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The Ranch
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HISTORY
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CColonisation
The first attempt by Anglo-Americans to
establish a permanent settlement was made on 7 June 1858. The story
of Kanab's first two decades is one of a series of unsuccessful
efforts at colonization, each discouraged by attacks from hostile
Native American tribes who were clearly opposed to white settlement
of the area. Originally, the area was considered suitable for cattle
raising. But equally important was the extension of Mormon dominion
into northern Arizona. (Utah History Encyclopedia)
The little stone house featured on the right is the last of 3 and
was the residence of one of the three wives of a previous owner.
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The old
house by the lake
It had been build on top of a
spring in order to be able to reach for water in case of
eventual Indian attacks during the 1800's
Since then rot and
decay
took over the old dwelling |
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Today only the chimney is what is
left of this witness of the past ...
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1921 Kanab
Kanab, Utah, is a city celebrated
for its breathtaking scenery, temperate climate, and
sturdy settlers. A sort of oasis in the surrounding
desert environment, Kanab's wide, tree-lined streets and
substantial architecture create a favorable atmosphere.
The word "Kanab" comes from a
Paiute Indian word KHAN meaning "willow
basket used to carry an infant on its mother's back.
Kanab:
the begining:
Jacob
Hamblin played a key role in negotiations with the Native Americans
that eventually opened up the area to white occupation. LDS Church
President Brigham Young appointed Hamblin president of the Santa
Clara Indian Mission on 4 August 1857. Hamblin organized a series of
expeditions to the Paiute, the Moquis, and the Navajo to negotiate
terms of peacefully sharing the land. Nevertheless, through the
1860s raids and confrontations occurred regularly between the two
groups. Initial attempts at settlement of Kanab included a fort
built in 1864-65 (soon vacated), another in 1868, and a third
attempt in 1870 by a colony of
seventeen settlers who came to the area from
Cottonwood, south of Salt Lake City.
During the summer of 1870,
the fort at Kanab was described as a bustling center of activity. It
became the focal point for local pioneering, missionary work, and
exploration, and was also a relief point, trading-post, and base of
operations for the Geological Survey. President Young visited the
fort in April 1870 to bless the land and set it apart for the
gathering of the Saints. He made the decision to stock the country
with cattle, sheep, and horses. Within months, the town site was
surveyed and town lots were distributed among the local families.
The next day the Mormons organized a ward; in September the group
built a schoolhouse
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The name of Cave Lakes Canyon (Discovery)
January 25 1873, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh,
(1853-1935) from the Colorado River Expedition led by John Wesley
Powell, came in this area to complete the discovery of this unknown
region
Dellenbaugh, a mapper /writer/ photograph for
the John Wesley Powell expedition through southern Utah
marked their passage in this area by engraving
his name on the wall of one of the numerous caves with a
lake they had discovered in this beautiful canyon south
of Kanab, JK Killers made
a picture of this cave that was printed
(Page 349) in
his 399 page book:
"
The Romance of the
Colorado River".
See the book on Google Books (click on icon to enlarge)
 Thirty
two years after that great adventure, Dellenbaugh's
book, published in 1902, with 200 pictures, records the
courageous deeds of men in frail boats who faced the
force of a great river and its raging rapids.
Chapter seven, page 204 he describes " A trip
from Kanab through unknown territory and the discovery
of
a Cave Lakes Canyon"-
Edition by GP Putman's sons, New York & London, 1902.
He named the picture :
"A
cave lake
in a sandstone Cliff near Kanab, South Utah"
 When
he was barely 17 years old, Fred Samuel.Dellenbaugh joined
the daring expedition with Major Powell, that mapped and
described the last great stretch of unknown land in the
continental United States - the Grand Canyon and the area
drained by the mighty Colorado.
Thirty two years after that great
adventure, Dellenbaugh's book, published in 1902, with 200
pictures, records the courageous deeds of men in frail boats
who faced the force of a great river and its raging rapids.
Chapter seven, page 204 he describes " A trip from Kanab
through unknown territory and the discovery of
a Cave Lakes Canyon"..
Edition by GP
Putman's sons, New York & London, 1902.
