSj8nJnP9bmcyvKsuHn29JzNsOAEsVC_jhHozRBxvJVt2Sl_KzGbrhZx4q5hqymvUf2QnL1YmAW-lYuWhrci-pSCN_hnaYbbgSPxCA/s3447/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4201-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="3447" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ9nQG7cgToLIp1PXP-8mx19KMhLxJpP5349ksjZ-1mcFyTj1eJRr535xvfkMkHjjT15CiB_EQKYOZ7Y5k_6nSSj8nJnP9bmcyvKsuHn29JzNsOAEsVC_jhHozRBxvJVt2Sl_KzGbrhZx4q5hqymvUf2QnL1YmAW-lYuWhrci-pSCN_hnaYbbgSPxCA/w640-h486/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4201-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Darby Hinton, stationed at the rock in "Doll of Sorrow"<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock is conveniently positioned right off the main trail into the Garden of the Gods, on park property, where it is accessible to the public during daylight hours.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif49yN-I9Wb7wDRXFp3HzR9JKPDw4NoitYq1ZPduHPDrAi3jUm9c2lh5sNhjcB0Vrj87QszYRAdr0QeKh3Ks3dIronUH5AG7RgSQIzTcrfJgSyrXZbN_96ib6Jc81OHzxb-K5UYQO7VnXt5V7T0Xgk7Bac2EAgmv-Vbl4wov85TuNSuVDhrblQU7Kjjg/s2775/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="2148" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif49yN-I9Wb7wDRXFp3HzR9JKPDw4NoitYq1ZPduHPDrAi3jUm9c2lh5sNhjcB0Vrj87QszYRAdr0QeKh3Ks3dIronUH5AG7RgSQIzTcrfJgSyrXZbN_96ib6Jc81OHzxb-K5UYQO7VnXt5V7T0Xgk7Bac2EAgmv-Vbl4wov85TuNSuVDhrblQU7Kjjg/w496-h640/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4229.jpg" width="496" /></a></div>Darby Hinton returns to "Darby Hinton Rock" in 2022<br /></b></span></div><br />I've been wanting to find a way to make the "Darby Hinton Rock" designation more formal for some time now, and when I reached out to Darby, he agreed to help out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJgximCfIZIAROw6rzzlLMxwRPtCpTvq7WknyBHhBQ36UsHGVy-bf8p4bh58r0mK_R0je11BTW11wGLK0AE8uvcKqEVUslYQRYDc9sNMq4H3czm8oxP-f0wmt5sS0e7D9RPsu9VpPBhOzzstmxHL2_0fRdjc5OC8HTXY27P_XaY-HLyFXz0Ov762PgA/s3447/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4201-noted%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="3447" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJgximCfIZIAROw6rzzlLMxwRPtCpTvq7WknyBHhBQ36UsHGVy-bf8p4bh58r0mK_R0je11BTW11wGLK0AE8uvcKqEVUslYQRYDc9sNMq4H3czm8oxP-f0wmt5sS0e7D9RPsu9VpPBhOzzstmxHL2_0fRdjc5OC8HTXY27P_XaY-HLyFXz0Ov762PgA/w640-h486/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4201-noted%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The rock's most instantly identifiable feature: the crack<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the rock's distinguishing features is this small crack, which makes it easy to identify.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAK6qGaiAadSHpolVYw29z9-8b8lk61EdwYAaSbRvxksyEHaX2_rttWzaSWvmtWySeBVXfG22mdLE_BQHNJ5nJ3OSqICNbIf2iDuM8aP002RzQvUz-WHZssrRMNJcI-SWhL9PvP8iVsMfXZp5xnsnXRSVv1le67AMCHsCEmGve9i7YTnOYTjdzDHqpaQ/s3579/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4202-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3579" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAK6qGaiAadSHpolVYw29z9-8b8lk61EdwYAaSbRvxksyEHaX2_rttWzaSWvmtWySeBVXfG22mdLE_BQHNJ5nJ3OSqICNbIf2iDuM8aP002RzQvUz-WHZssrRMNJcI-SWhL9PvP8iVsMfXZp5xnsnXRSVv1le67AMCHsCEmGve9i7YTnOYTjdzDHqpaQ/w640-h490/1965-Daniel%20Boone%201.28-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4202-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Izzy stands next to the crack in "Doll of Sorrow"<br /></b></span></div><br />You can't miss the crack in some of the closeups of Izzy when he was standing near the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5KixbreG8PyHIKLaXdXndJW3xAJRAjMBZR1InWx5PhNobLUTJ5myUaCP75qPE0_MJS3ZMznHj9VVBG7l4Ckex4BLObhU3ylXnKIC0ByCXOWGzMFUGxyhFGNlFvWUPJicSfbrFgu0sk3v3-MqBBCt8oUH9l3pu3IsKDa9GaJaHzI2j8m1QmEe6Y9xOw/s2925/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="2388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5KixbreG8PyHIKLaXdXndJW3xAJRAjMBZR1InWx5PhNobLUTJ5myUaCP75qPE0_MJS3ZMznHj9VVBG7l4Ckex4BLObhU3ylXnKIC0ByCXOWGzMFUGxyhFGNlFvWUPJicSfbrFgu0sk3v3-MqBBCt8oUH9l3pu3IsKDa9GaJaHzI2j8m1QmEe6Y9xOw/w522-h640/2022-Darby%20Hinton%20at%20Darby%20Hinton%20Rock-4220.jpg" width="522" /></a></div>Darby checks out the crack in the rock<br /></b></span></div><br />I also got a nice shot of Darby while he was taking a look at the crack. Darby suggested it might be appropriate that a rock named after him would be a little cracked — but then, I think that would be true for yours truly too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivs0eL2ZEL_ouj2gA1JR-3Raa8xWXqPeqN5r1WvsBZ-rfJOjp_iiufpxEFY7CN6UxcnlNIvp3YWcYocqbhZnbkOpcdCqSQqDfj5BOAMS9mWibe4pCIuJezPL98pdWbdsU7UQLtHGM5VdlnYYwQG1Ub4lEizkVYWwApjcSDvwEqG_0QQ5hiOSQws4NKiw/s1600/recent-Valley%20Relics%20Museum,%20Van%20Nuys-neon%20wall,%20cars,%20etc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivs0eL2ZEL_ouj2gA1JR-3Raa8xWXqPeqN5r1WvsBZ-rfJOjp_iiufpxEFY7CN6UxcnlNIvp3YWcYocqbhZnbkOpcdCqSQqDfj5BOAMS9mWibe4pCIuJezPL98pdWbdsU7UQLtHGM5VdlnYYwQG1Ub4lEizkVYWwApjcSDvwEqG_0QQ5hiOSQws4NKiw/w640-h360/recent-Valley%20Relics%20Museum,%20Van%20Nuys-neon%20wall,%20cars,%20etc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Valley Relics Museum in Van Nuys, Calif. — where San Fernando Valley memorabilia roars back to life<br /></b></span></div><br />If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area on May 28, you can learn more about
Darby Hinton and Darby Hinton Rock as part of a special presentation we
will be giving at the incredible <a href="https://www.facebook.com/valleyrelics" target="_blank">Valley Relics Museum</a> in Van Nuys.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQfB9tUJp833Xzsx795qaC0CnkPtTMHbAmg8JQXsWDAuzRxu7L6vrNJIywHZM2CmnZWNmYzKCQ_6PItNbJH03Kbhqs6DTZrkhdIke_qD2LS0Yq0R0-uNdUiU7mYukZMIuxDuY7JxSjj-Fz27HE1Ld4dtKh18PY1vqJHw2BYBkPU-pSYwBxAt0tO5ogw/s910/1930-Billy%20the%20Kid%20(Porter%20Ranch)-PS-King%20Vidor%20perch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="910" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQfB9tUJp833Xzsx795qaC0CnkPtTMHbAmg8JQXsWDAuzRxu7L6vrNJIywHZM2CmnZWNmYzKCQ_6PItNbJH03Kbhqs6DTZrkhdIke_qD2LS0Yq0R0-uNdUiU7mYukZMIuxDuY7JxSjj-Fz27HE1Ld4dtKh18PY1vqJHw2BYBkPU-pSYwBxAt0tO5ogw/w640-h488/1930-Billy%20the%20Kid%20(Porter%20Ranch)-PS-King%20Vidor%20perch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Famed director King Vidor oversees his town built for "Billy the Kid," <br />filmed in 1930 in what today is Porter Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />Besides delving into Darby's film and TV career and unveiling all the details on Darby Hinton Rock, the presentation will peel back some of the secrets from the 110-year movie history of the San Fernando Valley.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnBEaAZs7AfL8-ZZjoConhkpMS1x2yPsvrLx4_R5Cqbt3f1QL6eV-Eh8Op_pjzi3Lc1mF6HXlgb35pCBDlZPh-HjMj5FJCOVQ4Pa5iItyUNh4pj8zK5Y1HiqmKhuB-o1fb8-bHIsKj2ot9IqAJffC8c4XriSlfQ4A_LrxjFflTq4iOB4yL6621lj_jQ/s794/1982-E.T.%20The%20Extra-Terrestrial-Porter%20Ranch%20area%20looking%20west%20to%20Santa%20Susana%20Mountains-flying%20bicycles%20sequence.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="794" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnBEaAZs7AfL8-ZZjoConhkpMS1x2yPsvrLx4_R5Cqbt3f1QL6eV-Eh8Op_pjzi3Lc1mF6HXlgb35pCBDlZPh-HjMj5FJCOVQ4Pa5iItyUNh4pj8zK5Y1HiqmKhuB-o1fb8-bHIsKj2ot9IqAJffC8c4XriSlfQ4A_LrxjFflTq4iOB4yL6621lj_jQ/w640-h350/1982-E.T.%20The%20Extra-Terrestrial-Porter%20Ranch%20area%20looking%20west%20to%20Santa%20Susana%20Mountains-flying%20bicycles%20sequence.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982): Taking flight over Porter Ranch with an alien in a basket<br /></b></span></div><br />The presentation kicks off at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, but come early so you can spend some time browsing the sprawling <a href="https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org" target="_blank">Valley Relics Museum</a>. The presentation is included in the museum's <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-history-of-the-san-fernando-valley-tickets-294167933207" target="_blank">general admission price of $15</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2-xZJhsaEwXo5_C94G1YMrkwKaG3hDmCbFeM9T_iYHb-HqrsV1MjDCsZ0_ggvSC3RkoEQ20qtXwrVt66qIfMHNMRSQdr-KefDYAnlZTUIfWvKriN2kNkFdYP6PaNqWDmjbZ4ql0D9enkHZ_yTOfN59BzmKBcNexrv9M2dG_WqJCV4gDCERjPuRja8A/s1564/1985-Malibu%20Express-Blue-ray%20cover%20with%20ripped%20Darby%20Hinton%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1118" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2-xZJhsaEwXo5_C94G1YMrkwKaG3hDmCbFeM9T_iYHb-HqrsV1MjDCsZ0_ggvSC3RkoEQ20qtXwrVt66qIfMHNMRSQdr-KefDYAnlZTUIfWvKriN2kNkFdYP6PaNqWDmjbZ4ql0D9enkHZ_yTOfN59BzmKBcNexrv9M2dG_WqJCV4gDCERjPuRja8A/w458-h640/1985-Malibu%20Express-Blue-ray%20cover%20with%20ripped%20Darby%20Hinton%201.jpg" width="458" /></a></div>"Malibu Express" (1985), starring a ripped Darby Hinton</b></span></div><br />This is your chance to find out all about the guest of honor's surprising career trajectory in the years after "Daniel Boone" — and maybe even ask Darby what it was like to star with five Playboy Playmates in "Malibu Express."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoq6y9DXb5kiPKrLKfcPlXYwvKhmzQ-h7dhLmXsag4Lp-nuNRKNU0o0ZHSaGkVx44Wz0OpEFhgGpd_9ZVG-BFlaQnZGjjn-nJjhQy1DcJXN3H4BFOHQvrxyqphS_O1ZeRVcmH58bO87HY8TvKHjaFG9EbWfhTtsuORakd7ymcWXz_oxR8FiM-SXgNCg/s1980/2022%20(052822)-flier-movie%20history%20of%20the%20San%20Fernando%20Valley-Valley%20Relics%20Museum-May%2028,%202022.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoq6y9DXb5kiPKrLKfcPlXYwvKhmzQ-h7dhLmXsag4Lp-nuNRKNU0o0ZHSaGkVx44Wz0OpEFhgGpd_9ZVG-BFlaQnZGjjn-nJjhQy1DcJXN3H4BFOHQvrxyqphS_O1ZeRVcmH58bO87HY8TvKHjaFG9EbWfhTtsuORakd7ymcWXz_oxR8FiM-SXgNCg/w494-h640/2022%20(052822)-flier-movie%20history%20of%20the%20San%20Fernando%20Valley-Valley%20Relics%20Museum-May%2028,%202022.png" width="494" /></a></div>Flier for May 28 presentation, with guest of honor Darby Hinton<br /></b></span></div><br />I hope all my blog readers will come on up and say howdy!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-87945917274848086842022-03-28T19:13:00.003-07:002022-04-04T09:25:42.837-07:00We will be giving a presentation Saturday, May 28, on the Movie History of the San Fernando Valley — and honoring actor Darby Hinton from the TV series "Daniel Boone"<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl65_vvKtME8CrXqQtiA5S--N5K94Y_xbalc7Y4zmgl0o_jPUnZvHLG7jZr4rAZ5-_2cimGegi_uONalpor2focYLtyKX_ulmSya5Z9yDfoPZ1fMgZYekS8kBPLOlsxH2HBHzZWtI5Aa_vItmGwhzwNWX7VUFL8sn8pcoJxgiFwwvYejGrKu6QX4XUQ/s1980/2022%20(052822)-flier-movie%20history%20of%20the%20San%20Fernando%20Valley-Valley%20Relics%20Museum-May%2028,%202022.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl65_vvKtME8CrXqQtiA5S--N5K94Y_xbalc7Y4zmgl0o_jPUnZvHLG7jZr4rAZ5-_2cimGegi_uONalpor2focYLtyKX_ulmSya5Z9yDfoPZ1fMgZYekS8kBPLOlsxH2HBHzZWtI5Aa_vItmGwhzwNWX7VUFL8sn8pcoJxgiFwwvYejGrKu6QX4XUQ/w494-h640/2022%20(052822)-flier-movie%20history%20of%20the%20San%20Fernando%20Valley-Valley%20Relics%20Museum-May%2028,%202022.png" width="494" /></a></div>Special presentation Saturday, May 28, at Valley Relics Museum in Van Nuys, Calif.<br /></b></span></div><br />The webmaster of the Iverson Movie Ranch Blog will present "Movie History of the San Fernando Valley" at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Valley Relics Museum in Van Nuys, Calif., with special guest Darby Hinton, who starred as Izzy Boone, Daniel Boone's young son, on the popular TV series "Daniel Boone" from 1964-1970. I hope you'll come up and say howdy!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Please <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-history-of-the-san-fernando-valley-tickets-294167933207" target="_blank">click here</a> for tickets. <br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-47925555268791321332022-01-25T12:58:00.000-08:002022-01-25T12:58:27.102-08:00Whatever became of this gorgeous filming location seen in "Gunsmoke," "The Virginian," "Rawhide" and other Westerns?<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx45KkQFjngYxQEtM8TXAY256vza7hnMPVPmyHjerMuJ15VDziycPpMDvXJTvIrcY87Hr6YccgmSM65RLobeguSorlSbj5ODGg-iNFVyESTrqL43bAmjOUAjntzYDbOBLpdlPh5bdWx7m/s2048/1969-Virginian+7.24-The+Girl+in+the+Shadows-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge+area-matches+2021+photo+3592.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx45KkQFjngYxQEtM8TXAY256vza7hnMPVPmyHjerMuJ15VDziycPpMDvXJTvIrcY87Hr6YccgmSM65RLobeguSorlSbj5ODGg-iNFVyESTrqL43bAmjOUAjntzYDbOBLpdlPh5bdWx7m/w640-h480/1969-Virginian+7.24-The+Girl+in+the+Shadows-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge+area-matches+2021+photo+3592.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian" episode "The Girl in the Shadows" (1969)<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This stunning filming location, where cattle were put through their paces in TV Westerns during the 1960s, was almost lost to history. In modern times this forgotten land has been nearly impossible to find — until now.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgzRTHoM89rjTESZEs8K9EmCABey9qAHh5tOAt2_HLt326GCO1qVnfSedI8m0cVeY_qNeh2YAp7qylGd6HXtq2H9I2Y3UqAJDxXqNLqTG2saZUaIADMEv-7zTGiXTke0KD_z6HT0QhegQ/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge-matches+The+Virginian+7.24-3592.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgzRTHoM89rjTESZEs8K9EmCABey9qAHh5tOAt2_HLt326GCO1qVnfSedI8m0cVeY_qNeh2YAp7qylGd6HXtq2H9I2Y3UqAJDxXqNLqTG2saZUaIADMEv-7zTGiXTke0KD_z6HT0QhegQ/w640-h414/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge-matches+The+Virginian+7.24-3592.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same Southern California location in summer 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />We tracked down this location in 2021, making our first expedition to the site last summer. Matching the angles today is tricky, but this photo includes much of the same terrain seen in the shot above from "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6DE3GL4BgZpXKzknw3usA5DLDDS6VK6b_Opmf9BvtREwsLXhqI7EaSLcx2S74zluKLglDGaQe1DHdKs5RN56ldiwcv_2XNNFTJXsG7CFY1QbnOLFzBdyH5Te-VKqAbeVcTBNaZ39zKG0/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge-matches+The+Virginian+7.24-3592-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6DE3GL4BgZpXKzknw3usA5DLDDS6VK6b_Opmf9BvtREwsLXhqI7EaSLcx2S74zluKLglDGaQe1DHdKs5RN56ldiwcv_2XNNFTJXsG7CFY1QbnOLFzBdyH5Te-VKqAbeVcTBNaZ39zKG0/w640-h414/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge-matches+The+Virginian+7.24-3592-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Note these two sections of the ridgeline<br /></b></span></div><br />Breaking down the contemporary ridgeline into two sections helps bring into focus how the 2021 photo matches up with "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Gb_Akdazd7KtncaPi-LPtqtlwEXFqiZIoMLGdZAZOzFWQ4IKi7CkO3V4SA4SpdbdFqF-eGoXPGtSSbf3oCNfkGQg4HqDfSS47OIUXAtzA43SKjFKGj2ER5SIecX-QS6t1PFl0DeEDUlZ/s2048/1969-Virginian+7.24-The+Girl+in+the+Shadows-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge+area-matches+2021+photo+3592-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Gb_Akdazd7KtncaPi-LPtqtlwEXFqiZIoMLGdZAZOzFWQ4IKi7CkO3V4SA4SpdbdFqF-eGoXPGtSSbf3oCNfkGQg4HqDfSS47OIUXAtzA43SKjFKGj2ER5SIecX-QS6t1PFl0DeEDUlZ/w640-h480/1969-Virginian+7.24-The+Girl+in+the+Shadows-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Spiky+Ridge+area-matches+2021+photo+3592-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Ridges "A" and "B" in "The Virginian"<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at the shot from "The Virginian," the same two ridge sections can be identified. From this angle some of the hills farther south emerge and can be seen between Ridges "A" and "B."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsf3blEXZBgtAhqee-dOW6LW5eNl2xxqi6atCajZxzgY0lK2stdSc96CNwp8GQDydduNkZMSFMYN9VWfe-j00_GJ5EFSkfxlxUPlp3g_eROOHRJ-rPWzCceVI-7REKprUSil7a5DvraISw/s2048/1963-Virginian+2.1-Ride+a+Dark+Trail-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L-trees+lined+up.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsf3blEXZBgtAhqee-dOW6LW5eNl2xxqi6atCajZxzgY0lK2stdSc96CNwp8GQDydduNkZMSFMYN9VWfe-j00_GJ5EFSkfxlxUPlp3g_eROOHRJ-rPWzCceVI-7REKprUSil7a5DvraISw/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+2.1-Ride+a+Dark+Trail-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L-trees+lined+up.png" width="640" /></a></div>A row of "fuzzy trees" appears in "The Virginian" episode "Ride a Dark Trail" (1963)</b></span></div><br />One of the location's trademark features is these unusual trees. This shot comes from the season two episode "Ride a Dark Trail," but the same footage was recycled throughout multiple seasons of "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO4eZjpjaLjN3LpO2CmZTOCNcdloxChxgCvNN1KpgURlqk-HNH-STt29VAH5NX7ZZ4z9bE4VTa0dTNbdoSwYFahj6hwiRHmtrBDsFiirGWVGAKnzqwNC80jW3bxMt1naPg2HQ7edQXO4g/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+Tree+closeup.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO4eZjpjaLjN3LpO2CmZTOCNcdloxChxgCvNN1KpgURlqk-HNH-STt29VAH5NX7ZZ4z9bE4VTa0dTNbdoSwYFahj6hwiRHmtrBDsFiirGWVGAKnzqwNC80jW3bxMt1naPg2HQ7edQXO4g/w640-h486/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+Tree+closeup.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian" — "The Executioners," 1962: Up close with one of those "fuzzy trees"<br /></b></span></div><br />The
trees really show off their plumage in closeups — especially on "The Virginian." The show's nine seasons, all of them in color, have
survived in beautiful picture quality that puts most of the early TV
Westerns to shame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvCbWnGU1vRt-cf0lM9jsiIZ5dT1-0U9opTa7z3EFOIsDFYd-pPjODosQV_-gZuqBK7L9nKgwvzIsqR1dvvpDm0OaximcVy4AWEkPWuu6f1CifcPbr9Hw5Yz4UQu3_IsNErnUguU4KvU1/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L-Trees+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvCbWnGU1vRt-cf0lM9jsiIZ5dT1-0U9opTa7z3EFOIsDFYd-pPjODosQV_-gZuqBK7L9nKgwvzIsqR1dvvpDm0OaximcVy4AWEkPWuu6f1CifcPbr9Hw5Yz4UQu3_IsNErnUguU4KvU1/w640-h426/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L-Trees+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"50 Days to Moose Jaw" ("The Virginian," 1962) — out amongst the "fuzzy trees"<br /></b></span></div><br />The trees may be a variety of valley oak, one of the most prevalent oak trees in Southern California. However, unlike most valley oaks, these distinctive trees tend to have foliage extending from top to bottom.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRVlYZED4J11502tl5NUs8aAweeLzWk29KzPK-OEmeGxY_YnCpm5B74_P_9MMVWNtL-iic8ZVvLPxvp-cbWs5x7_b5cpfpnmmv2Y3vh1ysHGCWBgnniyquRxye0G14pmQOMG4b8JhHeIx/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Crossroads+Tree.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRVlYZED4J11502tl5NUs8aAweeLzWk29KzPK-OEmeGxY_YnCpm5B74_P_9MMVWNtL-iic8ZVvLPxvp-cbWs5x7_b5cpfpnmmv2Y3vh1ysHGCWBgnniyquRxye0G14pmQOMG4b8JhHeIx/w640-h454/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Crossroads+Tree.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ryker" ("The Virginian," 1964): The heavily filmed "Crossroads Tree"<br /></b></span></div><br />One of these trees, seen here just right of center, was filmed more often than most, presumably because of its strategic location where a couple of old movie roads meet. I call it the "Crossroads Tree."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8vKuoqug1oqLT30elvna7uloAfa-qStgtVYuvZTSUbNZQM5bHv4avB-L5zNb0KyY8s94e4YScJKUUvDSsLlUWWF2HFpNK46r5CauDgakNsDxQ1p3GrnfvtTaqme0BlHUS14TXWs5df_C/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Crossroads+Tree-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8vKuoqug1oqLT30elvna7uloAfa-qStgtVYuvZTSUbNZQM5bHv4avB-L5zNb0KyY8s94e4YScJKUUvDSsLlUWWF2HFpNK46r5CauDgakNsDxQ1p3GrnfvtTaqme0BlHUS14TXWs5df_C/w640-h454/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Crossroads+Tree-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Crossroads Tree sits in a familiar spot, below Ridge A<br /></b></span></div><br />You might recognize our old friend "Ridge A" hovering above the Crossroads Tree.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrlXFLNTh50MgzkCnGpyt-FFTTB2BQreFHFelG3Cbs25-F4b4aNGaVWTqkAjh2LMn_Gf5WGWjEgopgS58RVcqlOblnE1QnhBD1OkEXotT-F8jAjt1v849nMafiK8OpGlS3xClsgzq861C/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-ca+South+Shore-L+tree-7130.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrlXFLNTh50MgzkCnGpyt-FFTTB2BQreFHFelG3Cbs25-F4b4aNGaVWTqkAjh2LMn_Gf5WGWjEgopgS58RVcqlOblnE1QnhBD1OkEXotT-F8jAjt1v849nMafiK8OpGlS3xClsgzq861C/w640-h412/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-ca+South+Shore-L+tree-7130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "The Hostage" (1965): The Crossroads Tree from a reverse angle<br /></b></span></div><br />The Crossroads Tree also found its way into "Gunsmoke." If you look carefully at the tree as it appears here and in the "Virginian" photo above, you can see that it's the same tree, photographed from opposite directions. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6UdpakCAG58G9BD5Iup-EmZ92oY9Yb3L_mbnhEqmQyX6Bv1ARb1pxkMTDvFn1DXpaeO6gH-7Anf8qNquKeNpYBjsYpSRM3Gy8IcsWhQAucti0XrKXZmi81r_x77T3hqK0-STxkTfA-xV/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+tree+action+around+South+Shore-7136.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2048" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6UdpakCAG58G9BD5Iup-EmZ92oY9Yb3L_mbnhEqmQyX6Bv1ARb1pxkMTDvFn1DXpaeO6gH-7Anf8qNquKeNpYBjsYpSRM3Gy8IcsWhQAucti0XrKXZmi81r_x77T3hqK0-STxkTfA-xV/w640-h408/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+tree+action+around+South+Shore-7136.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"The Hostage" ("Gunsmoke," season 11): A closer look at the Crossroads Tree<br /></b></span></div><br />In an action shot from the same "Gunsmoke" episode, we get a better look at the Crossroads Tree.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1BXC5dOON8gakDLbIRKqpxkSjZUGmxh_a6Zn1jFOwDL0vXULymPkdvugcyaC6JltmxJT4IWFlVcx6NZtVIHytUUvQAL8nKU9dgBCkff3bEoFbhIPLxy8TsE-Rq665QRUXxjeERYaVA_-/s2048/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+Tree-same+tree+seen+in+Gunsmoke+11.12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1BXC5dOON8gakDLbIRKqpxkSjZUGmxh_a6Zn1jFOwDL0vXULymPkdvugcyaC6JltmxJT4IWFlVcx6NZtVIHytUUvQAL8nKU9dgBCkff3bEoFbhIPLxy8TsE-Rq665QRUXxjeERYaVA_-/w640-h480/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+Tree-same+tree+seen+in+Gunsmoke+11.12.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Rawhide" episode "The Photographer" (1964): There's that tree again<br /></b></span></div><br />The Crossroads Tree turns up yet again in "Rawhide." Here it is reversed again from the "Gunsmoke" angle and more or less matches the "Virginian" angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBfCbb9PCly3EKggx3m-87tKT8pplyC6xboQEJl332ngNXbSLBM2qa6oykr641WA3QZKiF4kOsarHE97-5C1l2SA7Pz_bzQMtnJHDUtddKWcNPowdaGrWHHuUmciVxoWSgseTY6_PHOXV/s2048/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Crossroads+Tree-Clint+Eastwood+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBfCbb9PCly3EKggx3m-87tKT8pplyC6xboQEJl332ngNXbSLBM2qa6oykr641WA3QZKiF4kOsarHE97-5C1l2SA7Pz_bzQMtnJHDUtddKWcNPowdaGrWHHuUmciVxoWSgseTY6_PHOXV/w640-h480/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Crossroads+Tree-Clint+Eastwood+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>A future movie star heads toward the Crossroads Tree on "Rawhide"<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the fun things about the old TV Westerns is all the famous actors who found work on them early in their careers. I wonder whether any readers will be able to ID this skinny future megastar from the back.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8s66-G5q32pi00OkkhgBYnzkN9G_A_5SVoRUhZqY5-3NaY77MO1a-83eo6KaLfZjQCkyIWMZcAR7iljRWyC-2WPuN7Yc_1HuCktekeovuugZNsoxklaRQziUdCcqcHOhUoUMCp0j1hKU/s2048/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Crossroads+Tree-Clint+Eastwood+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8s66-G5q32pi00OkkhgBYnzkN9G_A_5SVoRUhZqY5-3NaY77MO1a-83eo6KaLfZjQCkyIWMZcAR7iljRWyC-2WPuN7Yc_1HuCktekeovuugZNsoxklaRQziUdCcqcHOhUoUMCp0j1hKU/w640-h480/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Crossroads+Tree-Clint+Eastwood+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>He turns sideways, and dadgum if it ain't Clint Eastwood<br /></b></span></div><br />The next time we see him it's a side view, suggesting someone wanted us to see his face but didn't want to change the camera setup. Eastwood's star power surged during the years he played Rowdy Yates on "Rawhide."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEC4Zv-DXUGNxO8izS0f_0X6FDwtUnrL87A9pJBa2RskmZqlj0nV2nj7te9SlxILb3GPTAwqDDsjumVbHlSrF-Bjti87oi8dqiW3bcHhaH1J4PFvHIkIkdMEPPshW4do0lykUoCopF0rc/s2048/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Crossroads+Tree-Clint+Eastwood+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEC4Zv-DXUGNxO8izS0f_0X6FDwtUnrL87A9pJBa2RskmZqlj0nV2nj7te9SlxILb3GPTAwqDDsjumVbHlSrF-Bjti87oi8dqiW3bcHhaH1J4PFvHIkIkdMEPPshW4do0lykUoCopF0rc/w640-h480/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Crossroads+Tree-Clint+Eastwood+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Clint draws nearer (my God!) to tree<br /></b></span></div><br />Someone must have been barking out commands to Clint, "Turn left, now turn right," so they could get shots of him from all angles as he zigzagged his way to the Crossroads Tree. I like to think a large megaphone was involved. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6yN9kfoHms4Oo6PgmiWsAKwwEZqBi6bcH0uFrxTDU11aGOFKlcAnKSWzSmuJwEdJhyLpkE-imvzUew4PwkcLri4aFPljeyZ4QIZIRRS1-axSAcV6d782h9RZ9Rzfwlm6TQEuTuFuexDD/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+Trees+in+line.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="2048" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6yN9kfoHms4Oo6PgmiWsAKwwEZqBi6bcH0uFrxTDU11aGOFKlcAnKSWzSmuJwEdJhyLpkE-imvzUew4PwkcLri4aFPljeyZ4QIZIRRS1-axSAcV6d782h9RZ9Rzfwlm6TQEuTuFuexDD/w640-h450/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-L+Trees+in+line.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Executioners" ("The Virginian"): Same footage also seen in "Ride a Dark Trail"<br /></b></span></div><br />The
trees often appear in straight lines, suggesting they were planted.
Based on their size and maturity, it's most likely that this planting
occurred back in the early days of the ranch era, possibly as far back
as the 19th century.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVw8FjA7xKFwIfp0oFFSTPe76GWOKph6FzdslXCMN7p5tAmy5jxTQmWn072gBxno3FPv2T_WdgobWL17Dpu-wDVXJhTIeKe_ypzMgpTRGHL6k1R98_R6QigJQzTmbIHd11i2VsBQyRcPf/s2048/2020-Valley+Oak+example-Wikipedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVw8FjA7xKFwIfp0oFFSTPe76GWOKph6FzdslXCMN7p5tAmy5jxTQmWn072gBxno3FPv2T_WdgobWL17Dpu-wDVXJhTIeKe_ypzMgpTRGHL6k1R98_R6QigJQzTmbIHd11i2VsBQyRcPf/w640-h480/2020-Valley+Oak+example-Wikipedia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Example of a mature valley oak — thought to be a relative of the trees in "The Virginian"<br /></b></span></div><br />While I was researching the trees in "The Virginian," trying unsuccessfully to figure out exactly what they were, I was surprised to learn that trees in the valley oak family can live up to 600 years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm91g1cvTDBJ2M5uZR3bV9VvS33J0zTArhaW4XWq1QQbRTlBJqzknaR9FPJWomH_sg2dHrJ4htsB6361_EvLevT7Wp0SX5xJ0cAYM6MLAg4ryG8u-WwDqlJ550XnA-vSSl2_HTV_jNARs/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-funeral-L-Trees.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm91g1cvTDBJ2M5uZR3bV9VvS33J0zTArhaW4XWq1QQbRTlBJqzknaR9FPJWomH_sg2dHrJ4htsB6361_EvLevT7Wp0SX5xJ0cAYM6MLAg4ryG8u-WwDqlJ550XnA-vSSl2_HTV_jNARs/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-funeral-L-Trees.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Fifty Days to Moose Jaw": Two of "The Virginian's" fuzzy trees look on at an Old West funeral<br /></b></span></div><br />But the trees in "The Virginian" wouldn't have to worry about putting anything away for their retirement. Within a few years after location filming ended on the show in 1970, they would all be gone.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflhtXQDgFyQLBbFdjoOWT2U3T2J9WmK3C1yi8wJTEjqytcsQsnvkk2z1yzYbvFIlpIS3BDa_MabqZ0dIgxUmikfXpQck-k4RDyA4BS-zZbD2Mo-WyRjNI8y3IGusL3rLB1v81PaO8Rhjl/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.4-The+Big+Deal-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+lumpy+trees-cattle.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflhtXQDgFyQLBbFdjoOWT2U3T2J9WmK3C1yi8wJTEjqytcsQsnvkk2z1yzYbvFIlpIS3BDa_MabqZ0dIgxUmikfXpQck-k4RDyA4BS-zZbD2Mo-WyRjNI8y3IGusL3rLB1v81PaO8Rhjl/w640-h482/1962-Virginian+1.4-The+Big+Deal-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+lumpy+trees-cattle.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Big Deal" (1962): Doug McClure and the other Shiloh Ranch hands work a few cattle<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Virginian" filmed in this mysterious location many times — far more frequently than any other show. And it's a good thing it did, because this is the only way we can get a decent look at the place today — including its trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8lYO0LafltnAE7NPkjsGXmT280UKIdF0HsmdbPZ20FqOMxtN6yw0kr7eX63vnlnrkec91byVSGyckMDgVvJDl-GUn74O5N6vNW1YIMQP-SazHnxGsDTusEyhgjvAKb4jFFglQs4zxatW/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8lYO0LafltnAE7NPkjsGXmT280UKIdF0HsmdbPZ20FqOMxtN6yw0kr7eX63vnlnrkec91byVSGyckMDgVvJDl-GUn74O5N6vNW1YIMQP-SazHnxGsDTusEyhgjvAKb4jFFglQs4zxatW/w640-h394/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Awakening" ("The Virginian," 1965): A valley that will soon be swallowed up<br /></b></span></div><br />The entire valley no longer exists — "fuzzy trees," Crossroads Tree, grazing land, movie roads and everything else. But it wasn't destroyed by suburban development, the usual culprit in Southern California.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAJN8ggw3_v3tu5YXDeoKu9FBhoMex8-izeWb3D3_UNYSo3CFFKlotlN5s6CkCBEKOoAGF9BeRkd_hvjXms48kaVWxdBJNILXVeZ2ebvteRWmodOJg0cL-7bApxrQlol_G_5e9hvo8mB7/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAJN8ggw3_v3tu5YXDeoKu9FBhoMex8-izeWb3D3_UNYSo3CFFKlotlN5s6CkCBEKOoAGF9BeRkd_hvjXms48kaVWxdBJNILXVeZ2ebvteRWmodOJg0cL-7bApxrQlol_G_5e9hvo8mB7/w640-h418/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same location today: Las Virgenes Reservoir<br /></b></span></div><br />Instead it was destroyed to make room for something else entirely. The valley was flooded and filled with water in the early 1970s, creating the scenic Las Virgenes Reservoir in southern Westlake Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7unmcZaxVdkNzI97-Lvfr-U-FSTSm7a4Ag_NPfJ2guXH7_IL1NoKqzjC82E5lHqb9Pz4NFEMTg3ZAwwwH-D2nNrlK9H5e3tU-BMllNoaodvmmWo2NYsKJV-1HvDjzc9N7GHdUBzm9yPY/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7unmcZaxVdkNzI97-Lvfr-U-FSTSm7a4Ag_NPfJ2guXH7_IL1NoKqzjC82E5lHqb9Pz4NFEMTg3ZAwwwH-D2nNrlK9H5e3tU-BMllNoaodvmmWo2NYsKJV-1HvDjzc9N7GHdUBzm9yPY/w640-h418/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Two triangular peaks sit side by side in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />To get an idea of how things line up today with the valley as it appeared in "The Virginian" and other shows in the 1960s, we can track the two triangular peaks noted here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtMFAZbtsDjH2byck_qUxnr-UCDXxXnomCtPmELlbmfYmp0d5LsrjePcXjDjoMuUyoPfclrYMCP_irLbmGbz4M8Qnwa6Iirmi4yqldKiciYEwQe3pXNdt97ryQ6kUIQBsae8qvlNTr9UJ/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtMFAZbtsDjH2byck_qUxnr-UCDXxXnomCtPmELlbmfYmp0d5LsrjePcXjDjoMuUyoPfclrYMCP_irLbmGbz4M8Qnwa6Iirmi4yqldKiciYEwQe3pXNdt97ryQ6kUIQBsae8qvlNTr9UJ/w640-h394/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The triangular peaks in 1965<br /></b></span></div><br />You can't miss the same two peaks in the screen shot from "The Awakening." This was just a few years before they began filling in the valley with water.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVxgPNQL7EHvSmey6oifJ9PibUyhGiW2a6SgGjHvk8IOltxw1YcO7Vu5W40DBGd38LA6-QW-j6FLu7tOAWs2xZRLsMdt_MZ85erAOXecUwmuVewSAr6UHyYeZl67f7Ah-i0cCSMBllgqb/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVxgPNQL7EHvSmey6oifJ9PibUyhGiW2a6SgGjHvk8IOltxw1YcO7Vu5W40DBGd38LA6-QW-j6FLu7tOAWs2xZRLsMdt_MZ85erAOXecUwmuVewSAr6UHyYeZl67f7Ah-i0cCSMBllgqb/w640-h394/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>By a conservative estimate, everything below the line would be underwater now<br /></b></span></div><br />Comparing the two shots, we can take a first whack at estimating where the waterline would be in the "Virginian" photo — in other words, how much of the valley would soon be consumed by the reservoir, and it's a lot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bskUmTCM5P9dPcVkBxZ1mmVN76K_1q8RV4aClycUaxjuS83XQBqDnlGASUin0vn_wJkhZSfj358YtAet34S-hIY0uGyOB_wYd67eXTU-iFU-951-1Kz3Gi56w_Y3UGwVJc0Hf-daMk4b/s1396/recent-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-incl+Castle+Mesa%252C+South+Shore+Butte-01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1396" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bskUmTCM5P9dPcVkBxZ1mmVN76K_1q8RV4aClycUaxjuS83XQBqDnlGASUin0vn_wJkhZSfj358YtAet34S-hIY0uGyOB_wYd67eXTU-iFU-951-1Kz3Gi56w_Y3UGwVJc0Hf-daMk4b/w640-h236/recent-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-incl+Castle+Mesa%252C+South+Shore+Butte-01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The view to the south of Las Virgenes Reservoir<br /></b></span></div><br />The good news is that a number of landmarks remain in place above the waterline. Thanks to these features we can figure out, more or less, where filming took place when this was still a valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC04JrWgqDMaJGAgF94In9U4mf4vnakcriDPrdmKYIt574mnpc0DH-u3Mqv1mgk3eB_9ZszeEPfWzpr_qyXaLzWvhtdsoEeNc0q90_JkEXdDWKGXkHgJoBvosbIo7vX8UkS3HWnbEG-8F/s1396/recent-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-incl+Castle+Mesa%252C+South+Shore+Butte-01-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1396" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC04JrWgqDMaJGAgF94In9U4mf4vnakcriDPrdmKYIt574mnpc0DH-u3Mqv1mgk3eB_9ZszeEPfWzpr_qyXaLzWvhtdsoEeNc0q90_JkEXdDWKGXkHgJoBvosbIo7vX8UkS3HWnbEG-8F/w640-h236/recent-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-incl+Castle+Mesa%252C+South+Shore+Butte-01-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Castle Mesa," looking south across Las Virgenes Reservoir<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the landmarks I keep seeing a lot of is this flat-topped peak. I don't know whether it has a real name, but I finally had to start calling it something so I settled on "Castle Mesa."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vOJ4LuYZ7YJRJHTosViP21MYizCsyuWkCl9_yzYelyVlB079wrrC-_xMHM4QC6ntL_m8n6QCwRI2AGiPaS7GdbVch4qVo_khxSJYVUhTL1vISXEDXzwEUrP-ktOUyeieoa1DmCLJqSCD/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+Castle+Mesa-3607-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2048" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vOJ4LuYZ7YJRJHTosViP21MYizCsyuWkCl9_yzYelyVlB079wrrC-_xMHM4QC6ntL_m8n6QCwRI2AGiPaS7GdbVch4qVo_khxSJYVUhTL1vISXEDXzwEUrP-ktOUyeieoa1DmCLJqSCD/w640-h382/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+Castle+Mesa-3607-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A closer look at "Castle Mesa"<br /></b></span></div><br />The idea is that, well, it's a mesa ... and it kind of looks like a castle with that one "tower" sticking up. I realize it's a stretch. Anyway, it keeps popping up in "The Virginian," "Gunsmoke" and other shows.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVY8ShdAD53w7hmKEvcUdNRAYQlatYX6_cjn3awSzluvAebALvmpaTcO2y3NGgH3DEdn5KsdRyJYuC-q8YV_i9T1WfjYWEk59kqCmwk6xMOoj71QhFYWemJWcF5pSQobdf1RPczAZhkjN/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-Roberta+Shore+breaks+Randy+Boone%2527s+heart.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVY8ShdAD53w7hmKEvcUdNRAYQlatYX6_cjn3awSzluvAebALvmpaTcO2y3NGgH3DEdn5KsdRyJYuC-q8YV_i9T1WfjYWEk59kqCmwk6xMOoj71QhFYWemJWcF5pSQobdf1RPczAZhkjN/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-Roberta+Shore+breaks+Randy+Boone%2527s+heart.png" width="640" /></a></div>A heartbreaking farewell below Castle Mesa in "The Awakening"<br /></b></span></div><br />A poignant scene plays out in front of Castle Mesa between Roberta Shore's character, Betsy, and her buddy Randy, played by Randy Boone, in the 1965 "Virginian" episode "The Awakening."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fHYLXZ9Ps7PsvGRKAQz4m-RF_BfTLma7NErBngQ8WH3taZDeIS9ScHfBXF5sZzldag9PKPE5gmx8X3cnx1enlouN4EdkhrKGp2LnhwjX7lFdOLcsIoU_9e2lPJGegejCxaXy504xM9Ny/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-Roberta+Shore+breaks+Randy+Boone%2527s+heart-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fHYLXZ9Ps7PsvGRKAQz4m-RF_BfTLma7NErBngQ8WH3taZDeIS9ScHfBXF5sZzldag9PKPE5gmx8X3cnx1enlouN4EdkhrKGp2LnhwjX7lFdOLcsIoU_9e2lPJGegejCxaXy504xM9Ny/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-Roberta+Shore+breaks+Randy+Boone%2527s+heart-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Castle Mesa stands as silent witness while the young'uns "have a moment"<br /></b></span></div><br />The episode, which aired early in season four, marks Roberta Shore's departure from "The Virginian," as Betsy marries a preacher and moves away — leaving lovestruck Randy more than a little disappointed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTndOVfKDtRSf45R_M2sGmwp_0LiM_gHabhAs-6TD-Lp-Y6xHCtpiyIqFiOHwOjRhuvr0IN0IWJOtwjTu_BPKkEQBnEfzXHQUiG9A_gK3zgQlVZ9_p7xJgU11ozwL50_0s1mrgMUxHlkYC/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Castle+Mesa+%2528wide%2529+2-7126.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTndOVfKDtRSf45R_M2sGmwp_0LiM_gHabhAs-6TD-Lp-Y6xHCtpiyIqFiOHwOjRhuvr0IN0IWJOtwjTu_BPKkEQBnEfzXHQUiG9A_gK3zgQlVZ9_p7xJgU11ozwL50_0s1mrgMUxHlkYC/w640-h410/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Castle+Mesa+%2528wide%2529+2-7126.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "The Hostage" (1965): Matt's fate hangs in the balance<br /></b></span></div><br />Castle Mesa, seen here at top center, made a habit of witnessing big TV moments. Here it oversees a high-stakes standoff in "Gunsmoke" as Marshal Dillon is held hostage by a gang of escaped prison inmates.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKW0DHruPq0BlCFho7mgPKZ5k2S-eKwffsS94hyvuT21IzflID5v09TOI4rDOvZaXNM_l7LmL2LsFu1fIIeKuxu2fCUfvyD11Bl7N8juEXwXGG7EFr_3RdbdkZHol5IG7x9k0lwfUOEHT/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+Castle+Mesa-3607-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2048" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKW0DHruPq0BlCFho7mgPKZ5k2S-eKwffsS94hyvuT21IzflID5v09TOI4rDOvZaXNM_l7LmL2LsFu1fIIeKuxu2fCUfvyD11Bl7N8juEXwXGG7EFr_3RdbdkZHol5IG7x9k0lwfUOEHT/w640-h382/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+Castle+Mesa-3607-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"South Shore Butte"<br /></b></span></div><br />A short distance northwest of Castle Mesa, along the south shore of Las Virgenes Reservoir, stands a major rock outcropping that serves as another of the area's key landmarks. I call this feature the "South Shore Butte."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmDMUUnEDJc0pM8cI1IjKCItTiyudGkGrT2lsgPlW9eiIy6WaYsKrxT7ynqyuvthYb2LlCdWk1_0aPD9Bxct2GMqjfhP5oL4RpUnqULc6xVX4gq-zkCj47Myenrn-8c6erbSRrUBbUXJ3/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte-3665.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmDMUUnEDJc0pM8cI1IjKCItTiyudGkGrT2lsgPlW9eiIy6WaYsKrxT7ynqyuvthYb2LlCdWk1_0aPD9Bxct2GMqjfhP5oL4RpUnqULc6xVX4gq-zkCj47Myenrn-8c6erbSRrUBbUXJ3/w640-h416/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte-3665.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The South Shore Butte in summer 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />With a strategically important position in the valley, the South Shore Butte could be photographed from multiple directions, making it one of the most frequently filmed background features in the area. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB-pNFo2Nu6o3CmrHgng96HgTR1-_p0IRIBu8TDGEAhODa877DWiRzLzaioCi6XuWXkCpWcCMqn_p5QP7vwLbk274nAVWLym4USOyaR9DrAJIO8dYh4GIIHE_XPV-SswAfOnHHtTmCdFq/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte-7140.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="2048" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB-pNFo2Nu6o3CmrHgng96HgTR1-_p0IRIBu8TDGEAhODa877DWiRzLzaioCi6XuWXkCpWcCMqn_p5QP7vwLbk274nAVWLym4USOyaR9DrAJIO8dYh4GIIHE_XPV-SswAfOnHHtTmCdFq/w640-h462/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte-7140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"The Hostage" ("Gunsmoke"): The South Shore Butte oversees the drama<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's an appearance by the butte in "Gunsmoke," with the rock outcropping prominently featured at top right.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwg-7UVlYw-LaJA7uOwZXmasHteZy9mDRHEbarv74fHeRI3sO6x1uf2FE1Tumge0IMpcQa5Mj2ISZWD6s4DlfMJJ4b3yMLeMWV3zfo9fSOAokbkhf8S0YfkEojGDJTS_KkhhcT0z1DWoWu/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+L+Trees+in+line.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwg-7UVlYw-LaJA7uOwZXmasHteZy9mDRHEbarv74fHeRI3sO6x1uf2FE1Tumge0IMpcQa5Mj2ISZWD6s4DlfMJJ4b3yMLeMWV3zfo9fSOAokbkhf8S0YfkEojGDJTS_KkhhcT0z1DWoWu/w640-h456/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+L+Trees+in+line.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Executioners," 1962 (first episode of "The Virginian")<br /></b></span></div><br />In a wider shot filmed from almost the identical angle, the South Shore Butte shares the screen with a line of those fuzzy trees. This was the first of many "Virginian" appearances by the outcropping.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxbPoL8TC3GsrKtTfkd2aCWY43MVOJR9C-fJFoMmCscRiZngf_IbI4WEdI8lIrq0IJ6ExLb_lbyWLA2Hc1XcSj5d0RWbrfSgEfCrrlBdgAaliGXy5KikWb82zUVPYqp0JePu0TVxMY9O5/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+L+Trees+in+line-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxbPoL8TC3GsrKtTfkd2aCWY43MVOJR9C-fJFoMmCscRiZngf_IbI4WEdI8lIrq0IJ6ExLb_lbyWLA2Hc1XcSj5d0RWbrfSgEfCrrlBdgAaliGXy5KikWb82zUVPYqp0JePu0TVxMY9O5/w640-h456/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+L+Trees+in+line-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Executioners": Four fuzzy trees, all in a line<br /></b></span></div><br />The four trees can also be seen in a number of "Virginian" episodes, always perfectly lined up. It's a bit of a sad footnote that every one of those trees on the valley floor ended up submerged and ultimately drowned.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmQBDe6NskBzub8tONFm4NsWmS2A53g_QpqYHzOgjSCF10Sdpkc2xGXCVzPidimiesDETr8JF9chzcmg__GiAjGE_ibekeqJxL_mNJ2Eu2GaL9crMlz4MJtYQOd9C21jLGZ3A2bwTHFyP/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+L+Trees+in+line-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmQBDe6NskBzub8tONFm4NsWmS2A53g_QpqYHzOgjSCF10Sdpkc2xGXCVzPidimiesDETr8JF9chzcmg__GiAjGE_ibekeqJxL_mNJ2Eu2GaL9crMlz4MJtYQOd9C21jLGZ3A2bwTHFyP/w640-h456/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+L+Trees+in+line-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>A mystery rider approaches<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot also features a guest appearance on the premiere episode of "The Virginian" by a pretty big star in his own right. Can you tell who it is from this distance?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGU-eenMDJmMGLLEubs2NiiexQo9J3HzzE6_SVSB6HB_kgyUD1pfl4xm8i2LHsYuqL5nFAUfSEidy3IBbfGkP9iD_xxrvVNia_tPg80f5KL0lbjLYohWzo8lCMbKUuIqBzDtwpJzP__sdc/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hugh+O%2527Brian.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGU-eenMDJmMGLLEubs2NiiexQo9J3HzzE6_SVSB6HB_kgyUD1pfl4xm8i2LHsYuqL5nFAUfSEidy3IBbfGkP9iD_xxrvVNia_tPg80f5KL0lbjLYohWzo8lCMbKUuIqBzDtwpJzP__sdc/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hugh+O%2527Brian.png" width="640" /></a></div>Hugh O'Brian, right, works the future site of Las Virgenes Reservoir<br /></b></span></div><br />It's Hugh O'Brian, TV's Wyatt Earp, who stirred up trouble on the premiere episode of "The Virginian" soon after wrapping up his successful six-year run on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRz4DjnpE_PBVK8RYOZgz3Z-QWqJRvCezKVfdYZWi16lhzvLHX1UWw94i2ha60ZirFB8dGF5UyueeRcokhyIw7cDKHl3Dncz_nqxsQv8fSouworN7pEkn6p3KDjND6RWXsVQ8r6Voh3M9a/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa%252C+L+Trees-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRz4DjnpE_PBVK8RYOZgz3Z-QWqJRvCezKVfdYZWi16lhzvLHX1UWw94i2ha60ZirFB8dGF5UyueeRcokhyIw7cDKHl3Dncz_nqxsQv8fSouworN7pEkn6p3KDjND6RWXsVQ8r6Voh3M9a/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa%252C+L+Trees-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Executioners": Castle Mesa on the right<br /></b></span></div><br />With the South Shore Butte being filmed from multiple angles, it sometimes swapped positions with Castle Mesa. In this shot from "The Executioners," as in most of the "Virginian" shots, the mesa is seen to the right of the butte.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpijOQHiHkpdlxWeCSudMrGDYgpPoJCCB_NjHtKp7c0SVOeM4yzDKaA1n8tPeYAuetJLQ_uRcekGrNX-E6EaA5nx5pWVhBHnQ40QTh3hm8qqFH_nEcIvM3M8pVqwLgc5YAg_V11mgO-tD/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge%252C+South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpijOQHiHkpdlxWeCSudMrGDYgpPoJCCB_NjHtKp7c0SVOeM4yzDKaA1n8tPeYAuetJLQ_uRcekGrNX-E6EaA5nx5pWVhBHnQ40QTh3hm8qqFH_nEcIvM3M8pVqwLgc5YAg_V11mgO-tD/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge%252C+South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Awakening": Castle Mesa on the left<br /></b></span></div><br />But Castle Mesa could also be seen to the left of the South Shore Butte, as in this shot from "The Awakening."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q6k9vVgr362SlwX0EYcPau8mxEy8sf75fJ6vGdY7dLTmPAEng3WlV6fSlThX1Fg-5acu3VvcYlu4jGKkxD46jiwlRjGBuQ32ir2Ql37nhBvTlfr_I5S84BzEK1y712wq_aYtcnnFgHDf/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+Castle+Mesa-3607-noted+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2048" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q6k9vVgr362SlwX0EYcPau8mxEy8sf75fJ6vGdY7dLTmPAEng3WlV6fSlThX1Fg-5acu3VvcYlu4jGKkxD46jiwlRjGBuQ32ir2Ql37nhBvTlfr_I5S84BzEK1y712wq_aYtcnnFgHDf/w640-h382/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-South+Shore+Butte+and+Castle+Mesa-3607-noted+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>From a contemporary vantage point, Castle Mesa is typically on the left<br /></b></span></div><br />In the shots I took at the site last summer, the mesa was positioned well to the left of the South Shore Butte. With all that water in the way, I didn't have the luxury of roaming the valley the way the production crews did. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1YCexgKUjoAhBP9vxUlKvJKPaC4LOUwXwaqzzwESsyA2_zD1F8BWf7fG5gN1KAohwCnYdAGLMI1TK8eiWIdEvpvuEMq48_MMbAvRTU8C1pkHdpLa7cPBeR_y1lEPlFaVI5k4rFXFWOKR/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge%252C+South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1YCexgKUjoAhBP9vxUlKvJKPaC4LOUwXwaqzzwESsyA2_zD1F8BWf7fG5gN1KAohwCnYdAGLMI1TK8eiWIdEvpvuEMq48_MMbAvRTU8C1pkHdpLa7cPBeR_y1lEPlFaVI5k4rFXFWOKR/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge%252C+South+Shore+Butte%252C+Castle+Mesa-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>A key hill is hiding in the shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at that last shot from "The Awakening," I want to call your attention to this low hill, barely noticeable at the far right of the screen.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rEMjOzq9BhQThCWqS0jvEwx84nXWEUqUQqTsMstalxN-Rcc0FJeHAkZQLqBkg8m7FmzJxF2PeYsJWEvGoPvVcr27B-mmtpciR9ioGaaMnpVYfBx0CIH3bTL1_vuthigk_qerLVX-rVx6/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rEMjOzq9BhQThCWqS0jvEwx84nXWEUqUQqTsMstalxN-Rcc0FJeHAkZQLqBkg8m7FmzJxF2PeYsJWEvGoPvVcr27B-mmtpciR9ioGaaMnpVYfBx0CIH3bTL1_vuthigk_qerLVX-rVx6/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Awakening": Another shot of the low hill<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from the same sequence, looking farther west, cuts out both Castle Mesa and the South Shore Butte, but offers a better look at the low hill.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNQrHfeNYM9M-SPWVdXONCWo4uFxcSqiXWhPGzgf4Cf2VEGsfVr7tTPjq3RLZSwcgs7pfiPMEYPZxjXZgrbm_Bcx_zlJ1AL38_7NDuzpOBysPSXRt1KpC4c-wr4w9zaw64W2IlpeNRDUg/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNQrHfeNYM9M-SPWVdXONCWo4uFxcSqiXWhPGzgf4Cf2VEGsfVr7tTPjq3RLZSwcgs7pfiPMEYPZxjXZgrbm_Bcx_zlJ1AL38_7NDuzpOBysPSXRt1KpC4c-wr4w9zaw64W2IlpeNRDUg/w640-h418/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>An island out in the reservoir (2021)</b></span></div><br />This is why that low hill is significant — notice the island
out in the reservoir in this shot from my summer 2021 visit to the location. I was able to determine that this island is in fact the top of that low hill.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZPnL9lYdMIx6tockDGMMzwJaWq1MJOff91C6Pu-BfTTHHwrsUs91TxxSVngOwQryVMlBVyss4P2pdzwwAkSk7LkPVzoQA9BN2hEt0guFI2gUm3E1dLe1vvOChyvpb-nwha567vhWKTbw/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZPnL9lYdMIx6tockDGMMzwJaWq1MJOff91C6Pu-BfTTHHwrsUs91TxxSVngOwQryVMlBVyss4P2pdzwwAkSk7LkPVzoQA9BN2hEt0guFI2gUm3E1dLe1vvOChyvpb-nwha567vhWKTbw/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The island before it was an island<br /></b></span></div><br />The valley as it appeared then and the reservoir as it exists today are so different that it's difficult to match up features like this hill. But its identity is confirmed by some of the surrounding features.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5QRR8Sk-3seyjQdJ50wgzUlMv81d5XsBhvJcN6peBJyhFeJcyOZQqNv6vdm09l77c666frxdMSe4U-8y2l1pjX32KG3sQr05wtCpjf3gv0BYUUeEpG9-wYNdVzdXP6G9emm5SC_jCN7H/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-noted+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5QRR8Sk-3seyjQdJ50wgzUlMv81d5XsBhvJcN6peBJyhFeJcyOZQqNv6vdm09l77c666frxdMSe4U-8y2l1pjX32KG3sQr05wtCpjf3gv0BYUUeEpG9-wYNdVzdXP6G9emm5SC_jCN7H/w640-h418/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-noted+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Another marker alongside the reservoir<br /></b></span></div><br />In particular, this low hill along the shore, situated southwest of the island, can also be identified both in the 2021 photo and in the screen shot from "The Awakening."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7LAnNcQmOFbyrmid3Fa8DpaIJDHehGpOjKTE4ENYd8Dt_flUjlUBuWjirv-pd3N3cxwWkovnpxdXyNG-zZonotlPlSVy9MAqmuWnBUDSL5eGJO1QtXp8HF191U08mlWZZR2fqB07ssDF/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+3a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7LAnNcQmOFbyrmid3Fa8DpaIJDHehGpOjKTE4ENYd8Dt_flUjlUBuWjirv-pd3N3cxwWkovnpxdXyNG-zZonotlPlSVy9MAqmuWnBUDSL5eGJO1QtXp8HF191U08mlWZZR2fqB07ssDF/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+3a.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Awakening": Both the island and the shoreline hill can be found<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the shot from "The Awakening" again, with both features identified.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdy-JR0549OPymURp-VyseD1leQ31DiLvllPL6HDwHaNcBHratS_6TW2xeoQMJ0eaO-7eZCr84gpN3_PUXXO05330vdNzPwzFPBECYJW2AZYxxWvBGMZ5uO_cx7qb-qHKRdTEkAJT2v2O/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdy-JR0549OPymURp-VyseD1leQ31DiLvllPL6HDwHaNcBHratS_6TW2xeoQMJ0eaO-7eZCr84gpN3_PUXXO05330vdNzPwzFPBECYJW2AZYxxWvBGMZ5uO_cx7qb-qHKRdTEkAJT2v2O/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+4.png" width="640" /></a></div>Revised estimate based on the new information: Even higher than we first thought<br /></b></span></div><br />Now that we're able to identify the island and the shoreline hill, we can take a better-educated guess at the current water level — and our new estimate comes in a little higher than the previous one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZB6O1PUmY_0JAeQsINg6OIXXVGcjh1v3AL-cjQmRpAgAQ3_RsWluSRf9SNM7To9RFvP3ne9nhAyG0yX_lXJiLUsP1uJJppfARk1UVQa8V3PWBLhqU0Mu76dHB77GADwib7g4kWnZvre6o/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZB6O1PUmY_0JAeQsINg6OIXXVGcjh1v3AL-cjQmRpAgAQ3_RsWluSRf9SNM7To9RFvP3ne9nhAyG0yX_lXJiLUsP1uJJppfARk1UVQa8V3PWBLhqU0Mu76dHB77GADwib7g4kWnZvre6o/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+6.png" width="640" /></a></div>The fate of the fuzzy trees is sealed<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing's for sure: The trees on the valley floor never stood a chance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo4U85YvqdSkqkF8adcunQcA20LPi75E0YFdGLHEtP6v6zW6zzcU0U9R4WHgkIH-SIJkpwCweH4LLQBhDoFb-MJLLN8pWHOmB-eaLRK8-4WxFKrTVdqisfNQz4IBoXbpxlQM6aal3mK9g/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo4U85YvqdSkqkF8adcunQcA20LPi75E0YFdGLHEtP6v6zW6zzcU0U9R4WHgkIH-SIJkpwCweH4LLQBhDoFb-MJLLN8pWHOmB-eaLRK8-4WxFKrTVdqisfNQz4IBoXbpxlQM6aal3mK9g/w640-h480/1965-Virginian+4.5-The+Awakening-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Reservoir+Peak-adjacent-W-Ridge-noted+5.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "W-Ridge," shaped like a shallow W<br /></b></span></div><br />Positioned directly above the future island and future low hill along the shore in the same "Virginian" shot is a distinctive section of ridgeline shaped like a shallow version of a letter "W." I call it the W-Ridge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3OdgP0mMjl01h_lcscuVcB6-Fb_7cOZLWk6UCV6y9gdz8OTL3pZCACzIjA-hYcEeYM1R5qGsM-hCz7ml1gqCJlmHzQSf5A1mg9IOgA8PfdN2Vbnd3-0kpAdQvrlji-EEdeQXnS1KZZi6/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3OdgP0mMjl01h_lcscuVcB6-Fb_7cOZLWk6UCV6y9gdz8OTL3pZCACzIjA-hYcEeYM1R5qGsM-hCz7ml1gqCJlmHzQSf5A1mg9IOgA8PfdN2Vbnd3-0kpAdQvrlji-EEdeQXnS1KZZi6/w640-h480/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ryker" ("The Virginian," 1964): The rocky W-Ridge<br /></b></span></div><br />We get a good look at this rocky ridge in the "Virginian" episode "Ryker." While the ridge's credentials as a letter of the alphabet may be weak, its lofty elevation makes it one of the area's more important landmarks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmh14T9WHbM0vz1mOK75-T6cBLmjHD56bms2XGFnU-YcpFygVKus0dXlCnJmMvnKIDwwYRf4IxVyDnMGHGC9LLgxv-9S11Wsdltk2cZD8xES1CzjPCduhdPTZMpEpLi1XtpIU-URnHrAj/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area+1-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmh14T9WHbM0vz1mOK75-T6cBLmjHD56bms2XGFnU-YcpFygVKus0dXlCnJmMvnKIDwwYRf4IxVyDnMGHGC9LLgxv-9S11Wsdltk2cZD8xES1CzjPCduhdPTZMpEpLi1XtpIU-URnHrAj/w640-h480/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area+1-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A yellow "W" tracks the subtle shape of the ridge<br /></b></span></div><br />The "W" shape is subtle, but the shallow yellow "W" here underscores the shape of the W-Ridge.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aLqI9eVAxoprKVB1ha-Aghss2niwVr1hC9if_eWEDzda4kvpMLtCFcgVjoUTmFa_3qG4yUsixJlgvSm3WSDCMULHZII9W6qapFuvQve0JceJfZQNuTfL3r6aqqpCteRytrSY0xrMvkS5/s680/1964-It%2527s+a+Mad+Mad+Mad+Mad+World-Big+W.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="680" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aLqI9eVAxoprKVB1ha-Aghss2niwVr1hC9if_eWEDzda4kvpMLtCFcgVjoUTmFa_3qG4yUsixJlgvSm3WSDCMULHZII9W6qapFuvQve0JceJfZQNuTfL3r6aqqpCteRytrSY0xrMvkS5/w640-h614/1964-It%2527s+a+Mad+Mad+Mad+Mad+World-Big+W.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1964): Another "Big W" of the movies<br /></b></span></div><br />The big "W" at Las Virgenes Reservoir is less obvious than another famous "Big W" from the movies — the one in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," released the same year as "The Virginian's" best "Big W" episode, "Ryker."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLD2pXXzOnRZ2nRohsaHmsenmJoC3ovGS7bSIecxuIsvVWElT0YnyuA2LllVnaxOPF45XaCA-O91hbNHo3CQnFLM4xGu9IRU6bHi13glo-r1jGD9K2fHBOEZt1yDoDgswTBxvppCWN7zBk/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-combo+incl+Big+W-3643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLD2pXXzOnRZ2nRohsaHmsenmJoC3ovGS7bSIecxuIsvVWElT0YnyuA2LllVnaxOPF45XaCA-O91hbNHo3CQnFLM4xGu9IRU6bHi13glo-r1jGD9K2fHBOEZt1yDoDgswTBxvppCWN7zBk/w640-h360/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-combo+incl+Big+W-3643.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian's" Big W: Still in place in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />But unlike "Mad Mad World's" Big W, which was located at Portuguese Point in Rancho Palos Verdes and no longer exists, "The Virginian's" Big W can still be seen today, looming over Las Virgenes Reservoir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzyH_vkGGuHxk0XpKFqtRi1J_SxZFPg_uo7Fo-jn2Yf9QNR7MNJWUxKHNdyFc2PKg-h4_aTtWrRxAEJq-FY7gY_Zy3v9mQVqCW4yCBcCjwOX1qaS8oOB8AjDE-hVOOBRMsU_7QrkleyD0/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-combo+incl+Big+W-3643-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzyH_vkGGuHxk0XpKFqtRi1J_SxZFPg_uo7Fo-jn2Yf9QNR7MNJWUxKHNdyFc2PKg-h4_aTtWrRxAEJq-FY7gY_Zy3v9mQVqCW4yCBcCjwOX1qaS8oOB8AjDE-hVOOBRMsU_7QrkleyD0/w640-h360/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-combo+incl+Big+W-3643-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Las Virgenes Reservoir's star-studded South Shore<br /></b></span></div><br />In this shot from our site visit last summer, the W-Ridge can be seen directly above the South Shore Butte.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTbB3GAvQUqdd9OaOWTeWuxpz6mEfLPM2mLxhcBdIHQ1OPcNvmOYpnrSXOgktgoXbwfqBLnZdMwTxdXRhDcCb0pX3BbonQSTZnBvBXSAJvTWBDeEB_TmNqZm70HiVebut2l-BjPP8jtJj/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge+2-James+Drury+and+James+Gregory.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTbB3GAvQUqdd9OaOWTeWuxpz6mEfLPM2mLxhcBdIHQ1OPcNvmOYpnrSXOgktgoXbwfqBLnZdMwTxdXRhDcCb0pX3BbonQSTZnBvBXSAJvTWBDeEB_TmNqZm70HiVebut2l-BjPP8jtJj/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge+2-James+Drury+and+James+Gregory.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Virginian, left, and a guest star in "50 Days to Moose Jaw" (1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's an appearance by the W-Ridge in the season one "Virginian" episode "50 Days to Moose Jaw."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzVjJsuRyCV-FNYsdBCR4i4d5H97EAqr72mR7dHczuRm0bGhVAaw9X7Qc_4kujMDpmgKk5NikoT4hvmYLDj7cRf7in8Tkrg1uHSP0C83gXfjPUyL3TTJFcv1yLgSgRCz1tiKKoapUXYXZ/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge+1-James+Gregory+%2528aka+Inspector+Frank+Luger+on+Barney+Miller%2529-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzVjJsuRyCV-FNYsdBCR4i4d5H97EAqr72mR7dHczuRm0bGhVAaw9X7Qc_4kujMDpmgKk5NikoT4hvmYLDj7cRf7in8Tkrg1uHSP0C83gXfjPUyL3TTJFcv1yLgSgRCz1tiKKoapUXYXZ/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.12-50+Days+to+Moose+Jaw-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-W-Ridge+1-James+Gregory+%2528aka+Inspector+Frank+Luger+on+Barney+Miller%2529-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>You might know his face, but do you know his name?<br /></b></span></div><br />The actor appearing as "Slim Jessup" in that episode had a distinguished career in the movies and would later become most closely identified with a long-running role on a TV cop show.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa-7V66wrf2PoZwc7f9tPauORfXCldMLSFR-I3B5t3mt6bbkdqrUwYvETLv_Qs2oOvnuni-XxN5iqnZKlKmOHKntcjm2MtTwm1TwcT1vPgRBRtcYMVz1PxxIfMdxNbUPrEdcIfISEYD8l/s500/1976+%2528ca%2529-Barney+Miller-James+Gregory+%2528R%2529+w+Max+Gail%252C+Steve+Landesberg%252C+Hal+Linden%252C+Ron+Carey%252C+Ron+Glass-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa-7V66wrf2PoZwc7f9tPauORfXCldMLSFR-I3B5t3mt6bbkdqrUwYvETLv_Qs2oOvnuni-XxN5iqnZKlKmOHKntcjm2MtTwm1TwcT1vPgRBRtcYMVz1PxxIfMdxNbUPrEdcIfISEYD8l/w640-h426/1976+%2528ca%2529-Barney+Miller-James+Gregory+%2528R%2529+w+Max+Gail%252C+Steve+Landesberg%252C+Hal+Linden%252C+Ron+Carey%252C+Ron+Glass-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Barney Miller" (1975-1982): Cast photo with James Gregory as Inspector Frank Luger<br /></b></span></div><br />James Gregory appeared in more than 30 movies and hundreds of TV episodes in a career stretching from the 1940s into the 1980s, but he's probably best remembered today as Luger on "Barney Miller."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTNKCzWy6Cx_c4Zn6rFAtoPVqQjQNTQSrRwyRn2Pa6jIiYQQYP2YRXqChvYni4SdAwuzFTmDVgr3l7KpasGS_cRQbEdOEyTzLPyekkR8I8KdP7RLk-v5tqpImJvSOvrWJS5RL25YrDy55/s601/1970-Beneath+the+Planet+of+the+Apes-James+Gregory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="601" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTNKCzWy6Cx_c4Zn6rFAtoPVqQjQNTQSrRwyRn2Pa6jIiYQQYP2YRXqChvYni4SdAwuzFTmDVgr3l7KpasGS_cRQbEdOEyTzLPyekkR8I8KdP7RLk-v5tqpImJvSOvrWJS5RL25YrDy55/w640-h450/1970-Beneath+the+Planet+of+the+Apes-James+Gregory.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (1970): James Gregory as Ursus<br /></b></span></div><br />Gregory also rocked the ape armor as Ursus in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7Vs4-CXGMooqLGtfnINXr1vYAfqdNazarG56-QLvlfUcyVpnba9AXKx8GrSxAG8SehOO57ZuPFOcPJ9YmyyfEDvOhlJwFqQjxtPFzwbfKv2NPMolSkBRtmOlOT1yXUowAE0F6bX_pTCp/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-creek+area+with+Underwater+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7Vs4-CXGMooqLGtfnINXr1vYAfqdNazarG56-QLvlfUcyVpnba9AXKx8GrSxAG8SehOO57ZuPFOcPJ9YmyyfEDvOhlJwFqQjxtPFzwbfKv2NPMolSkBRtmOlOT1yXUowAE0F6bX_pTCp/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-creek+area+with+Underwater+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Executioners" — first episode of "The Virginian" (1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />The floor of the valley wasn't particularly rocky as Western movie locations go, but it did have one "rock star" — a widely filmed boulder positioned at the mouth of a small canyon and shaped like a giant skimming rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin69rxXGwGfB4sxqucoKj8u0Y-KRzYRhkR0crGoQ528K0G7RMuRG59RmeAjnQo3k8ZNKB5QfW0UedsRzYb8ps8I9Y1NcudPuwOLnqPdLTrrLcQY9531v2HBhXTP6Gzx6w9ov1erseMQqUa/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-creek+area+with+Underwater+Rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin69rxXGwGfB4sxqucoKj8u0Y-KRzYRhkR0crGoQ528K0G7RMuRG59RmeAjnQo3k8ZNKB5QfW0UedsRzYb8ps8I9Y1NcudPuwOLnqPdLTrrLcQY9531v2HBhXTP6Gzx6w9ov1erseMQqUa/w640-h474/1962-Virginian+1.1-The+Executioners-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-creek+area+with+Underwater+Rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The rock's name foretells its fate<br /></b></span></div><br />During the course of my research into the valley I took to calling this feature "Underwater Rock," a name that provides a pretty big clue as to where this is headed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZheAi2zQnL1V3YI-RiMKoQ82UGgUbwQgmk6-ULTWMpBBjrEsV_UxwB1JB-H5BMLLJ3zadHPoeko-lyTQ1AoOq20PTybFyzRjSLCX-Xhi2gdOrP6F0koNSu49XSdqTlsmJhgMtDjFV32Z4/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Underwater+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZheAi2zQnL1V3YI-RiMKoQ82UGgUbwQgmk6-ULTWMpBBjrEsV_UxwB1JB-H5BMLLJ3zadHPoeko-lyTQ1AoOq20PTybFyzRjSLCX-Xhi2gdOrP6F0koNSu49XSdqTlsmJhgMtDjFV32Z4/w640-h480/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Underwater+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ryker" ("The Virginian," 1964): Underwater Rock in drier days<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock may have been sitting high and dry back in the filming days, but just like the rest of the features anywhere near the floor of that gorgeous valley, today it's at the bottom of the reservoir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE2M-P-G_sGZGTynrlmmE19GiKdAwOe58vj1Un0TdDMlI1PXqSLwRwuwTTVthSxTNg-7Tis2Unkb4C4UcGGxmHdmkJN2E2hCAncKbCwsXCxdGyA_D4h3Gcjoc8Q7NJjJH3lQFjJIzh5Xp/s2048/1963+%25281964%2529-Virginian+2.19-The+Drifter-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Underwater+Rock+from+above+in+Hourglass+Pass%252C+in+standoff.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE2M-P-G_sGZGTynrlmmE19GiKdAwOe58vj1Un0TdDMlI1PXqSLwRwuwTTVthSxTNg-7Tis2Unkb4C4UcGGxmHdmkJN2E2hCAncKbCwsXCxdGyA_D4h3Gcjoc8Q7NJjJH3lQFjJIzh5Xp/w640-h480/1963+%25281964%2529-Virginian+2.19-The+Drifter-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Underwater+Rock+from+above+in+Hourglass+Pass%252C+in+standoff.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Drifter" (1964 "Virginian" episode): Shootout at Underwater Rock</b></span></div><br />Location sleuth Aaron St. John and I put our heads together in researching the Las Virgenes Reservoir area, and we probably spent more time trying to figure out Underwater Rock than we did on any other feature.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3GDw46FZVnpaSXnuohaDWYvPQeHsL8BJZlpEyzLHhHCFHkhYKSHc_xveLo7IqQYyeOylTnNpTXlYPBuR3huySQKgnskK0WvCS1b-3b1RJtSkCL1SZxYKJPCbzOvD6Nr1aLOAbdJnqRSZ/s2048/1968-Virginian+7.8-Ride+to+Misadventure-Underwater+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3GDw46FZVnpaSXnuohaDWYvPQeHsL8BJZlpEyzLHhHCFHkhYKSHc_xveLo7IqQYyeOylTnNpTXlYPBuR3huySQKgnskK0WvCS1b-3b1RJtSkCL1SZxYKJPCbzOvD6Nr1aLOAbdJnqRSZ/w640-h480/1968-Virginian+7.8-Ride+to+Misadventure-Underwater+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ride to Misadventure" ("The Virginian," 1968): Underwater Rock, center<br /></b></span></div><br />If you think it's hard to find old movie rocks
under normal conditions — and it usually is — suffice to say that when
they're underwater it's a LOT harder.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5IWnSwdeZPDGlpkAZKYSdA_GaY-tWH78fS18hyphenhyphenpvXNpWFAylZZPUOA_XY9s1kJI6oXO09pSpYmLY2OVNvU4OSbXgJ48tYOEo3obxdvxlkksa7Wz2tjR0rcLmmXcBVAQz3AYUnUNiFfKB/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1635" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5IWnSwdeZPDGlpkAZKYSdA_GaY-tWH78fS18hyphenhyphenpvXNpWFAylZZPUOA_XY9s1kJI6oXO09pSpYmLY2OVNvU4OSbXgJ48tYOEo3obxdvxlkksa7Wz2tjR0rcLmmXcBVAQz3AYUnUNiFfKB/w640-h510/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir.png" width="640" /></a></div>Las Virgenes Reservoir (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />To begin with, that's a big reservoir, and that rock could be just about anywhere. But before you invest in scuba gear and underwater radar, I'll cut to the chase: To my surprise, we figured out the rock's location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr51CzYnvf1QM4OcolCcEM8CdhgBCEWwQQhxO50OrdfP1OBvd1uimVdud6GwD4Br5nDBEYJbQYW9dgq9503wn4va2jAYSTcJnkFH3R15QZm6gXQggGNQOb3EnyYgW1PTjPvgGjSMS9nSan/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Underwater+Rock+location-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1635" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr51CzYnvf1QM4OcolCcEM8CdhgBCEWwQQhxO50OrdfP1OBvd1uimVdud6GwD4Br5nDBEYJbQYW9dgq9503wn4va2jAYSTcJnkFH3R15QZm6gXQggGNQOb3EnyYgW1PTjPvgGjSMS9nSan/w640-h510/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Underwater+Rock+location-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The result of many hours of intense (but fun) research<br /></b></span></div><br />After a number of false starts, Aaron and I concluded that Underwater Rock was — I mean IS — located pretty much in the spot indicated here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHmAONfKCqxbCZK2RIMajO4lfiQ5atNMfSaxI0iun4nL-wN4CPnLvxojMuma-uZoYZlyARmD54aIMlNm1f7DsMOhblCDZ4tq2n8mqYkGS4C0OO1WxKoczMZqyiREMAWYW699Myo7MGqtt/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHmAONfKCqxbCZK2RIMajO4lfiQ5atNMfSaxI0iun4nL-wN4CPnLvxojMuma-uZoYZlyARmD54aIMlNm1f7DsMOhblCDZ4tq2n8mqYkGS4C0OO1WxKoczMZqyiREMAWYW699Myo7MGqtt/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "Winner Take All" (1965): Action in Hourglass Pass<br /></b></span></div><br />One reason we were able to pinpoint Underwater Rock was because of its position near the mouth of a narrow canyon that was a focal point for filming. We call this area Hourglass Pass.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtyZJnIHG7YzmwSiJBq1M5CQMz8RdCzPksF72CijPIfsR6bRMzawGr7VE-8lRONwCV4SqyPjtvQaVLfUDWIP-LbJ3q0nEhks0ecnImT09f04NI5B53BRTzRj1x4KX5SFhMyuSxlFA4_YB/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtyZJnIHG7YzmwSiJBq1M5CQMz8RdCzPksF72CijPIfsR6bRMzawGr7VE-8lRONwCV4SqyPjtvQaVLfUDWIP-LbJ3q0nEhks0ecnImT09f04NI5B53BRTzRj1x4KX5SFhMyuSxlFA4_YB/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A gathering place for the valley's movie rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />Hourglass Pass was a place where Underwater Rock could blend in with other rocks. This was clearly the rocky filming location of choice for production teams working in the valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH4zAfxRX9FhkvgO6x1EyEZybAacPeOxCzwV7FmnmsLiGqJNcE-3AKoe-UVTgD0h1Ebu9f87AWk30sd2A_V38MPLsgOhToRSCbO-VYkbzUYPtnO4bfMa3QIvzvTC4m5LJXhwt49yU2a1y/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7831.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH4zAfxRX9FhkvgO6x1EyEZybAacPeOxCzwV7FmnmsLiGqJNcE-3AKoe-UVTgD0h1Ebu9f87AWk30sd2A_V38MPLsgOhToRSCbO-VYkbzUYPtnO4bfMa3QIvzvTC4m5LJXhwt49yU2a1y/w640-h414/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7831.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Winner Take All" ("Gunsmoke"): Ambush rocks across the pass from Underwater Rock</b></span></div><br />On the other side of the pass were these rocks where would-be ambushers could grab the high ground.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkkhzekkq31AnPv_mnneNb15Ax5XWKPS_04o0688KBONTh5kDqzGQh7uiyGqkmt9e-UhEtGUwvQbwQh1qLtYvrElCid025WDTIvr2SifYwtA_hRQe5my7oHlqRuV3sJnu9fiAE0TOQSlf/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkkhzekkq31AnPv_mnneNb15Ax5XWKPS_04o0688KBONTh5kDqzGQh7uiyGqkmt9e-UhEtGUwvQbwQh1qLtYvrElCid025WDTIvr2SifYwtA_hRQe5my7oHlqRuV3sJnu9fiAE0TOQSlf/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7832.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Hourglass Pass: Home to Underwater Rock and a few good trees</b></span></div><br />Not that grabbing the high ground was such a great idea. It's one of those strategies that tend to look good on paper, but it can also leave you exposed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1o5zd5SUBaGSZPQ7WL8TWXpcatPsoOhOdEgN3gVysde-lNjpRjB2hOfniOmMc6V4pauzXRR5yaKLaVOZ5yi0z5SPIqcNrsVSZtk0CgCqE1Kcz3tZbMrWWso-2jkQke_DdU9m7mfMZY88/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1o5zd5SUBaGSZPQ7WL8TWXpcatPsoOhOdEgN3gVysde-lNjpRjB2hOfniOmMc6V4pauzXRR5yaKLaVOZ5yi0z5SPIqcNrsVSZtk0CgCqE1Kcz3tZbMrWWso-2jkQke_DdU9m7mfMZY88/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7833.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A moment later ...<br /></b></span></div><br />Can't say we didn't warn ya there, Pard!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDPR8sRTFQztTWdKp54bHmCex4nSN-aBz0ZBHqEMEl65q5nO7UTDwJYDqAsqMGaTmL2ZMFfS3ADYuGu0B1RVMmA9_dTBwijO2dRtb1hV2VRKHsq5JJ_QyiqOCZaL1J6PIj6ZhsdOhgeTA/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDPR8sRTFQztTWdKp54bHmCex4nSN-aBz0ZBHqEMEl65q5nO7UTDwJYDqAsqMGaTmL2ZMFfS3ADYuGu0B1RVMmA9_dTBwijO2dRtb1hV2VRKHsq5JJ_QyiqOCZaL1J6PIj6ZhsdOhgeTA/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Winner Take All": Looking south through the mouth of the pass<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Gunsmoke" sequence highlights a number of features of Hourglass Pass. Here we're looking south toward the valley floor, with a heavily filmed movie tree posted right outside the pass.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmsgfLFGZUoXynpPaXDxoSIv-atpmbOnKYbI3nUT3FWsXmv8XetDSo3p9E0HfD6bN_vK6UTNR831ENtp46-LCXoWIUMFFfrXhdjE5gguI55-nSJcOFq1xzATrGBeeTFYWjGRzpTqGN9Iw/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.4-The+Big+Deal-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Hourglass+Pass%252C+Hourglass+Tree-Ricardo+Montalban+and+Roberta+Shore.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmsgfLFGZUoXynpPaXDxoSIv-atpmbOnKYbI3nUT3FWsXmv8XetDSo3p9E0HfD6bN_vK6UTNR831ENtp46-LCXoWIUMFFfrXhdjE5gguI55-nSJcOFq1xzATrGBeeTFYWjGRzpTqGN9Iw/w640-h482/1962-Virginian+1.4-The+Big+Deal-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Hourglass+Pass%252C+Hourglass+Tree-Ricardo+Montalban+and+Roberta+Shore.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Big Deal" (season one episode of "The Virginian," 1962): A reverse angle<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from "The Virginian" captures the same tree from the opposite direction. Now we're looking north as two riders emerge from Hourglass Pass. The hills in the background are about where the dam is today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMgU27RbvnddietuEnREuYomrGE0uYYnyz0xJX8cGSPtZ2q3dmR7b4iH6zIcrAuOGX4TD7yMiLzuk9E7hD_e8TS-aZKgdBumzHdR0aTdyYi5hVSW030a8wMCxzigSTd4ppPbTiUMln2fj/s2048/1962-Virginian+1.4-The+Big+Deal-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Hourglass+Pass%252C+Hourglass+Tree-Ricardo+Montalban+and+Roberta+Shore-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMgU27RbvnddietuEnREuYomrGE0uYYnyz0xJX8cGSPtZ2q3dmR7b4iH6zIcrAuOGX4TD7yMiLzuk9E7hD_e8TS-aZKgdBumzHdR0aTdyYi5hVSW030a8wMCxzigSTd4ppPbTiUMln2fj/w640-h482/1962-Virginian+1.4-The+Big+Deal-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+area-Hourglass+Pass%252C+Hourglass+Tree-Ricardo+Montalban+and+Roberta+Shore-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Looking north up Hourglass Pass<br /></b></span></div><br />We saw all of these same features in the "Gunsmoke" sequence. Since the tree is situated just outside Hourglass Pass and we need something to call it, let's keep it simple and call it the "Hourglass Tree."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV-sbKT4oKsCFhYtOqAvN5W0dtkpoOWwkOlgwhyijheSAXc3g9P0Tz6FTXIhKzLi9mvsalLm6wMyUcEasfMJ0AbJxL_nI_iXeTofPZ_FsG5l37qpZDI6_u_fINkczy0Lw7N_dwmbG_94H/s2048/1963+%25281964%2529-Virginian+2.19-The+Drifter-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Underwater+Rock+from+below%252C+with+sprawling+tree.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV-sbKT4oKsCFhYtOqAvN5W0dtkpoOWwkOlgwhyijheSAXc3g9P0Tz6FTXIhKzLi9mvsalLm6wMyUcEasfMJ0AbJxL_nI_iXeTofPZ_FsG5l37qpZDI6_u_fINkczy0Lw7N_dwmbG_94H/w640-h480/1963+%25281964%2529-Virginian+2.19-The+Drifter-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Underwater+Rock+from+below%252C+with+sprawling+tree.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Drifter" (1964): A stripped-down version of the Hourglass Tree</b></span></div><br />This shot from "The Virginian" makes the point that the "fuzzy trees" shed their leaves when they feel like it. The Hourglass Tree may be even more impressive in this threadbare state than it is with its full plumage.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZaEyWuurh5kTb69zgMEvp5Ltm5D3FHvsgmY3o-BVHFhNGLjxiwrTDV26sBmKdcV37DY7JNBXo-sqUZ5HDno1oUELvUmADPNfaLJoTBTXnN7oiTmzv0hGY_TKNmTH9QS_jUR3-RjP-I7w/s2048/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Hourglass+Pass.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZaEyWuurh5kTb69zgMEvp5Ltm5D3FHvsgmY3o-BVHFhNGLjxiwrTDV26sBmKdcV37DY7JNBXo-sqUZ5HDno1oUELvUmADPNfaLJoTBTXnN7oiTmzv0hGY_TKNmTH9QS_jUR3-RjP-I7w/w640-h480/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Hourglass+Pass.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Photographer" ("Rawhide," 1964)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Rawhide" also got in on the act, filming in Hourglass Pass. In this sequence a wagon heads north through the narrow pass and we see the ambush rocks at the top of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA0RB05PHkToxOXPwqo_0b-7Yd04TFPHSASmM7WmOYrob2MRnRbrfA4vLKIYRZgUEkO_zJ2VQUhdX8MP_gHcVstMRsU8JP08TpNt_GaDlL5It0-rpabFcqLjP4cixFu4ZQZ9hFwj_bpB6/s2048/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Hourglass+Pass-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA0RB05PHkToxOXPwqo_0b-7Yd04TFPHSASmM7WmOYrob2MRnRbrfA4vLKIYRZgUEkO_zJ2VQUhdX8MP_gHcVstMRsU8JP08TpNt_GaDlL5It0-rpabFcqLjP4cixFu4ZQZ9hFwj_bpB6/w640-h480/1964-Rawhide+7.11-The+Photographer-Hourglass+Pass-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The hills have eyes!<br /></b></span></div><br />Anyone else see the face of a lioness here, or is it just me?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenjZCvdkhR7EMksWtPGJp06onbscTSfvLvIDNDMOl8lxBkysV1JkQAE7YWiboFADDm3_1NbOomW32p2-gkgvERhV3Q8hNf_WN19YLqBoG-WCQoyKTl8k2CDVlQxX0aQ02L730TdtpFzdX/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-Hourglass+Tree+and+Crossroads+Tree.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenjZCvdkhR7EMksWtPGJp06onbscTSfvLvIDNDMOl8lxBkysV1JkQAE7YWiboFADDm3_1NbOomW32p2-gkgvERhV3Q8hNf_WN19YLqBoG-WCQoyKTl8k2CDVlQxX0aQ02L730TdtpFzdX/w640-h472/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-Hourglass+Tree+and+Crossroads+Tree.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ryker" ("The Virginian" season three, 1964): Cattle head into Hourglass Pass</b></span></div><br />Cattle are being driven north into Hourglass Pass in this shot from "The Virginian." The two fuzzy trees we see near the mouth of the pass are both trees that we have seen before.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b1EKyWFNZH4rKlkve4TdJevnN3LWcb7KIkRQLh4iiCXUezt_Y9WKQyFY73em8loL69JQ9Stc_x33CLC4fjABfcc0tkBRFFmKlVqRyy079vz2s-R_PnyKVNoQxd7rI6MOIGdvBwdlF9U1/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-Hourglass+Tree+and+Crossroads+Tree-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b1EKyWFNZH4rKlkve4TdJevnN3LWcb7KIkRQLh4iiCXUezt_Y9WKQyFY73em8loL69JQ9Stc_x33CLC4fjABfcc0tkBRFFmKlVqRyy079vz2s-R_PnyKVNoQxd7rI6MOIGdvBwdlF9U1/w640-h472/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-Hourglass+Tree+and+Crossroads+Tree-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Two heavily filmed trees captured side by side<br /></b></span></div><br />We know the Hourglass Tree is positioned just outside the mouth of the pass, but thanks to this sequence we also now have a good idea of the location of the Crossroads Tree — a short distance south of the Hourglass Tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQMrMNMUv9sUNzDIJ17V_0Pwa0MHMvJ95DHvbxORmoG8QmmFr4aaxyBFCLLCuD0YDTwYLjuekPcVfrRvyi6Cd3R39KLEjTG_GwV-qay1cxHzUWoAy_EkJkJbC_1TFCSCJ14azFo8ZyQZl/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQMrMNMUv9sUNzDIJ17V_0Pwa0MHMvJ95DHvbxORmoG8QmmFr4aaxyBFCLLCuD0YDTwYLjuekPcVfrRvyi6Cd3R39KLEjTG_GwV-qay1cxHzUWoAy_EkJkJbC_1TFCSCJ14azFo8ZyQZl/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7832.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Winner Take All" ("Gunsmoke"): Botched ambush at Hourglass Pass<br /></b></span></div><br />Remember the "Gunsmoke" sequence where a would-be bushwhacker gets blasted off the top of a rock? This shot looking south through Hourglass Pass gives us another perspective on the trees just outside the pass.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUC8Oa3h2VjF4uKhxVFrn9rV_xJqTmT6iT4puRWChnf0ZBoBzHYle0We0SFDpLlbVr5I1gX9OKyn0cNIJ_tdEtTQV36Fe19VqeR2RaKizTYS_sWqD6wXUSA90z_77-4n_Tp71rWHgKvl5u/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834-noted+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUC8Oa3h2VjF4uKhxVFrn9rV_xJqTmT6iT4puRWChnf0ZBoBzHYle0We0SFDpLlbVr5I1gX9OKyn0cNIJ_tdEtTQV36Fe19VqeR2RaKizTYS_sWqD6wXUSA90z_77-4n_Tp71rWHgKvl5u/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.22-Winner+Take+All-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Hourglass+Pass-7834-noted+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Two of the valley's most important movie trees<br /></b></span></div><br />We've already identified the Hourglass Tree from this angle, but now we can also identify the tree hiding behind it as the Crossroads Tree. These two trees were probably the most frequently filmed trees in the valley.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg104uq16TDJjJOsglOyRGI7naMtoJldVenCxKXVE4T3Rrl9QqSB-kuT5MU8KiwbR0EQx02bBLb1KCHpdu9p8CV779wYzsh7T4j9sru0lKLxeoWDd6-H1CYY60a8e02QDX_3kW2BU69z8xVyAgfggcpRp5DEhJQVdYrF3BWiXA3g_FMCl6F975e6u-vwg=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg104uq16TDJjJOsglOyRGI7naMtoJldVenCxKXVE4T3Rrl9QqSB-kuT5MU8KiwbR0EQx02bBLb1KCHpdu9p8CV779wYzsh7T4j9sru0lKLxeoWDd6-H1CYY60a8e02QDX_3kW2BU69z8xVyAgfggcpRp5DEhJQVdYrF3BWiXA3g_FMCl6F975e6u-vwg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Six Graves at Cripple Creek" (1965): Clu Gulager finds a burned cabin<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the rare occasions when a set was put up for a "Virginian" episode filming in the valley can be found in the season three episode "Six Graves at Cripple Creek," where a burned-out cabin is featured.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWbNk95Um2yzychKCxHIO_ZpyWjIKED0uYYSA75D1y9zBdwRy2G3x2Sf5vP4A_xN-zDoKazgbNyetj1LEDPXMjijSrtH_BDAFNqXhoIl3zgNxpHvK79fKfqJ2ZRPc5T7nWhccKfbqgcKta-VOo8VyHS4ypNkrRsXuwTdfD0-XicCj-W5XdFWhcslYu5w=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWbNk95Um2yzychKCxHIO_ZpyWjIKED0uYYSA75D1y9zBdwRy2G3x2Sf5vP4A_xN-zDoKazgbNyetj1LEDPXMjijSrtH_BDAFNqXhoIl3zgNxpHvK79fKfqJ2ZRPc5T7nWhccKfbqgcKta-VOo8VyHS4ypNkrRsXuwTdfD0-XicCj-W5XdFWhcslYu5w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>The burned-out cabin's location is pinpointed by the Crossroads Tree, on the left<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot of Clu Gulager, as Emmett Ryker, arriving at the cabin site reveals that the set was built near the Crossroads Tree, placing it just outside of Hourglass Pass.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2j2AmC4-GxhdfGsY7xnPEgaRBGl04hKfb4v0PBBhik-j-oTJo_fXMddMnNANq3wPwy1h187dKDvmganVuxL_uAkowyHwWh8r7nU3FN6sIw2FmvVIiQYEoF_AE_S3hGKoJDoIDcqxsefjkJEJ9O4jZWcFABQJBWbI54uM7-TtdPBmC_yIuJahcVCcI9g=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2j2AmC4-GxhdfGsY7xnPEgaRBGl04hKfb4v0PBBhik-j-oTJo_fXMddMnNANq3wPwy1h187dKDvmganVuxL_uAkowyHwWh8r7nU3FN6sIw2FmvVIiQYEoF_AE_S3hGKoJDoIDcqxsefjkJEJ9O4jZWcFABQJBWbI54uM7-TtdPBmC_yIuJahcVCcI9g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Six Graves at Cripple Creek": Things heat up at the Crossroads Tree<br /></b></span></div><br />The Crossroads Tree gets a number of closeups during the sequence, including when Ryker's party comes under fire and a startled horse rears up near the tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwSJqDhyFmxg64QIAjAsfDbAGpQFgBBYr_XwSI1YwoI0aaurTKXJxnnOPB3TqZ5Jesj1Irau1JmD6LmQFboz165tgS3ZfRyQPJlfFvhfr9reyn5tZ3w3vOwtMFFK3NjXhRF6xnaVB4_JgIINbLN9hby8KpsUcCO-VZ9v7B-_kfAyuw3Vq5ArkA41m-rA=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwSJqDhyFmxg64QIAjAsfDbAGpQFgBBYr_XwSI1YwoI0aaurTKXJxnnOPB3TqZ5Jesj1Irau1JmD6LmQFboz165tgS3ZfRyQPJlfFvhfr9reyn5tZ3w3vOwtMFFK3NjXhRF6xnaVB4_JgIINbLN9hby8KpsUcCO-VZ9v7B-_kfAyuw3Vq5ArkA41m-rA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>How did that limb get there?<br /></b></span></div><br />Guest star Sheilah Wells takes cover behind a spare limb that has been conveniently placed near the base of the Crossroads Tree in case any womenfolk find themselves in danger. Gulager, meanwhile, plays the hero.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibdXpxiDIuyML1pWoPByZ3cEKPwLuYmM8I33x_ZbB1C6DAKkXVvOKHcuwIqvlq_hAkdJgRGp5Wpz7_W505PRnEkm2mLVeh1ULFktdn2c6cTMW5xj-JpHvoQHCskQ0AYRVTacOgIzIM45ZsSmq4g1JrpzlJYVOxYR0uuOK5Q1ilSEMG7I4ZUbi3OSv_Cg=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibdXpxiDIuyML1pWoPByZ3cEKPwLuYmM8I33x_ZbB1C6DAKkXVvOKHcuwIqvlq_hAkdJgRGp5Wpz7_W505PRnEkm2mLVeh1ULFktdn2c6cTMW5xj-JpHvoQHCskQ0AYRVTacOgIzIM45ZsSmq4g1JrpzlJYVOxYR0uuOK5Q1ilSEMG7I4ZUbi3OSv_Cg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Sheilah and her movie prop tree limb<br /></b></span></div><br />A closer look at the limb, with Sheilah still hiding behind it, suggests that the movie prop is an actual tree limb. But I'd still be willing to bet money that it didn't fall out of the Crossroads Tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgxAInru6ZqCt3ZhLMIxKkoaIB6dPTMvq9zwdzM2iMMzCbzZvlvRYbV77LsxbH_WpaUsli_zXdohq74Y6KRaQffWuDaMdFVU6OFup5yZ8rgxW49L0_qfSf5baCLBN-CFgAItUd8GrPVOfVXQJ74_ViYQXg8UwFn-S06H0V_d60EwqTGlJrVK6X3eEEZw=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgxAInru6ZqCt3ZhLMIxKkoaIB6dPTMvq9zwdzM2iMMzCbzZvlvRYbV77LsxbH_WpaUsli_zXdohq74Y6KRaQffWuDaMdFVU6OFup5yZ8rgxW49L0_qfSf5baCLBN-CFgAItUd8GrPVOfVXQJ74_ViYQXg8UwFn-S06H0V_d60EwqTGlJrVK6X3eEEZw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Hourglass Pass and the Hourglass Tree in "Six Graves at Cripple Creek"<br /></b></span></div><br />Moments later we also catch a glimpse of the Hourglass Tree as Gulager heads north up Hourglass Pass.