Rancho del Cielo
Rancho del Cielo | |
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"Reagan Ranch" "Western White House" | |
California ranch and Adobe | |
Owner | Young America's Foundation |
Website | reaganranch |
Rancho del Cielo is a ranch located atop the Santa Ynez Mountain range northwest of Santa Barbara, California. For more than 20 years, it was the vacation home of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
The 688-acre (278 ha) ranch's Spanish name translates to Sky's Ranch or Heaven's Ranch in English. In 1974, Reagan's family purchased the ranch, and he himself frequented the ranch throughout his presidency. The ranch is currently owned and operated by the Young America's Foundation.
History
The ranch was originally named Rancho de los Picos after José Jesús Pico, a descendant of Santiago de la Cruz Pico who arrived with the
Ronald Reagan's family owned a ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains that was much closer to their home in Bel Air, Los Angeles. The Reagans sold that ranch to a movie company and it is now part of Malibu Creek State Park.[2][3] The Reagans then bought the ranch from the Corneliuses for about $527,000 in 1974 (equal to approximately $3,256,000 today[1]) when his second term as governor of California was nearing an end. The estate contains a pond called Lake Lucky, stables and a barn for horses, and a 1,500 ft² (139 m²) house furnished with 1970s-style furniture. The ranch is located in a remote area on the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains overlooking the Gaviota Coast. The nearest highway on the ocean side of the mountains is U.S. Route 101, with Solvang, California being the nearest community on the inland side of the mountains.[citation needed]
Reagan spent vacations during
Because of his Alzheimer's disease, Reagan last visited the ranch in 1995. Nancy last visited in 1998, before selling the property to the Young America's Foundation, a conservative group which preserves it today as "a living monument to Reagan's ideas, values, and lasting accomplishments."[5] Although the ranch is closed to the public, the foundation offers students and supporters the opportunity to visit the property.[7][5]
In popular culture
The ranch appears in the 127th episode of California's Gold.[8]
Gallery
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Portrait of Reagan at the ranch in 1976
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President Reagan signing the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 in front of the press
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The Reagans with Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1983
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Reagan during a radio address, 1984
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Reagan at the ranch in 1985
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Reagan riding his Arabian horse "El Alamein", 1986
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Ronald and Nancy in the dining room, 1988
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Gorbachev visiting Reagan, both in western wear, 1992
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Aerial view of the ranch with Lake Lucky on the bottom right side, 2009
See also
References
- ^ a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ McKINNEY, JOHN (January 14, 1989). "On What Was Once Reagan's Ranch, a Trail to the Chief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- Press-Enterprise. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ "A Visit to Ronald Reagan's "Ranch in the Sky"". The Institute of World Politics. July 21, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c WILLON, PHIL (January 18, 2018). "Reagan Ranch has transformed into a spawning ground for young conservatives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ "Home". Reagan Ranch. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ^ FIORE, FAYE (April 21, 1998). "Conservative Group Buys Reagan Ranch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ "Reagan Ranch – California's Gold (127) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University".
External links
- Young America's Foundation: Reagan Ranch
- "Life Portrait of Ronald Reagan", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, broadcast from Rancho del Cielo, December 6, 1999