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W.K. Kellogg had a longtime interest in Arabian horses, and purchased 377 acres (1.5 km 2) for $250,000 in Pomona, California, to establish a ranch. After erecting the first buildings, Kellogg funded the development of an Arabian horse breeding program, which (as of 2008) remains the oldest in the United States and the fifth largest in the country.
The Happy Bottom Riding Club (1935–1953), was a dude ranch, restaurant, and hotel operated by aviator Florence "Pancho" Barnes near Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley of California's Mojave Desert. [N 1] [1] Barnes and her club were featured in Tom Wolfe's 1979 book, The Right Stuff, and its 1983 film adaptation.
Ridgewood Ranch is a large ranch situated 7 miles (11 km) south of Willits, California, in rural Mendocino County. It is probably best known for being the final resting place of the racehorse Seabiscuit .
B Bar H Ranch, California is an unincorporated area [3] with cultural and historical features and is a residential community in Riverside County, California. B Bar H Ranch is located between Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs in the Seven Palms Valley. [2] [1] California Home Town Locator states the B Bar H Ranch Latitude is 33.9102927 and ...
Spahn Ranch, also known as the Spahn Movie Ranch, was a 55-acre (22.3 ha) movie ranch in Los Angeles, California. For a period it was used as a ranch, dairy farm and later movie set during the era of westerns. After a decline in use for filming by the 1950s, its owner George Spahn established a stable for renting horses for riding on the varied ...
Dos Vientos Ranch — Hidden Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains. Hidden Valley is a valley in the Santa Monica Mountains, in southeastern Ventura County, Southern California. [1] The unincorporated community in the valley is an equestrian ranch community with single family houses on 20-acre or more (8.1 ha) parcels of land. Residents rely on ...
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
HABS No. CA-2347-E, "Desert Queen Ranch, North House" HABS No. CA-2347-F, "Desert Queen Ranch, Tack House" HABS No. CA-2347-G, "Desert Queen Ranch, South House" HABS No. CA-2347-H, "Desert Queen Ranch, Machine Shop" Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-111, "Desert Queen Ranch" HAER No. CA-111-A, "Desert Queen Ranch, One Stamp ...