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV-vOwbz6Y5T756xHwBXYdAZwd5xbh3eDNnAbgP2gCFe2KOXBe-7G1WiQAHDhoy99o-_13xoc5Loh93I8x1aPRsZa5Y1hmZZhCbh4tGNhUGpeVfk1FGLiD-mFWJo6YJHTtPF6MVkVkFPfuM7G7B7xKPVfsASmCgaMzlZg-rr6hojjJ1LKtvDI9rW8hbg=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV-vOwbz6Y5T756xHwBXYdAZwd5xbh3eDNnAbgP2gCFe2KOXBe-7G1WiQAHDhoy99o-_13xoc5Loh93I8x1aPRsZa5Y1hmZZhCbh4tGNhUGpeVfk1FGLiD-mFWJo6YJHTtPF6MVkVkFPfuM7G7B7xKPVfsASmCgaMzlZg-rr6hojjJ1LKtvDI9rW8hbg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Last Grave at Socorro Creek" (1969) — not to be confused with "Six Graves at Cripple Creek"<br /></b></span></div><br />Most of the "sets" built in the valley for "The Virginian" were pretty minor — like the occasional mound of dirt with a grave marker, as seen in the season seven episode "Last Grave at Socorro Creek."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3-NfVsMRb-c1EgVUstSuleYMKimJJ8Nb69WhSDG0ln-TfWiploVSYCXpoJ246GWGCghsO6VWb_rmLp_95pS21V3NcJ1tyemOIMzOm1ngMKXm8PS7tCBxME1tBhTnCwKPQdpfRb8zheMwXl_zhjJEZCvO5SvjkMSDurZ_rYpO3djVwbF4AWxtZWOyC2Q=s2772" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="2772" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3-NfVsMRb-c1EgVUstSuleYMKimJJ8Nb69WhSDG0ln-TfWiploVSYCXpoJ246GWGCghsO6VWb_rmLp_95pS21V3NcJ1tyemOIMzOm1ngMKXm8PS7tCBxME1tBhTnCwKPQdpfRb8zheMwXl_zhjJEZCvO5SvjkMSDurZ_rYpO3djVwbF4AWxtZWOyC2Q=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div>Shiloh Ranch on the Universal backlot in "The Executioners" (1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />That's because "The Virginian" filmed much of its outdoor footage on the backlot at Universal Studios, where they already had plenty of sets — including the set for the Shiloh Ranch, which was used throughout the series.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhan2Ou7KsNHGD3I1lBb-T3R4l3Mk-o8S5DxdT1cTjJBW9inH-awwy8PaU-UZXQimafHlhtCt8gVufdVW6NxMfSBXs9Vc4Nx9BQZOwl6t4lDQ93G13ERKoV0yzbh-qrXUKdUUy0-NUgurQ1j42L2Q_cJ21JMOmYJKGhG3pg38Qcxg0cvVMv6zIPbHbpwg=s3830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2872" data-original-width="3830" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhan2Ou7KsNHGD3I1lBb-T3R4l3Mk-o8S5DxdT1cTjJBW9inH-awwy8PaU-UZXQimafHlhtCt8gVufdVW6NxMfSBXs9Vc4Nx9BQZOwl6t4lDQ93G13ERKoV0yzbh-qrXUKdUUy0-NUgurQ1j42L2Q_cJ21JMOmYJKGhG3pg38Qcxg0cvVMv6zIPbHbpwg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Shiloh in season three's "Hideout": Same clouds as a couple of years earlier<br /></b></span></div><br />The producers cut corners wherever they could, including recycling the original footage of Shiloh throughout the run of the show. When we see Shiloh again in season three, the clouds haven't moved an inch since season one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRZMJ6DDg8PynTJAyu_vW1sFoObTgZMPSpdWkdKieMVuObgiBgvTQTqc0jJLBF7OpG6yk4hQz-1haA6EgBe6XAv1zXJbE_-2un3Tudt7qY5MZHvuToPFpLlw382QqlolPdSvfDHso37VcrQnRJBw8WJng3WyXU9NmsjrsoJfaDj9daXZtDbaxwPF56uA=s2740" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="2740" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRZMJ6DDg8PynTJAyu_vW1sFoObTgZMPSpdWkdKieMVuObgiBgvTQTqc0jJLBF7OpG6yk4hQz-1haA6EgBe6XAv1zXJbE_-2un3Tudt7qY5MZHvuToPFpLlw382QqlolPdSvfDHso37VcrQnRJBw8WJng3WyXU9NmsjrsoJfaDj9daXZtDbaxwPF56uA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"With Help From Ulysses" (1968): Those are some mighty persistent clouds!<br /></b></span></div><br />And again in season six — the lighting keeps changing, but the clouds refuse to budge. These exact same clouds, along with the tree branch, can be found in any number of episodes, because it's all the same footage.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYRaffLRfVu_y8Px3FXKtA2-I2vM5dQhI_g4BfY-5M2DSSW5vXQH8A04WuzoLprbYVmK0qcN1OsRPluCqeYniwkKAIYK0h3ddbzSyriGid0EGlcJqxTyVM2cTaGDgbHBkZIS9_YG5IQ0ep309IMIo1JM4XygnV6LQA2VLESG-Fqozsd-22vEOS1OsGqA=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYRaffLRfVu_y8Px3FXKtA2-I2vM5dQhI_g4BfY-5M2DSSW5vXQH8A04WuzoLprbYVmK0qcN1OsRPluCqeYniwkKAIYK0h3ddbzSyriGid0EGlcJqxTyVM2cTaGDgbHBkZIS9_YG5IQ0ep309IMIo1JM4XygnV6LQA2VLESG-Fqozsd-22vEOS1OsGqA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Where was the grave located, and who is that actress?<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking another look at "Last Grave at Socorro Creek," we can examine where the grave was located — but meanwhile, do you recognize the actress yet who played the recently widowed Kate Burden?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNO3YpE5Z0c9kA2JioGsrX31PsH4WnpMGZFn_Q54qfTDMO6wzGAjTgvx_D58MPrWaDDjvvmW8uyMkpkSzrhXpUSzc5B_u_-ajf24aj4RLUEgNck_-Jx7yzydbRBOS_p58OybUxalU1n7Q2C9bJ1WdH5v0C6SXoTM9Vhivi8bPMNtHar9zXkOe7vJMrZA=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNO3YpE5Z0c9kA2JioGsrX31PsH4WnpMGZFn_Q54qfTDMO6wzGAjTgvx_D58MPrWaDDjvvmW8uyMkpkSzrhXpUSzc5B_u_-ajf24aj4RLUEgNck_-Jx7yzydbRBOS_p58OybUxalU1n7Q2C9bJ1WdH5v0C6SXoTM9Vhivi8bPMNtHar9zXkOe7vJMrZA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>The Virginian arrives, with a familiar landmark in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />The first part of the mystery is solved when the Virginian drops in to look after the Widow Burden. The South Shore Butte places the grave location near what today would be the south shore of the reservoir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxb29D0sXNb4YX3QMaKBab2WmLz6QLI8E24VbsYxNd3Ty5i3hrVdETnpFQp_FBsljq_Azml7WIoo52tRZgDjHvABzSFi1B6AEpV9GoTWhxgsr86A5ShuS_cQx-QpuT60cRPjxt22R96wViewzmtTIYNQnJjNjQUzlvonaCaicv01PN22TKda0VSSPPCw=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxb29D0sXNb4YX3QMaKBab2WmLz6QLI8E24VbsYxNd3Ty5i3hrVdETnpFQp_FBsljq_Azml7WIoo52tRZgDjHvABzSFi1B6AEpV9GoTWhxgsr86A5ShuS_cQx-QpuT60cRPjxt22R96wViewzmtTIYNQnJjNjQUzlvonaCaicv01PN22TKda0VSSPPCw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>James Drury, as the Virginian, visits the grave of his friend<br /></b></span></div><br />As the Virginian and the widow mourn the sudden death of Bill Burden — and rekindle some of their old feelings for each other — we get a little better look at the acclaimed actress who plays Kate Burden.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_6T49PpK-mr55AqeDvTK_nE1CyZhyw93iWxkizGHFBS6Lxzw0kgMofu29t3ONE4Mi9b4XukJJyCriWVqsS850w0nRH9Hl9mVDv6dbYqxKOE3ChJZe_hNziPPxCjahocw6LFUb4MY3AKwAZ9umJnEGPoLHr1nNw3ADSmOZiGkTftxz-ezAgv0Uoeg0Mw=s2842" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_6T49PpK-mr55AqeDvTK_nE1CyZhyw93iWxkizGHFBS6Lxzw0kgMofu29t3ONE4Mi9b4XukJJyCriWVqsS850w0nRH9Hl9mVDv6dbYqxKOE3ChJZe_hNziPPxCjahocw6LFUb4MY3AKwAZ9umJnEGPoLHr1nNw3ADSmOZiGkTftxz-ezAgv0Uoeg0Mw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Ellen Burstyn, as Kate Burden<br /></b></span></div><br />I imagine a handful of readers will have figured out by now that it's Ellen Burstyn, still relatively early in her career. Burstyn would go on to win an Oscar and multiple Emmys, among countless other accolades.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvjt7q6-u13miGtVHIno7taXi59LfdQslBjivmSzDAY0jbOdNUTYRMUTgNrI-7ZwycR-DZVOpZlYaMhpVR9mp4i6XZkjvMEyTfkKDvNiVmiWbud4ZlYFUwNpjnH6NU0bz30A-kHpLjEd8/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-road+near+South+Shore+with+L-tree%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvjt7q6-u13miGtVHIno7taXi59LfdQslBjivmSzDAY0jbOdNUTYRMUTgNrI-7ZwycR-DZVOpZlYaMhpVR9mp4i6XZkjvMEyTfkKDvNiVmiWbud4ZlYFUwNpjnH6NU0bz30A-kHpLjEd8/w640-h412/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-road+near+South+Shore+with+L-tree%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "The Hostage": The view to the west, and a famous neighbor<br /></b></span></div><br />One rock feature adjoining the reservoir area is famous in its own right, at least among locals. But this striking outcropping is rarely associated with the valley now occupied by Las Virgenes Reservoir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eOPpeoJTnTPmaFr6jK2BYT9TrmLagtM1Ur8VLgIgH3BbTdO0dYx91QfsGVIv2X2oWfFnMmSjRgrH3KtWpGEVeto8UM6THhpYBBaIfxFmOEfqCSubmfj4ulFhZVbk-xkgPJvAlsx5ZHNa/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-road+near+South+Shore+with+L-tree%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7137-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eOPpeoJTnTPmaFr6jK2BYT9TrmLagtM1Ur8VLgIgH3BbTdO0dYx91QfsGVIv2X2oWfFnMmSjRgrH3KtWpGEVeto8UM6THhpYBBaIfxFmOEfqCSubmfj4ulFhZVbk-xkgPJvAlsx5ZHNa/w640-h412/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-road+near+South+Shore+with+L-tree%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7137-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The nearby landmark maintains a low profile<br /></b></span></div><br />This well-known rock formation not only has survived intact, but is still being used for filming.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbub5clgJRZgwRS5jcn9L0Vdx9mkkJWMOOdbBlQhiHIpaifA4v2LbPoxifMu_eX2K7ep82yVjyfIqIgzQyGVsRUIvptezhlQTYfwOnLXUp1VXw6_QiluMD_G2zZj8LvwJtb-Du1SVxOVItK68uFkzlOen9XJq6-ZE1KhXTuuoZzXmim0XtibuG30yCzA=s2842" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbub5clgJRZgwRS5jcn9L0Vdx9mkkJWMOOdbBlQhiHIpaifA4v2LbPoxifMu_eX2K7ep82yVjyfIqIgzQyGVsRUIvptezhlQTYfwOnLXUp1VXw6_QiluMD_G2zZj8LvwJtb-Du1SVxOVItK68uFkzlOen9XJq6-ZE1KhXTuuoZzXmim0XtibuG30yCzA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Six Graves at Cripple Creek": The same background rock formation<br /></b></span></div><br />When we saw that horse rearing up near the Crossroads Tree a while back, the same formation could be seen in the background, at the right of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdnbeGrWWVc8UXK4v4BAoOOdpH_Fs52jWUGo9QSGwa64Wy5c_Mux4aug6CuconidT6dX_Sn2LYx-KEHlwCH3c0i4YEu49UVuOzoXOcvXTCREuK2aUiD4yKN1_EFzMOH3aSmd_zCl0yzvt/s2726/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-wide-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2726" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdnbeGrWWVc8UXK4v4BAoOOdpH_Fs52jWUGo9QSGwa64Wy5c_Mux4aug6CuconidT6dX_Sn2LYx-KEHlwCH3c0i4YEu49UVuOzoXOcvXTCREuK2aUiD4yKN1_EFzMOH3aSmd_zCl0yzvt/w640-h270/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+with+Reservoir+Peak-scenic-3692-wide-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Wide shot of the reservoir today, looking west<br /></b></span></div><br />Viewed from Las Virgenes Reservoir, the rock feature is positioned today at the body of water's "business end," the west end, where the reservoir's dam and operational facilities can be found.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAu-06VnTwY4MBtFHOtGsQXRJjGMasdNC9VEfLdofb6Yy9n7n2Mff6m2MpS0rhFNgklr_mT2fzUWg6ezkfnOGqe269_6Ge8HMtuy6pMvC8NYtMENXDXr_ZyCSHYj7MeTk7nG6NqJWCWO3/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-3588.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="2048" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAu-06VnTwY4MBtFHOtGsQXRJjGMasdNC9VEfLdofb6Yy9n7n2Mff6m2MpS0rhFNgklr_mT2fzUWg6ezkfnOGqe269_6Ge8HMtuy6pMvC8NYtMENXDXr_ZyCSHYj7MeTk7nG6NqJWCWO3/w640-h368/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-3588.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The reservoir's "industrial" section — and its famous neighbor<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a better look at this rocky landmark in modern times, as seen from the shore of the reservoir. If you know the area you may have already figured out what it is, but I have to admit it took me a while to dial it in.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyURNThyphenhyphenpezchMUTcJ3nc74FK7n6hnvZ4_bcRDLXHExIHpLXl3D8wEIZHXDgQNc-ufdRRWZnayxoPMzqqceBB-3LytDVQyhlZt6nRcMSHF88u5zEboNy4XiHhXIJvxV5nwyRib7uLpzYzS/s2048/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-closeup-3589.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2048" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyURNThyphenhyphenpezchMUTcJ3nc74FK7n6hnvZ4_bcRDLXHExIHpLXl3D8wEIZHXDgQNc-ufdRRWZnayxoPMzqqceBB-3LytDVQyhlZt6nRcMSHF88u5zEboNy4XiHhXIJvxV5nwyRib7uLpzYzS/w640-h466/2021+%2528092521%2529-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-closeup-3589.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Big Reveal<br /></b></span></div><br />Time for the big reveal: It's the Lake Eleanor Sentinel, and this is about as close to it as we dare try to get to it on a hike around Las Virgenes Reservoir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcA5b7SANwR3-SyY699weqDfJemL-ymMkh7PmIwauF6cCIPlKShDXPOWaaOEqICKddM19fNdLfs7Ds1w3rliiUQdW20YQGQedrsmkcnH2AWotGGOG6RZrKGNV9Ku1rNaP0YvvshvMxdpq/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-ca+Hourglass+Pass-Crossroads+Tree-looking+W+to+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7130.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcA5b7SANwR3-SyY699weqDfJemL-ymMkh7PmIwauF6cCIPlKShDXPOWaaOEqICKddM19fNdLfs7Ds1w3rliiUQdW20YQGQedrsmkcnH2AWotGGOG6RZrKGNV9Ku1rNaP0YvvshvMxdpq/w640-h412/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-ca+Hourglass+Pass-Crossroads+Tree-looking+W+to+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke": The Crossroads Tree, center, but notice the silhouette at top right</b></span></div><br />Remember this "Gunsmoke" shot showing the Crossroads Tree? We talked about it higher up in the post.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_M_IOGH7Q_txQ97049nW8D9ajeI91GXXfnMweK8wm81Xh8HHEimTcZ8tquv2X4cVDPc2kL5HNq-khxXgJ_RpEdL9sqT0nybFktE-qrZaKmPrfdlgBdHJD6khkystOlNVc0Z4o-TWWKis/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-ca+Hourglass+Pass-Crossroads+Tree-looking+W+to+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7130-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_M_IOGH7Q_txQ97049nW8D9ajeI91GXXfnMweK8wm81Xh8HHEimTcZ8tquv2X4cVDPc2kL5HNq-khxXgJ_RpEdL9sqT0nybFktE-qrZaKmPrfdlgBdHJD6khkystOlNVc0Z4o-TWWKis/w640-h412/1965-Gunsmoke+11.12-The+Hostage-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-ca+Hourglass+Pass-Crossroads+Tree-looking+W+to+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-7130-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A helpful marker in the distance<br /></b></span></div><br />Now that we know what to look for, we can tell from just a ghostly outline that it's the Sentinel, standing watch over the goings-on in the valley. The landmark once again lets us know that the shot is taken looking west.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFBw8W7QOrd8hP11ues4T3GoQDh_C2ZGcTra-bbEWP2FEsRF4JPkMeSh8JfA3D-8zuQGyWjZJWmeBps5gI71Z8YERdLYq5XeHrPkSM6sw1LVUkOkNLZ6n5EsmluLzAAuHi10MI5KEfVd-/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFBw8W7QOrd8hP11ues4T3GoQDh_C2ZGcTra-bbEWP2FEsRF4JPkMeSh8JfA3D-8zuQGyWjZJWmeBps5gI71Z8YERdLYq5XeHrPkSM6sw1LVUkOkNLZ6n5EsmluLzAAuHi10MI5KEfVd-/w640-h480/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ryker" ("The Virginian," 1964): Two riders head west<br /></b></span></div><br />The Sentinel had a habit of popping up at random moments whenever filming was going on in the valley. In this shot from "The Virginian," the outcropping surfaces near a spot where two roads diverge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfl8ympyXJ_dgFDdAhruJE10UxHDzXeI_MiDHREa8aHSOkW4dXfbWbXgHXcah-pajBhDOPchgBeCIz1a3bmio1ofpszLnX1XopGjtbdqmtMzjigfCiENfTOxJl_7GRWFqh8-Tda5KtX-u/s2048/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+2-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfl8ympyXJ_dgFDdAhruJE10UxHDzXeI_MiDHREa8aHSOkW4dXfbWbXgHXcah-pajBhDOPchgBeCIz1a3bmio1ofpszLnX1XopGjtbdqmtMzjigfCiENfTOxJl_7GRWFqh8-Tda5KtX-u/w640-h480/1964-Virginian+3.1-Ryker-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+2-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Pointing out the obvious<br /></b></span></div><br />I probably didn't need to point it out, but that's the tip of the Sentinel at the center of the shot — the only recognizable feature in the frame as the two buddies go their separate ways.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFos_yDsBQxyhtq-qdP_I3WzMoBKo8f5l4q0nghnmBY8VvzpyR6d8jXjE5HgD14twSpqt_MJC8O6x5dlzG75jWjMXlDnZYCiJWqhQC7a7bNyYo6CNMgYI28UNNG4BEo4yCMCeB1Sm0pLk/s2048/1934-Tarzan+and+His+Mate-closing+shot-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+with+elephants+on+the+march.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFos_yDsBQxyhtq-qdP_I3WzMoBKo8f5l4q0nghnmBY8VvzpyR6d8jXjE5HgD14twSpqt_MJC8O6x5dlzG75jWjMXlDnZYCiJWqhQC7a7bNyYo6CNMgYI28UNNG4BEo4yCMCeB1Sm0pLk/w640-h428/1934-Tarzan+and+His+Mate-closing+shot-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+with+elephants+on+the+march.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Tarzan and His Mate" (1934): Elephants march below the Lake Eleanor Sentinel</b></span></div><br />The Lake Eleanor Sentinel has been appearing in movies since at least as far back as the early 1930s, although it's almost always shot from the other side, as seen in "Tarzan and His Mate."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2uM1MELsIfoUyrTrbfj4Efrn-Bjk1sBqkZB7aBQ63VfDeT5vw4LjlSVaZtJOXQ1OwqJtNMRT6MIt0iDOg1kz0RyWX7UcNaj613JMlCqv6c9dHkgaWBMzrzj4t74J76GnSZ-D6Du5Hf8S/s2048/1934-Tarzan+and+His+Mate-closing+shot-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+with+elephants+on+the+march-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2uM1MELsIfoUyrTrbfj4Efrn-Bjk1sBqkZB7aBQ63VfDeT5vw4LjlSVaZtJOXQ1OwqJtNMRT6MIt0iDOg1kz0RyWX7UcNaj613JMlCqv6c9dHkgaWBMzrzj4t74J76GnSZ-D6Du5Hf8S/w640-h428/1934-Tarzan+and+His+Mate-closing+shot-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel+with+elephants+on+the+march-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>One of the earliest film appearances for the picturesque outcropping<br /></b></span></div><br />This side of the Sentinel is usually associated with filming in the vicinity of another lake, Lake Sherwood, even though the Sentinel is named after still another lake, Lake Eleanor.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HUjiXGSNhzknav4Uv4Wq3LnTNSqVqiikIigb9OuoM6GW7RVwZsdt7HPrWsA_mHRS-vs3SBnOLofzIe1WelQjU5uzgbHVAlWufTXf2WLXNZJJDEH9fgQCpp-ZVJRmX56XXd03ikrossKF/s2048/2020-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-matches+Tarzan+and+His+Mate-JCondit+photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HUjiXGSNhzknav4Uv4Wq3LnTNSqVqiikIigb9OuoM6GW7RVwZsdt7HPrWsA_mHRS-vs3SBnOLofzIe1WelQjU5uzgbHVAlWufTXf2WLXNZJJDEH9fgQCpp-ZVJRmX56XXd03ikrossKF/w640-h434/2020-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-matches+Tarzan+and+His+Mate-JCondit+photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Lake Eleanor Sentinel in 2020 (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a beautiful black-and-white shot of the Lake Eleanor Sentinel taken in 2020 by photographer and filming location researcher Jerry Condit. This angle matches the view of the Sentinel in "Tarzan and His Mate."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXBHQadBb-uKhyaqMEaUmqAVC9vve85oUKAKQ4yvJDTeBXCYgpagHDJqj8p0Jbwxb_Pr7OKj0NKa5RKFxzG-be0TBKvfjGK5SgYvR06yTSvKcK8qTYVjQrBCtubgNNYxGBR3eQHEN_j7R/s556/recent-online-Lake+Eleanor+and+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinal-sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="556" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXBHQadBb-uKhyaqMEaUmqAVC9vve85oUKAKQ4yvJDTeBXCYgpagHDJqj8p0Jbwxb_Pr7OKj0NKa5RKFxzG-be0TBKvfjGK5SgYvR06yTSvKcK8qTYVjQrBCtubgNNYxGBR3eQHEN_j7R/w640-h430/recent-online-Lake+Eleanor+and+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinal-sunset.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Lake Eleanor and the Lake Eleanor Sentinel, along Highway 23<br /></b></span></div><br />This photo captures the tiny but scenic Lake Eleanor along with the Sentinel rising above it. Lake Eleanor itself is barely a puddle compared with its much larger neighbors Lake Sherwood and Las Virgenes Reservoir.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBgZLELeV2I-qFRAjIGJeGrLmtJUEKz20oD2mqKvoOHlu50vwB7xcgmeNd2iOpGlezzf3Nlt1dhwp_QRbKN3GRVht7D9PptGyyC4TkDg62UTtMZ6oPDgBg1DS6AOeTb-130IEv_NLF52_/s556/recent-online-Lake+Eleanor+and+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinal-sunset-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="556" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBgZLELeV2I-qFRAjIGJeGrLmtJUEKz20oD2mqKvoOHlu50vwB7xcgmeNd2iOpGlezzf3Nlt1dhwp_QRbKN3GRVht7D9PptGyyC4TkDg62UTtMZ6oPDgBg1DS6AOeTb-130IEv_NLF52_/w640-h430/recent-online-Lake+Eleanor+and+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinal-sunset-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The profile we see from Las Virgenes Reservoir<br /></b></span></div><br />You might recognize this part of the Lake Eleanor Sentinel's profile from the "Gunsmoke," "Virginian" and Las Virgenes Reservoir shots above, even though the angle of this shot is a little different.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ATdvaOso3Jc" width="320" youtube-src-id="ATdvaOso3Jc"></iframe></div>Farmers Insurance commercial "Doggone" (2021)<br /></b></span></div><br />The Sentinel's filming career continues today, with the landmark turning up just last year in a Farmers Insurance commercial. Click on the video above to watch the 30-second spot — and be sure to click on "full screen."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-iHfi9ejQjIQzH8aaP68ArjMIFukN3MgDRSfgmGztE20fXeiQmzwEEunKZMNf1jZYXupXIh66ENpH-sVsWVUiUU9KPO6aHWwop9UgLk41_wHlc_ugF3BNgh8i83hoJIpTCCrOnCwqGcU/s2048/2021-Farmers+Insurance+commercial-Doggone-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-iHfi9ejQjIQzH8aaP68ArjMIFukN3MgDRSfgmGztE20fXeiQmzwEEunKZMNf1jZYXupXIh66ENpH-sVsWVUiUU9KPO6aHWwop9UgLk41_wHlc_ugF3BNgh8i83hoJIpTCCrOnCwqGcU/w640-h360/2021-Farmers+Insurance+commercial-Doggone-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Lake Eleanor Sentinel's latest star turn<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the "money shot" from the Farmers commercial, showing a crashed car along Highway 23 with the Lake Eleanor Sentinel looming conspicuously in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebS8ZrDbnzfRCC70ED5CcRKEn3F6kWDFlwY0_wXPKRdzTXCIYkQ2G_zjRuOAr-ofwF418n2AWxV2yJC4KuYOBv9XYEVsbFgHM-dwRcK8JV8G2O_6RnkrlWLwBHIpA8AKYt5mnLYWoWw3P/s2048/2020+%2528071820%2529-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel%252C+from+Highway+23-matches+Farmers+Insurance+commercial+Doggone-7729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2048" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebS8ZrDbnzfRCC70ED5CcRKEn3F6kWDFlwY0_wXPKRdzTXCIYkQ2G_zjRuOAr-ofwF418n2AWxV2yJC4KuYOBv9XYEVsbFgHM-dwRcK8JV8G2O_6RnkrlWLwBHIpA8AKYt5mnLYWoWw3P/w640-h420/2020+%2528071820%2529-Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel%252C+from+Highway+23-matches+Farmers+Insurance+commercial+Doggone-7729.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Lake Eleanor Sentinel in 2020, photographed from Highway 23<br /></b></span></div><br />Just by coincidence, I was out that way in 2020 and snapped this photo of the Sentinal, accidentally creating a shot that's almost a match for the commercial. Of course, the lighting is a lot different, among other things.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pfQtrOZUQmfL6oUVyh56VJj6nsAUE6uSdp7wr-fF8aCJRe4pxS5qIXOaeL85yxJw2rkRtNrVK7ucX1ksqIpLOIIDKfAnQm4zF3iPf1LaGH4g_X7KgHH2ZxufdOvbpxpMktWT12bB4HaE/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Conejo+Valley%2527s+Three+Lakes+region%252C+incl+Lake+Sherwood%252C+Westlake+Lake%252C+Las+Virgenes+Reservoir%252C+Lake+Eleanor%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2048" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pfQtrOZUQmfL6oUVyh56VJj6nsAUE6uSdp7wr-fF8aCJRe4pxS5qIXOaeL85yxJw2rkRtNrVK7ucX1ksqIpLOIIDKfAnQm4zF3iPf1LaGH4g_X7KgHH2ZxufdOvbpxpMktWT12bB4HaE/w640-h402/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Conejo+Valley%2527s+Three+Lakes+region%252C+incl+Lake+Sherwood%252C+Westlake+Lake%252C+Las+Virgenes+Reservoir%252C+Lake+Eleanor%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Google aerial view of the "Three Lakes Region," showing the location for the insurance spot<br /></b></span></div><br />Highway 23, where the ad was shot, is also known through here as Westlake Boulevard. The highway winds its way through the mountains south of Thousand Oaks, becoming Decker Canyon before it ends up in Malibu.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSPKAlpgFEi0SUstjKyu0M2o6atdIUjBb-6dgy7I983FAPP7m9l5Vs_rRmj37lZC_0sBqXt7tAB21NtAGQcSFxPXmVA6fziBuTFsIq7wC8rFHR7N2dzaG6Dmep5Jq-NwZQ82sIKAtf-Ae/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Conejo+Valley%2527s+Three+Lakes+region%252C+incl+Lake+Sherwood%252C+Westlake+Lake%252C+Las+Virgenes+Reservoir%252C+Lake+Eleanor%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2048" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSPKAlpgFEi0SUstjKyu0M2o6atdIUjBb-6dgy7I983FAPP7m9l5Vs_rRmj37lZC_0sBqXt7tAB21NtAGQcSFxPXmVA6fziBuTFsIq7wC8rFHR7N2dzaG6Dmep5Jq-NwZQ82sIKAtf-Ae/w640-h402/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Conejo+Valley%2527s+Three+Lakes+region%252C+incl+Lake+Sherwood%252C+Westlake+Lake%252C+Las+Virgenes+Reservoir%252C+Lake+Eleanor%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Three Lakes Region's" three major lakes<br /></b></span></div><br />The region's three major lakes are all manmade. Of the three, Lake Sherwood is by far the oldest, dating back to 1904. Westlake Lake — the lake so nice they named it twice — was built in 1969. And I'm being facetious when I say "so nice," as I'm holding a grudge over its displacement of prime filming terrain. Sound familiar?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNR4M1g452W8H7GCFVVbJvQ_w9CTYp8yD2oRKqqNoRn3gv06EGlOgBLzjpqctnmB07DpiMp9JjCF4aI6VjfvqAn_rQIShRnIh55_TPTHkus_ZJjQQUmKP7NOmQhKDBbhPRUg-fljQxYU1/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Conejo+Valley%2527s+Three+Lakes+region%252C+incl+Lake+Sherwood%252C+Westlake+Lake%252C+Las+Virgenes+Reservoir%252C+Lake+Eleanor%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2048" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNR4M1g452W8H7GCFVVbJvQ_w9CTYp8yD2oRKqqNoRn3gv06EGlOgBLzjpqctnmB07DpiMp9JjCF4aI6VjfvqAn_rQIShRnIh55_TPTHkus_ZJjQQUmKP7NOmQhKDBbhPRUg-fljQxYU1/w640-h402/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Conejo+Valley%2527s+Three+Lakes+region%252C+incl+Lake+Sherwood%252C+Westlake+Lake%252C+Las+Virgenes+Reservoir%252C+Lake+Eleanor%252C+Lake+Eleanor+Sentinel-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>A lake among lakes — and a sentinel among ... um ... well, lakes</b></span></div><br />Situated right in the middle of all this water are Lake Eleanor and the Lake Eleanor Sentinel. I don't mean to be unkind to Lake Eleanor, but it's so small it doesn't even rank as one of the Three Lakes Region's three lakes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CTEpeVk9JP9Lr6dh5GYY9RsNAnEFGzs_s5wKxCE6U2cJOdLUaX0TfvdBL2fdzpVD9CtNZKY1gvhquicHR3JixxrUSJkZflTiyFcNmvtEBKc-dZ8x13eXSXdnCRyoBdhrVi-xRhBpbW_T/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+showing+Pentachaeta+Trailhead-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CTEpeVk9JP9Lr6dh5GYY9RsNAnEFGzs_s5wKxCE6U2cJOdLUaX0TfvdBL2fdzpVD9CtNZKY1gvhquicHR3JixxrUSJkZflTiyFcNmvtEBKc-dZ8x13eXSXdnCRyoBdhrVi-xRhBpbW_T/w640-h472/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Las+Virgenes+Reservoir+showing+Pentachaeta+Trailhead-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Trail to Las Virgenes Reservoir: Start at the Pentachaeta Trailhead in Westlake Village<br /></b></span></div><br />As for the main lake that's the focus of this post, Las Virgenes Reservoir, the best way to access the former filming area is from the Pentachaeta Trailhead, off Triunfo Canyon Road just east of Lindero Canyon Road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JerwGaSWjZQbzxpPSi4VoULrB7OBZ4FxkAexBP6bmrxorYHlLuOBk_jLn08Dqo1iyljC4H2ozLDH5D3BBWhFMiIMINcPcs4PCz9_vFR5ZFvQd_huNlsba7kFoQjRSyVIADbUXSAWLnGK/s424/bounce+an+idea+off+his+head.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="424" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JerwGaSWjZQbzxpPSi4VoULrB7OBZ4FxkAexBP6bmrxorYHlLuOBk_jLn08Dqo1iyljC4H2ozLDH5D3BBWhFMiIMINcPcs4PCz9_vFR5ZFvQd_huNlsba7kFoQjRSyVIADbUXSAWLnGK/w400-h209/bounce+an+idea+off+his+head.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>How the sausage is made<br /></b></span></div><br />A big shout-out once again to Aaron St. John, my collaborator on this project. It sure helps to have someone to bounce my crazy ideas off of and get even crazier ones bounced back — sometimes they turn out to be right!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGWi5Fl-jJXRhxTca_MmE2e61yuzfwIXXEl79_iurlALm5mxNuv10IIsWWfZ-6yOVbu4AOjUe_MxE3sYlKQEv29mTp9A-I-FQQF27aT_oNnHx7CK4-P8H-QYhQWqeWLmpz7CYQdvvPe9A/s2048/1968+%25281969%2529-Virginian+7.16-Last+Grave+at+Socorro+Creek-Blue+Creek+Ridge-follow+in+the+hoofsteps+of+the+Virginian.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGWi5Fl-jJXRhxTca_MmE2e61yuzfwIXXEl79_iurlALm5mxNuv10IIsWWfZ-6yOVbu4AOjUe_MxE3sYlKQEv29mTp9A-I-FQQF27aT_oNnHx7CK4-P8H-QYhQWqeWLmpz7CYQdvvPe9A/w640-h480/1968+%25281969%2529-Virginian+7.16-Last+Grave+at+Socorro+Creek-Blue+Creek+Ridge-follow+in+the+hoofsteps+of+the+Virginian.png" width="640" /></a></div>Follow the hoofsteps of "The Virginian" through the valley<br /></b></span></div><br />If you'd like to see video of the valley that lies beneath today's Las Virgenes Reservoir, the best place to look is in the TV series "The Virginian." Seasons 1-4 and season 7 may be the best for location shoots in the valley (especially season 1), but it can be seen throughout the run of the show.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUzG2FcIIIxOyIVo1kliAEZ1bzt6F0DR6YBIFWmA7vSE-xaT3caJa_QJnnn3y8QNWEmsOMMC2oSSx-TE9VheoHkVGbNjoQXPuPvjuGPcdp79kRp7gEUXROHEPowskmLuENjk8iH4GI6cY/s1050/Darwinius-possible+missing+link.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1050" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUzG2FcIIIxOyIVo1kliAEZ1bzt6F0DR6YBIFWmA7vSE-xaT3caJa_QJnnn3y8QNWEmsOMMC2oSSx-TE9VheoHkVGbNjoQXPuPvjuGPcdp79kRp7gEUXROHEPowskmLuENjk8iH4GI6cY/w400-h266/Darwinius-possible+missing+link.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></b></span></div><br />Check out the links below to various "Virginian" packages on DVD. 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</iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-49073850357766074482021-12-16T14:31:00.001-08:002021-12-31T18:32:43.030-08:00The Iverson Movie Ranch's later days as a filming location, preserved in color by the TV Western "The Virginian"<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAAI-Xh0oOyX-pit-QeOwfjx1062XQ5PTn3gyNytPwRdTFQjWbVIBMbB61s24Dty1HQKemrBLW9BeWtCJBJpDN9i_8SyNRN_7wisEShSqowpzEBiOo_uO05lVfS9DVTRomugj_oWXQOWx/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAAI-Xh0oOyX-pit-QeOwfjx1062XQ5PTn3gyNytPwRdTFQjWbVIBMbB61s24Dty1HQKemrBLW9BeWtCJBJpDN9i_8SyNRN_7wisEShSqowpzEBiOo_uO05lVfS9DVTRomugj_oWXQOWx/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown" ("The Virginian," 1963): The stage circles Iverson Pond<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the most striking color images of the Iverson Movie Ranch to survive from the filming era can be found in the TV Western "The Virginian," which filmed on the ranch from 1962-1965.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oR7fTJaiGPHwpeYQK7O-6tGZfdUxLYaIgDgmGEbQG4aqyfGHZlAF2qPozmto_GK_TnmjsN4EMnUf3ye3IyteQNpg8ghpKCYWqrlWo-jqdvAT36KQQm56nmB9ewVymjop-tjVMPb1AuGh/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station-Roberta+Shore.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oR7fTJaiGPHwpeYQK7O-6tGZfdUxLYaIgDgmGEbQG4aqyfGHZlAF2qPozmto_GK_TnmjsN4EMnUf3ye3IyteQNpg8ghpKCYWqrlWo-jqdvAT36KQQm56nmB9ewVymjop-tjVMPb1AuGh/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station-Roberta+Shore.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": Roberta Shore at the Grove Relay Station</b></span></div><br />These gorgeous color images have been preserved with remarkable clarity in "The Virginian," especially when compared with other productions from the period.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh13m3gfnoq9lqf7_1yK9ft_HosfbOxwnd7Ffu-ZBeNNeQR02RQduLdWt-BwPKNC7c87rjPmAB3VwfFL8SU6b9qi5JKLJZeWieFr7XXchKBO00PNiMuAkZhTHliocI74Xywpy2KP7GmhhkpSM5PwQQbEI5qIIvKMczSlJ_XqI69iBiep-moOWy_ULPfSw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh13m3gfnoq9lqf7_1yK9ft_HosfbOxwnd7Ffu-ZBeNNeQR02RQduLdWt-BwPKNC7c87rjPmAB3VwfFL8SU6b9qi5JKLJZeWieFr7XXchKBO00PNiMuAkZhTHliocI74Xywpy2KP7GmhhkpSM5PwQQbEI5qIIvKMczSlJ_XqI69iBiep-moOWy_ULPfSw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Grove Relay Station in "Strangers at Sundown," with Cactus Hill in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />I don't know that I've ever seen better shots of the Grove Relay Station — except maybe in another episode of "The Virginian," as you will see later in this post.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMJ4Jzsgqoag4xtfDOO-mGpxSowiZsSgIX9AKuHMZ8di62gZabMVDrSl2-fQtxCa2HlPsnfRHbLuM10V7Rz2XEorZ962LYzZLnHQt1YQnrqoIHIIReM4eJwpLEfQLmBY6kQRPc6uwK86k/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station-Roberta+Shore+and+Lee+J.+Cobb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMJ4Jzsgqoag4xtfDOO-mGpxSowiZsSgIX9AKuHMZ8di62gZabMVDrSl2-fQtxCa2HlPsnfRHbLuM10V7Rz2XEorZ962LYzZLnHQt1YQnrqoIHIIReM4eJwpLEfQLmBY6kQRPc6uwK86k/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station-Roberta+Shore+and+Lee+J.+Cobb.png" width="640" /></a></div>Roberta Shore as Betsy and Lee J. Cobb as Judge Garth — who rarely smiles<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Virginian" regulars are so happy to finally get away from the Universal backlot and the Shiloh Ranch that even Lee J. Cobb is smiling — sort of.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fhzBVL-h9IvjOb5veODKzePJ_eGnc1-Owzk8U_eYRujg8kA_V0Mr7DHRWUH3bBYnyY_ToAy_823kXc3ZIaGd80HV2xg7KMo2JsgvbrkEDPI57e1JJVdThk4aNjplvuRDhOaWpNwsCG_r/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fhzBVL-h9IvjOb5veODKzePJ_eGnc1-Owzk8U_eYRujg8kA_V0Mr7DHRWUH3bBYnyY_ToAy_823kXc3ZIaGd80HV2xg7KMo2JsgvbrkEDPI57e1JJVdThk4aNjplvuRDhOaWpNwsCG_r/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station.png" width="640" /></a></div>Grove Relay Station as "Three Fork Way Station"</b></span></div><br />The relay station appears in the season one episode "Strangers at Sundown" as "Three Fork Way Station." In this shot we also see some of the nearby rocks and other surrounding features.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIJ0vRVeTrhXagkN5fTOn-YUDDBZJgIEdWEUodIwwV0ZeRYTnXgvedFjmuLzBT4OcyQdFR4CB7PimrfXZYN6DjYLkv6Kgn8y38om0HHSyLMSJuVL7cG9mLcGrCQjdDsDlU7qwCz19T44W/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIJ0vRVeTrhXagkN5fTOn-YUDDBZJgIEdWEUodIwwV0ZeRYTnXgvedFjmuLzBT4OcyQdFR4CB7PimrfXZYN6DjYLkv6Kgn8y38om0HHSyLMSJuVL7cG9mLcGrCQjdDsDlU7qwCz19T44W/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Grove+Relay+Station-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Whoops! Is that supposed to be there?<br /></b></span></div><br />Among the nearby features is a present-day telephone pole, probably a little bit out of place in the 1880s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUo8urOI_g8oYgQfM0tNTrfDY7mWaJ8anzNX7KrhyphenhyphenRICIUBLctmqj7cSSQlOgl_OhwX0_i7Hg92URj7YUJnTSq3f7JaS2f-vA1nyGqrmZDxzVpXsfJH8aKUfSIcWJHKAWmieaCSyEFF4N/s440/cowgirl+says+click+on+the+images-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="367" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUo8urOI_g8oYgQfM0tNTrfDY7mWaJ8anzNX7KrhyphenhyphenRICIUBLctmqj7cSSQlOgl_OhwX0_i7Hg92URj7YUJnTSq3f7JaS2f-vA1nyGqrmZDxzVpXsfJH8aKUfSIcWJHKAWmieaCSyEFF4N/w334-h400/cowgirl+says+click+on+the+images-noted.jpg" width="334" /></a></div></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgLUwqcBOmcEHK9ZudXNpSfOjnH_jIJLLxprfeEktJZwHg0XAuTYx81HhLI1gLyTtv48yf2We2XlfWmbu3yA90_8hYV9236sN3aRCVio_fOs2N5w4mWfIXhoeF8LQoknqqFbjHZbXR4hW/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond-Pond+Rock-ducks.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgLUwqcBOmcEHK9ZudXNpSfOjnH_jIJLLxprfeEktJZwHg0XAuTYx81HhLI1gLyTtv48yf2We2XlfWmbu3yA90_8hYV9236sN3aRCVio_fOs2N5w4mWfIXhoeF8LQoknqqFbjHZbXR4hW/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond-Pond+Rock-ducks.png" width="640" /></a></div>Iverson Pond in "Strangers at Sundown"<br /></b></span></div><br />Iverson Pond is another feature of the Lower Iverson that is showcased beautifully in "Strangers at Sundown." The pond, which was only in place for a few years, took over the space where the Western street previously stood.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwU9GYb_ZSC3qwdsO-QNx9zx5kdCt81JRFVIczCVcpP9cYwidtaCxHKRgsHp97ThnRDmKpuH0injbgKVxXJQhqVZjlXUhEFbaz76Qlh9Xh6E3KcqIHrjGWvG7ucxbm8jzNvzzUzTVgzaE/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond-Pond+Rock-ducks-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwU9GYb_ZSC3qwdsO-QNx9zx5kdCt81JRFVIczCVcpP9cYwidtaCxHKRgsHp97ThnRDmKpuH0injbgKVxXJQhqVZjlXUhEFbaz76Qlh9Xh6E3KcqIHrjGWvG7ucxbm8jzNvzzUzTVgzaE/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond-Pond+Rock-ducks-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": Ducks on "Hidden Rock"<br /></b></span></div><br />The pictures are sharp enough that we can make out ducks in the background. These ducks are hanging around a feature I call "Hidden Rock," which was a part of the Western street before it became a part of the pond setting.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoWTZ4b6R4KJyjRIN44umObPwRDMYb_Ep6nPniqKXtBGIKqfeVXLXhXus9ziB_hDGcCNLguLNpoZrDqEm0fepnrB7POsC5cB1hHSVO9E-PxiMDwmBq9VUny7yWQHrlrErxB1L_bWreUEN/s1600/1962-Route+66+3.2-fishing+and+relaxing-noted-Hidden+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoWTZ4b6R4KJyjRIN44umObPwRDMYb_Ep6nPniqKXtBGIKqfeVXLXhXus9ziB_hDGcCNLguLNpoZrDqEm0fepnrB7POsC5cB1hHSVO9E-PxiMDwmBq9VUny7yWQHrlrErxB1L_bWreUEN/w640-h480/1962-Route+66+3.2-fishing+and+relaxing-noted-Hidden+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>Buster Keaton goes fishing at Hidden Rock ("Route 66," 1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />About
a year before the ducks were photographed on Hidden Rock for "The
Virginian," Buster Keaton did some fishing near the same rock in an
episode of "Route 66."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBAuYe0Br9NsM-w8LW7x7n5JoPNAkyLMxcgP19QZurMy6HF1wumedzkwWYQmCeneAwInRFjvEOHl9R1q1OBKD9JoEXc_fWMTR5SFGrhoIZ6agCnMch173j8ThfFxGklOSXfF5yDuPDBV6/s1600/1962-Route+66+3.2-fishing+and+relaxing-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBAuYe0Br9NsM-w8LW7x7n5JoPNAkyLMxcgP19QZurMy6HF1wumedzkwWYQmCeneAwInRFjvEOHl9R1q1OBKD9JoEXc_fWMTR5SFGrhoIZ6agCnMch173j8ThfFxGklOSXfF5yDuPDBV6/w640-h480/1962-Route+66+3.2-fishing+and+relaxing-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Journey to Ninevah" ("Route 66" episode)<br /></b></span></div><br />We reported on the "Route 66" episode, "Journey to Ninevah," back in 2019. You can <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/02/buster-keaton-returns-to-iverson-movie.html" target="_blank">click here to get the full story on this unusual shoot</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvjCbBx6bF3qXDLbNajABvR2sPiNS4OGA3kz-F9PJZ4vpw6VH9LqH8WXglCx-9enP-Xn71MOTPFDuDML-NxoZspJhpXt7ADW1ReexHK5NG5pbsVw_O6UOyl9ZuWpfx-Rv6fPClfCPBjUj/s1167/1955-Rin+Tin+Tin+1.29-barn-noted-Hidden+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1167" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvjCbBx6bF3qXDLbNajABvR2sPiNS4OGA3kz-F9PJZ4vpw6VH9LqH8WXglCx-9enP-Xn71MOTPFDuDML-NxoZspJhpXt7ADW1ReexHK5NG5pbsVw_O6UOyl9ZuWpfx-Rv6fPClfCPBjUj/w640-h444/1955-Rin+Tin+Tin+1.29-barn-noted-Hidden+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>Rin Tin Tin and the boys of B-Company at Hidden Rock in its Western street days (1955)<br /></b></span></div><br />For more about Hidden Rock, and about the connections between Iverson Pond and the Western street, <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-iverson-movie-ranch-western-street_12.html" target="_blank">click here to read an entry from our series on the Western street</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zqe4f5vhrhXIbOHHxtY8PMZOfdLKNTM_xfpPw3EuOoQcV9BwmgmE090WYc1uI6rUjHeTDZjI_Oj4tRd_GZWwHP0-ti8rIzeZeaiFYBtGBBdmzz7BQyVWTRI8NVVJ983AE4TbJ6MeI2sx/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond-Pond+Rock-ducks-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zqe4f5vhrhXIbOHHxtY8PMZOfdLKNTM_xfpPw3EuOoQcV9BwmgmE090WYc1uI6rUjHeTDZjI_Oj4tRd_GZWwHP0-ti8rIzeZeaiFYBtGBBdmzz7BQyVWTRI8NVVJ983AE4TbJ6MeI2sx/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond-Pond+Rock-ducks-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Pond Rock in "Strangers at Sundown"<br /></b></span></div><br />Also in the ducks shot is the distinctive Pond Rock, another feature of both the pond and the Western street. The <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/02/buster-keaton-returns-to-iverson-movie.html" target="_blank">Buster Keaton/"Route 66" post</a> also examines Pond Rock, including its role on the Western street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jV57EaThCnhf0mxwviEtUPKZfHLFnx8e-A7EdjeLCyrHSZIFmSl62v3TfwoNIjYD-rXWKxA01KFhr4lSBHMig43e51x9WIBU6VJd3R65HKEDrKorzY9bU1jWedal72aIydMnz9JdExxM/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Pond+Oak%252C+Hidden+Rock%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rocks.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jV57EaThCnhf0mxwviEtUPKZfHLFnx8e-A7EdjeLCyrHSZIFmSl62v3TfwoNIjYD-rXWKxA01KFhr4lSBHMig43e51x9WIBU6VJd3R65HKEDrKorzY9bU1jWedal72aIydMnz9JdExxM/w640-h386/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Pond+Oak%252C+Hidden+Rock%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rocks.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": Savoring Sheep Flats while we still can<br /></b></span></div><br />The Iverson shoots for "The Virginian" — especially "Strangers at Sundown" — capture the movie ranch during a period of transition, after ranch boss Joe Iverson began scaling back on the filming operation.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0PFa1QAnpj_3QZmZWZAL0vUzC2kzoHDe8H7BrYHZmGERVhdWhXbOfCPVrpn2Vrm_zkgidD-lxVqhjaD5k6PU-qiWVPLAlUiq_TiLIPX6q-dSyuudvjtQbW0Y-uPa-bPwkr8gxuOvUvMm/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0PFa1QAnpj_3QZmZWZAL0vUzC2kzoHDe8H7BrYHZmGERVhdWhXbOfCPVrpn2Vrm_zkgidD-lxVqhjaD5k6PU-qiWVPLAlUiq_TiLIPX6q-dSyuudvjtQbW0Y-uPa-bPwkr8gxuOvUvMm/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Virginian" sequence captures a number of movie landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />Joe had been running the Iverson Ranch for the better part of four decades, and after splitting the ranch in 1957 with his brother Aaron, Joe was beginning to ease his way toward retirement.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgJJmtJ-l3SSKjqBMk-oS8K5VQsikUtEGNeAea8CC_OD8YHZdqghGhbcmhEjYAvhkvbun2024EjltL6z8GN95HQl3xUALkqFocQDnfY_0OR14HpF-dVZNqJRJ90_hwK-A9qIBG33hWQt0/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgJJmtJ-l3SSKjqBMk-oS8K5VQsikUtEGNeAea8CC_OD8YHZdqghGhbcmhEjYAvhkvbun2024EjltL6z8GN95HQl3xUALkqFocQDnfY_0OR14HpF-dVZNqJRJ90_hwK-A9qIBG33hWQt0/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Was this really necessary?<br /></b></span></div><br />The ranch's business model had pretty much run its course anyway by the mid-1960s. Cop shows, spy shows and sci-fi were all the rage, and the demand
for Western filming locations was on the decline.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHka9yphSko5n-qvZtYMyAoeLMVU9y0mlBfwxWHHcSDIjJbsgHzF45CF6S9nD4ueMXwXKJn0xUggIqUJsF7ssRYBDYlIP8DFYZGjUQb31EuwStrFbkCocHvvCl-F_HM-nGUzOdU7yFqP8Y/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rock-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHka9yphSko5n-qvZtYMyAoeLMVU9y0mlBfwxWHHcSDIjJbsgHzF45CF6S9nD4ueMXwXKJn0xUggIqUJsF7ssRYBDYlIP8DFYZGjUQb31EuwStrFbkCocHvvCl-F_HM-nGUzOdU7yFqP8Y/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond%252C+Corral+Rocks%252C+Corral+Rocks+Shack%252C+fake+rock-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Corral Rocks: Most of these rocks remain in place today<br /></b></span></div><br />Meanwhile, land values were skyrocketing and development pressure was intensifying. Joe Iverson began selling off pieces of the ranch in 1963, starting with Sheep Flats — a sale that included everything in this screen shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLZcM9UdN1bjUMaEROzd71nhIc_YEoJSD_qBigJbn2tJy7CW48WOeIB-KHrJIsnUV9nSS1c6HEdWeIjRGejapX24J7GvRoML-cALaGsCc1PC55X10tBVkJohSQw6nqBL40FBh_vConJN_/s2026/1937-Wee+Willie+Winkie-PS-India+Fort-Shirley+Temple+and+Victor+McLaglen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2026" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLZcM9UdN1bjUMaEROzd71nhIc_YEoJSD_qBigJbn2tJy7CW48WOeIB-KHrJIsnUV9nSS1c6HEdWeIjRGejapX24J7GvRoML-cALaGsCc1PC55X10tBVkJohSQw6nqBL40FBh_vConJN_/w640-h498/1937-Wee+Willie+Winkie-PS-India+Fort-Shirley+Temple+and+Victor+McLaglen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen at the India Fort in "Wee Willie Winkie" (1937)<br /></b></span></div><br />Sheep Flats had been the location of not
only Iverson Pond and the heavily filmed Iverson Western street, but also the
legendary India Fort built by director John Ford for "Wee Willie Winkie." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkqeLdw99OHfuxHKn6r08XozcWdlKrzpEHod9bjw3QoEvtCi88JX5AwyViXAMxp7P6B5JnHg_LemWY2WL_Fr3dR9RQiIyW2x8VXFTc75Wr_xP7PAqwjS4hpTTo3QaT0ZiMxQoUKGK1BEg/s2048/1937-Wee+Willie+Winkie-PS-India+Fort%252C+behind+scenes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkqeLdw99OHfuxHKn6r08XozcWdlKrzpEHod9bjw3QoEvtCi88JX5AwyViXAMxp7P6B5JnHg_LemWY2WL_Fr3dR9RQiIyW2x8VXFTc75Wr_xP7PAqwjS4hpTTo3QaT0ZiMxQoUKGK1BEg/w640-h510/1937-Wee+Willie+Winkie-PS-India+Fort%252C+behind+scenes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Filming "Wee Willie Winkie" at the India Fort, 1937 (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />By February 1964, the India Fort had been dismantled, the pond drained and work was under way to transform Sheep Flats into the Indian
Hills Mobile Home Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8aYsFosPlCvXdXMGn_EwXj877C7PxQiwDXelfWYdaLa4G_Iw3vxb5mJiFXlLvwalR4YNjRQ_ETevjwgr_Fojk6bewYSXjTq2QkGoWDJrfxNPTQykxSKBmRRlwUJa7DQ7lTKyz00Yb6xK/s2048/2016-Bing+BE-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8aYsFosPlCvXdXMGn_EwXj877C7PxQiwDXelfWYdaLa4G_Iw3vxb5mJiFXlLvwalR4YNjRQ_ETevjwgr_Fojk6bewYSXjTq2QkGoWDJrfxNPTQykxSKBmRRlwUJa7DQ7lTKyz00Yb6xK/w640-h474/2016-Bing+BE-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village.png" width="640" /></a></div>Indian Hills Mobile Home Village (Bing Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />The mobile home park remains in place today, less than ideally positioned at Ground Zero of an ever-worsening traffic quagmire at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and the 118 Freeway.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWU7UVKCZxdOSkW1MzpkF9bbBNFhogz-bRh3gyUM_skqyeKItdw8IcJsGer_iLMszyWrJGZ3HjQ6DfSGyY3_W8MDl1jlEvJHQptPpis2zpZ5ZfbgP1MUnxZFR1Bx1XVa2mEc5XtzU5lwx/s2048/2021+%2528021221%2529-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village-swimming+pool+area-Cave+Rocks+combo-photo+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWU7UVKCZxdOSkW1MzpkF9bbBNFhogz-bRh3gyUM_skqyeKItdw8IcJsGer_iLMszyWrJGZ3HjQ6DfSGyY3_W8MDl1jlEvJHQptPpis2zpZ5ZfbgP1MUnxZFR1Bx1XVa2mEc5XtzU5lwx/w640-h344/2021+%2528021221%2529-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village-swimming+pool+area-Cave+Rocks+combo-photo+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Corral Rocks/Cave Rocks in their contemporary role as swimming pool decor<br /></b></span></div><br />Today the Corral Rocks, also known as the Cave Rocks, do their best to supply ambiance for the mobile home park's swimming pool and rec room area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyMGHcA7uEIdpX81l8uQBxnT2TRzAK_93DKGikENolj293B7bFuYfYiXcC3DkKNQbPKUaYjxipjPdgJxAk8ZjSJ22YZhiafPr8RzAg4BbNgIrfYZnAksZ0aUtKGpLvbySFTKPvd1m5KYT/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyMGHcA7uEIdpX81l8uQBxnT2TRzAK_93DKGikENolj293B7bFuYfYiXcC3DkKNQbPKUaYjxipjPdgJxAk8ZjSJ22YZhiafPr8RzAg4BbNgIrfYZnAksZ0aUtKGpLvbySFTKPvd1m5KYT/w640-h346/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Iverson+Pond+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": Farewell to Sheep Flats and Iverson Pond<br /></b></span></div><br />When the stage made its sojourn around Iverson Pond in "Strangers at Sundown," it marked the final time a major production would shoot in this area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsOyir39LcIdNUdWzRjgQbNZ-ENhA-e80LrFjJB06zOhlU_yANDLbZ-eLeRgnJtAGK7_TVxubM6ySWtl0vNT-gOJZVjMpAPxS2YEzLu2t1_pBdHvYNezm-Vp_ZpyFxHt6sR4jkHkb045D/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-transitioning+from+Sheep+Flats+to+Heroes+area%252C+with+Iverson+Pond%252C+Pond+Rock+in+background.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsOyir39LcIdNUdWzRjgQbNZ-ENhA-e80LrFjJB06zOhlU_yANDLbZ-eLeRgnJtAGK7_TVxubM6ySWtl0vNT-gOJZVjMpAPxS2YEzLu2t1_pBdHvYNezm-Vp_ZpyFxHt6sR4jkHkb045D/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-transitioning+from+Sheep+Flats+to+Heroes+area%252C+with+Iverson+Pond%252C+Pond+Rock+in+background.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": Leaving Sheep Flats, headed for the Hangover Shack<br /></b></span></div><br />The production next took up residency at another Iverson Movie Ranch set, the Hangover Shack, located a short distance southwest of Sheep Flats and Iverson Pond.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix9AW0UY1leyV0LJW4v6TIUaKA-FFZp7i_FLd3PsrDLRstxfyTzygvW6-lc9vX0dvtMxYYJ3FeuEaCbZFBv7wUocfFr_IN7Mx48k-ElWvDLYkPnjMsm1wwra1yiuJmZxNnt27Mjw5S3sE/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-transitioning+from+Sheep+Flats+to+Heroes+area%252C+with+Iverson+Pond%252C+Pond+Rock+in+background-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix9AW0UY1leyV0LJW4v6TIUaKA-FFZp7i_FLd3PsrDLRstxfyTzygvW6-lc9vX0dvtMxYYJ3FeuEaCbZFBv7wUocfFr_IN7Mx48k-ElWvDLYkPnjMsm1wwra1yiuJmZxNnt27Mjw5S3sE/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-transitioning+from+Sheep+Flats+to+Heroes+area%252C+with+Iverson+Pond%252C+Pond+Rock+in+background-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A last glimpse of some movie landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />As the stage pulled up at its next shooting location, the episode continued to provide glimpses of Sheep Flats, Iverson Pond and even Pond Rock in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGpPosEVZULhxtnhUNuvku5SWmbnBf-uE_BkxliaaZ4-u-Bg-eWyHoD8HIclVZa86tHq_55YsnNp4xFaDbWuPb21-stV_X8wEBiJefnfh3KwLmPC8jXfDU9VJ05E-gQL6UI3kdQuhfrWy/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+under+siege.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGpPosEVZULhxtnhUNuvku5SWmbnBf-uE_BkxliaaZ4-u-Bg-eWyHoD8HIclVZa86tHq_55YsnNp4xFaDbWuPb21-stV_X8wEBiJefnfh3KwLmPC8jXfDU9VJ05E-gQL6UI3kdQuhfrWy/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+under+siege.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Iverson Ranch's durable Hangover Shack, under siege in "Strangers at Sundown"<br /></b></span></div><br />But once the stage arrived at the Hangover Shack, things got pretty serious. The passengers had to hole up in the shack while a gang of bad guys laid siege to the building, essentially holding them all hostage.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC2VPJUzD8aIiyY3m5g88yFRKZWcOwzXvkP4F-VLrmRhukNGaNpUFUL2fnVqPmCCc2IzyySNTOVMKvrI-5I22tGF0X37XZWPl58wUnia44htiVmaLNygFRsHZPO_gqRIg4GHCsixF2V4w/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+showcase+shot+under+Hangover+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC2VPJUzD8aIiyY3m5g88yFRKZWcOwzXvkP4F-VLrmRhukNGaNpUFUL2fnVqPmCCc2IzyySNTOVMKvrI-5I22tGF0X37XZWPl58wUnia44htiVmaLNygFRsHZPO_gqRIg4GHCsixF2V4w/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+showcase+shot+under+Hangover+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Hangover Shack in all its glory in "The Virginian," one of the set's finest showcases<br /></b></span></div><br />In the process of presenting all the human drama inherent in this tense standoff, "Strangers at Sundown" also presents some terrific shots of one of the Iverson Ranch's most important sets.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNeiqknYH2l47DlzZGXhBRvrn5LuxuzhyEkzS2CnFRAiTQux8_H5jhTm5EXN4BSSQ9SWZ517Xl3kAIVhXTdV_stG9wIC7cT4-rKsvIOZPAyVOsm0qCQ3nnMQ-MxCdXpKyZoaIbLR20Ybw/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+showcase+shot+under+Hangover+Rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNeiqknYH2l47DlzZGXhBRvrn5LuxuzhyEkzS2CnFRAiTQux8_H5jhTm5EXN4BSSQ9SWZ517Xl3kAIVhXTdV_stG9wIC7cT4-rKsvIOZPAyVOsm0qCQ3nnMQ-MxCdXpKyZoaIbLR20Ybw/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+showcase+shot+under+Hangover+Rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>This is who put the "Hangover" in "Hangover Shack"<br /></b></span></div><br />Included in the shot is Hangover Rock, which gives the Hangover Shack its name.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIY7mZWbUHpWR0ptVim07xKEr5vjBa8B-oq4u2l0qmcxV0Ywfhg6dd62sGVmRiXss0Aodyo0ZXnWuuXWECS1Hh3M5CrS-ZJY_t8UnSGWz6BkPlrEccjbVTYb3uUDaYQs4zevlnHYc3-29/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+showcase+shot+under+Hangover+Rock-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIY7mZWbUHpWR0ptVim07xKEr5vjBa8B-oq4u2l0qmcxV0Ywfhg6dd62sGVmRiXss0Aodyo0ZXnWuuXWECS1Hh3M5CrS-ZJY_t8UnSGWz6BkPlrEccjbVTYb3uUDaYQs4zevlnHYc3-29/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack+showcase+shot+under+Hangover+Rock-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>A safety hazard looms above the building<br /></b></span></div><br />Let me call your attention to the large rock highlighted here in yellow, which is perched precariously above the shack. You can see a big crack running through the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tIZH3oWsWx4NQQNKUToyXN_lyOcsRWVyDiC9ppSq_199OB2_6x9uxAYy68KrUHwpTUAVvd0bK9xvhv0DmLJcreYI9qaTEJpgPNxnOo_ZmtG41tcfNjqtRh-3lOKEnijuloa2tLyyJNDG/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack-cracked+rock+area%252C+bad+guy+up+on+rocks.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tIZH3oWsWx4NQQNKUToyXN_lyOcsRWVyDiC9ppSq_199OB2_6x9uxAYy68KrUHwpTUAVvd0bK9xvhv0DmLJcreYI9qaTEJpgPNxnOo_ZmtG41tcfNjqtRh-3lOKEnijuloa2tLyyJNDG/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack-cracked+rock+area%252C+bad+guy+up+on+rocks.png" width="640" /></a></div>A bad guy is up to no good high in the rocks, unaware that one of them is fixin' to fall apart<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a closer look at the area with the crack in the rock. You might notice that one of the bad guys is up there too, plotting a smoke bomb attack or something — some plan to force the stage passengers out of the building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03iT900eb8HX6G6v6g-G7mhNBqwCI1tVCtwM0zxWkQUQbUk4_gdvW-rhD3xk_aZZo2qf-cGOktxrfxxcifwRwp9ZaRWvv9JFxl6KAQpU7oMJyR3OHCEIfUnZHHLzZD9yh3MbetdfgSytF/s1600/2016-Peach+Slice-0698-noted+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1600" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03iT900eb8HX6G6v6g-G7mhNBqwCI1tVCtwM0zxWkQUQbUk4_gdvW-rhD3xk_aZZo2qf-cGOktxrfxxcifwRwp9ZaRWvv9JFxl6KAQpU7oMJyR3OHCEIfUnZHHLzZD9yh3MbetdfgSytF/w640-h394/2016-Peach+Slice-0698-noted+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This is what happens to rocks when they get old<br /></b></span></div><br />Readers may or may not recall a post from early 2020 about this same set, which included a discussion of the "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/02/it-was-just-tumbledown-shack-but-what.html" target="_blank">Peach Slice</a>" — a sliver of rock that broke off from the rock above and still rests where the shack once stood.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqopRP8_iRKaYsZeiS_p68hdcWd9o-bQnqT0WXm84SEfcasiqx3AzTL_UI1r30As_d4DIhwBbd4zN0JRtTMU1ch0Nty4BgOqT5JxGZq71ktw3sALEGlF5P6e9yvQajqL2a53xwmCd-JXH/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack-cracked+rock+area%252C+bad+guy+up+on+rocks-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqopRP8_iRKaYsZeiS_p68hdcWd9o-bQnqT0WXm84SEfcasiqx3AzTL_UI1r30As_d4DIhwBbd4zN0JRtTMU1ch0Nty4BgOqT5JxGZq71ktw3sALEGlF5P6e9yvQajqL2a53xwmCd-JXH/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Hangover+Shack-cracked+rock+area%252C+bad+guy+up+on+rocks-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Part of the origin story for the Peach Slice<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Peach Slice" detached itself from approximately this part of the "mothership," or "Mama Peach." The bad guy's nefarious plot is unrelated to the rock's intentions to go rogue.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDFYmdnndLJjqWLkc2mUrEQXQRXw-3NloSv6N3V0ZkV9vAd27mWszfumUIJ_A7OJ12IaQq3iU_5GXp6zjE8fnvJ4UfjEnKKnMlZsjdQezb1E5btLsrk7BFx8X42Uz2idybWrtaPpOe6GU/s1600/1948-Superman+Ch+15-Hangover+Shack-cartoon+Superman.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1600" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDFYmdnndLJjqWLkc2mUrEQXQRXw-3NloSv6N3V0ZkV9vAd27mWszfumUIJ_A7OJ12IaQq3iU_5GXp6zjE8fnvJ4UfjEnKKnMlZsjdQezb1E5btLsrk7BFx8X42Uz2idybWrtaPpOe6GU/w640-h470/1948-Superman+Ch+15-Hangover+Shack-cartoon+Superman.png" width="640" /></a></div>Cartoon Superman arrives at the shack in 1948, but even he can't save the Peach Slice from its fate<br /></b></span></div><br />You can <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/02/it-was-just-tumbledown-shack-but-what.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to read more about the Peach Slice incident as part of our <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/02/it-was-just-tumbledown-shack-but-what.html" target="_blank">post from last year detailing the history of the Hangover Shack</a>. If you're looking for just the Peach Slice material, scroll down or do a word search.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUkveZc5mSwwuHIQcDgLEwdGEGznkkRAiyi6EvF7K46q0ePG9gsbsxQbgftfy-Oe20tVfiXXF9zzC02tMfiEhKmr5Vgi0gZTh4kjXC292LZS2PjnOZyh8KljRnuDK9tmxobkltfPoT7_-/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Heroes+area%252C+Hangover+Shack%252C+Lee+J.+Cobb%252C+none+too+happy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUkveZc5mSwwuHIQcDgLEwdGEGznkkRAiyi6EvF7K46q0ePG9gsbsxQbgftfy-Oe20tVfiXXF9zzC02tMfiEhKmr5Vgi0gZTh4kjXC292LZS2PjnOZyh8KljRnuDK9tmxobkltfPoT7_-/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Heroes+area%252C+Hangover+Shack%252C+Lee+J.+Cobb%252C+none+too+happy.png" width="640" /></a></div>Judge Garth is feeling like his old self again<br /></b></span></div><br />While we're on the subject of food items, a comment about Lee J. Cobb. (Get it?) I had a feeling that as the plot transpired the show would find a way to wipe that smile off Judge Garth's face, and it did.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiBiTd_ik7YRGMV5vSJ_KgaelobEbfSQyr7Qq5_bYPNpJe9SnWnX79Mq2ML_IWBuoZP_xruBIlTMi4OtZXK59nSj7mjyMDmxMMihxgexjxIkHXlMmjsKRi-tNrruvgccTr4afhQDSe14z/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Heroes+Tower-bad+guys+laying+siege+to+Hangover+Shack.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiBiTd_ik7YRGMV5vSJ_KgaelobEbfSQyr7Qq5_bYPNpJe9SnWnX79Mq2ML_IWBuoZP_xruBIlTMi4OtZXK59nSj7mjyMDmxMMihxgexjxIkHXlMmjsKRi-tNrruvgccTr4afhQDSe14z/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Heroes+Tower-bad+guys+laying+siege+to+Hangover+Shack.png" width="640" /></a></div>Heroes Tower — and why Judge Garth is back in his usual bad mood<br /></b></span></div><br />While the shack is under siege, both the judge and viewers are treated to shots of bad guys peppered throughout the rock formations facing the building. These rocks are all still around, in a well-posted no-trespassing zone.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP2zRvo4kA-fbKLns8OMJhT2WrChpI4RoLy3yF8lnTnQoFy-CJkRPdmaGenOQAWloGRFee0Xfdgazsme7pwDqdLPZLkgF9fK2V7tIPNIuy_TvgwWpnyRyEn3qtPvLNFmsvVwB3gAa610p/s1582/2008-Heroes+3.3-Heroes+Tower%252C+Greg+Grunberg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1582" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP2zRvo4kA-fbKLns8OMJhT2WrChpI4RoLy3yF8lnTnQoFy-CJkRPdmaGenOQAWloGRFee0Xfdgazsme7pwDqdLPZLkgF9fK2V7tIPNIuy_TvgwWpnyRyEn3qtPvLNFmsvVwB3gAa610p/w640-h360/2008-Heroes+3.3-Heroes+Tower%252C+Greg+Grunberg.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Heroes" (NBC TV series, 2008): The future is depicted in rock paintings<br /></b></span></div><br />The same rocks were used for the NBC show "Heroes," which filmed on the Iverson Ranch during the summer of 2008. The rocks were covered with paintings envisioning future events.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIoRGY6UTXBPT6kMMY7MNjCE_9XGYWx2dFixUrfS2wIVlxnv1G_Iovr5xOKJ14LDjmg6uCMF1o7TVjoHMIow9XJHKqX9eW0jbm09Ao1ddeFh9svoPBex9dVWDkjBeQZBHdHaFZ4UZ_d9M/s2048/2008+site+visit-Heroes+Tower-paintings+for+Heroes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIoRGY6UTXBPT6kMMY7MNjCE_9XGYWx2dFixUrfS2wIVlxnv1G_Iovr5xOKJ14LDjmg6uCMF1o7TVjoHMIow9XJHKqX9eW0jbm09Ao1ddeFh9svoPBex9dVWDkjBeQZBHdHaFZ4UZ_d9M/w640-h480/2008+site+visit-Heroes+Tower-paintings+for+Heroes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Behind the scenes of "Heroes" in summer 2008<br /></b></span></div><br />I happened to visit the location that summer while filming was going on and got a few pictures of my own. I typically refer to this location as the "Heroes area," and I call the tallest of these rocks "Heroes Tower."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nmMWV8wfj2T9fBi3ade80kY7y5bsSGMHMLIwzGGF_POZfI_gKpVk092bTuJAvwjeo_MpFxnocYr1rrQVVwwRjC20pkxOG1W1Ky7g2ETOaOHoRVNI9aj2u78pTys-0_R29NypXlg162B9/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Old+Barn%252C+Scavenger+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nmMWV8wfj2T9fBi3ade80kY7y5bsSGMHMLIwzGGF_POZfI_gKpVk092bTuJAvwjeo_MpFxnocYr1rrQVVwwRjC20pkxOG1W1Ky7g2ETOaOHoRVNI9aj2u78pTys-0_R29NypXlg162B9/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Old+Barn%252C+Scavenger+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": More Iverson Movie Ranch landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />Another terrific shot from "Strangers at Sundown" shows the stage speeding down Iverson Ranch Road, headed southwest. In the background we see the Iverson family's "Old Barn" on the left and "Scavenger Rock" on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WRnCOitd-HQS75b5k007c5_akMITwmiAlAzH2ETCgGKW0i0i2rcxd5gx9eB27qTMNyejjnplvIgnzZzdMZweae3QD5eSOqAqaDrWb8T_Ie9WAMjsRzpHvGYjRxjMqURz5aETlaQ1kSp8/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Old+Barn%252C+Scavenger+Rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WRnCOitd-HQS75b5k007c5_akMITwmiAlAzH2ETCgGKW0i0i2rcxd5gx9eB27qTMNyejjnplvIgnzZzdMZweae3QD5eSOqAqaDrWb8T_Ie9WAMjsRzpHvGYjRxjMqURz5aETlaQ1kSp8/w640-h482/1963-Virginian+1.27-Strangers+at+Sundown-Old+Barn%252C+Scavenger+Rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A glimpse into the Iverson family's farming operation<br /></b></span></div><br />These features were located in the family's residential and farming area and were not normally included in the movie operation — although <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2016/01/border-feud-starring-lash-larue-day-in.html" target="_blank">the barn was used for filming on rare occasions</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3lVNaTQFzoJ6BkjEE_JiJ9tHpGfD1dzyJk46VB3u_SP_e4KwH8E00jdoCmcwdyF__qNTXgR1Lw7YBrdi87flKDHz3_ZjeEdGOQRtuANVT6oPNqPDpuybDOAt_uex9Y0FmXJFg-1C1ZVz/s2048/undated-Aaron+in+farm+field+with+Scavenger+Rock-copyright+Iverson+Movie+Ranch+Blog-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3lVNaTQFzoJ6BkjEE_JiJ9tHpGfD1dzyJk46VB3u_SP_e4KwH8E00jdoCmcwdyF__qNTXgR1Lw7YBrdi87flKDHz3_ZjeEdGOQRtuANVT6oPNqPDpuybDOAt_uex9Y0FmXJFg-1C1ZVz/w640-h512/undated-Aaron+in+farm+field+with+Scavenger+Rock-copyright+Iverson+Movie+Ranch+Blog-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Early photo of Aaron Iverson tending his crops near Scavenger Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Scavenger Rock is named for its resemblance to a scavenger fish, and if you've ever owned an aquarium I probably didn't have to tell you that. But it was located in a field that was historically used for farming.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYE3kY9hAgqBvWsHHOpYfCuTOUv39iOl8Ti-kwBtlZSQyYsE_f8lavKQQUBTbyyPGpHRdTFsAGNbm5J-FqysQ6geNOPljdc0IKqAM9YrMT-axNRu0om9V3fINeBULgpSG_Xrk7L8K53NI/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tilted+Cube-James+Drury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYE3kY9hAgqBvWsHHOpYfCuTOUv39iOl8Ti-kwBtlZSQyYsE_f8lavKQQUBTbyyPGpHRdTFsAGNbm5J-FqysQ6geNOPljdc0IKqAM9YrMT-axNRu0om9V3fINeBULgpSG_Xrk7L8K53NI/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tilted+Cube-James+Drury.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Mountain of the Sun": James Drury shares the screen with the rock "<a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2013/02/tilted-cube-survives-but-walnut-not-so.html" target="_blank">Tilted Cube</a>"<br /></b></span></div><br />Other episodes of "The Virginian" featured their own terrific footage of the ranch. "The Mountain of the Sun," which immediately followed "Strangers at Sundown" in April 1963, was another good one.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLXBs_B7IqicXcyI18FfKlQYVbkHJKTe7GasbiKJcorLWttTtigk3geXWpIaTngqZUrpEToctUB4yrBl2UGnvfCyi6vEgILAjyMR86dNQp4_B6vrrcypHaLuJc3dMad4NrvDyugUzbXhU/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+1-Hangover+Gate+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLXBs_B7IqicXcyI18FfKlQYVbkHJKTe7GasbiKJcorLWttTtigk3geXWpIaTngqZUrpEToctUB4yrBl2UGnvfCyi6vEgILAjyMR86dNQp4_B6vrrcypHaLuJc3dMad4NrvDyugUzbXhU/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+1-Hangover+Gate+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>Drury, aka "the Virginian," guides a group of women in "The Mountain of the Sun"<br /></b></span></div><br />Both episodes were shot during the same stand on the Iverson Movie Ranch. The records of series producer Revue Studios include billings for about eight days of shooting on the ranch in late 1962 and early 1963.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_ez_eulgJU7aPMckPhhyylF4lxZ0U3tru7-GbbPFjETOiPvdVOPietgMSUuOKT-EiwN6S6o4ExTvxztADmlQh4xCHVlXJi-ZthNhRYshRtHog9dqy_gDCaAtn4OLwwytHXdeM_UBzq1U/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+2-James+Drury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_ez_eulgJU7aPMckPhhyylF4lxZ0U3tru7-GbbPFjETOiPvdVOPietgMSUuOKT-EiwN6S6o4ExTvxztADmlQh4xCHVlXJi-ZthNhRYshRtHog9dqy_gDCaAtn4OLwwytHXdeM_UBzq1U/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+2-James+Drury.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Mountain of the Sun": A return engagement for the Hangover Shack<br /></b></span></div><br />It's
likely that two of those days were spent at the Hangover
Shack — one day with Lee J. Cobb, Roberta Shore and the "Strangers at Sundown" guest cast, and one with Drury and the women of "The Mountain of the Sun."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXXAU5CUPGnfEgROsBIkgV0sLKpjqwKc9SwLbUnc4m32OgWiLYpX_IyOoHEQ2MlrPFG17tw4DGqlEC4k58ket1pt25AfhCGWNODBZa-epwoXHd9ffhNd-KLox5B4v_Gxyb4VKDJDIIkov/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+3-thatched+roof-James+Drury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXXAU5CUPGnfEgROsBIkgV0sLKpjqwKc9SwLbUnc4m32OgWiLYpX_IyOoHEQ2MlrPFG17tw4DGqlEC4k58ket1pt25AfhCGWNODBZa-epwoXHd9ffhNd-KLox5B4v_Gxyb4VKDJDIIkov/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+3-thatched+roof-James+Drury.png" width="640" /></a></div>Drury may not notice the shack's new roof — he wasn't around when it was corrugated tin <br /></b></span></div><br />For "The Mountain of the Sun," a new thatch roof was added to the
top of the shack, probably mainly so viewers wouldn't notice it was the same
set from the previous episode.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEHVTzzsivV4n6dq8FcBReYpLqKcJHGz6woRw2aiCLeWKibHU2kwCmNDTw6DRT57HDR9yGiwmo1nWtUeF2vUY6zvUnkVO6ONda95is34WdU4WQM6OpZeH8JnXdSb44U1B-mfZm5uU2L17/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+4-adobe+jailhouse.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEHVTzzsivV4n6dq8FcBReYpLqKcJHGz6woRw2aiCLeWKibHU2kwCmNDTw6DRT57HDR9yGiwmo1nWtUeF2vUY6zvUnkVO6ONda95is34WdU4WQM6OpZeH8JnXdSb44U1B-mfZm5uU2L17/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+4-adobe+jailhouse.png" width="640" /></a></div>An adobe facade stands near the Hangover Shack in "Mountain of the Sun"<br /></b></span></div><br /> A fake adobe jailhouse was also erected at the north end of the shack just for "The Mountain of the Sun."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_iws9nHj9oAipumnm3roC7L6Srz5CDBYnbP8MAUUaK18ruElvoJvWHvYGYOQx1cpUSA0PYI2K7FbIPq1QoOUsIeVlF14wMY_hglYKSm3zgpve-nNI2RDWTnCA2aoKpg43dxZhyphenhyphen4iahMT/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+4-adobe+jailhouse-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_iws9nHj9oAipumnm3roC7L6Srz5CDBYnbP8MAUUaK18ruElvoJvWHvYGYOQx1cpUSA0PYI2K7FbIPq1QoOUsIeVlF14wMY_hglYKSm3zgpve-nNI2RDWTnCA2aoKpg43dxZhyphenhyphen4iahMT/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Hangover+Shack+sequence+4-adobe+jailhouse-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Something's missing! Maybe the thatch roof was supposed to go here<br /></b></span></div><br />If you ask me, it's just a little too obvious that this set is fake, and it would have helped to put some kind of roof on it. But nobody asked me.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyGx7EoDrx6d4yVg4gjpnC2Th_26X_eSlCr4kAhQA0eUv6cyiUY8pfAQBsHQi-DpoE1dRXzUO0Uya4hSWEYvH3ExvAGwJFQwucBabDzgEy79EkCw5dzGXvWrqpap3-jVzhUpISXP4XLfV/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-wide+shot+with+Tornado%2527s+Mine+Rocks.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyGx7EoDrx6d4yVg4gjpnC2Th_26X_eSlCr4kAhQA0eUv6cyiUY8pfAQBsHQi-DpoE1dRXzUO0Uya4hSWEYvH3ExvAGwJFQwucBabDzgEy79EkCw5dzGXvWrqpap3-jVzhUpISXP4XLfV/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-wide+shot+with+Tornado%2527s+Mine+Rocks.png" width="640" /></a></div>Tornado's Mine in "The Mountain of the Sun"<br /></b></span></div><br />Continuing the theme of "best-ever shots of various Iverson Movie Ranch sets," the "Virginian" episode "Mountain of the Sun" also features crystal-clear shots of Tornado's Mine, a set that was tucked away in the Upper Gorge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVRdQJ8nBWjKuyLb_yT6RPaQHwH4-cAXTGaDLYeCH1S5pNajbRMwKteHFDCIeltvqrthxM5cl8SF68OQYXpho8H8id5qC-M1D6sMxSNXzcaetAneKd-91PXaLqoL8uW5Ga7lR1xZjPPyN/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-James+Drury+et+al..png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVRdQJ8nBWjKuyLb_yT6RPaQHwH4-cAXTGaDLYeCH1S5pNajbRMwKteHFDCIeltvqrthxM5cl8SF68OQYXpho8H8id5qC-M1D6sMxSNXzcaetAneKd-91PXaLqoL8uW5Ga7lR1xZjPPyN/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-James+Drury+et+al..png" width="640" /></a></div>Tornado's Mine, following its final remodeling effort<br /></b></span></div><br />The mine appeared in a number of productions over a span of more than two decades, and it was constantly being remodeled. But it's fair to say that the version seen in "The Virginian" represents the mine's final incarnation.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiTsYMCbb0N7ZGxv5Dn2fHrmzYCM3Tb3WxGeBNxzqio2_X41mp-7O2hWaagdb3-zb1O-_S1XcZYoWoUvOkJVoF37cU2WgQYmsrk63xlbEBjPtfWpe6_Mxd42SnqQlNtGzzf1lHCvYKmKP/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-wide+shot+with+Tornado%2527s+Mine+Rocks-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiTsYMCbb0N7ZGxv5Dn2fHrmzYCM3Tb3WxGeBNxzqio2_X41mp-7O2hWaagdb3-zb1O-_S1XcZYoWoUvOkJVoF37cU2WgQYmsrk63xlbEBjPtfWpe6_Mxd42SnqQlNtGzzf1lHCvYKmKP/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-wide+shot+with+Tornado%2527s+Mine+Rocks-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Tornado's Mine Rocks, strategically positioned in the Upper Gorge<br /></b></span></div><br />This group of rocks, which I call the Tornado's Mine Rocks, helps point the way to the mine. These rocks remain in place in the Upper Gorge today, a short distance east of Lone Ranger Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlur0zkbAbe4B7Bey8XSJXEFs_vsvNrG6SC-p8a46sAITdRWj4Br9bywIukgUJnFUBF89pO_mbMaUIEMdMOOGMsnDN0b-oHrnV3fwRyT-czKvAhuzrS-8FRypuU3osxuRvdNSJekdiw0l/s1500/2014-Tornado%2527s+Mine+rocks-JCondit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlur0zkbAbe4B7Bey8XSJXEFs_vsvNrG6SC-p8a46sAITdRWj4Br9bywIukgUJnFUBF89pO_mbMaUIEMdMOOGMsnDN0b-oHrnV3fwRyT-czKvAhuzrS-8FRypuU3osxuRvdNSJekdiw0l/w640-h428/2014-Tornado%2527s+Mine+rocks-JCondit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Tornado's Mine Rocks as they appear in modern times (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Photographer and location researcher Jerry Condit captured this photo back around 2014, showing the Tornado's Mine Rocks from almost the same angle seen in "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ct4DF8wGFTK_NOmVEyXmRDNwUlawZb_1hjOGm23hGFo6OJEAVL8dza1PTnYbQj5KrhhTi4iSuL1T47wMoYQJIBW59HDwdUOfsjdnh96X_V8YiN3VXRNkcQN_PQc9P5rxAvjSiSav9AoH/s1310/1944-Zorro%2527s+Black+Whip-Ch+5-Tornado%2527s+Mine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1310" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ct4DF8wGFTK_NOmVEyXmRDNwUlawZb_1hjOGm23hGFo6OJEAVL8dza1PTnYbQj5KrhhTi4iSuL1T47wMoYQJIBW59HDwdUOfsjdnh96X_V8YiN3VXRNkcQN_PQc9P5rxAvjSiSav9AoH/w640-h482/1944-Zorro%2527s+Black+Whip-Ch+5-Tornado%2527s+Mine.png" width="640" /></a></div>Zorro's Black Whip (1944): An early version of Tornado's Mine<br /></b></span></div><br />We've
discussed Tornado's Mine before on the blog, and <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/11/tornados-mine-little-known-artifact-of.html" target="_blank">you can read more about it here</a>. But at least one thing about the mine has changed
dramatically in the seven years since that post was published.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyf27B0qCm7nw14n2US9qgBorcaajcFjXhfmHMZDTyQD9EH_RNJIel9pWheRKhZ-NkvZZvCuyesnmXq3-SklDbIY8DEuJJlfYH-QGhyphenhyphenfe8aj3h6NE3Cn99lqSITKT9PBV6HAFz3LwzYQlK/s1188/2014-Tornado%2527s+Mine+site-vertical+piece+B-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1188" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyf27B0qCm7nw14n2US9qgBorcaajcFjXhfmHMZDTyQD9EH_RNJIel9pWheRKhZ-NkvZZvCuyesnmXq3-SklDbIY8DEuJJlfYH-QGhyphenhyphenfe8aj3h6NE3Cn99lqSITKT9PBV6HAFz3LwzYQlK/w640-h510/2014-Tornado%2527s+Mine+site-vertical+piece+B-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Movie junk that was still there in 2014, but has since been "picked clean"<br /></b></span></div><br />Back
when I first reported on it in 2014, bits of debris from the mine were
lying around all over the site. Since then the place has been picked over by souvenir collectors, so if you're an artifact hunter, don't get
your hopes up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOMPj-yf8_QJFBoGrYH6VZa9jNAYKhUcauy7UjyKbSfgw0jBOQhpacQ5Veyx89mNzLtZcDRVZQ7tJ7HcRvdT8BGTCoz2527c-L0hIp-VXnfJTLewbaNqjzlHFy7BU8VQ7f9N_W9EWIYej/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-wide+shot+with+Tornado%2527s+Mine+Rocks-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOMPj-yf8_QJFBoGrYH6VZa9jNAYKhUcauy7UjyKbSfgw0jBOQhpacQ5Veyx89mNzLtZcDRVZQ7tJ7HcRvdT8BGTCoz2527c-L0hIp-VXnfJTLewbaNqjzlHFy7BU8VQ7f9N_W9EWIYej/w640-h480/1963-Virginian+1.28-+The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Tornado%2527s+Mine-wide+shot+with+Tornado%2527s+Mine+Rocks-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Something to help prepare you for "Bust of Kennedy"<br /></b></span></div><br />In case you <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/11/tornados-mine-little-known-artifact-of.html" target="_blank">click through to the 2014 post</a> and start seeing pictures of "Bust of Kennedy," this shot shows how Bust of Kennedy was almost a part of the mine — although the formation does not resemble JFK from this angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXTVJKG-PbBh_7u51VBf1ue7w96PcWRok4Z5SB5PhlLUnNk-mWbrzVs2K9PhPP7IiDE6LVe2UI9y_jY0IfI2tcy3MHoru9qwCImWEkaRZ3yrUPNgw1YYggYE7x3nggIijdTb60UVKco3t/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Range+Rider+Rock+%2528back%2529+and+Sonora+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="2048" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXTVJKG-PbBh_7u51VBf1ue7w96PcWRok4Z5SB5PhlLUnNk-mWbrzVs2K9PhPP7IiDE6LVe2UI9y_jY0IfI2tcy3MHoru9qwCImWEkaRZ3yrUPNgw1YYggYE7x3nggIijdTb60UVKco3t/w640-h422/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Range+Rider+Rock+%2528back%2529+and+Sonora+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Mountain of the Sun": The rarely seen backside of Range Rider Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />The episode "The Mountain of the Sun" also features unusual shots of the rocks in and around the swimming pool area of the Indian Hills Mobile Home Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Z04cKhGJOQun6HJVxxhiy4hg2iBPd7X_bXOtv8tdCPdinZJKra5_dksZy5Mjf97Wqa2K2UMVnb4WOmV9LIyNp6o6ekZPy8CIgbnIGk0una2TiPf-rIOTpSS0LCEBp0o4wzRnvZkWLZc7/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Range+Rider+Rock+%2528back%2529+and+Sonora+Rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="2048" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Z04cKhGJOQun6HJVxxhiy4hg2iBPd7X_bXOtv8tdCPdinZJKra5_dksZy5Mjf97Wqa2K2UMVnb4WOmV9LIyNp6o6ekZPy8CIgbnIGk0una2TiPf-rIOTpSS0LCEBp0o4wzRnvZkWLZc7/w640-h422/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Range+Rider+Rock+%2528back%2529+and+Sonora+Rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Movie rocks now hidden away behind mobile homes<br /></b></span></div><br />Both Range Rider Rock and its neighbor, which I call "Sonora Rock," have been featured before on the blog. You can <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2016/04/range-rider-rock-fireplace-rock-and.html" target="_blank">click here for more about Range Rider Rock</a> — including shots of the front of the rock, its usual movie angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxMMlkLUzXVKMvS6f1WcefA_2JnRmLM0c62Vse_YJtBFdPE6XSto3CS7-O3OHN15I-AV2iDNsJMr9FSbA2UOF7iDchtYryd9Zhn802kZf4noZVmQeMA7wzAHlrZrOT-UxkB5xTtueA65l/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-backside+of+Range+Rider+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxMMlkLUzXVKMvS6f1WcefA_2JnRmLM0c62Vse_YJtBFdPE6XSto3CS7-O3OHN15I-AV2iDNsJMr9FSbA2UOF7iDchtYryd9Zhn802kZf4noZVmQeMA7wzAHlrZrOT-UxkB5xTtueA65l/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-backside+of+Range+Rider+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>A bad guy aims to bushwhack the Virginian from behind Range Rider Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />The back of Range Rider Rock plays a big role in the episode. I believe this was the only time this area was used to this extent or shot from these angles. We normally don't see this side of the rock, and never in such detail.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQpzB36N1sD4uxMwpVRWIh02kd7_DO8PzZ0ZLUrLtLDdCShvIgS8leXmV3JVovZGC0kfUVNrHxyElkIxlJRF3nghUPrFMeXWeCaWyPbDewErR1NaReykCQDOjU1mGB-_Esrs502OxdXkO/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQpzB36N1sD4uxMwpVRWIh02kd7_DO8PzZ0ZLUrLtLDdCShvIgS8leXmV3JVovZGC0kfUVNrHxyElkIxlJRF3nghUPrFMeXWeCaWyPbDewErR1NaReykCQDOjU1mGB-_Esrs502OxdXkO/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury.png" width="640" /></a></div>The bad guy has magically changed rocks — and the Virginian senses trouble<br /></b></span></div><br />The next time we see the bushwhacker — with the actor pretending to still be in the same place — they've moved him to a different rock, apparently so the Virginian can be in position to pull the old "sneak around behind him."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYT8VfmCdbD3AAOeDDXvIfH5T97Z26qCkQUwpCxy8JBNycjhbomtELsu8mABG7pKIIbi7thXyElhiHI9zaIgFiacDGJ3dt_4phgza2cqzCJPSmoL_6NLENYryej6YN1_K69KcXqwREJWJR/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYT8VfmCdbD3AAOeDDXvIfH5T97Z26qCkQUwpCxy8JBNycjhbomtELsu8mABG7pKIIbi7thXyElhiHI9zaIgFiacDGJ3dt_4phgza2cqzCJPSmoL_6NLENYryej6YN1_K69KcXqwREJWJR/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Follow the bouncing bushwhacker<br /></b></span></div><br />At this point the bushwhacker is positioned behind the Ottoman, while the Virginian has taken up a position near Range Rider Rock — closer to the bushwhacker's original position.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOv2S_ndd4T7UxGb8Rp4lzfIkckPKcOnNlvgLrpR3GlNU-qzVLhXEWY27P8z2YadN_QaU5cqHN6GDSVSnwMl2tqkrrhgJLQMSGjS6hv-wdfEv-cxTIFgQPTxotScX4WnLlysKoayExnXuj/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-the+Virginian+climbs+Range+Rider+Rock-James+Drury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOv2S_ndd4T7UxGb8Rp4lzfIkckPKcOnNlvgLrpR3GlNU-qzVLhXEWY27P8z2YadN_QaU5cqHN6GDSVSnwMl2tqkrrhgJLQMSGjS6hv-wdfEv-cxTIFgQPTxotScX4WnLlysKoayExnXuj/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-the+Virginian+climbs+Range+Rider+Rock-James+Drury.png" width="640" /></a></div>James Drury climbs Range Rider Rock to sneak up on the bushwhacker<br /></b></span></div><br />As the Virginian creeps up on the guy, we're back behind Range Rider Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58xyqaE0WUhyphenhyphenj90nvDOX4uskHhdD7t1KtVJol6uFAsg2GEJbSBSuE92kqP-mPklOfQ0nP9ZhIcvQoiFbJRDC9UNB03sHlEBsv4RGI0oVmG40RwNqeHEK5Nlc5etEAhUScxTH2mP2n9-_G/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-backside+of+Range+Rider+Rock-James+Drury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58xyqaE0WUhyphenhyphenj90nvDOX4uskHhdD7t1KtVJol6uFAsg2GEJbSBSuE92kqP-mPklOfQ0nP9ZhIcvQoiFbJRDC9UNB03sHlEBsv4RGI0oVmG40RwNqeHEK5Nlc5etEAhUScxTH2mP2n9-_G/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-backside+of+Range+Rider+Rock-James+Drury.png" width="640" /></a></div>The whimpering bad guy takes his lumps behind Range Rider Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Next comes a beatdown by the Virginian, as the bad guy turns out to be kind of wimpy. Applying Hollywood's typical "a rock is a rock" attitude, he has also been magically transported back to his old spot at Range Rider Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Vl4RFVHpQwTeiDoTcoyqVLUwYE22505hQrdgJUgIEzMHK4Jsd6R4030WeYXHzSNXK5wT9eDIpfiOZB52yO5mQbS_htDl1XdZH3vM_Qpm2ePZPtWyEPiBqZTa4J8qdwNkI9cN7cPcoCD2/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Vl4RFVHpQwTeiDoTcoyqVLUwYE22505hQrdgJUgIEzMHK4Jsd6R4030WeYXHzSNXK5wT9eDIpfiOZB52yO5mQbS_htDl1XdZH3vM_Qpm2ePZPtWyEPiBqZTa4J8qdwNkI9cN7cPcoCD2/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Fun stuff in the background of the "Virginian" shot<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the fun things about the Ottoman shot is it shows the Cave Rocks in the background. These are some of the same rocks that today are positioned around the swimming pool area in the mobile home park.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zuOo70CkNLx3osWuG0M56vhnqWjplZphv6JPq0mh9F4qou9vpzUVbGGUrpfTvuOAIc8rcifU_gph-UV2eVYu1-gtNA61RvQahpJrzL-nzwnI2RN1K5NAhA_EAhqf0F7fdzbupaabj82K/s2048/2021+%2528021221%2529-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village-swimming+pool+area-Big+B+and+Hook+Rock-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="2048" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zuOo70CkNLx3osWuG0M56vhnqWjplZphv6JPq0mh9F4qou9vpzUVbGGUrpfTvuOAIc8rcifU_gph-UV2eVYu1-gtNA61RvQahpJrzL-nzwnI2RN1K5NAhA_EAhqf0F7fdzbupaabj82K/w640-h508/2021+%2528021221%2529-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village-swimming+pool+area-Big+B+and+Hook+Rock-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Cave Rocks in 2021 — along with some pool furniture<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a recent shot of those same two big rocks in their modern-day role as pool-area security. The one on the left, partially hidden behind a tree, is known as Hook Rock, and I call the one on the right "Big B."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4Y5jNb3wp5tC4vEpEQkLDI5XTWtfTwNM9P93YN7QiHzhujinQcRC3KLulQK_TMS4w8PZLDWScUYYwDIKFuZftcZ90-FlcK97rmF4hI5SgxUIWd-nZu0IHU5SxZQ_y58xzKQta3MyQfIx/s2048/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4Y5jNb3wp5tC4vEpEQkLDI5XTWtfTwNM9P93YN7QiHzhujinQcRC3KLulQK_TMS4w8PZLDWScUYYwDIKFuZftcZ90-FlcK97rmF4hI5SgxUIWd-nZu0IHU5SxZQ_y58xzKQta3MyQfIx/w640-h476/1963-Virginian+1.28-The+Mountain+of+the+Sun-Ottoman%252C+Range+Rider+Rock%252C+Cave+Rocks-James+Drury-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>What about that big white blob?<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Virginian" shot even includes a big lump of fake cave material, along with what is presumably a fake bush strategically positioned to hide the fake cave opening.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OK6p-Ywi8n03dhppcvEKFXoqikX1Y25N1KOXvA8K6Zzn5fbKMpD7-IlE1SKeJ3Yskd9KHfjwsyNmlgDgSXDAelzErm3B2i5VHUOQ42LIk54gy_PcrFgz3p4TAi2Gt1lb0l0Vr2Ga9Ls2/s2048/2021+%2528021221%2529-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village-swimming+pool+area-Big+B+and+Hook+Rock-2-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="2048" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OK6p-Ywi8n03dhppcvEKFXoqikX1Y25N1KOXvA8K6Zzn5fbKMpD7-IlE1SKeJ3Yskd9KHfjwsyNmlgDgSXDAelzErm3B2i5VHUOQ42LIk54gy_PcrFgz3p4TAi2Gt1lb0l0Vr2Ga9Ls2/w640-h508/2021+%2528021221%2529-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Village-swimming+pool+area-Big+B+and+Hook+Rock-2-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>How the "Cave Rocks" got their name<br /></b></span></div><br />The old fake cave entrance, which was redesigned many times during the filming days, was situated right between the two big "Cave Rocks."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhO-SsnTTcDfCw6myzcErsx-Fb58fcu2B8UfT35v4Bzjo-UMfGQHWwojPCx4gTt0_sw86VAch6OPdR3gQcO4TabviW8sjUKO4Lc_wha_e2QwnyOh8tQ_6q2Joi7GDHWg_eCU9l3z9QEH5/s2048/1942-Perils+of+Nyoka-Ch+4-classic+Cave+Rocks+set.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhO-SsnTTcDfCw6myzcErsx-Fb58fcu2B8UfT35v4Bzjo-UMfGQHWwojPCx4gTt0_sw86VAch6OPdR3gQcO4TabviW8sjUKO4Lc_wha_e2QwnyOh8tQ_6q2Joi7GDHWg_eCU9l3z9QEH5/w640-h490/1942-Perils+of+Nyoka-Ch+4-classic+Cave+Rocks+set.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Perils of Nyoka" (1942): The fake cave in its heyday<br /></b></span></div><br />This fake cave entrance was used repeatedly over a span of several decades. In this shot from the 1942 Republic serial "Perils of Nyoka," I believe the cave serves as a back entrance to Vultura's Palace.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW2qJkS-MzPTC4HKbLYiO3DjFs7JqJBya5jyLwjdbwYdcIUEihFPJEQhqdBpaf27mAid3_J_RFj8zqPzDija6jt9Wc3vjxoO-DDEq_0cO8Ccs2-etWQULH5wg3PGQAZssle4utbSVIyJ9jjAJC09PmLQp7jF2kkpv4uEOEwONCcvtZkGMy1P_Q0kH5Sg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW2qJkS-MzPTC4HKbLYiO3DjFs7JqJBya5jyLwjdbwYdcIUEihFPJEQhqdBpaf27mAid3_J_RFj8zqPzDija6jt9Wc3vjxoO-DDEq_0cO8Ccs2-etWQULH5wg3PGQAZssle4utbSVIyJ9jjAJC09PmLQp7jF2kkpv4uEOEwONCcvtZkGMy1P_Q0kH5Sg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Brother Thaddeus" (1963): Garden of the Gods Trail<br /></b></span></div><br />Another "Virginian" episode with some nice Iverson Ranch content is "Brother Thaddeus," from early in season 2. In this shot taken from the Garden of the Gods we see many of the Upper Gorge rock features in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBRamaAQm1fgCpHN5DRskCgXcHwCzm7HvRtdC86SEszC8IpirqjBHQGAwO6Lc57wOEFZUtSQkgdHYZYW9UheVpGqpGLWJlGoLhafjeAyLMNdsR_DAecd378QtGbBn0qZHjF_2bTyE_0nfyZ_XN66lv7c481zOxwEJuUeMxix4Feb3CqiRfvigJmKsi-Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBRamaAQm1fgCpHN5DRskCgXcHwCzm7HvRtdC86SEszC8IpirqjBHQGAwO6Lc57wOEFZUtSQkgdHYZYW9UheVpGqpGLWJlGoLhafjeAyLMNdsR_DAecd378QtGbBn0qZHjF_2bTyE_0nfyZ_XN66lv7c481zOxwEJuUeMxix4Feb3CqiRfvigJmKsi-Q=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>The Grove Relay Station resurfaces, again dressed as "Morro Rock Way Station"<br /></b></span></div><br />"Brother Thaddeus" also features another appearance by the Grove Relay Station, and as it did in "Strangers at Sundown," at the top of this post, the building again serves as a stagecoach stop.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkYXZl2b5VGZg2n_IQhwFtD4W6p9IhlN7N2Z1FI_bRHUubElcxd1iFtwCS38CEUMBqiDLW6L71Ej72cMQMGcN04l4yG5SwwAuAGD9ADT3lSzpNTh1nsfuQS7xinpmkHZzAGfN1x7HkHEVfUbr1PjHmopemeOmJdD3135m2rNx_n-QAPOzPLiJGTisYTg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkYXZl2b5VGZg2n_IQhwFtD4W6p9IhlN7N2Z1FI_bRHUubElcxd1iFtwCS38CEUMBqiDLW6L71Ej72cMQMGcN04l4yG5SwwAuAGD9ADT3lSzpNTh1nsfuQS7xinpmkHZzAGfN1x7HkHEVfUbr1PjHmopemeOmJdD3135m2rNx_n-QAPOzPLiJGTisYTg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Another episode, another stage stop in "Brother Thaddeus"<br /></b></span></div><br />Filming on "Brother Thaddeus" probably took place several months after the shoot for "Strangers at Sundown," but the relay station still had the same sign out front identifying it as "Morro Rock Way