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Kanab (Suite)
In his book "Canyon Voyage," Frederick Dellanbaugh, described Kanab
"The village which had been started only a year or two was laid out
in the characteristic Mormon style, with wide streets and regular
lots, fenced by wattling willows between stakes. Irrigation ditches
ran down each side of every street. The entire settlement had a
thrifty air as is the case with the Mormons. Not a grog-shop or
gambling saloon, or dance hall was to be seen; ordinarily the usual
disgraceful accompaniments of the frontier town." (Utah
History Encyclopedia)
Powell's group wintered at Kanab, Utah, and busied themselves making
a detailed topographic map of the area. Dellenbaugh's personal
travels encompassed much of the area surrounding Kanab including the
Kaibab Plateau, Hurricane Mesa, Markagunt Plateau overlooking Zion
National Park, and the edge of the Grand Canyon near Toroweap
Valley.
Although the railroad never came as far south and east as Kanab, the
Deseret Telegraph line came to town in 1871 and connected the area
to the rest of the world.
A visitor to Kanab
one year later described the struggles of the desert
town:
"The grasshoppers had taken
part of the wheat that was growing. The crop was
light at the best, having been planted with a lick
and a promise and not watered until too late to have
a satisfactory stand." Because of the difficulty in
working the land, the locals decided to organize
cooperatively for farming. The group farm was
located south of the town and included 120 acres of
corn, cane, and other food products. In 1881
President John Taylor of the LDS Church called James
Guthiar and Ruben Broadbent to move to Kanab to
build a grist mill in Kanab Canyon, three miles
north of town.
During the 1890's, Zadok K. Judd built a small grist mill on his own
property to the east of Kanab. Later in 1915 a group of investors
built a third major grist mill.
Most Kanab residents today are LDS.
Other churches include the Catholic Church of St. Christopher,
Victory Baptist Church, United Church of Kanab, New Hope Bible
Church, and a Jehovah's Witnesses Assembly Hall.
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Movie Production
Kanab:"The Little Hollywood"
Famous author Zane Grey wrote his first
successful books here and this attracted a Tom Mix.
film production crew
at the
beginning of the silent movies era in
1924. Tom Mix shoot
"Deadwood Coach,"
with the Vermillion Cliffs as a backdrop.
. Meanwhile, blight had struck the grasslands
making cattle unprofitable. The town of Kanab was dying. The Parry
brothers who had helped make the film decided to market the town to
Hollywood and shot photos by plane and on horseback of every
conceivable shooting location. Cave Lakes Canyon was favored many
times for shooting location ..
Hollywood bit on the idea, and movie making became a huge boom for
the town. Townspeople did everything from driving trucks to act in
bit parts and made in a day what their other jobs paid in a week.
This income allowed townspeople to pay grocery bills and taxes
sometimes years past due. For the first time, every youngster was
able to afford to go to school.
"It's a little Hollywood all on its own,"
said director William Wellman, "Every beard and blonde is catalogued
in a casting directory for the convenience of visiting movie
makers." Another director commented, "Any place else, we have to
start from scratch. Here we don't. The people, the stock, everything
we need - all are trained and ready. Kanab became a hub of
filmmaking activity during the golden era of Western films in the
1940's and 50's. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "How the West
Was Won", "Mackenna's Gold", "The Outlaw Josie Wales", "The
Apple Dumpling Gang" and many more
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the 70's " Planet of the apes" scenes were shot close to Cave Lakes
Canyon entrance..
Kanab has
been the site of over 92 feature length films as well as several
hundred TV shows. Besides the scenery which hasn't changed much
since most of
 it
is protected in the form of National and State Parks and Monuments,
the Lone Ranger's perch still sits in Kanab Canyon and the Gunsmoke
sets as well as other sets are still lovingly maintained by the
people of Kanab.
Locals hired as actors
Lew Applegate,
the town barber, doubled in brass as an actor. He was a natural!
City Council Members worked as horse wranglers. Mayor Verne
Lindquist chauffeured movie directors. The Sheriff George Swapp
doubled on screen as a camp cook. Bishops from the Mormon church
even suspended their duties to work as cowboys, stunt riders, or
even Indians!
Some famous actors from films made here
John Wayne, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Anthony
Quinn, Maureeen O'Hara, Don Ameche, Linda Darnell, John Carradine,
Russell Simpson, Chief Thundercloud, Burl Ives, Audie Murphy,
Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Lloyd Bridges,
Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy
Davis Jr., Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, James Garner, Jack
Nicholson, George Hamilton, George Peppard, James (Jimmy) Stewart,
Raquel Welch, Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Burt Reynolds, Jodie
Foster, Clint Eastwood, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Richard Burton,
Dennis Weaver, Roy Rogers, Ronald Reagan, and many many more!
