The
original movie 3:10 to Yuma was shot on the ranch with Glenn Ford, Van
Heflin, and Felicia Farr.
Duel in
the Sun with Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotton, and Jennifer Jones was shot on the
ranch
The Japanese Consul General and his entourage who were captured in Honolulu after the Pearl Harbor attack were brought to the ranch and interned here for the duration of the war.
21 adults, and children.
Portions
of the TV series High Chapparal were shot on the ranch.
During
the filming of Stagecoach, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash
stayed on the ranch.
Steve
McQueen and Jodie McQueen used to stay on the ranch, and Jodie performed
trick shooting for the guests.
Dorothy
McLeod (then general manager) was the stunt double for Dorothy Mackaill in
the movie “mine with the iron door”. Circa 1927
The
boulders were formed from a granite intrusion of Texas Canyon Monzanite,
with freeze/thaw and wind erosion.
The ranch
was the site of Cochise’ winter camp
The rock
in the saloon was originally in the courtyard of the main ranch house.
The house burned down in the 30s, and the saloon was built around the rock
in the 70s.
Interstate 10 was built across the ranch, and a livestock tunnel was
constructed under I-10 for access to the acreage on the north side of I-10.
The ranch
is approximately 160 acres.
The
science fiction book “The Ancient Ones” by Lori Hines was written about the
ranch, and has Linda Kelly (aka Melissa) as one of the prime characters.