Post #108525 by TikiGardener on Sun, Aug 15, 2004 11:46 PM

While up in the Lake Tahoe region, I stumbled quite accidentally on an article in a Tahoe free paper that made me stop in my tracks.

It seems that after 40 years in operation, the Ponderosa Ranch is going to close its doors on September 26th of this year.

As per the usual theme of our times, it wasn't due to flagging reciepts, as attendance had actually gone up recently. But instead the land value was the key. It seems the land has been parceled and sold to various buyers.

My itinerary was too packed to stop by, so I'll never actually be able to set foot in this western time machine, but I urge any of our Northern California brethren to make it a point to visit this roadside attraction before it, like many others, is gone.

Take a virtual tour of the Ponderosa ranch at http://ponderosaranch.com/

First Six Gun Territory, now this.

Tiki Gardener
http://www.exotic-tiki-gardens.com

Found this article at the Sacremento Bee website, very detailed in its history and explanation of the sale.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/travel/story/10100573p-11021425c.html

[ Edited by: tikigardener on 2004-08-16 00:02 ]