Station." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs9KLaMYCB4uRLb15ktwerOh-69Yya9AwRp-BsBDcW8WSJGGeN5Ei-9i8Yvpe0PzLHUYvq3tDmh7hZW54yAQKIx0CT92eqx-VhB39e2WpsY9BkuR9tP8N00Gdja24JcdCXqfQ0P3k9UYoMd0LF669bJTAZFjB5_pcjQAYjvH1dctFO6YiidbEtGO4d1g=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs9KLaMYCB4uRLb15ktwerOh-69Yya9AwRp-BsBDcW8WSJGGeN5Ei-9i8Yvpe0PzLHUYvq3tDmh7hZW54yAQKIx0CT92eqx-VhB39e2WpsY9BkuR9tP8N00Gdja24JcdCXqfQ0P3k9UYoMd0LF669bJTAZFjB5_pcjQAYjvH1dctFO6YiidbEtGO4d1g=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Strangers at Sundown": A different stagecoach and different horses<br /></b></span></div><br />The stagecoach seen in "Brother Thaddeus" is different from this one seen in "Strangers at Sundown," although you may have to look carefully to spot the differences. The two teams of horses are different too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMOaBPqotYdnqzBCi0qdczdyN6VeEW6KZTdIs9y5XoMzuBpH-ltjVVDqgH8TmUsRbGd42USJ30TO1CfUFprlCRvyAu6JsgpXL4axJKe59WdvPxbqAuHe3EgvUdYIIQWKW03lT0-QW0se7d88B0BMkcgO2Y9HYTi3AbS2avNZ36Osq4pC9il73RSydXkw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2048" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMOaBPqotYdnqzBCi0qdczdyN6VeEW6KZTdIs9y5XoMzuBpH-ltjVVDqgH8TmUsRbGd42USJ30TO1CfUFprlCRvyAu6JsgpXL4axJKe59WdvPxbqAuHe3EgvUdYIIQWKW03lT0-QW0se7d88B0BMkcgO2Y9HYTi3AbS2avNZ36Osq4pC9il73RSydXkw=w640-h436" width="640" /></a></div>The stage pulls out in "Brother Thaddeus," leaving us with a nice view of the relay station<br /></b></span></div><br />"Brother Thaddeus" again provides detailed views of the Grove Relay Station.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzmsH7HczyCy8dCqddvF7GE1hxAqNir8b2X7xFY92KoyLnh9Tvi2OjsQIcRS0_221UMmf5OTcaiWgxiS5mU1rvanYMg3b2UlWgtWDBbWpwsEPu40y0Vwv0PhoZMb6hmpnrUo1mmjft4pQwVnS21JuDOgi9LsoB6P3UfHdNb8L4rOlZvMIkHx9UqttdJg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzmsH7HczyCy8dCqddvF7GE1hxAqNir8b2X7xFY92KoyLnh9Tvi2OjsQIcRS0_221UMmf5OTcaiWgxiS5mU1rvanYMg3b2UlWgtWDBbWpwsEPu40y0Vwv0PhoZMb6hmpnrUo1mmjft4pQwVnS21JuDOgi9LsoB6P3UfHdNb8L4rOlZvMIkHx9UqttdJg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Shootout at Grove Relay Station in "Brother Thaddeus"<br /></b></span></div><br />In fact, shots of the relay station in "Brother Thaddeus" go beyond what we saw in "Strangers at Sundown." The relay station winds up at the center of a big shootout, generating closeups of various parts of the building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ6_Q1yvTKxi_HsGy-kNjEJKpu_tTlunCHrYsI5vZH9oNYRDAzqr8FQw3i9AkjLEMxkU2ZnLz9SuRlQTFBn0PIFRTYnX8lVGhEeYSE1Ijt0sFToLUoL4avKUgzlPqUkwhA-wBm9lwkPbttidmzYvK7DMs-kDMjdp1fUCFODtqBiX47Ktpjm5qnQO_X6w=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ6_Q1yvTKxi_HsGy-kNjEJKpu_tTlunCHrYsI5vZH9oNYRDAzqr8FQw3i9AkjLEMxkU2ZnLz9SuRlQTFBn0PIFRTYnX8lVGhEeYSE1Ijt0sFToLUoL4avKUgzlPqUkwhA-wBm9lwkPbttidmzYvK7DMs-kDMjdp1fUCFODtqBiX47Ktpjm5qnQO_X6w=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>A bad guy takes aim from a downstairs window — but just get a load of those curtains<br /></b></span></div><br />This sequence gives us the best looks we'll ever have at details like the shutters, curtains and overall construction of the Grove Relay Station.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHsog4DGH_Zaug5RIr-aQEpAbZxbmkQPa8CO8pyf5NhtV3hkHfWKiQTfO85oetAQ4Wbd3Rd0M8qvB4dCwifgP4brc7cC7iJiObv4nmjHBJ7VQpUpsVKsfDV4ejs-3IK38uH7iKgo6cq_BBv1PdlBoBZSp6qz91_NQ3WQvG3ibUuTqI_t2HPxK8SVc_MQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHsog4DGH_Zaug5RIr-aQEpAbZxbmkQPa8CO8pyf5NhtV3hkHfWKiQTfO85oetAQ4Wbd3Rd0M8qvB4dCwifgP4brc7cC7iJiObv4nmjHBJ7VQpUpsVKsfDV4ejs-3IK38uH7iKgo6cq_BBv1PdlBoBZSp6qz91_NQ3WQvG3ibUuTqI_t2HPxK8SVc_MQ=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Richard Devon positions himself near some loose logs<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot of character actor Richard Devon at the corner of the relay station is so sharp we can see how loose the nails are that hold the logs onto the outside of the building.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip6mGyEoaqhvEseNKNsc6ggZqx_d58RjEOW0MwwE9KywgVdMU-eie2npUZ-DcA3Yi07Dr-Y5kwLF4h1ERBBp0xtkmTZEPcCpHYxwW-6Vfo5e3YoqBqHwqSbWfUg8R0agTwhL2J-_RKlzEiIPlzzMXT1du7q9LhVUiLch42cX7WZrw4KOP8Z_jDObBisg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip6mGyEoaqhvEseNKNsc6ggZqx_d58RjEOW0MwwE9KywgVdMU-eie2npUZ-DcA3Yi07Dr-Y5kwLF4h1ERBBp0xtkmTZEPcCpHYxwW-6Vfo5e3YoqBqHwqSbWfUg8R0agTwhL2J-_RKlzEiIPlzzMXT1du7q9LhVUiLch42cX7WZrw4KOP8Z_jDObBisg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Run Quiet" (1963): Lancer Arch on the left<br /></b></span></div><br />We continue to be treated to great shots of Iverson Movie Ranch features throughout much of the run of "The Virginian." In this shot from "Run Quiet" we get what is probably a "best-ever" view of <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-lives-of-bengal-lancer-major.html" target="_blank">Lancer Arch</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-XgBmMUSX-vQhbsKKf3ljxpfbF2hVGBgGF1Yc6I-j_wH4rPMEtFR4j7tr7M28YmFTaWAeFhc6bkFVb0zLbZv7OOcJ8jRb9D5xnQ4K035dJwYYZrbAA0FPR2r-G-18ph6DoY3ICo2cPT3bVLBrlDhbXJAXbvyTtrzRIRTW6VVUHr3s10GNJgBg_jRNRQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-XgBmMUSX-vQhbsKKf3ljxpfbF2hVGBgGF1Yc6I-j_wH4rPMEtFR4j7tr7M28YmFTaWAeFhc6bkFVb0zLbZv7OOcJ8jRb9D5xnQ4K035dJwYYZrbAA0FPR2r-G-18ph6DoY3ICo2cPT3bVLBrlDhbXJAXbvyTtrzRIRTW6VVUHr3s10GNJgBg_jRNRQ=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></div>Wyatt Earp Rock in "Run Quiet"<br /></b></span></div><br />The same sequence also does justice to <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/06/famous-footprints-in-iverson-gorge.html" target="_blank">Wyatt Earp Rock</a>, seen here on the left. Sadly, neither Wyatt Earp Rock nor Lancer Arch survived condo development, which came to the Iverson Ranch in the 1980s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSUchodxorjhshPBVnUxn7ijm0WuVJHf8dI1rtRS2K-sAR3k3czjh1cpOox3H5KFj9KaAoQgi_8VHXnp49G2aq5nj9QImBnJimAqzRzR2LW2ZuwPsLH_vvrus1fS_mmuugxxqDwfPwBm8VIGxUid6X2lBeVJqksr-H139Y3WJhc3DHQufU2Cjj0Awn8Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSUchodxorjhshPBVnUxn7ijm0WuVJHf8dI1rtRS2K-sAR3k3czjh1cpOox3H5KFj9KaAoQgi_8VHXnp49G2aq5nj9QImBnJimAqzRzR2LW2ZuwPsLH_vvrus1fS_mmuugxxqDwfPwBm8VIGxUid6X2lBeVJqksr-H139Y3WJhc3DHQufU2Cjj0Awn8Q=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Run Quiet" showcases the Devil's Doorway area and Devil's Wall<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a shot of "Devil's Wall," part of the Devil's Doorway cluster, in "Run Quiet." This impressive rock is still around and can be found in the midst of the Cal West Townhomes on the east side of Redmesa Road.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijukEmEoTdthtWaf2ta0xG4BBsqe4fI8ErHa8r6EmTceus4Q2I22KFQYKXsflwvW-phRD2zCjHU7TaOzWPmUFXfSCCPRBwSjb-JmHTFDlO0IMyps_fQWjSYWFv7LirYf19cIQtiGzd55EK7ZMaicK7aIy3PoIg-Z01LDJz8AFc5kYpdSkasU-KHNn40Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijukEmEoTdthtWaf2ta0xG4BBsqe4fI8ErHa8r6EmTceus4Q2I22KFQYKXsflwvW-phRD2zCjHU7TaOzWPmUFXfSCCPRBwSjb-JmHTFDlO0IMyps_fQWjSYWFv7LirYf19cIQtiGzd55EK7ZMaicK7aIy3PoIg-Z01LDJz8AFc5kYpdSkasU-KHNn40Q=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>More Devil's Doorway, with Crown Rock on the left and Cactus Hill in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot of the same area shows more of the Devil's Doorway formation, on the right, along with a little bit of Crown Rock on the left. For the most part these rocks are still in place among the condos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSJTNVwK8ixJp9fuY45exMIz37nEYF4o-G3k1tNEHXvf_9XEZohO2SQebK4RtwP1HoYN1_B9W7kdKJje-uZqXbhgacLIyDluX7vWS9HU1TNk0GGFvBvh8bNOz2eMfchekhNQSmfiQA8zYRRWMi5kGA3d32e64E1pC629--FxpAKLd_VuInpZgrwUGbtg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSJTNVwK8ixJp9fuY45exMIz37nEYF4o-G3k1tNEHXvf_9XEZohO2SQebK4RtwP1HoYN1_B9W7kdKJje-uZqXbhgacLIyDluX7vWS9HU1TNk0GGFvBvh8bNOz2eMfchekhNQSmfiQA8zYRRWMi5kGA3d32e64E1pC629--FxpAKLd_VuInpZgrwUGbtg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Run Quiet": The Devil's Doorway area and Shirley Temple Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Here again we see much of the Devil's Doorway area in "Run Quiet," this time with Shirley Temple Rock in the lower left corner. Unlike most of the rocks in this shot, Shirley Temple Rock did not survive.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifFtJtuvWDTwtITsIcn0nMEPvHSVkfNHDQ7PgyL1ftLqrZTeDSr8AlIetIYMZEzupHsO9yH3Rc3tW7mWgb-u-F47tR6ixMfPdVfMe3Q96EJDsDz4Axb7J940KcjgAoCqm4UxI3M9wUjV9FfWwzvmFL_wx-t_jAOehHrClCFHpN7gAwExfPbha7Y1Bz5Q=s2798" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="2798" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifFtJtuvWDTwtITsIcn0nMEPvHSVkfNHDQ7PgyL1ftLqrZTeDSr8AlIetIYMZEzupHsO9yH3Rc3tW7mWgb-u-F47tR6ixMfPdVfMe3Q96EJDsDz4Axb7J940KcjgAoCqm4UxI3M9wUjV9FfWwzvmFL_wx-t_jAOehHrClCFHpN7gAwExfPbha7Y1Bz5Q=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Major rock features seen in the "Run Quiet" screen shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the key features seen in the shot are identified here. Even though this location "went condo" in the 1980s, all the major features except Shirley Temple Rock can still be found at the site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2oYv2JPxEJn80Vu3TvDzTHO8SkS6uzgxhHqkH0PXqAis8YLPTQ7KMw1320QeFZQwYm2G8YG11QbiGRWywf6Ap_tMGbGA12JcHxYfMQsxEiFi6Cia8yV7ml3TWA-9w1sptBrRdAD6pS4ETIFvDX54DaVuf9lFhUiEg0Cu9KCjPPeDSgfY15V1DaP1GsQ=s1371" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="1371" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2oYv2JPxEJn80Vu3TvDzTHO8SkS6uzgxhHqkH0PXqAis8YLPTQ7KMw1320QeFZQwYm2G8YG11QbiGRWywf6Ap_tMGbGA12JcHxYfMQsxEiFi6Cia8yV7ml3TWA-9w1sptBrRdAD6pS4ETIFvDX54DaVuf9lFhUiEg0Cu9KCjPPeDSgfY15V1DaP1GsQ=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div>"Wee Willie Winkie" (1937): Shirley Temple on Shirley Temple Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Shirley Temple Rock gets its name from this sequence in the 1937 John Ford movie "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2011/12/wee-willie-winkie-and-shirley-temple.html" target="_blank">Wee Willie Winkie</a>," in which the young actress climbs on the rock while a battle rages all around her.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHyg6dKBI_fZHfzTADHXOV4wEQ_NkSYftzucLSwqBwxa1yweKY26F4eIpMW9bWm63vcudi6-jQi4dNxaN4sTPib1oEOu8GQ06y9psu3x9ORXRo__IfjEVm5mmq5e-x2DaQNwMxUA7NRLBLN2B1pcektV-IggIa3DntrALxf0MufM051enU9du7IYoKag=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHyg6dKBI_fZHfzTADHXOV4wEQ_NkSYftzucLSwqBwxa1yweKY26F4eIpMW9bWm63vcudi6-jQi4dNxaN4sTPib1oEOu8GQ06y9psu3x9ORXRo__IfjEVm5mmq5e-x2DaQNwMxUA7NRLBLN2B1pcektV-IggIa3DntrALxf0MufM051enU9du7IYoKag=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Nyoka Cliff in transition in "Run Quiet," 1963</b></span></div><br />An important sequence in "Run Quiet" showcases Nyoka Cliff. While the cliff is one of the most frequently filmed features on the ranch, this sequence stands out because it captures an unusual moment in the cliff's evolution.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSz0XNO98ZOXNQZlYlwvL_95V3hBKI8M6KCahhWir0W4aN8t_j-NUcD-THsch8t7z2ZsceBO7-pRynOzVfZ_KPG_K5lUf6o0NYjlgPlOuPVJH9EBalHHlezhqrpAJHNtn2zRd6gUwhYPmia32IQYQEHuBDn3F2iEdxn0GvmO4QHB2S2_FDr6mbLyLBUg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSz0XNO98ZOXNQZlYlwvL_95V3hBKI8M6KCahhWir0W4aN8t_j-NUcD-THsch8t7z2ZsceBO7-pRynOzVfZ_KPG_K5lUf6o0NYjlgPlOuPVJH9EBalHHlezhqrpAJHNtn2zRd6gUwhYPmia32IQYQEHuBDn3F2iEdxn0GvmO4QHB2S2_FDr6mbLyLBUg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Nyoka Cliff's trademark tree is on the way out<br /></b></span></div><br />It's easy to miss, but something's going on among the trees on top of the cliff. In particular, the original tree, which was a Nyoka Cliff trademark for decades, appears to be on its last legs.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGyyiJpB4lEgyaPqOJ9vP1zDyo6tc77-KLwo6_9J1UyWgrDrVuzLpQjf7BqwIhL4PwP_c4KWzBDDnk4Tgt8dRAV41L9Uf8UfOD8RbPk5wD3SmhR6IoO9pCMqwSVZFfOahHEmB_BAd0mWv8Y-GC89hRHoyRPqIl6mFRqJx-FDA9cj48shUnNo3sYXPguQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGyyiJpB4lEgyaPqOJ9vP1zDyo6tc77-KLwo6_9J1UyWgrDrVuzLpQjf7BqwIhL4PwP_c4KWzBDDnk4Tgt8dRAV41L9Uf8UfOD8RbPk5wD3SmhR6IoO9pCMqwSVZFfOahHEmB_BAd0mWv8Y-GC89hRHoyRPqIl6mFRqJx-FDA9cj48shUnNo3sYXPguQ=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>The new kid on the block<br /></b></span></div><br />Meanwhile, a new tree can be seen to the right of the original tree. It's an early sighting of this tree, which was probably planted with the idea in mind that it would replace the dying tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBiQW_eRZIkA2QiBtAqekecwQVTQWu7z3bLslPjwlpxTX5kRB6H2e-BHHopJ_nsFWLB6Exb9iQRhletWYOSuq56-gOdy6VU7fjWi1z-rmTGx-Fejk99QVG5PKvWhltGVLbfJuWIq9MAj_rh_AESxPN1N2dJsIA1o9Vqoo1iOAicO2851SMNpIiCGELaQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBiQW_eRZIkA2QiBtAqekecwQVTQWu7z3bLslPjwlpxTX5kRB6H2e-BHHopJ_nsFWLB6Exb9iQRhletWYOSuq56-gOdy6VU7fjWi1z-rmTGx-Fejk99QVG5PKvWhltGVLbfJuWIq9MAj_rh_AESxPN1N2dJsIA1o9Vqoo1iOAicO2851SMNpIiCGELaQ=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Don't be distracted by these other trees<br /></b></span></div><br />It may be worth noting that these other trees that are visible near the top of the cliff, while they have their own histories and screen appearances, are not pertinent to this examination of Nyoka Cliff's two main trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2XWoAODjkl523Xcag8W4L9IAZnLRQcL6Rc20cThSTLV1VW9nvIZDbNJ-1i7HDF0vBpb6JeuWhIhNV98rLnKRRqrAIxQGEG0IQ3lG0B8YXILcMyX2AKsq8NNYVsIA2OZAYX8G-g0aC3UgjA6OEuIEv_6FQ45JhWMJswyfJOZiI5dA1NFz4bJYaeovFKQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2XWoAODjkl523Xcag8W4L9IAZnLRQcL6Rc20cThSTLV1VW9nvIZDbNJ-1i7HDF0vBpb6JeuWhIhNV98rLnKRRqrAIxQGEG0IQ3lG0B8YXILcMyX2AKsq8NNYVsIA2OZAYX8G-g0aC3UgjA6OEuIEv_6FQ45JhWMJswyfJOZiI5dA1NFz4bJYaeovFKQ=w640-h500" width="640" /></a></div>"The Golden Gift" (Metro Pictures, 1922): Nyoka Cliff's original tree, already fully formed<br /></b></span></div><br />The original Nyoka tree has a history in movies going back at least to the early 1920s. Here's a promo still for the 1922 silent film "The Golden Gift," where the tree is already making its presence known.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0NFqs94XURjdfhkwmcSyOlJDwZ8pMvPN5eSadQB2jPUneGSG2Q8rVTTcBHN4IFhILBPNiD9IPGmlDQOoOfRvxolcu_u86civGZDJrvI0u7_gqBpowDlmtOb72OLSRMsPNeXaiaI5mqa_-FIF3Q97CEF8UnA-1lv12yeAd15IOG3rnRJsRhIOrUV3h4g=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0NFqs94XURjdfhkwmcSyOlJDwZ8pMvPN5eSadQB2jPUneGSG2Q8rVTTcBHN4IFhILBPNiD9IPGmlDQOoOfRvxolcu_u86civGZDJrvI0u7_gqBpowDlmtOb72OLSRMsPNeXaiaI5mqa_-FIF3Q97CEF8UnA-1lv12yeAd15IOG3rnRJsRhIOrUV3h4g=w640-h500" width="640" /></a></div>A fight to the death — right near the tree<br /></b></span></div><br />Two men can be seen fighting to the death on top of the cliff, but you almost have to squint to see them as they're dwarfed by the impressive scale of Nyoka Cliff.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaoyGYtnJnh1s7oJ7JZIUdoK8L6pagv4_3hgiTiXDyLAjV2EkquPk2kbvr_rPZtT8OVwnlRDgUmcUm1kfiDTkXqgAtnAT6BRjMDS3cNV_1tZ9YLqmYnZMHs97l9EmzzN0lgFnL-7tS53pY6wqJ6djfPw2E1LG_27FVdVD_jReJqmMltLNf_wm0myPofQ=s1735" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1735" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaoyGYtnJnh1s7oJ7JZIUdoK8L6pagv4_3hgiTiXDyLAjV2EkquPk2kbvr_rPZtT8OVwnlRDgUmcUm1kfiDTkXqgAtnAT6BRjMDS3cNV_1tZ9YLqmYnZMHs97l9EmzzN0lgFnL-7tS53pY6wqJ6djfPw2E1LG_27FVdVD_jReJqmMltLNf_wm0myPofQ=w640-h488" width="640" /></a></div>Lobby card for "The Golden Gift," photographed on the Nyoka Summit<br /></b></span></div><br />A lobby card for "The Golden Gift" offers a closer look at the fight and the tree, along with Alice Lake, the lead actress. The movie is lost, so details are hard to come by, but one of the two men fighting is actor Louis Dumar.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1M3nZ4fjNrY6a_R7UaxEf7MGuyb-cAL0WwaljNW5WhpvYHQytVLLEISUqBpOG9wcuBNNANS6gr1gX6zbYsG8twuAf6zidTiBEcv9w5KGGd6xjpvk49cW6IDKNa2afSFGEyYGXFRvFLeBQhH1YV9kmrPbCrod9kwQN9j6TsMxN4p5cDSEP974sa9R_Zw=s1735" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1735" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1M3nZ4fjNrY6a_R7UaxEf7MGuyb-cAL0WwaljNW5WhpvYHQytVLLEISUqBpOG9wcuBNNANS6gr1gX6zbYsG8twuAf6zidTiBEcv9w5KGGd6xjpvk49cW6IDKNa2afSFGEyYGXFRvFLeBQhH1YV9kmrPbCrod9kwQN9j6TsMxN4p5cDSEP974sa9R_Zw=w640-h488" width="640" /></a></div>The lobby card shows what could already be considered a mature tree, way back in 1922<br /></b></span></div><br />I want to send out a big thank-you to Louis Liserani Jr., who came up with the promo still and lobby card for "The Golden Gift." Louis is the son of actor Louis Dumar, who was born Louis Liserani.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlOdXG5mdt-hHyhrYc2ON9S3K9okKNixyZAszYhFLYVJLlNtG1UD-s2GhLq3QckzxI8UtAp1-zYWt6wE4XYMvK2Vs0ab9W7bhQGU_A9t8ezc0vDg-zeSPsQmftYY_8vAA1_3Tg9Hgu2NeprJZjhxYvvodKIteafcUGFIG3mcx6xF2yDGtiWCQQpcaUCA=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1050" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlOdXG5mdt-hHyhrYc2ON9S3K9okKNixyZAszYhFLYVJLlNtG1UD-s2GhLq3QckzxI8UtAp1-zYWt6wE4XYMvK2Vs0ab9W7bhQGU_A9t8ezc0vDg-zeSPsQmftYY_8vAA1_3Tg9Hgu2NeprJZjhxYvvodKIteafcUGFIG3mcx6xF2yDGtiWCQQpcaUCA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (1935) (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />The original tree went on to survive several decades of movie and television appearances. Here it can be spotted in the background of a promo still showing the big fort built in the Gorge for "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHHCr6PTOxWmErd60PJsSz3t_XH6L6YtzSGg-dyuex3gVv6H8gzz3w7L3WSSupxUftA9ZiMNHvIV6K-a_CpujtyIFWd1QI1iklE7w-0KiE2HvsRaOP0HbZ6MEII1EbcbVoFGPu3DnK2CsaeetI0PAENxCW6e0Av_QMAVhEW2TfTpuubHay45RUMQgEMQ=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1050" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHHCr6PTOxWmErd60PJsSz3t_XH6L6YtzSGg-dyuex3gVv6H8gzz3w7L3WSSupxUftA9ZiMNHvIV6K-a_CpujtyIFWd1QI1iklE7w-0KiE2HvsRaOP0HbZ6MEII1EbcbVoFGPu3DnK2CsaeetI0PAENxCW6e0Av_QMAVhEW2TfTpuubHay45RUMQgEMQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Nyoka Cliff and the Nyoka tree<br /></b></span></div><br />The tree often added subtle but meaningful accents to the backgrounds of productions shot in the Gorge. The number of appearances by the tree would be hard to calculate, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's in the hundreds.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVuXOuhDto61FumBxAdwHUAhJXksJ4oQUjO93FYdlGASdopPEwUqkdNyzFOFHh3qsWckUW14OgZwaJKq-6_42QldCFLDmbbsgnLgWTQ2LH3LEdvtruScgW7bb159EodppAb_fPgsYOylGoiCbXGYtrJn3PQ2ixkpyN2R2CiI25V9kwxsW39WjfwJM4ug=s1944" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1944" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVuXOuhDto61FumBxAdwHUAhJXksJ4oQUjO93FYdlGASdopPEwUqkdNyzFOFHh3qsWckUW14OgZwaJKq-6_42QldCFLDmbbsgnLgWTQ2LH3LEdvtruScgW7bb159EodppAb_fPgsYOylGoiCbXGYtrJn3PQ2ixkpyN2R2CiI25V9kwxsW39WjfwJM4ug=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></div>"Wee Willie Winkie" (1937): Another appearance by Nyoka Cliff and the tree<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a promo still for "Wee Willie Winkie," and there's the tree again — along with a small wooden bridge that was in place for years next to the tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQ0avoXKSdQbGT-JhCRl3pO1RDQD8JjX8Q8o90ScixhRCr1_knH-MOnjzBmtmPkmObUW8tedWpGs43DjQtGBJ6O-pCDe167WyDiiXxfeXLoHmsF3eH_dM5J6IrlRHKzMljAkcB0XBsXvL5Dkk2Gb2Mv6oZLwyAMTcYnxNHrJoOyX97EUSMGzxVCY6cA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQ0avoXKSdQbGT-JhCRl3pO1RDQD8JjX8Q8o90ScixhRCr1_knH-MOnjzBmtmPkmObUW8tedWpGs43DjQtGBJ6O-pCDe167WyDiiXxfeXLoHmsF3eH_dM5J6IrlRHKzMljAkcB0XBsXvL5Dkk2Gb2Mv6oZLwyAMTcYnxNHrJoOyX97EUSMGzxVCY6cA=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div>"The Real Glory" (1939): Gary Cooper brings a gun to a knife fight<br /></b></span></div><br />We get a good look at the tree in this promo still for the Gary Cooper movie "The Real Glory," where Cooper appears to have overprepared for some hand-to-hand combat on top of Nyoka Cliff.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlCER-4cchN3teNbxMzJLwYHCgd8kVZH1fkzx3nVO1K-ZuRX66IuPBM-UZoSu5Pahi3HULJJ3EnM8XsLC34GtJze5zupbUuREJaNwP_oZQKR3ZEJxPF38IjftVtUySYc7WoCwiAAkUwqe05XreS9jrYciaKZJ19T-50DIASO4dO7C0SJw8Bz6-T3p8Kw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlCER-4cchN3teNbxMzJLwYHCgd8kVZH1fkzx3nVO1K-ZuRX66IuPBM-UZoSu5Pahi3HULJJ3EnM8XsLC34GtJze5zupbUuREJaNwP_oZQKR3ZEJxPF38IjftVtUySYc7WoCwiAAkUwqe05XreS9jrYciaKZJ19T-50DIASO4dO7C0SJw8Bz6-T3p8Kw=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div>Putting some weight on the bridge in "The Real Glory"<br /></b></span></div><br />Several of the people in the shot are standing on that wooden bridge we mentioned. The bridge will continue to show up in productions as the years go by.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgipJoGYswBtZh9lCPGWnHg-5r144O88vIFpTAR5V6_yBqtas-G5t1U0rqYpPIymA8vmDu6l7W8gp7-CXC9UjkX1ztK5BHqrth2zaqql-zNff6ODSZN0j7fggqShvXWyZDRUvJytBSZa_IpJRQC5T8UVjdFknCuuiGgCS_o4pjKdzT1jmily4R0cxhHSg=s1242" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1242" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgipJoGYswBtZh9lCPGWnHg-5r144O88vIFpTAR5V6_yBqtas-G5t1U0rqYpPIymA8vmDu6l7W8gp7-CXC9UjkX1ztK5BHqrth2zaqql-zNff6ODSZN0j7fggqShvXWyZDRUvJytBSZa_IpJRQC5T8UVjdFknCuuiGgCS_o4pjKdzT1jmily4R0cxhHSg=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></div>"The Grapes of Wrath" (1940): Russell Simpson makes a point<br /></b></span></div><br />In a screen shot from "The Grapes of Wrath," <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/08/is-bald-knob-real-or-fake-some-solid.html" target="_blank">which I've discussed on the blog before</a>, Russell Simpson, as Pa Joad, appears to be pointing toward Nyoka Cliff — and is almost pointing at the tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQTg9F9XE0tLjFisliVUT8wsfndLrZhC3uN2f04BbvdRj7GfdNw6YtsaR2vG5x_dIrlWkVZdtxZdQKMsT-JLTUXr18pc6PmH4vy1mmJo3I_ALas9Tg_Ph9B3V7EOsrlHWA8H3Ezm8X0i3rdvSIP2xRc81qu-A9W-XqTIwEQFcr8nSdMvdctDaP6vl-cg=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1050" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQTg9F9XE0tLjFisliVUT8wsfndLrZhC3uN2f04BbvdRj7GfdNw6YtsaR2vG5x_dIrlWkVZdtxZdQKMsT-JLTUXr18pc6PmH4vy1mmJo3I_ALas9Tg_Ph9B3V7EOsrlHWA8H3Ezm8X0i3rdvSIP2xRc81qu-A9W-XqTIwEQFcr8nSdMvdctDaP6vl-cg=w640-h492" width="640" /></a></div>"The Valley of Vanishing Men" (1942): Another tree and bridge sighting<br /></b></span></div><br />The tree surfaces again, along with the bridge, in the Bill Elliott serial "The Valley of Vanishing Men." This promo still includes a number of other interesting items too, which I talked about in <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-valley-of-vanishing-men-blinkers.html" target="_blank">a blog post you can find here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSJYsTh5QP_YoecoDh6yNeZgFMon2Wf-R0NsUj9RoxkWbz54GOEAqDkX2Ws1zqTs_u2PGuIhQl5Bmg-q41thCC3dEljZR64oZTSb4XnJsg4fvaR-iYeNTPH7dnfQ8c7Zq3GRYiWyVUEfj7FKW4XJ-nJ3UjyUmtXXFBbbrmTAb2n7ucyQU-dLRAxgHhOw=s1204" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1204" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSJYsTh5QP_YoecoDh6yNeZgFMon2Wf-R0NsUj9RoxkWbz54GOEAqDkX2Ws1zqTs_u2PGuIhQl5Bmg-q41thCC3dEljZR64oZTSb4XnJsg4fvaR-iYeNTPH7dnfQ8c7Zq3GRYiWyVUEfj7FKW4XJ-nJ3UjyUmtXXFBbbrmTAb2n7ucyQU-dLRAxgHhOw=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fighting Seabees" (1944): The tree stands by as a bulldozer shoves a tank off the cliff<br /></b></span></div><br />John Wayne's World War II movie "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-iverson-movie-ranch-under-attack.html" target="_blank">The Fighting Seabees</a>," filmed in 1943 on the Iverson Ranch and released in 1944, features a number of encounters with Nyoka Cliff's tree, which by then had become a fixture in the movies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6gmtAS1xidFdLkARvfEA8hxy5CNUgqcozNE3fsgn6Em0G7xZ2UIeqwtjwv5orT3hLNHCxgOgAHQkm6SZ99oeqRMQuhbvcsFf_9jggyLk2EBr_bI_2ks9gjduhqXd4du-nRSxpmmVSDv42KMbA6t2eQ85I5APPJ4gb3FTOJ46rBt0GeSLqp79PGugtYw=s1204" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1204" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6gmtAS1xidFdLkARvfEA8hxy5CNUgqcozNE3fsgn6Em0G7xZ2UIeqwtjwv5orT3hLNHCxgOgAHQkm6SZ99oeqRMQuhbvcsFf_9jggyLk2EBr_bI_2ks9gjduhqXd4du-nRSxpmmVSDv42KMbA6t2eQ85I5APPJ4gb3FTOJ46rBt0GeSLqp79PGugtYw=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></div>The wooden bridge has been temporarily removed<br /></b></span></div><br />You may have noticed that the bridge is gone. It appears to have been removed during filming on "The Fighting Seabees," but it would be put back up following production on the film.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdsKLZA3ceItrDQFSS1IOJWXhBZkJBsr9b7Q4I1xWj_SoQlTuW6m_q_4tD8k6ZGQ_zUlPv-h_Rk5RCrr3gn3zlgOcG1PQzdiO9DRm3tWrbmgWYwLJcDzlUL_WcXWe2YkPA2--q03O7yteWsy_mRXzZvQgr4E3Rgpxdou_SYMyhKwx9iCeRdY6dLgS9_A=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdsKLZA3ceItrDQFSS1IOJWXhBZkJBsr9b7Q4I1xWj_SoQlTuW6m_q_4tD8k6ZGQ_zUlPv-h_Rk5RCrr3gn3zlgOcG1PQzdiO9DRm3tWrbmgWYwLJcDzlUL_WcXWe2YkPA2--q03O7yteWsy_mRXzZvQgr4E3Rgpxdou_SYMyhKwx9iCeRdY6dLgS9_A=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fighting Seabees": Tank down!<br /></b></span></div><br />Moments later the small Japanese tank somersaults down the side of the cliff. It has been reported that the tank was made out of balsa wood to ensure that the stunt did not damage the rocks and other features below.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK7uowiI9yFUyW1Ops0W0x19Bs0vURtUGCVYYXtiw1IUziPxLiMnS5cgc90AIUVsHwgYYAzFNewWqBAgGyOHXJbbGniZxN40JVlWJ5pr85UasKI-HGeWkHgswfoiorEkLugjv02lQuL7EoqyAt4A8lXODdZDPBwKcsSUUbZqEEL0ZadA5Oxmdj9mT19g=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1557" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK7uowiI9yFUyW1Ops0W0x19Bs0vURtUGCVYYXtiw1IUziPxLiMnS5cgc90AIUVsHwgYYAzFNewWqBAgGyOHXJbbGniZxN40JVlWJ5pr85UasKI-HGeWkHgswfoiorEkLugjv02lQuL7EoqyAt4A8lXODdZDPBwKcsSUUbZqEEL0ZadA5Oxmdj9mT19g=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fighting Seabees": The battle rages in the Iverson Gorge<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot from "The Fighting Seabees" confirms that the bridge was not in place while battle scenes were being filmed in the Gorge. The tree, meanwhile, stands in its usual position as silent witness to the action.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2vU6ctmQa_FFw26-rVxwrHU3p4GNol1InhfLuGMl1FGAycpT-deYO9HZbwjzExGPnwiMypClWAXxqkrOgFfHTPaHEE47eZSfkL1EXT7onebn0LmahnxwfFW0pGRmlVSwJK63hK7Oh2RoiEuEaW24GNvp14D8sovqu4YokM-Wp-BnVw7OsHAvoh-LDPA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2vU6ctmQa_FFw26-rVxwrHU3p4GNol1InhfLuGMl1FGAycpT-deYO9HZbwjzExGPnwiMypClWAXxqkrOgFfHTPaHEE47eZSfkL1EXT7onebn0LmahnxwfFW0pGRmlVSwJK63hK7Oh2RoiEuEaW24GNvp14D8sovqu4YokM-Wp-BnVw7OsHAvoh-LDPA=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></div>"The Fighting Seabees": John Wayne, left, leads a siege of Nyoka Cliff<br /></b></span></div><br />John Wayne and his men get up close and personal with the tree during an assault of the Nyoka Summit. The guy in the middle appears to be standing about where the bridge would have been if it hadn't been taken down.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsLxjrb9srGLmS8OSDbpbeoiOjO5cvKzpWQOGyBPmhPpyFbROvozBmR5wF22_wLOHzTrezDYj2-1BJ7PdmEcKjFxcb9PNrTOwvSvG8jTM2Am9Y03vcD-VkdAqkS0YRNRd_0T6Mdge7I9kgdgWlx1WqTu88-mp1pUV7q9h3jB-pbPj5y63bFZEu5o0nqw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsLxjrb9srGLmS8OSDbpbeoiOjO5cvKzpWQOGyBPmhPpyFbROvozBmR5wF22_wLOHzTrezDYj2-1BJ7PdmEcKjFxcb9PNrTOwvSvG8jTM2Am9Y03vcD-VkdAqkS0YRNRd_0T6Mdge7I9kgdgWlx1WqTu88-mp1pUV7q9h3jB-pbPj5y63bFZEu5o0nqw=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></div>John Wayne and Nyoka Cliff's famed tree<br /></b></span></div><br />The Duke pauses momentarily for a shot with his hand on the tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhofIneKz7bA9OwY0DN70BBCEpbwX6NYZu2CaH58gh6UUVVg5Zw_OMnGIyg7sFhMREWZ1D1KGXF1QjQlqPBpgUhIim_9sOdmtCy9iuGCs8vVKZg2z1x4S_fd9GwQFGimNYBmt-IHdvrw0vw4HY4tK5h8qIHkkboMsVLwejGqzXtjPPvzAt9xOTZDDvaKw=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1050" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhofIneKz7bA9OwY0DN70BBCEpbwX6NYZu2CaH58gh6UUVVg5Zw_OMnGIyg7sFhMREWZ1D1KGXF1QjQlqPBpgUhIim_9sOdmtCy9iuGCs8vVKZg2z1x4S_fd9GwQFGimNYBmt-IHdvrw0vw4HY4tK5h8qIHkkboMsVLwejGqzXtjPPvzAt9xOTZDDvaKw=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div>"Old Los Angeles" (Republic, 1948): The tree is still up, and the bridge is back<br /></b></span></div><br />It's hard to tell from this promo still for the Bill Elliott B-Western "Old Los Angeles," but when the bridge was put back up following filming on "Fighting Seabees," it was moved from in front of the tree to behind it.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3HIG2BTUmk7vlvgAzGiqw0bddik9C8me2-tIZSTXvG7NbUtnzcPs1mXcoqiOaSINZNcO2Pnz5mbyCmAlH5ifNZ7tc8VU9yWqPqwxhfDeubtigjbqEKfISQp2pZHM7LcaH3Pz1avWMxJVyuexh0iPvEYQxdOb6Bx1dB-hOulmUH-EQyg772zkSaXJi4g=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3HIG2BTUmk7vlvgAzGiqw0bddik9C8me2-tIZSTXvG7NbUtnzcPs1mXcoqiOaSINZNcO2Pnz5mbyCmAlH5ifNZ7tc8VU9yWqPqwxhfDeubtigjbqEKfISQp2pZHM7LcaH3Pz1avWMxJVyuexh0iPvEYQxdOb6Bx1dB-hOulmUH-EQyg772zkSaXJi4g=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Al Jennings of Oklahoma" (Columbia, 1951): Nyoka Summit<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from "Al Jennings of Oklahoma," filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch in 1950 and released in 1951, shows the Nyoka Summit from a high angle, capturing both the tree and the original bridge location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb6sMGKM31IAnEL4KlforBMJPqQ6Hk186wpXXMsJdnmCkpEI86jk__JTC7aYl0I8FWnikT6KpDOQQC3veUkgGH85lyCfJ9HCUMuxyWLgQrYpggtEUO9BKvFhSrN6MCG82RlngNAO3JqZUw4CmfmykSAHnlrWpeBEF9TumpDt2LV21JZgdvWaZhETIGzg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb6sMGKM31IAnEL4KlforBMJPqQ6Hk186wpXXMsJdnmCkpEI86jk__JTC7aYl0I8FWnikT6KpDOQQC3veUkgGH85lyCfJ9HCUMuxyWLgQrYpggtEUO9BKvFhSrN6MCG82RlngNAO3JqZUw4CmfmykSAHnlrWpeBEF9TumpDt2LV21JZgdvWaZhETIGzg=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>No bridge to be seen here<br /></b></span></div><br />The bridge can no longer be found in its original location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYow6c2vXYx3MmMNKluCbTMXseeiP2siHixXJa9RHMegkfuTNHXfCzk6ck3izjBBbQpLCCZUK4CeHyuE-tO76jD_Rn8ZAFy3AkXTMFMfM8rNOl3Kdw0-n_tLZmnazMLMfEH_lITJKKBwYdULdY1YEP9dtX3zvS-7hFdxUrZ2nO5sEuNf3ynS7H_h72YQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYow6c2vXYx3MmMNKluCbTMXseeiP2siHixXJa9RHMegkfuTNHXfCzk6ck3izjBBbQpLCCZUK4CeHyuE-tO76jD_Rn8ZAFy3AkXTMFMfM8rNOl3Kdw0-n_tLZmnazMLMfEH_lITJKKBwYdULdY1YEP9dtX3zvS-7hFdxUrZ2nO5sEuNf3ynS7H_h72YQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Backing up the horses, we catch a glimpse of the bridge<br /></b></span></div><br />To get a look at the bridge in its new location behind the tree, we have to back up the horses a little bit — which is probably a good idea anyway, because they were precariously close to the edge of the cliff.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfiyTiqIl_G4ZGwnTwDXoqoZiKijI3-Kh2j_jmUlPqWfMgm6rH97QKb-t-oXctLBXBiMzmzsd05kmpxs5stUIjvTHJSv0NGTmDn3Cw6OXGWPvXy-Vt4Ch-_bz4J4ys4dRCgtJT0bXgNDEUr7JvJrbOziPNS5XUF15bJLt2xX6rTpnLfJOzxFqok35t8Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfiyTiqIl_G4ZGwnTwDXoqoZiKijI3-Kh2j_jmUlPqWfMgm6rH97QKb-t-oXctLBXBiMzmzsd05kmpxs5stUIjvTHJSv0NGTmDn3Cw6OXGWPvXy-Vt4Ch-_bz4J4ys4dRCgtJT0bXgNDEUr7JvJrbOziPNS5XUF15bJLt2xX6rTpnLfJOzxFqok35t8Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>The bridge's new, less prominent, location<br /></b></span></div><br />The bridge is a little difficult to see in the shadows, but you may be able to make it out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ6bv-Ql67pJ-9c99drI_qZTYLxcBsTCogAiR0KZmbypFMz8YXqD6jAZVmDt87rt_y40wqZq3BcS6ehd2r1Qsyo1elO_U4ZUHi1SdzfTWiB8jHDJMCu7EN-zbYXQocfgQrMsPnqkbtkg91lQRzbpRzt_ET7DvYyXmPFM6eqo5LaosPOgRZgC6Df3S9AQ=s1315" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1315" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ6bv-Ql67pJ-9c99drI_qZTYLxcBsTCogAiR0KZmbypFMz8YXqD6jAZVmDt87rt_y40wqZq3BcS6ehd2r1Qsyo1elO_U4ZUHi1SdzfTWiB8jHDJMCu7EN-zbYXQocfgQrMsPnqkbtkg91lQRzbpRzt_ET7DvYyXmPFM6eqo5LaosPOgRZgC6Df3S9AQ=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div>"Zorro's Black Whip" (Republic serial, 1944): The bridge has already been put back<br /></b></span></div><br />A shot from "Zorro's Black Whip," filmed on the Iverson Ranch in July and August 1944, reveals that the bridge had already been installed in its new location by then — soon after filming wrapped on "Fighting Seabees."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYh5mjQQgAgeRAQO3Hn_dPiuMgq3IQxExzrtDrVpgcQBj-j4GVRLLvtiz57fqzTIkqidhJDmk6H2q_C8NshbEvx6olc9Az9rtAKRd0wE8IN3BVR6_NT2X1Et4dbLZl-CeiM6VJgFhcQ9vbGOCMaTIvRa6lLpsnvatWYkFWhCXbA7yxEZgCBL8NTtMftQ=s1315" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1315" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYh5mjQQgAgeRAQO3Hn_dPiuMgq3IQxExzrtDrVpgcQBj-j4GVRLLvtiz57fqzTIkqidhJDmk6H2q_C8NshbEvx6olc9Az9rtAKRd0wE8IN3BVR6_NT2X1Et4dbLZl-CeiM6VJgFhcQ9vbGOCMaTIvRa6lLpsnvatWYkFWhCXbA7yxEZgCBL8NTtMftQ=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div>Who moved the bridge?<br /></b></span></div><br />The most likely scenario is that the "Fighting Seabees" crew removed the bridge themselves and had to put it back when they were done filming. Who knows — maybe they put it back in the wrong place!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjPB5lnYn_Z8SlhGXO9RBMIZvJMzsa8NYjmwOrsLF1u8wuw_DAybiweApm1xxVHN_0qpGtBm2OX0Wxu_QfUNBq22d6tcIK21RPvkZhodF4fE20SCKr2jE88lCjfOASncHEH0Gu8OTzR0IX8YjOn-3zTsLr2PAJ9M7v_4tuq3WaWkbMiS7b7BW-2HE6XQ=s1325" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1325" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjPB5lnYn_Z8SlhGXO9RBMIZvJMzsa8NYjmwOrsLF1u8wuw_DAybiweApm1xxVHN_0qpGtBm2OX0Wxu_QfUNBq22d6tcIK21RPvkZhodF4fE20SCKr2jE88lCjfOASncHEH0Gu8OTzR0IX8YjOn-3zTsLr2PAJ9M7v_4tuq3WaWkbMiS7b7BW-2HE6XQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Montana Desperado" (Monogram, 1951): The original tree at top right<br /></b></span></div><br />Shots from the early '50s, including this one from the Johnny Mack Brown movie "Montana Desperado," show that the tree was still in pretty good shape at that point.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhWt03qb_cGFIrs7zKvc4Q6Ln0aNHXTC2wBAs7mizhLJJg-vphxHdUGNXOzAQeq_xAzoZUKeTxvmeOqtkfYke8xG4FZbB_jyk-Z6gcYvt---dQ6YpgjeIUvya1r6pflJSAFTjYNNNhU7znT-HCIDuwiVDkKp9Yp7uG9mjC_kHiK0NbS147APg7HN8ZPQ=s1259" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1259" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhWt03qb_cGFIrs7zKvc4Q6Ln0aNHXTC2wBAs7mizhLJJg-vphxHdUGNXOzAQeq_xAzoZUKeTxvmeOqtkfYke8xG4FZbB_jyk-Z6gcYvt---dQ6YpgjeIUvya1r6pflJSAFTjYNNNhU7znT-HCIDuwiVDkKp9Yp7uG9mjC_kHiK0NbS147APg7HN8ZPQ=w640-h488" width="640" /></a></div>"Saga of the Viking Women" (1957): The tree has seen better days<br /></b></span></div><br />But by the time the tree resurfaced six years later in Roger Corman's "Saga of the Viking Women," it was showing substantial wear and tear. Maybe it just got old and started falling apart, which happens to all of us.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho5ZMgCkPY92BGv2IuHka5f_AwC7rMNeSeBNlQvl2FAmmiVoTjjCqPXbkjEQblMI_nlI6U45sItoFxKKbRFAck3s0331P-n_LQrhM9iFOJqaXn80-DMpVHCWhbWP1NLLAaZvOIhgsqba8Xt9JKa70Ih_-ToZSMrVhXu_QKbOV6VelkRgcA5yQezrc0Mw=s1259" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1259" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho5ZMgCkPY92BGv2IuHka5f_AwC7rMNeSeBNlQvl2FAmmiVoTjjCqPXbkjEQblMI_nlI6U45sItoFxKKbRFAck3s0331P-n_LQrhM9iFOJqaXn80-DMpVHCWhbWP1NLLAaZvOIhgsqba8Xt9JKa70Ih_-ToZSMrVhXu_QKbOV6VelkRgcA5yQezrc0Mw=w640-h488" width="640" /></a></div>That's not a healthy tree<br /></b></span></div><br />Something to think about: This is a shot of young, healthy Viking women and men, so if the thing you find most interesting here is a worn-out old tree (guilty as charged!), you may want to check your priorities.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7BOFuhxw8e0U49PcHTZxxA6Kte7Ac5LlGO8z30HWyIW1DlLnT4Cp_j0Wy37LN3l9GbxqGYjk2c29_SQ3uv_JALwSP6BMu4RaipMitVrvXj2JWzYEPdbA07pl3UqyyMmg3reSPqZHEZVQDO7SIO0EI8ZDNsCobcUFJYdBZ2MiMtt7-BjML96oaybAteg=s1304" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1304" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7BOFuhxw8e0U49PcHTZxxA6Kte7Ac5LlGO8z30HWyIW1DlLnT4Cp_j0Wy37LN3l9GbxqGYjk2c29_SQ3uv_JALwSP6BMu4RaipMitVrvXj2JWzYEPdbA07pl3UqyyMmg3reSPqZHEZVQDO7SIO0EI8ZDNsCobcUFJYdBZ2MiMtt7-BjML96oaybAteg=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>"Last Stand at Smoky Hill" (episode of "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," January 1959)<br /></b></span></div><br />Barely a year later we see the tree again in an episode of "Wyatt Earp," looking about the same. But by this time the "replacement tree" had just begun to emerge above the edge of the cliff.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjckl1bRVe9oyo-zRITindad5J73_2t2nHYCD9NFPpbkOumQQn5JlzLUL02MCd0x9an9ghxJpPDihpp1WsAYtcMSF8rFBVe6iVH_Bv5AINk2MCP8Fos2Mwee3ykWI0Qo1_AO34odLRxMhbqUpaoKsUPQlCfYWD5zQnvscDqTC-5MscOqEONhtvdWTKwRQ=s1304" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1304" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjckl1bRVe9oyo-zRITindad5J73_2t2nHYCD9NFPpbkOumQQn5JlzLUL02MCd0x9an9ghxJpPDihpp1WsAYtcMSF8rFBVe6iVH_Bv5AINk2MCP8Fos2Mwee3ykWI0Qo1_AO34odLRxMhbqUpaoKsUPQlCfYWD5zQnvscDqTC-5MscOqEONhtvdWTKwRQ=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>The "replacement tree" emerges<br /></b></span></div><br />It's barely visible, but I think this is the top of the new tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYqkdE4RNtYZQHjzBH7R_Y5G0DNt0innzKk63UYDAUZPZ8noofK1nmuAdfWIh-R2aiqPcwPG5i7K-3jwZipZHxvAR5d0C-QU8-HLOQiY9nF0D_yT73hMMmYvHUsndluC3rysvOZRcKOkKA3mA25nlbjJsoVkm7gFit0MEcez9p5I9u_Hw7GfSyvVCIzw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYqkdE4RNtYZQHjzBH7R_Y5G0DNt0innzKk63UYDAUZPZ8noofK1nmuAdfWIh-R2aiqPcwPG5i7K-3jwZipZHxvAR5d0C-QU8-HLOQiY9nF0D_yT73hMMmYvHUsndluC3rysvOZRcKOkKA3mA25nlbjJsoVkm7gFit0MEcez9p5I9u_Hw7GfSyvVCIzw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian" episode "Run Quiet" (November 1963)<br /></b></span></div><br />It's almost five years later when we first see both the old tree and the new tree in "Run Quiet." By now the old tree has lost all of its foliage and the new tree is beginning to come into its own.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRNdhDVMoYLvwjtt0xMLLMfZUPQQExbcfS92j4ITdjh7AMM7XTIGRFmo0qY51QSnyIAwuWVwvBRY3Z8f0ncLx9sonlloOrOnPscjEE8M1gVbkUddezioePcTQEWuWFaJvvGSY2kP4L5If3NkU4yHFD57NWgFJJDZqrc60uYTAubOxBX5VanHi-sNnWhA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRNdhDVMoYLvwjtt0xMLLMfZUPQQExbcfS92j4ITdjh7AMM7XTIGRFmo0qY51QSnyIAwuWVwvBRY3Z8f0ncLx9sonlloOrOnPscjEE8M1gVbkUddezioePcTQEWuWFaJvvGSY2kP4L5If3NkU4yHFD57NWgFJJDZqrc60uYTAubOxBX5VanHi-sNnWhA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Ring of Silence" ("Virginian" episode, October 1965)<br /></b></span></div><br />Another two years go by, and "The Virginian" continues to document the transition atop Nyoka Cliff. Now the original tree is completely gone and the new tree has grown a bit ... but what's that other tree doing there?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBn8bh9iNCycWA6UXDAdRvCqw6u-Bw1QX3WFYZZSG4lBIrAhHkEuIIbv8cIxDKHUIpl3A3ClbBuevGavZozNEvtOQhEjDeSTWicZhu-tqzBjR4B5QsMiiZ8FMEKzBRAW3oIUiqvd-7jRJ_egli5ooJMrJiQ7ATF9JzqNesGv-JianxN1j0SZZe_v5jTA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBn8bh9iNCycWA6UXDAdRvCqw6u-Bw1QX3WFYZZSG4lBIrAhHkEuIIbv8cIxDKHUIpl3A3ClbBuevGavZozNEvtOQhEjDeSTWicZhu-tqzBjR4B5QsMiiZ8FMEKzBRAW3oIUiqvd-7jRJ_egli5ooJMrJiQ7ATF9JzqNesGv-JianxN1j0SZZe_v5jTA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>This thing does not belong here<br /></b></span></div><br />Clearly this is a fake tree. I mean, maybe it's a real tree, but it was put there — it didn't grow there. What's most interesting about this shot is that it shows someone was consciously trying to replace the original tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTCryC9MO4asUfKGq54E3Q6rGxRScVjFNjG_OcKiWI5NdRQTgSgbs_3RY-CzthR5_mET35N8T0FZSglSJgQhpyq-iXzUeILD6zHtzbfubvBqW_Z5Rfo8-AFATmhudNJrOxRrfMeL1ydsOhGIy2lTVJuUuM3jAnCrusLVRToQJucry5ILaQBX8cNIVP0Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTCryC9MO4asUfKGq54E3Q6rGxRScVjFNjG_OcKiWI5NdRQTgSgbs_3RY-CzthR5_mET35N8T0FZSglSJgQhpyq-iXzUeILD6zHtzbfubvBqW_Z5Rfo8-AFATmhudNJrOxRrfMeL1ydsOhGIy2lTVJuUuM3jAnCrusLVRToQJucry5ILaQBX8cNIVP0Q=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>A tale of three trees<br /></b></span></div><br />While the original tree was now completely gone, the "replacement tree" wasn't yet up to the task of replacing it. It may have been "on its way," but it didn't quite have the heft yet to convince anyone it was the old tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqzhzxDXpI8nz8gqMaJ5sjQQ6WP3dzoURBDEGCnPGMO__kDDh2hTOSiOvOevEqG_hzDdfgXmxJUFdZHYLl8DCUz-jl-NIgC55vZut1jB5NNpyd2spXJbXEP2O7CkNrqluwcivgHCOw6SzgnsGnJnp69UnCwOcDwf6oblcx2exHW1u8v1GFBPcgokrYjg=s1656" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1656" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqzhzxDXpI8nz8gqMaJ5sjQQ6WP3dzoURBDEGCnPGMO__kDDh2hTOSiOvOevEqG_hzDdfgXmxJUFdZHYLl8DCUz-jl-NIgC55vZut1jB5NNpyd2spXJbXEP2O7CkNrqluwcivgHCOw6SzgnsGnJnp69UnCwOcDwf6oblcx2exHW1u8v1GFBPcgokrYjg=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></div>The replacement tree — all grown up, in 2008<br /></b></span></div><br />Years later, the replacement tree would become, for all intents, the Nyoka Tree. Most people who see the tree for the first time just assume it's the same tree that was in the movies — I know I did. But we know better now.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLXgJHuNoZdALM_u5_0aU-hfd8ils3xhm34k7n7UfXnKjgMnFJI6R3WdejrI-YT2aqOrWVTw3D4F-S47lLG0Sg752QxdiRACXCrS1J_M2iPW5K4tQTL6c09UcidMGEJEmhbHoUFx1G2WojeWbJ0n-cmfkkuG0bmJSsHq-Ee7t9e3c3FPOdOoaTsilvyA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLXgJHuNoZdALM_u5_0aU-hfd8ils3xhm34k7n7UfXnKjgMnFJI6R3WdejrI-YT2aqOrWVTw3D4F-S47lLG0Sg752QxdiRACXCrS1J_M2iPW5K4tQTL6c09UcidMGEJEmhbHoUFx1G2WojeWbJ0n-cmfkkuG0bmJSsHq-Ee7t9e3c3FPOdOoaTsilvyA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>The gravity-defying "Bald Knob" in "Run Quiet"<br /></b></span></div><br />"Run Quiet," the same episode of "The Virginian" that spilled the beans about the dying Nyoka Tree, also features the best shots I've ever seen of the late, lamented Iverson Movie Ranch rock "Bald Knob."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp2McteIJtbmCqkuGNRc3zuTTutwvHxw9t2y4IMCeT_JL9da-rlHRJSXbTDh_nELjg-ESW2ejOhnbVz9VcKgkBXilKad9qr3BXBJMFKM3LNchMCmQMatNJinn1vMybH8HKIfo_yrLKDjwZa17pV4sROK9G1JDbXkEGFaMAfGVG1KpwhxgWsRbOsPJjgw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp2McteIJtbmCqkuGNRc3zuTTutwvHxw9t2y4IMCeT_JL9da-rlHRJSXbTDh_nELjg-ESW2ejOhnbVz9VcKgkBXilKad9qr3BXBJMFKM3LNchMCmQMatNJinn1vMybH8HKIfo_yrLKDjwZa17pV4sROK9G1JDbXkEGFaMAfGVG1KpwhxgWsRbOsPJjgw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>The infamous bolt<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Run Quiet" sequence includes clear views of the huge bolt that was holding the rock together. We examined Bald Knob's infamous bolt and other enhancements in <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2014/08/is-bald-knob-real-or-fake-some-solid.html" target="_blank">a post you can read by clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAFw8D1BABMZMsyyuedgpql9Bs5Z1bhBGd-gud5xroC2hAHGTlmBz9Pq9gPYuZ_j7p-DKAVacVzwg26mJYkWTBBSm2J_w_FxJ3wpstd65XX_wsMfmLdzihSQcE7KzOolVXrBvK84NVLbcH027_2BuMBnQJmIeSHHotAmjSHcePFCSuvj7W6BodDRNNvQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAFw8D1BABMZMsyyuedgpql9Bs5Z1bhBGd-gud5xroC2hAHGTlmBz9Pq9gPYuZ_j7p-DKAVacVzwg26mJYkWTBBSm2J_w_FxJ3wpstd65XX_wsMfmLdzihSQcE7KzOolVXrBvK84NVLbcH027_2BuMBnQJmIeSHHotAmjSHcePFCSuvj7W6BodDRNNvQ=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div>"The Wall" in "Run Quiet" — There's more where this came from<br /></b></span></div><br />"Run Quiet" is a true Iverson spectacle — a sprawling episode of "The Virginian" with more Lower Iverson content than I can do justice to in the space available here. I recommend checking it out if you can.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0qnM2yRiL4cv-mnhI7hkJxKOaxGMTq5w21uDRE0hZ4kykPpPwgRyEHco5PRZduWpopqxUkcvba7TR4rTb01ezWa6kQHS_cU4hv9xAyl4aD4imgQVt2y_jEc233xmAl903etV9mwWxj-gd-cpGMULb5vInXE4n62ieJiOqGEwn7uPk63Pv05MzrzQoUw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0qnM2yRiL4cv-mnhI7hkJxKOaxGMTq5w21uDRE0hZ4kykPpPwgRyEHco5PRZduWpopqxUkcvba7TR4rTb01ezWa6kQHS_cU4hv9xAyl4aD4imgQVt2y_jEc233xmAl903etV9mwWxj-gd-cpGMULb5vInXE4n62ieJiOqGEwn7uPk63Pv05MzrzQoUw=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></div>The Gorge Arch in "The Fatal Journey" (1963)<br /></b></span></div><br />Other good "Virginian" episodes for Lower Iverson footage include "The Fatal Journey" and "Smile of a Dragon," both from season two, and the season three episode "The Girl From Yesterday."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV7dX3Z_E52BucK_d7MC0NzInWew8iUpYPz3Fvr72v8RgpLp9QKGiJZI-VZwLouV_KUf7zmMdLMSc-ksTsS8XeamFWZX0fFdU8-AZ5iSjJMMgpejq7TA5BXSX7Rgkm63X1S-CeEvpgpNvfpzEWsARy7ngHUiQ1TeXbgno5lMpMalB1SjCj2ZQJeZe09g=s2874" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2874" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV7dX3Z_E52BucK_d7MC0NzInWew8iUpYPz3Fvr72v8RgpLp9QKGiJZI-VZwLouV_KUf7zmMdLMSc-ksTsS8XeamFWZX0fFdU8-AZ5iSjJMMgpejq7TA5BXSX7Rgkm63X1S-CeEvpgpNvfpzEWsARy7ngHUiQ1TeXbgno5lMpMalB1SjCj2ZQJeZe09g=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>"The Girl From Yesterday" (1964): Riders cut behind "Garden Sign Rock"<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Girl From Yesterday" includes some nice shots of what I call the "Garden Sign Rock," a small formation in the Garden of the Gods that later had the word "GARDEN" inscribed on it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsDwiT0AvQDZ-n2CLzj2LRUoYATfIZVAKEQdPGXAEuYj0oi05qJtOjp6hwvq3P3dlKp5Bbt-e5LvHhz5H8SDQ0eXk2uBe3IzR-RuLYE6ZVKtt4fK5K4e08Muuta_kLq_zJ5YkxRBJM7dtwoHyINW-VJgeUiwVixefEWwueICuFbcv1spjw8CO1XLQErw=s2990" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="2990" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsDwiT0AvQDZ-n2CLzj2LRUoYATfIZVAKEQdPGXAEuYj0oi05qJtOjp6hwvq3P3dlKp5Bbt-e5LvHhz5H8SDQ0eXk2uBe3IzR-RuLYE6ZVKtt4fK5K4e08Muuta_kLq_zJ5YkxRBJM7dtwoHyINW-VJgeUiwVixefEWwueICuFbcv1spjw8CO1XLQErw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div>The Garden Sign in modern times (Jerry Condit photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's what the rock looks like today, with the "GARDEN" inscription. As far as I can tell, it never had "of the gods" as part of the inscription — it was always just "GARDEN."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNAYDilhfoMV57cveVKIGJdQPcGf6PoJk69YWMlcEFlU1cQMaUBgewx7Vaq7amxuuXwLQMVSc6gEOlxe7uKfFpIaM52ZUC0iBrJSy-9m73hX8EkidDDRwK1sntlSn6uiBxr4PHSwkTzlR6Uz8oQouHccOBvoBD2Jn8LvAHEbQ4xsFdOfU5qDTqrDHRIg=s2874" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2874" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNAYDilhfoMV57cveVKIGJdQPcGf6PoJk69YWMlcEFlU1cQMaUBgewx7Vaq7amxuuXwLQMVSc6gEOlxe7uKfFpIaM52ZUC0iBrJSy-9m73hX8EkidDDRwK1sntlSn6uiBxr4PHSwkTzlR6Uz8oQouHccOBvoBD2Jn8LvAHEbQ4xsFdOfU5qDTqrDHRIg=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>No Garden Sign yet when "The Virginian" filmed here in 1964<br /></b></span></div><br />I always like finding the Garden Sign Rock in productions, because I'm always trying to figure out when the inscription first appeared. Thanks to "The Virginian" we know the inscription was not there yet in 1964.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5U2vQJVmPqoyXGyLBKPckvGRuE4Co8qZbYjTTqrPYb4sdg9mC1qnfqAWnxpGuiOC89AUfJ1hxc2Tc3FJx4oNaGYh9Ja6JDZFGMF-zjn7qgE41g0tqD-RaDQ8nxD1Z_w00uPVx2cLhsi4SOJs8_PkAee4y0YPKnt_gWOZPcUC5CmyrNh9bv9H6IQznew=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1050" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5U2vQJVmPqoyXGyLBKPckvGRuE4Co8qZbYjTTqrPYb4sdg9mC1qnfqAWnxpGuiOC89AUfJ1hxc2Tc3FJx4oNaGYh9Ja6JDZFGMF-zjn7qgE41g0tqD-RaDQ8nxD1Z_w00uPVx2cLhsi4SOJs8_PkAee4y0YPKnt_gWOZPcUC5CmyrNh9bv9H6IQznew=w640-h506" width="640" /></a></div>"Tarzan's Peril" (1951) Lex Barker rides past Garden Sign Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Not that it's pertinent to figuring out the date of the inscription, but just because it's a cool picture, here's a shot from "Tarzan's Peril" with Lex Barker as Tarzan riding an elephant between Tower Rock and the Sphinx.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY63Py2ZNb2W4ByIG-pZ1eTXqWRpM22t-GIOdx4wSXahmc15fE7xpFOcHePlXJjemMP0CEuOt6LzbByFV8vUkgRerSGABedosIwxtEPfmtGQkfnTM18DAzhbWjw1liG_FrUn_6n3UJYsvttXTvCSanLQl5nhqko8iMyC571neY1torzyqNAJH4lac15g=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1050" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY63Py2ZNb2W4ByIG-pZ1eTXqWRpM22t-GIOdx4wSXahmc15fE7xpFOcHePlXJjemMP0CEuOt6LzbByFV8vUkgRerSGABedosIwxtEPfmtGQkfnTM18DAzhbWjw1liG_FrUn_6n3UJYsvttXTvCSanLQl5nhqko8iMyC571neY1torzyqNAJH4lac15g=w640-h506" width="640" /></a></div>No inscription on the rock yet in 1951<br /></b></span></div><br />The shot gives us a good look at Garden Sign Rock, even if it's too long ago to help date the inscription.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsY_jEtP01bS4mroSgAAWRjlhkBr9umvJs-svBHvrchqLEOi08RXkY3uuFsAD16oiV16oRYezFOKmJ6yvsi0nRSWZzlwxoDkFd7lQQMjtWuLk_WQSHynh8kPdyGJkuO1ZCH7kw4-ul7wLzI_TpgE9ZFqMQ4-voNSy7-_Kw3T0Z871Iz60NBnHE_ZW8GA=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsY_jEtP01bS4mroSgAAWRjlhkBr9umvJs-svBHvrchqLEOi08RXkY3uuFsAD16oiV16oRYezFOKmJ6yvsi0nRSWZzlwxoDkFd7lQQMjtWuLk_WQSHynh8kPdyGJkuO1ZCH7kw4-ul7wLzI_TpgE9ZFqMQ4-voNSy7-_Kw3T0Z871Iz60NBnHE_ZW8GA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Logan's Run" TV series (1977): People of the future trudge through the Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />Later tends to be better when it comes to determining when something that's there now, like the inscription, first showed up. And thanks to the TV series "Logan's Run," we know the inscription still wasn't there in 1977.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSWxD6l3eODDwBekpGF42yN8VzR8wiFKJYFRXfqCH25WpKHDxNiT2-xXFaBPvkPwe1nqbmdAKOHN9HVU-jwqkXMLhas3Vp-eKxTMGlQYYIyE_0gJe2sljSaodgEZtKdbVbOT8AxVeqhAfTNBJVS_A2AFXPDmtU6r3kq2YO9ul92Zz84kURdoR834uiLQ=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSWxD6l3eODDwBekpGF42yN8VzR8wiFKJYFRXfqCH25WpKHDxNiT2-xXFaBPvkPwe1nqbmdAKOHN9HVU-jwqkXMLhas3Vp-eKxTMGlQYYIyE_0gJe2sljSaodgEZtKdbVbOT8AxVeqhAfTNBJVS_A2AFXPDmtU6r3kq2YO9ul92Zz84kURdoR834uiLQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Logan's Run" episode "The Judas Goat": Still no inscription<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Logan's Run" sequence, besides showing off Heather Menzies' legs, effectively gives us our last reference point, at least for now, on the pre-inscription timeline for the Garden Sign.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKMWV3EqEI5uyDm-ZYMat6YiQvH0nOGpi1ZAeITZ2HC3ssbaE_b27JqoJEvQy_mSDf5Pp0L-esFi-_mvh9e4IM30SHAKwMpfVDAYKvULBhMxE6goJWMyvst3Uv9C1FdPYNd9Cp6_lwcA6iRsspSJhi-BpWZkxX-hYLKEINzpLpF42QMh0ZJ87UgMqjOg=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKMWV3EqEI5uyDm-ZYMat6YiQvH0nOGpi1ZAeITZ2HC3ssbaE_b27JqoJEvQy_mSDf5Pp0L-esFi-_mvh9e4IM30SHAKwMpfVDAYKvULBhMxE6goJWMyvst3Uv9C1FdPYNd9Cp6_lwcA6iRsspSJhi-BpWZkxX-hYLKEINzpLpF42QMh0ZJ87UgMqjOg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Heather Menzies, Gregory Harrison and the Garden Sign Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Even though the Garden Sign Rock is easy to spot in "Logan's Run," these pictures also make the point that shots from "The Virginian" tend to be a lot clearer than other productions — even shows from a decade later.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjV_lgBTx7Qfk9KExxDvUP3gfIoBFQlBDK574Ew2jL7BaYxpTpVxUmVZMNbOH4TNmasiRxlWYHoMgvlf516QkJUfumlW8GFxZHluubTvM2eAW4ippqdMrVTUsy095N9BrueW_WOucEqWik_k_fEgOlvrh4LXqrSGHmqgw9Adb8WHhRqS1sQUG3jRpzOBQ=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjV_lgBTx7Qfk9KExxDvUP3gfIoBFQlBDK574Ew2jL7BaYxpTpVxUmVZMNbOH4TNmasiRxlWYHoMgvlf516QkJUfumlW8GFxZHluubTvM2eAW4ippqdMrVTUsy095N9BrueW_WOucEqWik_k_fEgOlvrh4LXqrSGHmqgw9Adb8WHhRqS1sQUG3jRpzOBQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Logan's Run": A rare 1970s Iverson Ranch shoot<br /></b></span></div><br />Very little filming took place on the Iverson Movie Ranch in the '70s, so I was pretty excited when I discovered the "Logan's Run" shoot. Below you'll find a few more screen shots from the episode.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaZ9l-K6gvl5B3-YiELRiyqSlpF-jeqX7LBZ0ia7q-25ugHC0GfDNey8gBdQHu9nvg69hOajOV7b6CkG-J6Ij_5iWZOfpskY5xXo6pXeNT4rcrAcy5LwziunEmAJgnylcC-CUBbPRLQmW0pvw7HVYlrODuJpTgK2IzMBa080-NHVu4VoU5t-2MU6bRyQ=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1600" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaZ9l-K6gvl5B3-YiELRiyqSlpF-jeqX7LBZ0ia7q-25ugHC0GfDNey8gBdQHu9nvg69hOajOV7b6CkG-J6Ij_5iWZOfpskY5xXo6pXeNT4rcrAcy5LwziunEmAJgnylcC-CUBbPRLQmW0pvw7HVYlrODuJpTgK2IzMBa080-NHVu4VoU5t-2MU6bRyQ=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div>The present-day location of the Garden Sign<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from 2015 shows where the Garden Sign can be found today, near the base of Tower Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9t11C1Ki5uPe_cTCSa57cOt-RRPJ_sOJ-6jiEEMNpUJvZhI9uS_Q38C3X_8cMWocyDKVngbkM9Kc955GAgJ2aS7ZPNmN6C5y4CXy5Qmk-qhieJ7s8Mq6zKGbqxTPuk5doRmas77Me72X_DNmILFWqQnHXkWnlyhiJjZUJIRVCeV5NZzPpc92To78fvw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9t11C1Ki5uPe_cTCSa57cOt-RRPJ_sOJ-6jiEEMNpUJvZhI9uS_Q38C3X_8cMWocyDKVngbkM9Kc955GAgJ2aS7ZPNmN6C5y4CXy5Qmk-qhieJ7s8Mq6zKGbqxTPuk5doRmas77Me72X_DNmILFWqQnHXkWnlyhiJjZUJIRVCeV5NZzPpc92To78fvw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Ring of Silence" (1965): Tower Rock, left, and Sphinx, right<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Virginian" cranked out another Lower Iverson spectacle, "Ring of Silence," during season four.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn9b8ITPSBS7qoGWGqdMyJ0ere1EZ7NR7jQK3t9LcQeyangK_xfmCJZRWDIZzKEWS9YaE44PfzWAh3bwIJ7_kAaXcc2OysUIjmocSzVFaSICreWYSkofIg0iKInNyhGuVrYRQ28ZTRLNtCetC4wu8Foz8xPX-mhqKFM5Si4RBE7qNhrxdCLx4bCCgATw=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn9b8ITPSBS7qoGWGqdMyJ0ere1EZ7NR7jQK3t9LcQeyangK_xfmCJZRWDIZzKEWS9YaE44PfzWAh3bwIJ7_kAaXcc2OysUIjmocSzVFaSICreWYSkofIg0iKInNyhGuVrYRQ28ZTRLNtCetC4wu8Foz8xPX-mhqKFM5Si4RBE7qNhrxdCLx4bCCgATw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Fake rocks block the road between the two big rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />Here again we see Tower Rock and Sphinx, two of the most famous rocks on the former Iverson Movie Ranch. But check out the "barricade of fake rocks" that was installed for the episode.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoOJvmdkIuxJRhwvJT1CYFhVqMwqGRxhYjlvVUETIV37Rw7AxqaZ43fGPPH3wpkyen2BaYy-jX6E4w4w_zBcyvrl8V1jQR2sz5LiKx-BhUT46q4NikXv4qPfvvw473wDtv5cHvS-2zEFAwNn1Qk7Ecwn491LVuYvPk97fcK2UOab8qikge0RqTNDyaUQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoOJvmdkIuxJRhwvJT1CYFhVqMwqGRxhYjlvVUETIV37Rw7AxqaZ43fGPPH3wpkyen2BaYy-jX6E4w4w_zBcyvrl8V1jQR2sz5LiKx-BhUT46q4NikXv4qPfvvw473wDtv5cHvS-2zEFAwNn1Qk7Ecwn491LVuYvPk97fcK2UOab8qikge0RqTNDyaUQ=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>The stage is stuck just north of the Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />The barricade was part of a "stuck stagecoach" sequence that set up a standoff between the stage passengers and a small army of bandits.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPqjHZl-VV_SFhmXHquHtTTTb7ClLQ8ZL9ZMQTou-fmonlKgQ7oTHGxmmfF0DJzL9L01NphtxIl4qVnBzbRTJgiSxNNau3fZDmxBpSG7hXhFHPLWqN3dfBeohcQdxOOw5UvBHSqcVKbX0MR1bgPuphgf6iD0ID7lgv5nHjElTOibR-fL5jfAlLmWOD3A=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPqjHZl-VV_SFhmXHquHtTTTb7ClLQ8ZL9ZMQTou-fmonlKgQ7oTHGxmmfF0DJzL9L01NphtxIl4qVnBzbRTJgiSxNNau3fZDmxBpSG7hXhFHPLWqN3dfBeohcQdxOOw5UvBHSqcVKbX0MR1bgPuphgf6iD0ID7lgv5nHjElTOibR-fL5jfAlLmWOD3A=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Stranded passengers roam a landscape riddled with fake rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />The setup included a fairly extensive array of loose movie rocks strewn about on the ground below the actual rock features. The Sphinx again appears at top right in this shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5jJEXp-bbV8RMdyyYUBG92FfwyE3_TbC4avF3bsH6CixukWTwPYjR146uIQpmdHDn1PexEWf39ZtNCPYunuDaMelfhjiwwx4RAoie1-URecevAOAz-lSvemkaFyiS5DAIm3lBrmWDx24bNnc49mK_02sDp--cgJJomgZieakke3q7lVTT5mikX2RSLw=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5jJEXp-bbV8RMdyyYUBG92FfwyE3_TbC4avF3bsH6CixukWTwPYjR146uIQpmdHDn1PexEWf39ZtNCPYunuDaMelfhjiwwx4RAoie1-URecevAOAz-lSvemkaFyiS5DAIm3lBrmWDx24bNnc49mK_02sDp--cgJJomgZieakke3q7lVTT5mikX2RSLw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Movie rocks hit their marks in the Garden of the Gods<br /></b></span></div><br />The effect wasn't all that realistic, especially if you know what the place looks like normally. But like most of the special effects seen on "The Virginian," the fake rocks were apparently determined to be "good enough."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPRZzEO7euaGdVDDAI4Sdst_PItHxgi9MCuUhQYzYdE66N6LKEDVCfiwCRH0rkoHTwwU6UljjRC78b0IOIcWfa83x2y6fLmlX1IGvulBwxjE2VDW0Ks0YMRedj5v0H4NWxpMm2R0Fmqsaot8z66eStBcdvh8lfDQj67ZFsZ54B3SUDtmbiOq4XhcJEcw=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPRZzEO7euaGdVDDAI4Sdst_PItHxgi9MCuUhQYzYdE66N6LKEDVCfiwCRH0rkoHTwwU6UljjRC78b0IOIcWfa83x2y6fLmlX1IGvulBwxjE2VDW0Ks0YMRedj5v0H4NWxpMm2R0Fmqsaot8z66eStBcdvh8lfDQj67ZFsZ54B3SUDtmbiOq4XhcJEcw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>The actors have apparently been told to stand near the fake wall and act like it's real<br /></b></span></div><br />Part of the barricade consisted of a custom fake rock wall that was fitted next to the base of the Sphinx. Clearly the set builders put some effort into this sequence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUjVUbnCabS6Gi_RymLu2KBoM_kBwNlxG6ZGQPDrGYrAt0Fx4wN6nmBT4wRUzIZViW0ab5bVVhyns2GOMHrFAGT4BB7vzdvD0jIon9q4irUD1iZhJYXyZNW_xKmputgGSUf5-yL8pTxKVVzVsHOKGbiCFX-0VScepeNqAkSVvlHDqK0ieCj8Eiz-zgQw=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUjVUbnCabS6Gi_RymLu2KBoM_kBwNlxG6ZGQPDrGYrAt0Fx4wN6nmBT4wRUzIZViW0ab5bVVhyns2GOMHrFAGT4BB7vzdvD0jIon9q4irUD1iZhJYXyZNW_xKmputgGSUf5-yL8pTxKVVzVsHOKGbiCFX-0VScepeNqAkSVvlHDqK0ieCj8Eiz-zgQw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Hey, get that real rock out of there!<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the rocks that turns up in the sequence looks a little more realistic than some of the fake rocks, and for good reason: This one is an actual rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkdPs7EMRqf9gGw7H2dn0AKmDV6gURcjUcNKUYRxvyqeeFbOk5vcG9-tAkQTBye_lwG7qJ5sQLJ7XbSTQzXLI91cgYa-mfY0CV6a7R8S6BrZDVMTW4YSIXW35dg1b_vxmQKP6RWjzaXFdy6dEoj1QOooU-B1oj6QPLHdd7rHzofccPy6bf0sFfbD1E_w=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkdPs7EMRqf9gGw7H2dn0AKmDV6gURcjUcNKUYRxvyqeeFbOk5vcG9-tAkQTBye_lwG7qJ5sQLJ7XbSTQzXLI91cgYa-mfY0CV6a7R8S6BrZDVMTW4YSIXW35dg1b_vxmQKP6RWjzaXFdy6dEoj1QOooU-B1oj6QPLHdd7rHzofccPy6bf0sFfbD1E_w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Logan's Run": Heather and Greg ignore the rock and the red arrow<br /></b></span></div><br />We know it's a real rock because 12 years later, long after the mess from the barricade of fake rocks had been cleaned up, "Logan's Run" shot in the same spot and the rock was still there.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzPChISwg89xFWcRnKDjnJxHYR95vHMK6EcWApIH7fB-FQGIJ_6kdr_NAXOyv3TIJoEMuikSK9UIpmHjWp8TLZNQYOU7ua2vEwVmjYimLtzR46ZbLdr9F1BtGdl90WywZv3Q_EoCUB1sWT9OSh-BZsVzQ9vMf3l-VEYkp_YTtBg8qwH8I-hw2PJbvlrQ=s3588" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="3588" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzPChISwg89xFWcRnKDjnJxHYR95vHMK6EcWApIH7fB-FQGIJ_6kdr_NAXOyv3TIJoEMuikSK9UIpmHjWp8TLZNQYOU7ua2vEwVmjYimLtzR46ZbLdr9F1BtGdl90WywZv3Q_EoCUB1sWT9OSh-BZsVzQ9vMf3l-VEYkp_YTtBg8qwH8I-hw2PJbvlrQ=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock remains in place in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />The same rock can still be found at the site, as seen in this photo from 2014.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-9LsFfMf1egFYCUS2oytVFUo_HQ1deMPxCuH7YOVpgCMfd8rjJYlU1WyCqDokORlQprH3PC-9gYO5Dsd07stIvgYwlZzSAr6kXmEa3W4yemm3dsEQa4g2zRT8rqqqtrO9dMjX0Z_GYqd2Fq7P5As_-xezWq30NOG1Da5PXdDMuJpCwfNAEG9yavXhJQ=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-9LsFfMf1egFYCUS2oytVFUo_HQ1deMPxCuH7YOVpgCMfd8rjJYlU1WyCqDokORlQprH3PC-9gYO5Dsd07stIvgYwlZzSAr6kXmEa3W4yemm3dsEQa4g2zRT8rqqqtrO9dMjX0Z_GYqd2Fq7P5As_-xezWq30NOG1Da5PXdDMuJpCwfNAEG9yavXhJQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>"Logan's Run": The future comes to the Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />Considering all the Westerns that filmed here, these "Logan's Run" shots are a fun change of pace. Here's a futuristic car in the Garden of the
Gods' old Camera Mount area, with a view of the Gorge in
the distance.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglIqz78-F31InAGD0zbKPI6VMv4oAy6rPKBR_wB6BIWWjyXJlnQbE9Hr-qnBuCtYTbUYNSoHy373QWZ9lGcn-ATQorIgcRFEHoclxYTnrVXT2848EtBPZ6gq1m79shj8Th1raEANkAQMRUFBbWxgg0OzE5w0DsGkS_w1KBipvxoe4jesmr4oQdWWzOPQ=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglIqz78-F31InAGD0zbKPI6VMv4oAy6rPKBR_wB6BIWWjyXJlnQbE9Hr-qnBuCtYTbUYNSoHy373QWZ9lGcn-ATQorIgcRFEHoclxYTnrVXT2848EtBPZ6gq1m79shj8Th1raEANkAQMRUFBbWxgg0OzE5w0DsGkS_w1KBipvxoe4jesmr4oQdWWzOPQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Who says the future will be futuristic? Maybe we'll all be driving pontoon boats<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's another alleged Car of the Future, clomping past Stage Road Rock in the Iverson Gorge as it traces the hoofsteps of many a stagecoach, outlaw gang and cowboy hero.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis8Nf8kG2Le7pZDTI0mcvuAUAR_8jKNezOmFLvRnYXaCF3R182aYZt1dxHm1YcXIG-kPRSu8Zy5ty7TEVdXFxpq3hra8AlzN1CBTVif-OthMvQE5fvYXsCiYwW8l6oFFQAMI8tu4qmcuhQyNqPpErMOBo3rI7yd49RD5jerdnxA0atFU-LTvSZs-Qw1g=s3486" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis8Nf8kG2Le7pZDTI0mcvuAUAR_8jKNezOmFLvRnYXaCF3R182aYZt1dxHm1YcXIG-kPRSu8Zy5ty7TEVdXFxpq3hra8AlzN1CBTVif-OthMvQE5fvYXsCiYwW8l6oFFQAMI8tu4qmcuhQyNqPpErMOBo3rI7yd49RD5jerdnxA0atFU-LTvSZs-Qw1g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Toga people create a low-budget force field near the future garden sign<br /></b></span></div><br />I
guess it was inevitable with "Logan's Run" that we'd get "state of the
art" special effects, juxtaposed against the major rock features of the
Garden of the Gods.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOTDZKAlrdQJjEpaqAPD3u2pIDcKPvCaaHSu9cNuTqmV03_Mw1Zyj1_qAG_ckGvp2wChHLviFv4fwfForFJWi-jvQ-hNPdxGOQnXbq9d7ESlXCVu6JxPmL9lT5JUTAzMCsOG3oYUkmogURvhZ4TaoyKQPVZROz2Z5O7ZC82RnjD2Jp5WtCgWGGsqaYTA=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOTDZKAlrdQJjEpaqAPD3u2pIDcKPvCaaHSu9cNuTqmV03_Mw1Zyj1_qAG_ckGvp2wChHLviFv4fwfForFJWi-jvQ-hNPdxGOQnXbq9d7ESlXCVu6JxPmL9lT5JUTAzMCsOG3oYUkmogURvhZ4TaoyKQPVZROz2Z5O7ZC82RnjD2Jp5WtCgWGGsqaYTA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Ring of Silence": Rock Island at top right<br /></b></span></div><br />Getting back to "The Virginian," the episode "Ring of Silence" also features nice shots of Rock Island.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Dx1gXh7KMyFSkh3lnYXwCoUzu2DQ0QXxbhlXW3GmoqRNq-UOwc_VezYyK3LPLZvRobH621OVjg6W4W0IDmFxH_uTojMS_o-6tNdtT02K8N-WBUkCZA7OUv63dDmlgwRLxUEb-xptG7LMgctoqUjlJ0NbD5_rE4VAPNvU9vqYimiG-1vc8gFkyi0QFw=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Dx1gXh7KMyFSkh3lnYXwCoUzu2DQ0QXxbhlXW3GmoqRNq-UOwc_VezYyK3LPLZvRobH621OVjg6W4W0IDmFxH_uTojMS_o-6tNdtT02K8N-WBUkCZA7OUv63dDmlgwRLxUEb-xptG7LMgctoqUjlJ0NbD5_rE4VAPNvU9vqYimiG-1vc8gFkyi0QFw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>Pay no attention to the snoozy wagon driver, just take a gander at that rock!<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot showcases RI-3 (at top right), one of the major rock features of Rock Island, shot from a super-rare angle. To learn more about this rock and the rest of Rock Island, <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/04/rock-island-free-at-last-famous-movie.html" target="_blank">please click here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilHJeVdQUkg0D1_SwixiFBADV8fhNpR85lfHQz046kMMYKc7thcoCIdSIDMa7wkGCTkBd1Y63fjSFVBAS51pA2Zw8mg5EgwEMJjD_6QWtPe3JxFhIVWfuvoNnzexlHBZlO_52P90RmjEejFW6qPBlSQMy77shAuobyRvz5dR5l0vt_q2NDfNqIiXPkgw=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilHJeVdQUkg0D1_SwixiFBADV8fhNpR85lfHQz046kMMYKc7thcoCIdSIDMa7wkGCTkBd1Y63fjSFVBAS51pA2Zw8mg5EgwEMJjD_6QWtPe3JxFhIVWfuvoNnzexlHBZlO_52P90RmjEejFW6qPBlSQMy77shAuobyRvz5dR5l0vt_q2NDfNqIiXPkgw=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>More good stuff in "Ring of Silence"<br /></b></span></div><br />Here we see part of that small army of bandits I mentioned, but what I like more about the shot is the nice array of Upper Gorge rock features in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-uwwEIl-BJqQcN8cr_xo91qADDyuoxvvoYrJ-F052YyGZF-qKTrJHLQnkftAa4zh9gj_fLL0hRMYgToFJZx7DR5Ooq7hKlL0Jk8EAlUNN7C7PdnG7ygrGsCyMOqSM6X6Q1G4hKZwYVFl84zQ1M63aOZqFLjXUHLJXqlG6d127GL4QS5CUD_fv7GbQxA=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-uwwEIl-BJqQcN8cr_xo91qADDyuoxvvoYrJ-F052YyGZF-qKTrJHLQnkftAa4zh9gj_fLL0hRMYgToFJZx7DR5Ooq7hKlL0Jk8EAlUNN7C7PdnG7ygrGsCyMOqSM6X6Q1G4hKZwYVFl84zQ1M63aOZqFLjXUHLJXqlG6d127GL4QS5CUD_fv7GbQxA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>"Ring of Silence": A wider view of the Upper Gorge<br /></b></span></div><br />This wider shot adds a few more movie rocks to the background. These are not the most common camera angles, and some of these rocks are rarely seen in productions.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaKGJs7LvjFQS99CdaGafR9gT4hbPlXH4vH2ZRCu1gAydajEnOakOAQBTqnsWZECF69KBWjo5YpZLNuqogQJ7urHkwV17iiW3yy4gIB9OO9L4AG_b04OsqFY_HbxQt_WItoRdgQMdOSxpVo58C7zr_O-PtMBgrDnP-vlZ9a7C5FfmzJLZRZO1osmizPA=s2638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2638" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaKGJs7LvjFQS99CdaGafR9gT4hbPlXH4vH2ZRCu1gAydajEnOakOAQBTqnsWZECF69KBWjo5YpZLNuqogQJ7urHkwV17iiW3yy4gIB9OO9L4AG_b04OsqFY_HbxQt_WItoRdgQMdOSxpVo58C7zr_O-PtMBgrDnP-vlZ9a7C5FfmzJLZRZO1osmizPA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div>A few of the known background features<br /></b></span></div><br />But many of
these rocks remain in place today and can be seen in person simply by parking on Redmesa
Road. You can find more material on each of these identified rocks in the long index on the right side of the page.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9RX0Dfw3LUcenZHzdl0C_UnWbergYeO9OyguduXxgLpFbdMSNu2FWTltH_A2AFSS1VPZtcXUAGlIIpgAm5yjCrSOz0Ve7HtvJ-mFHAJ-61zrca6eR2ueVADahQi1L7j-5VxwXy3Wn8zzG_keiIwEdIsELe5bUZjwTeQ8pih5OP6JyYIP8StRIqvtRMg=s1561" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1561" data-original-width="1220" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9RX0Dfw3LUcenZHzdl0C_UnWbergYeO9OyguduXxgLpFbdMSNu2FWTltH_A2AFSS1VPZtcXUAGlIIpgAm5yjCrSOz0Ve7HtvJ-mFHAJ-61zrca6eR2ueVADahQi1L7j-5VxwXy3Wn8zzG_keiIwEdIsELe5bUZjwTeQ8pih5OP6JyYIP8StRIqvtRMg=w500-h640" width="500" /></a></div>"The Virginian" cast photo, circa 1964-1965 — clockwise from top: Randy Boone, <br />Clu Gulager, Roberta Shore, Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, James Drury<br /></b></span></div><br />The story of the Iverson Movie Ranch didn't end with "The Virginian," and even today, filming still takes place on rare occasions on the former Iverson property. But the mid-'60s, and especially the run by "The Virginian," marked the end of an era when the Iverson Ranch was Hollywood's go-to outdoor location. Luckily, the TV show left us with a lot of terrific pictures and memories of the old movie ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6g5KfBesnMH_CI6g-28h9m1GU0ekAKJBKfNtBleqQngZL42flBApgiBRmrhaXal0XZaXAa0ijQNaeB6XeV5UHKoTQpghE2hJOEy53yJSJx1XL6VB0rfjpDySP7-BYZb-I18Vc7i8dB-I2Iq_zkNjebALVJoDAx_wzgIjCb8bvoeuoSZKlyg_6aGf8zQ=s793" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="793" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6g5KfBesnMH_CI6g-28h9m1GU0ekAKJBKfNtBleqQngZL42flBApgiBRmrhaXal0XZaXAa0ijQNaeB6XeV5UHKoTQpghE2hJOEy53yJSJx1XL6VB0rfjpDySP7-BYZb-I18Vc7i8dB-I2Iq_zkNjebALVJoDAx_wzgIjCb8bvoeuoSZKlyg_6aGf8zQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Links!</b></span></div><br />If you feel like watching some "Virginian" and discovering your own great Iverson Movie Ranch footage, check out the links below to various "Virginian" DVD packages on Amazon —
including the way-too-pricey complete series. There's also a link to a book about the history of the TV show. If you buy any of
these items off Amazon after clicking the link, you'll be supporting future
research by the Iverson Movie Ranch Blog. Thank you for your interest in
