The Old West tourist attraction, showplace and movie location will go on sale for approximately $80,000 by Security Title Insurance Co. The company holds a deed of trust with the 18,000-20,000-acre site as security.
Security title holds the trustees deed for a $60,000 loan made in 1946 to Pioneertown directors, who have announced they cannot meet the terms. Interest and other expenses have shoved the total of two $80,000.
The sale of the antiquated town and it's surrounding 20,000 acres was handled at public auction at the San Bernardino County Courthouse by J.W. Berry, assistant secretary of the title company.
Of all San Bernadino County's unique locations--mountains, lakes, forests, desert--perhaps the most outstanding and picturesque is Pioneertown, which has a pair on more movie and TV screens and any other spot of the Old West.
Pioneertown--The Red Dog Cafe was the scene of 58 cars and more than 230 people from behind and low desert who rendezvoused for the trek to Big Bear City--pine-covered mountain resort in the San Bernardino Mountains. The lead car carried the slogan "We Want a Road to Big Bear," and cars carry banners for the villages of Desert Hot Springs, Morongo Valley, Pine Wells, Yucca Valley, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree, Sunfair and Twentynine Palms.
Two Horseman's groups, the Sheriff Rangers and Big Bear Riders, took part Tuesday in the fifth annual track from Big Bear Lake to Pioneertown. The first party from Big Bear arrived at Rim Rock Canyon and is greeted by a desert delegation.
Roy Bean is being filmed in Pioneertown four miles north of Yucca Valley. This quaint old collection of real and make-believe buildings was built for one purpose -- to be use as a backdrop for western movies, both television and regular.
SACRAMENTO – The State Alcoholic Appeals Board Tuesday took under advisement the petition of Val Jones and D. J. Knox for a seasonal liquor license for the Red Dog Cafe in Pioneertown in San Bernadino County.
A setting for many motion pictures and television features, Pioneertown has been created expressly to provide an authentic-appearing Western town. While some of its buildings are only false fronts, others are real and contain shops, restaurants and the like to serve the needs of visitors.
Road and highway problems in major winter resort areas in Southern California will be studied by a new committee this year which hopes to solve them before another season rolls around.