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List of films:
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Deadwood Coach
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1924, Tom Mix
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| The Big
Trail
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1930, Raoul Walsh,
John Wayne |
| Dude
Ranger |
1934, George
O'Brien
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| Ramona |
1936, Lorreta
Young, Don Ameche |
| The
Bad-Man of Brimstone
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1937, Wallace
Beery, Dennis O'Keefe |
| The Lone
Ranger
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1938, Lee Poweel,
Chief Thundercloud |
| Drums
Along the Mohawks
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1939, John Ford,
Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Ward Bond |
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Stagecoach |
1939, John Ford,
John Wayne, claire Trevor, Yakima Canutt |
| Union
Pacific
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1939, Cecil B.
DeMille, Joel McCrea, Barbasra Stanwyck |
| Brigham
Young, Frontiersman |
1940, Tyrone Power,
Dean Jagger, Vincent Price, Linda Darnell |
| Billy the
Kid
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1941, Robert
Taylor, Chill Wills |
| Arabian
Nights
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1942, Sabu, Leif
Erickson |
| In Old
Oklahoma or War of the Wildcats |
1943, John Wayne,
Martha Scott |
| My Friend
Flicka
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1943, Roddy
McDowall |
| Can't Help
Singing
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1944 Deanna
Durbin, Robert Paige. Akim Tamiroff, Thomas Gomez, and David
Bruce. |
| Buffalo
Bill |
1944, Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell,
Anthony Quinn |
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Thunderhead, Son of Flicka |
1945, Preston
Foster, Roddy McDowall, Rita Johnson |
| Ramrod |
1947, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake,
Preston Foster, Lloyd Bridges |
| Slave
Girl |
1947, Yvonne De
Carlo, Broderick Crawford, Any Devine |
| Thunder in
the Valley
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1947 Lon
McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner |
| Black
Bart |
1948, Yvonne De
Carlo, Dan Duryea, John McIntire |
| Green
Grass of Wyoming
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1948, Charles
Covurn, Peggy Cummings, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives |
| The Big
Cat |
1949, Preston
Foster, Forest Tucker |
| Calamity
Jane and Sam Bass |
1949. Yvonne De
Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart |
| Red
Canyon |
Howard Duff, Ann
Blyth
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| The
Outriders
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1950, Joel Mcrea,
Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan |
| Sierra |
1950, Audie Murphy,
Dean Jagger, Burl Ives |
| Cattle
Drive |
Joel Mcrea, Dean
Jagger, Burl Ives |
| Oh,
Susanna |
Rod Comron, Forrest
Tucker, |
| No Place
to Ride
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1955 |
| Ghost
Town |
1956 Kent Taylor,
John Smith, Marian Carr |
| Jubal |
1956, Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine,Jack
Elam
Rod Steiger, Charles Bronson, |
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Quinncannon, Frontier Scout The Rainmaker |
1956, Burt Lancaster, Katherine Hepbern,
Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Wendell Corey
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| the Dalton
Girls
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1957 , Merry
Anders, Lisa Davis, Penny Edwards |
| Girl in
Black Stackings |
1957, Howard W. Koch, Lex Barker,
Anne Brancroft, Mamie Van Doren |
| Revolt at
Fort Laramie
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1957 , John Dehner,
Gregg Palmer, Frances Helm |
| Tomahawk
Trail
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1957, Chuck
Connors
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| War Drums |
1957, Lex Bark, Ben
Tucker, Chill Wolls |
| Bugles in
the Afternoon
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1952, Ray Milland,
Forrest Tucker |
| The Lion
and the Horse
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1952, Steve
Cochran
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| Westward
the Women
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1952 Robert Taylor,
Denise Darrel, John McIntire |
| The Pony
Express
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1953, Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming,
Forrest Tucker, Jan Sterling |
| Ride,
Vaquero!
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1953, Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner,
Anthony Quinn,Howard Kill,ack Elam |
| The Yellow
Tomahawk
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Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Lee Van Cleef,
Rito Moreno, Noah Beery, Peter Graves
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| Bandit in
Black
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1955 Peter
Graves, Joan Taylor |
| Fort Yuma |
1955, Peter Graves,
Joan Taylor |
| The
BadLanders
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1958, Alan Ladd,
Ernest Bergnine, Katy Jurado |
| Fort
Bowie |
1958, Howard W.