the Iverson Ranch and old movie locations!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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</iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-62746494459318017632021-11-06T01:00:00.000-07:002021-11-06T11:13:41.083-07:00Scouring the Eastern Sierra for "Nevada Smith," "Will Penny" and "True Grit": A movie safari with location hunter Eddie Henn<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbkiJyoyesZpiHY1CqlvJZTaPmCqrZtuB0SWdV0NjSvODDOVlmAm1Dok0SH14DVt75QMXnG4zXhmdHhMTufRTQBTKi0C_Czm9OtIWxEizTHTbxIjtP3JKMiV24XWiVSkW_JaDCzm5Js43/s2555/1960s-posters+for+Nevada+Smith%252C+True+Grit%252C+Will+Penny.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="2555" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbkiJyoyesZpiHY1CqlvJZTaPmCqrZtuB0SWdV0NjSvODDOVlmAm1Dok0SH14DVt75QMXnG4zXhmdHhMTufRTQBTKi0C_Czm9OtIWxEizTHTbxIjtP3JKMiV24XWiVSkW_JaDCzm5Js43/w640-h308/1960s-posters+for+Nevada+Smith%252C+True+Grit%252C+Will+Penny.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith," "True Grit" and "Will Penny": All filmed in California's Eastern Sierra<br /></b></span></div><br />I recently had the honor of joining veteran location hunter Eddie Henn on a movie safari for the ages, four-wheeling around Northern California's Eastern Sierra Nevada country in search of old filming sites.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5YAabOdLK-a72uiv4RP8F3iiR3RWhGu0kchQE0AdoKC0XQ62e__vb_tXhNL1e1dhqaRNWm5FwnMJkGGYuFOkbRIA5WAv61cX4ddbQIJUZekLH1RpXPU-fp1tJPSUB6AMC8cNRPG2PfUQ/s2048/2021+%2528%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough-Eddie+Henn+w+Toyota+4+Runner-4192.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2048" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5YAabOdLK-a72uiv4RP8F3iiR3RWhGu0kchQE0AdoKC0XQ62e__vb_tXhNL1e1dhqaRNWm5FwnMJkGGYuFOkbRIA5WAv61cX4ddbQIJUZekLH1RpXPU-fp1tJPSUB6AMC8cNRPG2PfUQ/w640-h504/2021+%2528%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough-Eddie+Henn+w+Toyota+4+Runner-4192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Eddie Henn, now on his third 4Runner, has logged well over 1 million miles hunting movie locations<br /></b></span></div><br />When it comes to digging up movie locations, they don't come any better or more intrepid than Eddie. He's been tracking down hard-to-find filming sites since the late '70s, using up three Toyota 4Runners in the process.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dzczFwLfSvulvSBIpH39dfnoI4KYtrh3fJUfIxZzt2aFtpkCg-jBjqa02QTLXOJeIG2dT30jH0su6FEt1u28xcKMwzC6QYKyZhsSdAH4zwUkTkAL9ZSaXfl61DRkMI3PunzrmdvGItrD/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-vista+leaving+mine+area+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dzczFwLfSvulvSBIpH39dfnoI4KYtrh3fJUfIxZzt2aFtpkCg-jBjqa02QTLXOJeIG2dT30jH0su6FEt1u28xcKMwzC6QYKyZhsSdAH4zwUkTkAL9ZSaXfl61DRkMI3PunzrmdvGItrD/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-vista+leaving+mine+area+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith" (Paramount, 1966): Steve McQueen at Cerro Gordo<br /></b></span></div><br />And boy, did we find filming locations. In most cases they were sites Eddie had visited previously — the man has been just about everywhere. And he has found dazzling movie locations just about everywhere.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VowjwZUz-zueKwYT_JZkU05yDUX8PfFF4UuRlBf386Bw6CHvc-mPdM8SFEF-wTmI0cCVNL5w3vQVTZM25ZEjvkMsPQSkMz4e_5ijxgOZpLh_wef4ge1uODERfAPQCoHxHwcM-_9VpX2x/s2719/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo%252C+near+Morning+Star+Mine-matches+Nevada+Smith-4062.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2719" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VowjwZUz-zueKwYT_JZkU05yDUX8PfFF4UuRlBf386Bw6CHvc-mPdM8SFEF-wTmI0cCVNL5w3vQVTZM25ZEjvkMsPQSkMz4e_5ijxgOZpLh_wef4ge1uODERfAPQCoHxHwcM-_9VpX2x/w640-h272/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo%252C+near+Morning+Star+Mine-matches+Nevada+Smith-4062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same site on our recent visit<br /></b></span></div><br />I was able to get a nice matching shot for a sequence early in "Nevada Smith" that was filmed at the Morning Star Mine in Cerro Gordo. It's just one of the many stunning movie sites we hit.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaIKC46c4aMNzvtDmyX9cQjNvq8K0s1tiLqhRuK3TeYwRkpwORHYIOPTb_QrX-4lvH2wTy2IUvpyiRjoAU0Q0wVrFTDL6QZfIbeHEseUHcWHc5GFvyLHLsW7KHQXMfs4GTVkQ5swvU_h6/s800/Einstein+says+click.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="800" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaIKC46c4aMNzvtDmyX9cQjNvq8K0s1tiLqhRuK3TeYwRkpwORHYIOPTb_QrX-4lvH2wTy2IUvpyiRjoAU0Q0wVrFTDL6QZfIbeHEseUHcWHc5GFvyLHLsW7KHQXMfs4GTVkQ5swvU_h6/w400-h255/Einstein+says+click.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUyn0pMCKq-p-Q7Jt_v5mytUCvjZYReehKjaXkIDY1SSohwEw6LeazU2LtpNjlwn5ihIZUcYCWik-V3tUlyTtOIEkVIrj1pTOcZQgVXEZoLNnMx_w19U3W45bvxiHmMT3R1cqShucfCVN/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-opening+credits-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-matches+100921+site+visit.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUyn0pMCKq-p-Q7Jt_v5mytUCvjZYReehKjaXkIDY1SSohwEw6LeazU2LtpNjlwn5ihIZUcYCWik-V3tUlyTtOIEkVIrj1pTOcZQgVXEZoLNnMx_w19U3W45bvxiHmMT3R1cqShucfCVN/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-opening+credits-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-matches+100921+site+visit.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Will Penny" (1967): The Fish Slough area north of Bishop, Calif.<br /></b></span></div><br />Featured in the Charlton Heston movie "Will Penny," the Fish Slough area provided a number of unusual movie backdrops, along with the opportunity to try to take photos that come close to matching the film.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfjJkbJJGaaDSDho6PECH7aBf7lOfix39LJquH9gFzvybfII72tKG95UB2fad8OjiJ7pdULBXx3lD4nRe8JaqC8O3w7Kd85OB9JytEN1PAjz_LVMTELJlZChQMXFLk0xuHEEZwUCuzeOI/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-as+seen+in+Will+Penny+opening+credits-4234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2048" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfjJkbJJGaaDSDho6PECH7aBf7lOfix39LJquH9gFzvybfII72tKG95UB2fad8OjiJ7pdULBXx3lD4nRe8JaqC8O3w7Kd85OB9JytEN1PAjz_LVMTELJlZChQMXFLk0xuHEEZwUCuzeOI/w640-h332/2021+%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-as+seen+in+Will+Penny+opening+credits-4234.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same location as it appears in 2021 — not much has changed<br /></b></span></div><br />In most cases I don't capture the exact same angle or lighting seen in the movie, a process that takes more patience than I have. But I try to get close enough matches that you can at least tell it's the same spot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4S8hHdPHZvVWjr2zz-jQmmuI_zUGrGbTbdgZ9SVPhHpHQrmebfFpZMnH6hiY4-cO-todC2j3pddMQc9GEnUVTSKsCdAlS0TkJfznL6MDmszw5IH_nttrnFW9dOwcNIS4TLg-Rj_gzb78w/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-opening+credits-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-matches+100921+site+visit+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4S8hHdPHZvVWjr2zz-jQmmuI_zUGrGbTbdgZ9SVPhHpHQrmebfFpZMnH6hiY4-cO-todC2j3pddMQc9GEnUVTSKsCdAlS0TkJfznL6MDmszw5IH_nttrnFW9dOwcNIS4TLg-Rj_gzb78w/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-opening+credits-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-matches+100921+site+visit+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Will Penny": Snow-capped mountains frame the Fish Slough area<br /></b></span></div><br />Topped with snow for much of the year, the picturesque mountains of Northern California's Eastern Sierra region have long been a draw for filmmakers — especially around northern Inyo County and into Mono County.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXFeChuA5urNy64wdziGOwtBMAjCo5NWl9Xmlsmiolb60LU_umZhTLoYRBl6uoxQUA00di66B0Qp9mkQS9h37fOxF3k5AcnG8jh_BfLUJtdN1C1U_G0EjS9xTtAix-kcBqv730wkqjtBi/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-as+seen+in+Will+Penny+opening+credits-4239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXFeChuA5urNy64wdziGOwtBMAjCo5NWl9Xmlsmiolb60LU_umZhTLoYRBl6uoxQUA00di66B0Qp9mkQS9h37fOxF3k5AcnG8jh_BfLUJtdN1C1U_G0EjS9xTtAix-kcBqv730wkqjtBi/w640-h362/2021+%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-as+seen+in+Will+Penny+opening+credits-4239.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same range in October 2021: capped with snow, but not quite as much<br /></b></span></div><br />We had just enough snow on the hills during our visit to make it worth trying to match some of the snowy movie shots. Even so, I'm tempted to head back out later in the year after a little more snow has fallen.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh205A-b07TJmQVomPv3qVhw_0JFeFZG9Gcs-TLgJ3R6Rqv8cBCXobrzH3k5U7eAlxUGI-FaGwjTmg55hUCihPZkjDTi8ocEvEJusFDG_QlB75ZFcDkuAHNTiGWqa2H2GwH54ha-D_liHhD/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough-pile+of+rocks-matches+Will+Penny-4101.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh205A-b07TJmQVomPv3qVhw_0JFeFZG9Gcs-TLgJ3R6Rqv8cBCXobrzH3k5U7eAlxUGI-FaGwjTmg55hUCihPZkjDTi8ocEvEJusFDG_QlB75ZFcDkuAHNTiGWqa2H2GwH54ha-D_liHhD/w640-h360/2021+%2528100921%2529-Fish+Slough-pile+of+rocks-matches+Will+Penny-4101.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This pile of rocks is what passes for a parking spot at Fish Slough (2021)<br /></b></span></div><br />To shoot the "Will Penny" location we just pulled up to this big pile of rocks and parked.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoNzOduY8n7O9YtM_QnUp2RqTULl_zfgMEcs5wlc5Qv7IEFrSF0sZ0QmdlOtWJxc8oZpaE-gFINZTR7L_VYZFrRhXONbZclHEftb8m-M5qsTRcQ8yEnYiKa7eULm8a6iG0d-_bkbWTJZe/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-opening+credits-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-pile+of+rocks+w+horses-matches+100921+site+visit.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoNzOduY8n7O9YtM_QnUp2RqTULl_zfgMEcs5wlc5Qv7IEFrSF0sZ0QmdlOtWJxc8oZpaE-gFINZTR7L_VYZFrRhXONbZclHEftb8m-M5qsTRcQ8yEnYiKa7eULm8a6iG0d-_bkbWTJZe/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-opening+credits-Fish+Slough+area%252C+near+Bishop-pile+of+rocks+w+horses-matches+100921+site+visit.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Will Penny": Horses race across our parking lot<br /></b></span></div><br />The same pile of rocks can be found in the opening sequence to "Will Penny."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji05ONmOhaMSrm9hauQl3E1bB36j20sjpFEmyicpFcI7ndg7nwlIPHxz0lTiSnVRSgsEJbKiQwHTzRzzUUu_Ja-mfycXWWs4uR0BoSbmm3j3caxh2q2MN7CjXUgcBlSmbMwYLavYUasJnB/s2048/1968+%25281969%2529-True+Grit-Sherwin+Summit-matches+2021+site+visit.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji05ONmOhaMSrm9hauQl3E1bB36j20sjpFEmyicpFcI7ndg7nwlIPHxz0lTiSnVRSgsEJbKiQwHTzRzzUUu_Ja-mfycXWWs4uR0BoSbmm3j3caxh2q2MN7CjXUgcBlSmbMwYLavYUasJnB/w640-h344/1968+%25281969%2529-True+Grit-Sherwin+Summit-matches+2021+site+visit.png" width="640" /></a></div>"True Grit" (1969): John Wayne and Kim Darby ride in to Sherwin Summit<br /></b></span></div><br />The weather wouldn't cooperate the day we visited Sherwin Summit on the trail of "True Grit" locations — in fact it started snowing hard enough that we eventually had to give it up and head back to base camp.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLJaOYIUwmj8tWm47LSDY5ebCzB9HGgBHJGylkim1yu2NhtU_wL5eeasAjaRVMsJmaxGmHHQf9hXwEc7oespJ55ZsuJVmu61hkT9CDXImbxILk2fj0WWCwalLHIL8i1ALj3kgQdwe8ADT/s2048/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-Four+Trees-matches+True+Grit+finale-3936-C.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLJaOYIUwmj8tWm47LSDY5ebCzB9HGgBHJGylkim1yu2NhtU_wL5eeasAjaRVMsJmaxGmHHQf9hXwEc7oespJ55ZsuJVmu61hkT9CDXImbxILk2fj0WWCwalLHIL8i1ALj3kgQdwe8ADT/w640-h342/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-Four+Trees-matches+True+Grit+finale-3936-C.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Sherwin Summit in 2021: The same trees seen in "True Grit"<br /></b></span></div><br />But even with the background hills wiped out, we found filming locations for the classic John Wayne Western. The trees and other features seen here are a match for the movie shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrhJB4P0rOtCazAbDixXroubCeqknghKExbmIvMwqN7jS4MhAsu1IJ86ecf2C0hsfaWutVYmBEPFAePZvOt9WuGQdc5ve8N-LzasYM_T3Jtcn3kNOuj59E7BlDACcHS98f0J-0zl7Y0dU/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-Buttermilk+Valley-wide+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrhJB4P0rOtCazAbDixXroubCeqknghKExbmIvMwqN7jS4MhAsu1IJ86ecf2C0hsfaWutVYmBEPFAePZvOt9WuGQdc5ve8N-LzasYM_T3Jtcn3kNOuj59E7BlDACcHS98f0J-0zl7Y0dU/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-Buttermilk+Valley-wide+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Will Penny" (Paramount): The Buttermilk Valley, west of Bishop, Calif.</b></span><br /></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">One of the most productive stops on our itinerary was the Buttermilk Valley, where scenes were filmed for "Will Penny," "Nevada Smith," "The Law and Jake Wade" and other Westerns.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AWfAWkWPB4FJwjH0RwJkLoAKo4QPO2eqr26ASDbxws3aZ3THJxPPI-STA_Ev96jHMc7QLT_yhYi3gKq77U05lXNnTxDdPfslVa7zzC2yE1lNIs-s8R8E15M9SpDRB8AZXLNI9nuTnV0W/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Will+Penny+wide+shot-4363.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AWfAWkWPB4FJwjH0RwJkLoAKo4QPO2eqr26ASDbxws3aZ3THJxPPI-STA_Ev96jHMc7QLT_yhYi3gKq77U05lXNnTxDdPfslVa7zzC2yE1lNIs-s8R8E15M9SpDRB8AZXLNI9nuTnV0W/w640-h360/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Will+Penny+wide+shot-4363.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Buttermilk Valley in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot of the valley taken in October 2021 closely matches the "Will Penny" shot, with not only the background hills but also most of the rock formations on the valley floor pretty much lined up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzu4XkYCPJeEJtczjhwV-x54d5rlamttjO2-pOZnBakcTpm10VZFjIDaEBowI8ZPjOmCsp4xQJkq0APhgDm18YwqdUGHI2ErzRk3M5MivKvlYI0IJMkvMRr0hjOqUdzOAzckoKJ-HIdMF2/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-Buttermilk+Valley-ambush+site.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzu4XkYCPJeEJtczjhwV-x54d5rlamttjO2-pOZnBakcTpm10VZFjIDaEBowI8ZPjOmCsp4xQJkq0APhgDm18YwqdUGHI2ErzRk3M5MivKvlYI0IJMkvMRr0hjOqUdzOAzckoKJ-HIdMF2/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-Buttermilk+Valley-ambush+site.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Will Penny": Bruce Dern, center, menaces Charlton Heston<br /></b></span></div><br />In another Buttermilk Valley sequence, Charlton Heston's Will Penny — that's him in his long johns at the bottom of the frame — is tormented by a family led by brutal patriarch Donald Pleasence, right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEhj-7ZGjt1ZOcAFwVoTmy5k2bDBtS5rPNSLrZMbrwIAQYcETMQVe5600Jkocnq8s-m__ynhnhMrJP5KeVbMJOa8jUyd_bxT8ExmQU9u-X3YeWmFGS33mUYtoGcVzqke0ldIQvnAXgYjM/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Will+Penny+ambush+site-4344.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEhj-7ZGjt1ZOcAFwVoTmy5k2bDBtS5rPNSLrZMbrwIAQYcETMQVe5600Jkocnq8s-m__ynhnhMrJP5KeVbMJOa8jUyd_bxT8ExmQU9u-X3YeWmFGS33mUYtoGcVzqke0ldIQvnAXgYjM/w640-h424/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Will+Penny+ambush+site-4344.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This recent photo of the location reveals that the main rock has a distinctive "nose," which was hidden behind Bruce Dern's jacket in the "Will Penny" shot. But the site remains essentially unchanged.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHi0Jim2XRS0HPUq4cKGRdf6ib7LBIfoFGYtnuW4ytcGt5upgDAYAkE2J2pEEyEDxe37aQgLUE_6JrLWsN1rdZwcOZlbTV0nZJ37FinX-kWNORjmEuE8QQGbym6fFdUGPd4f_7hJljj0dc/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-Buttermilk+Valley-ambush+site+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHi0Jim2XRS0HPUq4cKGRdf6ib7LBIfoFGYtnuW4ytcGt5upgDAYAkE2J2pEEyEDxe37aQgLUE_6JrLWsN1rdZwcOZlbTV0nZJ37FinX-kWNORjmEuE8QQGbym6fFdUGPd4f_7hJljj0dc/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-Buttermilk+Valley-ambush+site+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Bruce Dern, right, and Gene Rutherford at the Will Penny beatdown<br /></b></span></div><br />Another shot from the same "Will Penny" sequence captures the nearby rocks in a different direction, along with what appears to be a lichen-covered section of the main rock, on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzVTspQD9cQD3EJi_B98SSdlpZfuyBgAP3bH1h_rvoG4O2doxW76Ftj-FA4yx1QWK7JNAzFL2g8ULOt9COQWubiy6cU8B0zPg94OMUReaM9jfI5CQ-z9qKmZT9GbK5QTa5LCiv4vrWSeP/s2582/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Will+Penny+ambush+site-4352.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="2582" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzVTspQD9cQD3EJi_B98SSdlpZfuyBgAP3bH1h_rvoG4O2doxW76Ftj-FA4yx1QWK7JNAzFL2g8ULOt9COQWubiy6cU8B0zPg94OMUReaM9jfI5CQ-z9qKmZT9GbK5QTa5LCiv4vrWSeP/w640-h302/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Will+Penny+ambush+site-4352.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>More than 50 years later, even the "lichens" are still hanging on<br /></b></span></div><br />Everything is just about the same in 2021, and if you look closely at the big rock on the right, you'll see that the patterns formed by the "lichens" (or whatever they are) are just about identical to how they looked in 1967.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiat3o8Iu8Tpcmb69WfIHGU5YYZ5zXYgWofb6wGWY-nXm_W5IK0iZeYMpboa-88CxF7BY6rCqMtIIZzeOAQlJDYYhFAVI7SU0X6JGVRQ9TS95COWQL8CtvDks0wfxy0dLdgcIwPDeY5snYw/s2048/3%252C000-year-old+lichen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiat3o8Iu8Tpcmb69WfIHGU5YYZ5zXYgWofb6wGWY-nXm_W5IK0iZeYMpboa-88CxF7BY6rCqMtIIZzeOAQlJDYYhFAVI7SU0X6JGVRQ9TS95COWQL8CtvDks0wfxy0dLdgcIwPDeY5snYw/w640-h470/3%252C000-year-old+lichen.png" width="640" /></a></div>Some lichens can live to be thousands of years old<br /></b></span></div><br />In case you're wondering whether it's even possible for lichens to survive that long — I know I was — we can all rest easy knowing that clinging to a rock for a half-century is barely the blink of an eye to a lichen.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XlByqxyC0DmMKiZRePZqfm1nO927YKAkhe-SsS5NgNdqTrNYruX55TdLv_povZFdv3bngV3RxaAqUMGZ92ArZjdvOApuDx5mA4oGFzjOP9avdNeFmCI6nAcB_oU8Nnry_o6grHzV0Xgu/s2728/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-4442-2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2728" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XlByqxyC0DmMKiZRePZqfm1nO927YKAkhe-SsS5NgNdqTrNYruX55TdLv_povZFdv3bngV3RxaAqUMGZ92ArZjdvOApuDx5mA4oGFzjOP9avdNeFmCI6nAcB_oU8Nnry_o6grHzV0Xgu/w640-h270/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-4442-2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Buttermilk Country panorama, 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />Elsewhere in the Buttermilk Valley — also known as Buttermilk Country — I took this panoramic shot of another rocky area with just a splash of snow on the distant hills.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX89X7QSpTshgjXdJ2_N1wKqOPF_2TnC6q3Ke7ySLQX51RAtW83vKfNwMIue2w5w3dCYFAtbrUFMdc7PIpeDIIozkKR2qpb5CHvxGdUy0SgEN30KYIF2ilGSdgHFz45Yjy9MgIA_rj5YVW/s2737/1957+%25281958%2529-The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+2021+site+visit.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2737" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX89X7QSpTshgjXdJ2_N1wKqOPF_2TnC6q3Ke7ySLQX51RAtW83vKfNwMIue2w5w3dCYFAtbrUFMdc7PIpeDIIozkKR2qpb5CHvxGdUy0SgEN30KYIF2ilGSdgHFz45Yjy9MgIA_rj5YVW/w640-h268/1957+%25281958%2529-The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+2021+site+visit.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Law and Jake Wade" (MGM): The same location in 1958<br /></b></span></div><br />The snowy backdrop was quite a bit more filled in when director John Sturges filmed the same spot for the Richard Widmark-Robert Taylor Western "The Law and Jake Wade."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvJUFpXSU-spk7rRRUH5bmjK-mO6alhOcPbAqRzf2IdLIQF5cw2CytCcH-ENWPNozxUB0Bb6_YzC32dJ0PqaUM30W8Kqy7RnAndMLzxeCqE72J5R-qiAQJ_ZvQvl33dW_zPzTh3l6paDN/s2733/1957+%25281958%2529-The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+2021+site+visit+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2733" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvJUFpXSU-spk7rRRUH5bmjK-mO6alhOcPbAqRzf2IdLIQF5cw2CytCcH-ENWPNozxUB0Bb6_YzC32dJ0PqaUM30W8Kqy7RnAndMLzxeCqE72J5R-qiAQJ_ZvQvl33dW_zPzTh3l6paDN/w640-h270/1957+%25281958%2529-The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+2021+site+visit+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Basin Mountain in "The Law and Jake Wade"<br /></b></span></div><br />The Buttermilk Valley provides endless combinations of striking filming angles. This shot from "The Law and Jake Wade" features the instantly recognizable Basin Mountain, one of the most prominent peaks in the region.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLlYQV4UObEXZ4l-VwHyUxFlipON1SpBiO4_PVidMz3Vxl8XEx1Nj9AtwdF4s8XDmQY-1hUuVaKE8mzUu7QrgM6EWk1SXM234lgCin9ui9apweCC0JY4m3ucXedMxHu6fwMiTD_tZKXnf/s2707/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-flat+ridge+w+rocks-matches+The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-4448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="2707" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLlYQV4UObEXZ4l-VwHyUxFlipON1SpBiO4_PVidMz3Vxl8XEx1Nj9AtwdF4s8XDmQY-1hUuVaKE8mzUu7QrgM6EWk1SXM234lgCin9ui9apweCC0JY4m3ucXedMxHu6fwMiTD_tZKXnf/w640-h274/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-flat+ridge+w+rocks-matches+The+Law+and+Jake+Wade-4448.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Basin Mountain takes center stage on our 2021 visit<br /></b></span></div><br />You can't miss Basin Mountain when you're in Buttermilk Country — you just have to look toward the west. I took this photo from close to the same spot where the movie shot was filmed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3DPnGCN84tXD4RYM9mHz9p7bAD9z2PUtysN36NA-XLOhNklqSOFvDhlK35E8qE8wkLgY6Vo7ZLXSldGB2DED6tk3uHVr2VaSirbCWGB25zhG63eqhSaKhr_ryLVs8cRKHWdsv8kBjx0U/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-burned+corral-Brian+Keith-matches+2021+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3DPnGCN84tXD4RYM9mHz9p7bAD9z2PUtysN36NA-XLOhNklqSOFvDhlK35E8qE8wkLgY6Vo7ZLXSldGB2DED6tk3uHVr2VaSirbCWGB25zhG63eqhSaKhr_ryLVs8cRKHWdsv8kBjx0U/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-burned+corral-Brian+Keith-matches+2021+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": Brian Keith near a burned corral in the Buttermilk Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />Another movie that made good use of Buttermilk Country was "Nevada Smith." Not far from where the last couple of shots were taken we find Brian Keith — "Family Affair's" Uncle Bill — in his cowboy duds.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pkv2jekoUNDgamskB92Xf6fS7mbrKiWtjKTQp01aV2NgV3yA8mRky9CuvkVraRldkFwARBuXaO6_1LcqzKZdmumJPgtzhsnq9fDzoyqr6Zoo503z-5mRFn2w5C6fY1YSL-efqYH2e2nN/s2717/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Nevada+Smith+shot+w+Brian+Keith-4481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2717" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pkv2jekoUNDgamskB92Xf6fS7mbrKiWtjKTQp01aV2NgV3yA8mRky9CuvkVraRldkFwARBuXaO6_1LcqzKZdmumJPgtzhsnq9fDzoyqr6Zoo503z-5mRFn2w5C6fY1YSL-efqYH2e2nN/w640-h272/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Nevada+Smith+shot+w+Brian+Keith-4481.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />The place looks pretty much the same today. Pieces of that burned corral are still there too, even though they don't pop out from the brush the way they once did.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKMn4GrOBZmA4e3QLolA9fJVT72t6mgW0NOtvo2YIc53Jde63a3vjuD_XTxs63DhmPWbPK_aa8D0KQE7vjZ0w6L4SNuLm8-vWBe1-PDts35KSqlExs_qoWK0XWzETIM5r-vS2mvGG7gFq/s2717/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Nevada+Smith+shot+w+Brian+Keith-4481-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2717" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKMn4GrOBZmA4e3QLolA9fJVT72t6mgW0NOtvo2YIc53Jde63a3vjuD_XTxs63DhmPWbPK_aa8D0KQE7vjZ0w6L4SNuLm8-vWBe1-PDts35KSqlExs_qoWK0XWzETIM5r-vS2mvGG7gFq/w640-h272/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-matches+Nevada+Smith+shot+w+Brian+Keith-4481-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Some of the burned corral has survived<br /></b></span></div><br />You might just be able to make out a little bit of the "surviving" burned corral fencing in the shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Uune5SN4DtPCVb_vpLogyeqIah-wfWy0XNQffxIMDiabfGRm2U3FGeeEZWyAk2M50vD4Wdyl9jqrWWt__EHIFy1BQB88PSlepUpDRaMnNQ1YHkrWWUWThVcYIrxoMFN4MmT06ketw5WS/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-surviving+corral+posts+seen+in+Nevada+Smith-4487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Uune5SN4DtPCVb_vpLogyeqIah-wfWy0XNQffxIMDiabfGRm2U3FGeeEZWyAk2M50vD4Wdyl9jqrWWt__EHIFy1BQB88PSlepUpDRaMnNQ1YHkrWWUWThVcYIrxoMFN4MmT06ketw5WS/w640-h452/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-surviving+corral+posts+seen+in+Nevada+Smith-4487.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The scenic backdrop of the Eastern Sierra hides historic movie artifacts<br /></b></span></div><br />There's more of that old movie fencing to be found at the site than first meets the eye, but the location is near a creek and these historic artifacts have been largely overrun by the area's thriving plant life.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRoRHczCmOPjXgeNOXlt9NCvs9kp2ABvDk_WF56eAuvgOk5X_AxjFGg0A3BhQP8NiQ6pMCIl9vmd3PHDIX9JWfhQMoIv9sCW8r9poCIiE4zXGGNnmmNm_fdbKCgfYAQ_TiV8iDZZXTc75/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-surviving+corral+posts+seen+in+Nevada+Smith-4487-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRoRHczCmOPjXgeNOXlt9NCvs9kp2ABvDk_WF56eAuvgOk5X_AxjFGg0A3BhQP8NiQ6pMCIl9vmd3PHDIX9JWfhQMoIv9sCW8r9poCIiE4zXGGNnmmNm_fdbKCgfYAQ_TiV8iDZZXTc75/w640-h452/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-surviving+corral+posts+seen+in+Nevada+Smith-4487-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>More burned movie posts — almost swallowed up by the foliage<br /></b></span></div><br />These are just a few of the remnants still in place from what was presumably once an actual corral. I imagine that if we could remove the brush we might find something close to the burned corral seen in the Brian Keith shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis__mtxbqGGZxt2TYrGHd_qv1tf7WVCbNgtV59Z_glCA4tlhyphenhyphenOMBH8u_kjktggjDBqM3ijBmxRNFlp0gca0JK5ro_qiG1wudOJU_d79K6VC4Hp50wW7MHCV8R_0OZJVT41eC2473x7cgRT/s2730/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump-matches+Nevada+Smith+1-4437.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2730" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis__mtxbqGGZxt2TYrGHd_qv1tf7WVCbNgtV59Z_glCA4tlhyphenhyphenOMBH8u_kjktggjDBqM3ijBmxRNFlp0gca0JK5ro_qiG1wudOJU_d79K6VC4Hp50wW7MHCV8R_0OZJVT41eC2473x7cgRT/w640-h270/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump-matches+Nevada+Smith+1-4437.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Buttermilk Valley, 2021: A pile of rocks with movie potential<br /></b></span></div><br />As we criss-crossed Buttermilk Country, we continued to find locations used by director Henry Hathaway in "Nevada Smith." Hathaway was extremely knowledgeable about the lay of the land in the Eastern Sierra.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6C68U7eK-ZyqhDrGpaG-vo2nOYDAxIL2_ZcbBlWstTbhW6AzAf9isi-entK18gX-jRW7b0dsJ6T265JNkZHF2QabwRGmZxD-Bgdq7NPTKBpsivuXJNaaL4rXjQoh9ZADO4WNKuXsrvE9/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6C68U7eK-ZyqhDrGpaG-vo2nOYDAxIL2_ZcbBlWstTbhW6AzAf9isi-entK18gX-jRW7b0dsJ6T265JNkZHF2QabwRGmZxD-Bgdq7NPTKBpsivuXJNaaL4rXjQoh9ZADO4WNKuXsrvE9/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": Steve McQueen practices his gunplay under the tutelage of Brian Keith<br /></b></span></div><br />We found angle after angle that Hathaway had filmed for "Nevada Smith."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhKh-t8qC95GByj3VfW2atslnUBvC2CB5fDlYaQVb_H9oGcnLj-owOPW5sOQoORG2gorUfCL8cG1px_sJ_5JIPu8JY1H1SOnYDFCC8y5zMrfWjex77Sc7Kiueo7Le_CYpggNd_D_e2fe4/s2640/1965+91966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2640" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhKh-t8qC95GByj3VfW2atslnUBvC2CB5fDlYaQVb_H9oGcnLj-owOPW5sOQoORG2gorUfCL8cG1px_sJ_5JIPu8JY1H1SOnYDFCC8y5zMrfWjex77Sc7Kiueo7Le_CYpggNd_D_e2fe4/w640-h288/1965+91966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith"<br /></b></span></div><br />In a wider shot from the same sequence, we see more of the Sierra Nevada in the background, along with the familiar rockpile in the center of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zj380dJbPVR1FTAkT0jHfBvzF0h17iHVMNV0RzG3WENkbrg5F3YlG6PM8NbRAqib4SMEqKMDt9K72qz18fkGhHBUAymOS84fLmJaWAo-P4S8VprJBRNMS6hvbqigeIM0i7MActOVzGOH/s2628/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump-matches+Nevada+Smith+2-4436.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="2628" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zj380dJbPVR1FTAkT0jHfBvzF0h17iHVMNV0RzG3WENkbrg5F3YlG6PM8NbRAqib4SMEqKMDt9K72qz18fkGhHBUAymOS84fLmJaWAo-P4S8VprJBRNMS6hvbqigeIM0i7MActOVzGOH/w640-h292/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump-matches+Nevada+Smith+2-4436.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A rough approximation of the shot in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This was a hard shot to line up on the fly, but I settled for a photo that's in the ballpark. You may notice a rock at bottom right that doesn't belong there, which is just a matter of the angle being a little off.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmwSi-ayrediqebY7YBzSC1Z-zz_jJhgs-qAse0UsKRdg0Pz3aRlKvVTnS2AdN7dlUdnOM78FA_-cLecvjP6PyFdDX5HBjWWJ7H5vPU2XLWU1nuCPaataVeQiuw9w4sLg__XKlVwp5RI8/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump-front.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmwSi-ayrediqebY7YBzSC1Z-zz_jJhgs-qAse0UsKRdg0Pz3aRlKvVTnS2AdN7dlUdnOM78FA_-cLecvjP6PyFdDX5HBjWWJ7H5vPU2XLWU1nuCPaataVeQiuw9w4sLg__XKlVwp5RI8/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Buttermilk+Valley-rock+clump-front.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": The same rocks from the other side<br /></b></span></div><br />Henry Hathaway also shot that same rockpile from the opposite side. It looks different enough from this side that you might not know they're the same rocks — and if I'm not mistaken, they "play" different rocks in the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnmmhI2zpk5dvWrQHftYDkVP4NfeI3C_iGor64gq2y48MxTPo7oTWrqTSWDMslPsYtgEcS3Ts9UUQwZbfV83LI80MFDFKXxY9w4-5tXXshWkXxuD3F24b5GwQTTPHZ2E8-nT038HCJf-w/s2719/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-Nevada+Smith+rock+clump-front-4416.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2719" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnmmhI2zpk5dvWrQHftYDkVP4NfeI3C_iGor64gq2y48MxTPo7oTWrqTSWDMslPsYtgEcS3Ts9UUQwZbfV83LI80MFDFKXxY9w4-5tXXshWkXxuD3F24b5GwQTTPHZ2E8-nT038HCJf-w/w640-h272/2021+%2528100921%2529-Buttermilk+Valley-Nevada+Smith+rock+clump-front-4416.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The rocks from about the same angle today<br /></b></span></div><br />Once again, this isn't exactly a matching shot, but it gives some idea what the rocks look like from this side in 2021 — which is basically just how they looked in the '60s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XWa1NKZLKSxGfsY5lGQyey1-Wr3Yz0yYlgA47aTDpWv8paLpQEjWpsYvk38X6yRenyvdl6AzFtPPEJV3isyKemr2k2PR2y9eji5DI8Ll34h34A2H-X8HHouwQlxW5kyqwuUR4_1tFSwJ/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Chalfant+Loop+Road-matches+Will+Penny-4324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="2048" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XWa1NKZLKSxGfsY5lGQyey1-Wr3Yz0yYlgA47aTDpWv8paLpQEjWpsYvk38X6yRenyvdl6AzFtPPEJV3isyKemr2k2PR2y9eji5DI8Ll34h34A2H-X8HHouwQlxW5kyqwuUR4_1tFSwJ/w640-h366/2021+%2528100921%2529-Chalfant+Loop+Road-matches+Will+Penny-4324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Looking east from Chalfant Loop Road in southern Mono County<br /></b></span></div><br />Moving on from Buttermilk Country, here's a shot I took of the hills looking east from Chalfant Loop Road, north of Bishop, Calif. It doesn't look like much, but it turned out to be a match for a movie shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jqj_pDcROHqTW_2yRMISKaCuQrORZdGNn19CcDADp1RSOUVvl_zrYgQPg8sRvH4STPeBoWHU3sSmfwN9tLz-i4CO7KkZ0sWr-baiXjuJZubIJoI_a9_dcDgvQB1dc9QoSH8wKcdTnjeD/s2048/1967-Will+Penny-Chalfant+Loop+Road-matches+site+visit+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jqj_pDcROHqTW_2yRMISKaCuQrORZdGNn19CcDADp1RSOUVvl_zrYgQPg8sRvH4STPeBoWHU3sSmfwN9tLz-i4CO7KkZ0sWr-baiXjuJZubIJoI_a9_dcDgvQB1dc9QoSH8wKcdTnjeD/w640-h360/1967-Will+Penny-Chalfant+Loop+Road-matches+site+visit+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Will Penny: The same hills in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />The same hills turn up during a scene in "Will Penny" featuring Joan Hackett and Anthony Zerbe.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cydmDgGEfbiEYSn3vfVrzGqClQ3nj9j8l3W7cN9LIMMmLedsyvQ254NCkbYD3-7Znjh4Kugyiws0E6psh6hSZUhQOlNz4j5CBTaeb80dE3ozaSnd0pYOZlulr2C8HodNz4x_srS-cfNs/s1600/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-PS-Convict+Lake+%2528%25E2%2588%259A%2529-Steve+McQueen-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cydmDgGEfbiEYSn3vfVrzGqClQ3nj9j8l3W7cN9LIMMmLedsyvQ254NCkbYD3-7Znjh4Kugyiws0E6psh6hSZUhQOlNz4j5CBTaeb80dE3ozaSnd0pYOZlulr2C8HodNz4x_srS-cfNs/w640-h432/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-PS-Convict+Lake+%2528%25E2%2588%259A%2529-Steve+McQueen-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Steve McQueen at Convict Lake in a promo still for "Nevada Smith"<br /></b></span></div><br />We made our way out to Convict Lake, southeast of Mammoth in Mono County, to look into some additional sites for "Nevada Smith," and happened upon the location where this promo still was taken.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7pzMc1DZKONKBu1PYtu83oDT-Bp-k-NOMNKpolppCori57JeImB9gY1_HhKbdsF9ISJDoOp6MNNr4KEuU32uUqTE-ckbYw-bqKo3hEi-lHc-gi5qHtjB6X1ZRJNk4JCC-Qofzj6XKSGP/s1932/2021+%2528100821%2529-Convict+Lake-matches+Nevada+Smith-Steve+McQueen+promo+still-3859.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1932" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7pzMc1DZKONKBu1PYtu83oDT-Bp-k-NOMNKpolppCori57JeImB9gY1_HhKbdsF9ISJDoOp6MNNr4KEuU32uUqTE-ckbYw-bqKo3hEi-lHc-gi5qHtjB6X1ZRJNk4JCC-Qofzj6XKSGP/w640-h442/2021+%2528100821%2529-Convict+Lake-matches+Nevada+Smith-Steve+McQueen+promo+still-3859.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Convict Lake in October 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This is about where McQueen posed for the promo still. Of course, the photo isn't nearly as interesting without Steve in it — especially on an overcast day with no reflection of the background hills.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlVWb8he9yvC7x6dBhrE2f9I09arL-Vz58E_qLtC7FCpskdT4KfXyEcuzeunnPDZpNhJ_2JPpQpFrNxDykLe-yNQER8G7nUwqXGM7B6MT6GiYM9Xylpg_nF2BX-uPkd8EFm7TVw0nbwP8/s2712/2021+%2528100821%2529-Convict+Lake-campsite+and+lake-3866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="2712" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlVWb8he9yvC7x6dBhrE2f9I09arL-Vz58E_qLtC7FCpskdT4KfXyEcuzeunnPDZpNhJ_2JPpQpFrNxDykLe-yNQER8G7nUwqXGM7B6MT6GiYM9Xylpg_nF2BX-uPkd8EFm7TVw0nbwP8/w640-h274/2021+%2528100821%2529-Convict+Lake-campsite+and+lake-3866.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Convict Lake (2021): The Steve McQueen-Brian Keith campsite<br /></b></span></div><br />A little deeper into the wooded area along the shore of Convict Lake, we found the location where Steve McQueen and Brian Keith's characters made camp in the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65lyRFQqJs0-8MTOMgPNK2WVK6oeI-MJuBfZLnwcJoFHw3Yl6ctkhTJPxxyVXktyzLbHqACWk0njXo2vqahUbsyyEh3a5z66bhj9COTmF7IwPRul9KZ2i5pOSQ7rgEX2xZOpZzd8aPQOA/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Convict+Lake-campsite+and+lake.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65lyRFQqJs0-8MTOMgPNK2WVK6oeI-MJuBfZLnwcJoFHw3Yl6ctkhTJPxxyVXktyzLbHqACWk0njXo2vqahUbsyyEh3a5z66bhj9COTmF7IwPRul9KZ2i5pOSQ7rgEX2xZOpZzd8aPQOA/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Convict+Lake-campsite+and+lake.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": Brian and Steve make camp<br /></b></span></div><br />It's a challenge to line up the trees in the campsite area, but the hill at top right, with a number of distinctive nooks and crannies, is a great marker. The distant trees near the center of the shot line up well too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMMISo6yIUX4I2VGQ08TfuMctMEsl41-o4h594g_fzAaTRvmudEsZ4sQIRcrmLE_SDTM01BvaIZ8ABilqaMXWun8VWy-0s5EZo4CmOY4qehIYwskUkSOSWPE9t1CxNp2Tw0bPLJko71E8/s1600/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Convict+Lake-card+game-Steve+McQueen%252C+Brian+Keith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMMISo6yIUX4I2VGQ08TfuMctMEsl41-o4h594g_fzAaTRvmudEsZ4sQIRcrmLE_SDTM01BvaIZ8ABilqaMXWun8VWy-0s5EZo4CmOY4qehIYwskUkSOSWPE9t1CxNp2Tw0bPLJko71E8/w640-h360/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Convict+Lake-card+game-Steve+McQueen%252C+Brian+Keith.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": The boys settle in for whiskey and cards<br /></b></span></div><br />This is another hard shot to line up. I thought I had it when we were at the site, but by the time I got a chance to sort through the photos, I wasn't sure which tree was which. After a while they all start looking the same.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx6H7b89m0sRGEhKuQsVPQtEfrCX4Q84itl4B9dglSbgRJB2rBM1Iu8gE_L1zRbxum4d59Pswzqm7m3U1HwaKTOcFoFQExobUIc40_vH4Crq_ekNId6944mk_SWpTF-b7SRrTt9F1VOU7/s2048/2021+%2528100821%2529-Convict+Lake-campsite+card+game+location-3858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx6H7b89m0sRGEhKuQsVPQtEfrCX4Q84itl4B9dglSbgRJB2rBM1Iu8gE_L1zRbxum4d59Pswzqm7m3U1HwaKTOcFoFQExobUIc40_vH4Crq_ekNId6944mk_SWpTF-b7SRrTt9F1VOU7/w640-h360/2021+%2528100821%2529-Convict+Lake-campsite+card+game+location-3858.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The location of the card game (Convict Lake, 2021)<br /></b></span></div><br />This is the general area where the card game took place, but again, I can't quite give a tree-by-tree rundown. At least this gives me an excuse to go back to this beautiful spot — and I'll pay better attention next time.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRje5jSsYNkN2D5GCWhIVFuxbf7YjBjLkIp7ewe3jNcViSj8D0ZOQ_-NvY4SfNWnMOouRCF3O51f8L8_vb5iyoooTqdqIR143Rc1A9XLefLLZow32oMBeOHfZlaHkj7YOHPOxdEtSMFFx/s1600/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Convict+Lake-card+game-Steve+McQueen%252C+Brian+Keith-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRje5jSsYNkN2D5GCWhIVFuxbf7YjBjLkIp7ewe3jNcViSj8D0ZOQ_-NvY4SfNWnMOouRCF3O51f8L8_vb5iyoooTqdqIR143Rc1A9XLefLLZow32oMBeOHfZlaHkj7YOHPOxdEtSMFFx/w640-h360/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Convict+Lake-card+game-Steve+McQueen%252C+Brian+Keith-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>With all those trees around, they still had to bring in a "ringer"<br /></b></span></div><br />One thing I'm sure about is that this is a fake tree. I mean, maybe it's a real tree, but it was brought in as a prop for the movie shoot. You can see it doesn't match the others, and there's no sign of it there today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1dI2N-nLIGx9jrCdSWEeoGCD6g9G-gTZLmt1iWf4FbPHvAHnTT9Ky-wj_fYD3E4C7Y1Thuteu32yQTLh5K7k5D8F-EqAxiaaGtpCNahGORBWVEqGJvAEljseIexfb9ZPjQNa6wU3W9AJ/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Hot+Creek-spot+where+roads+split-climactic+ambush-matches+2021+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1dI2N-nLIGx9jrCdSWEeoGCD6g9G-gTZLmt1iWf4FbPHvAHnTT9Ky-wj_fYD3E4C7Y1Thuteu32yQTLh5K7k5D8F-EqAxiaaGtpCNahGORBWVEqGJvAEljseIexfb9ZPjQNa6wU3W9AJ/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Hot+Creek-spot+where+roads+split-climactic+ambush-matches+2021+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>Climactic gun battle in "Nevada Smith," filmed at Hot Creek<br /></b></span></div><br />For the big finale of "Nevada Smith," director Henry Hathaway brought the production to another wooded area, Hot Creek, a few miles north of Convict Lake.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiciqCHw6vKgsjdrlTQbf33mxr9pyilRsTnOoBA4FBfAmzrkiBMH37xNABFWBEteVHj7SBrHZRuyFOTcSxJ-Q8KrXV_o7fWSJvnJZOVBv2Wnkcx_z-JP-0j1RAyTCKmhr_2jfJtUYrbc2n/s2541/2021+%2528100821%2529-Hot+Creek-spot+where+roads+split-matches+Nevada+Smith-climactic+gun+battle-3890-2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="2541" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiciqCHw6vKgsjdrlTQbf33mxr9pyilRsTnOoBA4FBfAmzrkiBMH37xNABFWBEteVHj7SBrHZRuyFOTcSxJ-Q8KrXV_o7fWSJvnJZOVBv2Wnkcx_z-JP-0j1RAyTCKmhr_2jfJtUYrbc2n/w640-h312/2021+%2528100821%2529-Hot+Creek-spot+where+roads+split-matches+Nevada+Smith-climactic+gun+battle-3890-2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Hot Creek in 2021: Site of the "Nevada Smith" gun battle<br /></b></span></div><br />The place hasn't changed much. You can still see where the two old dirt roads diverge, at top right, even though the roads have been "rubbered up" by off-roaders in the years since "Nevada Smith" filmed here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN64pneTMNWdxXK3z-eg3ZrPswKXrZ9c3Bckt3YGwIoMbr0Ol0w9LzWNv0giOhgVdagGQj7HhWno4m9BAScz_MO8Ca3djhrMP1lPYCtJgnR57P17sSabWBEoTkvk1MIXmhXQJsMiIUq3AX/s2525/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Olancha+Dunes-c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2525" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN64pneTMNWdxXK3z-eg3ZrPswKXrZ9c3Bckt3YGwIoMbr0Ol0w9LzWNv0giOhgVdagGQj7HhWno4m9BAScz_MO8Ca3djhrMP1lPYCtJgnR57P17sSabWBEoTkvk1MIXmhXQJsMiIUq3AX/w640-h316/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Olancha+Dunes-c.png" width="640" /></a></div>Steve McQueen at Olancha Dunes in "Nevada Smith"<br /></b></span></div><br />Dunes can be a major challenge for movie location research, as the terrain shifts whenever the wind blows — and it blows a lot over the span of 50+ years. But this is where Eddie's 4Runner earns its keep. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GD0iEWCtNv8PxEOHs5o6zmaw3triKHvsQCnoARQ-QMWpnj1nk51EXGTjk4ye0JmiWqxikfiT13iJoTmtNfhjt7VPuZBhoUXFnv3X5ldOxyMcWlVoH0ceuDh2-kSd6EomZmfQLig7npdo/s1831/2021+%2528100721%2529-Olancha+Dunes-matches+Nevada+Smith-3818-c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1831" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GD0iEWCtNv8PxEOHs5o6zmaw3triKHvsQCnoARQ-QMWpnj1nk51EXGTjk4ye0JmiWqxikfiT13iJoTmtNfhjt7VPuZBhoUXFnv3X5ldOxyMcWlVoH0ceuDh2-kSd6EomZmfQLig7npdo/w640-h318/2021+%2528100721%2529-Olancha+Dunes-matches+Nevada+Smith-3818-c.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Olancha Dunes in 2021 — the hills still match even as the sand keeps shifting<br /></b></span></div><br />Thanks to the truck's sand-mashing capability, we made our way out to a spot where we could match up the background hills on the left even if the dune has reinvented itself countless times since McQueen rode here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskhkadYE-D21sBLhIYSpxwbsRr4XfUm2BtxxU-I1Rmfu-PtOY_DJY2hw1nx2cV4m5QxX4vePo17ApfIQJsZwzOU8RM_HfMKWRgCmneOK_JfD1vr0A-opYHZyAOourOAd6s9VCV6k_gHKA/s2048/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-4Runner+and+jagged+rock+seen+in+True+Grit-3938.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskhkadYE-D21sBLhIYSpxwbsRr4XfUm2BtxxU-I1Rmfu-PtOY_DJY2hw1nx2cV4m5QxX4vePo17ApfIQJsZwzOU8RM_HfMKWRgCmneOK_JfD1vr0A-opYHZyAOourOAd6s9VCV6k_gHKA/w640-h414/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-4Runner+and+jagged+rock+seen+in+True+Grit-3938.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Eddie Henn's latest 4Runner at Sherwin Summit — another terrific filming location<br /></b></span></div><br />Eddie's current 4Runner is closing in on 400,000 miles — and wow, has it been to some great movie locations!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpT6YI6OvMhHVVltXfdKHhjW3ds0LT-Li8X-0oGoHaHnbMMDzILY-nqY8rN7VHbZ0m3kT311Yc6apPYKaEZCig6wXA2gHMazbspFXJ7Zfy5nYrhhMViy5Y6zXVM-21VkrwwiRQ51I2Jay/s2048/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-4Runner+and+jagged+rock+seen+in+True+Grit-3938-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpT6YI6OvMhHVVltXfdKHhjW3ds0LT-Li8X-0oGoHaHnbMMDzILY-nqY8rN7VHbZ0m3kT311Yc6apPYKaEZCig6wXA2gHMazbspFXJ7Zfy5nYrhhMViy5Y6zXVM-21VkrwwiRQ51I2Jay/w640-h414/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-4Runner+and+jagged+rock+seen+in+True+Grit-3938-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Not just any rock<br /></b></span></div><br />And this is one of them. You may have already spotted the jagged rock in the photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ThW_e5kksmXJXwfxP6l1PfpU7cTttSel3buU6SVLNjfyTIfBaHrX967MOYknGMwFF4nshsxncRPNQpDA_xdZztju7sU8j9KlBdFlENyStPNbWjA0efxa4ckvd-NGq6TtHC94Zcb3v4T5/s2048/1968+%25281969%2529-True+Grit-Sherwin+Summit-John+Wayne+and+Kim+Darby+at+the+jagged+rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ThW_e5kksmXJXwfxP6l1PfpU7cTttSel3buU6SVLNjfyTIfBaHrX967MOYknGMwFF4nshsxncRPNQpDA_xdZztju7sU8j9KlBdFlENyStPNbWjA0efxa4ckvd-NGq6TtHC94Zcb3v4T5/w640-h344/1968+%25281969%2529-True+Grit-Sherwin+Summit-John+Wayne+and+Kim+Darby+at+the+jagged+rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"True Grit": The same jagged rock, behind John Wayne</b></span></div><br />The same rock turns up in "True Grit" as John Wayne tends to a snake-bit Kim Darby. "Nevada Smith" director Henry Hathaway also directed "True Grit," and again makes great use of California's Eastern Sierra.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNCg4Awlz9xS5wW9mqZXyYu9E74cq5Disci_5sA-wFIPggn2YTzlyhs_Lr2-Wgjz5qcMrI3UqHCMTcYWX3Ya2trx0vJEA7X5OOxSPgd-N8mcDBays1vgqmudMyftTTP3pnde_uqZFjDJ2/s2048/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-jagged+rock+seen+in+True+Grit-3939.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNCg4Awlz9xS5wW9mqZXyYu9E74cq5Disci_5sA-wFIPggn2YTzlyhs_Lr2-Wgjz5qcMrI3UqHCMTcYWX3Ya2trx0vJEA7X5OOxSPgd-N8mcDBays1vgqmudMyftTTP3pnde_uqZFjDJ2/w640-h428/2021+%2528100821%2529-Sherwin+Summit-jagged+rock+seen+in+True+Grit-3939.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A movie rock amid the gathered pine cones (2021)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a closer look at the rock from our Sherwin Summit stop — and no, I didn't artfully arrange the pine cones. They had already gone ahead and flung themselves into impressive piles.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iGd4BClvhC6SyLXmB1KIXk6s8qnSGBl7JmX99XMVGl8MyTlqklDVM1YXGVEKGF7QwmHUILfAPLLCydkI85PyS35j96zQnUUQ-y8ORg-LlmGCyGf2rN9eEE5znu0F_54GrfOJYCnBorS-/s2048/1968+%25281969%2529-True+Grit-Sherwin+Summit-John+Wayne+carries+Kim+Darby+near+the+jagged+rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iGd4BClvhC6SyLXmB1KIXk6s8qnSGBl7JmX99XMVGl8MyTlqklDVM1YXGVEKGF7QwmHUILfAPLLCydkI85PyS35j96zQnUUQ-y8ORg-LlmGCyGf2rN9eEE5znu0F_54GrfOJYCnBorS-/w640-h344/1968+%25281969%2529-True+Grit-Sherwin+Summit-John+Wayne+carries+Kim+Darby+near+the+jagged+rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Farewell to Sherwin Summit and the jagged rock<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock continues to be a presence as the Duke carries off Kim Darby to get her to the doctor.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfrlFfJa1vd5apf61ZVtVVPYEk2gUh_uTHazOXE84TJTtyY01GXHgIreC3zO_PwtjvV4vEas1lOQln-6NCzLHSIbDWnoHw43Kyd12m_m_6ZlIvmZ6f_ceaSlEJnbPmISHMkLb-epINU4O/s700/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-behind+the+scenes-Steve+McQueen%252C+Henry+Hathaway-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfrlFfJa1vd5apf61ZVtVVPYEk2gUh_uTHazOXE84TJTtyY01GXHgIreC3zO_PwtjvV4vEas1lOQln-6NCzLHSIbDWnoHw43Kyd12m_m_6ZlIvmZ6f_ceaSlEJnbPmISHMkLb-epINU4O/w478-h640/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-behind+the+scenes-Steve+McQueen%252C+Henry+Hathaway-IMDb.jpg" width="478" /></a></div>Steve </b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>McQueen and director Henry Hathaway</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>on the set of "Nevada Smith" at Morning Star Mine <br /></b></span></div><br />Back at the Morning Star Mine, it's worth another look at the events that launch the saga of Nevada Smith. The house seen in this behind-the-scenes photo plays a pivotal role in the film's plot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhUNHyBCCcHF9vyponfWT7sXZgLUslwKUGh2rUKWLuKts-IpN0mOhhwGTtyKobNBYh9Jf-SM5WukC7gCVIn5Jo_BYjIPbPSR6q6_VcyTNjSQ28SL8804vCnKKLVXRmit-b5E2pdJ0Bvai/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-wide+shot+of+house.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhUNHyBCCcHF9vyponfWT7sXZgLUslwKUGh2rUKWLuKts-IpN0mOhhwGTtyKobNBYh9Jf-SM5WukC7gCVIn5Jo_BYjIPbPSR6q6_VcyTNjSQ28SL8804vCnKKLVXRmit-b5E2pdJ0Bvai/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-wide+shot+of+house.png" width="640" /></a></div>Nevada Smith's parents' house, built at the Morning Star Mine<br /></b></span></div><br />The character's parents, who live in this house, are running a mining operation when they become the victims of foul play. The set for the house was built on a plateau just outside the Morning Star Mine.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiMU9R-12sWFaAWtJ3Cuz94FU3wUns1CDGAqMgQ7OhZ1388GvyLhkAWZXM8fJe0qn53G51L8vseD_qzkcU1so5lcnXD0MT21sttQUZv8zrr69OUvJA2yigF-s8bbD2nvmkP8EI3WNhhbj/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-house+burning.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiMU9R-12sWFaAWtJ3Cuz94FU3wUns1CDGAqMgQ7OhZ1388GvyLhkAWZXM8fJe0qn53G51L8vseD_qzkcU1so5lcnXD0MT21sttQUZv8zrr69OUvJA2yigF-s8bbD2nvmkP8EI3WNhhbj/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-house+burning.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": The house becomes a funeral pyre<br /></b></span></div><br />After tragedy befalls the family, McQueen's character — then known as Max Sand — burns the house.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5l7uYnGN0uP7vJbT_cDe4kzGizojP8khzPkgyA99WyZrp0Vtn010_Hiff_zho60dCnRKqAYT9yYcsX6zTOauFjsLSxURfvJAvs4UxrRMZZapPhC6PA0LN3rfr4hCG9UPJuVshp9Qa4cX/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-house+burning-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5l7uYnGN0uP7vJbT_cDe4kzGizojP8khzPkgyA99WyZrp0Vtn010_Hiff_zho60dCnRKqAYT9yYcsX6zTOauFjsLSxURfvJAvs4UxrRMZZapPhC6PA0LN3rfr4hCG9UPJuVshp9Qa4cX/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine-house+burning-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A distinctive rock formation marks the spot<br /></b></span></div><br />Notice the ragged rock formation at the right of the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaEL9sCD0NYCVGwdz5NDbQ0Ixrz-UJryoUYJET1GMxKL2Jb2EMyJH1GQDzsO35rwL40RQqOjMIj32zSMqbWPfg6cUrBwvftu4L-KNOPI4qDmaEOmWm2VPURrSZnK6GXxJxdyt_w4xkKYM/s2733/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-site+of+house+looking+out-4027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2733" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaEL9sCD0NYCVGwdz5NDbQ0Ixrz-UJryoUYJET1GMxKL2Jb2EMyJH1GQDzsO35rwL40RQqOjMIj32zSMqbWPfg6cUrBwvftu4L-KNOPI4qDmaEOmWm2VPURrSZnK6GXxJxdyt_w4xkKYM/w640-h270/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-site+of+house+looking+out-4027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock formation and plateau in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />I was able to capture the same rock formation on our recent visit to the mine location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_289QY1LrZ1lBSQCYmyZCvX9VvOxpqQoWuFOilPKIiME4qzHC-puXffxP05akJJz4AEMWWzFWqz_wCeRr3rtrA7cN0vGdGjUYF0tmykPVgNuzXyelF0Tgd-3BC3uV_0aEpMgDgzI-s3g/s2733/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-site+of+house+looking+out-4027-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2733" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_289QY1LrZ1lBSQCYmyZCvX9VvOxpqQoWuFOilPKIiME4qzHC-puXffxP05akJJz4AEMWWzFWqz_wCeRr3rtrA7cN0vGdGjUYF0tmykPVgNuzXyelF0Tgd-3BC3uV_0aEpMgDgzI-s3g/w640-h270/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-site+of+house+looking+out-4027-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Movie artifacts remain at the site<br /></b></span></div><br />The recent photo also reveals that remnants of the burned house can still be found at the site.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcPm1oTRlnyceGpcn1LJLxXRUohofEm_oXRTWsDu8i0_w5SdgkgSVIfnNaq60ulabMmlr9mwk_elbEk2bJtIPVpuwQHM1d4cWxyMATlKxPlsyykgpYPZYJd-dZ6GGkLZtmjac_FJpywL8/s2730/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-remnants+of+house%252C+looking+toward+mine-4035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2730" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcPm1oTRlnyceGpcn1LJLxXRUohofEm_oXRTWsDu8i0_w5SdgkgSVIfnNaq60ulabMmlr9mwk_elbEk2bJtIPVpuwQHM1d4cWxyMATlKxPlsyykgpYPZYJd-dZ6GGkLZtmjac_FJpywL8/w640-h270/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-remnants+of+house%252C+looking+toward+mine-4035.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Morning Star Mine in October 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a recent shot looking toward the mine, with some of the house remnants in the foreground.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurw8uaAbrnMwaQ2f8QWPzY6CiYL8I30DuZvojjPIGOBRt4Mcp44a2n04Wn0Cv7FNUsgg45nyj0c9XFWddUOFTVgY3HTxL36om9IDcfyrWwFDjI4AbKDIDGER56MgWvfOR3Wk9N1Dit8EL/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine--house+remnants+looking+toward+mine-Steve+McQueen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurw8uaAbrnMwaQ2f8QWPzY6CiYL8I30DuZvojjPIGOBRt4Mcp44a2n04Wn0Cv7FNUsgg45nyj0c9XFWddUOFTVgY3HTxL36om9IDcfyrWwFDjI4AbKDIDGER56MgWvfOR3Wk9N1Dit8EL/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine--house+remnants+looking+toward+mine-Steve+McQueen.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": McQueen near mine entrance, amid mining artifacts and burned house<br /></b></span></div><br />The angle of the recent photo is similar to this shot from "Nevada Smith," although the place was a much bigger mess back when they were still filming the movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XGaQfTfwLQtGHVf9a3lfy5ULenjcenb-R1SRo0sT2vTH5NgUm6q9A4hjrU96zFeeAtFlvzIk_sir37Gb_t0-dp68LZ3MlZuhxhKDp2fd2btn-SSZ2-GP9L7tXVxYBFHaV_NBNkyWE0Kc/s2727/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine--mine+and+stone+structure-Steve+McQueen+and+John+Doucette.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2727" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XGaQfTfwLQtGHVf9a3lfy5ULenjcenb-R1SRo0sT2vTH5NgUm6q9A4hjrU96zFeeAtFlvzIk_sir37Gb_t0-dp68LZ3MlZuhxhKDp2fd2btn-SSZ2-GP9L7tXVxYBFHaV_NBNkyWE0Kc/w640-h270/1965+%25281966%2529-Nevada+Smith-Morning+Star+Mine--mine+and+stone+structure-Steve+McQueen+and+John+Doucette.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Nevada Smith": McQueen and Doucette outside the mine</b><br /></span></div><br />John Doucette tries to console Steve McQueen near the mine entrance. Somewhat out of character for the veteran B-Western henchman, Doucette plays a good guy this time around.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGM1AmRJBkFwhbhF_mG5DI50yD3IuSW-HRco1oXhEr4Lf5rr4F5kjuLvoBPaXcGJJegcrNvLUrtkecKFaFiJvhokOL5y33Ozo7V9xd_J7TPxU2oLYio0oMQHRCyNYSIdj1ifMwh_4QmCt/s2729/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-mine+entrance+and+stone+structure-4017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2729" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGM1AmRJBkFwhbhF_mG5DI50yD3IuSW-HRco1oXhEr4Lf5rr4F5kjuLvoBPaXcGJJegcrNvLUrtkecKFaFiJvhokOL5y33Ozo7V9xd_J7TPxU2oLYio0oMQHRCyNYSIdj1ifMwh_4QmCt/w640-h270/2021+%2528100821%2529-Cerro+Gordo-Morning+Star+Mine-mine+entrance+and+stone+structure-4017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Outside the mine in 2021</b></span></div><br />Many of the original mine artifacts remain in place. The stone structure on the right is left over from the period when this was a working mine, and is not a movie set — even though it works for this movie.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpop5iajWo2aWUrYloOkhPiA5h3DPVSMZHmxmH3JGnHqPvv3PnSoO-MPHH5bdO3J6QYJxvH9cgIa-xu12pxpGJ3htNgMq0SUHTlPOdPC0Ml_LHo8t9BtgD9eTH5I-ZdEIknutAAQCOm81h/s2048/2021+%2528100821%2529-Morning+Star+Mine-Eddie+hiking+toward+the+mine-3990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpop5iajWo2aWUrYloOkhPiA5h3DPVSMZHmxmH3JGnHqPvv3PnSoO-MPHH5bdO3J6QYJxvH9cgIa-xu12pxpGJ3htNgMq0SUHTlPOdPC0Ml_LHo8t9BtgD9eTH5I-ZdEIknutAAQCOm81h/w640-h414/2021+%2528100821%2529-Morning+Star+Mine-Eddie+hiking+toward+the+mine-3990.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Headed for the mine — Eddie leads the way<br /></b></span></div><br />It's worth noting that this was a fairly hard location to get to. Even the 4Runner wouldn't make it all the way up to the mine, so a substantial hike was involved — all uphill.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6hdGEDA66ALdub-BZ1TKDydgyOnO9fE27seFQKeitvbD-QI7BafmZBWqbX8Oaf92__B6joPT3NldzVX73jnqJbBtuRT8nPfMyF-3N3S3QkTj9lm_5sDw7A-VOjRGn_sQYHl1UlQgd-43/s2048/2021+%2528100921%2529-Chalk+Bluff+Road-Eddie+lines+up+a+shot-4309.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6hdGEDA66ALdub-BZ1TKDydgyOnO9fE27seFQKeitvbD-QI7BafmZBWqbX8Oaf92__B6joPT3NldzVX73jnqJbBtuRT8nPfMyF-3N3S3QkTj9lm_5sDw7A-VOjRGn_sQYHl1UlQgd-43/w640-h482/2021+%2528100921%2529-Chalk+Bluff+Road-Eddie+lines+up+a+shot-4309.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Eddie Henn in his "office": The search goes on<br /></b></span></div><br />High
up on a rocky slope near Chalk Bluff Road, Eddie lines up a shot from
"Will Penny" — his quest to keep finding new movie sites never lets up. Thanks for all your terrific work, Eddie — keep it up!<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOcuWKcS_2uRLD3B4nCi2ejMn_bQPKzk4VRhQgoal3xfqXnx7HuGYLV_MMR1_1iZ-qYmP60dg7Hd4L6-W3al3LREYznxv3B2yRSWbDiKpYyxANn5Lr00WLSKYf53oQGbAK0OunllTgPjB/s793/links.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="793" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOcuWKcS_2uRLD3B4nCi2ejMn_bQPKzk4VRhQgoal3xfqXnx7HuGYLV_MMR1_1iZ-qYmP60dg7Hd4L6-W3al3LREYznxv3B2yRSWbDiKpYyxANn5Lr00WLSKYf53oQGbAK0OunllTgPjB/s320/links.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div>Below you'll find links to some of the movies discussed in this post, which can be purchased from Amazon by clicking on the images below ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=iverrock-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B001BKIPFA&asins=B001BKIPFA&linkId=ae5bd697af60c9be071b769dc396f035&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;">
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIenBOreAnEfkj1Tr7NSnCkvTIbT3k6pqJ1guwn9PPmXGUE1085_zJPM-qo48QQpZPjxp0iRTjbwg0G1BEFJv3x6Wrf1LKPbXvNWbk6Xj8qMvQv3J4szvmptzwz3C3-nkEE-SZpU7Se66/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Sherwood+Valley-Gretzky+Hill-Martin+Milner+and+Doug+McClure.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIenBOreAnEfkj1Tr7NSnCkvTIbT3k6pqJ1guwn9PPmXGUE1085_zJPM-qo48QQpZPjxp0iRTjbwg0G1BEFJv3x6Wrf1LKPbXvNWbk6Xj8qMvQv3J4szvmptzwz3C3-nkEE-SZpU7Se66/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Sherwood+Valley-Gretzky+Hill-Martin+Milner+and+Doug+McClure.png" width="640" /></a></div>Doug McClure, right, and guest star Martin Milner in the Sherwood Valley<br /></b></span></div><br />The same episode features incredible shots of what I call the Sherwood Valley — where the exclusive Sherwood Country Club is located today.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGSVD0QguiLp5IzMY9yXieLx6V3WbvHaVZ2k9KE55Rh9Zk_T2d1Lb-ZvM9Kf_Mlq7depVNJlo_MXF857Fh3tsAlIfX-xjLKOZicRRFcYiq_YxkzXAlo35xsfU0KMUCAHmjwseEkBsJVT7/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Sherwood+Valley-Gretzky+Hill-Martin+Milner+and+Doug+McClure-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGSVD0QguiLp5IzMY9yXieLx6V3WbvHaVZ2k9KE55Rh9Zk_T2d1Lb-ZvM9Kf_Mlq7depVNJlo_MXF857Fh3tsAlIfX-xjLKOZicRRFcYiq_YxkzXAlo35xsfU0KMUCAHmjwseEkBsJVT7/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Sherwood+Valley-Gretzky+Hill-Martin+Milner+and+Doug+McClure-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Gretzky Hill" — a background feature from the TV Westerns becomes home to the rich and famous<br /></b></span></div><br />When I say "exclusive," I mean <i>exclusive.</i> For example, hockey icon Wayne Gretzky lived here for some time, building one of the fanciest estates you'll ever see right on top of the same hill seen in "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpPPZatGR5qrc4HPWkMkBduAEujW7GoCIrUGE2Il6KBz19siihU9IjDhDXRCwmIN18XmheOREty-bk6_J7kpjc1VwT68uZDAJCYiUSOZDbaR7bx5ox_MQPm4UGOPL5J6Q39TErAMLBUQ4/s1199/recent-Sherwood+Country+Club-Wayne+Gretzky+estate+%2528built+in+2002%252C+listed+for+%252422.9+million+in+October+2020%2529+w+rocky+hills+behind+it%253B+1072+Newburn+Court%252C+T+Oaks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1199" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpPPZatGR5qrc4HPWkMkBduAEujW7GoCIrUGE2Il6KBz19siihU9IjDhDXRCwmIN18XmheOREty-bk6_J7kpjc1VwT68uZDAJCYiUSOZDbaR7bx5ox_MQPm4UGOPL5J6Q39TErAMLBUQ4/w640-h426/recent-Sherwood+Country+Club-Wayne+Gretzky+estate+%2528built+in+2002%252C+listed+for+%252422.9+million+in+October+2020%2529+w+rocky+hills+behind+it%253B+1072+Newburn+Court%252C+T+Oaks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Gretzky estate, perched among rocks and hills seen in many Westerns<br /></b></span></div><br />As fancy estates go, the Gretzky place is a nice one — and it benefits from a background made famous in "The Virginian," "Gunsmoke" and many other Westerns. I believe the property sold for about $23 million a while back.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO1jgcuohqUhMppfzrgIFA3pv2xZ4IFQkUkJJ2erHO0NVHDdjj2JtOPqnJwRh95v3iL3y1O685zIR3ZwiVSMb5o3hREWeQdzhw5sYz5E2WBReVB1Kqtd5m9asPZ7LEo6vyzsaDw8wENO4/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.13-The+Long+Way+Home-Sherwood+Valley-matches+golf+course+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO1jgcuohqUhMppfzrgIFA3pv2xZ4IFQkUkJJ2erHO0NVHDdjj2JtOPqnJwRh95v3iL3y1O685zIR3ZwiVSMb5o3hREWeQdzhw5sYz5E2WBReVB1Kqtd5m9asPZ7LEo6vyzsaDw8wENO4/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.13-The+Long+Way+Home-Sherwood+Valley-matches+golf+course+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian": "The Long Way Home" (1966)<br /></b></span></div><br />We'll go into detail about filming in the Sherwood Valley in an upcoming post, but I'll leave you with a teaser before we get back to a filming location that's a bit more obscure.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgnKXG9mZNtIcscwt4GhWUIJSoE3AXqHXgsY_rt9bOn5mwIcaIoe68Zhbz1RjW66gANqUR6-RRdQnUjnv54wJnzzmtaRd9dfl8ry0OQ6L973e5HqhvlGpStii2C3KCDI00NPoAVx5Z-xq/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.13-The+Long+Way+Home-Sherwood+Valley-matches+golf+course+shot-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgnKXG9mZNtIcscwt4GhWUIJSoE3AXqHXgsY_rt9bOn5mwIcaIoe68Zhbz1RjW66gANqUR6-RRdQnUjnv54wJnzzmtaRd9dfl8ry0OQ6L973e5HqhvlGpStii2C3KCDI00NPoAVx5Z-xq/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.13-The+Long+Way+Home-Sherwood+Valley-matches+golf+course+shot-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Distinctive features of the Sherwood Valley, looking west<br /></b></span></div><br />Not that it needs to be circled, but notice this configuration of hills in the background in "The Long Way Home," another episode from season five of "The Virginian."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVY3hGAx-xxexrUvG6VIFyqARfzJtlHx4fE9mhAgEJzphlA1_QsyAOZxQsWvhyphenhyphenKnoOH8uD2W9kfHHeGXjgCD2bqG4td0S8StN4DaPTihgD5cnXufbem0Z50FyxucGpoDeDfLUY4LOSyD8h/s590/recent-Sherwood+Country+Club-second+hole%252C+looking+west+down+the+fairway-Lobo+Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="590" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVY3hGAx-xxexrUvG6VIFyqARfzJtlHx4fE9mhAgEJzphlA1_QsyAOZxQsWvhyphenhyphenKnoOH8uD2W9kfHHeGXjgCD2bqG4td0S8StN4DaPTihgD5cnXufbem0Z50FyxucGpoDeDfLUY4LOSyD8h/w640-h426/recent-Sherwood+Country+Club-second+hole%252C+looking+west+down+the+fairway-Lobo+Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sherwood Country Club: looking west down the fairway on the second hole<br /></b></span></div><br />Now take a gander at this contemporary shot of the second hole at the Sherwood Country Club.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rYTuZymTe5k5HXcG2g3wfDrQxQ6F6F7UpnzaYO9Ln5ErO0OPdVbLXX4-qAVuFQKf7xKXFN7GaBVXM3UPx0DX22uC569riPP5mxHHtXcry9IwM_HgMIbQ_lRz1YnAsW3yuFhsS-M1QUVf/s590/recent-Sherwood+Country+Club-second+hole%252C+looking+west+down+the+fairway-Lobo+Rock-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="590" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rYTuZymTe5k5HXcG2g3wfDrQxQ6F6F7UpnzaYO9Ln5ErO0OPdVbLXX4-qAVuFQKf7xKXFN7GaBVXM3UPx0DX22uC569riPP5mxHHtXcry9IwM_HgMIbQ_lRz1YnAsW3yuFhsS-M1QUVf/w640-h426/recent-Sherwood+Country+Club-second+hole%252C+looking+west+down+the+fairway-Lobo+Rock-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same hills seen in "The Virginian"<br /></b></span></div><br />You may have already spotted it, but there's that same background feature, circled here in yellow. Again, we will be zooming in on this area in detail in an upcoming post.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3K7SpDFlftmV0Lqr4aqUeGZ8IkdQKdONcyNlxLSiov92Uf50bhq7ahVxmVl2tM24L3jCSgev3v3kvBRlHuHEQJmMnrQxnHlEc80Hq8ZY2NgJvevRblJ9y3d-ZpoSn4IxYaWBxzlWrvWnr/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-matched.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3K7SpDFlftmV0Lqr4aqUeGZ8IkdQKdONcyNlxLSiov92Uf50bhq7ahVxmVl2tM24L3jCSgev3v3kvBRlHuHEQJmMnrQxnHlEc80Hq8ZY2NgJvevRblJ9y3d-ZpoSn4IxYaWBxzlWrvWnr/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-matched.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian": The screenshot that launched a thousand bootsteps<br /></b></span></div><br />But let's get back to that stunning shot from "The Virginian," which takes us almost 10 miles west of the Sherwood Valley and the Gretzky house, to a location that was pretty much off the radar of film historians until now.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLD6bZf5V4-Ar7STGdaDwTRrDkDi1ye5zLLWUov6Rcxl5fkwRy_ln-rEl2baO6lJBh-mAxPIXBmjJYW0qn6ylu8HzuaTsBEFLf64CKLBq2YyEymScJjg7e-MWxTffnk7JLKZNO7HcKXyyc/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-lining+up+shot+to+match+Virginian+5.8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLD6bZf5V4-Ar7STGdaDwTRrDkDi1ye5zLLWUov6Rcxl5fkwRy_ln-rEl2baO6lJBh-mAxPIXBmjJYW0qn6ylu8HzuaTsBEFLf64CKLBq2YyEymScJjg7e-MWxTffnk7JLKZNO7HcKXyyc/w640-h470/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-lining+up+shot+to+match+Virginian+5.8.png" width="640" /></a></div>The same location today: Rancho Potrero Open Space (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />The good news is that the location remains intact today, having eluded the residential housing boom that befell much of the region. Some of what we see here remains in private hands, but it is adjacent to a public hiking area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7YOR0plBsYDSYMYoZmQUADyvzZlok7vS2udMKxSju4Gla2bzHI-lBsH0u0ujWy6tyYwz9r_QQKelh1WunGQb00rmGgqT6fRebpRha5eZOUPLOOBmT1_fYGfU_FmbUW4xrgUsC-Qp_RHT/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-lining+up+shot+to+match+Virginian+5.8-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7YOR0plBsYDSYMYoZmQUADyvzZlok7vS2udMKxSju4Gla2bzHI-lBsH0u0ujWy6tyYwz9r_QQKelh1WunGQb00rmGgqT6fRebpRha5eZOUPLOOBmT1_fYGfU_FmbUW4xrgUsC-Qp_RHT/w640-h470/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-lining+up+shot+to+match+Virginian+5.8-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Many key features can still be identified today — even on Google<br /></b></span></div><br />Even with the vague backgrounds in this Google Maps photo, many of the features seen in the "Virginian" shot can be recognized — from a dip in the ridgeline at top left ("A") to a surviving U-shaped road at bottom right ("H").<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu360aMCaX66jB4mVl-iSi24jNZW4vLhgABBIFCXgXplXuvcszo4kJyrBwJ9jDbnDL1IwtGV04VOF_fbDjLkvSD2KXizxIhxLwBTq6cXlIDh1EF1qwUYHefCnipybinGP3ncXO3rBdOOe/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-matched-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu360aMCaX66jB4mVl-iSi24jNZW4vLhgABBIFCXgXplXuvcszo4kJyrBwJ9jDbnDL1IwtGV04VOF_fbDjLkvSD2KXizxIhxLwBTq6cXlIDh1EF1qwUYHefCnipybinGP3ncXO3rBdOOe/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-matched-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The same features identified in "Trail to Ashley Mountain"<br /></b></span></div><br />The original "Virginian" shot from 1966 also contains those same features. Some of the best matches here are angular ridge C, tree-lined creekbed E, color-matched hilltop G and, of course, the U-shaped road, H.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpVZPrMU7Rab1959sNn_sFkTThE_ZJwFuPSL9WMkxdOXWfkVwhE-7y1V31u7JMP05kkfIbQnc_Sc3Xmv_kUe50dRypBp7NFD3qo45PWu8ylsxnLc1h__jW5pj3xo0WLfsoKyd2rhDhgrX/s1007/recent-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-west+entrance+trailhead+sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1007" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpVZPrMU7Rab1959sNn_sFkTThE_ZJwFuPSL9WMkxdOXWfkVwhE-7y1V31u7JMP05kkfIbQnc_Sc3Xmv_kUe50dRypBp7NFD3qo45PWu8ylsxnLc1h__jW5pj3xo0WLfsoKyd2rhDhgrX/w640-h360/recent-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-west+entrance+trailhead+sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>West entrance to Rancho Potrero Open Space — off Potrero Road near Rancho Dos Vientos<br /></b></span></div><br />But just matching up a Google shot will never do if it's possible to get out there in person. So even though it's been 100-plus degrees around here lately, we found our way to the Rancho Potrero trailhead the other day.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwI5Wn0uGE4V1dFFqofnpqSFZlZjyTzRheNINczTxLoM55Rb6LMv7h1sCXbTgvoN8ZZmKJtDgQxb5F00u0TRe9phAfJs7hKlPUMWvmflTutpKzZBwjlChyphenhyphene-DwGCsjOaMpa0Uvx-5jg5h7/s2608/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-fence-3782.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2608" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwI5Wn0uGE4V1dFFqofnpqSFZlZjyTzRheNINczTxLoM55Rb6LMv7h1sCXbTgvoN8ZZmKJtDgQxb5F00u0TRe9phAfJs7hKlPUMWvmflTutpKzZBwjlChyphenhyphene-DwGCsjOaMpa0Uvx-5jg5h7/w640-h296/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-fence-3782.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Bad news: Private property, set off by a barbed-wire fence<br /></b></span></div><br />Some of the news was bad — mainly having to do with this fence, which kept us from our main objective. We had hoped to take a shot from the original camera location used in "The Virginian," which remains inaccessible.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec3u8LqNvvdlQpx4SO3R5yRMNR1oZOwf-jOj_gtsaC_z5EgRL2JYM3jgvBb-NO1L8FNh0x970CYNyoKC0X4GbyG6p64LCjgmdtlMg1Ing4aC4ptcK_Wn4tEgx7Y7kpz2qPjkD1qHPhY0b/s2048/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-includes+matches+with+Virginian-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-3761.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec3u8LqNvvdlQpx4SO3R5yRMNR1oZOwf-jOj_gtsaC_z5EgRL2JYM3jgvBb-NO1L8FNh0x970CYNyoKC0X4GbyG6p64LCjgmdtlMg1Ing4aC4ptcK_Wn4tEgx7Y7kpz2qPjkD1qHPhY0b/w640-h360/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-includes+matches+with+Virginian-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-3761.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Trail to Ashley Mountain's" valley in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />But we still were able to get a decent look at some of the terrain seen in the "Virginian" shot. This photo from our trek includes several markers identified previously, along with at least one additional landmark of interest.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHOJ4zEwir-16n2aerqyIdnai6IJZx8wrvaP15vc2Rqo5skp32-OeZo0RHoPG1sX7gCT408cX9WFYigG-uxN4CnxSAXo0q0EyEQkomTAVobkgsg7JVDcYn2qLNyUit3ly20wtlSptmlIH/s2048/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-includes+matches+with+Virginian-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-3761-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHOJ4zEwir-16n2aerqyIdnai6IJZx8wrvaP15vc2Rqo5skp32-OeZo0RHoPG1sX7gCT408cX9WFYigG-uxN4CnxSAXo0q0EyEQkomTAVobkgsg7JVDcYn2qLNyUit3ly20wtlSptmlIH/w640-h360/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-includes+matches+with+Virginian-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-3761-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian" landmarks noted in the 2021 photo<br /></b></span></div><br />A few of the previously noted background features are no longer visible from this angle, but most still are.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNohh7aODdHpJiyCOiGqMf4QRa7T76KG2dzZ5-fgFxOp2Tddvd4Po4GJVugm6qs_qUbPW98NMN8LlirUZUcV6MQlBMhTwW19pWBiOy9I5HECorHiPAcvOGmUz5qebdirCMw7tveE_SLyCF/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-matched-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNohh7aODdHpJiyCOiGqMf4QRa7T76KG2dzZ5-fgFxOp2Tddvd4Po4GJVugm6qs_qUbPW98NMN8LlirUZUcV6MQlBMhTwW19pWBiOy9I5HECorHiPAcvOGmUz5qebdirCMw7tveE_SLyCF/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-matched-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The original "Virginian" shot with markers noted<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's the "Virginian" shot again with the original markers noted, to compare with with the recent photo above.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TnB3h4JMU7CpSArg5cfw86utyOB__EikOQmHpzYYRS519s7MDPZV-nbs9xL7u4p7fR_XFb1oP_aU-pDZzIGJL6d632N1EsiWllkOi7HTyHOe_Kr0jWvlFB8E7rlf30CNVieyEZNll8pj/s2048/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TnB3h4JMU7CpSArg5cfw86utyOB__EikOQmHpzYYRS519s7MDPZV-nbs9xL7u4p7fR_XFb1oP_aU-pDZzIGJL6d632N1EsiWllkOi7HTyHOe_Kr0jWvlFB8E7rlf30CNVieyEZNll8pj/w640-h472/1966-Virginian+5.8-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-Potrero+Valley-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Trail to Ashley Mountain": a key marker on the ridge<br /></b></span></div><br />Another landmark in the "Virginian" screen shot is the lumpy section of ridgeline noted here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wzoHvy-rLT3WALQfRLAfMkdy_4ATa_j-RrLIUcWb1rDTJVIGKy4bqjIYrq3aOfSmW8ppSWoP-qc3QdW8b_tOY25eoMLEkgAqZeT8puTmHCvJy0p5nMZYQ_o_g__oWXZeLD3hc4XbitT2/s2048/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-includes+matches+with+Virginian-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-3761-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wzoHvy-rLT3WALQfRLAfMkdy_4ATa_j-RrLIUcWb1rDTJVIGKy4bqjIYrq3aOfSmW8ppSWoP-qc3QdW8b_tOY25eoMLEkgAqZeT8puTmHCvJy0p5nMZYQ_o_g__oWXZeLD3hc4XbitT2/w640-h360/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-includes+matches+with+Virginian-Trail+to+Ashley+Mountain-3761-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same section of ridgeline on our recent visit to the site<br /></b></span></div><br />This landmark could not be distinguished in the Google Maps shot, but it's easy to identify in the photo from the recent Rancho Potrero expedition.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqJY2ChyR8L6hwhFMrYajtq55b-KIv38djruiectxyW9Vyz_A-Wqq4jfpm1Qwzle06yq58mnP7_YQrSLudvH9tQSrzxthiguyEcp0zYO_D1DoDgsXTyb_nqOjKQ7ZyY1hbgNuylz_FEl8/s2048/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-ridge+matches+Wagon+Train+1.22-3764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqJY2ChyR8L6hwhFMrYajtq55b-KIv38djruiectxyW9Vyz_A-Wqq4jfpm1Qwzle06yq58mnP7_YQrSLudvH9tQSrzxthiguyEcp0zYO_D1DoDgsXTyb_nqOjKQ7ZyY1hbgNuylz_FEl8/w640-h448/2021+%2528100121%2529-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-ridge+matches+Wagon+Train+1.22-3764.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A closer look at that same ridgeline<br /></b></span></b></span></div><br />Another shot from our recent visit provides a more detailed look at this rocky section of the ridgeline.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdhca1r71Z5W_ehLuVA4nTTTpcThejfyKkz71L9s1Po6udHLpyVFOXkdmsRKSXQhCeV93b3fxQ7nw61Ipktp3tDLFCXg7SCpjemzGdc9xQKO4OnziRsiD1yGzmwMvy3RpLb_Sz9reMi4U/s2048/1957+%25281958%2529-Wagon+Train+1.22-The+Bill+Tawnee+Story-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdhca1r71Z5W_ehLuVA4nTTTpcThejfyKkz71L9s1Po6udHLpyVFOXkdmsRKSXQhCeV93b3fxQ7nw61Ipktp3tDLFCXg7SCpjemzGdc9xQKO4OnziRsiD1yGzmwMvy3RpLb_Sz9reMi4U/w640-h480/1957+%25281958%2529-Wagon+Train+1.22-The+Bill+Tawnee+Story-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Wagon Train" episode "The Bill Tawnee Story" (1958)<br /></b></span></div><br />The same rocky ridgeline can be seen as far back as 1958 in the long-running series "Wagon Train," one of the first major TV Westerns to film throughout much of the Conejo Valley region.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6immofoNR0VUhA07C9Wf0hvGNiw3wWaJsZX7LUC2Jn3InPMmSOTsXWgUKFwi9CUCyLFpfN6Rt0wjeUKbJ3_t52MhhDALiaX_omrpvrJb1BzKlvnerQwbvKCJWgZRQH2oVIkQ2ajiQTqXZ/s2048/1957+%25281958%2529-Wagon+Train+1.22-The+Bill+Tawnee+Story-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6immofoNR0VUhA07C9Wf0hvGNiw3wWaJsZX7LUC2Jn3InPMmSOTsXWgUKFwi9CUCyLFpfN6Rt0wjeUKbJ3_t52MhhDALiaX_omrpvrJb1BzKlvnerQwbvKCJWgZRQH2oVIkQ2ajiQTqXZ/w640-h480/1957+%25281958%2529-Wagon+Train+1.22-The+Bill+Tawnee+Story-Rancho+Potrero+Open+Space-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>There's that same ridge again<br /></b></span></div><br />"Wagon Train" pioneered many locations that would turn up later in "The
Virginian," "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide" and other Western TV shows of the period. We'll be taking a deeper dive into all those shows in upcoming posts.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCcPXMnuL9-jPcSFyGuJ1swhs8D_a0_XCbzlY4daMAAjNqqvPcaKYBJ3ErkrTBC1dNsId3ohbWmhNaLZdIsKN0h_IBGriMtivq77uIkDfXbGkiC9Mm4QZbuByHZFWZJ_KgYEVWr7ievP9/s2022/Aaron+St.+John+as+a+kid-My_First_Mount.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="1781" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCcPXMnuL9-jPcSFyGuJ1swhs8D_a0_XCbzlY4daMAAjNqqvPcaKYBJ3ErkrTBC1dNsId3ohbWmhNaLZdIsKN0h_IBGriMtivq77uIkDfXbGkiC9Mm4QZbuByHZFWZJ_KgYEVWr7ievP9/w353-h400/Aaron+St.+John+as+a+kid-My_First_Mount.jpg" width="353" /></a></div>Location sleuth Aaron St. John on his first mount<br /></b></span></div><br />Filming at Rancho Potrero may have gone undiscovered without the tireless work of location searcher Aaron St. John, who has been going pound for pound with me on the heavy lifting lately. Thanks, Aaron!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-43447733507541467582021-08-30T23:01:00.001-07:002021-08-30T23:01:51.445-07:00Breaking news on the Iverson Ranch: A prominent movie rock decides to split<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1_ztkZ2mn3s16Z6OLA1QsCTQ-k0DzAarUmPvS-91f27pvcQLG6UzftShCYHci8TAng8cE6odX026IDvuq14gqxcrSKMX2JANahQFzRxrPSnQV3COGxvPE30yvenO64Ues7f_ojWcfGNI/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Sheep+Flats%252C+with+Fireplace+Rock%252C+etc.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1_ztkZ2mn3s16Z6OLA1QsCTQ-k0DzAarUmPvS-91f27pvcQLG6UzftShCYHci8TAng8cE6odX026IDvuq14gqxcrSKMX2JANahQFzRxrPSnQV3COGxvPE30yvenO64Ues7f_ojWcfGNI/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Sheep+Flats%252C+with+Fireplace+Rock%252C+etc.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lawless Cowboys" (Monogram Pictures, 1951): Decades before Bugeye bugged out<br /></b></span></div><br />We have breaking news on the former Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., and I mean literally "breaking." One of the ranch's high-profile movie rocks just broke in half.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkzyYRqN8srvD_Q1cWSrGS2W_ANtQiRFgHViJscowjjtyH2LOn_2D7PC06RyISsNbxIrWcJI3noi0n0AwG9kl1ob1Szu-brws6Rq2ybyznMa7pfWeUaJEv3LpiINudC9NqdIqyZ8r_xzt/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Sheep+Flats%252C+with+Fireplace+Rock%252C+etc-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkzyYRqN8srvD_Q1cWSrGS2W_ANtQiRFgHViJscowjjtyH2LOn_2D7PC06RyISsNbxIrWcJI3noi0n0AwG9kl1ob1Szu-brws6Rq2ybyznMa7pfWeUaJEv3LpiINudC9NqdIqyZ8r_xzt/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Sheep+Flats%252C+with+Fireplace+Rock%252C+etc-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye, among the sandstone movie monuments at the east end of the Iverson Ranch</b></span></div><br />I don't mean <i>exactly</i> in half, but the movie rock, known as "Bugeye," split into two large pieces — call it a big half and a little half. The rock is seen here in better days, when it was still in one piece and was being featured regularly in movies and early TV Westerns.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSGw-pjwGgsVfQX7UZstaAVavOS12dhjAO5pRG9Xuj-EAvhNcMQdRk-IhlknLxDOyOw3LJny9mY8wRWo2Ma-kyVOc65mlMbwW4okd87ExiFUV_4fBFFLFoA3ccbsNdHG-bsR5dYm8FZof/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Sheep+Flats%252C+with+Fireplace+Rock%252C+etc-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSGw-pjwGgsVfQX7UZstaAVavOS12dhjAO5pRG9Xuj-EAvhNcMQdRk-IhlknLxDOyOw3LJny9mY8wRWo2Ma-kyVOc65mlMbwW4okd87ExiFUV_4fBFFLFoA3ccbsNdHG-bsR5dYm8FZof/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Sheep+Flats%252C+with+Fireplace+Rock%252C+etc-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Trapezoid: Bugeye's longtime partner<br /></b></span></div><br />Along with its "neighbor to the right" Trapezoid, Bugeye appeared in countless Hollywood productions during the more than five decades the Iverson Movie Ranch was an active filming location.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrs3ww6l6gRs6bvOGfmu_Yw13pwoP6EdG43S6QBBuhx2odh1pJulrHI4mDHlavP__bdtjUpIAogsMtRWLPOYs4l8JAokUvH0uE4UcSoRmkZCBMJESMR6rpZ4405YLQhntlryOL1uVXlqXn/s1600/2009-B%2526T.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1600" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrs3ww6l6gRs6bvOGfmu_Yw13pwoP6EdG43S6QBBuhx2odh1pJulrHI4mDHlavP__bdtjUpIAogsMtRWLPOYs4l8JAokUvH0uE4UcSoRmkZCBMJESMR6rpZ4405YLQhntlryOL1uVXlqXn/w640-h412/2009-B%2526T.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye and Trapezoid in 2009<br /></b></span></div><br />In recent years the two rocks have been sharing what appeared until recently to be an uneventful retirement, perched in a high-profile spot overlooking the Indian Hills Mobile Home Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7I6X0hDSBXDaJ89_7APbU0dNXGgnFGRsCtOJjwjMM2QMWtsIWJe0GTFV_i87qc45TjewmCaHvhT9XONkfV-rinytNJkcUzBP4mfc96ATebVYlhZ0geoL-ZzhIKMjkHBjY2PC-G1ghYgWa/s1600/2009-B%2526T-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1600" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7I6X0hDSBXDaJ89_7APbU0dNXGgnFGRsCtOJjwjMM2QMWtsIWJe0GTFV_i87qc45TjewmCaHvhT9XONkfV-rinytNJkcUzBP4mfc96ATebVYlhZ0geoL-ZzhIKMjkHBjY2PC-G1ghYgWa/w640-h412/2009-B%2526T-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>They've been minding their own business since the mobile home park was built in the 1960s<br /></b></span></div><br />The two rocks have been so closely associated with each other for the past 100 years that I sometimes refer to the formation as simply "B&T." The larger rock that provides a base for the formation is "<a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2016/04/range-rider-rock-fireplace-rock-and.html" target="_blank">Fireplace Rock</a>."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wBwcSzsMlh7Pkz-bmZ4PxnKrRlnVGJEpqJhXOeC1oozAP9QjZv0hUTJR-krZ7GQfOLKy_NJiABxlK3GxSTQzGsadbS9dAPa0ohuuEiKP0ESv7Pm2DiL-qadligqr5953tNZnbBYZNttn/s5184/2021+%2528062321%2529-Bugeye+with+its+new+crack-2846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wBwcSzsMlh7Pkz-bmZ4PxnKrRlnVGJEpqJhXOeC1oozAP9QjZv0hUTJR-krZ7GQfOLKy_NJiABxlK3GxSTQzGsadbS9dAPa0ohuuEiKP0ESv7Pm2DiL-qadligqr5953tNZnbBYZNttn/w640-h480/2021+%2528062321%2529-Bugeye+with+its+new+crack-2846.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye bugs out: The beloved movie rock will never be the same</b></span></div><br />But Bugeye's peaceful retirement was recently shattered — quite literally. For unknown reasons, the rock just broke into two pieces, an unexpected development that apparently took place sometime in 2018 or early 2019. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLjDlFYHFRkFXkbhx39qkO96koh8ZYhfiTIf0H7SRa0QyO6CYGLTBN16-pmtm4L6JnDOqlthHWzJVw63nxBuV53Y8JPjM8CehCcAVQM_uYf6l2QCNN4PQM21SLQ9-TR3eM8r-3B7OA3ad/s2048/2021+%2528062321%2529-Bugeye+with+its+new+crack-2846-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLjDlFYHFRkFXkbhx39qkO96koh8ZYhfiTIf0H7SRa0QyO6CYGLTBN16-pmtm4L6JnDOqlthHWzJVw63nxBuV53Y8JPjM8CehCcAVQM_uYf6l2QCNN4PQM21SLQ9-TR3eM8r-3B7OA3ad/w640-h480/2021+%2528062321%2529-Bugeye+with+its+new+crack-2846-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>That new crack is no small matter<br /></b></span></div><br />It's a little hard to see what's going on up there, with some smaller rocks blocking the view. Meanwhile, the trees and other foliage have grown taller and are also getting in the way. But that crack is huge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTSl6atjRoB8xScz394rLZK_DMWnp5p_eP32blNi3G2kI9gPq11enGgTMpOFq-3gVncMlrXJy8Lf95bNIFEP1FEVOD-yq4IdkGYHQvn07x2N-6cRtdi-EWqqIYdwIjn2FYy8adWfVxC19/s2048/2021+%2528062321%2529-Bugeye+with+its+new+crack-2846-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTSl6atjRoB8xScz394rLZK_DMWnp5p_eP32blNi3G2kI9gPq11enGgTMpOFq-3gVncMlrXJy8Lf95bNIFEP1FEVOD-yq4IdkGYHQvn07x2N-6cRtdi-EWqqIYdwIjn2FYy8adWfVxC19/w640-h480/2021+%2528062321%2529-Bugeye+with+its+new+crack-2846-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Gila Monster blocks the view of the crack<br /></b></span></div><br />The smaller rocks blocking the view of Bugeye aren't much to look at, but they've also been in their share of movies and have their own identity. I call this small formation the "Gila Monster." <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk9BRhLHCTpv9Lb73sWtLMJOOb_1zuYe2VqGL4zaFM0sCL0xzjo3N9EMQaCGyu6o-L5B27_Qa0cQ2CVU6JZdOZgnrdHEXksfKS2OAyIoYO-MsZvcx_IY5z6N13SxGqNVYeAisvFSLBNky/s2048/020616-Gila+Monster-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk9BRhLHCTpv9Lb73sWtLMJOOb_1zuYe2VqGL4zaFM0sCL0xzjo3N9EMQaCGyu6o-L5B27_Qa0cQ2CVU6JZdOZgnrdHEXksfKS2OAyIoYO-MsZvcx_IY5z6N13SxGqNVYeAisvFSLBNky/w640-h480/020616-Gila+Monster-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Gila Monster acts like one<br /></b></span></div><br />I hope this angle justifies the "Gila Monster" name. That's what it looks like to me, anyway. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2fo-Dpqj9N8NfybpnukWfdnwEB0ymTW18YqP5t52py8ttG4C44iMyKXIBjhyphenhyphenyXSbVKJOfd7Ob0atNzJmRHho2tSDL6jdyQWIinRQyCcElNsDDIx3o9MZLTz6eZVoL8Hk_JFY255FftzV/s1600/1939-The+Oklahoma+Kid-PS-B%2526T-James+Cagney-Warner+Bros.+OK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1600" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2fo-Dpqj9N8NfybpnukWfdnwEB0ymTW18YqP5t52py8ttG4C44iMyKXIBjhyphenhyphenyXSbVKJOfd7Ob0atNzJmRHho2tSDL6jdyQWIinRQyCcElNsDDIx3o9MZLTz6eZVoL8Hk_JFY255FftzV/w640-h522/1939-The+Oklahoma+Kid-PS-B%2526T-James+Cagney-Warner+Bros.+OK.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Promo still for "The Oklahoma Kid" (1939): James Cagney and Trapezoid<br /></b></span></div><br />Any Cagney fans out there? He rarely did Westerns, but when he filmed "The Oklahoma Kid" with Humphrey Bogart, the movie shot extensively on the Iverson Ranch — including an encounter with Bugeye and Trapezoid. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeellmUPRzGqlX1rAtxMWCNWKYfwu99yb_Sz9SO-cMnOqqVuATmOg-reO02N4Wky1QUxwHMRSTYZ1Y4A3svWDoQjk1teuD27SD6RAoeO3b3nQhB2_-QdvBMyj4NKlJn9z6M_8SvN3d2Fp/s1050/1939-Oklahoma+Kid-PS-B%2526T-James+Cagney+stops+the+stage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1050" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeellmUPRzGqlX1rAtxMWCNWKYfwu99yb_Sz9SO-cMnOqqVuATmOg-reO02N4Wky1QUxwHMRSTYZ1Y4A3svWDoQjk1teuD27SD6RAoeO3b3nQhB2_-QdvBMyj4NKlJn9z6M_8SvN3d2Fp/w640-h436/1939-Oklahoma+Kid-PS-B%2526T-James+Cagney+stops+the+stage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Cagney's adventures in Bugeye country (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot from the same "Oklahoma Kid" photo session not only gets Bugeye some camera time alongside Trapezoid, but also works the Gila Monster into the frame.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK0hE55Z4nqtjifj2Rd3VxChM5zAOQ5cJfjUilj-cNZivHGwpxSMhaw-3gPkdYC0c_Tx6aFQI6zUhPrZpX0Z62yDT0jnm7BQiCWzug7Pw_XMW-BDXOyq8dG81M5Y7c_YlwpVUDZjDCrCx/s1050/1939-Oklahoma+Kid-PS-B%2526T-James+Cagney+stops+the+stage-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1050" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK0hE55Z4nqtjifj2Rd3VxChM5zAOQ5cJfjUilj-cNZivHGwpxSMhaw-3gPkdYC0c_Tx6aFQI6zUhPrZpX0Z62yDT0jnm7BQiCWzug7Pw_XMW-BDXOyq8dG81M5Y7c_YlwpVUDZjDCrCx/w640-h436/1939-Oklahoma+Kid-PS-B%2526T-James+Cagney+stops+the+stage-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rock stars<br /></b></span></div><br />Here are some of the key rock features. You probably spotted Cagney as the holdup man on the horse.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_LJ6MRgbM97VNpWW8XGJCJDNVbH-jicdn7-wka4ndNuGRJyTwBhMGToklGn40jf520WaphbEuuQFq9X9b7VCi1Gcm1d9ETBUf40jACjT8aRP-PGaxjlaUdOOpMStZPH-syNrt9CuPI_p/s1050/1942-Shut+My+Big+Mouth-PS-B%2526T-Joe+E.+Brown-Chief+Thundercloud.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1050" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_LJ6MRgbM97VNpWW8XGJCJDNVbH-jicdn7-wka4ndNuGRJyTwBhMGToklGn40jf520WaphbEuuQFq9X9b7VCi1Gcm1d9ETBUf40jACjT8aRP-PGaxjlaUdOOpMStZPH-syNrt9CuPI_p/w640-h530/1942-Shut+My+Big+Mouth-PS-B%2526T-Joe+E.+Brown-Chief+Thundercloud.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Shut My Big Mouth" (1942): Deja vu all over again<br /></b></span></div><br />Three years later, the Western comedy "Shut My Big Mouth" used the same rocky background for its own promo stills. That's Joe E. Brown on the right and Chief Thundercloud getting into a hassle with a couple of cowboys. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvOkwxyCOlFKudl95Y0vKE9XeVScnwl11E6gqXzdhXe1pKbP3kJM5h5HNSZwnzdGrfUmsapWkYSitX1i8F724jMkwkge67q-n5RxxhiWRaTCQNB-l_taMjOFPdHsw7W_g1MkvbJHL7zz/s2048/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-the+crack%252C+from+above-2894.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvOkwxyCOlFKudl95Y0vKE9XeVScnwl11E6gqXzdhXe1pKbP3kJM5h5HNSZwnzdGrfUmsapWkYSitX1i8F724jMkwkge67q-n5RxxhiWRaTCQNB-l_taMjOFPdHsw7W_g1MkvbJHL7zz/w640-h480/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-the+crack%252C+from+above-2894.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye's crack, photographed from near Trapezoid (July 2021)<br /></b></span></div><br />After discovering the crack earlier this summer, I had to climb up there for a closer look. Based on photos I have in my database, I was able to determine that the split occurred between February 2018 and July 2019. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjb2_8f0LlRknKGaffltdmxYHNQDO4Je7m-B3bhBVJlIr2TvmiAokSmiQAhaG-bAw-Z7Oahz0RsdoSCZpFLmdb44lZMgKY1tphuJiubPKrDzDZWVMox165zXTzXFUVnUh1nASSrmcTqmP/s5184/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-the+crack%252C+from+the+back+of+the+rock-2870.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjb2_8f0LlRknKGaffltdmxYHNQDO4Je7m-B3bhBVJlIr2TvmiAokSmiQAhaG-bAw-Z7Oahz0RsdoSCZpFLmdb44lZMgKY1tphuJiubPKrDzDZWVMox165zXTzXFUVnUh1nASSrmcTqmP/w640-h480/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-the+crack%252C+from+the+back+of+the+rock-2870.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The crack as seen from the back of Bugeye, July 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />That's a pretty tight window on the geological timeline, considering that these old movie rocks can be hundreds of millions of years old and typically only shift their position every once in an eon or two — if they move at all. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA3Duoz0hpF-K1bIHJAZNvIdIpzp_pakQ0WGIMS2l7YPydYbGsslQoEE7e7fNAqnF1m_2xx0jdnkTrMCIFUFMwdRfNbfsTCOPVft_u5LTW1glXYlFFohkaWlOlA2wq8eq4sBpqVDynrT6/s1270/1998-Hangover+Shack-TY-d-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1270" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA3Duoz0hpF-K1bIHJAZNvIdIpzp_pakQ0WGIMS2l7YPydYbGsslQoEE7e7fNAqnF1m_2xx0jdnkTrMCIFUFMwdRfNbfsTCOPVft_u5LTW1glXYlFFohkaWlOlA2wq8eq4sBpqVDynrT6/w640-h468/1998-Hangover+Shack-TY-d-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Peach Slice before the fall<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But it's not unheard of to find that an old movie rock broke apart — I've tracked a few of them over the years, including the Peach Slice. You can read more about the flight of the Peach Slice by <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/02/it-was-just-tumbledown-shack-but-what.