tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post3228105237174447429..comments2024-03-26T02:25:20.305-07:00Comments on Iverson Movie Ranch: Unsolved mysteries of the Iverson Movie RanchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-75082626978013673522018-07-14T06:04:29.735-07:002018-07-14T06:04:29.735-07:00The "Rip Van Winkle" location looks like...The "Rip Van Winkle" location looks like the area just west of Kuehner Drive immediately after it crosses over the railroad tracks, on the north side of Santa Susana Park. There is a group of rocks there between Susana Woods Prestige Mobile Homes and Kuehner Drive. I have seen this area used in several westerns. Can't recall the titles, but there is a cave and a rock tunnel as well. The 1922 "Madge Bellamy" pic looks like the same location area.Does it Matter?https://www.blogger.com/profile/12194594694991161344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-3052805677004724652017-12-12T13:24:08.758-08:002017-12-12T13:24:08.758-08:00Thanks for your comment on the "double line o...Thanks for your comment on the "double line of trees," Brenda. You make a good point about the farming. I've always been a little perplexed by that big flat area occupying much of the Brandeis property. The double line of trees is mainly higher up, and next to an area that did have some farming, including apparently some groves of trees stretching west from the vertical lines of trees.<br /><br />From what I can gather by going over old aerials and movie shots, it appears that the double line of trees and the farming both got started around the same time, in the 1930s, and were going strong by 1938. I believe the Brandeis family got the property from the Johnsons (the homesteaders) in 1929, so the farming and tree planting would have taken place under Brandeis ownership, as you suggest.<br /><br />I know the two lines of trees had a road running between them, which was apparently an easement heading north to what I believe was the George Jones homestead — north of the Frank Reposo homestead, which became the Upper Iverson in the mid-1930s. George Jones is not the country singer, but a Chatsworth homesteader with the same name. The stone foundation of the old George Jones cabin is still up there, north of what today is the Indian Falls Estates.<br /><br />There's still a lot of fascinating history to be figured out up that way.<br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />-SNSwami Nanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917532765036907178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-15881168432825335052017-12-12T12:42:39.827-08:002017-12-12T12:42:39.827-08:00I've been kind of leaning that way too, Bill ....I've been kind of leaning that way too, Bill ... especially since I can't find the Mystery Man rocks at Iverson. I know it's hard to find individual rocks at Lone Pine, because that place is so big. Maybe some of you Lone Pine aficionados reading the blog feel like taking on the challenge!<br />Good luck ...Swami Nanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917532765036907178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-34995160841131604582017-12-12T08:42:51.118-08:002017-12-12T08:42:51.118-08:00OOPS! I'm talking about the Mystery Man rocks!...OOPS! I'm talking about the Mystery Man rocks!Wild Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-4034721944563891382017-12-12T08:41:05.568-08:002017-12-12T08:41:05.568-08:00I'm just an old Limey who's never been to ...I'm just an old Limey who's never been to the Iverson, but I have spent two days wandering round the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine. I'd put a fistful of dollars on these rocks being Lone Piners. The shot has the atmosphere of the place.Wild Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306223274540306366.post-63558399584672886982017-12-12T07:47:54.585-08:002017-12-12T07:47:54.585-08:00Regarding the "double line of trees" it ...Regarding the "double line of trees" it was most likely a windbreak planted intentionally by the Brandeis Ranch. It appears to be next to a former, flat field that could have been farmed as grass hay, or some sort of crop. Just my guess!Brenda M. Negrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286290075169347984noreply@blogger.com