Outlined in yellow, this 1,773-acre parcel on the northeast corner of Maricopa and Miller roads between Maricopa and Casa Grande is land that formerly served as iconic actor John Wayne's Red River Ranch.
The Hopi Tribe acquired the working ranch in 1997. In addition to the 26 Bar Ranch, The Hopi Tribe owns three other ranches: the Clear Creek Ranch, south of Winslow off State Route 87, Aja Ranch, south of Winslow off State Route 99 and the Heart and Drye Ranches near Twin Arrows.
Rancho Pavoreal, aka Peacock Ranch, a horse and cattle ranch has just hit the market. It is located in Sage, California at the foot of Palomar Mountain. It is currently listed at $12 million dollars. The property was built in 1950 and was purchased by legendary actor John Wayne in the 1970s.
In the late 1950s, American icon John Wayne bought a 4,000-acre cotton farming operation near Stanfield, Arizona on the advice of his financial advisor.
In fact, State Highway 347 which runs through the town of Maricopa south of the Valley and Stanfield further south, for 28 miles also is known as John Wayne Parkway. During the 1950s Wayne bought 4,000 acres in the area for about $4 million as an investment and contracted with a local broker to grow cotton.
Wayne bought 4,000 acres of farmland between Maricopa and Stanfield in the late 1950s. He partnered with local cotton farmer Louis Johnson, who managed Wayne's farm. The two later merged their properties and started 26 Bar Ranch. Both now have roadways named for them in Maricopa.
As part owner of 26 Bar Ranch, Wayne had a major stake in the cattle game. Located in Arizona, 26 Bar Ranch was just one of many productions Wayne enjoyed in the state. He filmed classics including “Stagecoach” and “Red River” and spent time with his family there.
Long after Wayne's last ride, the property came into the hands of an East Coast couple, who used it as a dude ranch that included several houses for half a century. The seller, who bought the ranch in 2015, converted it back to a family retreat.
Monument Valley contains some of the most picturesque, interesting, fantastic scenery in our country. Thanks to director John Ford and his classic, unforgettable westerns, many have seen Monument Valley in the movies but are completely awed by the immensity of this silent land when one views it in person.
John Wayne's Ranch. Mansion Global reports that Rancho Pavoreal, a Southern California ranch once owned by John Wayne, has sold for $11.25 million. The 2,000-acre property is a colossus by Riverside County standards.
The Riverside County ranch sits on a whopping 2,000 acres in the small community of Sage, about a 20-minute drive from Temecula wine country and two hours from downtown Los Angeles.
All trails in Arizona eventually lead to Old Tucson Studios. The Old West movie set where Wayne shot four films—Rio Bravo (1959), McLintock! (1963), El Dorado (1966) and Rio Lobo (1970)—is a little dusty but still standing.
But it doesn't much matter that Wayne was born in Iowa and went to USC, or that he never lived in Texas and filmed only 2 of his approximately 140 movies here. He's now an honorary Texan.
Did you know that Trans Am wasn't the only Pontiac steering wheel that John Wayne sat behind? In his personal life Wayne's vehicle of choice was full-size Pontiac station wagons.
How many John Wayne movies were filmed in Arizona?
Many locations around Arizona claim a connection to John Wayne. Hollywood's brightest stars came to Arizona for work or to escape the spotlight. But for Wayne, who made around a dozen films in the state, it became his home away from California.
“As an action hero to many, John Wayne's presence still lives on in Rancho Pavoreal's very masculine and western aesthetic,” says listing agent Tatiana Novick of Coldwell Banker Realty's Santa Fe office, who called the spread nestled halfway between San Diego and Palm Springs “very rare.” After the actor's death in ...
The property features a 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 3,000-square-foot ranch house, as well as a large barn. There are also three wells and miles of horse and hiking trails, and the property is completely fenced and cross-fenced for cattle and horses.
She even built a stainless-steel demonstration kitchen in her house. Other notable icons who called Valley Center home include Fred Astaire, John Wayne, and writer Washington E. Irving.