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxVsIbT73wu_EDhDHIVIAmgKUumWpJohFUPvDzPABHSdcYapqo9VMlS4A3rp7lmufpVk_ZhuGYT4iuElPx7PnysT1FjvLR-u3aeM3NMiMpAqxZ1cbpvj3FOVWVptJf_GJX2kk0BQglwm_/s1600/2016-Peach+Slice-0698-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1600" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxVsIbT73wu_EDhDHIVIAmgKUumWpJohFUPvDzPABHSdcYapqo9VMlS4A3rp7lmufpVk_ZhuGYT4iuElPx7PnysT1FjvLR-u3aeM3NMiMpAqxZ1cbpvj3FOVWVptJf_GJX2kk0BQglwm_/w640-h394/2016-Peach+Slice-0698-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Peach Slice in its landing spot<br /></b></span></div><br />The Peach Slice post is mainly about the longest-standing set on the Iverson Movie Ranch, which occupied the same spot. If you scroll down toward the end of the post, you'll find the full story on the Slice. <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/02/it-was-just-tumbledown-shack-but-what.html" target="_blank">Here's the link again</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAa_fO7PyAJZXHqdgiZ_N3Gx_qpmBI_qOh41ddYj9pqP-Iu7zqKfnwnoeCtj5UTF9beWP9g6WuitgzBxTWppbWib27MDoeNjo-wdXFJVwsSI7NEJKzUHU5-QsS_nusLjEmNHuNbUBDG28y/s1600/2018-Sphinx-intruder+rock+in+contemporary+setting-5886-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1241" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAa_fO7PyAJZXHqdgiZ_N3Gx_qpmBI_qOh41ddYj9pqP-Iu7zqKfnwnoeCtj5UTF9beWP9g6WuitgzBxTWppbWib27MDoeNjo-wdXFJVwsSI7NEJKzUHU5-QsS_nusLjEmNHuNbUBDG28y/w496-h640/2018-Sphinx-intruder+rock+in+contemporary+setting-5886-noted.jpg" width="496" /></a></div>Intruder rock discovered near the base of the Sphinx<br /></b></span></div><br />Another wandering rock on the Iverson Movie Ranch is perhaps the best example of an "intruder rock." I studied it back in 2018 and was eventually able to figure out its trajectory and where it was previously positioned.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZIzQeGQDQFrXylv37oNCnUk5UowkT6QMz-ey8BOcxUEep0OmrwolrvyDYf5axLJU1DMt3_bKiuWkBCMSGK6STz-gJQ6n-vWTtw3q2RoCnjwEKUy6PNanjG3bxYq3dVbx-kNnVVyYeNIY/s1600/2018-Sphinx-west+end+with+intruder+rock-5887-noted+5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1255" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZIzQeGQDQFrXylv37oNCnUk5UowkT6QMz-ey8BOcxUEep0OmrwolrvyDYf5axLJU1DMt3_bKiuWkBCMSGK6STz-gJQ6n-vWTtw3q2RoCnjwEKUy6PNanjG3bxYq3dVbx-kNnVVyYeNIY/w502-h640/2018-Sphinx-west+end+with+intruder+rock-5887-noted+5.JPG" width="502" /></a></div>Wider shot of the Sphinx, showing the intruder rock<br /></b></span></div><br />It's always interesting — and sometimes even terrifying — when rocks start moving around, because we tend to think of them as being relatively stable.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo88FFskF7APrVHabBGZ3etEx2p-Gw1gSDfEXm2c6frUsgIe436nw_1oIDHgcUdDsAj8gUMMvZrwvbpnjmjTG01nATlmD8SmPycgOPqrb2_5SjThpWS3qSGn7vU0O4W_YR368CcW8eLzD/s1600/1925-Dick+Turpin-PS-Sphinx-Tom+Mix-Bison+Archives-correct+orientation-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo88FFskF7APrVHabBGZ3etEx2p-Gw1gSDfEXm2c6frUsgIe436nw_1oIDHgcUdDsAj8gUMMvZrwvbpnjmjTG01nATlmD8SmPycgOPqrb2_5SjThpWS3qSGn7vU0O4W_YR368CcW8eLzD/w640-h478/1925-Dick+Turpin-PS-Sphinx-Tom+Mix-Bison+Archives-correct+orientation-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Promo still taken in 1925 for the silent movie "Dick Turpin"<br /></b></span></div><br />It's even more interesting when we have the benefit of old movies, where we can figure out the rocks' previous position and contemplate what the situation was before they pulled up stakes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOavYpnwh1y7VONuDWyIigJqjaxvmQbpA4hEr8id8eG6rkdrJNeKkUiDd1e9Soo7hEAlGizi0oINijELKc-edIUxWHyxgcOwGSCIUjpmnCdVxehP9OirDEFVxcbBTyMKwJ5x5boL7rlxz/s1600/2018-Sphinx-west+end+with+intruder+rock-5887-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1255" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOavYpnwh1y7VONuDWyIigJqjaxvmQbpA4hEr8id8eG6rkdrJNeKkUiDd1e9Soo7hEAlGizi0oINijELKc-edIUxWHyxgcOwGSCIUjpmnCdVxehP9OirDEFVxcbBTyMKwJ5x5boL7rlxz/w502-h640/2018-Sphinx-west+end+with+intruder+rock-5887-noted+2.JPG" width="502" /></a></div>The apparent trajectory of the intruder rock<br /></b></span></div><br />I documented my research into the intruder rock in two posts in 2018. The <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-iverson-movie-ranchs-mighty-sphinx.html" target="_blank">first of these, which you can click here to read</a>, focused on the Sphinx, while <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/12/gems-from-bison-archives-bob-hope.html" target="_blank">the second updated the research and covered a number of related topics</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewV3d4WRB2B-TlCkTOmtsjDhMoCgle89UEi6TPIWlyPPBhR5truYO4KINDfL7Z_UpY_zCTcj4zj4hz8WIQ6AOnJVs-KF_z_FGocOUbIZxk5kc036i2ovTJV44qGsu84SngYy13b-LXmwc/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Bugeye%252C+Trapezoid%252C+Gila+Monster%252C+Fireplace+Rock-crack.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewV3d4WRB2B-TlCkTOmtsjDhMoCgle89UEi6TPIWlyPPBhR5truYO4KINDfL7Z_UpY_zCTcj4zj4hz8WIQ6AOnJVs-KF_z_FGocOUbIZxk5kc036i2ovTJV44qGsu84SngYy13b-LXmwc/w640-h476/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Bugeye%252C+Trapezoid%252C+Gila+Monster%252C+Fireplace+Rock-crack.png" width="640" /></a></div>Google aerial showing the crack in Bugeye (2021)<br /></b></span></div><br />Getting back to Bugeye, the crack that now runs through the rock is easily big enough to be seen from outer space. The above Google Maps shot, taken from a satellite, clearly shows the crack. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoqMzsPPPAgepcicvabGMemQwaGC8zbr6zuf4kHcJ6Z99sVtqSthANUJ5xJd68VV2a_ry_teJyfsL0e-XSRIuMuT2_lheo8FEj3ouL5fZZrJxKrhU_cJqHx-ZGDiwuVEv5SxW1LBbNrol/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Bugeye%252C+Trapezoid%252C+Gila+Monster%252C+Fireplace+Rock-crack-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoqMzsPPPAgepcicvabGMemQwaGC8zbr6zuf4kHcJ6Z99sVtqSthANUJ5xJd68VV2a_ry_teJyfsL0e-XSRIuMuT2_lheo8FEj3ouL5fZZrJxKrhU_cJqHx-ZGDiwuVEv5SxW1LBbNrol/w640-h476/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Bugeye%252C+Trapezoid%252C+Gila+Monster%252C+Fireplace+Rock-crack-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye's big crack<br /></b></span></div><br />In fact, it was on Google Maps that I first spotted the crack. I did a double-take when I first saw it, and soon made my way to the location to get up close and personal with the mangled rock. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ48S-svdfVpKebey8xbAfGngUDmrOwOqSWooMurvARftHT49pu3uPvSBMgZdgaYuoufpU3lfGKYzGEYagY-RfoO_3l3tEtqhUlPZotRi63M49YtJfOQZ05wIFaCydMVrVz49p81WC-hQ5/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Bugeye%252C+Trapezoid%252C+Gila+Monster%252C+Fireplace+Rock-crack-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ48S-svdfVpKebey8xbAfGngUDmrOwOqSWooMurvARftHT49pu3uPvSBMgZdgaYuoufpU3lfGKYzGEYagY-RfoO_3l3tEtqhUlPZotRi63M49YtJfOQZ05wIFaCydMVrVz49p81WC-hQ5/w640-h476/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-Bugeye%252C+Trapezoid%252C+Gila+Monster%252C+Fireplace+Rock-crack-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Main rock features of the Fireplace Rock/Bugeye and Trapezoid group<br /></b></span></div><br />The satellite map shows the proximity of the Fireplace Rock/B&T group to Topanga Canyon Boulevard, running along the right side of the frame, along with the rocks' position just above a row of mobile homes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p2G8aU2BpkNq70OQ5rCpg21KrzFrHABZ9AgZZQFaoj1BetPEAy03UVi03OFs1GmLlPm5OFWfeZJBJzFwPAJWYLq_Jx0telovgxUw0-IJWlFL5dH3__925H9d9VETLYLE7239o65nZCCN/s5184/rear+view+of+Bugeye+soon+after+the+crack-1792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p2G8aU2BpkNq70OQ5rCpg21KrzFrHABZ9AgZZQFaoj1BetPEAy03UVi03OFs1GmLlPm5OFWfeZJBJzFwPAJWYLq_Jx0telovgxUw0-IJWlFL5dH3__925H9d9VETLYLE7239o65nZCCN/w640-h480/rear+view+of+Bugeye+soon+after+the+crack-1792.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye from the Topanga side, post-crack — from this angle, the crack is barely visible</b></span></div><br />One reason I wanted to examine the rock right away was to do a safety check. I was concerned about hunks of rock rolling down onto nearby Topanga Canyon Boulevard or crashing through the roof of a mobile home.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_iWsKSeFupOKae0BI2NFWyn0dscrT5DHxblQGy74KpCUIQMiGxuwPzlg5NL-_TcaJIDsBsODahjv9BoyX9dfMC_JNMcGzYW2DpAGq7HHhCOtGGbFPFXjINJaZn8xQEgt1vTYjfb3CMf1/s2048/rear+view+of+Bugeye+soon+after+the+crack-1792-noted.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_iWsKSeFupOKae0BI2NFWyn0dscrT5DHxblQGy74KpCUIQMiGxuwPzlg5NL-_TcaJIDsBsODahjv9BoyX9dfMC_JNMcGzYW2DpAGq7HHhCOtGGbFPFXjINJaZn8xQEgt1vTYjfb3CMf1/w640-h480/rear+view+of+Bugeye+soon+after+the+crack-1792-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I didn't realize the rock was already cracked when I took this photo in July 2019<br /></b></span></div><br />Not that I'm a geologist, a structural engineer or whatever I would have to be to actually know this, but the split appears to have made Bugeye more stable than it was before, not less. In a sense it was a self-correction initiated by the rock itself — perhaps prompted by an earthquake or other natural forces.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB2yHAJpEhxc735o4B5YM5P6GU43f94zk5w-0zZDJNGvwC6UMfGPo4pG4HnIvNzHDg2pni8aSohMVm0NpURTruHpx5-XabhppmW_AEyuqXYxB3cYTCqQJlaN-Nv_ev2UGiZQQ42rMdca2/s2048/2012+and+2021-Bugeye+and+Trapezoid-before+and+after+the+crack+in+Bugeye-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB2yHAJpEhxc735o4B5YM5P6GU43f94zk5w-0zZDJNGvwC6UMfGPo4pG4HnIvNzHDg2pni8aSohMVm0NpURTruHpx5-XabhppmW_AEyuqXYxB3cYTCqQJlaN-Nv_ev2UGiZQQ42rMdca2/w640-h448/2012+and+2021-Bugeye+and+Trapezoid-before+and+after+the+crack+in+Bugeye-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye before and after the crack — Here's looking at you, kid<br /></b></span></div><br />These two shots contrast how Bugeye appeared before and after it cracked — in 2012 (top) and just a few weeks ago. You may notice that the "new" Bugeye (bottom) appears to be looking directly at the camera, while the old version was more pensive, staring off into space.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBHverLp4SY02tLzA227t1B9TRUr18vGL4Knsqx8BX4isw0fR20ewKULnUQfNYnY74oNa61sxwCjNaOHWYha0qo3R2-sAZUIWGXapGHcoFEUwWl_2BBG2vuvP1rxYURLvNz_mV9nt56Y6/s2048/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-closeup+of+the+crack%252C+from+around+Trapezoid-2892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBHverLp4SY02tLzA227t1B9TRUr18vGL4Knsqx8BX4isw0fR20ewKULnUQfNYnY74oNa61sxwCjNaOHWYha0qo3R2-sAZUIWGXapGHcoFEUwWl_2BBG2vuvP1rxYURLvNz_mV9nt56Y6/w640-h480/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-closeup+of+the+crack%252C+from+around+Trapezoid-2892.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Bugeye in 2021: Is the crack ready for its closeup?<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a closeup of the crack as seen from the vantage point of Bugeye's partner rock Trapezoid. A sign on the 118 Freeway, just after the eastbound Topanga exit, can be seen at top right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_THOSTfKpnrav7ohX0fLAdnU3edMJBh8lbA5MupuXbA-Kd8sif0BneQ_fDuK58AbiLTUFp79EXpYpf-yOrHRUmM-lr-0gCDz_Ft43v8Mxphud_GFLfyh8Fzk-ChV1EU5tCRCta19SBSO_/s2048/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-closeup+of+the+crack%252C+from+around+Trapezoid-2892-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_THOSTfKpnrav7ohX0fLAdnU3edMJBh8lbA5MupuXbA-Kd8sif0BneQ_fDuK58AbiLTUFp79EXpYpf-yOrHRUmM-lr-0gCDz_Ft43v8Mxphud_GFLfyh8Fzk-ChV1EU5tCRCta19SBSO_/w640-h480/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-closeup+of+the+crack%252C+from+around+Trapezoid-2892-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Do not try to insert Tab "A" into Slot "B"<br /></b></span></div><br />It quickly becomes evident how the pieces used to fit together, as the triangular "Tab A" is an exact match for "Slot B." If you used to build models as a kid — or if you buy Ikea furniture — you might be tempted to follow instructions and "insert Tab A into Slot B," but I can assure you in this case it can't be done.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknni0UVufhs8j7lnEXaxptkVhDWOC78M5DZzvs8PbD1FIVS4aSTsX14AvamqrtIrfCiRICh8k44eP2AnrQ4g-YUcRXjR1O_BEA1B9RMyAzcj3aH4tFnD4CpLI94ICoEG0uQgrkuPAg-2F/s2048/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-closeup+of+the+crack%252C+from+around+Trapezoid-2892-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknni0UVufhs8j7lnEXaxptkVhDWOC78M5DZzvs8PbD1FIVS4aSTsX14AvamqrtIrfCiRICh8k44eP2AnrQ4g-YUcRXjR1O_BEA1B9RMyAzcj3aH4tFnD4CpLI94ICoEG0uQgrkuPAg-2F/w640-h480/2021+%2528071621%2529-Bugeye-closeup+of+the+crack%252C+from+around+Trapezoid-2892-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Diagram of a breakup<br /></b></span></div><br />The positioning of the two markers reveals the direction in which the rock rotated after it broke — essentially, the "little half," on the left here, rotated forward and down, shifting by at least a good couple of feet.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9Mn_oMoDww_dedVNQ0wMbu9ZzcejI0Hik69sqzhnp2to-eqhBYQIklgcE9TTrJtfPzrRDtQ9DKjY0JXf7AxpPwURYcWmiphAZ2g2Bd2wXzHSZaXdBXpYSb3YwSwlLraBEwf9X_853-vX/s1349/2021-Google+aerial-Bugeye+and+Trapezoid-cracked-closeup-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="1064" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9Mn_oMoDww_dedVNQ0wMbu9ZzcejI0Hik69sqzhnp2to-eqhBYQIklgcE9TTrJtfPzrRDtQ9DKjY0JXf7AxpPwURYcWmiphAZ2g2Bd2wXzHSZaXdBXpYSb3YwSwlLraBEwf9X_853-vX/w504-h640/2021-Google+aerial-Bugeye+and+Trapezoid-cracked-closeup-noted.png" width="504" /></a></div>Tab "A" and Slot "B" in a Google satellite view<br /></b></span></div><br />The shift is substantial enough to be easily visible from space, as are both Tab "A" and Slot "B." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OYc2ptScEH8V-THqVsQldFMbZYs_V7GWdJaF1k2bP0vXRwptYgdETTVno4f-ZE5zCM68lPeztPqFhOIPliQ_6srDco-_oWPlo0V7IB_GDVP5GhuOEVP8n43S6N0LSyyXg4esw7McH908/s670/2021-Google+3D-Bugeye+sporting+its+new+crack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="670" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OYc2ptScEH8V-THqVsQldFMbZYs_V7GWdJaF1k2bP0vXRwptYgdETTVno4f-ZE5zCM68lPeztPqFhOIPliQ_6srDco-_oWPlo0V7IB_GDVP5GhuOEVP8n43S6N0LSyyXg4esw7McH908/w640-h490/2021-Google+3D-Bugeye+sporting+its+new+crack.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Google 3D image showing the crack<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">In another satellite image, this time providing a bird's-eye view, we can readily see how the "face" of Bugeye — containing its two trademark "bugeyes" — dropped significantly after it broke off from the right half of the rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDp2GUKSHxmDCNmWjYvkTwm_5_yJnrZa2st_HFq7vsgHNSCB5mlGlm7ZRgTLTOEz5pJWfBzqMgEDI0o-TMMb4YLPMrbRi6k7VoHEqcnN4Rpn4by_pECakThtfpnVNXEn4c5IdKIKz1RbM/s1125/1951-Wanted+Dead+or+Alive-LC-B%2526T.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1125" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDp2GUKSHxmDCNmWjYvkTwm_5_yJnrZa2st_HFq7vsgHNSCB5mlGlm7ZRgTLTOEz5pJWfBzqMgEDI0o-TMMb4YLPMrbRi6k7VoHEqcnN4Rpn4by_pECakThtfpnVNXEn4c5IdKIKz1RbM/w640-h500/1951-Wanted+Dead+or+Alive-LC-B%2526T.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1951) — Thanks for the memories, Bugeye!<br /></b></span></div><br />But let's not get all broken up about the fate of Bugeye. It had a good run, leaving behind countless images of its Hollywood career. Here's a shot of Bugeye in its favorite position, top left, in an old Monogram lobby card.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIUyCIEew_5dce_vgv_jfHdcNIifVx2nGfbVKiu1mHZhWHD44ZG98Ld0FqmwlJqLOT6ZkiqaRRhjeIKdbGd95oL_XLy77mY59ezXv0EE-w-VPhmk8JxH9oathDhk-39x3RzLSpNnF7pSs/s965/1945-Bells+of+Rosarita-PS-Bugeye-Trapezoid-Leaning+Tower+Left-Sprite-Ottoman-L-R-Roy+Rogers%252C+Wild+Bill+Elliott%252C+Donald+Red+Barry%252C+et+al.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="965" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIUyCIEew_5dce_vgv_jfHdcNIifVx2nGfbVKiu1mHZhWHD44ZG98Ld0FqmwlJqLOT6ZkiqaRRhjeIKdbGd95oL_XLy77mY59ezXv0EE-w-VPhmk8JxH9oathDhk-39x3RzLSpNnF7pSs/w640-h510/1945-Bells+of+Rosarita-PS-Bugeye-Trapezoid-Leaning+Tower+Left-Sprite-Ottoman-L-R-Roy+Rogers%252C+Wild+Bill+Elliott%252C+Donald+Red+Barry%252C+et+al.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Roy Rogers leads an all-star charge past Bugeye in "Bells of Rosarita" (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />One last memory of Bugeye: Some readers may be able to name all the movie cowboys storming past the rock in the star-studded 1945 Roy Rogers B-Western "Bells of Rosarita." Bugeye can be seen, as usual, at top left.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-88141405665473586692021-06-24T19:11:00.006-07:002021-12-11T05:59:54.004-08:00On location with "Gunsmoke," Part 3: Playing cowboy on the Simi Ridge<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSJMNS1NlXBuevBTc6chok9OAT0D8aSAKtgCpk9pN4T4t7bZz5ID3kCZ-ph5AnzW5ZkIQCm2qcviZSNNCF3H2gZcXgSg1X4-HSodCUn5XGRp9daTBhncblxhSIrACPNwDCm24Kaf6aNot/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-approaching+off+Pathfinder-rocky+area+heavily+filmed+for+Gunsmoke-2669.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSJMNS1NlXBuevBTc6chok9OAT0D8aSAKtgCpk9pN4T4t7bZz5ID3kCZ-ph5AnzW5ZkIQCm2qcviZSNNCF3H2gZcXgSg1X4-HSodCUn5XGRp9daTBhncblxhSIrACPNwDCm24Kaf6aNot/w640-h324/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-approaching+off+Pathfinder-rocky+area+heavily+filmed+for+Gunsmoke-2669.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Simi Ridge, above Westlake Village, Calif.<br /></b></span></div><br />If you ever find yourself driving through Westlake Village on the 101, take a moment to ponder the movie and TV history of the majestic Simi Ridge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0PWhi9H7GmR18pJRH26JWvL0e0AZYbUZ6BMu7gy7aTnHmEAx73yk3iVrb9nf8tJf0bpR6iYiQ4fGQpojHOMcpglU-E8OoJUtORhzCy-B8VSU1ycdagg3qZ7cwzprdXP2iAA-tnP_52C2/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+7.25-The+Widow-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-9802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="2048" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0PWhi9H7GmR18pJRH26JWvL0e0AZYbUZ6BMu7gy7aTnHmEAx73yk3iVrb9nf8tJf0bpR6iYiQ4fGQpojHOMcpglU-E8OoJUtORhzCy-B8VSU1ycdagg3qZ7cwzprdXP2iAA-tnP_52C2/w640-h340/1962-Gunsmoke+7.25-The+Widow-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-9802.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "The Widow" (1962): Matt Dillon & Co. ride Lindero Canyon<br /></b></span></div><br /> You should have plenty of time for quiet reflection, since the freeway was designed to bear about one-tenth of the traffic it carries today and there's a good chance you'll be bogged down in a bumper-to-bumper quagmire.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zrJXdHJmvApPagZvWuOgH1eL9gc3WJv6EQkBlBE2d-bZbV02wnTyPqGLd-vh5eaCqdzkC30fvzhMZQ5OEI7iR2qRGJ7PenS_FZdncnb7alW7EF-iCIbqd3jHhQ5Gv05g2qLM4EmoOuj8/s2048/2020-Simi+Ridge+looking+north+from+Lindero+at+Kanan-matches+Ed+Lawrence+photo+%25287311%2529-HMedved+photo-7302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zrJXdHJmvApPagZvWuOgH1eL9gc3WJv6EQkBlBE2d-bZbV02wnTyPqGLd-vh5eaCqdzkC30fvzhMZQ5OEI7iR2qRGJ7PenS_FZdncnb7alW7EF-iCIbqd3jHhQ5Gv05g2qLM4EmoOuj8/w640-h412/2020-Simi+Ridge+looking+north+from+Lindero+at+Kanan-matches+Ed+Lawrence+photo+%25287311%2529-HMedved+photo-7302.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The stunning Simi Ridge, as seen from Lindero Canyon Road at Kanan (Harry Medved photo)<br /></b></span></div><br />You might even want to tear yourself away from the grind for a half-hour or so. As you pull off the freeway at
Lindero Canyon Road and drive north, one of the
best-kept secrets of the TV Westerns unfolds before your eyes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRa40I5CaaaFob1_y4tjuMKbpjN9w1bg2J08gx9LLE0ZcUHdWcE-jbDjWrXICndcgF6lCfsysOS8eCi3T9NqhPnCNXQoUupCG_xmRxJTjRX98GPQBWqHYO_QroTIC-A1tEHpFYa_BgzKq/s2048/1965-Virginian+4.8-Nobility+of+Kings-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-Charles+Bronson.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRa40I5CaaaFob1_y4tjuMKbpjN9w1bg2J08gx9LLE0ZcUHdWcE-jbDjWrXICndcgF6lCfsysOS8eCi3T9NqhPnCNXQoUupCG_xmRxJTjRX98GPQBWqHYO_QroTIC-A1tEHpFYa_BgzKq/w640-h474/1965-Virginian+4.8-Nobility+of+Kings-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-Charles+Bronson.png" width="640" /></a></div>Charles Bronson is framed by the Simi Ridge in the "Virginian" episode "Nobility of Kings" (1965)<br /></b></span></div><br />"Gunsmoke" filmed in the area for about 15 years — longer than any other show. But many other TV Westerns, including "The Virginian," "The Big Valley" and "Wanted Dead or Alive," also worked the Simi Ridge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLaGlJwsbhcqtRK4D-lPqFFBCZ1Afl9k0eAB5aSfuIecx6ctx1Ee01c5qHFFDCtD3HCB0xEnC8Nk7lAoevOhQj5rl4wR5-WUes0fuuWw7O-gh4XELng6kQS6Tz-40lbJXcZweYOr3jvCr/s1288/1966-Alvarez+Kelly-filming-Simi+Ridge-Conejo+Through+the+Lens%252C+Thousand+Oaks+Library.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1288" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLaGlJwsbhcqtRK4D-lPqFFBCZ1Afl9k0eAB5aSfuIecx6ctx1Ee01c5qHFFDCtD3HCB0xEnC8Nk7lAoevOhQj5rl4wR5-WUes0fuuWw7O-gh4XELng6kQS6Tz-40lbJXcZweYOr3jvCr/w640-h482/1966-Alvarez+Kelly-filming-Simi+Ridge-Conejo+Through+the+Lens%252C+Thousand+Oaks+Library.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Filming "Alvarez Kelly" in Lindero Canyon in 1965 (Thousand Oaks Library)<br /></b></span></div><br />The movies got in on the act, too. Here's a behind-the-scenes photo taken during filming on the William Holden-Richard Widmark Western "Alvarez Kelly," with the Simi Ridge once again looming in the background.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctkp14LBouJMwgZ0huPbl33bPQwdDncjHcbkK0e1KGseBpRUH6b0o4WOCZrY3JeTxlSM_pNDndj1MHH6-AedCHbdemgwqFR2cZEabtF1-20OODC51wum2KFOHaiOTmbq0uNOjPO2lXpHH/s1600/Gunsmoke-Ken+Curtis%252C+James+Arness-click+on+photos+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1600" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctkp14LBouJMwgZ0huPbl33bPQwdDncjHcbkK0e1KGseBpRUH6b0o4WOCZrY3JeTxlSM_pNDndj1MHH6-AedCHbdemgwqFR2cZEabtF1-20OODC51wum2KFOHaiOTmbq0uNOjPO2lXpHH/w400-h313/Gunsmoke-Ken+Curtis%252C+James+Arness-click+on+photos+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM87HI_B__FqJAHXpzEHE2KZtAzWhu3Y2BOBmbODS2Ri-x9O-6UrHTvKwHEQk3T3vr43-BgE-wDkvVjL3Mp8ahT_BFqegknaNfkYjbAR15dpWDemiHUjJVt8LajplG12x2fSg-5Hx6ftCR/s2048/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-flipt%253Afixt-Doug+McClure+.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM87HI_B__FqJAHXpzEHE2KZtAzWhu3Y2BOBmbODS2Ri-x9O-6UrHTvKwHEQk3T3vr43-BgE-wDkvVjL3Mp8ahT_BFqegknaNfkYjbAR15dpWDemiHUjJVt8LajplG12x2fSg-5Hx6ftCR/w640-h414/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-flipt%253Afixt-Doug+McClure+.png" width="640" /></a></div>Doug McClure rides the Upper Lindero Canyon in the "Virginian" episode "The Claim" (1965)<br /></b></span></div><br />While the iconic ridgeline came to be a symbol of the American West as it was depicted on TV, some of the most interesting shoots played out in the nooks and crannies hidden below.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98DLPi6rvFT2oGQmF9HcGDaLV0HBQ3zKxRNDF9I4HQPhszIfYx9DPuUuyxs9brvdrByqqXmsx22JPhbGsbY8twWjtqPAY9Pfm1hcI5-c2UapjCl72EcO-rAx7PIQ3CfMUNzZyX8yU8mY7/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Simi+Ridge%253ALindero+Canyon-Back-Dive+Rock-4267.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98DLPi6rvFT2oGQmF9HcGDaLV0HBQ3zKxRNDF9I4HQPhszIfYx9DPuUuyxs9brvdrByqqXmsx22JPhbGsbY8twWjtqPAY9Pfm1hcI5-c2UapjCl72EcO-rAx7PIQ3CfMUNzZyX8yU8mY7/w640-h410/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Simi+Ridge%253ALindero+Canyon-Back-Dive+Rock-4267.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Season eight "Gunsmoke" episode "Abe Blocker" (premiered Nov. 24, 1962)<br /></b></span></div><br />In
contrast to the pastoral lowlands and rolling hills that define much of the Conejo
Valley, the landscape in this corner of the valley is populated by striking rock features.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3acMsxeZzqIJwMjqzIIOdGBXqpeR_fEeTmcQU6nR1ylK6Ub9PYQXmbhvw0mVqRVQ-O0kTE68TMZqhtDHMin5ROVitFRvLoQFedGBPWVo-oEy8ZG8FO2liWa8Cy5wnhzMs-s3X9r1IRdBg/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Back-Dive+Rock-2815.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3acMsxeZzqIJwMjqzIIOdGBXqpeR_fEeTmcQU6nR1ylK6Ub9PYQXmbhvw0mVqRVQ-O0kTE68TMZqhtDHMin5ROVitFRvLoQFedGBPWVo-oEy8ZG8FO2liWa8Cy5wnhzMs-s3X9r1IRdBg/w640-h470/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Back-Dive+Rock-2815.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock on a recent expedition to the Lower Simi Ridge<br /></b></span></div><br />Many of these rocks can still be found at the site today. This one was hard to locate and even harder to get to, but once I found my way there I was able to capture something close to the "Gunsmoke" angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-yWIb4-tTNBEAWxDwiNV-JQEtj0Pgdmw7cG1OBHjqXLrv2s-4DZiTz_tUhjdZfPJpX5BXyQjZj0rjrEwFXbmp4H2t_1Fmdrx19zZxEAPwBk_RMaYrtMyxdDNRbCHRp3WgJjzhUP0tpAY/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Simi+Ridge%253ALindero+Canyon-Back-Dive+Rock-4268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-yWIb4-tTNBEAWxDwiNV-JQEtj0Pgdmw7cG1OBHjqXLrv2s-4DZiTz_tUhjdZfPJpX5BXyQjZj0rjrEwFXbmp4H2t_1Fmdrx19zZxEAPwBk_RMaYrtMyxdDNRbCHRp3WgJjzhUP0tpAY/w640-h494/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Simi+Ridge%253ALindero+Canyon-Back-Dive+Rock-4268.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A leap of faith off "Blocker Rock" — not the best position to get caught in a gun battle<br /></b></span></div><br />I've taken to calling it "Blocker Rock" in honor of its featured role in "Abe Blocker" — and it doesn't hurt that the rock is basically a giant brick-shaped block of sandstone.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjph6suDi0MjuYANfz3jvnuWwEaOQk6APy5ce4qh8VjIiMnDNOYQ9ypxlCYrouk5o0ihPCC9i3shbAmWqHVNK7UUydaZR7aF_px-_r2VkI5FAoLvS2nLYK4z7l4dw7vb-t9VRp5CH4AHvFr/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Simi+Ridge%253ALindero+Canyon-Back-Dive+Rock-4268-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjph6suDi0MjuYANfz3jvnuWwEaOQk6APy5ce4qh8VjIiMnDNOYQ9ypxlCYrouk5o0ihPCC9i3shbAmWqHVNK7UUydaZR7aF_px-_r2VkI5FAoLvS2nLYK4z7l4dw7vb-t9VRp5CH4AHvFr/w640-h494/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Simi+Ridge%253ALindero+Canyon-Back-Dive+Rock-4268-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Any sign of these fellers? Fuhgeddaboudit<br /></b></span></div><br />All of the smaller rocks once perched tenuously atop the mothership, whether they were real or fake, also rumbled off into the abyss long ago — hardly a surprise given the precarious tilt of the base rock.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_ubKq978cG_jFKAMDGYixc1S4sp1mVadKoxAXTzeYl7tlpmUKN25i8paQQ26gvCaQK_4cplGnBoLLvEgqI-SO7eubx-xdg36nMShFZW9VHNRRdV-pc4onlhN41ZLfAuznUmw8M4VvBNC/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_ubKq978cG_jFKAMDGYixc1S4sp1mVadKoxAXTzeYl7tlpmUKN25i8paQQ26gvCaQK_4cplGnBoLLvEgqI-SO7eubx-xdg36nMShFZW9VHNRRdV-pc4onlhN41ZLfAuznUmw8M4VvBNC/w640-h470/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2816.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Blocker Rock's neighborhood in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a wider shot of Blocker Rock showing some of the contemporary landscape around the rock. It's not exactly a user-friendly environment.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1DGeX9gzsO3F3HntVzMb8wajGtgjd656luFAuAvIj35EcBY3SGRxin-GvKCxzJ1e7_MNJHVMdN7gOhkSxU12NHPeu8EQsd0roednwUK0NvlmH_xI6BdcDGGw-jHml-nGuu7_-qRUCqWW/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2806.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="2048" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1DGeX9gzsO3F3HntVzMb8wajGtgjd656luFAuAvIj35EcBY3SGRxin-GvKCxzJ1e7_MNJHVMdN7gOhkSxU12NHPeu8EQsd0roednwUK0NvlmH_xI6BdcDGGw-jHml-nGuu7_-qRUCqWW/w640-h442/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2806.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Blocker Rock and its neighbors up on the ridge </b></span></div><br />By shifting the angle, we can get a look at some of the rocks positioned on the ridge north of Blocker Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvWgUA5e7_NjxXzTZqGYkjtbZa60Nk5cyJIxeFYIMHXt2IOs0ls6iafpDUvbefqJCDsynXIHQn0Hhxg2SDsOkoRv0VvsOi-ZmAAdQZv4bnAZ5xKgaRc32oQM3m52RRWLELwggeBjkLLU5/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2806-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="2048" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvWgUA5e7_NjxXzTZqGYkjtbZa60Nk5cyJIxeFYIMHXt2IOs0ls6iafpDUvbefqJCDsynXIHQn0Hhxg2SDsOkoRv0VvsOi-ZmAAdQZv4bnAZ5xKgaRc32oQM3m52RRWLELwggeBjkLLU5/w640-h442/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2806-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A pillar on the ridge above Blocker Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />In particular, note the unusual rock pillar up on the ridge, circled in yellow.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN73-YC7_6786UO2IO0pwYEU1J3wLEdeP-RPUqXr2JRl39z0TepIobxqo4_brSR6LlrFj-VwTP3MLjtEYp5tk9WkQKrDi5V67U0Ea6LyyA4UAN9WFnUrrjg0BLmR3LTGxLnmnyIAP0OprM/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-back-dive+rock+and+unk+tower-6918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN73-YC7_6786UO2IO0pwYEU1J3wLEdeP-RPUqXr2JRl39z0TepIobxqo4_brSR6LlrFj-VwTP3MLjtEYp5tk9WkQKrDi5V67U0Ea6LyyA4UAN9WFnUrrjg0BLmR3LTGxLnmnyIAP0OprM/w640-h460/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-back-dive+rock+and+unk+tower-6918.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Gunsmoke" episode "South Wind" (Nov. 27, 1965)<br /></b></span></div><br />This rock pillar also appears in some "Gunsmoke" episodes. Here it is at top left, along with Blocker Rock at top right, in the season 11 episode "South Wind."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhkTOE2WI2aSP-sJhs1lG3JcZt8Vwib8kdKXWLwUnUBJEp1A6yTp9MFriZhYkmXgEhlqjks1dRjGzlwmXd7Zm0mst_dcDZroHuqGo3KiV0W5YYpv_o6y_P0TXwuODeDTJfoB0Wqna1YHr/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-back-dive+rock+and+unk+tower-6918-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhkTOE2WI2aSP-sJhs1lG3JcZt8Vwib8kdKXWLwUnUBJEp1A6yTp9MFriZhYkmXgEhlqjks1dRjGzlwmXd7Zm0mst_dcDZroHuqGo3KiV0W5YYpv_o6y_P0TXwuODeDTJfoB0Wqna1YHr/w640-h460/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-back-dive+rock+and+unk+tower-6918-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Another Blocker Rock neighbor<br /></b></span></div><br />Other rocks in the "South Wind" screen shot can also be identified in the current landscape. As an example, note the small rock circled here in blue, just below Blocker Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jnstm4K1Khn1RxqfQfbHobyi4aBXaO0p_Z4LrAnEYYIsF3WhATGul5ndhyphenhyphenIlIfIXasREz1lhmGeSjffum_VRK3GkwkrH6QEWCxk3pacQoK10g5xfPxbygxfCa9faiw1yDLj_T2Ar78jx/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2806-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="2048" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jnstm4K1Khn1RxqfQfbHobyi4aBXaO0p_Z4LrAnEYYIsF3WhATGul5ndhyphenhyphenIlIfIXasREz1lhmGeSjffum_VRK3GkwkrH6QEWCxk3pacQoK10g5xfPxbygxfCa9faiw1yDLj_T2Ar78jx/w640-h442/2021+%2528061021%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky-Back-Dive+Rock-wide-2806-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Another survivor of the filming days<br /></b></span></div><br />The same small rock remains easy to identify in 2021, and even has some unusual markings on it. Other rocks in the vicinity can be similarly matched up, although it can be a challenge.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3keIWTVYLqLTjOqsvyHRqVOY0IJMIM7Sc0KH0FlBvngA5AdQTXkdNoNxgLSLTI6Jdr5BDrrnI70tV88RP4j9DbRSEyBmXL6ln7I89cGoiRmIbrul5rCnpY94uPhLR_IC_JOjnmDETeXUt/s1602/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-close+in+on+Golden+Sky+Circle+and+Smokey+Ridge+cul+de+sacs-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1602" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3keIWTVYLqLTjOqsvyHRqVOY0IJMIM7Sc0KH0FlBvngA5AdQTXkdNoNxgLSLTI6Jdr5BDrrnI70tV88RP4j9DbRSEyBmXL6ln7I89cGoiRmIbrul5rCnpY94uPhLR_IC_JOjnmDETeXUt/w640-h508/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-close+in+on+Golden+Sky+Circle+and+Smokey+Ridge+cul+de+sacs-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Upper Lindero Canyon today — a "Gunsmoke" playground from the 1960s<br /></b></span></div><br />Most of the rocky action in "Gunsmoke" that wasn't <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/07/gunsmoke-goes-on-location-iverson-movie.html" target="_blank">shot on the Iverson Movie Ranch</a> was filmed in Upper Lindero Canyon, in proximity to what today are residential cul de sacs in a far corner of Westlake Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ujYtHH9Oh083N9kmOGOSTVqnOwiiJ_nfw1Ff_rAR1bOaYhM_6F-13WhymKV_ijTjn2INu5NABqICuLO0kAWEsF_YXEvVDbSyrghYOzGh1d6kWjOopzwDKyujLTsBChgFYY4SMEH3y-eh/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ujYtHH9Oh083N9kmOGOSTVqnOwiiJ_nfw1Ff_rAR1bOaYhM_6F-13WhymKV_ijTjn2INu5NABqICuLO0kAWEsF_YXEvVDbSyrghYOzGh1d6kWjOopzwDKyujLTsBChgFYY4SMEH3y-eh/w640-h418/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>Lindero Canyon today: Cul de sacs and country clubs<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a wider view of Upper Lindero Canyon, home to suburban North Ranch. Today it's a relatively upscale section of Westlake Village, but back in the '60s the biggest thing going on in the canyon was "Gunsmoke."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f9ZGHHg2EVaawpGBUCQbY8j53t2UYW-8i2u6bC8rcpVc1cI29Ru4t_7CxxqjydAf1c33Y5t0vuk3FlwTv0__KIHziOiCRtL3JrW4T52vesnN9iKZ-gkyrEHwUnWnjXzn6k7ONoqkYKaS/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f9ZGHHg2EVaawpGBUCQbY8j53t2UYW-8i2u6bC8rcpVc1cI29Ru4t_7CxxqjydAf1c33Y5t0vuk3FlwTv0__KIHziOiCRtL3JrW4T52vesnN9iKZ-gkyrEHwUnWnjXzn6k7ONoqkYKaS/w640-h418/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+7.png" width="640" /></a></div>Where "Gunsmoke" shot its rocky sequences in northeast Westlake Village<br /></b></span></div><br />The
"Gunsmoke" hot spot is
tucked away at the extreme northeast end of Westlake Village. The
long-running TV Western shot close to 20 episodes in this location, which at the time was part of the Albertson Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxi-p8POzwceRyDyFrvPXlXzhnFzlzaMtuIFDwGhK7P3AUtPC5YLVDWKeZEhmaKIGD40Dt2Umu1SgwftwcEZhfnp-3AhkiyPsh-VR508L9my4Z_Kt3n6zKfsCWPkq3cwzz1O8GwhFdI89f/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-North+Ranch-just+below+Simi+Ridge%252C+near+Rock+Castle+Knoll-fence+marks+Albertson+Ranch%253AAgoura+Ranch+boundary-7551.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxi-p8POzwceRyDyFrvPXlXzhnFzlzaMtuIFDwGhK7P3AUtPC5YLVDWKeZEhmaKIGD40Dt2Umu1SgwftwcEZhfnp-3AhkiyPsh-VR508L9my4Z_Kt3n6zKfsCWPkq3cwzz1O8GwhFdI89f/w640-h416/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-North+Ranch-just+below+Simi+Ridge%252C+near+Rock+Castle+Knoll-fence+marks+Albertson+Ranch%253AAgoura+Ranch+boundary-7551.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry" (Jan. 2, 1965): James Arness walks the Albertson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />Both the Albertson Ranch and the neighboring Agoura Ranch to the east were working ranches, and the fence that separated them would occasionally find its way into productions.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3f41fmxLa28UZ1j-LrC8WJqTwSUu3rhsF5u1crXCUYYVRUzXNnh00KepfTDI2aQ2dCZPuPDxk8SyWKz6jJY6pt3RG8_4U7QX46B75vUR0SAO-mZkf_W6wFdU_39In3IFJGQ5tEN3Hoqrt/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-North+Ranch-just+below+Simi+Ridge%252C+near+Rock+Castle+Knoll-fence+marks+Albertson+Ranch%253AAgoura+Ranch+boundary-7551-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3f41fmxLa28UZ1j-LrC8WJqTwSUu3rhsF5u1crXCUYYVRUzXNnh00KepfTDI2aQ2dCZPuPDxk8SyWKz6jJY6pt3RG8_4U7QX46B75vUR0SAO-mZkf_W6wFdU_39In3IFJGQ5tEN3Hoqrt/w640-h416/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-North+Ranch-just+below+Simi+Ridge%252C+near+Rock+Castle+Knoll-fence+marks+Albertson+Ranch%253AAgoura+Ranch+boundary-7551-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Behind Marshal Dillon we can see the fence, with the Agoura Ranch on the other side<br /></b></span></div><br />"Gunsmoke" had a long-term deal to film on the Albertson Ranch, and other shows would follow. But
plans to develop the Albertson Ranch into Westlake Village would put a stop to filming by the end of the 1970s.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA7JV32o_sfwliDFO9WoCxl4aquVKoORH5mNjfHjT8j4LCQ_g-GWyY7jMAYLkGqtwvkcMP0XMlFC2J2VcK-rUV1GhWRJ28HS1LwTDscyi7wJPczyf6Y0lk8FGNMT7GW70ZiKPYMuLFZ4T/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-The+Lindero+looking+east+at+Rock+Castle+Knoll-2727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA7JV32o_sfwliDFO9WoCxl4aquVKoORH5mNjfHjT8j4LCQ_g-GWyY7jMAYLkGqtwvkcMP0XMlFC2J2VcK-rUV1GhWRJ28HS1LwTDscyi7wJPczyf6Y0lk8FGNMT7GW70ZiKPYMuLFZ4T/w640-h424/2021+%2528061021%2529-The+Lindero+looking+east+at+Rock+Castle+Knoll-2727.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same location in June 2021 — a "no man's land" separating Oak Park from Westlake Village<br /></b></span></div><br />This is a recent shot of the same spot where Dillon walked. Today a house sits on the Oak Park side, while the foreground is all part of a barren "no man's land" between Oak Park and Westlake Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHfd_oYLCXOgABQCPgtqCAmWowHR2bOe2xiF3WFlRKbHJNwJp3yW9c-ZCS5m-84TYRY1g16feq6WCRvDJdqaQl6Vcky5ELNKOfgTVQhcPnY59PdBOsdsv8wDGvu0kSyuHGyrGIBxSCY1c/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Rock+Castle+Knoll-boundary+fence-2733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHfd_oYLCXOgABQCPgtqCAmWowHR2bOe2xiF3WFlRKbHJNwJp3yW9c-ZCS5m-84TYRY1g16feq6WCRvDJdqaQl6Vcky5ELNKOfgTVQhcPnY59PdBOsdsv8wDGvu0kSyuHGyrGIBxSCY1c/w640-h448/2021+%2528061021%2529-Rock+Castle+Knoll-boundary+fence-2733.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The fence continues to stand its ground<br /></b></span></div><br />Today most of the fences in the area designate residential property lines, but remnants of the old fence can still be found, barbed wire and all, still marking the old ranch boundary.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfflwNVyIzqjYM94PQwASiXCWbnglRUBdqhggudvqFMeae6EmAsdEcpQ4WqEEiAjVlCwi770bj78oIcjQmfoQnV5QxJ_ZniBo_M2y1VAAWdK2b1LklaoVfvlVGt0G9-yFo_C5kOXcHklT/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Rock+Castle+Knoll-boundary+fence-Woolsey+Fire+damage-2737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="2048" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfflwNVyIzqjYM94PQwASiXCWbnglRUBdqhggudvqFMeae6EmAsdEcpQ4WqEEiAjVlCwi770bj78oIcjQmfoQnV5QxJ_ZniBo_M2y1VAAWdK2b1LklaoVfvlVGt0G9-yFo_C5kOXcHklT/w640-h444/2021+%2528061021%2529-Rock+Castle+Knoll-boundary+fence-Woolsey+Fire+damage-2737.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Wildfire country<br /></b></span></div><br />The fence is showing signs of wear and tear, including burned posts that I have to think owe their current condition to the Woolsey Fire back in 2018. Evidence of Woolsey's devastation can be seen throughout the area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HVdX-VLZ6RMOg_1g9wwJ3URm8Z1_IfPX_4gAWTEG4FtEO4217XIzw2UTi_OJbd_gNSCHtLKGxKm7B3MjqMvsXIk4rvRifPOsd0cRENytcKA4c8JysbeWDzO40_8AlYfDig9nAHNoCyH4/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HVdX-VLZ6RMOg_1g9wwJ3URm8Z1_IfPX_4gAWTEG4FtEO4217XIzw2UTi_OJbd_gNSCHtLKGxKm7B3MjqMvsXIk4rvRifPOsd0cRENytcKA4c8JysbeWDzO40_8AlYfDig9nAHNoCyH4/w640-h418/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+8.png" width="640" /></a></div>Upper Lindero Canyon, with the "Lindero" slashing its way across the terrain<br /></b></span></div><br />You may have noticed something that looks almost like a scar — a straight line running southwest to northeast across the map of North Ranch. This is the Lindero, where the fence ran that once separated the two ranches.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbE1hwoz-PE1wgUpEO19PLt9qgEw3d3IplEF6uUnx1a7HHD1Orn8oMpLTMwnZEUNlhexqgvAdSWTkA09u4Mz5xArM3sI2IcOX9fviuiXxywfxV1jrDVPOiqXtHPqdPh4PAE-c1zJmrAbCD/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbE1hwoz-PE1wgUpEO19PLt9qgEw3d3IplEF6uUnx1a7HHD1Orn8oMpLTMwnZEUNlhexqgvAdSWTkA09u4Mz5xArM3sI2IcOX9fviuiXxywfxV1jrDVPOiqXtHPqdPh4PAE-c1zJmrAbCD/w640-h418/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>Lindero Canyon Road: A historic dividing line<br /></b></span></div><br />When
you drive in from the south on Lindero Canyon Road, you're driving
along this historic boundary line. In fact, the road's name,
"lindero," is a Spanish word that translates in English to "boundary."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5Tv8exwRAnci-v-xgtNUJWoEs-JactmTGpVS7NnTey8df1NsMlmE_hLsdSj8VKBg9J7NlCsH6EO1GrccPciJI7W6CfRWQImTTQvaeOx7Dk6m0fP025H6cUudZoOWqVQr2_hwxjfGIX8O/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5Tv8exwRAnci-v-xgtNUJWoEs-JactmTGpVS7NnTey8df1NsMlmE_hLsdSj8VKBg9J7NlCsH6EO1GrccPciJI7W6CfRWQImTTQvaeOx7Dk6m0fP025H6cUudZoOWqVQr2_hwxjfGIX8O/w640-h418/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Two of the Conejo Valley's major ranches, separated by the Lindero</b></span></div><br />Along with cattle and other traditional ranching activities, both the Agoura Ranch and the Albertson Ranch maintained major filming operations for decades, as did the <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank">Janss Conejo Ranch</a> a little farther west.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe48PJ8FF7G98DlDRiuBnCzeTAUkUmJZCHVx5IAMny2FW8kpCh_BS9JFZHinzTflQbwt2uphgfAjbnoiGrtcyfquOv1_somHc4TFpkC9JGrI_1frYE36uVZV5jwQmIZVGxts-zZ1YnRKyc/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe48PJ8FF7G98DlDRiuBnCzeTAUkUmJZCHVx5IAMny2FW8kpCh_BS9JFZHinzTflQbwt2uphgfAjbnoiGrtcyfquOv1_somHc4TFpkC9JGrI_1frYE36uVZV5jwQmIZVGxts-zZ1YnRKyc/w640-h418/2021-Bing+aerial-North+Ranch%253ALindero+Canyon-wide+shot-noted+5.png" width="640" /></a></div>The boundary still holds, but today it divides ZIP Codes<br /></b></span></div><br />Today
the Lindero stands as both a historical boundary and a modern municipal
one. The modern boundary line separates unincorporated Oak Park to
the east from the community of Westlake Village on the west side.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOj0PqnDHwV1rBxmvJIeO68hl4_sVqKqwZ0_zVAZ9RBw0wmXXWpy6rJpqmGuosPqPk35hXncYtt3O29h_q0lBYZO49ydEwbD5oFD244yGzEkbBkIj2BSM7mpX6oDiGj3S4VSeALpqX735/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-approaching+off+Pathfinder-2532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2048" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOj0PqnDHwV1rBxmvJIeO68hl4_sVqKqwZ0_zVAZ9RBw0wmXXWpy6rJpqmGuosPqPk35hXncYtt3O29h_q0lBYZO49ydEwbD5oFD244yGzEkbBkIj2BSM7mpX6oDiGj3S4VSeALpqX735/w640-h408/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-approaching+off+Pathfinder-2532.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Head for the hills<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">From the location where Matt was seen walking near the fence, we still have to make our way farther up the hill to reach the area where most of the "Gunsmoke" rocks can be found.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZfYOvWwkah7nk-my-Xrn2pQTDe11m0jXuoEX6T9BN4aWVLM4rWVzYua3JSvMdz-PI-eyHQxNGao8cijnzCeqbBLD4ZklC_RlWrTnVbeSAjMVUzqJRbFe9e_niDY52kCS0KnhdNTf3HJA/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-approaching+off+Pathfinder-2532-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2048" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZfYOvWwkah7nk-my-Xrn2pQTDe11m0jXuoEX6T9BN4aWVLM4rWVzYua3JSvMdz-PI-eyHQxNGao8cijnzCeqbBLD4ZklC_RlWrTnVbeSAjMVUzqJRbFe9e_niDY52kCS0KnhdNTf3HJA/w640-h408/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Simi+Ridge-approaching+off+Pathfinder-2532-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It's a bit of a climb<br /></b></span></div><br />There's a hiking trail to help you get there, but as you might be able to tell, it's all uphill.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0204C_qcdQvKaroth6Mfg9LRTivk-6miM6dww9GOTvHrvySG4ubbOEHpRN7lFbHjuCNhNlVwgbamuJ-fuIgrTaPGXcZxL43twQcOJW13ldooPnTu0Jhyphenhyphen4BwB8VgBp9hYy5CNhG4LMcX8/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Simi+Hills%252C+Monkey+Rock%252C+etc.-4263.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="2048" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0204C_qcdQvKaroth6Mfg9LRTivk-6miM6dww9GOTvHrvySG4ubbOEHpRN7lFbHjuCNhNlVwgbamuJ-fuIgrTaPGXcZxL43twQcOJW13ldooPnTu0Jhyphenhyphen4BwB8VgBp9hYy5CNhG4LMcX8/w640-h404/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Simi+Hills%252C+Monkey+Rock%252C+etc.-4263.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Abe Blocker" (1962) — One of the best "Gunsmoke" episodes for Simi Ridge rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />I like to think about what it must have been like for the "Gunsmoke" crew to arrive in this picturesque spot back before all the houses, power poles and other signs of "progress" started chipping away at the view.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlQYcD1sWorFVRONMM8qO4U2GV2LVicvIp3uC0pWuo48afqi07V5o5mTsUK-S4H_uqdlOSdEWLbR0B8MXWJEPpYFnwHnxUeSTJqLe3mEN_ZgivTm3elD-7iy6XzZf8H7uu_MzYIgYTEFH/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Simi+Hills%252C+Monkey+Rock%252C+etc.-4263-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="2048" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlQYcD1sWorFVRONMM8qO4U2GV2LVicvIp3uC0pWuo48afqi07V5o5mTsUK-S4H_uqdlOSdEWLbR0B8MXWJEPpYFnwHnxUeSTJqLe3mEN_ZgivTm3elD-7iy6XzZf8H7uu_MzYIgYTEFH/w640-h404/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Simi+Hills%252C+Monkey+Rock%252C+etc.-4263-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Monkey Rock," above Smokey Ridge and Golden Sky Circle<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the first things the crew would have spotted is this rock, one of the most prominent features of the landscape. Known to some local residents as "Monkey Rock," it would become a familiar sight in "Gunsmoke."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFl4hq9-jVnlmThJv-l1srZauJjPAKlpbIh3kakFXmQ6UWZ9HNN6usL0wl7QXDmURve5cdYWI-0KvTh-HDBVFoH_dFI_X5u_EI6nlK1W9ABvtInpGXAm9oXKwhbTJzXPJFLVOHHXDDy9o/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-7546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2048" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFl4hq9-jVnlmThJv-l1srZauJjPAKlpbIh3kakFXmQ6UWZ9HNN6usL0wl7QXDmURve5cdYWI-0KvTh-HDBVFoH_dFI_X5u_EI6nlK1W9ABvtInpGXAm9oXKwhbTJzXPJFLVOHHXDDy9o/w640-h450/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-7546.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry" (1965): The stage arrives below Monkey Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a little better look at Monkey Rock, at top right. It wouldn't be possible to get this shot today because the open area below Monkey Rock is now filled with suburban homes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3mbfdHaoNbo50kTMnTrpWjCgdEnbIN6qD2n-Ww-FoTDjyeQkSv2ABPbAas2S8Qca757Jnw52pKbz5Yu7WhBX6sWgnks0MhFDbYn7BirlDUM9PK_9U2iHwlQ2gbfWiFuLhtBn9T0YerS7/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Monkey+Rock+from+Golden+Sky+Circle-2512.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3mbfdHaoNbo50kTMnTrpWjCgdEnbIN6qD2n-Ww-FoTDjyeQkSv2ABPbAas2S8Qca757Jnw52pKbz5Yu7WhBX6sWgnks0MhFDbYn7BirlDUM9PK_9U2iHwlQ2gbfWiFuLhtBn9T0YerS7/w640-h460/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Monkey+Rock+from+Golden+Sky+Circle-2512.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Monkey Rock, center, in its current environs<br /></b></span></div><br />This photo from a recent visit to the site gives an idea of how Monkey Rock coexists today with the homes, power lines and other amenities of the contemporary landscape — along with the Simi Ridge towering behind it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYS42OqBVpVCzIAGe6tmIwxqtWGjZaNKkyASfO8xD4NLNXBK5s4KIwE0WRh1ttP550F5ZZT7sBeOnw5tmUzcyNIXIYcmYfvKjFMBaPHmg5TIFNOXixKzkLBqKiBcxRstPo3mLxTjixXqU8/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-7563.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="2048" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYS42OqBVpVCzIAGe6tmIwxqtWGjZaNKkyASfO8xD4NLNXBK5s4KIwE0WRh1ttP550F5ZZT7sBeOnw5tmUzcyNIXIYcmYfvKjFMBaPHmg5TIFNOXixKzkLBqKiBcxRstPo3mLxTjixXqU8/w640-h450/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-7563.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry" — Monkey Rock in action<br /></b></span></div><br />Monkey Rock provides the focal point for an action sequence in the season 10 "Gunsmoke" episode "Double Entry," where the rock's eastern profile is featured.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4tOZ67W2Z1dW4ja6MtodhifI2MOniX2ZLQoVrsIVm-3Z2hEn3HQpQoROiCBrWetPAPFhIW21VYQy3M45juXUayqsJkvPVu6NcDdrLaJM3ajldilNdzLk-ssyXSVH3J-Vlh4foUyPO4jp/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-7565.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4tOZ67W2Z1dW4ja6MtodhifI2MOniX2ZLQoVrsIVm-3Z2hEn3HQpQoROiCBrWetPAPFhIW21VYQy3M45juXUayqsJkvPVu6NcDdrLaJM3ajldilNdzLk-ssyXSVH3J-Vlh4foUyPO4jp/w640-h416/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-7565.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>More Monkey Rock action in "Double Entry"<br /></b></span></div><br />After seeing the layout in person, I know I wouldn't want to be the guy dangling from Monkey Rock.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQcl9XIIwwwhBZEskLwQmVrWyBG83S0IWlXmdQAlkA7YoTwKDdAQeGYtV5TfSUjxESlufQ2HhINvYWgxEhNR1QJwuDSPMM7UtJfcZ47dqnMoGBdnIANRLZDbJGKJMfRVZmuRJDnTXoqqp/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Monkey+Rock-2813.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQcl9XIIwwwhBZEskLwQmVrWyBG83S0IWlXmdQAlkA7YoTwKDdAQeGYtV5TfSUjxESlufQ2HhINvYWgxEhNR1QJwuDSPMM7UtJfcZ47dqnMoGBdnIANRLZDbJGKJMfRVZmuRJDnTXoqqp/w640-h448/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Monkey+Rock-2813.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Monkey Rock, viewed from the east<br /></b></span></div><br />While
I couldn't quite replicate the shots of Monkey Rock as it appears in
"Double Entry," I did get this view of the rock's eastern profile.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwJRqR2kCRvMPmkErwFnRu6eI4JsnaQbdleq0u8jpYOiBPp9DQdbM96pLYEjHU5JLzIHwtTno2Xly1_0vDW_Jf_PyVrFZUlOqx3dfrJAEZ9VWo1ntq2sWmaOTwrqidECd6Jc4XGEU-_Ru/s1676/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-zoomed+in+on+the+rock-7546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1676" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwJRqR2kCRvMPmkErwFnRu6eI4JsnaQbdleq0u8jpYOiBPp9DQdbM96pLYEjHU5JLzIHwtTno2Xly1_0vDW_Jf_PyVrFZUlOqx3dfrJAEZ9VWo1ntq2sWmaOTwrqidECd6Jc4XGEU-_Ru/w400-h308/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Monkey+Rock-zoomed+in+on+the+rock-7546.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Monkey Rock in the stagecoach shot from "Double Entry"<br /></b></span></div><br />The angle is pretty close between the recent photo and this zoomed-in version of the stagecoach shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyZ-qJOc9ZNQwE6gL57rGDtl17yrCDdUMcvLbJ5iIB5Mgg1nrwEAz8ko4SHJuo6WVOeCz070Z5u4xtVd__3eayAvgM33ugsUdaMCNzruvPOBbLaMR4kyzR4CQPTla0O54Rkj8b3Xh-ch0/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Backyard+Rocks+fr+W-2624.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyZ-qJOc9ZNQwE6gL57rGDtl17yrCDdUMcvLbJ5iIB5Mgg1nrwEAz8ko4SHJuo6WVOeCz070Z5u4xtVd__3eayAvgM33ugsUdaMCNzruvPOBbLaMR4kyzR4CQPTla0O54Rkj8b3Xh-ch0/w640-h480/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Backyard+Rocks+fr+W-2624.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The "Backyard Rocks" — a favorite of "Gunsmoke"<br /></b></span></div><br />A short distance east of Monkey Rock a cluster of rocks can be found in the backyard of a house all the way at the end of the last cul de sac in the northeast corner of Westlake Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUsYeAql-cKxodx8lpW2xduYIL-ZL1WVY2gJAxcs6mseeQC7Jj03mue9YDoq_3Z3kyGeEQ13Dpgp72g0Y5wx86uUAjUmNZGaBp-1cToSdsNwe3jG4A6z-qGlSGZ26NWXG49Y74Dxpiqwz/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Lindero+Canyon-backyard+rocks-Burt+Reynolds+and+James+Arness-4270.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUsYeAql-cKxodx8lpW2xduYIL-ZL1WVY2gJAxcs6mseeQC7Jj03mue9YDoq_3Z3kyGeEQ13Dpgp72g0Y5wx86uUAjUmNZGaBp-1cToSdsNwe3jG4A6z-qGlSGZ26NWXG49Y74Dxpiqwz/w640-h460/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Lindero+Canyon-backyard+rocks-Burt+Reynolds+and+James+Arness-4270.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Abe Blocker": Burt Reynolds and James Arness with the Backyard Rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />I call them the "Backyard Rocks" because they're pretty much the only significant rock formation in any backyard in the neighborhood — and they made a number of appearances on "Gunsmoke."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wMGne6TeVgG7wTdaeI2ksS-zxsDOPqc99iV4VZIWMexglxoHGkyTfuMWq-VbN-G4cYY1vwwS-1VRkRvqkI0fL1-N5ewuZHQ2dAWFqE5ZUFNNZw8T9QMDDRWbULDikmFPsJPmJgiLUuLa/s2048/2021+%2528060121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-2805-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wMGne6TeVgG7wTdaeI2ksS-zxsDOPqc99iV4VZIWMexglxoHGkyTfuMWq-VbN-G4cYY1vwwS-1VRkRvqkI0fL1-N5ewuZHQ2dAWFqE5ZUFNNZw8T9QMDDRWbULDikmFPsJPmJgiLUuLa/w640-h414/2021+%2528060121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-2805-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Backyard Rocks in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking a closer look at the Backyard Rocks, we can identify three main clumps, labeled here as "A," "B" and "C." These rocks remain surprisingly intact today considering their proximity to residential development.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFs-Y_ZFhgmBcCdEGNClMDw3EUbbr28ofcQBlEl6hS1lQzp-8nojBoRUjDyPyl9h-MayHAY81AB-G_ay6ZdhlnacPLIl8BKUj00K3wa-IyQ0Ytn06hOZbLHFsdVFppoli8s4O0KyVd_hP/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Lindero+Canyon-backyard+rocks-Burt+Reynolds+and+James+Arness-4270-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFs-Y_ZFhgmBcCdEGNClMDw3EUbbr28ofcQBlEl6hS1lQzp-8nojBoRUjDyPyl9h-MayHAY81AB-G_ay6ZdhlnacPLIl8BKUj00K3wa-IyQ0Ytn06hOZbLHFsdVFppoli8s4O0KyVd_hP/w640-h460/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Lindero+Canyon-backyard+rocks-Burt+Reynolds+and+James+Arness-4270-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Two of the three main Backyard Rocks appear in the "Abe Blocker" screen shot<br /></b></span></div><br />Clumps "A" and "C" are visible in the shot of Quint and Matt, while Matt's head blocks the view of Clump "B."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVCrTE7T6w9zI0u8F7trySnGoC0hG8qDLfj7M_9rDVXVTlzhSknTAYGJH0MW6eU4jLnc3I8POINB1NyTFPUVoLCxwm1gNZLh7lmTaDlnTUttpkD2tOfU6-jyUCXBSspzpJrNhx6mXBPj7/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-backyard+rocks-4269-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2048" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVCrTE7T6w9zI0u8F7trySnGoC0hG8qDLfj7M_9rDVXVTlzhSknTAYGJH0MW6eU4jLnc3I8POINB1NyTFPUVoLCxwm1gNZLh7lmTaDlnTUttpkD2tOfU6-jyUCXBSspzpJrNhx6mXBPj7/w640-h446/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-backyard+rocks-4269-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Abe Blocker": Matt trudges past the Backyard Rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />In another shot from "Abe Blocker," Matt can be seen walking his horse below the Backyard Rocks, with Clumps "A" and "B" readily identified.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzvuYjjBfLt8GO00eKbajNM2KeURcoy_Cro853fDoFFXRj-DysVQKgrzJosmJ24szhrX-mOqZJOXw8zuDzO00TzTty6_3yzvv0ZsD9v5Gn60nesuvwVQsE9Tnj1ZJw-DESF8UWbdnfYAP/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Backyard+Rocks-7556.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzvuYjjBfLt8GO00eKbajNM2KeURcoy_Cro853fDoFFXRj-DysVQKgrzJosmJ24szhrX-mOqZJOXw8zuDzO00TzTty6_3yzvv0ZsD9v5Gn60nesuvwVQsE9Tnj1ZJw-DESF8UWbdnfYAP/w640-h460/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-Backyard+Rocks-7556.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Clump "A" hogs the camera in "Double Entry"<br /></b></span></div><br />Being the highest and some might say most interesting of the three main rock formations, Clump "A" is sort of the "alpha rock" of the Backyard Rocks. It's also the most prolific when it comes to on-camera appearances.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlSfMzbay3Rwf5rPaJ9QIK1t6mj3QP2jTjXo9vE9vXtC_clcwHRbEP-owba25JOIvjKRL2DcGMN_GuI2GKzd6CbY1hw2ymMcUjlRFQ_rNVOQSp4ZgBOM5vdtl2q5dD3K-pHel1oGGQ6Xv/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-6933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlSfMzbay3Rwf5rPaJ9QIK1t6mj3QP2jTjXo9vE9vXtC_clcwHRbEP-owba25JOIvjKRL2DcGMN_GuI2GKzd6CbY1hw2ymMcUjlRFQ_rNVOQSp4ZgBOM5vdtl2q5dD3K-pHel1oGGQ6Xv/w640-h474/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-6933.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"South Wind": Another appearance by the Backyard Rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />The Backyard Rocks turn up again in the 1965 episode "South Wind."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtWW8b3DeR8HAVgzMB6A8JkA5BITp6y7m70Iueadr5qsEanQMyzlRkpHWIU1itqKCwKwHmj4MCdpNioJK30I1_vl7EFIQ5YDmN1PR9XX54GRu8lD2OUk5QT4YC2d8rPQDvnT2ZWXidCgd/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-near+Hostage+Plateau-T-Rex%252C+Backyard+Rocks-4320.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtWW8b3DeR8HAVgzMB6A8JkA5BITp6y7m70Iueadr5qsEanQMyzlRkpHWIU1itqKCwKwHmj4MCdpNioJK30I1_vl7EFIQ5YDmN1PR9XX54GRu8lD2OUk5QT4YC2d8rPQDvnT2ZWXidCgd/w640-h414/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-near+Hostage+Plateau-T-Rex%252C+Backyard+Rocks-4320.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Twenty Miles From Dodge" (April 10, 1965): Whoa, check out that sentry tower</b></span></div><br />We can't talk about the Backyard Rocks without mentioning one of the area's most enigmatic features from the "Gunsmoke" days. I call it "T-Rex," and I'm afraid I have to start by breaking the news that it no longer exists.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNieS0d1aJTyhE29TxcdJPPxK-Jmlo9LHKsRE8_44nB2sdktTDBjSsrwYysBv6E0JhX-J9euxE3Vs9TZaorTnReZg2xuImSbel0syiUwVoZMEOUy_yKlLIzVpaZHmp2ZfL_esnW5lRKKrh/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-near+Hostage+Plateau-T-Rex%252C+Backyard+Rocks-4320-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNieS0d1aJTyhE29TxcdJPPxK-Jmlo9LHKsRE8_44nB2sdktTDBjSsrwYysBv6E0JhX-J9euxE3Vs9TZaorTnReZg2xuImSbel0syiUwVoZMEOUy_yKlLIzVpaZHmp2ZfL_esnW5lRKKrh/w640-h414/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-near+Hostage+Plateau-T-Rex%252C+Backyard+Rocks-4320-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>T-Rex stands tall near the Backyard Rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />After spending some time looking at shots of T-Rex, I've concluded that it was a fake rock. It was presumably built for "Gunsmoke," although it did make cameo appearances in a few other shows.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglY7P22VV3yS_4CqwTVmgZM8fqLhzTJh2fXLyPJH6ML3Gn2vEW6kUlU69jBig3ih2VTkYTOti0QagagQtGXTjR4_3CD7ghudVFhDud3AOBjnaw97NXv4a08kAjU1ToudDT6uRLguwUpNVR/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-6908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglY7P22VV3yS_4CqwTVmgZM8fqLhzTJh2fXLyPJH6ML3Gn2vEW6kUlU69jBig3ih2VTkYTOti0QagagQtGXTjR4_3CD7ghudVFhDud3AOBjnaw97NXv4a08kAjU1ToudDT6uRLguwUpNVR/w640-h414/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-6908.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"South Wind": T-Rex and the Backyard Rocks, approaching from the south<br /></b></span></div><br />T-Rex
was usually seen adjacent to the Backyard Rocks. My gut tells me "Gunsmoke" may have relocated it once or twice for other episodes, but I
have yet to find the "smoking gun" that might prove that theory.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tecVBSqzCpgDjGjTakk6WxpmmthdsJODUhJTo44amsaxFaWxhOF4neguXVlmrXiShBqbeiLSy_LcuurXU303rGDMgo7XQS1YA2Kj-5tAz9KQWj1_3_wf1OvDGkGc_r0qSXcWpHlhxvQn/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-6908-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tecVBSqzCpgDjGjTakk6WxpmmthdsJODUhJTo44amsaxFaWxhOF4neguXVlmrXiShBqbeiLSy_LcuurXU303rGDMgo7XQS1YA2Kj-5tAz9KQWj1_3_wf1OvDGkGc_r0qSXcWpHlhxvQn/w640-h414/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-6908-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>T-Rex lurks behind a camo bush<br /></b></span></div><br />In this shot from "South Wind," a man arrives at the Backyard Rocks from the south. Once again we see the proximity of T-Rex to the Backyard Rocks, but from almost the
opposite of the "Twenty Miles From Dodge" angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsamkJmRruLmCviM-0pH0m3Zwbshax3CbYT9AmmaSyHvu14qF1h9IlhWhLkBKgM0_ipsmnWOWIFswAf2X3cD9g9K1cMl5bBZGUWMlz0qNwi72LRz1x6F7encgSDFlQ4HFZf6tCtCOB_GqB/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+south-2549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsamkJmRruLmCviM-0pH0m3Zwbshax3CbYT9AmmaSyHvu14qF1h9IlhWhLkBKgM0_ipsmnWOWIFswAf2X3cD9g9K1cMl5bBZGUWMlz0qNwi72LRz1x6F7encgSDFlQ4HFZf6tCtCOB_GqB/w640-h452/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+south-2549.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Approaching the Backyard Rocks from the south today<br /></b></span></div><br />Arriving at the Backyard Rocks/T-Rex area today from the south, we are again greeted by Clump "A," while T-Rex is nowhere in sight. This angle also provides some interesting context, courtesy of the Simi Ridge.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNddhkztfItlOjhRlxYYWKPr4UgnT2iEOv-Hvc8-ntd9v4DQ4kA-mzkLbJJiKJEGlF8DzVGw1NZq3kKxRzYH5PWgViBPeN3jsQS1RKIBk3cRV_mMhovZTGVCCil7lVXFzml5Km7alHqwe-/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+south-2549-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNddhkztfItlOjhRlxYYWKPr4UgnT2iEOv-Hvc8-ntd9v4DQ4kA-mzkLbJJiKJEGlF8DzVGw1NZq3kKxRzYH5PWgViBPeN3jsQS1RKIBk3cRV_mMhovZTGVCCil7lVXFzml5Km7alHqwe-/w640-h452/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+south-2549-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Nature and civilization in harmony?<br /></b></span></div><br />I like this angle, despite the fence and other signs of development. Even the power pole has something to add, helping to define the contemporary setting for the Backyard Rocks in an unusual way.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DXCLvh4mzVxvAz8hg2u-kGUU19KiOYirj0f7_YB7v3HLpBlASP3SSAg0DcEBJhtWWv4shBFF8JUrvVZ3XOFEQDmocdOPG5eDatw35Ym-IjePgACi67RGgrn1H0t6mv2ObON88LXUsHR3/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+south-2755.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DXCLvh4mzVxvAz8hg2u-kGUU19KiOYirj0f7_YB7v3HLpBlASP3SSAg0DcEBJhtWWv4shBFF8JUrvVZ3XOFEQDmocdOPG5eDatw35Ym-IjePgACi67RGgrn1H0t6mv2ObON88LXUsHR3/w640-h452/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+south-2755.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Backyard Rocks and their neighbors to the south<br /></b></span></div><br />As we close in a bit on the Backyard Rocks and Clump "A" from the south, we get a look at some of the other nearby rock features.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o-L1veNK03N1CSF8KB0HC75JgaKfGucqfwkbDbEAW9VdLgDC3Gy7WODVJqhyphenhyphen43DFy4C_wm6IWV34KZpJgC6Ucpm81VW7WEpUAfmimkOVga1vBxM7yNc60xOHm2PZSTs3WYOU5Cxf1KQS/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+south-2755-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o-L1veNK03N1CSF8KB0HC75JgaKfGucqfwkbDbEAW9VdLgDC3Gy7WODVJqhyphenhyphen43DFy4C_wm6IWV34KZpJgC6Ucpm81VW7WEpUAfmimkOVga1vBxM7yNc60xOHm2PZSTs3WYOU5Cxf1KQS/w640-h452/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+south-2755-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Rocks of interest, on the "right" side of the fence<br /></b></span></div><br />In particular, this pile of bleached rocks situated immediately south of the Backyard Rocks is of interest. These rocks are outside the backyard fence on public land.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCJyZaJD9tGD0R1viOI1cY0ufuLfTlNMx7rhyD3dgai4pEJD9R0c0GUlI6osGVTmWFxzMGn92M-VhyYAOWPZjJqUId7CMbaheGJ-k3l_vo1DXi5G1apwv8y787XPtHIzQXHDsrIOpCKS4/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-rocks+south+of+Backyard+Rocks-2834.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2048" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCJyZaJD9tGD0R1viOI1cY0ufuLfTlNMx7rhyD3dgai4pEJD9R0c0GUlI6osGVTmWFxzMGn92M-VhyYAOWPZjJqUId7CMbaheGJ-k3l_vo1DXi5G1apwv8y787XPtHIzQXHDsrIOpCKS4/w640-h466/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-rocks+south+of+Backyard+Rocks-2834.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Are these "Gunsmoke" rocks too?</b></span></div><br />It seems inevitable that these rocks would also turn up in "Gunsmoke" episodes, although it may be a challenge to match them up with the show.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1PiDgnlxGEFRG1N6Jocziy9fIaIUWdYsO0gRS5esUgHzd6k0CjVws_Q6mZebsRsQwhMsIVaSkqfgLBbGkQHPDCMqGvEzwmyHCtv_p_DVoRjUYHArvXh6jkkrvkNxIbjAjvrgmr94xhXn/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-6909-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1PiDgnlxGEFRG1N6Jocziy9fIaIUWdYsO0gRS5esUgHzd6k0CjVws_Q6mZebsRsQwhMsIVaSkqfgLBbGkQHPDCMqGvEzwmyHCtv_p_DVoRjUYHArvXh6jkkrvkNxIbjAjvrgmr94xhXn/w640-h414/1965-Gunsmoke+11.11-South+Wind-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-6909-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"South Wind": The southern approach to T-Rex and the Backyard Rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />Examining another shot from "South Wind," the rock indicated here with the green arrow struck me as looking suspiciously like one of the rocks in the bleached rockpile.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJf4lz9ud-7VsthU39x_TjMKKTp46S-0GTOedY6dqGmoY3gRDubYWdJl9jcc2px0Olw76TXMbZoHMQaaJb6_ds6XB5FMUPgL3VPq6rDw-Y6AWt7Jpg9G-OTovFIR8P1kYhBoqgdaEYoRe/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-rocks+south+of+Backyard+Rocks-2836-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJf4lz9ud-7VsthU39x_TjMKKTp46S-0GTOedY6dqGmoY3gRDubYWdJl9jcc2px0Olw76TXMbZoHMQaaJb6_ds6XB5FMUPgL3VPq6rDw-Y6AWt7Jpg9G-OTovFIR8P1kYhBoqgdaEYoRe/w640-h468/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-rocks+south+of+Backyard+Rocks-2836-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same rock seen in "Gunsmoke"?<br /></b></span></div><br />I have a feeling this is the same rock, although I couldn't swear to it. It's also worth noting that some of the rocks may have been moved around when the neighborhood was being developed.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gV1xLP2uNnDSpYhVeunLgk6bnJ14HNrrSLHejpZ27KudJRlEWJLwonbFYByMJGdSVYKQA3Es6ChJ_CuXJoUgskRf1gzdii6RdrOLqlwHqojvWq_NYE5lxE0WrAq6uRuajAdxSphX0tGy/s2048/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-T-Rex-Backyard+Rocks%253F+%2528matches+South+Wind%2529-4271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gV1xLP2uNnDSpYhVeunLgk6bnJ14HNrrSLHejpZ27KudJRlEWJLwonbFYByMJGdSVYKQA3Es6ChJ_CuXJoUgskRf1gzdii6RdrOLqlwHqojvWq_NYE5lxE0WrAq6uRuajAdxSphX0tGy/w640-h460/1962-Gunsmoke+8.11-Abe+Blocker-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-T-Rex-Backyard+Rocks%253F+%2528matches+South+Wind%2529-4271.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Abe Blocker" (Nov. 24, 1962): Matt rides up toward T-Rex<br /></b></span></div><br />T-Rex also appears in the "Gunsmoke" episode "Abe Blocker," so we know the fake rock was in place as early as 1962. Here's a shot of Matt's horse's patootie as Matt rides up toward T-Rex, at top left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7obAODvomYQzIxwyOFJ0Rni1jmOF4CrXY4LeOoULcPDMaOw10Wp_oIp6FxzZsCvX8O8kW0oybx6kzYmuJO-D0iF1mJHlQPdy1P2xfKErmKihKE5J10ZvyFwcfFunvPYgHPECt3TR3E8GX/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-7577.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7obAODvomYQzIxwyOFJ0Rni1jmOF4CrXY4LeOoULcPDMaOw10Wp_oIp6FxzZsCvX8O8kW0oybx6kzYmuJO-D0iF1mJHlQPdy1P2xfKErmKihKE5J10ZvyFwcfFunvPYgHPECt3TR3E8GX/w640-h460/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-7577.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry": T-Rex dwarfs Matt, bottom right, in the episode's final scene</b></span></div><br />A
poignant overhead shot from the closing sequence of "Double Entry"
provides additional perspective on the juxtaposition of T-Rex and the
Backyard Rocks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnbm_PvaAH7PbLH12f4y78whAZpfTKihJSKRhWl9xvypWAYnuBxkiPePYUOFXE32KCxZsiTbT-VpR9EslsYVi8e3wsAdkXadK9MGTod-loAPaAts7bEWvsSHE5kjE4yz2g842h4REKAMl/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-7577-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnbm_PvaAH7PbLH12f4y78whAZpfTKihJSKRhWl9xvypWAYnuBxkiPePYUOFXE32KCxZsiTbT-VpR9EslsYVi8e3wsAdkXadK9MGTod-loAPaAts7bEWvsSHE5kjE4yz2g842h4REKAMl/w640-h460/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Backyard+Rocks+and+T-Rex-7577-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>T-Rex and the Backyard Rocks accent the episode's closing moments<br /></b></span></div><br />This unusual shot gives us a chance to finally see T-Rex and all three of the main components of the Backyard Rocks on the screen at the same time.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPDc7s5Xt55OmVr09U5hwNmg0GYHhSE7Ayc9s1xNGfat-r5c4S8I_uuGEcGOwwu7DadUeoDZO3VhT3x1_MAQllU1KkrKj59ns-pNQnLF82G8Rl0XPR_67x8qZ7mtXZhye06KHFdcEFlHN/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-T-Rex-4324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPDc7s5Xt55OmVr09U5hwNmg0GYHhSE7Ayc9s1xNGfat-r5c4S8I_uuGEcGOwwu7DadUeoDZO3VhT3x1_MAQllU1KkrKj59ns-pNQnLF82G8Rl0XPR_67x8qZ7mtXZhye06KHFdcEFlHN/w640-h460/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-T-Rex-4324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Twenty Miles From Dodge": The man on T-Rex keeps an eye on Matt, Festus and others<br /></b></span></div><br />While the towering T-Rex contributes significantly to multiple "Gunsmoke" episodes, its tour-de-force "performance" has to be when it plays that sentry tower for an outlaw gang in "Twenty Miles From Dodge."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxxRd7EY4y5YDequ-oaftAH8fvHthWHEBKwbAekTywBWd7Sgjjc9RBuiorgRSD-h66wqLVXj3Jp2q3z1YPf0d5X9m-yDLZIqauTEK_BuYFivHBJBEpSgQngC3Vq9xuIBIo4QgAEPFtqtb/s2048/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-stunt+jump+off+T-Rex-28.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2048" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxxRd7EY4y5YDequ-oaftAH8fvHthWHEBKwbAekTywBWd7Sgjjc9RBuiorgRSD-h66wqLVXj3Jp2q3z1YPf0d5X9m-yDLZIqauTEK_BuYFivHBJBEpSgQngC3Vq9xuIBIo4QgAEPFtqtb/w640-h462/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-stunt+jump+off+T-Rex-28.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Twenty Miles From Dodge": A stuntman earns his pay<br /></b></span></div><br />Being stationed on top of T-Rex ultimately proves to be hazardous to the sentry's health. During a contentious moment in "Twenty Miles From Dodge," a guy does a pretty wild stunt fall off the fake rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWYXM3_xcbsWXy8i4KQ99c31vwtHBa2adZmIq0DjS7YbBD-pF-oVG633ZGCSwbX0IyuCY-i3ELUWIUCrV5-pkAGhtNZ7Ok8p-JzCX8oGwGQz7JdecEkd_J0_wVmcy5GOTtTIV98gR55vW/s2048/1965-10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-looking+down+on+Twenty+Mile+Plateau-T-Rex+is+to+the+left%252C+just+off+camera-4322.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWYXM3_xcbsWXy8i4KQ99c31vwtHBa2adZmIq0DjS7YbBD-pF-oVG633ZGCSwbX0IyuCY-i3ELUWIUCrV5-pkAGhtNZ7Ok8p-JzCX8oGwGQz7JdecEkd_J0_wVmcy5GOTtTIV98gR55vW/w640-h458/1965-10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-looking+down+on+Twenty+Mile+Plateau-T-Rex+is+to+the+left%252C+just+off+camera-4322.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Twenty Miles From Dodge": The plateau where the hostages were held<br /></b></span></div><br />T-Rex, which would be just off camera to the left in this shot, overlooked a plateau where the outlaw gang had set up a corral and other facilities for holding hostages. I call this location "Twenty Mile Plateau."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihfQWvmhkaS0M5OTT2Dqvj2opLnACnV91P5lk0vLfchkK7m9zjrNhkkdZJO3wsOuDMkBWqPFXTzqT6jf2a9rItytw2TmzQ1zBPEtBQlhmZaX4I41lMMEx10FANqCyN8QDPdM4kFKvTkZ9/s1656/2021-Bing+aerial-Westlake+Village-Golden+Sky+Circle+and+Smokey+Ridge+cul+de+sacs+area-location+of+Hostage+Plateau-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1656" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihfQWvmhkaS0M5OTT2Dqvj2opLnACnV91P5lk0vLfchkK7m9zjrNhkkdZJO3wsOuDMkBWqPFXTzqT6jf2a9rItytw2TmzQ1zBPEtBQlhmZaX4I41lMMEx10FANqCyN8QDPdM4kFKvTkZ9/w640-h524/2021-Bing+aerial-Westlake+Village-Golden+Sky+Circle+and+Smokey+Ridge+cul+de+sacs+area-location+of+Hostage+Plateau-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The location of the hostage plateau in today's North Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />The plateau was situated approximately where the Golden Sky Circle and Smokey Ridge cul de sacs can be found in today's landscape, part of the residential Westlake Village community of North Ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf2yfgAMCtqpYBv_lJhSnowfY18hMuMmZlkBbiDHQNwv1T2Ybmc-4X_cNEMkC1mVrsnlxtXqOr_N4KggN8Vce4WhMJoWhw6NczFy6K2jbhvCD8OMY8ph-DDsKw2uED_q7LkIvnkn_RezU/s1382/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-Lindero+Canyon-wide+view+from+Twenty+Mile+Plateau+looking+south%252C+with+corral+set-Wistful+Vista%252C+Ladyface%252C+etc+7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1382" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf2yfgAMCtqpYBv_lJhSnowfY18hMuMmZlkBbiDHQNwv1T2Ybmc-4X_cNEMkC1mVrsnlxtXqOr_N4KggN8Vce4WhMJoWhw6NczFy6K2jbhvCD8OMY8ph-DDsKw2uED_q7LkIvnkn_RezU/w640-h486/1965-Gunsmoke+10.29-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-Lindero+Canyon-wide+view+from+Twenty+Mile+Plateau+looking+south%252C+with+corral+set-Wistful+Vista%252C+Ladyface%252C+etc+7.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Twenty Miles From Dodge": The view from the hostage plateau</b></span></div><br />The view from Twenty Mile Plateau, looking south over the full span of Lindero Canyon, is spectacular.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZPVLv3lgtlvou7qAeaLz-X52OqPUYqbvQ0eKAasIoNTbATDyoWhjjUTVqZPALoWue-ZwlGzP3mgTpnetEKH4H2WY6Z_AQC_tcwAGSfjrEawBbUPB4ValW6kIH5WQKE7yULhWcXocL4VL/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-vista+looking+S+fr+near+Hostage+Plateau-nice+match+for+Gunsmoke-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-2478.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="2048" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZPVLv3lgtlvou7qAeaLz-X52OqPUYqbvQ0eKAasIoNTbATDyoWhjjUTVqZPALoWue-ZwlGzP3mgTpnetEKH4H2WY6Z_AQC_tcwAGSfjrEawBbUPB4ValW6kIH5WQKE7yULhWcXocL4VL/w640-h334/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-vista+looking+S+fr+near+Hostage+Plateau-nice+match+for+Gunsmoke-Twenty+Miles+From+Dodge-2478.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same view as it appears today<br /></b></span></div><br />While it's harder today to avoid signs of civilization, the vista remains impressive — and it's a nice match for the view we see in "Gunsmoke." Notice how virtually all of the same background hills appear in the above two photos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCVnrOTpGi3NC4rqlVhgPDzlYI1bs6h03ZIOCgiM0hyXvBHbzgg11E4YMsqP6Az4cSg09I5mGTZ6d5W-gT-78U8G7C80Z9xyjoQC7PDL6S-9_izNB9iUk3bXXzawL_rhbVNynCsy4QI4F/s2048/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge+6-incl+T-Rex.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCVnrOTpGi3NC4rqlVhgPDzlYI1bs6h03ZIOCgiM0hyXvBHbzgg11E4YMsqP6Az4cSg09I5mGTZ6d5W-gT-78U8G7C80Z9xyjoQC7PDL6S-9_izNB9iUk3bXXzawL_rhbVNynCsy4QI4F/w640-h474/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge+6-incl+T-Rex.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian" episode "The Claim": Following in "Gunsmoke's" footsteps<br /></b></span></div><br />"The Virginian" began filming in the same area around the time "Gunsmoke" was working on some of its "T-Rex" episodes, and the fake rock crept into a few "Virginian" scenes too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoYr-mN4ElO7c8iDhkEb4dGcZmi8A61Ea8qrd3V-XLHgtSU_pqpv2bhLJ3UkHV1FNL0DYd3EaQaKZEPUJIqIslytotJxVAf91UnWekQMUCzsDuFS5CdsQWTQp78GNHPq9BkHT4dS1QI8o/s2048/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge+6-incl+T-Rex-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoYr-mN4ElO7c8iDhkEb4dGcZmi8A61Ea8qrd3V-XLHgtSU_pqpv2bhLJ3UkHV1FNL0DYd3EaQaKZEPUJIqIslytotJxVAf91UnWekQMUCzsDuFS5CdsQWTQp78GNHPq9BkHT4dS1QI8o/w640-h474/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge+6-incl+T-Rex-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The soon-to-be Captain Kirk guests on "The Virginian" — and shares the screen with T-Rex<br /></b></span></div><br />Not long before he started appearing as Captain Kirk on the new series "Star Trek" in 1966, William Shatner was a guest on the 1965 "Virginian" episode "The Claim," where he worked alongside "Gunsmoke's" T-Rex.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYVTruJr78OkeO4ZUO2ddgLEAlHbrpOS6efqkAoOEZLh2sAeafjuyTvqiwHIOU0HQKr0modLYBWiU089SS_LPlymLXqi-GJtrgy6nigZJ48SbDlBdlfW0M7uZCLbv14VqECcbgUarEmf0/s2048/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge+10-T-Rex%252C+Clue+Rock-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYVTruJr78OkeO4ZUO2ddgLEAlHbrpOS6efqkAoOEZLh2sAeafjuyTvqiwHIOU0HQKr0modLYBWiU089SS_LPlymLXqi-GJtrgy6nigZJ48SbDlBdlfW0M7uZCLbv14VqECcbgUarEmf0/w640-h474/1965-The+Virginian+4.4-The+Claim-Lindero+Canyon-rocky+lower+Simi+Ridge+10-T-Rex%252C+Clue+Rock-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Virginian": Shatner's close encounter with T-Rex<br /></b></span></div><br />Shatner didn't have much interaction with the rock tower, but I like to think the appearance may have had an impact on the actor's career going forward.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWf4cjnIbMGCVwnpdFe_yHbKo2p05oeqyAlSlHr3qDcPGwQhpa1okcchKJ1VUpZdf-gxzmFnPl1nbWjAY1a6e7bEUdEPZUkTBnpG_0V_BR3CyNUC6p2Y3XDwyoJisiHA0IsGkX6QymoAvC/s1333/1966+%25281967%2529-Star+Trek+1.18-Arena+%2528011967%2529-Vasquez+Rocks-Captain+Kirk+vs.+Gorn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1333" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWf4cjnIbMGCVwnpdFe_yHbKo2p05oeqyAlSlHr3qDcPGwQhpa1okcchKJ1VUpZdf-gxzmFnPl1nbWjAY1a6e7bEUdEPZUkTBnpG_0V_BR3CyNUC6p2Y3XDwyoJisiHA0IsGkX6QymoAvC/w640-h480/1966+%25281967%2529-Star+Trek+1.18-Arena+%2528011967%2529-Vasquez+Rocks-Captain+Kirk+vs.+Gorn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Star Trek" episode "Arena" (1967): Kirk vs. the Gorn at Vasquez Rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />It wasn't long after Shatner was seen hanging out around T-Rex that someone got the idea to pair him up with another dinosaur-like figure — the Gorn — in one of the most memorable "Star Trek" episodes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQBxtb_YoRZFJFxgMdzG-thjoNJgunqCb3HWnxifVVgx9aEgYwYAUITeod_PlSLxI9Y5zN9KkxxYBmimC4m6hcsUVIsWdxmK1p22lV1je0QveCF-ewDSFpeOsjPiV6GSnj7-YOp3Ewnt9/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke-10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-cluster+of+pillars+and+ridge+to+east-7572.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQBxtb_YoRZFJFxgMdzG-thjoNJgunqCb3HWnxifVVgx9aEgYwYAUITeod_PlSLxI9Y5zN9KkxxYBmimC4m6hcsUVIsWdxmK1p22lV1je0QveCF-ewDSFpeOsjPiV6GSnj7-YOp3Ewnt9/w640-h456/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke-10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-cluster+of+pillars+and+ridge+to+east-7572.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Closing scene from "Double Entry": A dejected Matt heads out as the credits roll<br /></b></span></div><br />If Matt appears deflated in this shot from the final sequence in "Double Entry," it's probably because (spoiler alert) the guy who was dangling from Monkey Rock ... well, let's just say things didn't turn out so well for him.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA-z9qpV0igz2Gwh3XQLjU1OK-d4FdGhaLtjVwEY4XXbUBVWXnz02lJWfwa8SJ7qGEUSSf16OFjw72XzSXxSTglrIGMmzqxbbMwFfEatSs-U7ulesKBjVZ7uMfCeJj0Zridam-fjWeayC/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke-10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-clump+of+pillars+and+ridge+to+east-7572-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA-z9qpV0igz2Gwh3XQLjU1OK-d4FdGhaLtjVwEY4XXbUBVWXnz02lJWfwa8SJ7qGEUSSf16OFjw72XzSXxSTglrIGMmzqxbbMwFfEatSs-U7ulesKBjVZ7uMfCeJj0Zridam-fjWeayC/w640-h456/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke-10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-clump+of+pillars+and+ridge+to+east-7572-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>One of the area's landmarks<br /></b></span></div><br />R.I.P., dangling man ... but I wanted to point out this interesting cluster of rock pillars just up the hill. They're about a stone's throw from most of the rocks we've been looking at.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh019jf2VpNVLaUTsIthUjSL4Jfl8q0vTf2vnqea8vZ0s2ijOjv9hZmXVtSVga1Y8oYcXEPKY41uFMM5tWY4MQYCYdWdMUZMbE8hfJJhyphenhyphencLtMntWSFzy4ABHmya5eJhrsqxnhsHRwdO8NMA/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-cluster+of+pillars+and+ridge+to+east-2653.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh019jf2VpNVLaUTsIthUjSL4Jfl8q0vTf2vnqea8vZ0s2ijOjv9hZmXVtSVga1Y8oYcXEPKY41uFMM5tWY4MQYCYdWdMUZMbE8hfJJhyphenhyphencLtMntWSFzy4ABHmya5eJhrsqxnhsHRwdO8NMA/w640-h456/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-cluster+of+pillars+and+ridge+to+east-2653.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same cluster of pillars in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This cluster is one of the location's key landmarks, and it comes up more than once in "Gunsmoke." Here we see it on a recent expedition to the site, sort of from the "Double Entry" angle.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlYUafLcFsh_MxjJOXT8oaGCEgVT-B8dOT2O5aa31j6KP0J0AwZylFZ2NXKEV0YnwWhcuiavB813zRYZ5ch4db5XFGt5rOo08G0_sNaMXzRcGCObbvtLELFCB5H3bC3-409rljJlFBtcz/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-cluster+of+pillars-2594.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlYUafLcFsh_MxjJOXT8oaGCEgVT-B8dOT2O5aa31j6KP0J0AwZylFZ2NXKEV0YnwWhcuiavB813zRYZ5ch4db5XFGt5rOo08G0_sNaMXzRcGCObbvtLELFCB5H3bC3-409rljJlFBtcz/w640-h478/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-cluster+of+pillars-2594.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Moving in for a closer look<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a closeup of the cluster of rock pillars.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPlJjXBESmomLLL_Hln8dcHZP030wkDJ4Tp1bxWJg_krOSHquoisOSEo7AQ2FfAtgirU9AcBkqEK8Y51miizI7qcR1OjeUE3mnsmk4uoGyF7ecQENRigFbFDJjvcU0jc4vTEXzGhBv3xf/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-cluster+of+pillars-2670-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPlJjXBESmomLLL_Hln8dcHZP030wkDJ4Tp1bxWJg_krOSHquoisOSEo7AQ2FfAtgirU9AcBkqEK8Y51miizI7qcR1OjeUE3mnsmk4uoGyF7ecQENRigFbFDJjvcU0jc4vTEXzGhBv3xf/w640-h484/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-cluster+of+pillars-2670-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same group of rocks from a different angle<br /></b></span></div><br />Like most rock formations, this one has a tendency to shape-shift when viewed from different angles. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJhXaextme_rPNIOdOoPZn2KvvTQvKGI75agqqkpXlv4nUJBLqY0ogTDzIQKOQXECzfL2fbRxNSQToEXQu8E6KBij9ymQUWLgBJmLWEcqlKAGtW6gE1nlbStZgICGLcG-daW3P4VFc8pG/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-clump+of+pillars-2578.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJhXaextme_rPNIOdOoPZn2KvvTQvKGI75agqqkpXlv4nUJBLqY0ogTDzIQKOQXECzfL2fbRxNSQToEXQu8E6KBij9ymQUWLgBJmLWEcqlKAGtW6gE1nlbStZgICGLcG-daW3P4VFc8pG/w640-h482/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-clump+of+pillars-2578.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The cluster of pillars, looking north<br /></b></span></div><br />Here we're looking north toward the formation.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5p3gllC7-SWV9CAnnNUCHvRLPd0GsD7ZbZSOyHb11RGHvXiHziIVdt-B1VgTDpdEp7Pe7lrUgsLmpeOa1xKRlUd6mXr4araskTrnFS4IXVIn8eDpNK7NgJAnvbe0drDEHFtE5HeytVTq/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-cluster+of+pillars+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7547.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="2048" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5p3gllC7-SWV9CAnnNUCHvRLPd0GsD7ZbZSOyHb11RGHvXiHziIVdt-B1VgTDpdEp7Pe7lrUgsLmpeOa1xKRlUd6mXr4araskTrnFS4IXVIn8eDpNK7NgJAnvbe0drDEHFtE5HeytVTq/w640-h496/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-cluster+of+pillars+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7547.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry": The stage rumbles toward the cluster of rock pillars<br /></b></span></div><br />This angle, too, turns up in "Gunsmoke."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfFRPyq1AUdMIlR80Qdq-R70K-zxMokcyLdbpAkQ3a88mNj0rGvz2vDC9drJ5zpKzPxBjUQbiHj9BdUH5zf_hWNAGMIrulbEjIIl7Oks6xC7KcPvhjOAt72is38daEFfl7WFOEf2E3z8o/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-cluster+of+pillars+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7547-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="2048" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfFRPyq1AUdMIlR80Qdq-R70K-zxMokcyLdbpAkQ3a88mNj0rGvz2vDC9drJ5zpKzPxBjUQbiHj9BdUH5zf_hWNAGMIrulbEjIIl7Oks6xC7KcPvhjOAt72is38daEFfl7WFOEf2E3z8o/w640-h496/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-cluster+of+pillars+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7547-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Thar she blows!<br /></b></span></div><br />Not that there was any doubt, but I've circled the rock cluster to make sure we're all on board.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkcAkhCeh43hRBLVm458rGX54FX9ijMRj-XyFAN4R857eLlCW3t_Xe2VRos_cI5jFCAvqTJ4ogzi4GrUPaFLVA0WGXgFnsumE2AUdPC3-41i_5Y6HUEM3ZDaenGgx2i36Yuplj_P7WEyu/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-cluster+of+pillars-2670.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkcAkhCeh43hRBLVm458rGX54FX9ijMRj-XyFAN4R857eLlCW3t_Xe2VRos_cI5jFCAvqTJ4ogzi4GrUPaFLVA0WGXgFnsumE2AUdPC3-41i_5Y6HUEM3ZDaenGgx2i36Yuplj_P7WEyu/w640-h484/2021+%2528053121%2529-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-cluster+of+pillars-2670.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The cluster and its place on the hill<br /></b></span></div><br />One last look at the current layout, from an angle approximating the "Double Entry" stage shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdL3884Pf2poPJvqYtHasSbd3Q8laZIfowabMm1lyQ015S3jJoSbCro_fUWYXVXPjnUx-tMArOF4koIusPoYxHqtE8MoqGxzuKu0UXY-476ChmZQ6Se2uhSqzyK_5QIwijnLMUn3MhD4h/s2048/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-mine+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7561.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdL3884Pf2poPJvqYtHasSbd3Q8laZIfowabMm1lyQ015S3jJoSbCro_fUWYXVXPjnUx-tMArOF4koIusPoYxHqtE8MoqGxzuKu0UXY-476ChmZQ6Se2uhSqzyK_5QIwijnLMUn3MhD4h/w640-h412/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-mine+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7561.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry": Matt investigates a mine entrance<br /></b></span></div><br />A few features remain elusive, while others appear to have been lost to development. One example is this mine, which can be seen in one or two "Gunsmoke" episodes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAMvMPgYWUyYn-iik6-Ah0gX4Izp5fQxXHlGErxqOK1ESMriDBODBEv18neE-2TVhtvdTYPN8-aGZV33mj1gbmGyWqCW_i9NpmQhiGpMIXmn7EoLwpy6hFippZT_FMwvEz_8_9piA1yYa/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Back-Dive+Rock-Clue+Rock-T-Rex-Backyard+Rocks-Mine+location-7555-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAMvMPgYWUyYn-iik6-Ah0gX4Izp5fQxXHlGErxqOK1ESMriDBODBEv18neE-2TVhtvdTYPN8-aGZV33mj1gbmGyWqCW_i9NpmQhiGpMIXmn7EoLwpy6hFippZT_FMwvEz_8_9piA1yYa/w640-h410/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Back-Dive+Rock-Clue+Rock-T-Rex-Backyard+Rocks-Mine+location-7555-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry": Clues to the mine location<br /></b></span></div><br />It appears that the mine was situated just south or southeast of the Backyard Rocks, somewhere close to that one main power pole that keeps popping up. But nailing down the mine location is far from a done deal.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzphlFtsC3LaAj7Mw19yXhZE2SqpidKdbfbfLnwkS-VZuyEP7FwvDqeWMTSvoYFuB1yjTM5ytR6PjeS7QxWdKrFe4mijOq3iGGwmV6yzPG8WSdya-5LEYyQzJXCbHz_1FiQ5eYLHkYxYFa/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Back-Dive+Rock-Clue+Rock-T-Rex-Backyard+Rocks-Mine+location-7555-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzphlFtsC3LaAj7Mw19yXhZE2SqpidKdbfbfLnwkS-VZuyEP7FwvDqeWMTSvoYFuB1yjTM5ytR6PjeS7QxWdKrFe4mijOq3iGGwmV6yzPG8WSdya-5LEYyQzJXCbHz_1FiQ5eYLHkYxYFa/w640-h410/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Golden+Sky+Circle+area-Back-Dive+Rock-Clue+Rock-T-Rex-Backyard+Rocks-Mine+location-7555-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The mine with its high-profile neighbors<br /></b></span></div><br />The
