Seeing those relics from the past saddens me greatly. Everyone has to accept the truth even if they can't t handle it. Man is here on earth but a few season, then he flies away.
The best Western television series from 1955 - 1975 was GUNSMOKE, it was the longest tv show & lasted 20 yrs, Marshall matt dillen- james arness, doc- milburn stone, chester- dennis weaver, miss kitty- amanda blake, festus- ken curtis, sam the bar keep- Glenn strange, they were the best & I still watch till this day on INSP, GREAT SHOW & GREAT ACTOR'S, MAY THEY ALL R.I.P. YOU ARE TRULY TRULY MISSED BY US ALL AMEN. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
There was a 1867 film titled "Hombre." Starred Paul Newman, Richard Boone and other luminary. The set was an actual group of old mining buildings out in some dusty water deprived hills. Well I've read souvenir hunters descended on the site like horde of rapacious vultures. Not a stick or any proof of that film site remains. Oh well that's the way things are.
A SHAME NO ONE TOOK CARE OF THE PLACE..GUN SMOKE WAS THE FIRST T.V. SHOW I EVER SAW AT AGE 8 I'M 65 TODAY AND I STILL WATCH GUN SMOKE....I SEEN ALL WESTERNS EXCEPT FOR ROY RODGERS, I JUST DIDN'T LIKE IT , BECAUSE IT SEEN FAKE..I MISS THE GOOD OLD DAYS I WISH I COULD BRING THEM BACK...TODAY AMERICA ???SUCKS, TAKE ME BACK TO 1960'S--70'S
It was around 1965 when my family got our first tv. I loved all the old westerns that were on the few channels we got. As a little boy I was involved in the shooing of many a bad guy in the streets of my imaginary towns. I rode fast and hard to take on anyone who challenged my fast draw. How fast those innocent days fly by. Gunsmoke was definitely one if not the greatest. TV today cannot compare.
Sad to see it all gone. In a way it is like the home I grew up in, it's gone now. There is a subdivision there now. Most all of the cast of Gun Smoke has been called home. And so has most of my family and the people I knew.
I started listening to "Gunsmoke " when i was about 6 years-old on radio and have watching the show every day since then and I'm 76 years old. Luv the show. . "
I cant vet enough of gunmoke would have love to have met them all iam still i love with Ken Curtis ♥️♥️♥️♥️and all the cast matt was a very very smart man and miss kitty was so pretty her smile and eyes they just talked to you love love this show must get my a t shirt K
William Conrad did the radio show. He was just a bit rotund to play the marshal character for television. He did fit the part of Cannon and was an excellent voice performer.
When I was there several years ago, the owner of the property drove by as we were looking at everything from the edge of the road. He asked us if we would like to go in and we said yes. He told us that his Father owned the property back in the day and that he was a little kid, but he said he remember them filming some Gunsmoke series there as well as a lot of other western films for TV and movies. Anyone who has been to Dodge City, Kansas will know right off that the TV version of Dodge City on Gunsmoke is BS. There are no mountains, high hills or lower rolling hills anywhere. You can put a basket ball on the ground and the only way it is going to move is from the wind blowing it.
That's not entirely true about Dodge City. I have been there more times than you can dream of. True, there aren't any mountains, but there are hills. Actually you don't have to go very far to get to the hills, there are some right in the outskirts of town.
@@pj61114 i don't know. I haven't had any problems in the real Dodge City. I've been there hundreds of times over the last 30 years, never an issue!! Obviously Dodge City was much different back in the mid to late 1800's, but none of us were around to really know what it was like back then😀
William Conrad was the voice of Matt Dillon on the radio production. James Arness played th roll on the TV production. I have 459 episodes recorded from Dish network. I especially love the b&w.
Sorry Walter, but you are partly wrong. There are several interviews with James Arness where he stated that they made a some series at the location outside of Kanab, Utah...and some were made on a sound stage in Kanab while most of the series was made in the Hollywood studios and in and around the canyons of LA.
Gunsmoke was mostly filmed in southern california, but scenes were definitely filmed in southern Utah desert (as anyone who has spent time in the area will recognise) and in the Sonoran desert in what looks to be southern Arizona. Precious few saguaro grow in California.
