There was a time when cowboys ruled the day, or at least the airwaves, and the good guy always won. From Tom Mix in the early 1900s, to Clint Eastwood and Kurt Russell today, most of us have wanted to be a cowboy or cowgirl at one time or another. Many of us grew up knowing that among the cowboys of the cinema, Roy Rogers was king, and Dale Evans was his queen.
Like any respectable western royalty, Roy and Dale had a horse ranch. It wasn’t in the wilds of Montana, and not even in the prairies of South Dakota. Nope. Not even close. The Roy Rogers Double R Bar Ranch, built in 1950, was sittin’ regally along the banks of the Mojave River in the small Route-66 community of Oro Grande, just outside of Victorville, California, and a few miles from their home in Apple Valley. Roy died at the age of 86 after a life well-spent.
Roy owned the ranch until the day he died in 1998, and after Dale followed him a few years later, the ranch was owned by a succession of investors and such, including Ernesto Enriquez, the son of one of Roy’s horse trainers, Carlos.
The Roy Roger Ranch is now one of Starry Sky’s main project for management . It is currently a 33-plus-acre ranch with all the original buildings still preserved to this day. The barn and the western movie street have been in many famous movies. The ranch also has a bunkhouse, stables, full horse-training facility, outdoor hay barn, and a campground which was used for training and raising horses on feeding lease. This is where Hollywood’s “King of the Cowboys” once raised his Palomino Tennessee Walkers. Starry Sky Hotel operates the ranch by managing the property as venue rentals and lodging rentals. On the ranch there are accommodations for lodging such as the RVS, and original guest rooms. we now regularly host local church activities and community activities in the ranch. Some other projects related to the ranch culture are underway.
welcome to Roy Rogers Ranch, where you can ride a horse, walk in the old town, appreciate old family pictures of Roy Rogers and experience cowboy culture. whther you will enjoy party, hold event and stay overnight, you will have amazing experince in this famous ranch!