wide shot from "Double Entry" provides a number of clues, placing the
location of the mine in proximity to various rock features.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe22FMrMa5ly8ZcK5sN19zVpNZZKiOZElC0kRUTZs3aBJKjsLwB8qBtt9lZa5b0K6lKR5vA_1O7PMgjS0DhH6ztrSJLe-Oyl5UA7mWO_B3Eei_mOoOIBc56TelBJK9mZq1U6JXXdCdnGGX/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe22FMrMa5ly8ZcK5sN19zVpNZZKiOZElC0kRUTZs3aBJKjsLwB8qBtt9lZa5b0K6lKR5vA_1O7PMgjS0DhH6ztrSJLe-Oyl5UA7mWO_B3Eei_mOoOIBc56TelBJK9mZq1U6JXXdCdnGGX/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Double Entry": Turkeyhead Rock, guardian of the mine<br /></b></span></div><br />The mine closeup provides additional clues, not the least being a rock just above the mine entrance that bears a resemblance to the head of a turkey. In my usual knee-jerk fashion, I've started calling it Turkeyhead Rock.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEzl8TLlgiYU56ydVdL1Oy6o5LlKiRK3ukEGEq7cyoH478RCinPxy7DHoRKLg9yXvru7CHVsg5CCjqnThoARdcWhAjQ1KKCfLqaHiL9KJzTYdpsXvu_ie8WBDdrrMq5u3U-ybaWfoSh8Y/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEzl8TLlgiYU56ydVdL1Oy6o5LlKiRK3ukEGEq7cyoH478RCinPxy7DHoRKLg9yXvru7CHVsg5CCjqnThoARdcWhAjQ1KKCfLqaHiL9KJzTYdpsXvu_ie8WBDdrrMq5u3U-ybaWfoSh8Y/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Turkeyhead's more famous neighbor<br /></b></span></div><br />It turns out one of Turkeyhead's closest neighbors is our old friend Clump A, of the Backyard Rocks. In theory, this should help us figure out the mine location, but the reality is the location remains problematic.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge4z58tq75cPnhFhnRAkgSu8bC3C4gIn_c6uQfcjGLDxJeFQk1QcbId7NuKiJkqT8SW5g8aYSWfEPwCLJBIcfEkhpvDgjY3pT7H_DjDb5e63eGYawczHcqgnF10KOqUQvEce8X4gHWqrr/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+east-power+pole-possible+mine+location-2566.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge4z58tq75cPnhFhnRAkgSu8bC3C4gIn_c6uQfcjGLDxJeFQk1QcbId7NuKiJkqT8SW5g8aYSWfEPwCLJBIcfEkhpvDgjY3pT7H_DjDb5e63eGYawczHcqgnF10KOqUQvEce8X4gHWqrr/w640-h416/2021+%2528053121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+east-power+pole-possible+mine+location-2566.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>As the sun sinks in the West behind the Backyard Rocks and the tower of power ...</b></span></b></span></div><br />One problem is the ethereal Clump A, which looks different from every angle — and looks different today from how it looked in the "Gunsmoke" days. Here we're peering through the fence at its eastern silhouette.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr72D0kAGaSTy6Aqz5DF6l1RbDby5Fg7hc47DMu3tm4ye2Tf5HRXL2Xon1fMLALffuCKxUbg-ihVeYz4dofFbHF8ahyphenhypheng1y0st02bE9mRQcp9ClsMy8vNGEGppi9e2amfI73AgvzHw2X8Y/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+east-power+pole-possible+mine+location-2566-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr72D0kAGaSTy6Aqz5DF6l1RbDby5Fg7hc47DMu3tm4ye2Tf5HRXL2Xon1fMLALffuCKxUbg-ihVeYz4dofFbHF8ahyphenhypheng1y0st02bE9mRQcp9ClsMy8vNGEGppi9e2amfI73AgvzHw2X8Y/w640-h416/2021+%2528053121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+east-power+pole-possible+mine+location-2566-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Do the clump and the power pole hold the secret to the mine location?<br /></b></span></div><br />It's the wrong time of day to be shooting in this direction, but a bigger issue here is that massive power pole. I know I said nice things about it a while ago, but to be perfectly honest ... that pole is starting to get under my skin.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc9lHhQTFD-EhKK6ElIHtlO52Fb4txQkXUjk-LzxS0xBkA0r-Wn79XWVXI5ZGzMDhCS0fY73Z33xRRzMhQb3vgBZSv6d8w_WnrNkPMHMYWc2NMJv5LCa6WEedhu3s0cSnP5UWQb03cmUp/s2048/2021+%2528053121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+east-power+pole-possible+mine+location-2566-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc9lHhQTFD-EhKK6ElIHtlO52Fb4txQkXUjk-LzxS0xBkA0r-Wn79XWVXI5ZGzMDhCS0fY73Z33xRRzMhQb3vgBZSv6d8w_WnrNkPMHMYWc2NMJv5LCa6WEedhu3s0cSnP5UWQb03cmUp/w640-h416/2021+%2528053121%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks+from+the+east-power+pole-possible+mine+location-2566-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Just thinking out loud here ...</b></span></div><br />In fact, I'm starting to wonder whether the power pole may have had something to do with the destruction of the mine. I would love to say hey look, there's the old mine entrance, but I don't think the answer is that simple.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjw8jv8bu-N8j0mtelpXE_DSq3VDaRIRvidp9ssKy2sIzhpMN9-aXTfAHE45DVjO2h9Z-_8ezMZih-YxasqOkStTS3dQ0Tpd6Qoy50H5AG1iTFO1rdaZhx48s3D44wFGK6912_rKJhq_8/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-Clump+A%252C+from+east-2763.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjw8jv8bu-N8j0mtelpXE_DSq3VDaRIRvidp9ssKy2sIzhpMN9-aXTfAHE45DVjO2h9Z-_8ezMZih-YxasqOkStTS3dQ0Tpd6Qoy50H5AG1iTFO1rdaZhx48s3D44wFGK6912_rKJhq_8/w640-h394/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-Clump+A%252C+from+east-2763.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Clump A reveals its inner arch<br /></b></span></div><br />On another trip to the site, with better lighting, I was able to get this shot of Clump A. Taken just a few feet from where I took the previous shot, this angle reveals that the rocks at the top of Clump A form an arch.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiN7i4eg1Nkm9Q5v9Mdi9my1K0RaxSBufsvF_xRK_4n2zPE-8nQ1WoVJ8iOIewYG2mBmsw6WPRrebTwHCt5Jtz0T0B1lucx7Ub4nh8EKzZZQ2PjFQnkjASzvHGartyIivhvYbK8M_3yCw/s2048/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-Clump+A%252C+from+east-2763-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiN7i4eg1Nkm9Q5v9Mdi9my1K0RaxSBufsvF_xRK_4n2zPE-8nQ1WoVJ8iOIewYG2mBmsw6WPRrebTwHCt5Jtz0T0B1lucx7Ub4nh8EKzZZQ2PjFQnkjASzvHGartyIivhvYbK8M_3yCw/w640-h394/2021+%2528061021%2529-Golden+Sky+Circle-Backyard+Rocks-Clump+A%252C+from+east-2763-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The "debris field" may have its own stories to tell<br /></b></span></div><br />Also of interest are the rocks strewn about in what amounts to a debris field east of Clump A — including at least one Turkeyhead-type rock whose presence in the pile raises possibilities for future expeditions.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvg3-XTsEu9vGk71-OYdPQVsprpt1L_AzZMngolhMF9LEHqxzDOOFKKPzJiMm6sviyagNyvjqPSuy321m9JlMcaBuI-jYiObNpe_GNiDr9eR282rzBahfd8hPvG9PG-hCkN1JPAUD9OLev/s2048/2019+%25282021%2529-Google+SV-Sandstone+Hills+Trail+looking+N+from+Pathfinder.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvg3-XTsEu9vGk71-OYdPQVsprpt1L_AzZMngolhMF9LEHqxzDOOFKKPzJiMm6sviyagNyvjqPSuy321m9JlMcaBuI-jYiObNpe_GNiDr9eR282rzBahfd8hPvG9PG-hCkN1JPAUD9OLev/w640-h472/2019+%25282021%2529-Google+SV-Sandstone+Hills+Trail+looking+N+from+Pathfinder.png" width="640" /></a></div>The trailhead on Pathfinder, heading north (Google Street View)<br /></b></span></div><br />The rocky "Gunsmoke" location is not accessible by car, but a public hiking trail runs right through it. I entered the trail from Pathfinder Avenue just east of Falling Star, at the "no man's land" mentioned earlier.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbgkJMtdOIb5lyZqzvsWQrZhin6BqQMdpJvjV0SBgy1fvlSSKpVPlbEHoEhqaPKx9_UydTgktBctTmXeomNSK6A7kHSQxTUNYm5v82HqoO1qIG8W2kbX2VRFUXmuccxoqifM84JBl5h2I/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-The+Lindero+%2528image+rotated+90+degrees%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="2048" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbgkJMtdOIb5lyZqzvsWQrZhin6BqQMdpJvjV0SBgy1fvlSSKpVPlbEHoEhqaPKx9_UydTgktBctTmXeomNSK6A7kHSQxTUNYm5v82HqoO1qIG8W2kbX2VRFUXmuccxoqifM84JBl5h2I/w640-h372/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-The+Lindero+%2528image+rotated+90+degrees%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div>The north end of the Lindero (image rotated 90 degrees)<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This is what I'm calling the "no man's land," which appears here like a strip of dirt at the center of the map. This strip extends the line of the Lindero north beyond Lindero
Canyon Road, which veers off to the east.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MgGH-IktQsYRTF89qQISjCkzUH-80Y0UG5v8J_RiE0coPlRaI8XktEgWwWpo-urUoA-sk4HcYHvRIEf13sFii4l-MCj-A1a7jjXLjx8nLQ7HHmceW5bv0n-iboJxIvzisnIgW7bwtnlv/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-The+Lindero+%2528image+rotated+90+degrees%2529-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="2048" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MgGH-IktQsYRTF89qQISjCkzUH-80Y0UG5v8J_RiE0coPlRaI8XktEgWwWpo-urUoA-sk4HcYHvRIEf13sFii4l-MCj-A1a7jjXLjx8nLQ7HHmceW5bv0n-iboJxIvzisnIgW7bwtnlv/w640-h372/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-The+Lindero+%2528image+rotated+90+degrees%2529-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"No Man's Land": The old boundary between the ranches<br /></b></span></div><br />I don't know the backstory on why this strip of land was set aside, but one thing it's used for today is hiking. Technically, this means it's not really a "no man's land," but even so, the term seems to fit.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_TWjgUtip2z0y2r2Yol1AC8SDf7BwB_3rEAylvbiweqCtpJuJXx8ePK_RAYKvtIRTLio3JNZppjf6tc5i3ugWQSwe7tGldvTOei0g8aoTz08g9Flhm5hXObm8EBPIk7f-tyqkc_0HH7B/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-The+Lindero+%2528image+rotated+90+degrees%2529-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="2048" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_TWjgUtip2z0y2r2Yol1AC8SDf7BwB_3rEAylvbiweqCtpJuJXx8ePK_RAYKvtIRTLio3JNZppjf6tc5i3ugWQSwe7tGldvTOei0g8aoTz08g9Flhm5hXObm8EBPIk7f-tyqkc_0HH7B/w640-h372/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+aerial-The+Lindero+%2528image+rotated+90+degrees%2529-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the trailhead leading to the "Gunsmoke" site — on Pathfinder Avenue<br /></b></span></div><br />Fittingly, one of the keys to finding the path to the "Gunsmoke" location is to find Pathfinder Avenue, where the trailhead is located.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIrWiPn82FYpD-8lEFguPuOLDV6gDxXTVitboQJQ9yInvApz0MFUrCnRIMUwk6YP5sq2ShDt0MZwwtNutujLZge0spDNFCYg88d7v9SMYdbVny61j7DlcHZOCs3DJ58apInC6q4QAM6Zd/s598/pareidolia+1-face+in+clouds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIrWiPn82FYpD-8lEFguPuOLDV6gDxXTVitboQJQ9yInvApz0MFUrCnRIMUwk6YP5sq2ShDt0MZwwtNutujLZge0spDNFCYg88d7v9SMYdbVny61j7DlcHZOCs3DJ58apInC6q4QAM6Zd/w462-h640/pareidolia+1-face+in+clouds.jpg" width="462" /></a></div>Warning: We are about to "flip the pareidolia switch"<br /></b></span></div><br />At this time, unless you're already up to speed on pareidolia, you may want to look it up. Or just avert your eyes.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIEps5a_yhp2wmpQE1oyB7M3wfEV1GiiY0rzqDGMMf2fNq6QzcglzCQUaENNmtoncgOY2tM0O6SqtE_SX28LMD_bnXugxjjdY7Q4QPbgOF3vKpDTaoWk0YIpZBgLeQPMoo_hTVXTlwThML/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIEps5a_yhp2wmpQE1oyB7M3wfEV1GiiY0rzqDGMMf2fNq6QzcglzCQUaENNmtoncgOY2tM0O6SqtE_SX28LMD_bnXugxjjdY7Q4QPbgOF3vKpDTaoWk0YIpZBgLeQPMoo_hTVXTlwThML/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Shall we take a closer look at Turkeyhead Rock?<br /></b></span></div><br />If you see a turkeyhead here — as I do — I hope you realize that your journey may be just beginning.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl9Hdd4s75PzCxj4qm1dwEqkF8q6kokyefZtKcnxek7ZvZ4cxJRgIJVzb1AHwQKyc4Nnqn7vLSWW0ygRfLWOQw3nh9zlkw1QX2rqobR7jIBbdrdTaPrlG_13ycLI_HCmUnpUZQ7O3peZM/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl9Hdd4s75PzCxj4qm1dwEqkF8q6kokyefZtKcnxek7ZvZ4cxJRgIJVzb1AHwQKyc4Nnqn7vLSWW0ygRfLWOQw3nh9zlkw1QX2rqobR7jIBbdrdTaPrlG_13ycLI_HCmUnpUZQ7O3peZM/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Old Prospector</b></span></div><br />Digging a little deeper, it occurs to me that Turkeyhead Rock does not travel alone — it brings along its own "ghost figures." I call this one "The Old Prospector." Your mileage may vary, but I see him plain as day.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33NSAhvxI1ARjKP1g_YbBt13oSn09OYv3Y0NZ4MmjmgDIwihXlP37WZ5qboQjTc85afQuEGTGJISQjA6qX1TcIG43h9wHQxX2it9zInc64FhVJYNSnpUnSS5Eoj1uVY_LvZHHpNd6KebA/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33NSAhvxI1ARjKP1g_YbBt13oSn09OYv3Y0NZ4MmjmgDIwihXlP37WZ5qboQjTc85afQuEGTGJISQjA6qX1TcIG43h9wHQxX2it9zInc64FhVJYNSnpUnSS5Eoj1uVY_LvZHHpNd6KebA/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Warrior — or is it the Doorman?<br /></b></span></div><br />I imagine I drive some of my readers crazy when I start pointing out <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/search/label/pareidolia" target="_blank">ghost figures hidden in the rocks</a>. But since I'm
already a little crazy I suppose I'm just doing my part to help you catch
up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhgVxaaHCsr4M5gE8watGNVahgh3Hq9HhmM6eG_TdkJOswnr1Lh3jp90X9WbhGvEMUL5axbjo9RIhudXYejALexHhvvXCGsVDsAswtChP3FHkjk6r6NHVfGdyn4N0PYyaI3QtA2ShQlNQ/s1413/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-mine+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7561-zoomed+in+on+Turkeyhead.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1413" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhgVxaaHCsr4M5gE8watGNVahgh3Hq9HhmM6eG_TdkJOswnr1Lh3jp90X9WbhGvEMUL5axbjo9RIhudXYejALexHhvvXCGsVDsAswtChP3FHkjk6r6NHVfGdyn4N0PYyaI3QtA2ShQlNQ/w400-h297/1964-Gunsmoke+10.15+%25281965%2529-Double+Entry-mine+near+Golden+Sky+Circle-7561-zoomed+in+on+Turkeyhead.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>They're still there ...<br /></b></span></div><br />Even if you zoom right in, it doesn't seem to matter. I still see them, anyway — although sometimes the "warrior" looks more like a doorman. This is pretty subjective stuff — I hope some of you can conjure up your own "ghosts."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1A1K4IChqzyI-Xwg2TztEgqN6hrtC98CxHZQgUIgx27OXpkfhNMvsLgkLaj8xUPzccmkBNPJ8Y7fr5cj2jS6elsnE1Vb2B5a1WzPwtV31UHQoTEFsLvHKsFQy2Z7ip80inCQ53ennWUd/s2048/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1A1K4IChqzyI-Xwg2TztEgqN6hrtC98CxHZQgUIgx27OXpkfhNMvsLgkLaj8xUPzccmkBNPJ8Y7fr5cj2jS6elsnE1Vb2B5a1WzPwtV31UHQoTEFsLvHKsFQy2Z7ip80inCQ53ennWUd/w640-h412/1964+%25281965%2529-Gunsmoke+10.15-Double+Entry-Lindero+Canyon-Golden+Sky+Circle-mine-Turkeyhead+Rock+with+two+ghost+figures-7559-noted+4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Meanwhile, on a nearby rock ...<br /></b></span></div><br />Even I have to admit this one's a stretch — but maybe you're lucky enough to see it. Sadly, I suspect I might be the only one who sees Pete Townshend doing "Pinball Wizard" here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiKv034pA7VNyMLb5G4T0fHD4tTKLLz6B28GzLSWVBpGy7aDdkwNcd9lDpdfUXfIMLmTQFXU6mcqrzbMVKleryk2HyI_RrHZvU_Do4ES7VRiKbhVuvHCCOhlk2jG1vkxlpunAdTxA0imb/s512/Pete+Townshend-Pinball+Wizard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiKv034pA7VNyMLb5G4T0fHD4tTKLLz6B28GzLSWVBpGy7aDdkwNcd9lDpdfUXfIMLmTQFXU6mcqrzbMVKleryk2HyI_RrHZvU_Do4ES7VRiKbhVuvHCCOhlk2jG1vkxlpunAdTxA0imb/w444-h640/Pete+Townshend-Pinball+Wizard.jpg" width="444" /></a></div>Pete Townshend<br /></b></span></div><br />Pete and I want to give a big shout-out to Aaron St. John, who has been my right-hand man throughout the "Gunsmoke" research and continues to make amazing finds. Rock on, my friend!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSASe3EnHalTlXf9I9IT8nNpdCBo_e5NuNvz1Gfnp7SyehCVY5EWMJBzJGpHQG57e_eE694c3TJO624qpbmGzv3A2MfLdM79tz7si4om-ypeywQj-TJFpLqqdcTmxXiqZweExF7blF4SAR/s2048/1956+%2528ca%2529-Gunsmoke-Amanda+Blake%252C+James+Arness-PS-smoke+%2527em.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="2048" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSASe3EnHalTlXf9I9IT8nNpdCBo_e5NuNvz1Gfnp7SyehCVY5EWMJBzJGpHQG57e_eE694c3TJO624qpbmGzv3A2MfLdM79tz7si4om-ypeywQj-TJFpLqqdcTmxXiqZweExF7blF4SAR/w640-h532/1956+%2528ca%2529-Gunsmoke-Amanda+Blake%252C+James+Arness-PS-smoke+%2527em.png" width="640" /></a></div>More to come in the "On location with Gunsmoke" series<br /></b></span></div><br />"On location with Gunsmoke" is an ongoing series on the Iverson Movie Ranch Blog. Below you will find links to previous posts in the series ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">• <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/07/gunsmoke-goes-on-location-iverson-movie.html" target="_blank">On location with "Gunsmoke," Part 1: The Iverson Movie Ranch</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">• <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-incredible-janss-conejo-ranch-in.html" target="_blank">On location with "Gunsmoke," Part 2: The Janss Conejo Ranch</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-11495207303242102092021-04-28T00:18:00.001-07:002021-04-28T00:18:19.166-07:00"Rodeo Roundup": A forgotten chapter in the cowboy history of Chatsworth, the San Fernando Valley and the Iverson Ranch<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_0sjnUkhdg-6toSi98NukBgeoZ4Rh0QzY7yzfvBMTpcWn6Os0b7nJnzeGm0B4sRwTjPpMy5jPaOjCMpX1PnKw_gPih_LS7pK_fvlCB7VnHPjR44Ld27eJmu2EXVu2SSu2wr-hEyc8HVy/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_0sjnUkhdg-6toSi98NukBgeoZ4Rh0QzY7yzfvBMTpcWn6Os0b7nJnzeGm0B4sRwTjPpMy5jPaOjCMpX1PnKw_gPih_LS7pK_fvlCB7VnHPjR44Ld27eJmu2EXVu2SSu2wr-hEyc8HVy/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid" episode "Rodeo" (Jan. 28, 1954): A rare look at the Iverson Ranch rodeo arena<br /></b></span></div><br />It's not widely known that the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., once had its own rodeo arena — and for a short time in the early 1950s, it was the home of a weekly TV rodeo series.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGh0bM7KsbSeaZmJE2JJMrcaW-lxxn0dN3xoQPZ4V41cJpWqptvhv3OA-LmYlY5usBQuA5cMLn2hUly0C1Tjlbw36f_AFp4kLgB6hzo4IicvdmOu3umocZqgXAaEcwAcWgwhUnoxMIaKOR/s1839/1953-07-11+Rodeo+Roundup+Cowboy+Slim+on+TV+Long_Beach_Independent-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="1839" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGh0bM7KsbSeaZmJE2JJMrcaW-lxxn0dN3xoQPZ4V41cJpWqptvhv3OA-LmYlY5usBQuA5cMLn2hUly0C1Tjlbw36f_AFp4kLgB6hzo4IicvdmOu3umocZqgXAaEcwAcWgwhUnoxMIaKOR/w400-h324/1953-07-11+Rodeo+Roundup+Cowboy+Slim+on+TV+Long_Beach_Independent-noted.png" width="400" /></a></div>Los Angeles TV listings from July 1953<br /></b></span></div><br />The TV show, "Rodeo Roundup," aired during the summer of 1953 on local L.A. station KNBH, which later became KRCA and still later evolved into NBC's present-day West Coast flagship station, KNBC.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-tNKKuvpN2YvAfYNxI6zro7LzkK_-KeONq8fZca5A5vFgFER2PSkIBd1vr2tAqJ91OPf2yg3hDDXzONG9RtI6IfnxUv46VvN9v40kLqgIjLsM1pKCk4Tg8gNWwsK1zEFdUGH2OtSrf4Q/s850/Cowboy+Slim+portrait+%2528Sherman+Loudermilk%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="651" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-tNKKuvpN2YvAfYNxI6zro7LzkK_-KeONq8fZca5A5vFgFER2PSkIBd1vr2tAqJ91OPf2yg3hDDXzONG9RtI6IfnxUv46VvN9v40kLqgIjLsM1pKCk4Tg8gNWwsK1zEFdUGH2OtSrf4Q/w490-h640/Cowboy+Slim+portrait+%2528Sherman+Loudermilk%2529.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div>Early L.A. television personality "Cowboy Slim" (Sherman Loudermilk)<br /></b></span></div><br />The television show and rodeo were hosted by TV personality "Cowboy Slim." Born Sherman Loudermilk in Leon, Texas, Slim had a long career as a TV and film art director along with hosting a number of early children's shows.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6eTSMcvmyAcmyuhnl0EaHhjkPtE0HV5ft8AUXJ61-U1qXrjLNO_A5MzscHZbf_-vQdp6cfOOtn1Vax4TO23BTGXFJvjy0rbcRk3BgbuUd2vu6k6PYBCOk4AZmDyBjTXUdQAz9_VuIXmM/s2048/1953-05-29+Cowboy+Slim+ad+for+Rodeo+Roundup+pic+The_Valley_Times.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6eTSMcvmyAcmyuhnl0EaHhjkPtE0HV5ft8AUXJ61-U1qXrjLNO_A5MzscHZbf_-vQdp6cfOOtn1Vax4TO23BTGXFJvjy0rbcRk3BgbuUd2vu6k6PYBCOk4AZmDyBjTXUdQAz9_VuIXmM/w572-h640/1953-05-29+Cowboy+Slim+ad+for+Rodeo+Roundup+pic+The_Valley_Times.jpg" width="572" /></a></div>Cowboy Slim demonstrates bulldogging in the Iverson Ranch rodeo arena<br /></b></span></div><br />Details about Slim's life and career are hard to dig up, but it appears that he was both a champion cowboy and an artist, besides being a TV host. The above photo of Slim in action ran in the Valley Times in May 1953.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jci-45EO0ssKzTcXIz2CMvgpFstK3zfVJmF_rFLPC_U9mkHClR7Jdjfe0uVSVIN-GksFqB4Gmp2egROZf39iHtuhpknu1Ilv9saP8uNL57QKuItmJTbUkz-1S3x834ZatF4cDHM1-1H-/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jci-45EO0ssKzTcXIz2CMvgpFstK3zfVJmF_rFLPC_U9mkHClR7Jdjfe0uVSVIN-GksFqB4Gmp2egROZf39iHtuhpknu1Ilv9saP8uNL57QKuItmJTbUkz-1S3x834ZatF4cDHM1-1H-/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid" episode "Rodeo": TV folk and rodeo folk gather at the Iverson rodeo arena<br /></b></span></div><br />Information about the Iverson Ranch rodeo arena is also quite scarce, but with the help of fellow researchers, we have begun to piece together the story of this unusual venue and the ranch's brief foray into the rodeo world.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabqt2UMtB69M2TFSELQ9TVLR8cfqBqjDYYei_SvE8g5zX5gTnd8dNfK-CnRngWH-krM_qksHbksUX2qCwVtYvn_GDnN5TpHDeYkr1-eSzGAFdt2JqUJ17SVCuhjg5pgduGn5ZG6_JBeKt/s2048/1953-05-30+Cowboy+Slim+to+emcee+at+TV+Roundup+at+Iverson+Ranch+Long_Beach_Independent.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabqt2UMtB69M2TFSELQ9TVLR8cfqBqjDYYei_SvE8g5zX5gTnd8dNfK-CnRngWH-krM_qksHbksUX2qCwVtYvn_GDnN5TpHDeYkr1-eSzGAFdt2JqUJ17SVCuhjg5pgduGn5ZG6_JBeKt/w640-h586/1953-05-30+Cowboy+Slim+to+emcee+at+TV+Roundup+at+Iverson+Ranch+Long_Beach_Independent.png" width="640" /></a></div>Column in the Long Beach Independent announcing the May 30, 1953, premiere of "Rodeo Roundup"<br /></b></span></div><br />Much of the information was unearthed by the Chatsworth Historical Society, with Research Director Ray Vincent doing the heavy lifting. It was Ray who tracked down most of the newspaper clippings in this post.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyZnH4Ojm1jTqfygkX5-9ghwge-DjETNWZpRpCJ-JC5JH3fXqKIVWgVE1X_TLQc7eIgUsT5BS89Neb6GyNbBRbeM9FSQ55llAivFcDcSZlqClOihOyqPy7_QeP8y01W7cfYCaXBpQFRsR/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-wide+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyZnH4Ojm1jTqfygkX5-9ghwge-DjETNWZpRpCJ-JC5JH3fXqKIVWgVE1X_TLQc7eIgUsT5BS89Neb6GyNbBRbeM9FSQ55llAivFcDcSZlqClOihOyqPy7_QeP8y01W7cfYCaXBpQFRsR/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-wide+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": Wide shot of the rodeo arena<br /></b></span></div><br />But when it comes to photos of the arena, the best source has been the "Cisco Kid" episode "Rodeo," which premiered Jan. 28, 1954. Filming on the episode would have taken place around the same time the actual rodeos were happening, and it appears that some of the rodeo people were also involved in the "Cisco Kid" shoot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ23GE0sKs-POijoiJ4z7DVElRsFW0IjoEIR-VIxriAlz7aJCT7ouK-1VHsJJ_ucwgbALAgsCbemrBU2Yfn8jSLH7Hp78grR3GJ3ocgBTfaE8nfYgqG0SJk7eBpGPlIJkLxEYohexhDyjO/s2034/1952+aerial-Sheep+Flats-NO+rodeo+arena+yet-cropped-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2034" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ23GE0sKs-POijoiJ4z7DVElRsFW0IjoEIR-VIxriAlz7aJCT7ouK-1VHsJJ_ucwgbALAgsCbemrBU2Yfn8jSLH7Hp78grR3GJ3ocgBTfaE8nfYgqG0SJk7eBpGPlIJkLxEYohexhDyjO/w640-h550/1952+aerial-Sheep+Flats-NO+rodeo+arena+yet-cropped-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>1952 aerial photo: Before the rodeo arena was built<br /></b></span></div><br />The arena was situated immediately north of the heavily filmed Iverson Movie Ranch Western street. This aerial photo from 1952 shows what the area looked like shortly before the arena was built.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxV_Bvi4JM9DshUGmPTzYMRXt3Fv86-s9ItWocK3oNu-hgJrFuyEyOyzY1jowzyttbQoQhtjbGaS14XEUORMF8O4Axh_dkyUHUt8ol-FxyIiuxcGy5hSlgc88Ug7sElHsnJAurbSwoTCX/s2034/1954+%2528101554%2529+aerial-rodeo+grounds-cropped-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2034" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxV_Bvi4JM9DshUGmPTzYMRXt3Fv86-s9ItWocK3oNu-hgJrFuyEyOyzY1jowzyttbQoQhtjbGaS14XEUORMF8O4Axh_dkyUHUt8ol-FxyIiuxcGy5hSlgc88Ug7sElHsnJAurbSwoTCX/w640-h550/1954+%2528101554%2529+aerial-rodeo+grounds-cropped-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>1954 aerial: The rodeo arena is now in place<br /></b></span></div><br />In another aerial taken about two years later, we can see the rodeo arena north of the town set.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuf5M-VKUJzxdXEHV9FmEMCvzH7lMsMKfJ_e6AEOV47LxXaGW_B8N4wvtkx_kEgOE0ok5dEvIrs1jYCQEc_bTEXVU3JwoPhxT4riFFDBYEqiTDqSCZZhwvo3KQ9be6jX1yjnGMd70iMG0/s1742/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1742" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuf5M-VKUJzxdXEHV9FmEMCvzH7lMsMKfJ_e6AEOV47LxXaGW_B8N4wvtkx_kEgOE0ok5dEvIrs1jYCQEc_bTEXVU3JwoPhxT4riFFDBYEqiTDqSCZZhwvo3KQ9be6jX1yjnGMd70iMG0/w640-h560/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Recent aerial view of the former rodeo arena site (Bing Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />In today's landscape, the footprint of the old Iverson Movie Ranch
rodeo arena would be inside the Indian
Hills Mobile Home Village, just below the 118 Freeway.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8puzmyg9xWlMvCR53Q2CrDkTz7hrtTkwPgtyveN9V6psJe8z30s8eQTzB5sQccaat5zSn22-mEi3b9XA4NOThSEjilKhaY5vfVwF4To5igB-bX-1ndr5GjXkkYWQn3JRoiHivQd2QVoP9/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-partial+view+of+grandstand.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8puzmyg9xWlMvCR53Q2CrDkTz7hrtTkwPgtyveN9V6psJe8z30s8eQTzB5sQccaat5zSn22-mEi3b9XA4NOThSEjilKhaY5vfVwF4To5igB-bX-1ndr5GjXkkYWQn3JRoiHivQd2QVoP9/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-partial+view+of+grandstand.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": A glimpse of the arena's grandstand<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">In this shot from "The Cisco Kid" we see a portion of the grandstand, which ran along the northern edge of the arena. The facility was said to have seating for as many as 5,000 spectators.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubDWkbh32sftCjPNLFUz6n8xGmVjB-K5QTsraBOk2Io-PkDCfI6w24TvNwrkmQwJedtUwFgGL6YrSrG2ct18p3_Ukbv9Q4oZxZkejnbPEmjya7e_PjAIapT9UNQQqoQsPIiyZmiquUELp/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-grandstands%252C+Smooth+Hill.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubDWkbh32sftCjPNLFUz6n8xGmVjB-K5QTsraBOk2Io-PkDCfI6w24TvNwrkmQwJedtUwFgGL6YrSrG2ct18p3_Ukbv9Q4oZxZkejnbPEmjya7e_PjAIapT9UNQQqoQsPIiyZmiquUELp/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-grandstands%252C+Smooth+Hill.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": More grandstands, and Smooth Hill<br /></b></span></div><br />Another "Cisco Kid" rodeo shot shows more of the grandstands along with Smooth Hill, a landmark that turned up in many movies due to its strategic position at the north end of the Western street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wB7MgK2Jw6vRL7kjMBCSOvWPFFrZ7o_WmNgtlOpKVfRQolZAPjCzryAQlNaChcqnv-u6s62MmgkHHcbzZ-bo73bJj-P8vJA2dhiV66iRolVnwumOojWjUKW_Zq9_Bir38hjn-KEQ_L9g/s756/1951-hills+of+utah-smooth+hill+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="756" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wB7MgK2Jw6vRL7kjMBCSOvWPFFrZ7o_WmNgtlOpKVfRQolZAPjCzryAQlNaChcqnv-u6s62MmgkHHcbzZ-bo73bJj-P8vJA2dhiV66iRolVnwumOojWjUKW_Zq9_Bir38hjn-KEQ_L9g/w640-h480/1951-hills+of+utah-smooth+hill+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Hills of Utah" (1951): The Western street, with Smooth Hill to the north<br /></b></span></div><br />This was a fairly common movie view of Smooth Hill, which fills much of the space beyond the end of the Western street. This shot was taken a couple of years before the rodeo arena was built.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNPLje__WVI5vjNctFqOMaCejU9cJGd_mTDu6vrMb2tdvzSwA5chk3p1nN1TUlRt6Hpl7ZyjRLImSj50LvJBUr3wy3V4cINIJmERf2t9JUuLqfWGd23eBbJ8_F1pfTfdA8bmXOOu1-vwm/s2048/1953-05-23+AD+Rodeo+Time+at+Roundup+Town-Cowboy+Slim-world%2527s+most+famous+movie+ranch-The+Valley+Times.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNPLje__WVI5vjNctFqOMaCejU9cJGd_mTDu6vrMb2tdvzSwA5chk3p1nN1TUlRt6Hpl7ZyjRLImSj50LvJBUr3wy3V4cINIJmERf2t9JUuLqfWGd23eBbJ8_F1pfTfdA8bmXOOu1-vwm/w420-h640/1953-05-23+AD+Rodeo+Time+at+Roundup+Town-Cowboy+Slim-world%2527s+most+famous+movie+ranch-The+Valley+Times.png" width="420" /></a></div>"Rodeo Time at Roundup Town": Ad running in the Valley Times, May 1953<br /></b></span></div><br />When the weekend rodeos were happening — probably just during that summer of 1953, even though the arena stood from about 1953-1957 — the Western town played a big role in rodeo activities. Ads running in the local papers even referred to the location as "Roundup Town."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7aMENW3AZe_3PWIvSMhK-HbUEwRA107lIhFCYASQAQXHfQTpQKlFZtkSWuXIk7LI6AzeuRA3jA9LvvRalE3Qq5JD1O_qxdW9AZjr3cHXSw2B297-6Lbz2PIGYV9rGNLIV2bGcXWZhTzd/s2048/1953-05-23+AD+Rodeo+Time+at+Roundup+Town-Cowboy+Slim-world%2527s+most+famous+movie+ranch-The+Valley+Times-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7aMENW3AZe_3PWIvSMhK-HbUEwRA107lIhFCYASQAQXHfQTpQKlFZtkSWuXIk7LI6AzeuRA3jA9LvvRalE3Qq5JD1O_qxdW9AZjr3cHXSw2B297-6Lbz2PIGYV9rGNLIV2bGcXWZhTzd/w420-h640/1953-05-23+AD+Rodeo+Time+at+Roundup+Town-Cowboy+Slim-world%2527s+most+famous+movie+ranch-The+Valley+Times-noted.png" width="420" /></a></div>Be still, my palpitating heart!<br /></b></span></div><br />I have a feeling this will make some of you Iverson Movie Ranch fans yearn for a time machine, but just imagine going to the rodeo in the early 1950s and having the run of the location ranch — even the Arabian Village!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JbwY7OUbIkLNndrGH7kP2QQQX6AIRhTjDBz2dwK5Zvv5Tbvjz_8-8GdZwlO44Z0RlECOh6OnmZMwRDMlGFjrVWW8VfLMaPeIVtu6ibCI1Bdxt95vW96-Wx_emww0DDHy7TL_KZUxHfuB/s2048/1953+%2528ca%2529-pony+ride+next+to+South+Adobe+%2528w+Hotel%2529-Gfx-IRB+wmk.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JbwY7OUbIkLNndrGH7kP2QQQX6AIRhTjDBz2dwK5Zvv5Tbvjz_8-8GdZwlO44Z0RlECOh6OnmZMwRDMlGFjrVWW8VfLMaPeIVtu6ibCI1Bdxt95vW96-Wx_emww0DDHy7TL_KZUxHfuB/w426-h640/1953+%2528ca%2529-pony+ride+next+to+South+Adobe+%2528w+Hotel%2529-Gfx-IRB+wmk.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div>Pony ride on the Iverson Movie Ranch Western street, ca. 1953</b></span></div><br />If you were a little kid at the time and were lucky enough to find your way to the rodeo, there's a pretty good chance you could have gone for a pony ride right on the Iverson Western street, as seen in this rare photo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2spg8dAN7mwMKmcLN9niD6hvNu-0zszCWoGah1eeI5fuk0MCdc3OnGOpuV82jeLzMf9uuIGqpf2dFhaPVtremvQW0gIlE98XKXRScTqyi0rMuXI0x0utxCEezMvrNvjoUrzsDfEwxreNQ/s2048/1953+%2528ca%2529-pony+ride+next+to+South+Adobe+%2528w+Hotel%2529-Gfx-IRB+wmk-noted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2spg8dAN7mwMKmcLN9niD6hvNu-0zszCWoGah1eeI5fuk0MCdc3OnGOpuV82jeLzMf9uuIGqpf2dFhaPVtremvQW0gIlE98XKXRScTqyi0rMuXI0x0utxCEezMvrNvjoUrzsDfEwxreNQ/w426-h640/1953+%2528ca%2529-pony+ride+next+to+South+Adobe+%2528w+Hotel%2529-Gfx-IRB+wmk-noted.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div>Pony ride's location, adjacent to famous movie buildings<br /></b></span></div><br />The pony ride location was tucked in between the South Adobe and North Adobe. These movie buildings were featured in an in-depth series of posts about the Western street back in 2015, which you can find by <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-iverson-movie-ranch-western-street_20.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAKPpmoGuaqfOf9GKTGBnjQchQkIlK4aPzVyuCt43erX6j-h2Xj1yqlU6EmdgJyDIC7c0o_05SbJSGNRy9ufGXVDtgXxEuyN1QHcYjT4Lwtrv-z73umgL2eYKH0Rf_I1tZqjzvq-2S6eK/s2048/1954+%25281955%2529-RRTV+4.11-IV-North+Adobe-South+Adobe-pony+ride+space.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAKPpmoGuaqfOf9GKTGBnjQchQkIlK4aPzVyuCt43erX6j-h2Xj1yqlU6EmdgJyDIC7c0o_05SbJSGNRy9ufGXVDtgXxEuyN1QHcYjT4Lwtrv-z73umgL2eYKH0Rf_I1tZqjzvq-2S6eK/w640-h492/1954+%25281955%2529-RRTV+4.11-IV-North+Adobe-South+Adobe-pony+ride+space.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Roy Rogers Show" episode "Outcasts of Paradise Valley" (aired Jan. 9, 1955)<br /></b></span></div><br />The space that was once occupied by the pony ride can be seen in this shot from "The Roy Rogers Show." The gap between the two adobe structures is visible behind the group of people walking down the Western street.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqY7aa27RsziV5UJYDSvD6RoEnublvBmNM2qliHj0aFbnOuLfyQfnwpIK0u7waeOtSXSkQgelTdNUx-vnhaZt-Yhh5rwCTMeHRkAxgZyl5R6CGNYlvt-MoWPS1ouLPmHK5wr5H-8DvZJb/s2048/1954+%25281955%2529-RRTV+4.11-IV-North+Adobe-South+Adobe-pony+ride+space-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqY7aa27RsziV5UJYDSvD6RoEnublvBmNM2qliHj0aFbnOuLfyQfnwpIK0u7waeOtSXSkQgelTdNUx-vnhaZt-Yhh5rwCTMeHRkAxgZyl5R6CGNYlvt-MoWPS1ouLPmHK5wr5H-8DvZJb/w640-h492/1954+%25281955%2529-RRTV+4.11-IV-North+Adobe-South+Adobe-pony+ride+space-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>No sign of the pony ride during filming in 1954</b></span></div><br />Establishing a timeline for the pony ride requires some speculation, but the most likely scenario is that it operated only in 1953, when the TV rodeos were taking place and visitors were officially admitted to the ranch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrd60KPAQM96ldoSv7jXOq28ISrYvN6TxWPEmbVCYSoWwANLJolgckviEo1FgoWuRZYp9HZtzHNtKNs_ikMfCaqTQ29kjvt_ZmZwcc1lz07vetG0lFu0JOYwVWOCdFRg-CcHkclDDbLiOO/s2048/1953-05-28+Cowboy+Slim+Rodeo+Roundup+ad+BIG+promotion+The_San_Bernardino_County_Sun-noted.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1824" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrd60KPAQM96ldoSv7jXOq28ISrYvN6TxWPEmbVCYSoWwANLJolgckviEo1FgoWuRZYp9HZtzHNtKNs_ikMfCaqTQ29kjvt_ZmZwcc1lz07vetG0lFu0JOYwVWOCdFRg-CcHkclDDbLiOO/w570-h640/1953-05-28+Cowboy+Slim+Rodeo+Roundup+ad+BIG+promotion+The_San_Bernardino_County_Sun-noted.png" width="570" /></a></div>Item running in the San Bernardino County Sun, May 28, 1953<br /></b></span></div><br />This clip ran a couple of days before the TV premiere, and the blurb at the bottom specifically mentions that the "Western set" — in other words the Western street — will be used to televise a variety of events.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AgGSoyATaMTjKsQbtIcna_0_0sAjqfo688QYWwFxQ0xYNHSwe3W7DObaKiAwC6D2xYFBM3h6N_0vM7gTGjUO5BRo1S9tS9KY5fqhh8biAgDpnxkZB1aukYTZY7pGwc6ER5ffJFrylPbS/s2048/1953-06-06+Fans+flock+to+Roundup+Town+LA+Citizen_News.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1874" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AgGSoyATaMTjKsQbtIcna_0_0sAjqfo688QYWwFxQ0xYNHSwe3W7DObaKiAwC6D2xYFBM3h6N_0vM7gTGjUO5BRo1S9tS9KY5fqhh8biAgDpnxkZB1aukYTZY7pGwc6ER5ffJFrylPbS/w366-h400/1953-06-06+Fans+flock+to+Roundup+Town+LA+Citizen_News.jpg" width="366" /></a></div>Citizen News, June 6, 1953<br /></b></span></div><br />Less than a week after the premiere, one L.A. paper declared the TV show was "growing in popularity each week." And there was already some confusion over the show's title — was it "Rodeo Roundup" or "Roundup Town"?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1gfk22_0mq04OlMlWYe6UMC6Blka0B8ex_qXXLPcJTks05FMafkrFMD-vYkT5qAYB_XwVTE4JMRouWKmqVePdqa1ZR5nLNtHghG2JQxlclaTvi0z7Q22FUV41N7EYUCHW8JY0Zrhnods/s3394/1953-06-12+Cowboy+Slim+Rodeo+Wedding+this+Sunday+The_Valley_Times.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3394" data-original-width="926" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1gfk22_0mq04OlMlWYe6UMC6Blka0B8ex_qXXLPcJTks05FMafkrFMD-vYkT5qAYB_XwVTE4JMRouWKmqVePdqa1ZR5nLNtHghG2JQxlclaTvi0z7Q22FUV41N7EYUCHW8JY0Zrhnods/w175-h640/1953-06-12+Cowboy+Slim+Rodeo+Wedding+this+Sunday+The_Valley_Times.jpg" width="175" /></a></div>Valley Times, June 12, 1953<br /></b></span></div><br />By the rodeo's third weekend, it was ready to add some stunt programming: a horseback wedding for actor and stuntman Bill Chaney, who appeared in about 20 movies from 1941-1958.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eTZFpOHznZ9vVub4NH4tcUIH_heGVvkeNDZFPhfULmlYMZMJ8fZaZEdfUDZd5XqNae0szCT8Cybf3DlHM3wQp4-2FfX6qUPxm6uNVugx8gyBUFEdbSL0t2aby1qn-UMenYsJ2NSrt9XV/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-wide+shot-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eTZFpOHznZ9vVub4NH4tcUIH_heGVvkeNDZFPhfULmlYMZMJ8fZaZEdfUDZd5XqNae0szCT8Cybf3DlHM3wQp4-2FfX6qUPxm6uNVugx8gyBUFEdbSL0t2aby1qn-UMenYsJ2NSrt9XV/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-wide+shot-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": Rodeo arena shot showcases nearby movie rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />The
wide shot of the rodeo arena that we mentioned briefly up above, from
"The Cisco Kid," includes some movie rocks in the background that were
located near the east end of the Lower Iverson.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0k9ZEVRew6sFuvp242GHTO8jcAfGXfp85UXS0XRq2YALXwjCTDYts3vLIcavysxRhMCzzwRNjlaeSUp4l1aB6MfmYCKVQlEb2j3YVHqOobJC2F5rvWEpQ6UzQ31L2kzJIQ4s9NFvNZjl/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-B%2526T+etc.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0k9ZEVRew6sFuvp242GHTO8jcAfGXfp85UXS0XRq2YALXwjCTDYts3vLIcavysxRhMCzzwRNjlaeSUp4l1aB6MfmYCKVQlEb2j3YVHqOobJC2F5rvWEpQ6UzQ31L2kzJIQ4s9NFvNZjl/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-B%2526T+etc.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": A slightly better look at those rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock formations are a little easier to recognize in this screen shot from the same "Cisco Kid" episode, "Rodeo."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2595LWpkqaqBAxrTxd1WHejdqygLpZeG-7jYor7oWwooO18dPNd67ceV4lw0FStUXTGy5NE2_etmnTkeIszr80LtAaEkmFl7KDABvrhd-Odakz4VftDl0Y93_NuT6q4fp26NCU14lqLD/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-B%2526T+etc-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2595LWpkqaqBAxrTxd1WHejdqygLpZeG-7jYor7oWwooO18dPNd67ceV4lw0FStUXTGy5NE2_etmnTkeIszr80LtAaEkmFl7KDABvrhd-Odakz4VftDl0Y93_NuT6q4fp26NCU14lqLD/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-B%2526T+etc-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>A familiar movie rock lurks in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the most recognizable rock features in the group is Fireplace Rock, which turns up regularly in old movies and TV shows. The formation has also been called B&T, or Bugeye and Trapezoid, among other names.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_DuZfCudzp8_120m-CN813nBvLTbq0-nvBn54clauPbTRRoY1jw_r3SGTmkbKND4oTE8B0wiG9A8YKK3BM0OEILli5w8oWARBEDzov3Rh_ynaqGCPzdDmeh1NTHNM-wNbugCTWMTfue-/s2048/1956-LRTV+5.10-B%2526T+combo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_DuZfCudzp8_120m-CN813nBvLTbq0-nvBn54clauPbTRRoY1jw_r3SGTmkbKND4oTE8B0wiG9A8YKK3BM0OEILli5w8oWARBEDzov3Rh_ynaqGCPzdDmeh1NTHNM-wNbugCTWMTfue-/w640-h470/1956-LRTV+5.10-B%2526T+combo.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger": Fireplace Rock<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fireplace Rock is featured prominently in this screen shot from the color season of the TV series "The Lone Ranger." The episode, "The Letter Bride," premiered Nov. 15, 1956.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DVcHbZDwwWrkPVqv3MVUhnQZgNsfKygOLVNZBxUNWKAm6jaqOhzVG1E8r4QDvre38YzwD_SnyxHSIvMx_yYqXjBDMIm1a9wjxA05yeidcQDWuZqQygU9rtRkwQa3gvoVQAK7JfKwXULy/s2048/1956-LRTV+5.10-B%2526T+combo-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DVcHbZDwwWrkPVqv3MVUhnQZgNsfKygOLVNZBxUNWKAm6jaqOhzVG1E8r4QDvre38YzwD_SnyxHSIvMx_yYqXjBDMIm1a9wjxA05yeidcQDWuZqQygU9rtRkwQa3gvoVQAK7JfKwXULy/w640-h470/1956-LRTV+5.10-B%2526T+combo-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Famous movie rocks that survive today<br /></b></span></div><br />The main features of the formation are noted here, although the fireplace area is hidden in shadow.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmh7TkIZ6wWpbJGcqWhXDrzb8uJ88NdKz5mv6Po5hwKzRmtNSWdmqlvV97Ot3IKwPm7Lv3DBzyWWLORnhYm_Oc3_FnMnv4m0nf4OYk24BShWymZO_QAh2rqc4eafN1Aq-hGynrOEJ7YXx/s1195/1951-Man+From+Sonora-Fireplace-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1195" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmh7TkIZ6wWpbJGcqWhXDrzb8uJ88NdKz5mv6Po5hwKzRmtNSWdmqlvV97Ot3IKwPm7Lv3DBzyWWLORnhYm_Oc3_FnMnv4m0nf4OYk24BShWymZO_QAh2rqc4eafN1Aq-hGynrOEJ7YXx/w640-h360/1951-Man+From+Sonora-Fireplace-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Man From Sonora" (1951): A better look at the fireplace area</b></span></div><br />The Johnny Mack Brown movie "Man From Sonora" filmed extensively in this area, and provides some of the best views of a number of the rocks surrounding the rodeo arena.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXl-RdKf2PVzSSvihBs6kHVkwhFZOovcEN2HPDXJOmkXi3ApwhUmyHcc3ECYBCkqTdx-SpFdAXwRUAYl-lPZpUAX0dd0TXlxUpC3KDOckQBrfqaxSEZWr-bZF_s4N36yznPCNQpJz7po2/s1600/2009-B%2526T.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1600" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXl-RdKf2PVzSSvihBs6kHVkwhFZOovcEN2HPDXJOmkXi3ApwhUmyHcc3ECYBCkqTdx-SpFdAXwRUAYl-lPZpUAX0dd0TXlxUpC3KDOckQBrfqaxSEZWr-bZF_s4N36yznPCNQpJz7po2/w640-h412/2009-B%2526T.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Fireplace Rock in modern times</b></span></div><br />Fireplace Rock has survived, and today it can be found perched above the Indian Hills Mobile Home Village. <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/02/man-from-sonora-cinematographer-gilbert.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more about Fireplace Rock, "Man From Sonora" and some of the other rocks in this area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6o7mkYQaewfU6OZadJB4AX9xR5QL_WGTHmJH_VXXe2EbzmrXtqmUKzSoARhRD67VSGgpJE3LtCOEo_QXjuDL86-Ad43rgfsXj2ICvp75JLu-QpgeM5bdA2OxB3HJ_TR9VLz4FUagZK1Wg/s1742/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1742" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6o7mkYQaewfU6OZadJB4AX9xR5QL_WGTHmJH_VXXe2EbzmrXtqmUKzSoARhRD67VSGgpJE3LtCOEo_QXjuDL86-Ad43rgfsXj2ICvp75JLu-QpgeM5bdA2OxB3HJ_TR9VLz4FUagZK1Wg/w640-h560/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Fireplace Rock's place in the world</b></span></div><br />In the satellite photo we looked at earlier, showing the approximate footprint of the rodeo arena, we can now pinpoint the location of Fireplace Rock, indicated here in green.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wWKrEndkwWYQb5o5_xxGR37ejYj9A3o4LLjqyorBcZ6bwII4emFw0RRAbB5Q07q6a9LsH0aV_w5OesnKfd-25d0VrDM-pp2Hh0MN9-TUT2eH8Q87vMEG7SMUdOPpOzOqviz6cRaR-drv/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-B%2526T+etc-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wWKrEndkwWYQb5o5_xxGR37ejYj9A3o4LLjqyorBcZ6bwII4emFw0RRAbB5Q07q6a9LsH0aV_w5OesnKfd-25d0VrDM-pp2Hh0MN9-TUT2eH8Q87vMEG7SMUdOPpOzOqviz6cRaR-drv/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-B%2526T+etc-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"East Gate Rock," located east of the Iverson Movie Ranch</b></span></div><br />Other movie rocks to the east of the rodeo arena have also survived, including one I call East Gate Rock. This rock was not located on Iverson property, but it showed up in its share of Iverson Movie Ranch productions.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmKosnWBJu9TItdSN3PwLb3Urzx76ElmAUE3inFNcNzQCSKexeXhwjjjwMY3N_qXNDzKqmMQxdhCQjgV7zm-e9ObwHTZd2qx3B3agIwM860ylESOepd4Rm8Oekf9buRcK1suQB4hZ_4qV/s1323/1952-Texas+City-East+Gate+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1323" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmKosnWBJu9TItdSN3PwLb3Urzx76ElmAUE3inFNcNzQCSKexeXhwjjjwMY3N_qXNDzKqmMQxdhCQjgV7zm-e9ObwHTZd2qx3B3agIwM860ylESOepd4Rm8Oekf9buRcK1suQB4hZ_4qV/w640-h450/1952-Texas+City-East+Gate+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Texas City" (Monogram, 1952): East Gate Rock looms large</b></span></div><br />Here's one of East Gate Rock's many film appearances, in the Johnny Mack Brown B-Western "Texas City."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW0Ld1ffOZ4f0zP4T4ZSJDPgNxE3pWxDZpUtWQhjIQqtLIJcNULS8PiEAz2ti0KiTq8803OYfhIPbynWHLIHZ6eR2YGhVMEhw9omhHd1WvR1MPaGlmtim6qpUCxkFEPJ9mboMEPV1y6q0/s1323/1952-Texas+City-East+Gate+2-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1323" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW0Ld1ffOZ4f0zP4T4ZSJDPgNxE3pWxDZpUtWQhjIQqtLIJcNULS8PiEAz2ti0KiTq8803OYfhIPbynWHLIHZ6eR2YGhVMEhw9omhHd1WvR1MPaGlmtim6qpUCxkFEPJ9mboMEPV1y6q0/w640-h450/1952-Texas+City-East+Gate+2-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Iverson's rarely seen East Gate</b></span></div><br />The name "East Gate Rock" is based on the rock's proximity to the Iverson Movie Ranch's East Gate, which turns up in productions far less often than East Gate Rock itself.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WBUfUFa-w3ahDUVbgbBt7V7GsJJNvbWchiPyUEGBCQieFSjJ7XV0PDdM2iY5PNUvDRcUlctAE53NIwhgIu1OREa7yzvAHC4qS9mIslr3Mcx8UV45pCxR30bopzy7LKxz-j9u34SN-w53/s2048/1951-Gold+Raiders-East+Gate-3905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2048" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WBUfUFa-w3ahDUVbgbBt7V7GsJJNvbWchiPyUEGBCQieFSjJ7XV0PDdM2iY5PNUvDRcUlctAE53NIwhgIu1OREa7yzvAHC4qS9mIslr3Mcx8UV45pCxR30bopzy7LKxz-j9u34SN-w53/w640-h464/1951-Gold+Raiders-East+Gate-3905.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Gold Raiders" (The Three Stooges, 1951): A rare closeup for East Gate</b></span></div><br />The best look we get at Iverson's East Gate may be this shot in "Gold Raiders." The gate provided access to the Lower Iverson from Mayan Drive in the years before Topanga Canyon Boulevard went through.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7vbtB8pNaGJPoICLHqvSkSmIlxMYcRAFZ7cmpcOvITgwWVoh9NrNR0i8emjNivi0Q0XFbNS9HoNnDXRUUoKjrONmArU8k6KNERLDBmh7mW6fUIfMjMez14KXz3JIMowEZrV6F-y_7lws/s2048/1950-Atom+Man+Ch+7-diagonal+crack-east+gate+area.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7vbtB8pNaGJPoICLHqvSkSmIlxMYcRAFZ7cmpcOvITgwWVoh9NrNR0i8emjNivi0Q0XFbNS9HoNnDXRUUoKjrONmArU8k6KNERLDBmh7mW6fUIfMjMez14KXz3JIMowEZrV6F-y_7lws/w640-h490/1950-Atom+Man+Ch+7-diagonal+crack-east+gate+area.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Atom Man vs. Superman" (Columbia serial, 1950)<br /></b></span></div><br />East Gate Rock and its neighbors form a muscular rock wall in this shot from "Atom Man vs. Superman." If you work at it, you might be able to barely make out part of East Gate, just below East Gate Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5mQydP-kBURwGSfmTq_eEfUiQRvfip4rT_k5HG4xyCNbqx06DiquILZp4SRtBgln4s9fbFhvhP2wk5-h5sylquHO6NKbrZZJqRtOWueSmSOh0Ap7WtTU-CdwAY_S0Lb6fIyfSnzglKR5/s2048/1950-Atom+Man+Ch+7-diagonal+crack-east+gate+area-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5mQydP-kBURwGSfmTq_eEfUiQRvfip4rT_k5HG4xyCNbqx06DiquILZp4SRtBgln4s9fbFhvhP2wk5-h5sylquHO6NKbrZZJqRtOWueSmSOh0Ap7WtTU-CdwAY_S0Lb6fIyfSnzglKR5/w640-h490/1950-Atom+Man+Ch+7-diagonal+crack-east+gate+area-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>East Gate Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />This is more or less the section of rock that has survived, and the section I refer to as East Gate Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIBUodXFjsFTAKjbAM22RmXMk069x4ntzi7kzx1EdjvXSFX1H5IzTpn7_OrJpRnw3h2engEjXLMua-HLPsE7ksQWXNnE7eNwfcb2FPJwmTNjf0fF5PAH_1_gH1zFDcq_MEa3AXuaQi6JQ/s2048/1950-Atom+Man+Ch+7-diagonal+crack-east+gate+area-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIBUodXFjsFTAKjbAM22RmXMk069x4ntzi7kzx1EdjvXSFX1H5IzTpn7_OrJpRnw3h2engEjXLMua-HLPsE7ksQWXNnE7eNwfcb2FPJwmTNjf0fF5PAH_1_gH1zFDcq_MEa3AXuaQi6JQ/w640-h490/1950-Atom+Man+Ch+7-diagonal+crack-east+gate+area-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Most of the rocks were not as fortunate<br /></b></span></div><br />Of course, if East Gate Rock is the part that survived, that means all the rest of this imposing formation did not. So, what happened to it? Let's check it out.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziEQeMlr2eYSJzUGwZmSx2E_GbFxCL5bJQIVh0YAX69e6GS_z4I_PQI9Er8vRkRTz0d3zE7hWmNQ-8UP_vn9j-Fq6iyoEF7kdCC5GjAH1dZc4v6b9XqQeYladRkmSTlbJXh7G80TFEJI-/s5152/2018-East+Gate+Rock+%2528east+of+Topanga%2529-IMG_8006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziEQeMlr2eYSJzUGwZmSx2E_GbFxCL5bJQIVh0YAX69e6GS_z4I_PQI9Er8vRkRTz0d3zE7hWmNQ-8UP_vn9j-Fq6iyoEF7kdCC5GjAH1dZc4v6b9XqQeYladRkmSTlbJXh7G80TFEJI-/w640-h480/2018-East+Gate+Rock+%2528east+of+Topanga%2529-IMG_8006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>East Gate Rock today, as seen looking east from the mobile home park<br /></b></span></div><br />This is what remains of East Gate Rock and that huge rock wall today. This rock is located on the east side of Topanga, across the street from the former Iverson Movie Ranch and today's Indian Hills Mobile Home Village.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFWn2n2eowRWjdIWXMO-8hP6u1aBOzJnERSliCyIaO-Ff-K5lGkLIKpbzHUeEwIL3x7GItmNzKQ4OTUrE8foUDex_coI-djH8_KKXr2W3vXQlbzuUVjR-yCQTZxMDmTy4WKyUA1BaYfeq/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Topanga+Cut+looking+SE+%2528more+E%2529-showing+Fireplace+Rock%252C+East+Gate+Rock+and+the+gap+in+between.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFWn2n2eowRWjdIWXMO-8hP6u1aBOzJnERSliCyIaO-Ff-K5lGkLIKpbzHUeEwIL3x7GItmNzKQ4OTUrE8foUDex_coI-djH8_KKXr2W3vXQlbzuUVjR-yCQTZxMDmTy4WKyUA1BaYfeq/w640-h468/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Topanga+Cut+looking+SE+%2528more+E%2529-showing+Fireplace+Rock%252C+East+Gate+Rock+and+the+gap+in+between.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Topanga Cut, as seen in a 3-D satellite view (Google Maps)<br /></b></span></div><br />Pulling back to view the same area in a satellite image, taken from above the mobile home park, we can begin to see what happened. This shot of the Topanga Cut includes the area that once contained the entire rock wall.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqmPRe7M6XrQcfVgYv_JFuBXeVAuk-oC3k8U1vllRKf9SPV5JiQfE-fzWWtqjHU1yaXA0yFRJD1BTbzduGZXjDKne9GW0vKNBEY_N51pkrs1p7NV5g4JkA7-McJFdCVu4936ErTypmHgU/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Topanga+Cut+looking+SE+%2528more+E%2529-showing+Fireplace+Rock%252C+East+Gate+Rock+and+the+gap+in+between-noted+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqmPRe7M6XrQcfVgYv_JFuBXeVAuk-oC3k8U1vllRKf9SPV5JiQfE-fzWWtqjHU1yaXA0yFRJD1BTbzduGZXjDKne9GW0vKNBEY_N51pkrs1p7NV5g4JkA7-McJFdCVu4936ErTypmHgU/w640-h468/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Topanga+Cut+looking+SE+%2528more+E%2529-showing+Fireplace+Rock%252C+East+Gate+Rock+and+the+gap+in+between-noted+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>Two of the area's rock survivors<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot identifies Fireplace Rock and East Gate Rock, the two major rock formations that used to serve as bookends for that huge rock wall.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5hZLs_-oRXytEl_hs6dV1G0XzjtxhMShO5XhOtLLa2mTP6MntsA4kECHHWdtIp_VuGX0i8W8J-IrSlJGKQAoy-mRwx6g238QdWubYgNUso7HsNhNaNr9QL-JmM_P3-PK57af58QKXent/s2048/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Topanga+Cut+looking+SE+%2528more+E%2529-showing+Fireplace+Rock%252C+East+Gate+Rock+and+the+gap+in+between-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5hZLs_-oRXytEl_hs6dV1G0XzjtxhMShO5XhOtLLa2mTP6MntsA4kECHHWdtIp_VuGX0i8W8J-IrSlJGKQAoy-mRwx6g238QdWubYgNUso7HsNhNaNr9QL-JmM_P3-PK57af58QKXent/w640-h468/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Google+3D-Topanga+Cut+looking+SE+%2528more+E%2529-showing+Fireplace+Rock%252C+East+Gate+Rock+and+the+gap+in+between-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Casualties of the Topanga Cut<br /></b></span></div><br />The bulk of the rock formation was destroyed when the terrain was blasted away in the 1960s to form the Topanga Cut and connect Topanga Canyon Boulevard with the new 118 Freeway.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKK7RXfjW7mOo-xt4kuebZz_6wV9rnZpeRESmTs4m-kT9E2zqKBhIxBYInkMYVFtfmlFr3IDeseSE-mamvnht7NmYONqzjS8w433yUVx2j3n7JrlWQi5enjb5RxITJ0Skx6mrURFlWxkbO/s1742/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1742" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKK7RXfjW7mOo-xt4kuebZz_6wV9rnZpeRESmTs4m-kT9E2zqKBhIxBYInkMYVFtfmlFr3IDeseSE-mamvnht7NmYONqzjS8w433yUVx2j3n7JrlWQi5enjb5RxITJ0Skx6mrURFlWxkbO/w640-h560/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Aerial view of the current layout, showing where the rock wall used to be<br /></b></span></div><br />Revisiting our aerial view of the mobile home park and the footprint of the old rodeo arena, we can see how the rock wall was perched precariously over what today is Topanga Canyon Boulevard.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykrcIx_fMI7d3z0xOo8TKiRPkPf6V3cpxSQU90n9e4YNv-BVVmbuF3wa8hurzbgPBbqqT-tcfs1El58kBTiaMcGUviXwndw0GIW-lBZUTqZ0yBFoqHuuA3hVnBkVeejWczozgnokbVBmK/s1742/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1742" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykrcIx_fMI7d3z0xOo8TKiRPkPf6V3cpxSQU90n9e4YNv-BVVmbuF3wa8hurzbgPBbqqT-tcfs1El58kBTiaMcGUviXwndw0GIW-lBZUTqZ0yBFoqHuuA3hVnBkVeejWczozgnokbVBmK/w640-h560/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+4.png" width="640" /></a></div>Topanga Canyon Boulevard carves its way to the 118, through the Topanga Cut<br /></b></span></div><br />When the freeway arrived and the land was carved up to put Topanga through, the rock wall had no chance of survival. You might say it didn't make the cut.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCur7dPMDZ5AkZCGv7gj-RyhVG-3FvcxxnVxjVCV4QCyS4HmC96nMBaMBIIg7_i9drGspRTs1mrJqnWwemrm3dSigAKOrVJ6fbQQQ6ysyIppUcR74QKOQ-_Bq3TzNAg2NnoSbvAjpBeQ0y/s1452/1942-Ride+em+Cowboy-East+Gate+Rock+area-Abbott+and+Costello+38.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1452" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCur7dPMDZ5AkZCGv7gj-RyhVG-3FvcxxnVxjVCV4QCyS4HmC96nMBaMBIIg7_i9drGspRTs1mrJqnWwemrm3dSigAKOrVJ6fbQQQ6ysyIppUcR74QKOQ-_Bq3TzNAg2NnoSbvAjpBeQ0y/w640-h492/1942-Ride+em+Cowboy-East+Gate+Rock+area-Abbott+and+Costello+38.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ride 'em Cowboy" (Abbott and Costello, 1942)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's another shot of the big rock wall during its illustrious Hollywood career. For the most part, the rocks seen in this shot were lost in the devastation wreaked by the Topanga Cut.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPe8PM8NaxD0tWwja21w-u7L5kpaFfKy_qbh89_5OBy4CNBiI2xNz8Rz3dLBu2mPdFOSfig7vd24bfje51kw1a-UgZm9Jnel9hTMDogXRh3EfMDMAOildp0guFbo8Frrg0NRqDAFeTX1mE/s1452/1942-Ride+em+Cowboy-East+Gate+Rock+area-Abbott+and+Costello+38-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1452" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPe8PM8NaxD0tWwja21w-u7L5kpaFfKy_qbh89_5OBy4CNBiI2xNz8Rz3dLBu2mPdFOSfig7vd24bfje51kw1a-UgZm9Jnel9hTMDogXRh3EfMDMAOildp0guFbo8Frrg0NRqDAFeTX1mE/w640-h492/1942-Ride+em+Cowboy-East+Gate+Rock+area-Abbott+and+Costello+38-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Nothing lasts forever — even famous movie rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />It may be worth noting that the "wall of rock" was never really a wall —
it consisted of separate rock formations that just happened to line up
to create the illusion of a wall from certain filming angles.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-X_NzjHIoRfNTazpkOqbR6sUfYbz5aSPprD7Dar60BnFzutJmgJS3yEDrkMa4fGP1kInj8Iqu7y87J1BtuR1oOoueOf5N0ROcy1R55aLu9kUxpDgqWEUZs1CB7U3neKVZM3O3SS7Rgl7q/s1150/1947-ghost+town+renegades-pic+88.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1150" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-X_NzjHIoRfNTazpkOqbR6sUfYbz5aSPprD7Dar60BnFzutJmgJS3yEDrkMa4fGP1kInj8Iqu7y87J1BtuR1oOoueOf5N0ROcy1R55aLu9kUxpDgqWEUZs1CB7U3neKVZM3O3SS7Rgl7q/w640-h448/1947-ghost+town+renegades-pic+88.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Ghost Town Renegades" (PRC, 1947)<br /></b></span></div><br />I like this shot from the Lash LaRue B-Western "Ghost Town Renegades." Sometimes all it takes is a piece of rusting farm equipment to turn an ordinary field into something much more atmospheric. The rocks help too.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC4GYa6Ts0K4pXLyNp8IxMQrh0332IvFABuCN0aZpacNCEJ6pP3l14rpd8BC4sIsnp3mLKo8U6C6DgnBqYXg2A7O9B3vqKDcS8YC8ybTFSHjjB9JJ_CqbwD7lhYuoUswjhqwvuLr2kWaE/s1287/1941-Adventures+of+Captain+Marvel-Sheep+Flats+w+East+Gate+Rock%252C+B%2526T.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1287" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC4GYa6Ts0K4pXLyNp8IxMQrh0332IvFABuCN0aZpacNCEJ6pP3l14rpd8BC4sIsnp3mLKo8U6C6DgnBqYXg2A7O9B3vqKDcS8YC8ybTFSHjjB9JJ_CqbwD7lhYuoUswjhqwvuLr2kWaE/w640-h480/1941-Adventures+of+Captain+Marvel-Sheep+Flats+w+East+Gate+Rock%252C+B%2526T.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Adventures of Captain Marvel" (Republic, 1941)</b></span></div><br />This action shot from "Captain Marvel" features a group of riders tearing across what would later become the rodeo grounds. The shot also showcases the full "rock wall" from East Gate Rock to Fireplace Rock and beyond.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_ILJczge6Wl1hqcywc4fjgHfmZzCycTRDw2p88wuR7quL8AFVwqFu7NNpc8Q9OB9mw6W3hcoT9qp20TorCU_6Mv9QHXi0HmI8WJI-_W-TruJBHHcUeCAFgfEctRu4C2s-Sq-OLzC-0oY/s1287/1941-Adventures+of+Captain+Marvel-Sheep+Flats+w+East+Gate+Rock%252C+B%2526T-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1287" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_ILJczge6Wl1hqcywc4fjgHfmZzCycTRDw2p88wuR7quL8AFVwqFu7NNpc8Q9OB9mw6W3hcoT9qp20TorCU_6Mv9QHXi0HmI8WJI-_W-TruJBHHcUeCAFgfEctRu4C2s-Sq-OLzC-0oY/w640-h480/1941-Adventures+of+Captain+Marvel-Sheep+Flats+w+East+Gate+Rock%252C+B%2526T-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div></b></span></div>Once again we can see which rocks would survive and which ones were headed for oblivion.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMaoA0ClPSkzLWt7bxoT3oWZ8eD_sdztSAKA_EgpGEwp087Xm6FqRG8FtVMRd6uqOB1qarFG2Ss9NiO-tSFt422KAdNzncgiUMxLOdRLP6PVeMaxJxYR38elvcnXNxxRmeF7iOEzHEQv4/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Western+street%252C+festooned+for+Central+City+Rodeo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMaoA0ClPSkzLWt7bxoT3oWZ8eD_sdztSAKA_EgpGEwp087Xm6FqRG8FtVMRd6uqOB1qarFG2Ss9NiO-tSFt422KAdNzncgiUMxLOdRLP6PVeMaxJxYR38elvcnXNxxRmeF7iOEzHEQv4/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Western+street%252C+festooned+for+Central+City+Rodeo.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lawless Cowboys" (1951): Rodeo movie filmed in the Iverson Ranch Western town</b></span></div><br />The Whip Wilson movie "Lawless Cowboys" did a big rodeo-themed shoot in and around the Iverson Western street in 1951 — two years before the movie ranch built its rodeo arena.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tjhcTgycOItKdWqsNMTw8AO2SFbyH1lGfjjNVyyA1O5Ba_gaUcKSNXKq-feI5pVyluduy45i2dxaYa-H2zGcloWC6Nl0bgMWcS_yw9Rl7y2WL5M-v8Me2j7NJczOjzms4ZweFZSXmdbQ/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Western+street+w+banners-Central+City+Rodeo+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tjhcTgycOItKdWqsNMTw8AO2SFbyH1lGfjjNVyyA1O5Ba_gaUcKSNXKq-feI5pVyluduy45i2dxaYa-H2zGcloWC6Nl0bgMWcS_yw9Rl7y2WL5M-v8Me2j7NJczOjzms4ZweFZSXmdbQ/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Western+street+w+banners-Central+City+Rodeo+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Lawless Cowboys": The rodeo comes to town<br /></b></span></div><br />The movie is all about the "Central City Rodeo," and the town was festooned with flags, banners and all manner of rodeo regalia for the occasion.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vzSfj036OqmAXJg5lICa3qhLRTP_R5NvCEuFaeqV0UC8_AKIcsrwNfPGk2uAnRU_G1-rCue1JATwZS7CMMIt3xNfLTI8TiyCL8kZDUXKhHr1ItFIzuDcUnlI-GbVKAm1gpu_ZYpmftc_/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Western+street+w+banners-Central+City+Rodeo+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vzSfj036OqmAXJg5lICa3qhLRTP_R5NvCEuFaeqV0UC8_AKIcsrwNfPGk2uAnRU_G1-rCue1JATwZS7CMMIt3xNfLTI8TiyCL8kZDUXKhHr1ItFIzuDcUnlI-GbVKAm1gpu_ZYpmftc_/w640-h482/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Western+street+w+banners-Central+City+Rodeo+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lawless Cowboys": All decked out for the Central City Rodeo<br /></b></span></div><br />In a case of life imitating art, the movie rodeo in "Lawless Cowboys" foreshadows the real rodeos that would be starting up in the same location less than two years later. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5nmsTtLAvmC1OcI5_nwzfe34tF4i0b6YlZie_N9oamhn_cvMtJwV9snU3kY2rL1XcOREbXLoUuRPj2s0Ep9wIqtH8eFj-wRh8MKsCdDDaviVQ2lWJoy_gOUBwbac5fhbXbBihdKRmjgF/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-calf+roping+with+East+Gate+Rock+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5nmsTtLAvmC1OcI5_nwzfe34tF4i0b6YlZie_N9oamhn_cvMtJwV9snU3kY2rL1XcOREbXLoUuRPj2s0Ep9wIqtH8eFj-wRh8MKsCdDDaviVQ2lWJoy_gOUBwbac5fhbXbBihdKRmjgF/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-calf+roping+with+East+Gate+Rock+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>A calf is roped at the "Central City Rodeo" in "Lawless Cowboys"<br /></b></span></div><br />The fake "Central City Rodeo" in "Lawless Cowboys" even has the same backdrop that would soon become a fixture of the real rodeo, with East Gate Rock and its neighbors popping up in the backgound.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_YZODTM_m1-NmPgpgLawVIopGULewM6U8dPnw3v8wkBi07jcyQLKsihX5o1x2rpf7SqGZpRGV-FU0I7w6TdjxLkywQi5vTWJZNic_VKTJUmkc1m1MzaLZ-1owRkVmjQVmP3S48eGEYou/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-Whip+Wilson+on+fence+with+Jim+Bannon-East+Gate+Rock+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_YZODTM_m1-NmPgpgLawVIopGULewM6U8dPnw3v8wkBi07jcyQLKsihX5o1x2rpf7SqGZpRGV-FU0I7w6TdjxLkywQi5vTWJZNic_VKTJUmkc1m1MzaLZ-1owRkVmjQVmP3S48eGEYou/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-Whip+Wilson+on+fence+with+Jim+Bannon-East+Gate+Rock+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>Whip Wilson and Jim Bannon make plans from the fence area<br /></b></span></div><br />I can only speculate about any possible connection between "Lawless Cowboys" and the decision by the Iverson Ranch to begin hosting rodeos, but it seems unlikely that it was just a coincidence.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQoQFCC4LPdI8iinM3SMrhffujVV3AfoNnSSjiOQ-HXRUd2S6pb9d7TnZrZcKNErs5qvaikLT9kMau7vffIz9dre-V5ZkJPY1lHBVW0XunaHUawBs_FZniD31ppctT7d2nFkuSuX5CQnc/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-Whip+Wilson+on+fence+with+Jim+Bannon-East+Gate+Rock+1-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQoQFCC4LPdI8iinM3SMrhffujVV3AfoNnSSjiOQ-HXRUd2S6pb9d7TnZrZcKNErs5qvaikLT9kMau7vffIz9dre-V5ZkJPY1lHBVW0XunaHUawBs_FZniD31ppctT7d2nFkuSuX5CQnc/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-Whip+Wilson+on+fence+with+Jim+Bannon-East+Gate+Rock+1-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Some familiar landmarks in the background<br /></b></span></div><br />If anything, "Lawless Cowboys" serves as a blueprint for the future construction of the rodeo arena — including just where to put the fence and have all the cowboys hang out. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8PsRjeQLqpnGa0IIFy4j0wv95BkRycoKZbYZ2EwibFUPeNuX7w8bPlQEtTRsvQ2EnO1P-e-hH6wVPG0zqd2bOepxJyTG87RAq9YWr75OG9DeEk6I24oRrmjcTTTtvfLYnEKoAXdrgCA_/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-cowboys+hang+around+by+the+fence.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8PsRjeQLqpnGa0IIFy4j0wv95BkRycoKZbYZ2EwibFUPeNuX7w8bPlQEtTRsvQ2EnO1P-e-hH6wVPG0zqd2bOepxJyTG87RAq9YWr75OG9DeEk6I24oRrmjcTTTtvfLYnEKoAXdrgCA_/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-cowboys+hang+around+by+the+fence.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lawless Cowboys": The fence area is a magnet for cowboys<br /></b></span></div><br />In the movie, the cowboys just naturally congregate around the fence.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRH5dJKKU-Rb4nHFrJNtuptV7fFdK-zbay8b02jPCoY4cvK9isL2iXCl4T_xh-48KGkRSuxAmg_3w4pbso2ZgCQ3N2uXSk1-h1x___htfgxwdw9-KkZwibS-aaIG15tUztGlQyXKZ1GBcs/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRH5dJKKU-Rb4nHFrJNtuptV7fFdK-zbay8b02jPCoY4cvK9isL2iXCl4T_xh-48KGkRSuxAmg_3w4pbso2ZgCQ3N2uXSk1-h1x___htfgxwdw9-KkZwibS-aaIG15tUztGlQyXKZ1GBcs/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": The cowboys claim the high ground<br /></b></span></div><br />That idea is echoed in "The Cisco Kid" two years later, only now the cowboys get to hang around an actual rodeo arena, where the view is better. The same tree and hill can again be seen in the background.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-ugro_OwhWdmcahCPM9KASxKTe270gefTPPMHx0BMQ4p1E1r3un1qE-3qBY9dePnWi8tdo81JJAFNWsIsOvsXWZ7EGdCYck5iYbOBpsX6P9Q0XJqdFzc-ohwT4GdWgiuFQdRIho62PUP/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-cowboys+lined+up%252CLeo+Carrillo%252C+Sharon+and+Shirley+Lucas.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-ugro_OwhWdmcahCPM9KASxKTe270gefTPPMHx0BMQ4p1E1r3un1qE-3qBY9dePnWi8tdo81JJAFNWsIsOvsXWZ7EGdCYck5iYbOBpsX6P9Q0XJqdFzc-ohwT4GdWgiuFQdRIho62PUP/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-cowboys+lined+up%252CLeo+Carrillo%252C+Sharon+and+Shirley+Lucas.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": The business end of the rodeo arena</b></span></div><br />In another shot from "The Cisco Kid," we see the same group of cowboys lined up to watch the rodeo. From this angle we can also make out East Gate Rock and some of the other "rock wall" features in the background.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaf3gAK77HYI988hBTMWurjV1GujTsoab442nZDogGVuTV0BQh5jfmsJYR_5FQoi0MeylTQk-vvhFt05CcJ9PBMKN2Xjf-TEJTZANIpv0XDDvb7n57NGTg3G3UVLj1uNGI0d1SzTTGwWxI/s2048/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-cowboys+at+fence-East+Gate+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaf3gAK77HYI988hBTMWurjV1GujTsoab442nZDogGVuTV0BQh5jfmsJYR_5FQoi0MeylTQk-vvhFt05CcJ9PBMKN2Xjf-TEJTZANIpv0XDDvb7n57NGTg3G3UVLj1uNGI0d1SzTTGwWxI/w640-h480/1951-Lawless+Cowboys-Central+City+Rodeo-cowboys+at+fence-East+Gate+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lawless Cowboys": Cowboys, a fence, a fistfight and East Gate Rock<br /></b></span></div><br />Many of the angles are repeated in the two productions made two years apart. Back in '51 the cowboys were already clustering around the fence — and even found time for a fistfight — while East Gate Rock stood watch.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EE8d8Po9M6nSSgXqFaCqUh1ZhTojopnjvZPoq4gSWAH3pU4qwt4Mr6rYRPn4yTGF3Ywx6oda_4PHXBBI544i6s9fQcf7BaimKBml6mOhrSjv2exAKo8IEJVVlrqWy5Orw11HyQFfcvg-/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-cowboys+lined+up%252CLeo+Carrillo%252C+Sharon+and+Shirley+Lucas-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EE8d8Po9M6nSSgXqFaCqUh1ZhTojopnjvZPoq4gSWAH3pU4qwt4Mr6rYRPn4yTGF3Ywx6oda_4PHXBBI544i6s9fQcf7BaimKBml6mOhrSjv2exAKo8IEJVVlrqWy5Orw11HyQFfcvg-/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-IR+rodeo+arena-cowboys+lined+up%252CLeo+Carrillo%252C+Sharon+and+Shirley+Lucas-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": Pancho and the sisters<br /></b></span></div><br />You may have noticed Leo Carrillo, who played Pancho on "The Cisco Kid," hanging around at the bottom of this screen shot. He's flanked by two women, and it turns out they're stunt-riding sisters Sharon and Shirley Lucas.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj876MlSSd63zEc6U8iPaqm2WK0mRWin_wLLK91g4z20vyd_I-1xJLOj1mT_j8aHxk57WB8rpy2nt71lMljMwGxLZ4LolXvbbTp0ujpMbuGTMdlb5VBYvhJkGTvD9DiTMCz-XQf0rFrBCP3/s960/Shirley+and+Sharon+Lucas-trick-riding+sisters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="960" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj876MlSSd63zEc6U8iPaqm2WK0mRWin_wLLK91g4z20vyd_I-1xJLOj1mT_j8aHxk57WB8rpy2nt71lMljMwGxLZ4LolXvbbTp0ujpMbuGTMdlb5VBYvhJkGTvD9DiTMCz-XQf0rFrBCP3/w640-h516/Shirley+and+Sharon+Lucas-trick-riding+sisters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Trick-riding sisters Sharon and Shirley Lucas<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a better picture of the sisters, who grew up in Oklahoma, took their trick-riding act on the road in the '40s and went on to do stunt work and play bit parts in movies and on TV.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvv7rQegb9glukiDmeKSC-E7rAzZP7zKVYerwj3tGRoJgfFr_cp11kaU3-AYZh0aXWFJTFHxZC9IZYgpHijDOwUqmVZfn5t3rv114QVekk3eX2AicoARFMZGdPefHa5QIbzaz4eQQT8VV/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-MIRS-Lucas+horse+stunt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvv7rQegb9glukiDmeKSC-E7rAzZP7zKVYerwj3tGRoJgfFr_cp11kaU3-AYZh0aXWFJTFHxZC9IZYgpHijDOwUqmVZfn5t3rv114QVekk3eX2AicoARFMZGdPefHa5QIbzaz4eQQT8VV/w640-h484/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-MIRS-Lucas+horse+stunt.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cisco Kid": A stunt-riding exhibition on the Middle Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />While they were on the Iverson Ranch, the sisters were filmed performing some of their equestrian tricks for "The Cisco Kid," both in the rodeo arena and, as seen in this shot, on the Middle Iverson Ranch Set.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehmKXPEItmAQZM0VD1_i3DioS2UWLnvVLFAzB58yjw25DZngEX1ERcNxeB2hxNrcp8eJB9H6NqIr8FOqP30Lhb4wh1ApiUGonAhY2nKnvCLQhFADgNPptqYBH41y4PFYf_XqMCpyqkwIp/s2048/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-rodeo+arena-Leo+Carrillo%252C+Lucas+Sisters.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehmKXPEItmAQZM0VD1_i3DioS2UWLnvVLFAzB58yjw25DZngEX1ERcNxeB2hxNrcp8eJB9H6NqIr8FOqP30Lhb4wh1ApiUGonAhY2nKnvCLQhFADgNPptqYBH41y4PFYf_XqMCpyqkwIp/w640-h482/1953+%25281954%2529-Cisco+Kid+4.18-Rodeo-rodeo+arena-Leo+Carrillo%252C+Lucas+Sisters.png" width="640" /></a></div>Leo Carrillo — Pancho on "The Cisco Kid," renaissance man in real life<br /></b></span></div><br />Speaking of Leo Carrillo, you may have missed my recent post about an amusing Leo Carrillo-related goof on TV. If so, please <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2021/03/american-pickers-may-want-to-leave.html" target="_blank">click here to see the post.<br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-SaaW0kmMnNKa-oVOf6dQj7HwjjqedrfqdP7JFbf1qw098IAVfLY7s3mHZR-_0v1xi8PnfLi1vmzXIc-OfYTT6mq528qU9LetfppWQX10_-xMvYlqi8nBFTDGZQ14kXB7URFRdvobN_P/s2048/1954-LRTV+4.11-Dan+Reid%2527s+Fight+for+Life-End+Rock+and+Rodeo+Arena.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-SaaW0kmMnNKa-oVOf6dQj7HwjjqedrfqdP7JFbf1qw098IAVfLY7s3mHZR-_0v1xi8PnfLi1vmzXIc-OfYTT6mq528qU9LetfppWQX10_-xMvYlqi8nBFTDGZQ14kXB7URFRdvobN_P/w640-h478/1954-LRTV+4.11-Dan+Reid%2527s+Fight+for+Life-End+Rock+and+Rodeo+Arena.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger" episode "Dan Reid's Fight for Life" (aired Nov. 18, 1954)</b></span></div><br />While
the rodeo arena was standing in the 1950s, bits and pieces of it would
occasionally turn up in productions that were filming in the area. One
of the best examples is this shot from the TV series "The Lone Ranger."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMWh7mwnr6YKOKjNmHHByPZUdVRMjt5BGolJdHPM3zcXcSj7ZhjwhDUztb-cCqiv-bWsnSIMF0V8hyphenhyphen-j2A_xzjf7GgryBEMcWqM_7oGSA90275O5rrIOBj6ifVHmANfHoLbFbK8oA7ob7/s2048/1954-LRTV+4.11-Dan+Reid%2527s+Fight+for+Life-End+Rock+and+Rodeo+Arena-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMWh7mwnr6YKOKjNmHHByPZUdVRMjt5BGolJdHPM3zcXcSj7ZhjwhDUztb-cCqiv-bWsnSIMF0V8hyphenhyphen-j2A_xzjf7GgryBEMcWqM_7oGSA90275O5rrIOBj6ifVHmANfHoLbFbK8oA7ob7/w640-h478/1954-LRTV+4.11-Dan+Reid%2527s+Fight+for+Life-End+Rock+and+Rodeo+Arena-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The rodeo arena finds its way into "The Lone Ranger"<br /></b></span></div><br />The
scene features a chase past End Rock — the big rock near the center of
the frame. End Rock saw more than its share of chases, and has been
featured before on the blog. You can <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2018/12/lets-put-end-to-myth-of-end-rock-and.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to read more about End Rock.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT1LHvcIiE3uwECKF0fZcux3SHO7jWwO0GYvc8d8udAX0IIBt6eqo-o_U3W5k2xLbdw3tdQGVC4IxA3t-7CftLhbhbUu7mI4vc-1yFNmXLfYU88RWrDxzpibb_7klJc8M_cEXtZDaEVtg/s1742/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+5-East+Gate.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1742" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT1LHvcIiE3uwECKF0fZcux3SHO7jWwO0GYvc8d8udAX0IIBt6eqo-o_U3W5k2xLbdw3tdQGVC4IxA3t-7CftLhbhbUu7mI4vc-1yFNmXLfYU88RWrDxzpibb_7klJc8M_cEXtZDaEVtg/w640-h560/2021+%2528%25222021%2522%2529-Bing+aerial-Indian+Hills+Mobile+Home+Park%252C+showing+former+location+of+rodeo+arena-noted+5-East+Gate.png" width="640" /></a></div>Location of the old East Gate in today's landscape: Note the green "X."<br /></b></span></div><br />If you're wondering where the Iverson Ranch's old East Gate would be in the modern landscape, the small green "X" marks its approximate location — just outside the driveway to the mobile home park, on Topanga.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu60poxAs68q3ozjz9Od8KbKKy9OiC4q02EEtvrMvEhYBXfhG6_MsyvdDZqxicq643ZD6L4rwjluyu3eVspMkWBS8l8deJ4kdRFM6xLcYe4t5dLlfNCPf8Vm_cT0_jgrOTr_o4H_CQjawp/s2048/1951+%25281952%2529-RRTV+1.2-East+Gate+3a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="2048" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu60poxAs68q3ozjz9Od8KbKKy9OiC4q02EEtvrMvEhYBXfhG6_MsyvdDZqxicq643ZD6L4rwjluyu3eVspMkWBS8l8deJ4kdRFM6xLcYe4t5dLlfNCPf8Vm_cT0_jgrOTr_o4H_CQjawp/w640-h464/1951+%25281952%2529-RRTV+1.2-East+Gate+3a.png" width="640" /></a></div>East Gate in the "Roy Rogers Show" episode "Doc Stevens' Traveling Store" (Jan. 6, 1952)<br /></b></span></div><br />I hope Indian Hills residents are able to savor the history as they pass through the ghost of the old East Gate each time they drive in or out of the mobile home park.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEW6JvdaeRAa2Ktn8j_foBjiqxqr7hg2Idsor7hCio1TzbIlKWxP6gz9ZvZVA9ujPIX-hNpQACI8gVC3FP5UCsctKH_I8vI3wkVonY3UWfZlHIQF4hNpezzyoZ-kKEDBbHvndKjgOsFRN/s1186/Chatsworth+Historical+Society-logo+and+info.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="1186" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEW6JvdaeRAa2Ktn8j_foBjiqxqr7hg2Idsor7hCio1TzbIlKWxP6gz9ZvZVA9ujPIX-hNpQACI8gVC3FP5UCsctKH_I8vI3wkVonY3UWfZlHIQF4hNpezzyoZ-kKEDBbHvndKjgOsFRN/w640-h242/Chatsworth+Historical+Society-logo+and+info.png" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><div style="text-align: left;">I want to give a shout-out to Ray Vincent and the Chatsworth Historical Society for their help finding information about the Iverson Movie Ranch rodeos. You can find more of the group's incredible Chatsworth research <a href="https://www.chatsworthhistory.com/Presentations.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d44HBXcrmyYLzUzk12zitZfseTGOR08kCwg3fJEqMXG42J0mCxearkfoj-9k-u9KzPrHhMKpfOmJjevV6CiKL2QHjQqQg3Zz_LFhaG48pU3d7nmfR0llO_KSpkkCRHO2bf2kbsW0lCYy/s2048/Rodeo+Round-Up+-+were+you+there%253F.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d44HBXcrmyYLzUzk12zitZfseTGOR08kCwg3fJEqMXG42J0mCxearkfoj-9k-u9KzPrHhMKpfOmJjevV6CiKL2QHjQqQg3Zz_LFhaG48pU3d7nmfR0llO_KSpkkCRHO2bf2kbsW0lCYy/w640-h378/Rodeo+Round-Up+-+were+you+there%253F.png" width="640" /></a></div>You may hold the key to this story<br /></b></span></div><br />It has been all but impossible to find actual photos of the Iverson rodeos or the "Rodeo Roundup" TV show, and we are still hoping to gather more details. If any readers have memories of the rodeos, or even photos (I can dream, can't I?), we would love to hear from you. Please email me at <a href="mailto:iversonfilmranch@aol.com">iversonfilmranch@aol.com</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-29694714385782290302021-04-25T11:16:00.003-07:002021-12-14T17:40:32.551-08:00When movie location research goes wrong: The Iverson Ranch's famed "Yakima Oak" is falsely accused of being the "Bat Tree"<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQhm7gsjj-pKtkC2Cu2qCJl2SzUAGZOPBzo10JoLi4uy34FbfueyU5YxrtfZcwMl9YiY8vYSTkyI2kaA3M7em69sWYudEN70Jy8hR17Y-tdmbFQfPcC9DMKx5UwHMf-HonnOuFrXg5Wjx/s2519/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted+4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2519" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQhm7gsjj-pKtkC2Cu2qCJl2SzUAGZOPBzo10JoLi4uy34FbfueyU5YxrtfZcwMl9YiY8vYSTkyI2kaA3M7em69sWYudEN70Jy8hR17Y-tdmbFQfPcC9DMKx5UwHMf-HonnOuFrXg5Wjx/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted+4.png" width="640" /></a></div>Photos from recent Facebook post incorrectly "matching" two different trees<br /></b></span></div><br />A recent series of Facebook posts illustrates how easy it is to get stuff wrong when researching old filming locations — especially when the research involves trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTKcX_xL4Z70NnImbfiQeaQ6CcMRuyD1GWD-ZNEySiMkBrVg6clbts28Yq5oC9rcoftEd3WE85u92HW94v0TQVthxx5Ou8Faq-lC9qrji4Itd0aQn_f4mhG9kfOFo5D4iPGGntfrJqtD5/s960/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Robert+Lowery+%2528or+a+stuntman%2529+hangs+from+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="960" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTKcX_xL4Z70NnImbfiQeaQ6CcMRuyD1GWD-ZNEySiMkBrVg6clbts28Yq5oC9rcoftEd3WE85u92HW94v0TQVthxx5Ou8Faq-lC9qrji4Itd0aQn_f4mhG9kfOFo5D4iPGGntfrJqtD5/w640-h486/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Robert+Lowery+%2528or+a+stuntman%2529+hangs+from+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Batman and Robin" (1949): The so-called "Bat Tree" (Facebook post)</b></span></div><br />This screen shot from the 1949 serial "Batman and Robin" was posted to a Facebook group for fans of old movie serials, with the Facebook user naming the tree the "Bat Tree" and declaring that he had found it in the real world.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeKQs5FQ5wz0W2hIEOvsLfKX4tPU01AVWtMJNdWddvxaN0IaaUE1OHNt0yQwvAFAZTyvbAxXlq-BQsJaS_l5fvzSIHEC6_CwxQBf_vymgn_EtLfyPV5-oYVSl7A9efz_5AjlfaAL44dwF/s960/2021+%2528ca%2529-Yakima+Oak-bw-facebook+post+mixing+it+up+with+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="960" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeKQs5FQ5wz0W2hIEOvsLfKX4tPU01AVWtMJNdWddvxaN0IaaUE1OHNt0yQwvAFAZTyvbAxXlq-BQsJaS_l5fvzSIHEC6_CwxQBf_vymgn_EtLfyPV5-oYVSl7A9efz_5AjlfaAL44dwF/w640-h488/2021+%2528ca%2529-Yakima+Oak-bw-facebook+post+mixing+it+up+with+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Iverson Movie Ranch's "Yakima Oak" — NOT the same tree seen in "Batman and Robin"<br /></b></span></div><br />That would have been pretty cool, if it were true. Unfortunately, the tree he found is a different tree. The real-world tree happens to be a heavily filmed and relatively well-recognized oak tree located on the Iverson Movie Ranch, known to insiders as the "Yakima Oak."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCEPG1C3LF_8T2AddUE2Q-pT2TVwPq0jIwdzvPlHZ1srFL2gX8yBhzuUASGeD1YKV1DMZM5oDk1NR44uG63PQxHraiHLcVb7uvQLIZnU33IGm3jZeXUxNrvw4z31ZbYm8QaNtmiAwe-xL/s1600/1926-Devil+Horse-Yakima+Oak-Yakima+Canutt+and+Rex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCEPG1C3LF_8T2AddUE2Q-pT2TVwPq0jIwdzvPlHZ1srFL2gX8yBhzuUASGeD1YKV1DMZM5oDk1NR44uG63PQxHraiHLcVb7uvQLIZnU33IGm3jZeXUxNrvw4z31ZbYm8QaNtmiAwe-xL/w640-h480/1926-Devil+Horse-Yakima+Oak-Yakima+Canutt+and+Rex.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Devil Horse" (1926): Yakima Canutt, Rex and a very young Yakima Oak</b></span></div><br />We've discussed the Yakima Oak previously on this blog — you can <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-devil-horse-1926-starring-yakima.html" target="_blank">click here to learn more about the tree</a>, including its relationship not only to famed stuntman Yakima Canutt, but also to the legendary movie horse Rex.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyHnfPNCmp5dGDrvn9UqbNaW3mr_LgevauqTdk1Md2kP_Blgr9sOem8guGmPSjG3MRiFpwG2C2SiCyFhA4RShQxvv3VHq_0SbSEoel6IX1gQ_oVlQQ7kdxx5u-j2PxP0qZKxHtnEw5wbj/s819/1924+%2528ca%2529-Rex+the+Wonder+Horse+tobacco+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyHnfPNCmp5dGDrvn9UqbNaW3mr_LgevauqTdk1Md2kP_Blgr9sOem8guGmPSjG3MRiFpwG2C2SiCyFhA4RShQxvv3VHq_0SbSEoel6IX1gQ_oVlQQ7kdxx5u-j2PxP0qZKxHtnEw5wbj/w452-h640/1924+%2528ca%2529-Rex+the+Wonder+Horse+tobacco+card.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>Tobacco card for Rex the Wonder Horse (ca. 1924)<br /></b></span></div><br />Rex, who was often billed as "Rex the Wonder Horse" and sometimes as "the King of Wild Horses," starred in a string of silent Westerns in the '20s, but the animal became notorious for having a bad disposition.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkUwr9hJweITKjbGqkJycwk4Pg9VNVhHiBn2r93_xRYD91Qz-uoSsRZLxw-NevxYgBaZ6YB0-wFbzs0KwrovEu0ja5MOevI_k0B-7Byhgddibd-uG45OHXDmCHipnEGGeEIUVb_XtLdry/s691/1926-The+Devil+Horse-LC-Rex+the+Wonder+Horse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="691" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkUwr9hJweITKjbGqkJycwk4Pg9VNVhHiBn2r93_xRYD91Qz-uoSsRZLxw-NevxYgBaZ6YB0-wFbzs0KwrovEu0ja5MOevI_k0B-7Byhgddibd-uG45OHXDmCHipnEGGeEIUVb_XtLdry/w640-h530/1926-The+Devil+Horse-LC-Rex+the+Wonder+Horse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Devil Horse" (Hal Roach Studios, 1926): Rex is typecast as a problem horse<br /></b></span></div><br />Hal Roach cashed in on Rex's rowdy reputation in 1926, casting the horse in the title role of his own Western. "The Devil Horse" also starred Yakima Canutt, and much of the action was <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-devil-horse-1926-starring-yakima.html" target="_blank">filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRESuZq6teG68zUBt7p9ulp38tqSggKVJpoHupi0Bv-6VvKjpJuQA5r0cqLasaGyt0H9VyXHM8UpPV-OLo7ImsE9Xm-Sz883raTzNcmlEx4hVEV6CFO4Ur1CIXiMr3l01yOCcS4z7V5B5v/s1600/1926-Devil+Horse-Yakima+Oak-Yakima+Canutt+and+Rex-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRESuZq6teG68zUBt7p9ulp38tqSggKVJpoHupi0Bv-6VvKjpJuQA5r0cqLasaGyt0H9VyXHM8UpPV-OLo7ImsE9Xm-Sz883raTzNcmlEx4hVEV6CFO4Ur1CIXiMr3l01yOCcS4z7V5B5v/w640-h480/1926-Devil+Horse-Yakima+Oak-Yakima+Canutt+and+Rex-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak: Barely a sapling back in 1926</b></span></div><br />Old oak trees can sometimes be used as a way of tracking time in movie