Lot's of misinformation out there, but the truth is that this set was used for TWO episodes of Gunsmoke, and only one with James Arness. The other one featured Festus.
I think everyone who visits this site mistakenly take it as Dodge city. I think it is the set from the episode with Strother Martin, and it was a ghost town called (tin strike!)
They wanted John Wayne originally for the TV show and he recommended James Arness. They did a few movies together, they also shared the same birthday. James was 3 or 4 inches taller than John Wayne who was supposed to be 6'4".
Sorry guys not Gunsmoke filmed there but Death Valley Days and other westerns. Gunsmoke was mostly filmed on a set inside a building .Some out side was at Melody Ranch.
Dodge City in Gunsmoke was filmed at Melody Ranch till the fire... then moved inside to a Hollywood studio. The above was not Dodge City but another Western Town in the two part Gunsmoke episode "Island in the Desert."
@@kevinparker2068 Very good, "Kevin Parker." While Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita performed admirably for exteriors, the marshal's office, Long Branch, Doc's office and other interiors were filmed in Hollywood at a minimum of two different studios, California Studios (currently Raleigh) and Paramount Sunset (currently KTLA). In the early 1960s an interior 'exterior' Dodge City street was constructed on two adjoining stages. Regular and sporadic viewers will attest it looked quite phony. That Aug. 1962 fire at Gene Autry's Melody facility, with production for the eighth season well underway, was a game changer. Interestingly, establishing 'stock' shots of that ranch's "Gunsmoke" street continued to be inserted into new episodes' footage. 3:43 - 3:47 Shows the 1963 regular cast standing on one of the exterior western streets at newly named, CBS Studio Center, the decades' long, historic Republic Studios lot in Studio City, Calif. that had been leasing stages to Four Star Productions since the mid 1950s. CBS had a lease agreement too; that is until four years later when the network bought the facility outright. With the lease agreement in 1963, that May the facades from the indoor 'exterior street' at Paramount Sunset were trucked from Hollywood to Studio City and reassembled on one of the stages there, becoming "Gunsmoke"'s new home. For the next 12 seasons the show used a combination of both the interior street on stage and the standing, exterior one to replicate Dodge City.
Oh, was that good, 'Island in the Desert.' Guest star Strother Martin, as 'desert rat' Ben Snow nearly 'steals the show' from the very capable regular Ken Curtis as Festus. Perennial 'bad guy' William Watson is just as mean and ornery as ever. Really. But Ben Snow has a friend 'Homer' to look after himself and his gold. FYI, one won't find 'Homer' in the episode's cast list, so if you haven't seen it you'll just have to discover for yourself what tricks Ben Snow has up his sleeve. "You don't miss a trick, do you?" says Festus. "Only reason I'm alive," answers Snow. In addition to the excellent teleplay by staffer Jim Byrnes, who created some especially effective scenes for Martin and Curtis to play off each other, the background music adds considerably. I found myself humming portions of it for days after seeing it. Speaking of scenes, the expense the company spent to travel from "Gunsmoke"'s Studio City, Calif. base to film in Utah was worth every penny. Remote, desolate locations near Kanab, this town set being one of them -- portraying Ben Snow's destination, Ten Strike.
That was Ms. Kitty in the hat with sun glasses...and they did do some stuff there for gun smoke...that the only reason...Ms kitty was there looking around
I do not understand why this being the filming location but the audio of the radio show Anyway :) The TV show was great but the radio show was better Almost like two completely different shows when compared to each other
Wm Conrad was the CBS Radio Network "Gunsmoke"'s Dodge City U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon. Had a 9-year run, 1952 - 61, so interestingly, a good part of its run coincided with the 20-year long CBS Television Network version that debuted in 1955. You are correct -- Arness was the actor in the TV version. You are incorrect in his peace officer position's spelling, i.e., marshal, not marshall. I'm so glad I accumulated the entire DVD set over the years; a good investment. Hope you continue to watch and enjoy, "Jimmy Fale."
Kanab was a major filming location back in the day, but there isnt much going on now. Kanab was also the filming location for the Outlaw Josey Wales, which is further down Hwy 89 towards Page.....You have to drive down another long dirt road, and then, there are no structures, just the general location... When you watch movies nowadays, we do occasionally notice shots that look like they were shot in the area, but those are few, and far between.
