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This still from Grapes of Wrath (1940) is the approx. location of today's Redmesa Road
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Redmesa Road in the northwest corner of Chatsworth leads to one of the most recognizable areas of the former historic Iverson Movie Location Ranch -- The Garden of the Gods -- a twenty three-acre park site acquired by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in 1987.
It's the only part of the Iverson Ranch that still has public access. The Garden of the Gods Park is perched just south of the 118 freeway along both sides of Redmesa Road a little north of Santa Susana Pass Road, and just a little west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
Until a few years ago many younger visitors to the park had little knowledge of the significance of the rock formations that line both sides of Redmesa Road.
In 2000, the Chatsworth Equine Cultural Heritage Organization (ECHO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of horses in Chatsworth recognized that horses had always been a vital part of the collective movie experience of Chatsworth, and are a living link to the history of Chatsworth -- especially filmmaking -- "without horses," ECHO said, "the economy, history, and character of Chatsworth would be profoundly different."
In 2009, ECHO's board members voted to dissolve the organization, and to donate its remaining funds to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy for the purchase of a plaque paying homage to movie cowboys and their horses. In March 2013, a 28” by 18” bronze plaque was installed on the trail leading to the Garden of the Gods rock formations.
Eastside Rock Stars:
There are many historically important rock formations in the park. I call them "Rock Stars." There are no trails on the east side of Redmesa Road, so access to rock formations is difficult at best.
In earlier posts I've attempted to show recent photographs and older movie stills that one might become acquainted with Iverson Ranch Rock Stars. Follow the links below to those earlier posts for additional information.
The following is accompanied by a partial list of film titles lensed in the vicinity of each Rock Star.
Nyoka Cliff
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Three Ages (1923)
The Perils of Nyoka (1942)
Old Los Angeles (1948)
The Daltons' Women (1950)
Nyoka Summit
The Real Glory (1939)
The Perils of Nyoka (1942)
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
The San Antonio Kid (1944)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
The Crimson Ghost (1946)
Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
Gunmen of Abilene (1950)
Iverson Gorge
Law of the Range (1941)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947)
Bullet Code (1940)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Cowboy Holiday (1935)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Desert Gold (1936)
The Desert Horseman (1946)
Don Daredevil Rides Again (1951)
Fighting Redhead (1949)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
The Gallant Legion (1948)
The Gambling Terror (1937)
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
Junior Army (1942)
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Man with the Steel Whip (1954)
The Marauders (1947)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
The Miracle Rider (1935)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Old Los Angeles (1948)
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Pack Train (1953)
Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
Son of Paleface (1952)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Three Ages (1923)
The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
Under Arizona Skies (1946)
Undercover Man (1942)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Lone Ranger Rock
"Lone Ranger" TV series (1949)
The Narrow Trail (1917)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Wall Street Cowboy (1939)
Perils of Nyoka (1942)
Three Ages Rock
Three Ages (1923)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Ghost Town Gold (1936)
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
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Crown Rock (on private property -- you'll need permission to enter)
The Big Show (1936)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Bold Caballero (1936)
The Old Corral (1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Roarin' Lead (1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
The Gambling Terror (1937)
The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
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Devil's Doorway (on private property -- you'll need permission to enter)
The Narrow Trail (1917)
Three Ages (1923)
Unknown Valley (1933)
The Outlaw Deputy (1935)
Oh, Susanna! (1936)
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
Days of Jesse James (1939)
Fugitive Valley (1941)
Border Feud (1947)
Outlaw Country (1949)
Arizona Cowboy (1950)
Ghost of Zorro ( 1959)
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| 1950s publicity still for Guy Madison |
Hole in the wall (visible from private property -- you'll need permission to enter)
California Mail (1936)
Trailin' West (1936)
Prairie Thunder (1937)
The Arizona Kid (1939)
Bullet Code (1940)
"Stories of the Century" TV series (1954)
Zorro's Cave (on private property -- you'll need permission to enter)
"Lone Ranger" TV series (1949)
"Zorro" (1957) Disney TV series
California (1963)
Belle Starr (1941)
King Of The Rocket Men (1949)
The Perils of Nyoka (1942)
Under Arizona Skies (1946)
Chatsworth's Road to Movie Magic -- Part Two (westside of Redmesa Road)
To learn about Jerry's books see
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/primer-on-iverson-movie-ranch.html
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/primer-on-iverson-movie-ranch.html
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