location research, because as they get older they get fatter and taller, even
while the major limbs and branches pretty much stay in the same place.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RwpdIa38254yA85f-gfSDmwLm8c4iXbZWMT0zZ3mNmxlQTLgRqd29-jBQl3Ori0n-GI0CssKw4Yjdi97W0GDESURPbOTzxqC4g2cYB2TGYNuw6zNfSzTVC4P9UGUb7obaQQygFpS8rFi/s1600/2017-Yakima+Oak-trunk.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1600" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RwpdIa38254yA85f-gfSDmwLm8c4iXbZWMT0zZ3mNmxlQTLgRqd29-jBQl3Ori0n-GI0CssKw4Yjdi97W0GDESURPbOTzxqC4g2cYB2TGYNuw6zNfSzTVC4P9UGUb7obaQQygFpS8rFi/w640-h492/2017-Yakima+Oak-trunk.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak in the 21st century: Older, wiser and fatter, just like the rest of us<br /></b></span></div><br />The Yakima Oak is a good example, because we have photos not only of the tree in its natural setting, but also of its "career" in the movies — a record that spans about 100 years.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Heb9gT8U39w5eqlMjsaTazbr3x4nN3G_LbMZb5AfL_UFjtQ7rhE_phssuwohB2rp-B87jByssUckuPIHYZzz2hw1KUMySZQ9sTE7Watx0FbU8IFST4xlFBWuca7R-iE_B6-y7n7myMcw/s1600/1926-Devil+Horse-Yakima+Oak-Yakima+Canutt+and+Rex-noted+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Heb9gT8U39w5eqlMjsaTazbr3x4nN3G_LbMZb5AfL_UFjtQ7rhE_phssuwohB2rp-B87jByssUckuPIHYZzz2hw1KUMySZQ9sTE7Watx0FbU8IFST4xlFBWuca7R-iE_B6-y7n7myMcw/w640-h480/1926-Devil+Horse-Yakima+Oak-Yakima+Canutt+and+Rex-noted+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak's trademark: Its horizontal branch</b></span></div><br />As luck would have it, the Yakima Oak has a unique feature that makes it relatively easy to recognize. Its trademark horizontal branch, pointing toward the west, can be seen even in the tree's earliest photos.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmqdUk6Ptc7OwSBG0lJRbb7dzKHmantRNtC3qfdR1Mt2mNHJMY1-WH7jJ4dsRtHc5tbruGUTCOq5TQZAYH88vxMQCOERIdt4Fin2ON0bTg5jIE5TAr9tVtgndymT5BKVMczqgoEFmeuy5/s800/1941-The+Pinto+Kid-LC-Yakima+Oak+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="800" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmqdUk6Ptc7OwSBG0lJRbb7dzKHmantRNtC3qfdR1Mt2mNHJMY1-WH7jJ4dsRtHc5tbruGUTCOq5TQZAYH88vxMQCOERIdt4Fin2ON0bTg5jIE5TAr9tVtgndymT5BKVMczqgoEFmeuy5/w640-h502/1941-The+Pinto+Kid-LC-Yakima+Oak+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Pinto Kid" (Columbia, 1941): The Yakima Oak and its horizontal branch<br /></b></span></div><br />The horizontal branch turns up repeatedly throughout the Yakima Oak's many film and television appearances.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTO34C7C4UfN63UYcrAtdUy4h2vbzTg3JipiTr7Z9SprolINLD-DxH0vHNEhOrtCNgduTW4W7lo6N1imtKYx-8h1HseLdLB-Mp360eDBYK8QqMqq06VB-G4pWgD9F2pUH_MzK5lWceCt9/s800/1941-The+Pinto+Kid-LC-Yakima+Oak+2-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="800" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTO34C7C4UfN63UYcrAtdUy4h2vbzTg3JipiTr7Z9SprolINLD-DxH0vHNEhOrtCNgduTW4W7lo6N1imtKYx-8h1HseLdLB-Mp360eDBYK8QqMqq06VB-G4pWgD9F2pUH_MzK5lWceCt9/w640-h502/1941-The+Pinto+Kid-LC-Yakima+Oak+2-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>No mistaking that branch<br /></b></span></div><br />Thanks in part to the horizontal branch, it's easy to identify the Yakima Oak in this lobby card for the Charles Starrett B-Western "The Pinto Kid."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXyWLJIT2EeHdQYjzSgBdVMdLcxJK-BG9k3pe8BugrJh2_oSM6g-oT93NtmMqy4aNTgQiLEmx0GrFP3ghp2AMPYTVwH_6cQ5TiVUEYOmzc8kCZEs-eb-UyBpBZ15VY_ZYFfPIgUFUi1J9/s800/1941-The+Pinto+Kid-LC-Yakima+Oak+2-noted+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="800" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXyWLJIT2EeHdQYjzSgBdVMdLcxJK-BG9k3pe8BugrJh2_oSM6g-oT93NtmMqy4aNTgQiLEmx0GrFP3ghp2AMPYTVwH_6cQ5TiVUEYOmzc8kCZEs-eb-UyBpBZ15VY_ZYFfPIgUFUi1J9/w640-h502/1941-The+Pinto+Kid-LC-Yakima+Oak+2-noted+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The tree's backdrop: The north side of the Sphinx<br /></b></span></div><br />It's also worth noting the rocky background behind the tree, because there's only one rock surface anywhere near the Yakima Oak, and whenever we see that background we know we're looking at the north face of the Sphinx.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkyR8rnC_6K20u-TwSQ8gVfHuxXbBPYe5_hAGI_CRPB48ZqmYHPbyRlH3nncQ5nl3xJeBDm_Gz2BxfBBMVvBCieIOfSArc_KbYvCBvFPSUp8SnqPxO3qEaZbkkAOryT6ickWqXWFYbEXa/s840/1946-Beauty+and+the+Bandit-PS-Cisco+Kid-Yakima+Oak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="840" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkyR8rnC_6K20u-TwSQ8gVfHuxXbBPYe5_hAGI_CRPB48ZqmYHPbyRlH3nncQ5nl3xJeBDm_Gz2BxfBBMVvBCieIOfSArc_KbYvCBvFPSUp8SnqPxO3qEaZbkkAOryT6ickWqXWFYbEXa/w640-h474/1946-Beauty+and+the+Bandit-PS-Cisco+Kid-Yakima+Oak.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Beauty and the Bandit," 1946 (Jerry England collection)<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's another nice shot of the Yakima Oak with its horizontal branch, in a promo still for the Cisco Kid movie "Beauty and the Bandit," starring Gilbert Roland. Here again the rocky background is the base of the Sphinx.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_uz_xNPgNJTgnA_4KokHyiO0Jzd41mWxyEq00ZxKS3RqdG9W3HtG3uWH9Mnvy8-405a7fhQCuh0VOrvKmoJPshRuXBX5gUP59tVvAoD-qv1lr_8dWlFuP4I_Mp-qaNYQ6rFrIV7taAUP/s1600/2015-Tower+Rock+%2526+Sphinx-YakIma+Oak+noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1600" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_uz_xNPgNJTgnA_4KokHyiO0Jzd41mWxyEq00ZxKS3RqdG9W3HtG3uWH9Mnvy8-405a7fhQCuh0VOrvKmoJPshRuXBX5gUP59tVvAoD-qv1lr_8dWlFuP4I_Mp-qaNYQ6rFrIV7taAUP/w640-h402/2015-Tower+Rock+%2526+Sphinx-YakIma+Oak+noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The Sphinx, the Yakima Oak and Tower Rock in modern times<br /></b></span></div><br />To
put the tree's location in perspective, here's a recent shot of
the area. You might recognize the northern profile of the Sphinx immediately above the Yakima Oak, along with Tower Rock on the left.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbBsgSRthJI4DQ2LrmVX487BeWLba5F0Wf1NBg02EVdhfbeUAEdEjKfq4XC89EFHsHHEM3-lINs7IhD7Mz53bfjDdN04yUnRc56szDSpjNpxuODWNcKbXebPn7fcdGxUDco3xDFyYJ7nl/s2048/2021-Yakima+Oak-2093.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbBsgSRthJI4DQ2LrmVX487BeWLba5F0Wf1NBg02EVdhfbeUAEdEjKfq4XC89EFHsHHEM3-lINs7IhD7Mz53bfjDdN04yUnRc56szDSpjNpxuODWNcKbXebPn7fcdGxUDco3xDFyYJ7nl/w496-h640/2021-Yakima+Oak-2093.JPG" width="496" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak in 2021, with several broken branches<br /></b></span></div><br />The drought years have been tough on the Yakima Oak, as they have on oak trees throughout the Southwest. Around the former Iverson Ranch a number of historic trees have died, while others are barely hanging on.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvbw3O0dMbqsGKs0D17bUpAHRlVnUGTFWhe1uS6jbouCkpGm8LyTRzciP2zglXAcNXarBL_mkOR8or9NBuYxEuPQOwuZKsq4LLj-zzmqdzUy_YOACFHoATpEJu0HVzHsydbAK7aKhud-P/s2048/2021-Yakima+Oak-2093-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvbw3O0dMbqsGKs0D17bUpAHRlVnUGTFWhe1uS6jbouCkpGm8LyTRzciP2zglXAcNXarBL_mkOR8or9NBuYxEuPQOwuZKsq4LLj-zzmqdzUy_YOACFHoATpEJu0HVzHsydbAK7aKhud-P/w496-h640/2021-Yakima+Oak-2093-noted.JPG" width="496" /></a></div>Telltale signs of drought and old age<br /></b></span></div><br />Sometime around 2017, the Yakima Oak's famous horizontal branch broke off — but enough of it remains intact that it can still be recognized.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgjOKA3apOU1cVIw2zA5cE4Ng5RU01YbnfVWPVOhgGrY9YiSIYxizS_0NYKdCHA4V4rSonPWGo90zplEBJjRDEqULffMKmbobYisL3KLFTyoDcwyWjSJ6rJ1iDnDz_zxo1RmSWCoGpGbo/s2048/2021-dead+trees+near+Arrowhead-2122.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgjOKA3apOU1cVIw2zA5cE4Ng5RU01YbnfVWPVOhgGrY9YiSIYxizS_0NYKdCHA4V4rSonPWGo90zplEBJjRDEqULffMKmbobYisL3KLFTyoDcwyWjSJ6rJ1iDnDz_zxo1RmSWCoGpGbo/w640-h434/2021-dead+trees+near+Arrowhead-2122.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Drought victims near the Yakima Oak<br /></b></span></div><br />Other old movie trees in the vicinity have not fared nearly as well. Just a few yards north of the Yakima Oak we see the skeletal silhouettes of trees that were thriving 10 years ago but now appear to have lost the fight.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4abiYiohkxnmVd26whemjJYXEf7KEvxaXBZQyIf3Y7ayD3R2b7T1_r8hlInDvTcBQSvD9kPvSTZGMxXRtHwx5fKQMvPFhH8V4MmsjN6ACBBBa-tW2GAqYKfoZLBZQuz-qlnQHtH_UdSjq/s2519/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2519" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4abiYiohkxnmVd26whemjJYXEf7KEvxaXBZQyIf3Y7ayD3R2b7T1_r8hlInDvTcBQSvD9kPvSTZGMxXRtHwx5fKQMvPFhH8V4MmsjN6ACBBBa-tW2GAqYKfoZLBZQuz-qlnQHtH_UdSjq/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Facebook post: The two trees can't possibly be a match<br /></b></span></div><br />For what it's worth, the Yakima Oak's broken horizontal branch made it into the Facebook post, where the Yakima Oak is "matched" in error with the tree seen in the Batman serial.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eOS4WCMGJcn7ORIcuWxLAtrEATYXi3SawgtfdhDL6wT1voIzJYCbqZjud2yrl2OQc_TiQve8oAXjn0E1UOOUkKYFqEf_JK8Qzw-QKy3c13az6WicKAoVsQBHhKPpReQ-7tALfno5lf2k/s2519/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2519" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eOS4WCMGJcn7ORIcuWxLAtrEATYXi3SawgtfdhDL6wT1voIzJYCbqZjud2yrl2OQc_TiQve8oAXjn0E1UOOUkKYFqEf_JK8Qzw-QKy3c13az6WicKAoVsQBHhKPpReQ-7tALfno5lf2k/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Both the Yakima Oak and the "Bat Tree" have horizontal branches — but they're not a match<br /></b></span></div><br />As luck would have it, the so-called "Bat Tree" also has a horizontal branch — at least in this stunt shot. However, it points in the opposite direction from the one attached
to the Yakima Oak.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cJ4DODWIgi5tzgbH5XT8hs3ZcWyHAJ8R9obZG5mS6KmZSH1b4z2KuQ3FDlfpe0ho1oRvzrxwUQpy99wiMTMQCWEhpTvNVTZ0fJQRn7gPnUHVf6oDh5mz6OQMVbOHUYIuhJ0IifYNjRK7/s2519/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2519" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cJ4DODWIgi5tzgbH5XT8hs3ZcWyHAJ8R9obZG5mS6KmZSH1b4z2KuQ3FDlfpe0ho1oRvzrxwUQpy99wiMTMQCWEhpTvNVTZ0fJQRn7gPnUHVf6oDh5mz6OQMVbOHUYIuhJ0IifYNjRK7/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>The comparison makes no sense<br /></b></span></div><br />We know it's pointed in the wrong direction because once again we see the rocky background, which confirms that we would have to be looking at the north side of the Sphinx — and the branch should be pointing toward the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiLEmsOhaXFbj2w-MhGR3Gs4XqUIjVNTcX1YZFR4Uk-1Z3ySFVs1DZwKepFVycMoCofaKKk6nvhZ_FjkgtnaRLhfQvyeQ-bt0Q8VgMNvxCKaSmCJcynVUprlXdDygg2PsWYExNlTcmHz5/s2580/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-with+Batman+and+Robin+shot+flipped+horizontally.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="2580" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiLEmsOhaXFbj2w-MhGR3Gs4XqUIjVNTcX1YZFR4Uk-1Z3ySFVs1DZwKepFVycMoCofaKKk6nvhZ_FjkgtnaRLhfQvyeQ-bt0Q8VgMNvxCKaSmCJcynVUprlXdDygg2PsWYExNlTcmHz5/w640-h302/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-with+Batman+and+Robin+shot+flipped+horizontally.png" width="640" /></a></div>The two mismatched trees, with the shot on the right now horizontally flipped<br /></b></span></div><br />If we try flipping the shot, it still doesn't work. The flipped version of the "Bat Tree," on the right, may actually match the Yakima Oak slightly better than the original version, but we can still find plenty of markers that don't match up.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoIU9HsJvD1pJRWIB_D37DfueoYyDoek935UNwDl5p34iq1IQ_ejPdPXJjX8tN2-QKamfJVDouF_O_lnp3UFoAET9xA4hO4sK5Pl5H7JqXwowf8m9FCRbAjsdKJElr731ZTb8En3LzZHZ/s2580/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-with+Batman+and+Robin+shot+flipped+horizontally-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="2580" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoIU9HsJvD1pJRWIB_D37DfueoYyDoek935UNwDl5p34iq1IQ_ejPdPXJjX8tN2-QKamfJVDouF_O_lnp3UFoAET9xA4hO4sK5Pl5H7JqXwowf8m9FCRbAjsdKJElr731ZTb8En3LzZHZ/w640-h302/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-with+Batman+and+Robin+shot+flipped+horizontally-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Don't be fooled! These limbs don't match at all<br /></b></span></div><br />These two limbs "kind of" look similar when the "Batman" shot is reversed — at least the limbs jut out to the left at similar angles. But the match doesn't hold up to scrutiny, as neither the shape nor the size of the limbs is right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3g-PIy5jR-oIQgF6M8RyOUtJzP200rx3-yPWzTFXfpgmzd7sqSAuOWGkOmlzQLL2UUssabzDG24nd3Yw4G1aUSnfvot4OL01A2UaMDffLtukloSs9T_GiI1EohHrNjPNfLMfqis93f91j/s2580/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-with+Batman+and+Robin+shot+flipped+horizontally-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="2580" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3g-PIy5jR-oIQgF6M8RyOUtJzP200rx3-yPWzTFXfpgmzd7sqSAuOWGkOmlzQLL2UUssabzDG24nd3Yw4G1aUSnfvot4OL01A2UaMDffLtukloSs9T_GiI1EohHrNjPNfLMfqis93f91j/w640-h302/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522-with+Batman+and+Robin+shot+flipped+horizontally-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The differences just keep coming<br /></b></span></div><br />All of the differences between the two trees have the same simple explanation: They're two different trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7iVnzI6utsE2yP_Lgy5jra8KMgJ9ay7kdZiYPNSmPXASygVy59aCBRISMu4W-SRvVPpfeO-GDVzuUGmc6AKo9jd7KK2z06B1CPd2t3iWox-mlBmBhLd8sgzV8T6I6ENTgSGYtU9lbo0D/s1994/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1994" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7iVnzI6utsE2yP_Lgy5jra8KMgJ9ay7kdZiYPNSmPXASygVy59aCBRISMu4W-SRvVPpfeO-GDVzuUGmc6AKo9jd7KK2z06B1CPd2t3iWox-mlBmBhLd8sgzV8T6I6ENTgSGYtU9lbo0D/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Another non-matching "match" from Facebook<br /></b></span></div><br />If we didn't already have sufficient proof, the Facebook user who posted the photos put up three separate posts, each of which adds to the pile of evidence that the trees don't match.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO8K7EhtS_pRQEjygzQdvnmVxOpSrvbS5Q21pGObmcAZoBddvn1szdyyxjPRMyrBnl-0EGZm7Y_3R8rmQg09mvSRgsBaag-6n4DcnuMQFexUsj4xGEyfQnJ_K2xwyBFHwRLU13uC31x1F/s1994/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1994" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO8K7EhtS_pRQEjygzQdvnmVxOpSrvbS5Q21pGObmcAZoBddvn1szdyyxjPRMyrBnl-0EGZm7Y_3R8rmQg09mvSRgsBaag-6n4DcnuMQFexUsj4xGEyfQnJ_K2xwyBFHwRLU13uC31x1F/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Two trees with two different-shaped trunks<br /></b></span></div><br />Based on how he juxtaposed these two shots, they're apparently supposed to show the tree from the same angle. Why, then, would the trunk of the tree be curved in 1949 and then later grow straight? Oak trees don't work that way — if anything, they go in the opposite direction, from straight to bent and gnarled.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRpmDySnl1oySzhwKBnB7r2s4dMfCEXfm8u30EMzx6D4hfSWScPf24xWA9xXe5WGMTVTn0GdUeAjpTDFfrr_UE0fFDDzxM4REiCsFL9gx95_iKO_b7YL_1TuEtVXKJjv0X27Rl1oKCbgs/s1994/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1994" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRpmDySnl1oySzhwKBnB7r2s4dMfCEXfm8u30EMzx6D4hfSWScPf24xWA9xXe5WGMTVTn0GdUeAjpTDFfrr_UE0fFDDzxM4REiCsFL9gx95_iKO_b7YL_1TuEtVXKJjv0X27Rl1oKCbgs/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Oops! These are not the same rock wall<br /></b></span></div><br />Even more telling in these two shots, however, is the background rock, which just doesn't match at all. Where are any of the markers in the rock wall — Batman couldn't possibly be blocking the view of all of them.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhy6Tg27Sjk2R6S_4MCIk8UaXeDKJaYSDqR8i5fx72XZ0kxwoMfsd_OX42qkRTN7AhyphenhyphenEH2kwJAD9DgHsXFmdZgaog74PPNeoua-9CUEEy2eytcs_dgSqeS4IVVCZFoGIMpVCnKkzeuI29N/s1994/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1994" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhy6Tg27Sjk2R6S_4MCIk8UaXeDKJaYSDqR8i5fx72XZ0kxwoMfsd_OX42qkRTN7AhyphenhyphenEH2kwJAD9DgHsXFmdZgaog74PPNeoua-9CUEEy2eytcs_dgSqeS4IVVCZFoGIMpVCnKkzeuI29N/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Not buying it<br /></b></span></div><br />I
can see how one might be seduced by these similar curved indentations
in the two rock walls. But on close examination, the two sets of
markings don't match.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDHdrDg7PyY_A_ACMdqxb-mngfhGqjEE67j_NuMbwHygGC-6arpZU5dfg9IRdiz-5UleXsbAlT33K4dwXZFgNwTxISxO-UMA70Uc8JBHo526dZAPSD5BH_DEhq0S6poOqd5a_XuSaoU0C/s1994/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted+4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1994" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDHdrDg7PyY_A_ACMdqxb-mngfhGqjEE67j_NuMbwHygGC-6arpZU5dfg9IRdiz-5UleXsbAlT33K4dwXZFgNwTxISxO-UMA70Uc8JBHo526dZAPSD5BH_DEhq0S6poOqd5a_XuSaoU0C/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+2-noted+4.png" width="640" /></a></div>Hey, Batman, could ya move over just a smidge?<br /></b></span></div><br />Besides, even if the two curved markings did happen to match, wouldn't we kinda have to see a huge hole in the rock just below them in both shots?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRAFjgrlCXD2NE0zF5630_vJt6bOkELVKdQ3nrp92t_hNBgAFWMXdCKkVLLOliXIIhc34EszUw2Fza1T1owACeOlDTypFD81kuhVG6lBBZAy1ssBzzcgXG2n2-CK6nZkFxvjRWHBxZJXa/s1992/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1992" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRAFjgrlCXD2NE0zF5630_vJt6bOkELVKdQ3nrp92t_hNBgAFWMXdCKkVLLOliXIIhc34EszUw2Fza1T1owACeOlDTypFD81kuhVG6lBBZAy1ssBzzcgXG2n2-CK6nZkFxvjRWHBxZJXa/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>More false equivalency on Facebook<br /></b></span></div><br />Another
set of mismatched shots from the Facebook posts may provide the best
evidence of all. Here we again see the disparity in the trunks of the
two trees: one with a pronounced curve to it, the other perfectly
straight.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSpkKpHiDUgecDMTnTX822gsHsB4697RLmGZlSrgBu2kT54TeRDyAPyXu4T5J2Lrv6HqolEl-nof_b8ELA9nH35er0wDQiWrIvI0LUHW5VXymoprgXLa3q3DEQnEEv456r2BaMR1VZBM1/s1992/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1992" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSpkKpHiDUgecDMTnTX822gsHsB4697RLmGZlSrgBu2kT54TeRDyAPyXu4T5J2Lrv6HqolEl-nof_b8ELA9nH35er0wDQiWrIvI0LUHW5VXymoprgXLa3q3DEQnEEv456r2BaMR1VZBM1/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The smoking gun: No horizontal branch in "Batman and Robin"<br /></b></span></div><br />We also plainly see the surviving horizontal branch as it exists in 2021, on the left, with nothing remotely like it seen in the 1949 shot on the right. This alone should be enough to prove that these are two different trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn5lf_wtFpnDKi71KCZiuTQ3T7-7ZlyeU9b4imBoGncoVqbSJ8aocxlP8GTnNwoDW8ik-18bLHgDb0KiWk8EFpAr6hdxLmMdP5kwVMMuGnjpWbf8DyeCqkve9mVndWSYHZxphPRA8skMB/s1992/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1992" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn5lf_wtFpnDKi71KCZiuTQ3T7-7ZlyeU9b4imBoGncoVqbSJ8aocxlP8GTnNwoDW8ik-18bLHgDb0KiWk8EFpAr6hdxLmMdP5kwVMMuGnjpWbf8DyeCqkve9mVndWSYHZxphPRA8skMB/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Two different rock walls<br /></b></span></div><br />But there's more. Once again, the rock walls in the background of the two shots don't match at all. There's not a single marker on either wall that connects the two shots.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1VnqlNCAIXaoMVRwaqX_p9xdv7nlHme1b9I0YTTuA6xlfer_CHy_SEwUod7q186JL3fVfxQhMqorttr6sitmoLwnUwdGr5PUFmI74or19dd9lxhlak3oQ5qj3z-DbHaDEG5ZfcXyJZB0/s1992/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1992" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1VnqlNCAIXaoMVRwaqX_p9xdv7nlHme1b9I0YTTuA6xlfer_CHy_SEwUod7q186JL3fVfxQhMqorttr6sitmoLwnUwdGr5PUFmI74or19dd9lxhlak3oQ5qj3z-DbHaDEG5ZfcXyJZB0/w640-h318/2021-photos+from+Facebook+post+incorrectly+identifying+Yakima+Oak+as+the+%2522Bat+Tree%2522+3-noted+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>More curvy lines that seem like they want to match ... but don't<br /></b></span></div><br />Here again there's some temptation to try to match up curved markings on the
rocks — including one in the "Batman" shot that looks kind of like a
fish. However, if you'll pardon the expression, it's another red herring.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFVgKDnBlleESr4i8WgXWCJ46xyS-tkU9B1BICCPLFH_zw8FhDnPg6bcpOFo6d9tXHP97lNvzTWw5wUViKYcvVBMl9RQ5AInLZAOw9Fk16wMHHpYfytz3EIPQQii_tczHh6G3I5icl2zU/s2048/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-limbs.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFVgKDnBlleESr4i8WgXWCJ46xyS-tkU9B1BICCPLFH_zw8FhDnPg6bcpOFo6d9tXHP97lNvzTWw5wUViKYcvVBMl9RQ5AInLZAOw9Fk16wMHHpYfytz3EIPQQii_tczHh6G3I5icl2zU/w640-h480/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-limbs.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Batman and Robin": A clear view of the "Bat Tree's" main limbs<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's a screen shot from the 1949 serial that provides an unobstructed view of the midsection of the "Bat Tree," so we can do one last comparison between the two trees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7KMP6d9GyEZAalGasdG3P1t7G5XLCTP-otS6XjCn8HJ9zd4L0_odq8V1gL41DnVspuY_KD_9E4EOm1uTPb-pczKw6wM8xLKwPixKspK8n1yYiSWTyeNlfJ-nHTBdW1IfzTbNwyQwQRZj/s2048/2021-Yakima+Oak-2096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7KMP6d9GyEZAalGasdG3P1t7G5XLCTP-otS6XjCn8HJ9zd4L0_odq8V1gL41DnVspuY_KD_9E4EOm1uTPb-pczKw6wM8xLKwPixKspK8n1yYiSWTyeNlfJ-nHTBdW1IfzTbNwyQwQRZj/w432-h640/2021-Yakima+Oak-2096.JPG" width="432" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak in 2021<br /></b></span></div><br />This is a shot of the Yakima Oak that I took on a recent visit to the Iverson Ranch. I can see how someone might get the two trees mixed up, as they do have some similarities.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC7bhR0Y45thm9sJVPTFT3Cu5Bzx4iucxtHQsFXUoKW33SeCae-zdRFN8PIITMh7Dd0HgGAOCAbTXUVunC6sDXoMP492vBi_zfHHMWoJxBohaFhX0xFkK0t4je_acciQIn1VU_Okb65HS/s2048/2021-Yakima+Oak-2096-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC7bhR0Y45thm9sJVPTFT3Cu5Bzx4iucxtHQsFXUoKW33SeCae-zdRFN8PIITMh7Dd0HgGAOCAbTXUVunC6sDXoMP492vBi_zfHHMWoJxBohaFhX0xFkK0t4je_acciQIn1VU_Okb65HS/w432-h640/2021-Yakima+Oak-2096-noted.JPG" width="432" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak's lopsided structure<br /></b></span></div><br />But even if the two trees seem similar on first impression, they're really quite different. For example, the Yakima Oak has a decided lean to it, with most of the large limbs grouped together on one side of the tree.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWuw6qjgr72zgbNcGUDxwaLypgaQCNke-zwIFPP1lUBaRKM84lKEFA0fd0nepUnigdPc_cSWumCtXBfoVCpOEDrtulXljj4DkvZ5iR9kyxyVpImNqzwJACGi2mORqaDvfR1eyIURc2y6b/s2048/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-limbs-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWuw6qjgr72zgbNcGUDxwaLypgaQCNke-zwIFPP1lUBaRKM84lKEFA0fd0nepUnigdPc_cSWumCtXBfoVCpOEDrtulXljj4DkvZ5iR9kyxyVpImNqzwJACGi2mORqaDvfR1eyIURc2y6b/w640-h480/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-limbs-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Bat Tree": Much more balanced than the Yakima Oak<br /></b></span></div><br />The "Bat Tree" is much more balanced, with three fairly equivalent main limbs, each stretching out in its own direction and fairly evenly spaced apart.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoBz35WgdFPkU7co8f_u_NdsgdHF-njZOr3KJe2NGzbsvQQ6l1YUcKx0-gv-0mW1hvO0PqywugTsNig1HH_Q1l2-A060QtY533hhDV_hBwFKms7_1crIRzIc3I8uiSb7IvRi_9n4sWkOu/s2048/2021-Yakima+Oak-2096-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoBz35WgdFPkU7co8f_u_NdsgdHF-njZOr3KJe2NGzbsvQQ6l1YUcKx0-gv-0mW1hvO0PqywugTsNig1HH_Q1l2-A060QtY533hhDV_hBwFKms7_1crIRzIc3I8uiSb7IvRi_9n4sWkOu/w432-h640/2021-Yakima+Oak-2096-noted+2.JPG" width="432" /></a></div>The Yakima Oak's unique claim to fame<br /></b></span></div><br />But the most convincing of all the clues, as we discussed previously, is that we know the Yakima Oak has always had that
horizontal branch reaching westward — going back at least to the
1920s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZGgRDQ3eFqrm9eSx0iqHC8MqlRNunXnRkvkhx5J4LXyNzuIARqRqtNXyPgGqDJfLXHiT2ZUzdwB72MbRyadyfcToOyWak0e-SEAphZVw6soSr2_ajs5AvcSuCqd3lyj96qxgUPkh76Qa/s2048/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-limbs-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZGgRDQ3eFqrm9eSx0iqHC8MqlRNunXnRkvkhx5J4LXyNzuIARqRqtNXyPgGqDJfLXHiT2ZUzdwB72MbRyadyfcToOyWak0e-SEAphZVw6soSr2_ajs5AvcSuCqd3lyj96qxgUPkh76Qa/w640-h480/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-limbs-noted+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Bat Tree": You're no Yakima Oak!<br /></b></span></div><br />There's just no way to explain away the lack of a horizontal branch on that side of the "Bat Tree."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv9wxOBMAVji4bKJGU70rwKsQelVzB2pVzn_tkAUDtmmaO7O5ZQI2eDFbzKh04LpbO1P9cttEX7bE-lM0TAfcXiSXRpoSh0JGlxxHBF_b3InqCVu3IrD0hO6vFgLtFoZOoHo61bK-cOnq/s2048/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-Batman+hanging.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv9wxOBMAVji4bKJGU70rwKsQelVzB2pVzn_tkAUDtmmaO7O5ZQI2eDFbzKh04LpbO1P9cttEX7bE-lM0TAfcXiSXRpoSh0JGlxxHBF_b3InqCVu3IrD0hO6vFgLtFoZOoHo61bK-cOnq/w640-h480/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-Batman+hanging.png" width="640" /></a></div>The "Bat Tree": Whereabouts unknown<br /></b></span></div><br />OK,
so we know the Yakima Oak is not the Bat Tree. The obvious question, then, is where IS the
Bat Tree? The answer to that question is a simple one, but not very satisfying: Nobody knows.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEELEnhdFveMp0XKlzryOJhdlPo3gxdw8PIcKYv86o81FIuLERFeUf3_3oVbgYh3bSYWSs1QrVSe7x4QBZWd3x2TBwGRRrYmbrU_WloN8u0qYF6kzOHQFxGUgfbYziooEl2AfA57Vd1ojt/s2048/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-Batman+standing+next+to+it.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEELEnhdFveMp0XKlzryOJhdlPo3gxdw8PIcKYv86o81FIuLERFeUf3_3oVbgYh3bSYWSs1QrVSe7x4QBZWd3x2TBwGRRrYmbrU_WloN8u0qYF6kzOHQFxGUgfbYziooEl2AfA57Vd1ojt/w640-h480/1949-Batman+and+Robin-Bat+Tree-Batman+standing+next+to+it.png" width="640" /></a></div>Find this rock wall, find the tree ... but did it survive?<br /></b></span></div><br />I presume it's somewhere on the former Iverson Movie Ranch — if it survived. Maybe someone who's reading this will join in the fun and go look for it. If you do, and if you happen to find it, I hope you'll let us know. Happy hunting!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-50453627954750623702021-03-30T22:57:00.004-07:002021-04-01T10:34:07.217-07:00"American Pickers" may want to leave the movie research to the experts<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9yf63dPQLLH1-knRpnk1KiA_Dc3Wr10Lo1bgm5nPXLr5hrsc2umQt0D057OFfIzVHPSnK_6NY8eau4nYlzmHCfj7UW6owUAjMRmfLBOaQsYvzsSuVeor_x7GSocIfNlibP4uH4gpmsPV/s1481/2010-on-American+Pickers-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9yf63dPQLLH1-knRpnk1KiA_Dc3Wr10Lo1bgm5nPXLr5hrsc2umQt0D057OFfIzVHPSnK_6NY8eau4nYlzmHCfj7UW6owUAjMRmfLBOaQsYvzsSuVeor_x7GSocIfNlibP4uH4gpmsPV/w432-h640/2010-on-American+Pickers-poster.jpg" width="432" /></a></div>"American Pickers": A favorite of pickers, collectors and hoarders since 2010<br /></b></span></div><br />I'm a fan of the TV show "American Pickers," but the show has a tendency to get in trouble whenever it ventures into the realm of movie history.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxUrUfx4I03AsEJt0TwHHJkTh_Vrvkr36eGnyr_b8Qp7pgzSd04y7THgYQQw-fdUIWHsER-topUPw4CL9tw-0WTWIQuNU3lDWbZQVat7_nbaCm4iSAsq6UBEenKLIqlaZSjumkq-DnRCu/s2048/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Duncan+Renaldo+vs.+Leo+Carrillo-8319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxUrUfx4I03AsEJt0TwHHJkTh_Vrvkr36eGnyr_b8Qp7pgzSd04y7THgYQQw-fdUIWHsER-topUPw4CL9tw-0WTWIQuNU3lDWbZQVat7_nbaCm4iSAsq6UBEenKLIqlaZSjumkq-DnRCu/w640-h480/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Duncan+Renaldo+vs.+Leo+Carrillo-8319.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Whoopsie! (Screenshot from "American Pickers" with botched ID)<br /></b></span></div><br />I was watching the "Zephyrville" episode, which premiered last summer, when a couple of whoppers popped up on the screen. I know a lot of my readers will immediately spot what's wrong with this picture.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNo7Rc-IMM0kJgEyCwj56OIVSSQ-JCEZZMYuXbQFwifSMbA0nLjVJgo1BRc2yxtA0sxVLUr54a22Q4LsVAwyuEr6gXB1p3sH-fWlA4UbAISdWzVYrJu8sYX1PK9x6VNpW10XRNQQmDAsH/s2048/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Duncan+Renaldo+vs.+Leo+Carrillo-8319-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNo7Rc-IMM0kJgEyCwj56OIVSSQ-JCEZZMYuXbQFwifSMbA0nLjVJgo1BRc2yxtA0sxVLUr54a22Q4LsVAwyuEr6gXB1p3sH-fWlA4UbAISdWzVYrJu8sYX1PK9x6VNpW10XRNQQmDAsH/w640-h480/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Duncan+Renaldo+vs.+Leo+Carrillo-8319-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Are you gonna trust television ... or your own lyin' eyes?<br /></b></span></div><br />In what is probably about the billionth example of "Never believe what they tell you" — and that's about a billion just in the realm of movie history — here we see yet again where "even" television gets it wrong.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRS9_3BkWa7Hu-zMEQTv9DjPBLFas4VB4tFlAWOwUL0LkvyxCmzbUjCVUMOqkO7MP4AcL6YOHDjkWWuYzqdrqu4nZvkmYHcXgxcIlDXL6yEjsGeLoc1pVicq-xKgaDbGBPM7gB3F6XcPcN/s2048/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Duncan+Renaldo+vs.+Leo+Carrillo-8319-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRS9_3BkWa7Hu-zMEQTv9DjPBLFas4VB4tFlAWOwUL0LkvyxCmzbUjCVUMOqkO7MP4AcL6YOHDjkWWuYzqdrqu4nZvkmYHcXgxcIlDXL6yEjsGeLoc1pVicq-xKgaDbGBPM7gB3F6XcPcN/w640-h480/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Duncan+Renaldo+vs.+Leo+Carrillo-8319-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The same photo, with correct ID<br /></b></span></div><br />Our version of the photo may not be as "official" as the original screen shot, but at least we got the name right. And that's only fair, considering it's Leo Carrillo, one of the most interesting figures in Southern California history.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDm8bYrl9Mjp1lM3nEbo-Rv1qWBIuXROtnPIpA9T4Ve-43mgSyLcyMLkP-VGq2G9dFETqdT-x7dpDm6Gqq3EXwk3q34KGAdMsSg7VzxBR8qayGOlQ2tL5_LAwk-XhSwu1i4gwhoXPb9af/s512/Leo+Carrillo-portrait+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDm8bYrl9Mjp1lM3nEbo-Rv1qWBIuXROtnPIpA9T4Ve-43mgSyLcyMLkP-VGq2G9dFETqdT-x7dpDm6Gqq3EXwk3q34KGAdMsSg7VzxBR8qayGOlQ2tL5_LAwk-XhSwu1i4gwhoXPb9af/w339-h400/Leo+Carrillo-portrait+3.jpg" width="339" /></a></div>Leo Carrillo — more than just "Pancho"<br /></b></span></div><br />It's
not as though Leo Carrillo is just the answer to some obscure TV trivia
question, or that he's defined by the malapropisms he often delivered as punchlines in the popular "Cisco Kid" feature films and TV show.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpfP6Jy6dBvXREkkuw6OFhx9OewWitMgyEu9zZTCUyh1bt-3ugjGuhE4bnDzwd-6Yl5PoihnctCexibZ5Dla8-FOLdIv83QTcNtUKCFt4M4VR_2XVVoiLiLdIeWbS8AAyU7f5fW4RFV2t/s236/Leo+Carrillo+State+Beach-left+lane-sign+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="236" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpfP6Jy6dBvXREkkuw6OFhx9OewWitMgyEu9zZTCUyh1bt-3ugjGuhE4bnDzwd-6Yl5PoihnctCexibZ5Dla8-FOLdIv83QTcNtUKCFt4M4VR_2XVVoiLiLdIeWbS8AAyU7f5fW4RFV2t/w400-h400/Leo+Carrillo+State+Beach-left+lane-sign+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Just a small part of the Leo Carrillo legacy<br /></b></span></div><br />Along with being a pioneer on screens large and small,
Carrillo was a philanthropist, preservationist, activist and civic
leader — he has beaches and parks named after him, for cryin' out loud.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhLOglqXQFOOMhAd_ZGKCeIlBNyYN1vJeoOpUCAQ7h1vqU4WLrzChaN721V0egnqKrk81WAdtR4OKyNsZCqAdmiFUm6wcsnZE0k-GUDMELxwQC0Y-i8WVRupEXfQScn2lR2uq42jjtXcS/s800/Leo+Carrillo+Ranch+Historic+Park%252C+Carlsbad-house+and+plaque.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhLOglqXQFOOMhAd_ZGKCeIlBNyYN1vJeoOpUCAQ7h1vqU4WLrzChaN721V0egnqKrk81WAdtR4OKyNsZCqAdmiFUm6wcsnZE0k-GUDMELxwQC0Y-i8WVRupEXfQScn2lR2uq42jjtXcS/w640-h480/Leo+Carrillo+Ranch+Historic+Park%252C+Carlsbad-house+and+plaque.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Leo Carrillo's former retreat and working ranch in Carlsbad, Calif.<br /></b></span></div><br />And when I say "parks" I mean multiple parks, as in more than one, spanning multiple counties — not to mention a 1.5-mile span of beaches in the Malibu area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0ka_gUNJeaOfWOO4s8ThzWQ_WN4SShnf1qyOsmPd_smwNpaoasVBthpMQhA3wHSmRCzw8j1Iebg8KMQ6RdLDymsg_AiAzDqnIretOAnBR8AvaiOVqJAll85LuTkinJpUC8y1iFw7nbPM/s500/recent-Anza-Borrego+Desert+State+Park.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0ka_gUNJeaOfWOO4s8ThzWQ_WN4SShnf1qyOsmPd_smwNpaoasVBthpMQhA3wHSmRCzw8j1Iebg8KMQ6RdLDymsg_AiAzDqnIretOAnBR8AvaiOVqJAll85LuTkinJpUC8y1iFw7nbPM/w640-h426/recent-Anza-Borrego+Desert+State+Park.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, with a tip of the cap to Leo Carrillo<br /></b></span></div><br />A longtime member of the California Beach and Parks Commission, Carrillo was at the forefront of preserving Hearst Castle, the L.A. Arboretum and the Anzo-Borrego Desert State Park, among many other landmarks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oyhDsgXJtmQ6bBnAAOxhI98vIYWj8bqZWbmAumcKIFME69xivkxiDAjWe3nWkFBqoliCyed97f6AO_d78lSPw-RBiIbbaq-P7Fxc2CSvbJHUTm6QvluW9lSvKvCk6EaqgS0rTsT7pJhi/s1746/1960+%25281961%2529-Gidget+Goes+Hawaiian-Leo+Carrillo+State+Beach-matches+Tony+Hofforth+photo-gmpt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1746" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oyhDsgXJtmQ6bBnAAOxhI98vIYWj8bqZWbmAumcKIFME69xivkxiDAjWe3nWkFBqoliCyed97f6AO_d78lSPw-RBiIbbaq-P7Fxc2CSvbJHUTm6QvluW9lSvKvCk6EaqgS0rTsT7pJhi/w640-h374/1960+%25281961%2529-Gidget+Goes+Hawaiian-Leo+Carrillo+State+Beach-matches+Tony+Hofforth+photo-gmpt.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Gidget Goes Hawaiian" (1961): Leo Carrillo State Beach<br /></b></span></div><br />All
of the above-named sites have also been filming locations, and today's
Leo Carrillo State Beach has a movie history going all the way back to
the silent era.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M2OnLrxes2Q1pZUJSQFh76wt5yCWfpxIJmnrGHiPi7VJWhW4erUW5ENz8dgzHj5sb7Ra9Phzcbzb48sWP0UU_ir3zmVPkHLyHOPgFZgyIe9GARBCFvNLU8fZk50rXUg6xtACZG0LWQFX/s2040/1960+%25281961%2529-Gidget+Goes+Hawaiian-Leo+Carrillo+State+Beach-Tony+Hofforth+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2040" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M2OnLrxes2Q1pZUJSQFh76wt5yCWfpxIJmnrGHiPi7VJWhW4erUW5ENz8dgzHj5sb7Ra9Phzcbzb48sWP0UU_ir3zmVPkHLyHOPgFZgyIe9GARBCFvNLU8fZk50rXUg6xtACZG0LWQFX/w640-h384/1960+%25281961%2529-Gidget+Goes+Hawaiian-Leo+Carrillo+State+Beach-Tony+Hofforth+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>Leo Carrillo State Beach in modern times (matching photo by Tony Hoffarth)<br /></b></span></div><br />Filming continues today at the beach named in honor of Leo Carrillo — which has been called the most heavily filmed beach in the world.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1cS7x30wYvv7msulDk4VrwZ0Q1giMr-Ej5c7j_sTR87PkVK6A0IR27DSLSeIyM2iGgD2DFScjisA_EgDn1Hu1VPsCiboJ79UfGc6LK6Y68GcWY4mMje88rUPCbKr2H5OJ-NFEkCAfhga/s1748/2021-movie+history+for+sale.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1748" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1cS7x30wYvv7msulDk4VrwZ0Q1giMr-Ej5c7j_sTR87PkVK6A0IR27DSLSeIyM2iGgD2DFScjisA_EgDn1Hu1VPsCiboJ79UfGc6LK6Y68GcWY4mMje88rUPCbKr2H5OJ-NFEkCAfhga/w640-h420/2021-movie+history+for+sale.png" width="640" /></a></div>Movie history for sale</b></span></div><br />If
he were alive today,
Leo Carrillo would probably be fighting to preserve that 16-acre corner
of the former Iverson Movie Ranch that has been up for sale for a few
years now and is presumed to be fated for development.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZY0DKIbMgTinN10GpN-Gm1hif6VuvPrKsTJ-42JMclY5oxAtIGZ0Y5KPJLyaU7yJAMMEN_4GjH8Gt9f34IHO3ktp2iv3Hv98-R03LoZ40QEapRbm-gTn2AyQD7hyaaEsf0oFow7IPdY70/s500/1949-Satan%2527s+Cradle-DVD+cover-Duncan+Renaldo%252C+Leo+Carrillo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="347" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZY0DKIbMgTinN10GpN-Gm1hif6VuvPrKsTJ-42JMclY5oxAtIGZ0Y5KPJLyaU7yJAMMEN_4GjH8Gt9f34IHO3ktp2iv3Hv98-R03LoZ40QEapRbm-gTn2AyQD7hyaaEsf0oFow7IPdY70/w444-h640/1949-Satan%2527s+Cradle-DVD+cover-Duncan+Renaldo%252C+Leo+Carrillo.jpg" width="444" /></a></div>Duncan Renaldo, left, as Cisco, and Leo Carrillo as Pancho<br /></b></span></div><br />For fans of early TV Westerns and B-Westerns from the heyday of the B-Western, Leo Carrillo remains largely associated with his "Pancho" character and his long partnership with the "real" Cisco Kid, Duncan Renaldo.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZQJCPE9hO05xasTBJAYGqVwlaRi0yV0aBZ2ncDqvNK08UQ7hpV2ozqx5dRQrudHudNgetmz2yn0g3IMwgE6iXhomYz1w06b8KkXoBoZiZTpPUZ-bsBo2O2wsdw1Dwzv4iCv4o0dqVjP7/s1088/1932-Deception-Leo+Carrillo+and+Thelma+Todd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZQJCPE9hO05xasTBJAYGqVwlaRi0yV0aBZ2ncDqvNK08UQ7hpV2ozqx5dRQrudHudNgetmz2yn0g3IMwgE6iXhomYz1w06b8KkXoBoZiZTpPUZ-bsBo2O2wsdw1Dwzv4iCv4o0dqVjP7/w514-h640/1932-Deception-Leo+Carrillo+and+Thelma+Todd.jpg" width="514" /></a></div>Leo Carrillo and Thelma Todd in "Deception" (1932)</b></span></div><br />But there was much more to Leo Carrillo the actor than just "Pancho." He appeared in about 85 movies, often as a leading man, working alongside some of the biggest stars of the '30s and '40s.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_5Xr76HQs7O_5DdlxmoGiD_a8oJxiG9XSgMc5JAOASVo3liB1k8h6wYJKoFZ_Y1aYwtCbTJfHsyuTVeKGoFKTIMdR7hpyVIxBrbmRGGecg3vFCsD2gzfCUqshOK8BBb64xW27yZi1nus/s650/1948+Chrysler+Town+and+Country+with+horns-owned+by+Leo+Carrillo+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_5Xr76HQs7O_5DdlxmoGiD_a8oJxiG9XSgMc5JAOASVo3liB1k8h6wYJKoFZ_Y1aYwtCbTJfHsyuTVeKGoFKTIMdR7hpyVIxBrbmRGGecg3vFCsD2gzfCUqshOK8BBb64xW27yZi1nus/w640-h344/1948+Chrysler+Town+and+Country+with+horns-owned+by+Leo+Carrillo+2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Leo Carrillo's 1948 Chrysler Town and Country<br /></b></span></div><br />But Carrillo did have the requisite "eccentric cowboy movie star car" — a 1948 Chrysler Town and Country convertible with a longhorn's head attached to the front end.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkinEvOPvqJVwyvxZt1-_NmSHYGFJUkRbLkgDbbGxW7u0JJ5aWkHQsCO_53EGshx52_C1nDumv8t4La1t-RbGQQwn-cbpO21f3Jj5kaBDtrbWDbOFlFZz_t2T3LMp9yJ6nRujlg0oZ_TT/s2048/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Gene+Autry+vs.+Roy+Rogers-8318.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkinEvOPvqJVwyvxZt1-_NmSHYGFJUkRbLkgDbbGxW7u0JJ5aWkHQsCO_53EGshx52_C1nDumv8t4La1t-RbGQQwn-cbpO21f3Jj5kaBDtrbWDbOFlFZz_t2T3LMp9yJ6nRujlg0oZ_TT/w640-h472/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Gene+Autry+vs.+Roy+Rogers-8318.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"American Pickers," "Zephyrville" episode: Here we go again!<br /></b></span></div><br />Believe
it or not, the Duncan Renaldo/Leo Carrillo mixup probably wasn't the
worst mistake on "American Pickers" that day. My vote for biggest flub
in the episode goes to this one.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBZLByMTmIey9VU1GOpSmcugyDtT76cVABh99pibFN1Ciezqc0F6TXUn34w1i7C6-r7Lz-ltXOPuelQMiS6roNihnP8SPwM8shD8t3D_9aGK5HcyuorXoCcxmllOTfBEMnnOgtkjQlTHD/s2048/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Gene+Autry+vs.+Roy+Rogers-8318-noted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBZLByMTmIey9VU1GOpSmcugyDtT76cVABh99pibFN1Ciezqc0F6TXUn34w1i7C6-r7Lz-ltXOPuelQMiS6roNihnP8SPwM8shD8t3D_9aGK5HcyuorXoCcxmllOTfBEMnnOgtkjQlTHD/w640-h472/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Gene+Autry+vs.+Roy+Rogers-8318-noted.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This is getting embarrassing<br /></b></span></div><br />I might be pretty good at identifying rocks, but I don't claim to be a
master at recognizing actors and actresses. Even so, I'm reasonably confident that this is a picture of Roy Rogers, not Gene Autry.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDZbfvtcTqS5HuPq_h0RV7Cs89IkRWClV8S2ZHWzMjX6CLTiDH3eLH_3Ca_tXXlj6C3kyqODuxj2AWTSC6SicHDGdExn1JsnZkUcfqcRYA3bZlexJmSWLnGv9BR0nHNiSmJDhthesiuYw/s2048/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Gene+Autry+vs.+Roy+Rogers-8318-noted+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDZbfvtcTqS5HuPq_h0RV7Cs89IkRWClV8S2ZHWzMjX6CLTiDH3eLH_3Ca_tXXlj6C3kyqODuxj2AWTSC6SicHDGdExn1JsnZkUcfqcRYA3bZlexJmSWLnGv9BR0nHNiSmJDhthesiuYw/w640-h472/2020-American+Pickers-Zephyrville-Gene+Autry+vs.+Roy+Rogers-8318-noted+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Correcting the unacceptable "American Pickers" gaffe<br /></b></span></div><br />OK, so what, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, what's the difference, right? ... Well, the difference is they're two completely different cowboy stars, and the show's inability or unwillingness to go to the trouble to tell them apart is a slap in the face of all cowboy stars — not to mention their fans.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgph_2GszsN5N4Be00xXyMVaiQPeMFdQ78qJ9UHHn8dpHMRl6iZagn_ok_hkL1G0pBO1BdrPIB6rPdN8uka1F-E66cC6PuvFzPkQhuS7bSvtzni-LdR841SkmHTfzgDtGql4i_LW-77tuRb/s960/2010-on-American+Pickers-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Frank+Fritz+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgph_2GszsN5N4Be00xXyMVaiQPeMFdQ78qJ9UHHn8dpHMRl6iZagn_ok_hkL1G0pBO1BdrPIB6rPdN8uka1F-E66cC6PuvFzPkQhuS7bSvtzni-LdR841SkmHTfzgDtGql4i_LW-77tuRb/w640-h426/2010-on-American+Pickers-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Frank+Fritz+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mike Wolfe, left, and Frank Fritz — stars of "American Pickers"<br /></b></span></div><br />I'm
sure the show meant well. Mike and Frank are always trying to honor the
history they uncover on their picks.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPfuuDIUq5-RNqIkl2sjJa58mX26h7bN4cN5b2QDp60PnyKzSPa15d9uVvkoOLgsI-oXQRA-nZrWrewKSOMoQU8gWAz7YxRmuhleHNCHsLTUQQy6lC19ZIQljy5xNS_52nn05Vwzpyb4P/s251/American+Pickers-movie+poster+for+The+Miracle+Rider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPfuuDIUq5-RNqIkl2sjJa58mX26h7bN4cN5b2QDp60PnyKzSPa15d9uVvkoOLgsI-oXQRA-nZrWrewKSOMoQU8gWAz7YxRmuhleHNCHsLTUQQy6lC19ZIQljy5xNS_52nn05Vwzpyb4P/w640-h513/American+Pickers-movie+poster+for+The+Miracle+Rider.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mike and Frank check out a poster for the 1935 Tom Mix serial "The Miracle Rider"<br /></b></span></div><br />And they seem to show genuine interest whenever they run across old movie memorabilia.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLMQYr8-FXB_FstCx-8w6dCzs4wTYW5idPgZdepFuG1AwZMOqUxYjkZ0S8J7NIB7rEmvBZ-WySOwgLT2PWjCy1bwmNkxJBupM4-Msx9FlmbiAqHYzqqE7MNiFMbHvGsEAoR_XQg3QR8GC/s427/American+Pickers-Frank+Fritz+with+Seven+Ways+From+Sundown+movie+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="427" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLMQYr8-FXB_FstCx-8w6dCzs4wTYW5idPgZdepFuG1AwZMOqUxYjkZ0S8J7NIB7rEmvBZ-WySOwgLT2PWjCy1bwmNkxJBupM4-Msx9FlmbiAqHYzqqE7MNiFMbHvGsEAoR_XQg3QR8GC/w640-h524/American+Pickers-Frank+Fritz+with+Seven+Ways+From+Sundown+movie+poster.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Frank sizes up a potential investment in an Audie Murphy poster<br /></b></span></div><br />Even so, dropping not one but two
boneheaded misinformation bombs in a single episode suggests something's
seriously wrong in the fact-checking department.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iBuGz2pTqMwpzuPZFxEXY7sQQQu1PexELTKGpgdFscdsyUPv33vc5cniTUWP9mMZHlFsgFQHcaC_MzeDBUp-zigqLAl8W4heYKIn7FYl53sQhUdn7_nGMTd5uracpM1r-QFQ-pTKyIYy/s500/2010-on-American+Pickers-Big+Bear-stuff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="500" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iBuGz2pTqMwpzuPZFxEXY7sQQQu1PexELTKGpgdFscdsyUPv33vc5cniTUWP9mMZHlFsgFQHcaC_MzeDBUp-zigqLAl8W4heYKIn7FYl53sQhUdn7_nGMTd5uracpM1r-QFQ-pTKyIYy/w640-h478/2010-on-American+Pickers-Big+Bear-stuff.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"American Pickers" episode "Big Bear": Mike and Frank home in on some prime junk<br /></b></span></div><br />I
imagine the task of looking up the IDs for the Roy Rogers and Leo Carrillo photos — if anyone
even bothered — probably fell on an unpaid 20-something intern. So we
shouldn't be surprised — and I'm not.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4eqdywryKBl533sFPkTzmugfhTiLhHMVPs4aZcZg96ZjqxP3CVM53E42d2hEn_xkuiGuPLTvdBRQdIwIDbdDlNbzFE6lDZqqGF8Vuc7IdQFQam0wKCFwy_7cNVGjUHnDUQgti29g-pso/s500/2010-on-American+Pickers-Mike+Wolfe-Captain+of+the+Guard+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4eqdywryKBl533sFPkTzmugfhTiLhHMVPs4aZcZg96ZjqxP3CVM53E42d2hEn_xkuiGuPLTvdBRQdIwIDbdDlNbzFE6lDZqqGF8Vuc7IdQFQam0wKCFwy_7cNVGjUHnDUQgti29g-pso/w640-h480/2010-on-American+Pickers-Mike+Wolfe-Captain+of+the+Guard+poster.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mike Wolfe and a guest longbeard admire a "Captain of the Guard" poster from 1930<br /></b></span></div><br />People who have old movie history junk are notorious for not having their facts straight. The most likely scenario is the owner of the Leo Carrillo and Roy Rogers photos provided the errant IDs and the show just took his word for it.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_KsEU_K9_Fqpln9kphgUtqN9yP9OurTJRrFNZx29yAtYogvQCQPGX9p7404wAGxQLOG5B4XZOJwV4Rk5sAAGoGAoRKOCJKnS0BV8XDAUdYp9gWGgCb1lglAvMLzRFhmMJcYQ6hBB2kJK/s500/2010-on-American+Pickers-Scrappy+Go+Lucky-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Frank+Fritz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_KsEU_K9_Fqpln9kphgUtqN9yP9OurTJRrFNZx29yAtYogvQCQPGX9p7404wAGxQLOG5B4XZOJwV4Rk5sAAGoGAoRKOCJKnS0BV8XDAUdYp9gWGgCb1lglAvMLzRFhmMJcYQ6hBB2kJK/w640-h480/2010-on-American+Pickers-Scrappy+Go+Lucky-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Frank+Fritz.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"American Pickers" episode "Scrappy Go Lucky"<br /></b></span></div><br />Full beards aren't exactly a requirement for making it onto the show as a guest seller, but they definitely help.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h-cyIwSzPfZytc7tLBc7WgURArwM7V1eY9Z1L1XCRFJRU7QWi0j7OyD_-Upk0l-tebnfDze5-XZ11jZlvD9x94AuQyEVz-bpHAgutGJs9WPMxZr4bLoOT1dZPpwEO0pNcVbvo_TZKUQi/s500/2010-on-American+Pickers-The+Belly+Dance-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Frank+Fritz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h-cyIwSzPfZytc7tLBc7WgURArwM7V1eY9Z1L1XCRFJRU7QWi0j7OyD_-Upk0l-tebnfDze5-XZ11jZlvD9x94AuQyEVz-bpHAgutGJs9WPMxZr4bLoOT1dZPpwEO0pNcVbvo_TZKUQi/w640-h480/2010-on-American+Pickers-The+Belly+Dance-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Frank+Fritz.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>History repeats itself on the episode "The Belly Dance"<br /></b></span></div><br />Frank explains what they're looking for — you'll find one of the show's want lists below.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56eoqm-gphevWYCKB7eCCXknyf_wXLiQz6Gez_4CbVq4JTY5Wh8RSDEtumlzfE477Rbeq9Za3ZOw5kOFC72BEW4eVZkuuC6pzxJodvdADx_evUsGvKSQt9ZJFO1zCJLkTCRIAjZQtJLHr/s500/2010-on-American+Pickers-You+Betcha.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56eoqm-gphevWYCKB7eCCXknyf_wXLiQz6Gez_4CbVq4JTY5Wh8RSDEtumlzfE477Rbeq9Za3ZOw5kOFC72BEW4eVZkuuC6pzxJodvdADx_evUsGvKSQt9ZJFO1zCJLkTCRIAjZQtJLHr/w640-h480/2010-on-American+Pickers-You+Betcha.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"American Pickers" episode "You Betcha"<br /></b></span></div><br />Another episode, another impressive beard.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr53HsNEet5J4Lc8mwmp6QzlIGS2CfO4p0WJ0-jb_jklSNI5135gWHjMKlkhmxgbhECOmc8u3vHpA34Yc8OcDfbheb_ig98iErR6_rso99DLqAUGaintIJakOIGGRFfldRVyoVoUO4AEBk/s1281/American+Pickers-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Danielle+Colby%252C+Frank+Fritz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr53HsNEet5J4Lc8mwmp6QzlIGS2CfO4p0WJ0-jb_jklSNI5135gWHjMKlkhmxgbhECOmc8u3vHpA34Yc8OcDfbheb_ig98iErR6_rso99DLqAUGaintIJakOIGGRFfldRVyoVoUO4AEBk/w480-h640/American+Pickers-Mike+Wolfe%252C+Danielle+Colby%252C+Frank+Fritz.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Mike Wolfe, left, Danielle Colby and Frank Fritz on "American Pickers"</b></span></div><br />After Mike and Frank, the next-in-command and one of big attractions on "American Pickers" is Danielle Colby, an accomplished picker in her own right and the show's no-nonsense office manager and pick finder.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLH1EHcG9d2BXk8HxaPSHaXGYpyJBozga3GqzhDLuS1f8BOXFeeKR6OZdarJA0QhUzbyY8P4vsAjajRNwcRh7G3Apb4wDirXFzVv2eMN5gVNlQPGqqTeOz8UwWKitOaPfqtUdDS8YvbRd/s468/dannie+diesel-bw+portrait.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLH1EHcG9d2BXk8HxaPSHaXGYpyJBozga3GqzhDLuS1f8BOXFeeKR6OZdarJA0QhUzbyY8P4vsAjajRNwcRh7G3Apb4wDirXFzVv2eMN5gVNlQPGqqTeOz8UwWKitOaPfqtUdDS8YvbRd/w430-h640/dannie+diesel-bw+portrait.png" width="430" /></a></div>Dannie Diesel<br /></b></span></div><br />It's no secret that Danielle has a number of other irons in the fire — including a second career as a burlesque performer, appearing under the stage name Dannie Diesel.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uiiV1sgZ0XL1I08YcL2DppD-G6sksMreD0Nuq5sjItPhYIA0-pr1NrL2W28Qmc09sc8xadK1uV_EcltOtmdWhSykP-2wf06fgZyrSajPw18PCpyejkNwMBWrpyiriU0KgdW3WDoiq7Jf/s720/Danielle+Colby+works+out+with+her+roller+derby+teammates.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="720" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uiiV1sgZ0XL1I08YcL2DppD-G6sksMreD0Nuq5sjItPhYIA0-pr1NrL2W28Qmc09sc8xadK1uV_EcltOtmdWhSykP-2wf06fgZyrSajPw18PCpyejkNwMBWrpyiriU0KgdW3WDoiq7Jf/w640-h406/Danielle+Colby+works+out+with+her+roller+derby+teammates.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Danielle works out with her roller derby pals<br /></b></span></div><br />Danielle also was a member and owner of an all-female roller derby team, the Big Mouth Mickies, until a shoulder injury forced her to hang up her skates.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgq0e0dHWT9cKZU5SQSN4qT700SH1fvgSvFkA-QIjo9ZQgk3M0zYa2wt6C5sWxoW_2no14GhVQVb4p8bzrrPkbaitwyJlsETrcTCsey0EVD9qnbv9WfRtDW-uOrnWggja8cXdMfhaUnqj/s1553/american+pickers-flier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgq0e0dHWT9cKZU5SQSN4qT700SH1fvgSvFkA-QIjo9ZQgk3M0zYa2wt6C5sWxoW_2no14GhVQVb4p8bzrrPkbaitwyJlsETrcTCsey0EVD9qnbv9WfRtDW-uOrnWggja8cXdMfhaUnqj/w494-h640/american+pickers-flier.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>The "American Pickers" wish list, and how to get on the show<br /></b></span></div><br />If you have your own massive hoard of junk and wish you could
get on the show, there's a number you can call. It's on the above flier, along with the show's want list —
click on it to see a larger version.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-2669511885943904922021-02-27T19:05:00.014-08:002021-07-26T17:03:58.879-07:00Where Western movies are filmed in the 21st century:Northern New Mexico! (And a few other places too.)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"The Magnificent Seven" (2016 remake): Plaza Blanca Cliffs, N.M.</b></span></div>
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The Westerns of today may not be up there with the classics of the '30s, '40s and '50s, but
one thing I still enjoy about them — even more today than in many of the classics — is the terrific photography of the American West.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014): Monument Valley's John Ford Point</b></span></div></div>
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With widescreen formats, advances in color reproduction and new tech
such as drone photography, big-screen TVs and 4K Ultra HD, the modern Western brings the
West's wide-open spaces right into our living rooms.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"Stagecoach" (1939): The stage arrives on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif.</b></span> </div></div><p style="text-align: left;">
Once upon a time in Hollywood, most Westerns were filmed in California — with
Chatsworth, Newhall, Lone Pine, Simi Valley, the Mojave Desert, Santa Monica Mountains and Conejo Valley high on the list of favorite spots.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYrNLmdb6cVBTSpIiwiMwdszuwrnVUdfThGE5PWGjdqN-LZOHUYqjFQwgrsio-ORn9xrhjcQq85LZ72mwLpCIcjKn_6x7adLySKq_E-Ad8pbC07VH750U1Op8kwjDETr0xnM6FtdrvfUZ/s1600/2012-Django+Unchained-Lone+Pine-photo+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYrNLmdb6cVBTSpIiwiMwdszuwrnVUdfThGE5PWGjdqN-LZOHUYqjFQwgrsio-ORn9xrhjcQq85LZ72mwLpCIcjKn_6x7adLySKq_E-Ad8pbC07VH750U1Op8kwjDETr0xnM6FtdrvfUZ/s640/2012-Django+Unchained-Lone+Pine-photo+4.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><b>"Django Unchained" (2012): The Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, Calif.</b></span></p>
Filming continues in each of those locales in the 21st century, but it has been scaled way back since the glory days of the Western, when the movies were shot primarily in the Golden State.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Western movie town at CL Ranch, part of a booming film industry in Calgary, Alberta, Canada</b></span></div></div>
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Today's Westerns are filmed just about everywhere in the world — Spain,
Romania and the former Yugoslavia have been popular shooting locations,
along with Canada, Mexico and other countries.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Ghost Ranch, N.M.: One of the most popular filming locations for modern Westerns</b></span> </div></div>
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But the Western U.S. is still the "real West," and the region today
remains Hollywood's busiest backlot when it comes to Western movies.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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the early years of the "eastward expansion," as Hollywood searched
beyond California for new places to film Westerns, nearby southern Arizona — rugged and conveniently located —
was the preferred landing spot.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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Nevada and Texas are all among the key players, along with other Western states.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"Cowboys & Aliens" (2011): Diablo Canyon, N.M.</b></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div>No other state has kept pace with the Land of Enchantment when it comes to supplying locations for Hollywood's most sprawling, gorgeous, big-budget
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booming movie industry was built not only on the region's natural
beauty, but also on a proactive state film commission and a history of well-timed tax incentives. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">
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It doesn't hurt matters that an especially picturesque stretch of the Rio Grande runs through the region as it works its way south. The river has made appearances in many productions over the years.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj771X9v6E1FWbHnjXgsAlfE2Dctsk9o5U8YT3qpAuOyyPNaWDkfTLWKFqax2zLw7EW0xB9P0TWohq96fQ6Pc1GRmd5TiAHbVM7fHt8EpcnpSMzD_O1qGzJWf1YIgC5Sun9mvoUv_Rkayqa/s2605/1954+%25281955%2529-The+Man+From+Laramie-Plaza+Blanca+area-Jimmy+Stewart.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="2605" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj771X9v6E1FWbHnjXgsAlfE2Dctsk9o5U8YT3qpAuOyyPNaWDkfTLWKFqax2zLw7EW0xB9P0TWohq96fQ6Pc1GRmd5TiAHbVM7fHt8EpcnpSMzD_O1qGzJWf1YIgC5Sun9mvoUv_Rkayqa/w640-h296/1954+%25281955%2529-The+Man+From+Laramie-Plaza+Blanca+area-Jimmy+Stewart.png" width="640" /></a></div>Jimmy Stewart surveys northern New Mexico in "The Man From Laramie" (1955)<br /></b></span><br /></div>They've
been making Westerns in the Santa Fe area since the 1910s, but the
region's modern movie business can be traced back to two Columbia Westerns in
the 1950s: "The Man From Laramie" and "Cowboy."<br />
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movies filmed on what was then the Jarrett Ranch, just outside of Santa
Fe. The producers of "The Man From Laramie" may have inadvertently opened the floodgates to New Mexico's filming boom when they gave the state a prominent shout-out in the
movie's opening credits.<br />
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also personally thanked the Jarrett family, who were just getting their movie ranch operation off the ground. The movie crew left the Jarretts with an
inscribed wooden plaque autographed by the cast of "The Man From Laramie" — a nice gesture
even if they did spell the Jarretts' name wrong. <br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlW-BK8__LkfTw6UWsZYr5diMXkQx2Ao2Icoc8ePBtnNwwjoB0KMqmLqQL0xUgjlnielsdwv6AQmSK-_W0Gi43RHFtkpr9dDNs7ZjJO1gcLKFMJ_QbH4kaY2ZIxZwWceOKqiQIFt8c32Cp/s2048/1958-Cowboy-northern+New+Mexico-Plaza+Blanca%253AGhost+Ranch+area-Glenn+Ford.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlW-BK8__LkfTw6UWsZYr5diMXkQx2Ao2Icoc8ePBtnNwwjoB0KMqmLqQL0xUgjlnielsdwv6AQmSK-_W0Gi43RHFtkpr9dDNs7ZjJO1gcLKFMJ_QbH4kaY2ZIxZwWceOKqiQIFt8c32Cp/w640-h360/1958-Cowboy-northern+New+Mexico-Plaza+Blanca%253AGhost+Ranch+area-Glenn+Ford.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboy" (1958): Glenn Ford takes in the sights of northern New Mexico</b></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Not long after Jimmy Stewart and "The Man From Laramie" rolled out from the Jarrett Ranch, another Columbia Western, Glenn Ford's "Cowboy," rolled in. The movie filmed on and around the ranch in 1957. </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth1RWLKpcv23OZdYUTiP6PBUqCkIXa6v-SUNbsLW41YCCu0r1CGS5yZ7iZXjR1D7cFWTAxwI3yIE5_cxgtLB7mWIx5q6ZPtFjMD8zykHZwUy1w5TNOP84efDyG8ezlKtTPjXrmy7ZSBPb/s2048/1957+%25281958%2529-Cowboy-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+N.M.-Cerro+Bonanza+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth1RWLKpcv23OZdYUTiP6PBUqCkIXa6v-SUNbsLW41YCCu0r1CGS5yZ7iZXjR1D7cFWTAxwI3yIE5_cxgtLB7mWIx5q6ZPtFjMD8zykHZwUy1w5TNOP84efDyG8ezlKtTPjXrmy7ZSBPb/w640-h360/1957+%25281958%2529-Cowboy-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+N.M.-Cerro+Bonanza+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboy": Working </b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>the Jarrett Ranch — today's Bonanza Creek Ranch<br /></b></span></div><div> </div><div>The old Jarrett Ranch is known today as Bonanza Creek Ranch, and besides
being a working cattle ranch, it's still in the movie location
business — one of several major movie ranches located near Santa Fe.</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FGHq6eRW3kSCkoNdtuNUjKjI3sibo8rXg7x1434VO0_S9NG8_s8ddvj8GWwyjku4f1tsbv-oDIhW_64YgqwiWhjpHGGgGX-5wel2NqfvwfNmdRCFEEJmYxuaTnV-vtX6frCN1TsshyphenhyphenGu/s2048/1957+%25281958%2529-Cowboy-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+N.M.-Cerro+Bonanza+2-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FGHq6eRW3kSCkoNdtuNUjKjI3sibo8rXg7x1434VO0_S9NG8_s8ddvj8GWwyjku4f1tsbv-oDIhW_64YgqwiWhjpHGGgGX-5wel2NqfvwfNmdRCFEEJmYxuaTnV-vtX6frCN1TsshyphenhyphenGu/w640-h360/1957+%25281958%2529-Cowboy-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+N.M.-Cerro+Bonanza+2-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>One reliable clue that a movie is shot on the Bonanza Creek Ranch is the distinctive profile of Cerro Bonanza.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yp-5oeQ2jYWh8HuDTk1C31ZTt73pfaUOnKDNrt7J2xCw81PvXmZvgrp1AMTiVirxsk0s88vA1vOnN1SdKBkyh0fnqKBYQtpQJH2LgaU0MzTiLOJNc8HcyGRX6wc08-qkTssb9dMRo2WR/s1356/recent-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch+looking+SW+%2528%25E2%2588%259A%2529+to+Cerro+Bonanza%252C+fr+Western+town.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1356" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yp-5oeQ2jYWh8HuDTk1C31ZTt73pfaUOnKDNrt7J2xCw81PvXmZvgrp1AMTiVirxsk0s88vA1vOnN1SdKBkyh0fnqKBYQtpQJH2LgaU0MzTiLOJNc8HcyGRX6wc08-qkTssb9dMRo2WR/w640-h338/recent-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch+looking+SW+%2528%25E2%2588%259A%2529+to+Cerro+Bonanza%252C+fr+Western+town.png" width="640" /></a></div>Western street on the Bonanza Creek Ranch, with Cerro Bonanza to southwest<br /></b></span></div><div> </div><div><div style="text-align: left;">The peak is situated
just southwest of the Bonanza Creek Ranch, and turns up all the time in movies shot there.</div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxgm-gVo5nK3GIRsneiVPuxQ9Llu0DK1qP51eicu7kzE75fDDNbMr-vWkvgs324KDjCAcAt2uIUk64EZkpLa8eS0A8pTZBInDRttbYXIspqsyiu0-1IrBAD9CGIss3-m9xfzJLIjm7fkv/s2520/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-background+hills%252C+including+Cerro+Bonanza.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2520" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxgm-gVo5nK3GIRsneiVPuxQ9Llu0DK1qP51eicu7kzE75fDDNbMr-vWkvgs324KDjCAcAt2uIUk64EZkpLa8eS0A8pTZBInDRttbYXIspqsyiu0-1IrBAD9CGIss3-m9xfzJLIjm7fkv/w640-h316/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-background+hills%252C+including+Cerro+Bonanza.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Silverado" (1985): Cerro Bonanza on the right </b></span><br /></div><div> </div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Here it is, covered in snow, in the landmark Western "Silverado." The movie, which is credited with helping to spark a revival of the Western genre, filmed in northern New Mexico during the winter of 1984-85.</div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmtu2gYlumtoLZW7OlthhVU2S30ZVWK9gupwMJxPzNbLJYdK4SisEmZV5dccxtPWOU-P_HOSmX9j_1GvKCfEhtF1D0y8nM83OVCDvjEl3s14eBq0KLolQSXGe9xF9fFPCJaCpZaUuzgRs/s2756/2017-Hostiles-Cerro+Bonanza%252C+N.M.-Scott+Shepherd.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmtu2gYlumtoLZW7OlthhVU2S30ZVWK9gupwMJxPzNbLJYdK4SisEmZV5dccxtPWOU-P_HOSmX9j_1GvKCfEhtF1D0y8nM83OVCDvjEl3s14eBq0KLolQSXGe9xF9fFPCJaCpZaUuzgRs/w640-h264/2017-Hostiles-Cerro+Bonanza%252C+N.M.-Scott+Shepherd.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Hostiles," filmed at Bonanza Creek in 2016 and released in 2017</b></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Scott
Shepherd led the cast of "Hostiles," which shot at Bonanza Creek in
2016 and again captured Cerro Bonanza in the background. That's it in its usual position, on the right.<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawyr6zetZt10zYbgluRywKHNzKtZ18qPxodtHIyWz0JK5mfkTIbZhM1hmHpDROJ_hbkfEsMc03tGioAw5SpsNaI7x0YThPCKELYxWDNcplM6RjcFe15dltL5lZaxp8-TJPCbMRR7RLjiS/s2239/recent-Cerro+Bonanza+and+hills+to+the+left+of+it-looking+SxSW+from+near+Bonanza+Creek+Ranch+Western+town.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2239" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawyr6zetZt10zYbgluRywKHNzKtZ18qPxodtHIyWz0JK5mfkTIbZhM1hmHpDROJ_hbkfEsMc03tGioAw5SpsNaI7x0YThPCKELYxWDNcplM6RjcFe15dltL5lZaxp8-TJPCbMRR7RLjiS/w640-h300/recent-Cerro+Bonanza+and+hills+to+the+left+of+it-looking+SxSW+from+near+Bonanza+Creek+Ranch+Western+town.png" width="640" /></a></div>You can also see Cerro Bonanza from the road if you're driving south on Highway 45, just off the I-25. <br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLWEVyglZ2Gm5F92iBnGe-622buxNGlpXV05phUa8EcfgIjCOQMHD9ULwwFFB6uaUD0Pifo4BMGaCkRZ6efQ72D4doctYl3gq5ADsg5-S-zbpRr0XtjgFeGiSnU5Z76cAIT8YeqdmJGKT/s1800/2021-Bing+aerial-Santa+Fe+region%252C+showing+Galisteo-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1800" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLWEVyglZ2Gm5F92iBnGe-622buxNGlpXV05phUa8EcfgIjCOQMHD9ULwwFFB6uaUD0Pifo4BMGaCkRZ6efQ72D4doctYl3gq5ADsg5-S-zbpRr0XtjgFeGiSnU5Z76cAIT8YeqdmJGKT/w640-h542/2021-Bing+aerial-Santa+Fe+region%252C+showing+Galisteo-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>About
20 miles south of Santa Fe is the tiny town of Galisteo, N.M. The
population was listed at just 253 people in the last census, but
Galisteo looms large in the movie business in the 21st century.<br /></div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphJqX25EzIU9-pJxq4nzVM6ayYIH15eypOzJ6TlezgpGNhjRyUKXSHyGmI7xd3A4IRzR-VgzJwTOI6HyLaT68StTbrmPUYBLg4rAqsSPyw_QxxrtgwWA20VFexzGf37xjkPYWjqbi3GXJ/s1302/2021-Bing+aerial+showing+four+movie+ranches+around+Galisteo%252C+NM-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1302" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphJqX25EzIU9-pJxq4nzVM6ayYIH15eypOzJ6TlezgpGNhjRyUKXSHyGmI7xd3A4IRzR-VgzJwTOI6HyLaT68StTbrmPUYBLg4rAqsSPyw_QxxrtgwWA20VFexzGf37xjkPYWjqbi3GXJ/w640-h496/2021-Bing+aerial+showing+four+movie+ranches+around+Galisteo%252C+NM-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Four working movie ranches in the vicinity of Galisteo<br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><div>Zeroing in on the Galisteo area, we find at least four movie ranches
currently operating in the neighborhood, spanning a swath from Bonanza Creek
Ranch in the northwest to San Cristobal Ranch in the southeast. <br /></div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEOyg6z_75zoHqIh5VSz3rK-uzkS4757gF8YebDBrfhkq8XBbRV-sM5RLPVHF3B4EH6jlI4MfSlTEjKhxQTiYbJDgZgS9MUlhEoAr-rtTzjsdDHyY7_i3S1zSvj8X5JuKhdCh7GeX0QLy/s2741/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-original+Silverado+town+w+white+church%252C+in+final+shootout.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2741" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEOyg6z_75zoHqIh5VSz3rK-uzkS4757gF8YebDBrfhkq8XBbRV-sM5RLPVHF3B4EH6jlI4MfSlTEjKhxQTiYbJDgZgS9MUlhEoAr-rtTzjsdDHyY7_i3S1zSvj8X5JuKhdCh7GeX0QLy/w640-h268/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-original+Silverado+town+w+white+church%252C+in+final+shootout.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Silverado": Gunfight on the Cerro Pelon Ranch (known then as the Cook Ranch)<br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><div style="text-align: left;">It's
common for productions filming in the region to shoot at more
than one of the area's location ranches. "Silverado's" visit in 1984-85
included work on the Eaves, Cerro Pelon and Bonanza Creek movie
ranches.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqY02WaDAkWA8QTUMuuN2_t0Aqz14bY6GgxlMd0rcwYzxypu4h8mVMfIl5V1sv95lfs7Y3oKKuwlq3KZ5NVyqlAwyi4iwGe_oI5z7aPTMqrjKrmkTePzLouYkn6TRlFnVravLnasiLBy9v/s2658/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-ranch+seen+in+movie-barn%252C+house+and+adobe+combo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="2658" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqY02WaDAkWA8QTUMuuN2_t0Aqz14bY6GgxlMd0rcwYzxypu4h8mVMfIl5V1sv95lfs7Y3oKKuwlq3KZ5NVyqlAwyi4iwGe_oI5z7aPTMqrjKrmkTePzLouYkn6TRlFnVravLnasiLBy9v/w640-h284/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-ranch+seen+in+movie-barn%252C+house+and+adobe+combo.png" width="640" /></a></div>Ranch set built on the Bonanza Creek Ranch for "Silverado"<br /></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In
addition to building the town of Silverado on the Cerro Pelon Ranch,
the production team for "Silverado" built an impressive ranch set for the movie
on the Bonanza Creek Ranch. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSu6hyphenhyphenipyeYvyMEdoSJ4Qyvd3ZzZMypbyqYBsIdAKbWD2LIkICq-FYdNArOLThjxLfl48tWw3uBE87MLbGJLA-xkZbz8i_j_A23-LCJXhyphenhyphenpIIY39Ep4qVNZVFLQjolgbiILIgoBrT3xHq/s2048/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+3-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-Clara%2527s+Ranch+5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSu6hyphenhyphenipyeYvyMEdoSJ4Qyvd3ZzZMypbyqYBsIdAKbWD2LIkICq-FYdNArOLThjxLfl48tWw3uBE87MLbGJLA-xkZbz8i_j_A23-LCJXhyphenhyphenpIIY39Ep4qVNZVFLQjolgbiILIgoBrT3xHq/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+3-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-Clara%2527s+Ranch+5.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove" (1989): The same ranch resurfaces as Clara's place in the epic miniseries</b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">With
a few new buildings, new fences and a fresh coat of paint, the ranch would reappear four years later in "Lonesome Dove," where it was featured
prominently as the home of Anjelica Huston's character, Clara.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-dtJs1rYzWPgsST8j5sdhFTSxM2yrv5FdaCnxIEGbu_FVm7xW7lDtqnt2oOSJrTlVsXFSbup18qWOviRM6aftPu2rm4uV9Nw5e7iqT_LGYvam_kOKU3hS3aYWw6YFLF3SPXbNXUwy8W9/s1600/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-PS-Clara%2527s+house-probably+Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+but+check+this-Anjelica+Huston+and+Diane+Lane-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-dtJs1rYzWPgsST8j5sdhFTSxM2yrv5FdaCnxIEGbu_FVm7xW7lDtqnt2oOSJrTlVsXFSbup18qWOviRM6aftPu2rm4uV9Nw5e7iqT_LGYvam_kOKU3hS3aYWw6YFLF3SPXbNXUwy8W9/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-PS-Clara%2527s+house-probably+Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+but+check+this-Anjelica+Huston+and+Diane+Lane-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Anjelica Huston and Diane Lane on the ranch in "Lonesome Dove"<br /></b></span></div><br />It's a coin flip between "Lonesome Dove" and "Silverado" for which one did more to revive the Western genre, but it was a sign of things to come that both productions filmed in northern New Mexico.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoKnT9jmqJm0qzg2rC6k71l7UVXxF0VIQQFjgUd701H8hc9HucYZUD3eaPy2BNKSmwPp-E-cpi4sM7SGRl5MAJzaKopc9H3RGoYbSiQ2AvbWGdxiJgj3vadnbVT7wrby8D3cRVpSI3lfZ/s1600/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-PS-Clara%2527s+House-note+hills+in+bg-Robert+Duvall+and+Ricky+Schroder-IMDb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoKnT9jmqJm0qzg2rC6k71l7UVXxF0VIQQFjgUd701H8hc9HucYZUD3eaPy2BNKSmwPp-E-cpi4sM7SGRl5MAJzaKopc9H3RGoYbSiQ2AvbWGdxiJgj3vadnbVT7wrby8D3cRVpSI3lfZ/w640-h426/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-PS-Clara%2527s+House-note+hills+in+bg-Robert+Duvall+and+Ricky+Schroder-IMDb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Robert Duvall and Ricky Schroder in front of Clara's house<br /></b></span></div><br />"Lonesome Dove" introduced one of Robert Duvall's most enduring characters in retired Texas Ranger Augustus McCrae. His great hat became a fixture of the cowboy hat business, and is still sold today as "The Gus."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwprVw6vKMowzK4OkL8YazZirvg6RdBqcW34C0wtpSNlYDzji3VMv7UFTlh2cvsQooqAy1hmn2RlGm-47HZSHsYWhMLtIwzO-5q-StdbqElhS5R2GvhNHgl-7h6SJLha1zxMlb8xXK9oVX/s1000/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-PS-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-cast+and+crew+gathered+at+Clara%2527s+house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwprVw6vKMowzK4OkL8YazZirvg6RdBqcW34C0wtpSNlYDzji3VMv7UFTlh2cvsQooqAy1hmn2RlGm-47HZSHsYWhMLtIwzO-5q-StdbqElhS5R2GvhNHgl-7h6SJLha1zxMlb8xXK9oVX/w640-h384/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-PS-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-cast+and+crew+gathered+at+Clara%2527s+house.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove": Crew photo at Clara's house<br /></b></span></div><br />Clara's house also provided the backdrop for some behind-the-scenes photo ops before the "Lonesome Dove" team pulled out of the Bonanza Creek Ranch and northern New Mexico in the summer of 1988.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-Vquh8rARWjMbBXz79vNk1FI1tBjObH3xVCK0K7Wm7Qv28bRr2MdByhVmH3eDZi2ZNMwPdMNnxHEx7lJPeVbESmUkNfawgm99shR4EmrnZyHuW46vUQYhJ8uSWvnLD4Na5d4XyTQK3tI/s2741/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-ranch+seen+in+movie-barn.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2741" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-Vquh8rARWjMbBXz79vNk1FI1tBjObH3xVCK0K7Wm7Qv28bRr2MdByhVmH3eDZi2ZNMwPdMNnxHEx7lJPeVbESmUkNfawgm99shR4EmrnZyHuW46vUQYhJ8uSWvnLD4Na5d4XyTQK3tI/w640-h268/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch-ranch+seen+in+movie-barn.png" width="640" /></a></div></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Bonanza Creek Ranch: The barn first appears in "Silverado"</b></span></div><br />Built as part of the "Silverado" ranch set, the barn that later became a part of Clara's spread proved to be
the most durable part of the set. Here it is in its first incarnation,
in "Silverado."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTYcQxUZgvW35ydqa4swsdbaJJHVNu_1LTpcScK7iDAMq6grO-hpFG3WRQDK3Gr2J5ueG9a70iBqRFLbWnJ_7FjlHCZIyE-bOEP-rSpCYLkJ8NmmQreYSK_tmk8_2417W8SGRf7MCJkt4/s2048/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+5.49.37+AM+copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTYcQxUZgvW35ydqa4swsdbaJJHVNu_1LTpcScK7iDAMq6grO-hpFG3WRQDK3Gr2J5ueG9a70iBqRFLbWnJ_7FjlHCZIyE-bOEP-rSpCYLkJ8NmmQreYSK_tmk8_2417W8SGRf7MCJkt4/w640-h360/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+5.49.37+AM+copy.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove": A return engagement for the barn<br /></b></span></div><br />Replace the cattle with horses, put up a new corral fence, sprinkle in a few chickens and add a couple of cheerful youngsters to the landscape, and the barn was ready for prime time in "Lonesome Dove."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrxqDyzDgaRStfH5JDaoCuM0jJZ85edISeIoMCfMCnMb3qxJaM0CyXWxM7KJK6mpGqfDWXC2rfKJsV8iOUsA7qS3N88OFzVNYCjXQzH5M3lBqM7NB62mlU5T5Q-CjSxEhE-RmS_Ye9WKi/s2749/2007-310+to+Yuma-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+N.M.-Western+town-barn.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2749" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrxqDyzDgaRStfH5JDaoCuM0jJZ85edISeIoMCfMCnMb3qxJaM0CyXWxM7KJK6mpGqfDWXC2rfKJsV8iOUsA7qS3N88OFzVNYCjXQzH5M3lBqM7NB62mlU5T5Q-CjSxEhE-RmS_Ye9WKi/w640-h266/2007-310+to+Yuma-Bonanza+Creek+Ranch%252C+N.M.-Western+town-barn.png" width="640" /></a></div>"3:10 to Yuma" (2007 remake): The barn remains relevant in the 21st century<br /></b></span></div><br />In the years following "Lonesome Dove," a large Western town grew up around the barn, which remains a part of the Bonanza Creek Ranch filming operation today. These days the old barn is typically set up as a mercantile.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pxSEIO2Iq9UnRgtYLOLAuiKJo8fljB_tUa39wBLshMpepSaRSbcqi619ceJp9q_sqj1Ius1PZVc4QVy1HYLdr252x2xmuIKKqnEDvlpwgxpxEYg5ugMdqLwctLaTOQlzAumbs6x9DBos/s2741/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-this+is+the+original+Silverado+town+built+on+the+ranch%252C+N.M..png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2741" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pxSEIO2Iq9UnRgtYLOLAuiKJo8fljB_tUa39wBLshMpepSaRSbcqi619ceJp9q_sqj1Ius1PZVc4QVy1HYLdr252x2xmuIKKqnEDvlpwgxpxEYg5ugMdqLwctLaTOQlzAumbs6x9DBos/w640-h268/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-this+is+the+original+Silverado+town+built+on+the+ranch%252C+N.M..png" width="640" /></a></div>"Silverado": The town of Silverado, built for the movie on the Cerro Pelon Ranch<br /></b></span></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">About 20 miles southwest of Clara's ranch, the town of Silverado, built four years earlier at Cerro Pelon, was still the most fully developed Western movie town in the region at the time "Lonesome Dove" was filming.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0dGJ6BroAX514opffVqQu-dlBIGNANzX5x6RKneBjgC3byh3Ygy2pxWjGTtJIZYDowDMCRc4RC1DdzL2m8_jflsPC224xNySq3XSUH8enWKzoTssFzCWXKuhFnISXTVHNPF206iO1x24/s2048/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+3-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+Ogallala+title.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0dGJ6BroAX514opffVqQu-dlBIGNANzX5x6RKneBjgC3byh3Ygy2pxWjGTtJIZYDowDMCRc4RC1DdzL2m8_jflsPC224xNySq3XSUH8enWKzoTssFzCWXKuhFnISXTVHNPF206iO1x24/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+3-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+Ogallala+title.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove": Cerro Pelon's Silverado roars back to life as Ogallala, Neb.<br /></b></span></div><br />The producers of "Lonesome Dove" took over Silverado, expanding the set and using it to represent four different towns in the miniseries. The "Lonesome Dove" sets would remain in place after the production wrapped.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0v5IQg8Nba3Lp4eVvk9rQgsPkOpRZFqAd-lp0sCRyswWcduB9IUVBhesIBr3e4FQG01evj3Pz3q6u57Mf051FmrgiaiWbJdWZkDN6dkALkA81pk6XfObJWoeZ5tF-lQh-3JbEiB1izwmg/s2048/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+4-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.-town+set.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0v5IQg8Nba3Lp4eVvk9rQgsPkOpRZFqAd-lp0sCRyswWcduB9IUVBhesIBr3e4FQG01evj3Pz3q6u57Mf051FmrgiaiWbJdWZkDN6dkALkA81pk6XfObJWoeZ5tF-lQh-3JbEiB1izwmg/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+4-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.-town+set.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove": Tommy Lee Jones, left, in Miles City, Montana (Cerro Pelon Ranch's Silverado set)<br /></b></span></div><br />The old "Silverado" and "Lonesome Dove" sets have been reconfigured countless times over the past three decades — often getting bigger — but the town remains in place today and still attracts film crews.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8LAgdVzq9XpNyi-g8LUHuhaFjiduWsTbkMrjhQmcpKXWUPLcyJDRb78LGQQEI2Yy4NSw-mNTAPvQ7TfSRR6z2zKm03blc2hunkxFwIHKRFCJI8L9SiA5HP9rKGxav63A629-UPpKOrIc/s2048/2021-Bing+aerial-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-main+townsite-movie+trucks.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2048" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8LAgdVzq9XpNyi-g8LUHuhaFjiduWsTbkMrjhQmcpKXWUPLcyJDRb78LGQQEI2Yy4NSw-mNTAPvQ7TfSRR6z2zKm03blc2hunkxFwIHKRFCJI8L9SiA5HP9rKGxav63A629-UPpKOrIc/w640-h542/2021-Bing+aerial-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-main+townsite-movie+trucks.png" width="640" /></a></div>Main townsite on the Cerro Pelon Ranch (Bing aerial)<br /></b></span></div><br />To give you an idea of the scale of the Cerro Pelon Ranch movie town, here's what it looks like in a recent satellite shot. You might notice what appears to be a number of movie trucks parked around the exterior of the town.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKp5fWsiPGFSfztpD9BYgWbi1Lt-bijNQPEEiGt2DzGlvRBcc6b7ySePMiM2xEl1BJY8ojKIhSy5Gr36mMG1xiqqw0EVuSd-R02TXCfEYBTCV9_p1-Q-pxNR23iaMMvu6ZYqw9lRBWaxdk/s720/2016-In+a+Valley+of+Violence-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+New+Mexico-Ethan+Hawke-town-IMDb+photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="720" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKp5fWsiPGFSfztpD9BYgWbi1Lt-bijNQPEEiGt2DzGlvRBcc6b7ySePMiM2xEl1BJY8ojKIhSy5Gr36mMG1xiqqw0EVuSd-R02TXCfEYBTCV9_p1-Q-pxNR23iaMMvu6ZYqw9lRBWaxdk/w640-h260/2016-In+a+Valley+of+Violence-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+New+Mexico-Ethan+Hawke-town-IMDb+photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"In a Valley of Violence" (2016): Ethan Hawke rides in on the Cerro Pelon Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's
a look at the Cerro Pelon town set in the summer of 2014, when they
were filming the Western "In a Valley of Violence," released two years
later. The church on the left looks as though it might be the same one