Sorry but that was a lousy video. Should of told us what building was what, but that wasn't the Dodge City I watch everyday. Very few people even know some of that was from the radio show not the TV show.
I wish I could say I put hours of thought n contemplation into this video, but I literally threw it together while waiting for our dinner in Kanab. Dont put to much weight on something that was literally just a family video...We never had any dreams that this many people would have watched it up to this point. At the time, it was a cute little video I threw together to share with a few family and friends...To see this many people have watched it....We're just as shocked as anyone. I HIGHLY recommend anyone who is within the area to go out and visit Kanab, UT, as there are so many more things to see and enjoy than just this particular Hollywood stage set. Western movies and TV shows were really prevalent in this area during its heyday, and this is one of many sights I suggest everyone go out and check on their own
Its approximately 1/2 hour drive from the City of Kanab Utah. According to Google, the exact address is the following: 4213 Johnson Canyon Rd #4203, Kanab, UT 84741 When your driving up Johnson Canyon Road, it will be about 15 minutes in, and on your RIGHT hand side. Also along this road, is another lesser known point of interest, a cave where it was believed to store Montezuma's treasure, which was a very interesting story of Kanab in the early 1900's wildernessusa.com/explore/articles/johnson-canyon-montezumas-tunnels/
Can't say we have followed the story of Chucky Manson, but we have no knowledge that he ever made it this far east of Los Angeles. From this link, it appears they stuck around the southern California area....I think the farthest east they went, was Death Valley. la.curbed.com/maps/charles-manson-sharon-tate-prison
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I'm still watching Gunsmoke with Matt Dillon and the gang November 2021. I enjoy every episode. I hope it stays on for more years
I still watch it too. I feel like the characters are old friends . I watch Wagon Train too. The young actors are very curious.
hi Ruby
where can i watch gun smoke?
in youtube,I've got only a few of them. I'll appreciated if you tell e where?
Seeing those relics from the past saddens me greatly. Everyone has to accept the truth even if they can't t handle it. Man is here on earth but a few season, then he flies away.
Thats why I like the song McAuther Park.
We. Watch the Gun Smoke, every day, God Bless you guys Always,
The best Western television series from 1955 - 1975 was GUNSMOKE, it was the longest tv show & lasted 20 yrs, Marshall matt dillen- james arness, doc- milburn stone, chester- dennis weaver, miss kitty- amanda blake, festus- ken curtis, sam the bar keep- Glenn strange, they were the best & I still watch till this day on INSP, GREAT SHOW & GREAT ACTOR'S, MAY THEY ALL R.I.P. YOU ARE TRULY TRULY MISSED BY US ALL AMEN. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
don't forget Burt .
As a collector i had my eyes peeled for any collectables but that place was absolutely stripped !
There was a 1867 film titled "Hombre." Starred Paul Newman, Richard Boone and other luminary.
The set was an actual group of old mining buildings out in some dusty water deprived hills.
Well I've read souvenir hunters descended on the site like horde of rapacious vultures. Not a stick or any proof of that film site remains. Oh well that's the way things are.
Wow .. I'm still watching in 2020. Thank you
That’s because Gunsmoke is still worth watching in 2020!!!
A SHAME NO ONE TOOK CARE OF THE PLACE..GUN SMOKE WAS THE FIRST T.V. SHOW I EVER SAW AT AGE 8 I'M 65 TODAY AND I STILL WATCH GUN SMOKE....I SEEN ALL WESTERNS EXCEPT FOR ROY RODGERS, I JUST DIDN'T LIKE IT , BECAUSE IT SEEN FAKE..I MISS THE GOOD OLD DAYS I WISH I COULD BRING THEM BACK...TODAY AMERICA ???SUCKS, TAKE ME BACK TO 1960'S--70'S
I watch Gunsmoke week nights on ISP channel.."Chicken" is one of my favorite episodes.
It was around 1965 when my family got our first tv. I loved all the old westerns that were on the few channels we got. As a little boy I was involved in the shooing of many a bad guy in the streets of my imaginary towns. I rode fast and hard to take on anyone who challenged my fast draw. How fast those innocent days fly by. Gunsmoke was definitely one if not the greatest. TV today cannot compare.
me too , remember "Alias Smith and Jones?" i wanted to be a "good guy" outlaw .