Koch, Ben Johnson |
| Timbuktu |
1959. Victore
Mature, Yvonne De Carlo, John Dehner |
| The Lone
Ranger
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Clayton Moore, Jay
Silverheels |
| Death
Valley Day's
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1952. Robert
Taylor, Stanley Andrews, Don Haggerty |
| Have Gun,
Will Travel
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1957. Richard
Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham |
| Route 66 |
1960. Michael
Wallis (sheriff) |
| Wagon
Train |
1957 Ward Bond, Robert Horton,J ohn McIntire, Robert Fuller,
Michael Burns, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Denny Scott Miller |
| F Troop |
1965. Melodie
Patterson, Harvey Parry, Frank Dekova, |
| Lassie |
1954 Jeff Miller
and Timmy Martin |
| Daniel
Boone |
1956 Bruce Bennett,
Lon Chaney Jr.,Faron Young, Nancy Rodman |
| Gunsmoke |
1955 James Arness,
Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Marshall Matt |
| Sergeants
Three
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1962, John Sturges,
Frank Sonatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford
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| The
Greatest Story Ever Told |
1965, George
Stevens, Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Carrol Baker, Angela
Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, Shelly Wonters, john Wayne, Telly
Savalas |
| Duel at
Diablo
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1966, James Garner,
Sidney Poitier |
| Ride in
the Wirlwind |
1966, Jack
Nichilson |
| The
Shooting |
1966, Warren Oats
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| Brighty of
Grd Canyon |
1967, Joseph Cotten |
The Long Ride Home or A time
for Killing |
1967, Glenn Ford,
George Hamilton |
| A Rough
Night in Jerico |
1967, Dean Martin,
Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Harry Carey,Jr. |
| Bandolero! |
1968, James
Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Harry Carey,
Jr.
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| Planet of
the Apes
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1968, Charlton
Heston, Roddy Mcdowall |
| The
Desperadoes
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1969, Jack Palance,
Neville Brand, George Maharise |
| Mackenna's
Gold
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1969, Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Terry Savalas, Eli Wallace,
Keenan Wynn, Edwared G. Robinson, Raymond Massey,
Lee J. Cobb, Bergess Merendith
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| Cutter's
Trail
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1970, John Gavin,
Joseph Cotten |
| The Devil
and Miss Sarah
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1971, Gene Barry,
James Drury |
| Alex
Joseph and his wives story |
1976 Noble Kid
Chissel (sheriff) Sturat Lancaster, Billy white bird (chauffeur)
Undine Hampton |
| Run to the
High Country
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1974 Keith
Larsen |
| The Man
Who Loved Cat Dancing |
1973, Burt
Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, George Hamilton, Jay
Silverheels
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| One Little
Indian
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1973, James Garner,
Vera Miles, Jodie Foster, Clay O'Brien, Jay Silverheels |
| Six
Million Dollar Man
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1974 Lee Majors,
Richard Anderson, Lindsay Wagner |
| The Life
& Times of Grizzly Adams |
1974. Dan
Haggerty, Denver Pyle |
| History
of Chuck Wagon
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http://www.thegrandcanyons.com/film-commission.html |
| In Search
of Noah's Ark
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1976 Vern Adix,
Brad Crandall |
| The Outlaw
Josie Wales
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1976, 1977, 1979,
Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, John Vernon
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| The
Bionic Boy
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1976 Lee Majors,
Frank Gifford |
| How the
West Was Won
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1976, 1977, 1979,
James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathlyn
Holcomb |
| Exorcist
II: The Heretic
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1977, Richard
Burton, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow |
| Brigham |
1977 Grandmaison
Maurice, Moll Charles, Gehr,
Terrence,Russell Rob |
| The Car |
1977, James Brolin,
Kathleen Lloyd |
| The Apple
Dumpling Gang Rides Again |
1979, Tim Conway,
Don Knotts, Audrey Trotter, Jack Elam, Tim Matheson |
| Donner
Pass: The road to Survival |
1979, Robert
Fuller, Diane McBain, Andrew Prine |
| Hidden
Secrets of the Grand Canyon |
1984. Daniel T.
Majetich, Coby Jordan, Bruce Simballa |
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The ranch as it was
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Georges La Forge & Randy Aleman
owners from 1996
Peter La Forge.
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