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Peter Strauss Ranch
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2008 - 2012.|
Peter Strauss Ranch sits on land once occupied by the Chumash people. With the arrival of the Spanish, it became part of Rancho Las Virgenes. Harry Miller purchased the ranch about 1900. In 1926 he built many structures on the property but encountered financial ruin with the coming of the depression and he lost the ranch. Warren Shobert and Arthur Edeson bought the property i nthe mid-1930s and opened Shoson, a fairyland for children and adults. They created a lake and named the resort Lake Enchanto but it closed about 1960. The actor Peter Strauss, after filming in the area, purchased the property and restored the site, living at the site until 1983. Strauss sold the ranchc to the Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy. The National Park Service purchased the site in 1987 as part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Ammenities at sites at the ranch are the .6 mile Peter strauss Trail and the pool (now closed), |
 House. |
 Seating for performance area. |
 Large dead frog. |
 Pool. |
Small support building.
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 Cactus. |
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This page last updated: Tuesday, 12-Apr-2011 00:09:04 EDT
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