Sad to see it all gone. In a way it is like the home I grew up in, it's gone now. There is a subdivision there now. Most all of the cast of Gun Smoke has been called home. And so has most of my family and the people I knew.
I started listening to "Gunsmoke " when i was about 6 years-old on radio and have watching the show every day since then and I'm 76 years old. Luv the show.
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I still watch it . Loved James Arness
Very cool to see, I'm not sure how much it was used, my father worked on it and we lived in Los Angeles CA. and he came home every night.
Brilliant using that old soundtrack!
Went there few years ago. Private property now. Didn't see very many buildings, pretty dilapidated. Thanks for sharing.👍🙏😎❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I cant vet enough of gunmoke would have love to have met them all iam still i love with Ken Curtis ♥️♥️♥️♥️and all the cast matt was a very very smart man and miss kitty was so pretty her smile and eyes they just talked to you love love this show must get my a t shirt
K
My grandfather never missed an episode even on vacation as far as I know. Gunsmoke started on TV when most of the shows were westerns.
This location was used very little for some of the later years color shows outside scenes. This was not a regular Gunsmoke set
William Conrad did the radio show. He was just a bit rotund to play the marshal character for television. He did fit the part of Cannon and was an excellent voice performer.
When I was there several years ago, the owner of the property drove by as we were looking at everything from the edge of the road. He asked us if we would like to go in and we said yes. He told us that his Father owned the property back in the day and that he was a little kid, but he said he remember them filming some Gunsmoke series there as well as a lot of other western films for TV and movies. Anyone who has been to Dodge City, Kansas will know right off that the TV version of Dodge City on Gunsmoke is BS. There are no mountains, high hills or lower rolling hills anywhere. You can put a basket ball on the ground and the only way it is going to move is from the wind blowing it.
Thank you very much for sharing this story. How Awesome!
Yeah that's a hoot most of the landscape in the show is not Dodge or Kansas.
That's not entirely true about Dodge City. I have been there more times than you can dream of. True, there aren't any mountains, but there are hills. Actually you don't have to go very far to get to the hills, there are some right in the outskirts of town.
Better than the Real Dodge City. Great American entertainment!
@@pj61114 i don't know. I haven't had any problems in the real Dodge City. I've been there hundreds of times over the last 30 years, never an issue!! Obviously Dodge City was much different back in the mid to late 1800's, but none of us were around to really know what it was like back then😀
it's to bad they let it go would have been great to actually see it still standing as it was . be a great money maker for a resort or theme park.
William Conrad was the voice of Matt Dillon on the radio production. James Arness played th roll on the TV production. I have 459 episodes recorded from Dish network. I especially love the b&w.
TY for using the theme and begining of the REAL Gunsmoke. The ORIGINAL and STILL the best.
@@jetstream6389 Exactly why I said the "real Gunsmoke". The TV version doesn't compare in timber or in cast to the radio version.
Watching it in reruns. Love it!!!
Sorry folks ,Gunsmoke was filmed in Southern Cal, this was not used as the town of Gunsmoke. Also Gunsmoke was filmed on a Movie Stage indoors.
Sorry Walter, but you are partly wrong. There are several interviews with James Arness where he stated that they made a some series at the location outside of Kanab, Utah...and some were made on a sound stage in Kanab while most of the series was made in the Hollywood studios and in and around the canyons of LA.
Gunsmoke was mostly filmed in southern california, but scenes were definitely filmed in southern Utah desert (as anyone who has spent time in the area will recognise) and in the Sonoran desert in what looks to be southern Arizona. Precious few saguaro grow in California.
Lot's of misinformation out there, but the truth is that this set was used for TWO episodes of Gunsmoke, and only one with James Arness. The other one featured Festus.
I've watched this show all my life I don't recognize any of this.
Thank you , Beautifully done
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Too bad the set was not kept preserved.
Used to watch this as a kid
I think everyone who visits this site mistakenly take it as Dodge city. I think it is the set from the episode with Strother Martin, and it was a ghost town called (tin strike!)
Beautiful
That's definitely not the main Dodge city set, the buildings are all wrong for the ones in the show. It might have been used for another town though.