from "Silverado," which can be seen in a couple of the photos above.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibu3kbXw-p1bsERmwmZloS7_yjsoDz-BiBFt38d8rlMS5qVbT6YaBr8eNcaenzdCkmMi5EmJgm3D3lCxoGlaAh6LgiURESuLfhSfp00hTikwCRBLLjbWUdaCtVzbPA1J3RetiE-EaLoxys/s2749/2007-310+to+Yuma-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch+as+town+of+Contention+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2749" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibu3kbXw-p1bsERmwmZloS7_yjsoDz-BiBFt38d8rlMS5qVbT6YaBr8eNcaenzdCkmMi5EmJgm3D3lCxoGlaAh6LgiURESuLfhSfp00hTikwCRBLLjbWUdaCtVzbPA1J3RetiE-EaLoxys/w640-h266/2007-310+to+Yuma-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch+as+town+of+Contention+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"3:10 to Yuma" (2007): Cerro Pelon Ranch as the town of Contention<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A glance at Cerro Pelon's Western town as it appears in the "3:10 to Yuma" remake reveals the relatively large scale of some of the buildings in the town's interior.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4LIhrazUkZBXaQSHzr7kSUQE1XWJvJUcT-8ilf76nMTGRrVPlUAugeTn83ovYWPW1zPB4-IFYbWan0Cw0JOlu3SsaZ2IzUF-49Rv6hoz6e9lcuXhoNFIRg8I8eyhghk_qiH0VdtcIRj4/s2048/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+1-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+background+hills+%2528from+title+sequence%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4LIhrazUkZBXaQSHzr7kSUQE1XWJvJUcT-8ilf76nMTGRrVPlUAugeTn83ovYWPW1zPB4-IFYbWan0Cw0JOlu3SsaZ2IzUF-49Rv6hoz6e9lcuXhoNFIRg8I8eyhghk_qiH0VdtcIRj4/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+1-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+background+hills+%2528from+title+sequence%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove" (title sequence): Cerro Pelon Ranch in sepia tone<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Similar
to Bonanza Creek Ranch with its nearby Cerro Bonanza, the Cerro Pelon
Ranch has hills nearby that can help identify the location. The hills seen here are situated southwest of the movie ranch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yev4obTdTgZU_9zJ0gtcziZWlB8Sdv2IuW-HphkvRhKK37a6QoCdI35-ANsJM0RsjOz8_hZ3kTnOfS3odEzkavRmjs-s0w2StnCB39pyell83Rc8wmjjzO-_bUecNV7eFbgj5EpLqNbz/s2048/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+4-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+Placer+Mountain+%2528same+shot+used+in+opening+credits%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yev4obTdTgZU_9zJ0gtcziZWlB8Sdv2IuW-HphkvRhKK37a6QoCdI35-ANsJM0RsjOz8_hZ3kTnOfS3odEzkavRmjs-s0w2StnCB39pyell83Rc8wmjjzO-_bUecNV7eFbgj5EpLqNbz/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+4-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+Placer+Mountain+%2528same+shot+used+in+opening+credits%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Lonesome Dove": Cerro Pelon Ranch with hills to the southwest<br /></b></span></div><br />Taking a look at the same shot as it appears in more detail in Part 4 of the miniseries, we can see those hills to the southwest more clearly, and we can begin to match them up with known features in the region.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLt4CyQN9p17Kg-QpRytfc9npJ3T_AcfkdPhHR33V5wPUHYRkWfrWaAMksyqJ2rFhYQPS9mPfxs5UR8XieSmFX9Q1qzAvCHB9vy7EInJITMlFR8zEvCAcgW3rjekvcmvSN-1ggvCqRbOMp/s2048/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+4-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+Placer+Mountain+%2528same+shot+used+in+opening+credits%2529-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLt4CyQN9p17Kg-QpRytfc9npJ3T_AcfkdPhHR33V5wPUHYRkWfrWaAMksyqJ2rFhYQPS9mPfxs5UR8XieSmFX9Q1qzAvCHB9vy7EInJITMlFR8zEvCAcgW3rjekvcmvSN-1ggvCqRbOMp/w640-h360/1988+%25281989%2529-Lonesome+Dove-Part+4-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+w+Placer+Mountain+%2528same+shot+used+in+opening+credits%2529-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div></div>The
hills noted here, including Placer Mountain on the right, are part of a
group that stands out against an otherwise relatively flat part of the
landscape.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtmoOSgcF8d1ArBiNdA4J17Sb5yiLGMH8vgUGWTue-v-jpAh9JYJjeWnAu_xra7HDtrbLT4CiTvZnwmhZd4OwhtUNC7Xj8iEPIDZdwvA-OC-HqAO2-gYFAY_XBTNzCTqKe34I-paa3C_b/s2724/1954+%25281955%2529-The+Man+From+Laramie-%2522Half+Moon+Ranch%2522-Placer+Mountain+and+other+hills+WxSW+of+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-matched.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2724" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtmoOSgcF8d1ArBiNdA4J17Sb5yiLGMH8vgUGWTue-v-jpAh9JYJjeWnAu_xra7HDtrbLT4CiTvZnwmhZd4OwhtUNC7Xj8iEPIDZdwvA-OC-HqAO2-gYFAY_XBTNzCTqKe34I-paa3C_b/w640-h272/1954+%25281955%2529-The+Man+From+Laramie-%2522Half+Moon+Ranch%2522-Placer+Mountain+and+other+hills+WxSW+of+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-matched.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Man From Laramie" (1955): Placer Mountain, outside the fictional Half Moon Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Placer
Mountain and its neighbors turn up repeatedly in Westerns filmed on the
Cerro Pelon Ranch. Going all the way back to "The Man From Laramie,"
it's easy to spot the same group of hills in the
background.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl945P5NYts4gbkoQmn87I50O8DGtrPcrJsFUi3VU4DatHpNZxX-WGSeEdmx3DDc6sG_z5fOlWgino5urH4iCoPbBxJQpdjO8k2GB9gUVFRItzSR8sH2jByH_FjGx16wd_tqva41TAgrgo/s2724/1954+%25281955%2529-The+Man+From+Laramie-%2522Half+Moon+Ranch%2522-Placer+Mountain+and+other+hills+WxSW+of+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2724" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl945P5NYts4gbkoQmn87I50O8DGtrPcrJsFUi3VU4DatHpNZxX-WGSeEdmx3DDc6sG_z5fOlWgino5urH4iCoPbBxJQpdjO8k2GB9gUVFRItzSR8sH2jByH_FjGx16wd_tqva41TAgrgo/w640-h272/1954+%25281955%2529-The+Man+From+Laramie-%2522Half+Moon+Ranch%2522-Placer+Mountain+and+other+hills+WxSW+of+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Placer Mountain and its neighbors<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">You
may have made them out already, but the hills highlighted above in the
shot from "Lonesome Dove" are the same ones noted here. The angle is about the same, so we know we're again on the Cerro Pelon Ranch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxyf9iYH0-g1muM4u6yVJvMy_MXVLXOxpoSoRSR_QrZyy0TY_h5VFseEyTDDNO4F5t3BYv2BJh3EgUz3ptj7vpQiWEONPgfAvzjxdulGYc9IHVmdcQZRK9dnEtBa1EIzA0fVgLN7dZgQH/s2741/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-hills+are+west+of+Cerro+Pelon+%2528may+be+Placer+Mountain%252C+but+fr+a+much+different+angle+than+from+Eaves+Movie+Ranch%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2741" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxyf9iYH0-g1muM4u6yVJvMy_MXVLXOxpoSoRSR_QrZyy0TY_h5VFseEyTDDNO4F5t3BYv2BJh3EgUz3ptj7vpQiWEONPgfAvzjxdulGYc9IHVmdcQZRK9dnEtBa1EIzA0fVgLN7dZgQH/w640-h268/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-hills+are+west+of+Cerro+Pelon+%2528may+be+Placer+Mountain%252C+but+fr+a+much+different+angle+than+from+Eaves+Movie+Ranch%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Silverado": Placer Mountain in winter<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The same hills are seen covered in snow in "Silverado."<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishsz8AxCccjU2said84A6a3XX0sbA6V3qgQGREnM6bzgA__8J7flxivOQEHCSLLiMs0NBA0QqWnewI-Qq3LqtXZzXYxv7wEShN6akrwT4Pjka_yZTv4FTgs4WXGnmo105SnYk_jTs24tZ/s2756/2017-Hostiles-Placer+Mountain+and+other+hills+WxSW+of+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.-matches+G3D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishsz8AxCccjU2said84A6a3XX0sbA6V3qgQGREnM6bzgA__8J7flxivOQEHCSLLiMs0NBA0QqWnewI-Qq3LqtXZzXYxv7wEShN6akrwT4Pjka_yZTv4FTgs4WXGnmo105SnYk_jTs24tZ/w640-h264/2017-Hostiles-Placer+Mountain+and+other+hills+WxSW+of+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch%252C+N.M.-matches+G3D.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Hostiles" (2017): Wide shot of the Placer Mountain group<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The full span of the hills clustered around Placer Mountain is featured in this wide shot from "Hostiles," again
taken on the Cerro Pelon Ranch. Placer
Mountain is the tall peak near the center of the shot.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75oSA4XStLMyTH2qzWjSuqIQAlLOjzf5Ai5aIUFbFq7MIjX9Rz5KDLFGMgVDS_Yhz_gTPIZBbY_3rbLX2fotYPtMkIKDoDgUDI12K_S78BAhYFqY8_w8yoYu-e8SH3rhVMx0Napd83bqs/s1024/2010-True+Grit-New+Mexico-Placer+Mountain+and+Cerro+Pelon%252C+seen+from+near+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="1024" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75oSA4XStLMyTH2qzWjSuqIQAlLOjzf5Ai5aIUFbFq7MIjX9Rz5KDLFGMgVDS_Yhz_gTPIZBbY_3rbLX2fotYPtMkIKDoDgUDI12K_S78BAhYFqY8_w8yoYu-e8SH3rhVMx0Napd83bqs/w640-h272/2010-True+Grit-New+Mexico-Placer+Mountain+and+Cerro+Pelon%252C+seen+from+near+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"True Grit" (2010 remake): Placer Mountain and Cerro Pelon<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This unusual ultra-wide shot of the Galisteo Basin from the "True Grit" remake captures both the Placer Mountain group and another of the region''s most important features — the one that gives the Cerro Pelon Ranch its name.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dI9ORyUBr_3L9LReFmRbHLNdYQi24RYWig84ibTlmZqoV6bTh3iiOJ4IZUXqNhvTa_pFSyyyt4hNfog_AY9KnfLPuGaQ9MtW6VLZnHDgrHcpL5ap3p-DsH83jLoS5NTUStMzeNaafgbR/s1024/2010-True+Grit-New+Mexico-Placer+Mountain+and+Cerro+Pelon%252C+seen+from+near+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="1024" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dI9ORyUBr_3L9LReFmRbHLNdYQi24RYWig84ibTlmZqoV6bTh3iiOJ4IZUXqNhvTa_pFSyyyt4hNfog_AY9KnfLPuGaQ9MtW6VLZnHDgrHcpL5ap3p-DsH83jLoS5NTUStMzeNaafgbR/w640-h272/2010-True+Grit-New+Mexico-Placer+Mountain+and+Cerro+Pelon%252C+seen+from+near+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></span>Cerro
Pelon, located about 10 miles east of Placer Mountain and about five
miles southwest of the Cerro Pelon Ranch, is another frequently filmed
feature that can be useful in pinpointing filming locations.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cG1qTwGz9TFXkjM9dnsztMe7dO8mi74Q5ScfJxUXr55mV43ia_0byGBKTzzqrW6L4DQGar5rxukmR8-mzj2YlnewxBwHHujey_k3J8e6n7o9uwqszPMcbd_d-dzXjS6AabH17TDOu5_C/s2048/recent-Cerro+Pelon%253AGalisteo+Wave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cG1qTwGz9TFXkjM9dnsztMe7dO8mi74Q5ScfJxUXr55mV43ia_0byGBKTzzqrW6L4DQGar5rxukmR8-mzj2YlnewxBwHHujey_k3J8e6n7o9uwqszPMcbd_d-dzXjS6AabH17TDOu5_C/w640-h428/recent-Cerro+Pelon%253AGalisteo+Wave.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Cerro Pelon — also known as the "Galisteo Wave"<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Known
locally as the "Galisteo Wave," Cerro Pelon displays various profiles depending on the angle from which it's being
photographed. This photo shows one of the classic tourist angles, but not the most common movie angle.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77I5cTB7SgtWn6oxX6VSpdtpWyIf2NygNq4r91WYfyqLh-J-uUxX_Fee1mtZdgtDC23cym2co8qrea1l98WHzvwm8R-mBAm8iPc_2il_D-XxcF-0ysYXpWhfAOXheR0wlUdkeDOHAPucX/s1280/1969+%25281970%2529-Cheyenne+Social+Club-northern+New+Mexico-Cerro+Pelon-Henry+Fonda+and+James+Stewart-IMDb+2-matches+view+from+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77I5cTB7SgtWn6oxX6VSpdtpWyIf2NygNq4r91WYfyqLh-J-uUxX_Fee1mtZdgtDC23cym2co8qrea1l98WHzvwm8R-mBAm8iPc_2il_D-XxcF-0ysYXpWhfAOXheR0wlUdkeDOHAPucX/w640-h266/1969+%25281970%2529-Cheyenne+Social+Club-northern+New+Mexico-Cerro+Pelon-Henry+Fonda+and+James+Stewart-IMDb+2-matches+view+from+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Cheyenne Social Club" (1970): Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart with Cerro Pelon<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Cerro Pelon has been showing up in movies and TV productions for decades. Fifteen years after he helped pave the road from Hollywood to northern New Mexico with "The Man From Laramie," Jimmy Stewart found his way back for "The Cheyenne Social Club" — bringing along Henry Fonda this time.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkHEKlQLtu1QRw28mK_3dj2vvO9OO0msGHWeqLllgESI2gTmbG_9Xk-Bz91ZyqZ9Gf342-DjDV43K3xbw-xUbwvEjaMNdHu8jsGXGGK0QSBCLPdMTyIswia_VF4wHgX3KbC0v4yPYHDs3/s2741/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon%252C+N.M.-matches+view+from+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2741" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkHEKlQLtu1QRw28mK_3dj2vvO9OO0msGHWeqLllgESI2gTmbG_9Xk-Bz91ZyqZ9Gf342-DjDV43K3xbw-xUbwvEjaMNdHu8jsGXGGK0QSBCLPdMTyIswia_VF4wHgX3KbC0v4yPYHDs3/w640-h268/1984-85+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Cerro+Pelon%252C+N.M.-matches+view+from+Cerro+Pelon+Ranch.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Silverado": Cerro Pelon looms in the background<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">"Silverado"
had its share of Cerro Pelon sightings too. Like many of these shots of
Cerro Pelon, this one is taken from the Cerro Pelon Ranch. In case you're curious, the Spanish term "Cerro Pelon" translates to "Bald Hill."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK9fHkm8L3bf5Hh-mFEZjBdWjKUdFtCVaIzJ0gW7e-PgMulFvNqSY58gsgOJAIzgp6Bz6isRDwuDVbaq0N1x5NFwEN5JeD3xqVUEraKLCKBUT-oanT402hHaZ8lHkp1fwEaXkgSyLBypl/s1024/2004+%25282005%2529-Into+the+West+%2528TV+miniseries%2529-Cerro+Pelon-Clayton+Rohner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK9fHkm8L3bf5Hh-mFEZjBdWjKUdFtCVaIzJ0gW7e-PgMulFvNqSY58gsgOJAIzgp6Bz6isRDwuDVbaq0N1x5NFwEN5JeD3xqVUEraKLCKBUT-oanT402hHaZ8lHkp1fwEaXkgSyLBypl/w640-h480/2004+%25282005%2529-Into+the+West+%2528TV+miniseries%2529-Cerro+Pelon-Clayton+Rohner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Into the West" (TV miniseries, 2005): actor Clayton Rohner in the "Hell on Wheels" episode<br /></b></span></div><br />The
miniseries "Into the West" also captured Cerro Pelon, seen here in the
background on the left. Producers reportedly brought rolling stock to
the Cerro Pelon Ranch and put in 2,000 feet of track for the railroad
sequences.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EchFJwOwi7Ty26t9x55D32nJleTgOTiiE56RBfFX6e4zQT9z2AUDuNVmRVEmcKkJhcMc5O94XGYefyRfNuBOtbXDBD88yL7KldCzbfSvBaYl0EcDTz8wZDYXJ8nEF42A_DvBa4HOlGCM/s1600/1998+%25281999%2529-Wild+Wild+West-Cerro+Pelon+with+mechanical+spider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EchFJwOwi7Ty26t9x55D32nJleTgOTiiE56RBfFX6e4zQT9z2AUDuNVmRVEmcKkJhcMc5O94XGYefyRfNuBOtbXDBD88yL7KldCzbfSvBaYl0EcDTz8wZDYXJ8nEF42A_DvBa4HOlGCM/w640-h360/1998+%25281999%2529-Wild+Wild+West-Cerro+Pelon+with+mechanical+spider.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Wild Wild West" (1999): Cerro Pelon turns up under a giant steampunk spider<br /></b></span></div><br />One of the weirdest places Cerro Pelon has appeared on the screen is in this sequence from the Will Smith movie "Wild Wild West." Unrelated to the spider sequence, an explosion while the movie was filming on the Cerro Pelon Ranch in 1998 reportedly destroyed part of the town set, which the producers had to rebuild.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWegqXxIsbFmMvOIpIAR0irCNv1u1kcHhp6wIAuta6_z9lAaVUC73g8UO_cBEjo3d0XBkTZ_nb1AaCI6_tawI-jpoqFXMpPMeT0qazBvAJ29KgR07gjVjnPkBKKaSbN6mJE4UaEYJCgZg/s1938/recent-Shiprock%252C+NM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="1354" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWegqXxIsbFmMvOIpIAR0irCNv1u1kcHhp6wIAuta6_z9lAaVUC73g8UO_cBEjo3d0XBkTZ_nb1AaCI6_tawI-jpoqFXMpPMeT0qazBvAJ29KgR07gjVjnPkBKKaSbN6mJE4UaEYJCgZg/w448-h640/recent-Shiprock%252C+NM.png" width="448" /></a></div>Shiprock formation, northern New Mexico<br /></b></span></div><br />Another
of northern New Mexico's defining features is Shiprock, located 170
miles
northwest of Santa Fe in the Navajo Volcanic Field — about a 40-minute drive from Four Corners.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35FEqIpBHKZV-xkXrGk9b76KC8Iw_6nsI9KU01phB-1clCowg_agptV78hygBDtEXLUO1xunO-iQ9t7jN2XQwmLBnmziHrnLbwYzruM6OU7WiVrqPHgLBkbnmC7wddqrO9GF2KnnVXTen/s511/1962+stamp-New+Mexico+statehood-Shiprock-4+cents.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="511" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35FEqIpBHKZV-xkXrGk9b76KC8Iw_6nsI9KU01phB-1clCowg_agptV78hygBDtEXLUO1xunO-iQ9t7jN2XQwmLBnmziHrnLbwYzruM6OU7WiVrqPHgLBkbnmC7wddqrO9GF2KnnVXTen/w400-h259/1962+stamp-New+Mexico+statehood-Shiprock-4+cents.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Remember when postage was 4 cents?<br /></b></span></div><br />Shiprock is important enough to New Mexico that it was featured on a stamp issued in 1962 commemorating 50 years of statehood. I do remember 4-cent stamps, and I'm trying not to think about how long ago that was.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu84ajinRLWEbXivLLdbVdiM3WW0afT7uOJ6NKFFeJDewm10vFVkouil7ZxGaGysyCWvdV7zBn-AerCIEe2A0DHI1eWx8UnMJiDrxTe6VPxXTDKcQT_BgQj4GiXYSy2rTfGPcQCsQRbe1T/s2751/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2751" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu84ajinRLWEbXivLLdbVdiM3WW0afT7uOJ6NKFFeJDewm10vFVkouil7ZxGaGysyCWvdV7zBn-AerCIEe2A0DHI1eWx8UnMJiDrxTe6VPxXTDKcQT_BgQj4GiXYSy2rTfGPcQCsQRbe1T/w640-h266/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger" (2013): Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp near Shiprock<br /></b></span></div><br />The rock has also caught the eye of filmmakers — including Gore Verbinski, when he directed his disastrous 2013 reimagining of "The Lone Ranger."<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf9Bst8Lix9Ib1jpeTi2gjR__Z5N2gOcweLHJLw4LGdSCW8aNx8sSFdY2SQCTWkAeV0aKmXm7ZBzLzvKkMCwa8lNeS2WeMbm2LkPUBmSToq4zMmaitBf2ht-88ZlJ9oKC8wK3ugJ2CTRR/s2751/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+1-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2751" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf9Bst8Lix9Ib1jpeTi2gjR__Z5N2gOcweLHJLw4LGdSCW8aNx8sSFdY2SQCTWkAeV0aKmXm7ZBzLzvKkMCwa8lNeS2WeMbm2LkPUBmSToq4zMmaitBf2ht-88ZlJ9oKC8wK3ugJ2CTRR/w640-h266/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+1-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div></b></span></div>If you're like most "Lone Ranger" fans, including me, you probably hated the Johnny Depp-Armie Hammer version. But it does have some nice photography of the American West, including plenty of New Mexico.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mY2DCKcI-GPo4Kf90WscUA-t25LjOq2BZdd7V74bRXfr1y6TmVpyRu03uv4DmukgXFVXBcoAU7VGwv7b4uu4O_n8GqkjdtKPhZgr1UA0M_gGow0MvX0n9m9zECwUrU0C7znVw468GLur/s2751/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2751" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mY2DCKcI-GPo4Kf90WscUA-t25LjOq2BZdd7V74bRXfr1y6TmVpyRu03uv4DmukgXFVXBcoAU7VGwv7b4uu4O_n8GqkjdtKPhZgr1UA0M_gGow0MvX0n9m9zECwUrU0C7znVw468GLur/w640-h266/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+3.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger": Shiprock and its wide-open spaces<br /></b></span></div><br />This shot from "The Lone Ranger" offers a wider view of the Shiprock region. There's not all that much around there, other than Shiprock itself, but the background varies depending on which direction you're looking.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3WiQlkiKQUeG4ZelYp_F4G43SBA13RChDEwazskRKyvM40NFfW53vZyo5rboeroSQkCJyhqpKwrDY2VK_qJwW67eueMpf4nyme_qyAR2mszExtCMcstZcSXRa4TB6K49iwWnYNm2yY4o/s2751/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2751" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3WiQlkiKQUeG4ZelYp_F4G43SBA13RChDEwazskRKyvM40NFfW53vZyo5rboeroSQkCJyhqpKwrDY2VK_qJwW67eueMpf4nyme_qyAR2mszExtCMcstZcSXRa4TB6K49iwWnYNm2yY4o/w640-h266/2013-The+Lone+Ranger-Shiprock%252C+NM+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>Shiprock, right, along with some of its volcanic neighbors<br /></b></span></div><br />Other shots from "The Lone Ranger" emphasize the volcanic formations near the main rock. Also, if you look closely you can probably find the Lone Ranger and Tonto in there somewhere.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRBOrucsY6Ox_sApNUfc0pAjVwHNwBDXW2gKG8YEDg7zOvL4dBUhBaIlSqNnVAtdEvjShFE6qxPu_FM9VzqAUEVRq8lHaH_DMMm1Imq4Xf4fcqzO96-l5tYhFz9o9Yt_MlX0-vq697dSw/s2754/2013-A+Million+Ways+to+Die+in+the+West-Shiprock-as+it+appears+in+the+movie+%2528flipt%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="2754" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRBOrucsY6Ox_sApNUfc0pAjVwHNwBDXW2gKG8YEDg7zOvL4dBUhBaIlSqNnVAtdEvjShFE6qxPu_FM9VzqAUEVRq8lHaH_DMMm1Imq4Xf4fcqzO96-l5tYhFz9o9Yt_MlX0-vq697dSw/w640-h266/2013-A+Million+Ways+to+Die+in+the+West-Shiprock-as+it+appears+in+the+movie+%2528flipt%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div>"A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014): Shiprock again, but ... something's wrong<br /></b></span></div><br />Soon after "The Lone Ranger" was released, Shiprock turned up again in Seth MacFarlane's gross-out Western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West." But this time around the rock was a mirror image of itself.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LjplEYvM57Xvib_9M_arC9N3-cdhc-gLKvbstpdBD0DgTrc1DxgU-a8isy4EIL1Gzj3TulZrshev6LSgTcA7wk4tfKRJPMdKtfFnNm-pmYvB9oBhTMYMQ_MJ8D3ta8QHggowHCL8Qzg6/s2754/2013-A+Million+Ways+to+Die+in+the+West-Shiprock-fixt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="2754" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LjplEYvM57Xvib_9M_arC9N3-cdhc-gLKvbstpdBD0DgTrc1DxgU-a8isy4EIL1Gzj3TulZrshev6LSgTcA7wk4tfKRJPMdKtfFnNm-pmYvB9oBhTMYMQ_MJ8D3ta8QHggowHCL8Qzg6/w640-h266/2013-A+Million+Ways+to+Die+in+the+West-Shiprock-fixt.png" width="640" /></a></div>The scene as it was originally filmed, with Shiprock properly oriented<br /></b></span></div><br />In other words, this is how it should have looked, and how it was shot. Presumably, they needed footage of the chase going from left to right rather than the other way around. I would have hoped they'd shoot it the right way in the first place, but it happens. Shot flipping has been going on almost as long as there have been movies.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmB7y7n1kaOcH1TPGfpB-eOURacQkpyRIGi6ERJiQs0VHDz3oiHTeQBAtsWsk0xveOA0t_WQEnA1s9zvAKNofPn2CXbm07Rr1G1aR9zAODLF8TnoZ-Ugg2KGvLCkupZCqrefRWP53orP8/s1856/2015-Shiprock%252C+NM-%2522other%2522+side.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1856" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmB7y7n1kaOcH1TPGfpB-eOURacQkpyRIGi6ERJiQs0VHDz3oiHTeQBAtsWsk0xveOA0t_WQEnA1s9zvAKNofPn2CXbm07Rr1G1aR9zAODLF8TnoZ-Ugg2KGvLCkupZCqrefRWP53orP8/w640-h420/2015-Shiprock%252C+NM-%2522other%2522+side.png" width="640" /></a></div>Another side of Shiprock<br /></b></span></div><br />I did check to make sure it's not just the other side of the rock, and it's not. This is what the rock looks like from the other side, and even though the profile is similar, the nooks and crannies are all different.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFSRepHUFYQm3EgSCZPfQyqOlhF-8AIdxM9eR2IDNelBjLaXcKGWYxW3R9J7MkrTNvi31M3oLhe0XiA2Eb7Ik50rLZuE6e-5etZFPHDYgZESU8oxq30d7-Gtxq_NTNDii09WWZL_W3GQR/s1280/1993+%25281994%2529-Natural+Born+Killers-Shiprock%252C+NM%252C+looking+W.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFSRepHUFYQm3EgSCZPfQyqOlhF-8AIdxM9eR2IDNelBjLaXcKGWYxW3R9J7MkrTNvi31M3oLhe0XiA2Eb7Ik50rLZuE6e-5etZFPHDYgZESU8oxq30d7-Gtxq_NTNDii09WWZL_W3GQR/w640-h360/1993+%25281994%2529-Natural+Born+Killers-Shiprock%252C+NM%252C+looking+W.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Natural Born Killers" (1994): Shiprock attracts a tornado<br /></b></span></div><br />It's not a Western, but Shiprock also found its way into the background of Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers," set largely in the Four Corners area. I assume the tornado was added in post.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aFVV6TkTQo13WsZYn7pgPoQzSPnOe1jc-ocGMh0PU9MM766eoaUAEOsSa7mwf3seJx4lHmS3FeIZcVViUocvIXhklF9OPImtitsbuts3N1G8wJd017y2clCaWRUKCnrBBGSO4PkBYun2/s2048/recent-Shiprock+looking+NW.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aFVV6TkTQo13WsZYn7pgPoQzSPnOe1jc-ocGMh0PU9MM766eoaUAEOsSa7mwf3seJx4lHmS3FeIZcVViUocvIXhklF9OPImtitsbuts3N1G8wJd017y2clCaWRUKCnrBBGSO4PkBYun2/w640-h364/recent-Shiprock+looking+NW.png" width="640" /></a></div>Shiprock, looking northwest<br /></b></span></div><br />Viewed from pretty much any direction, there's no denying that Shiprock is one handsome rock.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg1bbWBpb89zc78hDt4e-WpLmK3G8iBrIblXumCTO2Z1MF5pvb7tC3ujGZ8IAEiZVbxoed6FVDXr3XSVGE6hrFHlTMs_gLlnj-C60fAoU5RZa5VEKIwetFJdOtj5U5hsnJyJMRbdkIte2/s1280/recent-Plaza+Blanca+with+hikers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg1bbWBpb89zc78hDt4e-WpLmK3G8iBrIblXumCTO2Z1MF5pvb7tC3ujGZ8IAEiZVbxoed6FVDXr3XSVGE6hrFHlTMs_gLlnj-C60fAoU5RZa5VEKIwetFJdOtj5U5hsnJyJMRbdkIte2/w640-h426/recent-Plaza+Blanca+with+hikers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Hikers approach the Plaza Blanca cliffs outside of Santa Fe<br /></b></span></div><br />Speaking
of handsome rock formations, another one in northern New Mexico that
has become a favorite of Western filmmakers is Plaza Blanca, about an hour northwest of Santa Fe, off Highway 84.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4jmhAajwjiIwLYTA8u2TloVFdlml0lrvEeGfJU2OQcsulzOLYpn208Hm9guo1dM3ar2nATHNPPHnEzrpGjISV1iPlXTKdR0nWOVWvOVUeKsQkqZS4WDutQbs394WZXi6VlcyeQFCFGff/s2757/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Plaza+Blanca-Red+Harvest+meets+up+with+the+group.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2757" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4jmhAajwjiIwLYTA8u2TloVFdlml0lrvEeGfJU2OQcsulzOLYpn208Hm9guo1dM3ar2nATHNPPHnEzrpGjISV1iPlXTKdR0nWOVWvOVUeKsQkqZS4WDutQbs394WZXi6VlcyeQFCFGff/w640-h264/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Plaza+Blanca-Red+Harvest+meets+up+with+the+group.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Magnificent Seven" (2016): Red Harvest meets the group at Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br />It's here among the bleached stone spires that Red Harvest, played by Martin Sensmeier, has a somewhat startling rendezvous with the rest of "The Magnificent Seven" in the 2016 remake.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gPUaLpLSXerVKaABKz1jlIqaGlQ4yl3RcOSVCTCGDq6tQ5HKybc9gqcPnqrMgEF_SB0fm3pfF0INRHHgZqsSw9FROFjJhHqsbavLHQyVVP12N6X8xJR6t4C_8Qu8R5hdH7MTJoAdV1w1/s2048/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-ride+through+narrow+canyon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gPUaLpLSXerVKaABKz1jlIqaGlQ4yl3RcOSVCTCGDq6tQ5HKybc9gqcPnqrMgEF_SB0fm3pfF0INRHHgZqsSw9FROFjJhHqsbavLHQyVVP12N6X8xJR6t4C_8Qu8R5hdH7MTJoAdV1w1/w640-h360/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-ride+through+narrow+canyon.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wyatt Earp" (1994): A perilous ride through Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The
formation's narrow canyons and ghostly canyon walls make it an ideal spot for a
cinematic ambush, and more than one Plaza Blanca massacre has been
splashed across the big screen over the years.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtPZiMHUErACaYTmeor2kIXELINKRjLwqRDw5uY06rsOqieDndp64fkze_xPFp5B60hR66QFSpApM2jFPM8_f9Iq3GgZuGCw5vQZxQGOEFD0Hq-d9VwRwLvMLbpPQRis7LPf2K8j1EEAz/s2048/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-Kevin+Costner+on+the+alert.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtPZiMHUErACaYTmeor2kIXELINKRjLwqRDw5uY06rsOqieDndp64fkze_xPFp5B60hR66QFSpApM2jFPM8_f9Iq3GgZuGCw5vQZxQGOEFD0Hq-d9VwRwLvMLbpPQRis7LPf2K8j1EEAz/w640-h360/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-Kevin+Costner+on+the+alert.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wyatt Earp": The lawman keeps a wary eye out for trouble<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In Kevin Costner's take on "Wyatt Earp," Plaza Blanca provides the backdrop for a suspenseful — and ultimately bloody — ambush attempt.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUYI8hFOaiOtZ_BKyI6mF-9Y4RbwNNu7jcAf5Hq7vXqgTWlFvEU_-WK0847hM620Ublx9_wXAhYXsq8Y8I9TzUnqMb6cmem4xykSUqR126Y1vwQGD8wBrQwI98KEoaqO-8lk3p0MOsRVn/s2048/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-bushwhacker+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUYI8hFOaiOtZ_BKyI6mF-9Y4RbwNNu7jcAf5Hq7vXqgTWlFvEU_-WK0847hM620Ublx9_wXAhYXsq8Y8I9TzUnqMb6cmem4xykSUqR126Y1vwQGD8wBrQwI98KEoaqO-8lk3p0MOsRVn/w640-h360/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-bushwhacker+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wyatt Earp": Bushwhackers abound in Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Danger lurks behind every stone pillar, as Earp and his compadres are well aware.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcao8KK10F-nLkrNSnCg0uYD9aW6-iGO1y9UoRdv8it2B9cb5W58_sriTJxGa1ijeNey2BZMFqzLUEv4HER6rcYtOIYUkxApfVJwI1uWtrEheEHz3TjZNt1ySHkNWIKWSZDnltjBfKv0t4/s2048/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-flying+body.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcao8KK10F-nLkrNSnCg0uYD9aW6-iGO1y9UoRdv8it2B9cb5W58_sriTJxGa1ijeNey2BZMFqzLUEv4HER6rcYtOIYUkxApfVJwI1uWtrEheEHz3TjZNt1ySHkNWIKWSZDnltjBfKv0t4/w640-h360/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Plaza+Blanca-flying+body.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wyatt Earp": That's gonna leave a mark<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It's not long before the bodies start flying around the canyon.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpgJPD-Xw87gz5KHhTktuAGpt5Lrngq9jEDNgoFq4tIFr0kE3hc8zNfagQ9OR4ck2ZCdHdB7XgrBzkmu0OZr694NAxWXPVHbEuoDa5-eedNl64Jo3NkMv2v3QYGyuei7mKt21RXUfjvAG/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+1-narrow+canyon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpgJPD-Xw87gz5KHhTktuAGpt5Lrngq9jEDNgoFq4tIFr0kE3hc8zNfagQ9OR4ck2ZCdHdB7XgrBzkmu0OZr694NAxWXPVHbEuoDa5-eedNl64Jo3NkMv2v3QYGyuei7mKt21RXUfjvAG/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+1-narrow+canyon.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Legend of the Lone Ranger" (1981): More trouble with those narrow canyon walls<br /></b></span></div><br />But the body count in "Wyatt Earp" is nothing compared with the bloodbath that took place in the canyon more than a decade earlier in one of Plaza Blanca's most memorable film sequences.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pX-u5wf7INisHwFay1lMDkweglpXutSapY9N2rpv8yM52gAUm_bDteNj3hzZDSxOg_gHXZb25VWexmSTE9Z-U45HCpQdYMMm7BTO6n1cJMBNZz1KSiRREBdGtdzA0r-MOSE7TnMixJn9/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+2-group+in+canyon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pX-u5wf7INisHwFay1lMDkweglpXutSapY9N2rpv8yM52gAUm_bDteNj3hzZDSxOg_gHXZb25VWexmSTE9Z-U45HCpQdYMMm7BTO6n1cJMBNZz1KSiRREBdGtdzA0r-MOSE7TnMixJn9/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+2-group+in+canyon.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Legend of the Lone Ranger": Texas Rangers in peril in Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In the widely panned 1981 attempt to bring the "Lone Ranger" saga to the big screen, Plaza Blanca provided the setting for the infamous ambush of the Texas Rangers that launches the story of the Lone Ranger.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQCcb_NlW_NT4wAA01r300vbl2GupE8n64TS3GRMVj-aODyA4hPOuQzSrv6MJChqHZ7R4l1f1YR5Io_CxuPwbLGj4-fOFQ-FVgrDjhHPbVPz9bnuMbr8kMe622TVbeU2GwG_jbmucODnq/s1600/1949-Lone+Ranger+1.1-Iverson+Movie+Ranch-Phantom%252C+Glenn+Strange+Rock-ambush.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1600" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQCcb_NlW_NT4wAA01r300vbl2GupE8n64TS3GRMVj-aODyA4hPOuQzSrv6MJChqHZ7R4l1f1YR5Io_CxuPwbLGj4-fOFQ-FVgrDjhHPbVPz9bnuMbr8kMe622TVbeU2GwG_jbmucODnq/w640-h474/1949-Lone+Ranger+1.1-Iverson+Movie+Ranch-Phantom%252C+Glenn+Strange+Rock-ambush.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Lone Ranger" TV series (1949): Cavendish (Glenn Strange) lies in wait on the Iverson Ranch<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Plaza Blanca massacre echoes the ambush depicted in the first episode of the TV series "The Lone Ranger," filmed in 1949 on the Iverson Movie Ranch and in Bronson Canyon. I broke down the locations for the TV ambush
in a previous post, which <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/11/glenn-strange-and-his-strange-rock-sam.html" target="_blank">you can see by clicking here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sZLK8aXLJgqnwKAIRIHO4B3vlaLSC4hn14Xk9X2upbLEVPM2FAU7uOK1mVHvCHOIAglYazdT2QD9NkSQa_0UYLhlk8NhnqR3YJogHNT4JskAbMHsSR-tuD9kA2VV_C4kdxkSoYr1-a_t/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+12-bushwhackers-Christopher+Lloyd.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sZLK8aXLJgqnwKAIRIHO4B3vlaLSC4hn14Xk9X2upbLEVPM2FAU7uOK1mVHvCHOIAglYazdT2QD9NkSQa_0UYLhlk8NhnqR3YJogHNT4JskAbMHsSR-tuD9kA2VV_C4kdxkSoYr1-a_t/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+12-bushwhackers-Christopher+Lloyd.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Legend of the Lone Ranger": Christopher Lloyd takes over as the despicable Cavendish<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In
the 1981 "Lone Ranger" update, Christopher Lloyd steps into the role of
head bad guy and ambush coordinator Butch Cavendish. I still think of
him as Jim from "Taxi," even after all those "Back to the Future"
movies.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJAexYfS5P57Gk1qgqruIVt4gNT8lwpRQQWLPbScyvYd-83UFGZ7qqJSK3X2yAaF27LRjzxtq2fkOlicOu6OIwzJiq3a8CoIlQXfPy0dxMaA09AxlOAdng150tJkAMfrXGekThbLqPYDl/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+11-bushwhackers-Christopher+Lloyd.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJAexYfS5P57Gk1qgqruIVt4gNT8lwpRQQWLPbScyvYd-83UFGZ7qqJSK3X2yAaF27LRjzxtq2fkOlicOu6OIwzJiq3a8CoIlQXfPy0dxMaA09AxlOAdng150tJkAMfrXGekThbLqPYDl/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+11-bushwhackers-Christopher+Lloyd.png" width="640" /></a></div>Cavendish and his thugs hold the high ground — a big advantage in Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Cavendish has assembled a small army in Plaza Blanca to take down the Texas Rangers. Spoiler alert: He gets all but one of them!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhEH6lk0U9XaCxOcM9QJcQw1Y_G82xO0c8MsVNRQkuRFW6m4xoxw_jGWhqHHEyqX4L3pXz3hdJUiiwdvI-dovI7B1F4OBd3_fGU8OEcSWQUn0cQ6iSvDECoGUrEx-kBc1q28R3V4sdwI7/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+7-ambush.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhEH6lk0U9XaCxOcM9QJcQw1Y_G82xO0c8MsVNRQkuRFW6m4xoxw_jGWhqHHEyqX4L3pXz3hdJUiiwdvI-dovI7B1F4OBd3_fGU8OEcSWQUn0cQ6iSvDECoGUrEx-kBc1q28R3V4sdwI7/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+7-ambush.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Legend of the Lone Ranger": The assassins take aim on the Rangers below<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Trapped in the canyon, the Rangers never stood a chance.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8R85TC2honWV7pWnEJthIN0S8YZIjDSrYsZGRyiqTSrSRdFISR_BZG5LGML9nWsrtkYwxoMQEB5IMG__pHbwm6zq6r_GCJUXj7nkkxOuyAOUM9N4ywfPa2ZeYL0a9tsBmLB175_Yx0wf/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+8-bushwhackers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8R85TC2honWV7pWnEJthIN0S8YZIjDSrYsZGRyiqTSrSRdFISR_BZG5LGML9nWsrtkYwxoMQEB5IMG__pHbwm6zq6r_GCJUXj7nkkxOuyAOUM9N4ywfPa2ZeYL0a9tsBmLB175_Yx0wf/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+8-bushwhackers.png" width="640" /></a></div>The massacre begins<br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Whether it's in the TV show or the "Lone Ranger" movies — even the bad ones — the massacre of the Texas Rangers has to be one of the saddest episodes in the Westerns — and it stands in contrast to the relatively lightweight fare that makes up much of the "Lone Ranger" canon. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgYB4PgGt2U3GDlUb378CC_Xi02V73dXWk-eGU4RCE9lC0lewMdfGqzQQmzKSK0J-Er3d3vC_sYWK5BuO67AsJDI-M_Cfrkbw83Ql46GQbGm1987CyfYt9ddb52cxvssHzkr85PatHS4V/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+9-stunt+fall.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgYB4PgGt2U3GDlUb378CC_Xi02V73dXWk-eGU4RCE9lC0lewMdfGqzQQmzKSK0J-Er3d3vC_sYWK5BuO67AsJDI-M_Cfrkbw83Ql46GQbGm1987CyfYt9ddb52cxvssHzkr85PatHS4V/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+9-stunt+fall.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Legend of the Lone Ranger": Death plunge off a high rock tower<br /></b><br /></span></div>I hope this stuntman got paid extra, because that jump took some cajones. Can I say that? <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO28HminnmKNxGwZgwuS4FAFIxGjbXN8kW5px9opEcvZNs-D17Uh2-4ZB2GHe8yoFqCAlyN_x9D-Xj3eGWPQzcvMd4uZlwvtQczdC2gEElq3U7rEt8WTayEmHxLDbNjYvFZLiraWDMf2pD/s2732/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+14-Tonto+arrives.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO28HminnmKNxGwZgwuS4FAFIxGjbXN8kW5px9opEcvZNs-D17Uh2-4ZB2GHe8yoFqCAlyN_x9D-Xj3eGWPQzcvMd4uZlwvtQczdC2gEElq3U7rEt8WTayEmHxLDbNjYvFZLiraWDMf2pD/w640-h270/1980+%25281981%2529-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Plaza+Blanca+14-Tonto+arrives.png" width="640" /></a></div>Tonto arrives, and the real work begins<br /></b></span></div><br />After the smoke cleared, Tonto showed up to clean up the mess. And it was a big mess.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagyvnPcDOhJxEzZZYc-y-r5XXGnOsQtLhPsK-cRpD5IYaUkk4XoNegpZgd_r5O5oO0VsB7TZMjQncnqEfSR6tMW4bgYY2zK8H0ejbDKG6KJ8nYSBpI2sPe-NqQ45Xt9TohRQa9dyPH7dz/s1086/1981-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Klinton+Spilsbury+and+Silver.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1086" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagyvnPcDOhJxEzZZYc-y-r5XXGnOsQtLhPsK-cRpD5IYaUkk4XoNegpZgd_r5O5oO0VsB7TZMjQncnqEfSR6tMW4bgYY2zK8H0ejbDKG6KJ8nYSBpI2sPe-NqQ45Xt9TohRQa9dyPH7dz/w640-h378/1981-The+Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Klinton+Spilsbury+and+Silver.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Klinton Spilsbury and Silver</b></span></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The
crummy 1981 movie starred Klinton Spilsbury as the Lone Ranger, and if you're trying
to place that name, don't bother. He never landed another film or TV
role after tanking as the Masked Man. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65A02ABpzRs4OtdQ8Az-rCqcstChJnfXIveAftbI33V-wEO_XDJX9sWXouFYQpkBUfhOy5AWvBV65yJeMJVJVdqUL7DELtkNMAn68G5MEYvIErK6kp_ICz6C0WX-0aDhV0O3MVLaeXaIV/s2736/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65A02ABpzRs4OtdQ8Az-rCqcstChJnfXIveAftbI33V-wEO_XDJX9sWXouFYQpkBUfhOy5AWvBV65yJeMJVJVdqUL7DELtkNMAn68G5MEYvIErK6kp_ICz6C0WX-0aDhV0O3MVLaeXaIV/w640-h268/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboys and Aliens" (2011): Back to Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br />Fast-forward 30 years to 2011 and we're back at Plaza Blanca, for a Western and a sci-fi movie rolled into one. The canyon played an important role in Jon Favreau's "Cowboys and Aliens." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZOC4zvUUKPzzvlsEjRBsZ2KqgeS0BlyMWcag4qPtvMUY12HLZSxiN_sQxt3lpq7B6JNGiSTNngk5_iwv6mSmbEszeNO0KtcCHN5kZ0XtHrYf-i4Mxa88_pJCQnP-kYMHP5R7exjpgcKA/s2736/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+3-wide+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZOC4zvUUKPzzvlsEjRBsZ2KqgeS0BlyMWcag4qPtvMUY12HLZSxiN_sQxt3lpq7B6JNGiSTNngk5_iwv6mSmbEszeNO0KtcCHN5kZ0XtHrYf-i4Mxa88_pJCQnP-kYMHP5R7exjpgcKA/w640-h268/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+3-wide+shot.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboys and Aliens": Head for the spooky white hills!<br /></b></span></div><br />I'd say it's more of a Western than a sci-fi movie, but your mileage may vary. Ultimately there's plenty of both — plus some cool scenery. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uqp1n8VQi_riFXr6v_LbkHuh0fwhnn7nzCYZk7sA8JiCXp2UTB_NPtZ6MNIxovOD4eTg2ogJfmMxkM4sqOldLCuZ9jLSDVhtyzkiCr516QmSCi16KQoprFryT9TsJLuSBhYj-bZIreky/s2736/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+4-space+ship+blended+in.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uqp1n8VQi_riFXr6v_LbkHuh0fwhnn7nzCYZk7sA8JiCXp2UTB_NPtZ6MNIxovOD4eTg2ogJfmMxkM4sqOldLCuZ9jLSDVhtyzkiCr516QmSCi16KQoprFryT9TsJLuSBhYj-bZIreky/w640-h268/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+4-space+ship+blended+in.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboys and Aliens": A space ship hides among the stone pillars of Plaza Blanca<br /></b></span></div><br />If you didn't know it was there you might not realize there's a huge space ship hiding in the canyon.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9hMmZSEEtLfpEQsdavudtE0by_fMFDqBdEgx7arNupwZPEJPsR3R09AgZEWhQkqlGLBzNOMx9Ens7mTjgC0ZoapIO6RyvxnAS-goybsO16IzRflGPV37wtINXf8MKJBjaZAmSTHpMS_6/s2736/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+4-space+ship+blended+in-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9hMmZSEEtLfpEQsdavudtE0by_fMFDqBdEgx7arNupwZPEJPsR3R09AgZEWhQkqlGLBzNOMx9Ens7mTjgC0ZoapIO6RyvxnAS-goybsO16IzRflGPV37wtINXf8MKJBjaZAmSTHpMS_6/w640-h268/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+4-space+ship+blended+in-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>The hidden space ship revealed<br /></b></span></div><br />In case you're having trouble finding it, there it is. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__YFmUxMLC3o4XlyrK1GOi9gdsOC13Pq_s5Kgvkmtn3guwYj1XCnB8UJZCSUyu6XHXnni889X2bFQ7e60NoMKdnpqC-rkP5iG9L88ATFLaxrQ41TvZZxginUanq0IQXVG8Q-TS18eVOPr/s2736/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+5-space+ship.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__YFmUxMLC3o4XlyrK1GOi9gdsOC13Pq_s5Kgvkmtn3guwYj1XCnB8UJZCSUyu6XHXnni889X2bFQ7e60NoMKdnpqC-rkP5iG9L88ATFLaxrQ41TvZZxginUanq0IQXVG8Q-TS18eVOPr/w640-h268/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Plaza+Blanca+5-space+ship.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboys and Aliens": A space ship in the canyon is rarely a good sign<br /></b></span></div><br />As the big finale plays out, and the fate of the human race hangs in the balance, we get a better look at the ship. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT8ydD4tgMandgTYOez0RtIwiFZxET1Wc8SVkH60s7XoezPJ2-b5F1CtNHebDhTJSQzAK5cIpFrfWGx_HxG9H35jtqu5MAHF_hOWd3wtH5CQQ7xpNIRV6l8qydubzQJ9mdT6PFFKow2wY/s900/recent-Ghost+Ranch-Chimney+Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT8ydD4tgMandgTYOez0RtIwiFZxET1Wc8SVkH60s7XoezPJ2-b5F1CtNHebDhTJSQzAK5cIpFrfWGx_HxG9H35jtqu5MAHF_hOWd3wtH5CQQ7xpNIRV6l8qydubzQJ9mdT6PFFKow2wY/w640-h480/recent-Ghost+Ranch-Chimney+Rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Chimney Rock," Ghost Ranch, N.M.<br /></b></span></div><br />If you like your background hills with a little more color in them, northern New Mexico may have what you're looking for in Ghost Ranch, a few miles northwest of Plaza Blanca. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSCZjb0SYYrWwH_gn8CW1qVMoUlbxY7OPnoOprEs1sdAAQj8t8OH-oNPM4QALssDNDzBROYj3-hrR6rPagtDyoD2J3dmgw8qLfemH2BuyrwTyrElRr5IGBv5hwAzVxTneWvWyDwwysB1n/s511/recent-Georgia+O%2527Keeffe%2527s+adobe+house+in+Ghost+Ranch%252C+w+Cerro+Pedernal+behind+it.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="511" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSCZjb0SYYrWwH_gn8CW1qVMoUlbxY7OPnoOprEs1sdAAQj8t8OH-oNPM4QALssDNDzBROYj3-hrR6rPagtDyoD2J3dmgw8qLfemH2BuyrwTyrElRr5IGBv5hwAzVxTneWvWyDwwysB1n/w640-h466/recent-Georgia+O%2527Keeffe%2527s+adobe+house+in+Ghost+Ranch%252C+w+Cerro+Pedernal+behind+it.png" width="640" /></a></div>Georgia O'Keeffe's house in Ghost Ranch, N.M. (now owned by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)<br /></b></span></div><br />The region's scenic beauty received a lot of high-profile publicity after famed artist Georgia O'Keeffe, known as "The Mother of American Modernism," moved to Ghost Ranch and began featuring it in her paintings. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP56J1A-1QZbStZzeLjGeow1Zq5rCBcOBMfjcLIdt54oyuDCt60_isT2DPznrouAlpc8EtU4SGl4pMOGvK7GogISI_b0AoUqEHFJGMnVT8hybS3TMd8MxJsOXq0lQiCR6_jgsHGZ-puqE8/s511/recent-Georgia+O%2527Keeffe%2527s+adobe+house+in+Ghost+Ranch%252C+w+Cerro+Pedernal+behind+it-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="511" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP56J1A-1QZbStZzeLjGeow1Zq5rCBcOBMfjcLIdt54oyuDCt60_isT2DPznrouAlpc8EtU4SGl4pMOGvK7GogISI_b0AoUqEHFJGMnVT8hybS3TMd8MxJsOXq0lQiCR6_jgsHGZ-puqE8/w640-h464/recent-Georgia+O%2527Keeffe%2527s+adobe+house+in+Ghost+Ranch%252C+w+Cerro+Pedernal+behind+it-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Georgia O'Keeffe's "pet rock" — Cerro Pedernal<br /></b></span></div><br />The distinctive peak known as Cerro Pedernal, situated directly across from O'Keeffe's house, was one of her personal favorites, and she painted it countless times over the course of five decades. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGm1R7S9jSMS01ecsCbVqbhJBBPDHrCAMNDdRvI_8Tb030zUSvE5Ouj2BjCpf5tJ8U8INii0edv3HuVwMwc9DU5e7D7z1BHhPejl5FKuc8YkhFhqCzmAehdPY_9Umk_R_jtt7YceZYt30N/s1056/My+Front+Yard%252C+Summer+1941-painting+of+Cerro+Pedernal+by+Georgia+O%2527Keeffe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1056" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGm1R7S9jSMS01ecsCbVqbhJBBPDHrCAMNDdRvI_8Tb030zUSvE5Ouj2BjCpf5tJ8U8INii0edv3HuVwMwc9DU5e7D7z1BHhPejl5FKuc8YkhFhqCzmAehdPY_9Umk_R_jtt7YceZYt30N/w640-h426/My+Front+Yard%252C+Summer+1941-painting+of+Cerro+Pedernal+by+Georgia+O%2527Keeffe.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"My Front Yard, Summer 1941" — painting of Cerro Pedernal by Georgia O'Keeffe<br /></b></span></div><br />O'Keeffe has been quoted saying of Cerro Pedernal: "God told me if I painted it enough, I could have it." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eFVs2ohT-yFzNN6FSQ2PaAmaaD0khaNXv35z_nfrdiZunJCLidoT6gsxxby_TahZy68C5GgsO1Z_7YAIPIUrdapCnkltIm7j2iWjkHHe4DsaXeB-9ZrwtR0E8YYcjLNL7Sr7vH9KE2j4/s1620/painting+of+Cerro+Pedernal+by+Georgia+O%2527Keeffe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eFVs2ohT-yFzNN6FSQ2PaAmaaD0khaNXv35z_nfrdiZunJCLidoT6gsxxby_TahZy68C5GgsO1Z_7YAIPIUrdapCnkltIm7j2iWjkHHe4DsaXeB-9ZrwtR0E8YYcjLNL7Sr7vH9KE2j4/w640-h426/painting+of+Cerro+Pedernal+by+Georgia+O%2527Keeffe.png" width="640" /></a></div>Cerro Pedernal (painting by Georgia O'Keeffe)<br /></b></span></div><br />After O'Keeffe's death in Santa Fe in 1986 at age 98, her ashes were spread on Cerro Pedernal. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTr4GG224XfYkoBKuFHieh3PKCou5Mo0R8vcGPVHnHgMUqPxdFhsmwQRNdQl55VWCiJrTt_LKOqbIfi-zkbkLATpaGprXUpAdCpoSmZR0PYV0Ea1bc-X0U33mmcO8HuSb1jKTJYRgGgU3/s2756/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+NM-Cerro+Pedernal-Ethan+Hawke.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTr4GG224XfYkoBKuFHieh3PKCou5Mo0R8vcGPVHnHgMUqPxdFhsmwQRNdQl55VWCiJrTt_LKOqbIfi-zkbkLATpaGprXUpAdCpoSmZR0PYV0Ea1bc-X0U33mmcO8HuSb1jKTJYRgGgU3/w640-h264/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+NM-Cerro+Pedernal-Ethan+Hawke.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Magnificent Seven" (2016): Ethan Hawke appears oblivious to Cerro Pedernal, right behind him<br /></b></span></div><br />The peak has also received attention from Hollywood, and turns up regularly in Westerns shot in New Mexico. It can be helpful in pinpointing productions filmed in and around Ghost Ranch. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kUK0tnuzZkSXJKOkJh_zAH5x8_ikO3SwG0_msjL9iKuXXbWlM93xT91LZrjlnh6nSZlhngWirPP3TZ1NVN0AALMsL_pneSIYDlP-5G8gGwbfdOtB-b8T1YJ8e32rVJgr0nQ5T5Ifne6A/s2048/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal+with+wide-open+spaces.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kUK0tnuzZkSXJKOkJh_zAH5x8_ikO3SwG0_msjL9iKuXXbWlM93xT91LZrjlnh6nSZlhngWirPP3TZ1NVN0AALMsL_pneSIYDlP-5G8gGwbfdOtB-b8T1YJ8e32rVJgr0nQ5T5Ifne6A/w640-h360/1994-Wyatt+Earp-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal+with+wide-open+spaces.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Wyatt Earp" (1994): Georgia O'Keeffe would be pleased<br /></b></span></div><br />Once you know it's there, Cerro Pedernal is hard to miss. Its name translates in English to "Flint Hill." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVJRDfy1iNz8RYxyp3ywkh4ii2t9tFhbNNVbJbICRhQ15w-O7PWVAYFc7R02cSGpcyeEuLIZOiuy0RW4b5MpiRn1XD8E6ZZ6AmRsfjDPYec6nwP6EDBd7wtbM_xwLIpMmlo1CDk9o5UUF/s2756/2017-Hostiles-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVJRDfy1iNz8RYxyp3ywkh4ii2t9tFhbNNVbJbICRhQ15w-O7PWVAYFc7R02cSGpcyeEuLIZOiuy0RW4b5MpiRn1XD8E6ZZ6AmRsfjDPYec6nwP6EDBd7wtbM_xwLIpMmlo1CDk9o5UUF/w640-h264/2017-Hostiles-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Hostiles" (2017): Cerro Pedernal provides a striking backdrop<br /></b></span></div><br />Filmmakers are well aware of the peak too, and have discovered ways to put it to good use. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJRiCkEfHkkPvxV0TrSQH8DokO7ldavtamfjOYbZKGc1kRDWMzSxJQmLQfMu588SfezTB_P09rlKDQ24oOqjdvfCUmWADUPr5MaPP20UVnFKRvUqP9SRLHSVhgjZbEVktPJOlEFXWYoNa/s2732/1981-Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal+in+background.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2732" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJRiCkEfHkkPvxV0TrSQH8DokO7ldavtamfjOYbZKGc1kRDWMzSxJQmLQfMu588SfezTB_P09rlKDQ24oOqjdvfCUmWADUPr5MaPP20UVnFKRvUqP9SRLHSVhgjZbEVktPJOlEFXWYoNa/w640-h270/1981-Legend+of+the+Lone+Ranger-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal+in+background.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Legend of the Lone Ranger" (1981): Cerro Pedernal keeps a low profile<br /></b></span></div><br />The peak's shape is so distinctive that it can be spotted even when it's hidden deep in the background. You may be able to make it out near the top of the photo, slightly right of center. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeq6_87UQ2TbnOOjRfM60xe6IdCLfREGX5-jN8twZq9mwrQzjpXKBktvKLG4SAJCgMNPzO34dsDh3hqvt4ay9FMEhyphenhyphen4163VggS8sPaDJD7QHpAbsCgm0kJlixGnxEXgMAQEp2m3V3pMfFH/s2749/2007-310+to+Yuma-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2749" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeq6_87UQ2TbnOOjRfM60xe6IdCLfREGX5-jN8twZq9mwrQzjpXKBktvKLG4SAJCgMNPzO34dsDh3hqvt4ay9FMEhyphenhyphen4163VggS8sPaDJD7QHpAbsCgm0kJlixGnxEXgMAQEp2m3V3pMfFH/w640-h266/2007-310+to+Yuma-Ghost+Ranch-Cerro+Pedernal.png" width="640" /></a></div>"3:10 to Yuma" (2007)<br /></b></span></div><br />But Cerro Pedernal does its best work when it has some breathing room. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitAvMHIj7Opf2v6TeiIKfQvnXGfhHib_pEwL181HIFopQfSWZVNGUBxDpwWAXKd_yj6TEf2cI32BFl0mrcfVFwR0SW9TVd8FyjnoY9ydOboMHVwhJp4_88SCQoHw3jR9bAes0Mgp57HKe/s640/recent-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.+17b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="640" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitAvMHIj7Opf2v6TeiIKfQvnXGfhHib_pEwL181HIFopQfSWZVNGUBxDpwWAXKd_yj6TEf2cI32BFl0mrcfVFwR0SW9TVd8FyjnoY9ydOboMHVwhJp4_88SCQoHw3jR9bAes0Mgp57HKe/w640-h500/recent-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.+17b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ghost Ranch, N.M.<br /></b></span></div><br />Much of the scenery around Ghost Ranch features the prevailing shades of red and yellow in the rock formations — along with splashes of green at the right time of year. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnL3npWCxZSMZfObJIPaUcPS1fusOQe6iqOCGY6n_u18Dn-_cqyM98t4fKeEtoTZThmMS9Rhq7eB3jp6XxIh3kIArcpw_Pxdn-0I5m2UShWH5guFFHoFKDXDgWXq8hMHPja_M9m6A23nY/s2749/2007-310+to+Yuma-Ghost+Ranch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2749" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnL3npWCxZSMZfObJIPaUcPS1fusOQe6iqOCGY6n_u18Dn-_cqyM98t4fKeEtoTZThmMS9Rhq7eB3jp6XxIh3kIArcpw_Pxdn-0I5m2UShWH5guFFHoFKDXDgWXq8hMHPja_M9m6A23nY/w640-h266/2007-310+to+Yuma-Ghost+Ranch.png" width="640" /></a></div>"3:10 to Yuma" (2007): Ghost Ranch, N.M.<br /></b></span></div><br />These
patterns, which appear in many contemporary Westerns, have come to
be closely identified with the American West as it is depicted in the
movies. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpThOcGBVntue1EQd_idPJVxljAU-M6AsWb3UMq5Zb79q6fzXfAHZHrr1Qy8YBJWjYJElZikVsIf9MeFmcmSirTrznm_0icVvw2wnGtjvDDKtjsaREIcfOsEihakfBGnj0c-8LgUa26mj/s2756/2017-Hostiles-Ghost+Ranch-orange+and+yellow+buttes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpThOcGBVntue1EQd_idPJVxljAU-M6AsWb3UMq5Zb79q6fzXfAHZHrr1Qy8YBJWjYJElZikVsIf9MeFmcmSirTrznm_0icVvw2wnGtjvDDKtjsaREIcfOsEihakfBGnj0c-8LgUa26mj/w640-h264/2017-Hostiles-Ghost+Ranch-orange+and+yellow+buttes.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Hostiles" (2017): Ghost Ranch, N.M.<br /></b></span></div><br />This wide shot from "Hostiles" features the same area seen in the "3:10 to Yuma" photo above. The large butte in the background of the "Hostiles" shot, on the right, is the main butte seen in the "3:10 to Yuma" photo. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tsUbYmt3nnMGDAijgRG_hwCZ2uxlxbo7i1n4ggIRhvnlCwKm5hXOprO6q6BPmvLBHWwCnWM7DR-C3s58l_9yASG0wgg3P4Iw2Zzt4306igQyDa-wkqtCvgg39csPmDOgR1AgmMw6HSwL/s2756/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+near+Abiquiu+Lake-formations+just+north+of+Hwy+84%252C+as+%2522Volcano+Springs%2522+2-corral.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tsUbYmt3nnMGDAijgRG_hwCZ2uxlxbo7i1n4ggIRhvnlCwKm5hXOprO6q6BPmvLBHWwCnWM7DR-C3s58l_9yASG0wgg3P4Iw2Zzt4306igQyDa-wkqtCvgg39csPmDOgR1AgmMw6HSwL/w640-h264/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+near+Abiquiu+Lake-formations+just+north+of+Hwy+84%252C+as+%2522Volcano+Springs%2522+2-corral.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Magnificent Seven" (2016): Gunplay at "Volcano Springs"<br /></b></span></div><br />Here's that same butte again, this time in "The Magnificent Seven," where it adds ambiance to a gunplay sequence taking place in a corral down below. (The guy on the left, refereeing the gunfight, is David Manzanares, who has added an informative comment in the comments section at the end of this post.)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTzDrEBIpmxhDQcY0cvGRe6ACQU1jP0_DunAin1rlMI6uRmjhUBqIKUUnBRyAR_tTKFGRtRpYmEaU7uAOrnBL11neMBqEuwHtVkB_-W_drCz0y3H_lNvo3Jkb1OSKBy3vHJeitIJxv01H/s2683/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+near+Abiquiu+Lake-formations+just+north+of+Hwy+84%252C+as+%2522Volcano+Springs%2522+3-corral.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="2683" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTzDrEBIpmxhDQcY0cvGRe6ACQU1jP0_DunAin1rlMI6uRmjhUBqIKUUnBRyAR_tTKFGRtRpYmEaU7uAOrnBL11neMBqEuwHtVkB_-W_drCz0y3H_lNvo3Jkb1OSKBy3vHJeitIJxv01H/w640-h280/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+near+Abiquiu+Lake-formations+just+north+of+Hwy+84%252C+as+%2522Volcano+Springs%2522+3-corral.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Magnificent Seven"<br /></b></span></div><br />A wider shot from the sequence reveals that the corral is part of a larger set — the movie's "Volcano Springs." <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7z_iROh5TdokZcWyehTOOUI40NzMguddKz8gNJcNNrCIBFL0hcinUGN3AMY3z8lBDx9lYAC_oRI3VDkTMLbVGUsOvpHh8gyL_StXGqUjUmRfcPj6-KHsIx7pznwbiy74_-OtTSAi6uXW/s2594/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+near+Abiquiu+Lake-%2522Volcano+Springs%2522-cabin.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2594" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7z_iROh5TdokZcWyehTOOUI40NzMguddKz8gNJcNNrCIBFL0hcinUGN3AMY3z8lBDx9lYAC_oRI3VDkTMLbVGUsOvpHh8gyL_StXGqUjUmRfcPj6-KHsIx7pznwbiy74_-OtTSAi6uXW/w640-h300/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.%252C+near+Abiquiu+Lake-%2522Volcano+Springs%2522-cabin.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Magnificent Seven": The cabin at Volcano Springs<br /></b></span></div><br />The Volcano Springs set also includes this cabin, which has appeared in a number of movies. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKX2uJVYoZ4pa5hiGncGBQCbrv-NeJw3bHtQA6t7Ricm7zDR__7tPehmB0QvvVstB_RZNGd6gsPT5rnFTwUEwak50dmN0thR_OvyCaEOsqOLlIcZjBd9lmfQYEf3OHIhdYlsmHqBZ7DRv/s2519/recent-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.-cabin+off+Hwy+84.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2519" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKX2uJVYoZ4pa5hiGncGBQCbrv-NeJw3bHtQA6t7Ricm7zDR__7tPehmB0QvvVstB_RZNGd6gsPT5rnFTwUEwak50dmN0thR_OvyCaEOsqOLlIcZjBd9lmfQYEf3OHIhdYlsmHqBZ7DRv/w640-h318/recent-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.-cabin+off+Hwy+84.png" width="640" /></a></div>Recent photo of the cabin and corral<br /></b></span></div><br />The cabin is still there, along with the corral. The set is located just off Highway 84 along the entrance road into Ghost Ranch, about a 15-minute drive northwest from the picturesque town of Abiquiu, N.M. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrSUh5kd2ywrBsfe63Nmjw4PYWlIAaOfQ07TqCKiWzO2rEf0W4H7DhmhTZtMZ-uwCawrDxlGA4FAD_Vm9aA2j1Y5szF4WzRzSp62BVwL4SA2Y9m2_4hDGN2uD2UK7q1bpLZi5C-GwjCRR/s2756/2017-Hostiles-Ghost+Ranch-a+chimney+rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrSUh5kd2ywrBsfe63Nmjw4PYWlIAaOfQ07TqCKiWzO2rEf0W4H7DhmhTZtMZ-uwCawrDxlGA4FAD_Vm9aA2j1Y5szF4WzRzSp62BVwL4SA2Y9m2_4hDGN2uD2UK7q1bpLZi5C-GwjCRR/w640-h264/2017-Hostiles-Ghost+Ranch-a+chimney+rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Hostiles" (2017): One of Ghost Ranch's many chimney rocks<br /></b></span></div><br />"Hostiles" is an especially good showcase for northern New Mexico and the Ghost Ranch region,
because the movie is essentially one long road trip. I thought it was one of the better recent Westerns,
too. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThLk9WA0Zbm2d96-FRlraD00gAxbN1sU-HV9ZhnLKiIozzxLDEjBmac3l-J922fGRZVao8VlmtBM8amtGJ-NnKTUJ0Q6qnPQdvrVQUb-a701-M_wfnPfK0w1XRJKTicd9OdwsZx3AV5wk/s2048/recent-Ghost+Ranch-Chimney+Rock1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThLk9WA0Zbm2d96-FRlraD00gAxbN1sU-HV9ZhnLKiIozzxLDEjBmac3l-J922fGRZVao8VlmtBM8amtGJ-NnKTUJ0Q6qnPQdvrVQUb-a701-M_wfnPfK0w1XRJKTicd9OdwsZx3AV5wk/w640-h426/recent-Ghost+Ranch-Chimney+Rock1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ghost Ranch's official "Chimney Rock"<br /></b></span></div><br />Chimney rocks are among Ghost Ranch's trademark features. I believe this one is actually called "Chimney Rock."<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkXj34c-SZ3AlrD_WkwL1HLv0f7nnFYGXVMPggQg8Yy_3uHMP1yBSN25sqBWYI5hUJ0kt6_ZOeJl1z3ALOot_DcO4qWbk4JmX_zVQ5adupWB5Z3cFEBNDj5UILXuKsvxXaP13au30HX4p/s2741/1984+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Ghost+Ranch%252C+Chimney+Rock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2741" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkXj34c-SZ3AlrD_WkwL1HLv0f7nnFYGXVMPggQg8Yy_3uHMP1yBSN25sqBWYI5hUJ0kt6_ZOeJl1z3ALOot_DcO4qWbk4JmX_zVQ5adupWB5Z3cFEBNDj5UILXuKsvxXaP13au30HX4p/w640-h268/1984+%25281985%2529-Silverado-Ghost+Ranch%252C+Chimney+Rock.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Silverado": Wide shot of the Chimney Rock area<br /></b></span></div><br />"Silverado" offered its own take on the Chimney Rock formation with this wide shot.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCzBfZFThwSKLwNV5ClwQtZ6hqPppaf0GCm2pzAnm7HmIIqWBZAl0m1dW8twyX1QpSOwGi1nq5Bk08sVda41a9AEYttQcSJDkJ4YI8IEWsUoZMOIaB1GOBYXPDvVa_X6p0ySRtdaoVg1o/s2734/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Ghost+Ranch%252C+NM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2734" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCzBfZFThwSKLwNV5ClwQtZ6hqPppaf0GCm2pzAnm7HmIIqWBZAl0m1dW8twyX1QpSOwGi1nq5Bk08sVda41a9AEYttQcSJDkJ4YI8IEWsUoZMOIaB1GOBYXPDvVa_X6p0ySRtdaoVg1o/w640-h270/2011-Cowboys+and+Aliens-Ghost+Ranch%252C+NM.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Cowboys and Aliens": Terrific Ghost Ranch footage<br /></b></span></div><br />"Cowboys and Aliens" also did a nice job with its photography in the Ghost Ranch area.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGYNFWifrUxsPeYzObfU01aAZbUNkfPso987pzf-WNTTsgUbrRABiyDeW42iJ8TU8fArFmIsWh5rQ2RK5WP8q5CL6ik0RDes4nZa2Ih6a2kNksK_rSu_a4KHh1LkPEjdmzF1v7YbKgeCO/s2756/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.-buttes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGYNFWifrUxsPeYzObfU01aAZbUNkfPso987pzf-WNTTsgUbrRABiyDeW42iJ8TU8fArFmIsWh5rQ2RK5WP8q5CL6ik0RDes4nZa2Ih6a2kNksK_rSu_a4KHh1LkPEjdmzF1v7YbKgeCO/w640-h264/2016-The+Magnificent+Seven-Ghost+Ranch%252C+N.M.-buttes.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Magnificent Seven": More of those trademark Ghost Ranch buttes<br /></b></span></div><br />And so did "The Magnificent Seven." Some of these buttes may be starting to look familiar by now. <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpJlX7B-nq8nqpibYEs_DPs14zUufYBh2Y5TkHl9lhz3NPhLWmYpTQHWz3h6uMkaGjLoz9K-xi5bDUy8ojQM9FubGc-mx8g7p5njVYNADV5-lR9_Eo0Ww9fRhFZ-FXgVVnqzJ_xpAglXl/s2756/2017-Hostiles-unknown+gorge+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2756" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpJlX7B-nq8nqpibYEs_DPs14zUufYBh2Y5TkHl9lhz3NPhLWmYpTQHWz3h6uMkaGjLoz9K-xi5bDUy8ojQM9FubGc-mx8g7p5njVYNADV5-lR9_Eo0Ww9fRhFZ-FXgVVnqzJ_xpAglXl/w640-h264/2017-Hostiles-unknown+gorge+1.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Hostiles": Canyon south of Las Vegas, N.M.<br /></b></span></div><br />The
landscape of New Mexico is vast, and I'm a long way from figuring out where everything is. For example, when I first posted the above screen shot of a beautiful gorge seen in "Hostiles," I figured it was in New Mexico, but didn't know where. That mystery was solved in the comment below from David Manzanares. ... Happy trails.<br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-54123144873847486922020-12-20T18:19:00.005-08:002021-01-11T20:28:26.365-08:00Guess where the "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian" has been shooting — right here in the Santa Susana Mountains!<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFu5qZb2Vez7f6Dc3PvneJ3wwjNPEszH-39r19YzAjGlPkZf6BLryxF1WDVPQWQBR7RywuK5qPseo0NjBmjke1k1_CeU2GnjDG_lAWhhAj_5VGmJyBf0gMOEn-BDKYnJYWR-biUeupbpJy/s800/2019-The+Mandalorian-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="529" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFu5qZb2Vez7f6Dc3PvneJ3wwjNPEszH-39r19YzAjGlPkZf6BLryxF1WDVPQWQBR7RywuK5qPseo0NjBmjke1k1_CeU2GnjDG_lAWhhAj_5VGmJyBf0gMOEn-BDKYnJYWR-biUeupbpJy/w424-h640/2019-The+Mandalorian-poster.jpg" width="424" /></a></div>"The Mandalorian": The latest disturbance in the Force</b></span></div>
<br />The tourism industry in the Santa Susana Pass may be in for a boom in the near future, because we just nailed down a filming location that fans of the "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian" have been eager to find — and it's right here in the Santa Susana Mountains, tucked away between Chatsworth and Simi Valley. <br />
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<br />I received the above screen shot from the recent episode "The Tragedy" from "Mandalorian" fan Scott Lechuga, who asked whether I might recognize the location. I didn't, but I did recognize the look of the "Chatsworth Formation," a geological phenomenon that runs through the former Iverson Ranch and much of Chatsworth.<br />
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<br />After some poking around, I was able to match up the ridgeline seen in the "Mandalorian" screen shot. The filming area was along the Rocky Peak Trail, northwest of Chatsworth.<br />
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<br />Even though Rock "A" is not as well defined in this Google Maps shot as we might want it to be, it's clear that it matches "The Mandalorian," as do Rocks "B" and "C."</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJqOxpsk8LmmnoRFcgY1HIxdk1r9zl7pvF5LKW6juA6rMNQmoBbJeX77mJWMuydm926wdzIzGu9naJMAaGQ5RiiZeVVMjDpqWRr5Hz5Vh7XMQGn7D6B3U2l4xAV2ZD8csb44m5zU9OnoV/s1282/2020-The+Mandalorian+2.6-Chapter+14-The+Tragedy-Rocky+Peak+Park-Stormtroopers+19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1282" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJqOxpsk8LmmnoRFcgY1HIxdk1r9zl7pvF5LKW6juA6rMNQmoBbJeX77mJWMuydm926wdzIzGu9naJMAaGQ5RiiZeVVMjDpqWRr5Hz5Vh7XMQGn7D6B3U2l4xAV2ZD8csb44m5zU9OnoV/w640-h268/2020-The+Mandalorian+2.6-Chapter+14-The+Tragedy-Rocky+Peak+Park-Stormtroopers+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"The Tragedy": Stormtroopers romp around Rocky Peak Park</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div></div><div>Here's a shot from "The Mandalorian" showing some Stormtroopers up to no good in the mountains. This shot can be matched up with photos from the Rocky Peak filming location.</div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNnhBjO0zTwVak6KoVFmD4bUXdDn6_SZibJ4MBfwKBoxC5Eba54T2Zzln9JOQxz6_B_kfVhILA5PF2NrEWHgPm1ozRFAamHMJLU7DevC7dEHYNCwU4K940khylQ9wTO8_qX4pCEm5dkJj/s2048/2017+%25282020%2529-Google+sph-Rocky+Peak+Trail+area+looking+SW-matches+The+Mandalorian-Stormtroopers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="2048" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNnhBjO0zTwVak6KoVFmD4bUXdDn6_SZibJ4MBfwKBoxC5Eba54T2Zzln9JOQxz6_B_kfVhILA5PF2NrEWHgPm1ozRFAamHMJLU7DevC7dEHYNCwU4K940khylQ9wTO8_qX4pCEm5dkJj/w640-h368/2017+%25282020%2529-Google+sph-Rocky+Peak+Trail+area+looking+SW-matches+The+Mandalorian-Stormtroopers.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>The same background hills, viewed from the Rocky Peak Trail</b></span><br /></div></div><div><br />This photo shows the view to the southwest of the filming site, including the 118 Freeway and, beyond it, Santa Susana Pass Road, running across the frame horizontally.</div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4vqGyzyguDd_e-soIIaOrAscQL-H3wPQT0I6k18vyKSuuvKnUWbY287bqCAILRHf3PQ7Mi1khiTSCsx0nL4O0El8wg8diEVmxwVKqb9JOV7h_DBV5bc6ZIRRiXuc4Ic6FrC3r6psSZpm/s2048/2017+%25282020%2529-Google+sph-Rocky+Peak+Trail+area+looking+SW-matches+The+Mandalorian-Stormtroopers-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="2048" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4vqGyzyguDd_e-soIIaOrAscQL-H3wPQT0I6k18vyKSuuvKnUWbY287bqCAILRHf3PQ7Mi1khiTSCsx0nL4O0El8wg8diEVmxwVKqb9JOV7h_DBV5bc6ZIRRiXuc4Ic6FrC3r6psSZpm/w640-h368/2017+%25282020%2529-Google+sph-Rocky+Peak+Trail+area+looking+SW-matches+The+Mandalorian-Stormtroopers-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>Notice the background hill circled in yellow.</div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0MZa3dzbmDoOT7R9vnz7NMMtSDZiSmZtZsAFMNsj23-OH40lFPuSlevDjIy75QwvCtOxqaFmdcLasIJ132eaatV1Wkjxkel7Ovq-JxGY24EVA_Ce3aLDmGuToaTXVlAgJXbK-thGottS/s1282/2020-The+Mandalorian+2.6-Chapter+14-The+Tragedy-Rocky+Peak+Park-Stormtroopers+19-noted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1282" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0MZa3dzbmDoOT7R9vnz7NMMtSDZiSmZtZsAFMNsj23-OH40lFPuSlevDjIy75QwvCtOxqaFmdcLasIJ132eaatV1Wkjxkel7Ovq-JxGY24EVA_Ce3aLDmGuToaTXVlAgJXbK-thGottS/w640-h268/2020-The+Mandalorian+2.6-Chapter+14-The+Tragedy-Rocky+Peak+Park-Stormtroopers+19-noted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The same hill can be seen in the "Mandalorian" shot.<br /><br />
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The "Mandalorian" shooting area is located well up the Rocky Peak Trail, as indicated here. If you're planning to go check it out, be forewarned that the trail is like straight up — bring water and a strong pair of legs.<br /></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVYS8nn1xUbQyY6DBOqZN9jozjPbUFTSvOp4WR7A0CddMG8QObFjkztBofS_OOqciJc9mYf1jbghf9ZGP095xV_mvdZwtJhzUpGdhaaA0_r4IXyCqTlhbqFSLnKxfMNI15EcjBmNEIs3H/s1410/Mandalorian+thumbs-up.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1410" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVYS8nn1xUbQyY6DBOqZN9jozjPbUFTSvOp4WR7A0CddMG8QObFjkztBofS_OOqciJc9mYf1jbghf9ZGP095xV_mvdZwtJhzUpGdhaaA0_r4IXyCqTlhbqFSLnKxfMNI15EcjBmNEIs3H/w640-h502/Mandalorian+thumbs-up.png" width="640" /></a></div>Thumbs-up, Scott!</b></span><br /></div><div> </div><div>I want to give a big shout-out to Scott Lechuga for getting the ball rolling on what turned out to be a fun location hunt — and a fruitful one!</div><div> </div><div>Since we first published the filming location in December 2020, a number of "Mandalorian" fans have been making the trek to the site and are posting videos and photos that expand on the sighting. One of the best can be found below — a YouTube video first posted by All About Los Angeles — check it out!</div><div> </div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1bjb-oqBlYY" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-32104404888131738282020-12-10T09:00:00.000-08:002020-12-10T09:55:34.175-08:00Rare photo from Bison Archives redefines what we knowabout the history of the Iverson Movie Ranch<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The photo that rewrote Iverson Movie Ranch history</b></span> </div>
<br />A photo surfaced recently from the depths of the incredible Bison
Archives that just about made my head explode — in a good way — as it instantly changed what we know about the early history of the Iverson
Movie Ranch.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Linda Arvidson, aka Linda Griffith, as "Everyman"</b></span> </div>
<br />The photo is believed to be a still from the long-lost and
long-forgotten 1913 silent movie "Everyman," which stars Linda Arvidson
in the title role. That's right: Linda plays a man in the movie —
Everyman.<br />
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<b><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linda Arvidson — One of Hollywood's earliest stars</span></b></b> </div>
<br />Arvidson, also known as Linda Griffith, was married to D.W. Griffith from 1906-1936, and became one of the fledgling movie
industry's first screen stars. Linda and D.W. were separated at the time "Everyman" was produced, and the famed director was not involved with the movie.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Kinemacolor ad running in Moving Picture World, 1913<br /></b></span></div><p>The movie was released by Kinemacolor — and the company's odd name accurately conveys its business model. Kinemacolor was a pioneer in color processing and was producing color movies more than 100 years ago.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYLfVDm1UBXA2GuBDT5vcFMUlpW-Ti8Bu_KVtUBuZgUwZ6H9vQJz7jo5v7sjMn0MIXVYEJQqMOjTEey6u7jv-ZuFISXQB3Hk5cvephBVl2AcFRXwSQ6WujieE9oNwzWJ0eIudLtOorjxn/s559/1908-Two+Clowns-Kinemacolor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="559" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYLfVDm1UBXA2GuBDT5vcFMUlpW-Ti8Bu_KVtUBuZgUwZ6H9vQJz7jo5v7sjMn0MIXVYEJQqMOjTEey6u7jv-ZuFISXQB3Hk5cvephBVl2AcFRXwSQ6WujieE9oNwzWJ0eIudLtOorjxn/w640-h460/1908-Two+Clowns-Kinemacolor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>"Two Clowns" (1908): An example of Kinemacolor's early color film process<br /></b></span></div><p>The film version of "Everyman" was apparently lost, so we don't know what it looked like. But the above shot from the movie "Two Clowns" gives us a glimpse of the Kinemacolor process all the way back in 1908.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnIRd-BebzVXTCF0r_ZD9wnybkGLYET1rwr72KzwgxFMZeMX1IoXSy0L2yKFPPuHyjp0TCFhBj3BE89eEwOXovN7tlNu466DvwMZVBoeyrdntRvKFfvn7UbX6HuVjmimQv_IixeUhneGF/s2048/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx+and+Tower+Rock%252C+Cactus+Hill-Kinemacolor-dir%252C+David+Miles-Linda+Arvidson-photo+courtesy+of+Bison+Archives-noted+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnIRd-BebzVXTCF0r_ZD9wnybkGLYET1rwr72KzwgxFMZeMX1IoXSy0L2yKFPPuHyjp0TCFhBj3BE89eEwOXovN7tlNu466DvwMZVBoeyrdntRvKFfvn7UbX6HuVjmimQv_IixeUhneGF/w502-h640/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx+and+Tower+Rock%252C+Cactus+Hill-Kinemacolor-dir%252C+David+Miles-Linda+Arvidson-photo+courtesy+of+Bison+Archives-noted+2.png" width="502" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>"Everyman": The first proof of filming on the Iverson Ranch prior to 1917<br /></b></span></div><p>The
fact that "Everyman" can no longer be viewed intensifies the historical importance of the Bison Archives
photo, which confirms for the first time that movies were being made on the Iverson Ranch by
1913. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RAd72Ax7GHS4IhwW_la-1aN04arClYGKDaAPMhGdbzhwCEH2t_PJpuLqm8mzhGdJSeA0J_cC-wZxPrUBXB0llT6ukNbyWzap2KT3yJTtNgF9cyFj1PY22Ar1k9L_p-gTIzrwZJNVrg2T/s2048/1888-Karl+and+Augusta+Iverson-wedding+photo.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1434" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RAd72Ax7GHS4IhwW_la-1aN04arClYGKDaAPMhGdbzhwCEH2t_PJpuLqm8mzhGdJSeA0J_cC-wZxPrUBXB0llT6ukNbyWzap2KT3yJTtNgF9cyFj1PY22Ar1k9L_p-gTIzrwZJNVrg2T/w448-h640/1888-Karl+and+Augusta+Iverson-wedding+photo.jpeg" width="448" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Karl and Augusta Iverson (1888): Founders of the Iverson Movie Ranch</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div>I've always kind of figured that was the case, since
word-of-mouth from the Iverson family — not always a reliable source —
has consistently adhered to the story that filming began on the ranch
around 1912 or 1913.<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroykNlE9Bj-DF9Rw2r3J7mJwNDNzmRSFJinr_bKzSv6xbVqgNh6RcJ2baK2rAmwGNrr9oAVSJmT0oeUBIhMRuKO9Jkja4I-_zE6koTP6HhGvu27lmor2W1x8Hh3A3Jgg3NG1OyuWmNjWH/s2048/1917-Silent+Man-D-Train-William+S+Hart-Vola+Vale.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroykNlE9Bj-DF9Rw2r3J7mJwNDNzmRSFJinr_bKzSv6xbVqgNh6RcJ2baK2rAmwGNrr9oAVSJmT0oeUBIhMRuKO9Jkja4I-_zE6koTP6HhGvu27lmor2W1x8Hh3A3Jgg3NG1OyuWmNjWH/w640-h480/1917-Silent+Man-D-Train-William+S+Hart-Vola+Vale.png" width="640" /></a></div><b>"The Silent Man" (1917): William S. Hart and Vola Vale on the Iverson Ranch</b></span><br /> </div>But as a historian, I need to see proof. And
until the "Everyman" photo surfaced, the earliest proof I had of filming
at Iverson went back only as far as 1917, when "<a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/12/silent-movie-cowboy-william-s-hart.html" target="_blank">The Silent Man</a>" and
a few other surviving films were shot.<br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The same location in 2020</b></span> </div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I went to the site recently to see whether it was still possible to duplicate the shot. It was harder than I expected — things had shifted around a bit since 1913 — but I came reasonably close.<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqWoeuwV-iLkWpR_CjzGB-opPqJkd6BCLrvji7qn0aCOXAYBj_Ux9VIYjWH9gDnOVqisaC3VL38xCGe9N4KrzrrzXix9BlpacOmx2tXeTPPOMQ_reVb28xrorTUExVQjXzbnOm40W0KSQ/s2048/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx+and+Tower+Rock%252C+Cactus+Hill-Kinemacolor-dir%252C+David+Miles-Linda+Arvidson-photo+courtesy+of+Bison+Archives-noted+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqWoeuwV-iLkWpR_CjzGB-opPqJkd6BCLrvji7qn0aCOXAYBj_Ux9VIYjWH9gDnOVqisaC3VL38xCGe9N4KrzrrzXix9BlpacOmx2tXeTPPOMQ_reVb28xrorTUExVQjXzbnOm40W0KSQ/w502-h640/1913-Everyman-PS-IR-Sphinx+and+Tower+Rock%252C+Cactus+Hill-Kinemacolor-dir%252C+David+Miles-Linda+Arvidson-photo+courtesy+of+Bison+Archives-noted+3.png" width="502" /></a></div>Shrubbery dominates the area in 1913<br /></b></span><br /></div>I was amused to find out that the lush foliage at the bottom of the 1913 photo is still there in 2020. Not the same plants, of course, but presumably some descendants of those plants from more than a century ago.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Laurel sumac</b></span></div>
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I hear from people who know more than I do that these plants are laurel sumac, which is prominently distributed throughout much of Southern California — and is currently running rampant all over the former Iverson Ranch.<br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb4pAShbajac1gRApOdbJ4MSIxeTus_6-iQ1yEy9o2BcvKJuwloqdLMhD7lPH9A3Mw1NRl7dBekamoMPZU32KdYiF3VSAqgAi-rxp7bmqBGNLGNlpz2U7HTX2D6p0G1pCd2kAXLzJnp-7/s2048/2020-GoG+Heights-laurel+sumac-somewhat+of+a+match+for+1913+photo-0301.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb4pAShbajac1gRApOdbJ4MSIxeTus_6-iQ1yEy9o2BcvKJuwloqdLMhD7lPH9A3Mw1NRl7dBekamoMPZU32KdYiF3VSAqgAi-rxp7bmqBGNLGNlpz2U7HTX2D6p0G1pCd2kAXLzJnp-7/w640-h502/2020-GoG+Heights-laurel+sumac-somewhat+of+a+match+for+1913+photo-0301.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The same foliage remains in place on the Iverson Movie Ranch in 2020 </b></span></div>
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A wider shot from my recent visit to the site shows that the laurel sumac also remains prominent in the part of the Garden of the Gods where the "Everyman" photo was taken. That's all laurel sumac in the foreground.</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeigdZGDwgLA-rkXcD8pBu16tNgbGF7yg8eLfrhZcEFp_w6aR3-DW4iw2FQrrYObcVm5XylNWiZ0bkEPsDBfYMl8hMGkFdepy6KpYnOk8JxIRbbj-skXZwZMky5Um9AQlMXhyphenhyphenEC7ShPK0/s2048/1908-The+Adventures+of+Dollie-title+card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeigdZGDwgLA-rkXcD8pBu16tNgbGF7yg8eLfrhZcEFp_w6aR3-DW4iw2FQrrYObcVm5XylNWiZ0bkEPsDBfYMl8hMGkFdepy6KpYnOk8JxIRbbj-skXZwZMky5Um9AQlMXhyphenhyphenEC7ShPK0/w640-h476/1908-The+Adventures+of+Dollie-title+card.png" width="640" /></a></div>"The Adventures of Dollie" (1908): One of almost 150 D.W. Griffith-Linda Arvidson collaborations</b></span> <br /></div><div> </div><div>Linda Arvidson is an unfairly overlooked figure in early Hollywood. She worked with her husband on close to 150 movies, going back to "The Adventures of Dollie" in 1908 — the first movie D.W. Griffith directed.</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEixvxARZJs8RdvAf0X7Sme42Fe-PwYXW0v1uwbcp1j3cq5njx7p3OaaXGiqgA7ejJyghyphenhyphen6MCJGlzbdMwsfkAxQ0OKEOAxsIjGpQ5qUlSQ0M3BRfCQgYPM05FXQzTqa2OTQwMceE04gWS/s785/1910s+%2528ca%2529-Kinemacolor+projector.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="785" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEixvxARZJs8RdvAf0X7Sme42Fe-PwYXW0v1uwbcp1j3cq5njx7p3OaaXGiqgA7ejJyghyphenhyphen6MCJGlzbdMwsfkAxQ0OKEOAxsIjGpQ5qUlSQ0M3BRfCQgYPM05FXQzTqa2OTQwMceE04gWS/w640-h470/1910s+%2528ca%2529-Kinemacolor+projector.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Early Kinemacolor projector</b></span> <br /></div><div> </div><div>But by the time Griffith and Arvidson were transitioning to the West Coast, their marriage had fizzled out and they were following divergent paths. They separated in 1912, just as Griffith's star was on the rise at Biograph, and Arvidson hitched her wagon to Kinemacolor.</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwHd-aM1XE387jloxaMoH70h5yW3OWrFVD9-ZJceLX361Lc0_d7bmkrwg4b1S0mrp2Qkb0cIdluVz8TC3dT1kusdwvftKvydA1tXxQp09J5Nq7AIgm-xZHkzYZ-IlFjUuGGiV-tgUhzWJ/s1000/1915-The+Birth+of+a+Nation-poster+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwHd-aM1XE387jloxaMoH70h5yW3OWrFVD9-ZJceLX361Lc0_d7bmkrwg4b1S0mrp2Qkb0cIdluVz8TC3dT1kusdwvftKvydA1tXxQp09J5Nq7AIgm-xZHkzYZ-IlFjUuGGiV-tgUhzWJ/w430-h640/1915-The+Birth+of+a+Nation-poster+2.jpg" width="430" /></a></div>"The Birth of a Nation" (D.W. Griffith, 1915)</b></span> <br /></div><div> </div><div><div>Griffith went on to become one of the most influential
filmmakers in the history of the industry, although his legacy has been tainted by his warm embrace of
the Ku Klux Klan in his 1915 opus "The Birth of a Nation."</div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk84eim6z2lJbGmTZZmW74rmIgQcnymVr8EXgxxer0idYmNEdR5F6PzsuqTuLyyldkqm0uDxB-cuUtv8NGyrr_w8dZZZZOIhAYQAO1ntyNuvMl0Nmf9XY5jzPBv2s0DoPXov46bMSTxh86/s792/1913-The+Scarlet+Letter-Linda+Arvidson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="792" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk84eim6z2lJbGmTZZmW74rmIgQcnymVr8EXgxxer0idYmNEdR5F6PzsuqTuLyyldkqm0uDxB-cuUtv8NGyrr_w8dZZZZOIhAYQAO1ntyNuvMl0Nmf9XY5jzPBv2s0DoPXov46bMSTxh86/w640-h502/1913-The+Scarlet+Letter-Linda+Arvidson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Linda Arvidson in "The Scarlet Letter" (Kinemacolor, 1913)</b></span> <br /></div><div><br /></div>Arvidson's career, meanwhile, was rapidly winding down. She appeared in just a handful of additional films before quitting acting in 1916.<div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifDbpo5cCbixdVNEsadAXg2oaEosPj-P8OJGfFtIft5z0Ft1WdpvqPZQlqtA2yecyaoX0pyxoDvOrysAXI2TIdQ3gCdyEWWLU6tlO919mSPQmBO6swNaXOHuc35V4nvuQFxEkC1mCu2Jv/s1600/1916-Charity-ad-written+by+Linda+Arvidson+Griffith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1255" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifDbpo5cCbixdVNEsadAXg2oaEosPj-P8OJGfFtIft5z0Ft1WdpvqPZQlqtA2yecyaoX0pyxoDvOrysAXI2TIdQ3gCdyEWWLU6tlO919mSPQmBO6swNaXOHuc35V4nvuQFxEkC1mCu2Jv/w502-h640/1916-Charity-ad-written+by+Linda+Arvidson+Griffith.jpg" width="502" /></a></div>"Charity" (1916): Screenplay by Linda Arvidson </b></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Arvidson, who sometimes billed herself as Linda A. Griffith, also wrote screenplays, including "Charity," in which she also starred. Released in October 1916, the Mutual Film feature marked her final screen role.<div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXr9Gq-luG-JsTje0YlZWvNn9tN9IeFr1OiGrKbo0Lsq80z0bRe2NJoevwxy7MQLxR0kjN24CsCnCCTadRJqN9msyxs1f-OAOJCGlshxqZoc4qCVEO__gfYgESRzBvb7QrTO42XTUWIlz/s472/when+the+movies+were+young-linda+arvidson+griffith-book+cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="318" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXr9Gq-luG-JsTje0YlZWvNn9tN9IeFr1OiGrKbo0Lsq80z0bRe2NJoevwxy7MQLxR0kjN24CsCnCCTadRJqN9msyxs1f-OAOJCGlshxqZoc4qCVEO__gfYgESRzBvb7QrTO42XTUWIlz/w432-h640/when+the+movies+were+young-linda+arvidson+griffith-book+cover.jpg" width="432" /></a></div>"When the Movies Were Young," first published in 1925</b></span> <br /></div><div><br /></div>It
wasn't until 1936 that Arvidson and Griffith officially divorced, when
Griffith decided to remarry. In the interim, Arvidson published a
well-regarded account of early Hollywood in her memoir, "When the Movies
Were Young."</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJWFsSd9ynCfTI7V5cE6A1fz_8kVfhSAPdvFgg9AaB-3JiQRju-tNLOlIIXP6SwTWBeNGVOQqmGz5w6oewhnfn8hyphenhyphenPTx2rC_fU-9TR7NKHq9mrM3u32BG2P57PtQwzmx3i179_e7iHN4C/s2048/Locations+1913+Iverson+Ranch+Kinemacolor+%2527Everyman%2527+dir%252C+David+Miles%252C+Linda+Arvidson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJWFsSd9ynCfTI7V5cE6A1fz_8kVfhSAPdvFgg9AaB-3JiQRju-tNLOlIIXP6SwTWBeNGVOQqmGz5w6oewhnfn8hyphenhyphenPTx2rC_fU-9TR7NKHq9mrM3u32BG2P57PtQwzmx3i179_e7iHN4C/w502-h640/Locations+1913+Iverson+Ranch+Kinemacolor+%2527Everyman%2527+dir%252C+David+Miles%252C+Linda+Arvidson.jpg" width="502" /></a></div>Linda Arvidson on the Iverson Movie Ranch, no later than 1913</b></span> <br /></div><div> </div><div>Because "Everyman," like the rest of Kinemacolor's output, has been lost, nailing down the origin of the photo can be tricky. But we know it's
Linda Arvidson and is a Kinemacolor photo, and Arvidson made her last
movie for Kinemacolor in 1913.</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGIginBPjhWJ5SGh8NYfZX64wLU7cpfKJn-08nutzjx4lHeBcPeUOJ6g78JM-fE-laRtlV0G2UR4f9UGA3yHQRSkhnBP3BUGE0QaN5tIXonHCh-iKFYf1fczWYHmlMKYIYI7dgSKpMCFm/s1600/1913+%25281914%2529-Judith+of+Bethulia-12+Apostles-noted.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGIginBPjhWJ5SGh8NYfZX64wLU7cpfKJn-08nutzjx4lHeBcPeUOJ6g78JM-fE-laRtlV0G2UR4f9UGA3yHQRSkhnBP3BUGE0QaN5tIXonHCh-iKFYf1fczWYHmlMKYIYI7dgSKpMCFm/w640-h480/1913+%25281914%2529-Judith+of+Bethulia-12+Apostles-noted.png" width="640" /></a></div>"Judith of Bethulia" (D.W. Griffith, 1914): Filmed in Chatsworth in 1912-1913</b></span> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Coincidentally, around the same time Arvidson was filming on the Iverson Ranch, her estranged husband was also making movies in Chatsworth. A few miles to the south, in the Lake Manor area, D.W. Griffith was at work on "Judith of Bethulia" in 1912 and early 1913, a shoot that you can read about in <a href="https://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2019/08/twelve-apostles-and-two-pioneers-dw.html" target="_blank">this post from 2019</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7