Janns Conejo Ranch, California

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  • JANNS CONEJO RANCH
    Conejo Valley, California


    Scenes from
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
    Sands of Iwo Jima


    other Duke movies, and many popular TV westerns,
    including The Rifleman were shot here


    Although the ranch was primarily famous for the locations of Bonanza


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    Once located in beautiful Conejo Valley, the Janss Conejo Ranch
    was a popular filming site used in countless TV series and films for decades.
    The ranch is featured in 75 episodes of the Bonanza series from 1959 through 1968.


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    The opening credits of all four Cartwrights riding down the dirt road were filmed
    in April 1959 and used for the first two seasons of the series.
    In 1910, Harold and Edwin Janss purchased about 10,000 acres of land
    of what is now called central Thousand Oaks from the heir of John Edwards,
    who had purchased the land from the de la Guerra heirs
    (all of the land was originally a portion of the Ranch Conejo Land Grant).




    The ranch, called the Janss Conejo Ranch, was utilized as a farm
    and to raise thoroughbred horses with the Santa Susanna Mountains
    and Simi Hills framing it.
    The TV-Western "The Rifleman" used the ranch, with the three-sided outbuildings
    built on the north section.
    The large saddleback mountain is a prominent geographical landmark
    seen in everything made at the ranch.
    In 1969, the Hawaiian Land Corporation bought the ranch for developing
    into the vast city of Thousand Oaks.




    Portions of the land were developed, but much was set aside for open space.
    There's still a trail known as Stagecoach Trail that was used for many
    stagecoach crashes and falls over the cliff in Westerns.
    Wildwood and the adjacent Hill Canyon
    ( it was part of the MGM ranch, and used to film many Westerns, including segments of "Gunsmoke" ), are open to hikers, mountain bikers
    and horseback riders.


    It is now known as Wildwood Park.


    Information from Jerry L. Schneider
    except for a select number of photographs
    and/or images which are copyrighted by their
    respective owners.


    For more details:-
    Janss Conejo Ranch- Bonanza-Scenery of The Ponderosa


    For more information
    Studios, Backlots and Ranches

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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