What a dump. To bad. It would've made a a good tourist destination. What memories.
James Arnez Was the TV. show William Conrad was the radio show of gun smoke
They wanted John Wayne originally for the TV show and he recommended James Arness. They did a few movies together, they also shared the same birthday. James was 3 or 4 inches taller than John Wayne who was supposed to be 6'4".
How about before and after pics? or just what these buildings are.
that;' a cool spot, well done !!!
Sorry guys not Gunsmoke filmed there but Death Valley Days and other westerns. Gunsmoke was mostly filmed on a set inside a building .Some out side was at Melody Ranch.
Got any proof of that?
Dodge City in Gunsmoke was filmed at Melody Ranch till the fire... then moved inside to a Hollywood studio. The above was not Dodge City but another Western Town in the two part Gunsmoke episode "Island in the Desert."
@Mike's Bike's Also used was Thousand Oaks Cal , episode will Parnell Roberts as a Gunfighter. Mountains in the background still today 2020.
That one building looks exactly like the long branch saloon in the show though
@@kevinparker2068 Very good, "Kevin Parker." While Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita performed admirably for exteriors, the marshal's office, Long Branch, Doc's office and other interiors were filmed in Hollywood at a minimum of two different studios, California Studios (currently Raleigh) and Paramount Sunset (currently KTLA). In the early 1960s an interior 'exterior' Dodge City street was constructed on two adjoining stages. Regular and sporadic viewers will attest it looked quite phony. That Aug. 1962 fire at Gene Autry's Melody facility, with production for the eighth season well underway, was a game changer. Interestingly, establishing 'stock' shots of that ranch's "Gunsmoke" street continued to be inserted into new episodes' footage.
3:43 - 3:47 Shows the 1963 regular cast standing on one of the exterior western streets at newly named, CBS Studio Center, the decades' long, historic Republic Studios lot in Studio City, Calif. that had been leasing stages to Four Star Productions since the mid 1950s. CBS had a lease agreement too; that is until four years later when the network bought the facility outright.
With the lease agreement in 1963, that May the facades from the indoor 'exterior street' at Paramount Sunset were trucked from Hollywood to Studio City and reassembled on one of the stages there, becoming "Gunsmoke"'s new home. For the next 12 seasons the show used a combination of both the interior street on stage and the standing, exterior one to replicate Dodge City.
The legendary Longbranch saloon is crumbling to the ground, so sad..
This is a landmark someone buy it up and completely restore it
Conrad was only on radio ..Arness was the only one ever on tv Matt Dillion...John Wayne got him the part tells all about it in first episode
It was a Ghost town in the Second episode part 2. Island in the sky. Still pretty cool.
Island in the Desert? S:20 E:11
Oh, was that good, 'Island in the Desert.' Guest star Strother Martin, as 'desert rat' Ben Snow nearly 'steals the show' from the very capable regular Ken Curtis as Festus. Perennial 'bad guy' William Watson is just as mean and ornery as ever. Really. But Ben Snow has a friend 'Homer' to look after himself and his gold. FYI, one won't find 'Homer' in the episode's cast list, so if you haven't seen it you'll just have to discover for yourself what tricks Ben Snow has up his sleeve. "You don't miss a trick, do you?" says Festus. "Only reason I'm alive," answers Snow.
In addition to the excellent teleplay by staffer Jim Byrnes, who created some especially effective scenes for Martin and Curtis to play off each other, the background music adds considerably. I found myself humming portions of it for days after seeing it.
Speaking of scenes, the expense the company spent to travel from "Gunsmoke"'s Studio City, Calif. base to film in Utah was worth every penny. Remote, desolate locations near Kanab, this town set being one of them -- portraying Ben Snow's destination, Ten Strike.
@@scvandy3129 Loved that show!
Wow
That was Ms. Kitty in the hat with sun glasses...and they did do some stuff there for gun smoke...that the only reason...Ms kitty was there looking around
Ms kitty health got really bad before she passed sorry cheating husband ..gave it to her
What in hacking sack New Jersey HAPPENED HERE ❓ YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT BY IT BEING A ICONIC SET, THEY WOULD HAVE PRESERVED IT ‼️🤷🏽🤔.
