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Walt Disney first leased the Golden Oak Ranch, which is situated in the nearby Santa Clarita area, in the mid-1950s for the Spin and Marty segments of The Mickey Mouse Club. Because of the variety of natural settings available there, the Studio purchased the 700-acre property in 1959. Disney films shot at the Ranch include: Old Yeller, Toby Tyler, The Parent Trap, The Shaggy Dog, Follow Me Boys, and more recently The Santa Clause and Pearl Harbor.
A western street was created for the renowned television miniseries ROOTS II in the late 1970s, and has remained as an active filming location ever since. Other ranch sites include a rural bridge on a lake, an entertainment and event venue, "The Golden Oak Hall," farm houses, barns, fields, country roads, tree groves, a forest area, a creek bed, and a running waterfall. Currently being developed is a pine lake designed to give the feeling of a High Sierra setting.
The Golden Oak Ranch is used by the entire industry and has been seen in Lassie, Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, Red Dragon, Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis Murder, Bonanza, Independence Day, and The X-Files.
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