Corriganville Park & Movie Ranch

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Corriganville Park & Movie Ranch;
- A public regional park; at 7001 Smith Road east of Kuehner, in the eastern Simi Valley (805) 584-4400.
- The park includes interpretive trails and picnic sites; and hiking routes to adjacent regional parks.


- Hollywood movie ranch, which also served as a western theme park open to the public from 1949 to 1966.
- Owned and operated by Raymond "Crash Corrigan" Benard (1902 - 1976), a wrangler who "worked as a stunt man in more cowboy pictures than anyone can remember."
- Beginning in 1970, a series of fires caused serious damage to the grounds and destroyed many of the buildings. Today, the only recognizable structure that remains of the old Corriganville is the main gate, still adorned with a pair of wagon wheels.


- PARK LINK: www.rsrpd.org/park/corrignavilleparkandtrail/corrignavi...
- PARK history + trails guide LINK: www.rsrpd.org/park/corrignavilleparkandtrail/twocorriga...
- Biography LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_%22Crash%22_Corrigan
- Photo of Ray Bernard circa 1940 courtesy of Minard Coons.