Unfortunately, its privately owned, and it doesn't appear they have any desire to save it.
I do not understand why this being the filming location but the audio of the radio show
Anyway :)
The TV show was great but the radio show was better
Almost like two completely different shows when compared to each other
Who's William Conrad I thought James arness was the actor as the marshall...
Wm Conrad was the CBS Radio Network "Gunsmoke"'s Dodge City U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon. Had a 9-year run, 1952 - 61, so interestingly, a good part of its run coincided with the 20-year long CBS Television Network version that debuted in 1955.
You are correct -- Arness was the actor in the TV version. You are incorrect in his peace officer position's spelling, i.e., marshal, not marshall.
I'm so glad I accumulated the entire DVD set over the years; a good investment. Hope you continue to watch and enjoy, "Jimmy Fale."
is this from the tv series or the movie
The slight limp Dillion had was real he was shot in war received purple heart n bronze star......
That's not where Gunsmoke was filmed, I don't know what Gunsmoke you are referring to, must be two different Gunsmoke television show Im not arare of.
this is the old old movie set. not the Jim Arness series set.
The audio is from the Radio show is it not.
Yes, it is!
Some narration would've helped to identify what we were looking at
Can't believe that's all they filmed of that town? There isn't anymore film on that location?
Kanab was a major filming location back in the day, but there isnt much going on now. Kanab was also the filming location for the Outlaw Josey Wales, which is further down Hwy 89 towards Page.....You have to drive down another long dirt road, and then, there are no structures, just the general location... When you watch movies nowadays, we do occasionally notice shots that look like they were shot in the area, but those are few, and far between.
ashes to ashes ......
Sorry but that was a lousy video. Should of told us what building was what, but that wasn't the Dodge City I watch everyday. Very few people even know some of that was from the radio show not the TV show.
i am curious who owns it
I thought this was done on a stage?
who decided to play gunsmoke audio in the background?..... bad idea lousy video!
I wish I could say I put hours of thought n contemplation into this video, but I literally threw it together while waiting for our dinner in Kanab. Dont put to much weight on something that was literally just a family video...We never had any dreams that this many people would have watched it up to this point. At the time, it was a cute little video I threw together to share with a few family and friends...To see this many people have watched it....We're just as shocked as anyone. I HIGHLY recommend anyone who is within the area to go out and visit Kanab, UT, as there are so many more things to see and enjoy than just this particular Hollywood stage set. Western movies and TV shows were really prevalent in this area during its heyday, and this is one of many sights I suggest everyone go out and check on their own
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All but Newly and Thaddeus Greenwood have passed on. I loved everyone of them.
Nothing to see there. Did they do the radio show there?
Its a shame they let that film locaton. Go to shit . That is history .
Was William Conrad Matt Dillion before James Arnes ?
William Conrad Played Matt Dillion during the Radio years, it was James Arnes who played the main character on TV for 20 years.
He was Matt on the radio show. They felt, and I quote, he was to fat to play the marshall on TV.
Where exactly is this place for one to visit?
Its approximately 1/2 hour drive from the City of Kanab Utah. According to Google, the exact address is the following: 4213 Johnson Canyon Rd #4203, Kanab, UT 84741
When your driving up Johnson Canyon Road, it will be about 15 minutes in, and on your RIGHT hand side. Also along this road, is another lesser known point of interest, a cave where it was believed to store Montezuma's treasure, which was a very interesting story of Kanab in the early 1900's
wildernessusa.com/explore/articles/johnson-canyon-montezumas-tunnels/
@@lanapascal8592 thank u
So where was this exactly at?
Johnson canyon rd
Kanab,Ut 84741
Irritating music, otherwise ok.
are you promoting yourself, or going to show us the location????
Location
Johnson Canyon Rd
Kanab, Ut 84741
Fake.
That where th Manson cult hung out?
Can't say we have followed the story of Chucky Manson, but we have no knowledge that he ever made it this far east of Los Angeles. From this link, it appears they stuck around the southern California area....I think the farthest east they went, was Death Valley.
la.curbed.com/maps/charles-manson-sharon-tate-prison
Spahn's Ranch, east of L.A. in Simi Valley area. It was also the scene of early westerns.
lol what a fake!