Roy Rogers Ranch in Apple Valley, CA Listed at $3.7 Million

                                      Photo credit: Mike Dew of Tourfactory

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Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger
who lived to be 33 years old

APPLE VALLEY, CA -- According  to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, Cowboy film history is now for sale at Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Double R Bar ranch in Apple Valley, California off the original Route 66, west of Las Vegas.

Priced at $3.7 million, it is listed by Kari Janikowski of Murray Real Estate, Riverside, California.

Roy Rogers Ranch, Apple Valley, CA

Though a number of cowboy stars came before the Cincinnati-born Rogers, he got his start in films after moving to California to escape Depression-era poverty and playing a bit part in a Gene Autry movie.

Kari Janikowski

Roy quickly became a matinee idol in the 1930s surpassing all the rest in popularity. He and Dale were everywhere - on radio, film and The Roy Rogers Show on television, which always closed with the song, Happy Trails (Happy trails to you . . until we meet again) written by Dale.

Gabby Hayes

They appeared with Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet along with various sidekicks Pat Brady, Andy Devine, “Gabby” Hayes and Smiley Burnette.

Smiley Burnette

They made over 100 films and had both radio and television programs at the top of the ratings in the 1940s and ‘50s. In Roy and Dale’s later years, the family created a museum on the ranch which housed the couple’s film memorabilia including full-sized replicas of Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet.

Pat Brady

Instead of taxidermy, the hides of the animals had been stretched over plastic forms for realism. As told by their son, the tourist favorite was Trigger, who had died at age 33.

Gene Autry

Dale and Roy would come out and sign autographs and talk with visitors. After their deaths, the museum was moved to Branson, Missouri and the ranch was sold.

Dale Evans and her Buttermilk

The Rogers ranch today has all of the couple’s original buildings and horse race track, but in addition the current owner has added a complete Western town, campground, saloon, a blacksmith shop and other structures.

It is being used as a wedding venue and a film set, and could be utilized as an equestrian center generating multiple sources of income. Roy’s red barn contains his original workshop, a kitchen, restrooms and a bridal room.

Grounds include 17 horse stalls and a vineyard planted by Rogers in the 1960s. There are three residences, including the 1,900-square-foot main house, a 1,400-square-foot guest house and a 1,300-square-foot bunkhouse. Combined, they offer six bedrooms and six baths.

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