|
|
|
|
|
Pioneertown - The Old West Movie Set You Can Visit
Pioneertown - The Old West Movie Set You Can Visit
By Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong
While staying in Palm Springs, California, we decided to take a drive to the wonders of Joshua Tree National Park. In between Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, we took a small detour to visit Pioneertown and we had a blast. Pioneertown is The Old West Movie Set You Can Visit
By Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong
While staying in Palm Springs, California, we decided to take a drive to the wonders of Joshua Tree National Park. In between Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, we took a small detour to visit Pioneertown and we had a blast. Pioneertown is The Old West Movie Set You Can Visit
|
|
|
In 1946, Pioneertown was founded by a cowboy movie stars Roy Rogers and Gene Autry along with a group of Hollywood investors. Dick Curtis, Bud Abbott, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, The Sons Of The Pioneers, Russell Hayden, Frank McDonald, Tommy Carr and Terry Frost each invested $500 to purchase 32,000 acres of land and create an Old West movie set 125 miles east of Los Angeles.
Not only was their plan to create a movie set where they could film, they wanted Pioneertown to be a place tourists would want to visit. They built 1880s-style false-front facades but with interiors that had stuff for visitors to see and do.
They built frontier stables, saloons and jails on the outside with ice cream parlors, bowling alleys and motels inside. More than 50 films and television shows were filmed here in the 1940's and 1950's. You can still see mock gunfights on Mane (yep, we said Mane) Street.
They built frontier stables, saloons and jails on the outside with ice cream parlors, bowling alleys and motels inside. More than 50 films and television shows were filmed here in the 1940's and 1950's. You can still see mock gunfights on Mane (yep, we said Mane) Street.
|
|
|
Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace ( https://www.pappyandharriets.com/ )hosts big-name music acts like Robert Plant and Leon Russell and serves up ribs, classic Santa Maria barbecue, burgers, sandwiches and salads.
The Pioneertown Motel ( https://pioneertown-motel.com/ ) is a rustic, single-story twenty-room inn with fire pits, an outdoor bar and hammocks.
Whether you are looking for a unique place to stay and dine or just want something fun to visit in the Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park area, Pioneertown is lot of fun pardner!
For more information, visit https://visitpioneertown.com/
The Pioneertown Motel ( https://pioneertown-motel.com/ ) is a rustic, single-story twenty-room inn with fire pits, an outdoor bar and hammocks.
Whether you are looking for a unique place to stay and dine or just want something fun to visit in the Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park area, Pioneertown is lot of fun pardner!
For more information, visit https://visitpioneertown.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 2020 Sunny Harbor Publishing
Sunny Harbor Publishing, PO Box 560318, Rockledge, FL 32956 Phone: 321-252-9874 Email: [email protected] Website: www.SunnyHarborPublishing.org |
Want to read more fantastic travel articles?
Choose a magazine below that fits your travel interests!
Choose a magazine below that fits your travel interests!
|
|
|
|
|