so if you're looking for something a
little bit unusual something a little
bit quirky then today's travel trip is
really going to appeal to you especially
if you like the old Wild West and
western movies and TV shows I'm Gary
benridge tips for travelers helping you
to make the most of your precious
vacation time in this video I want to
talk to you about Pioneer town it's
about a 2-hour drive from Los Angeles
it's quite near the Joshua Tree National
Park it's only about 30 to 4 minutes
drive from Palm Springs so it looks like
it's from the 1880s it was actually
built in the 1940s as a permanent movie
Set they could make TV shows and films
here without having to completely
rebuild sets all the crew all the actors
actually lived on the property over
20000 westons have been made here both
films and TV shows famous names like G
orry and Roy Rogers to the most Renown
names in Western's filmed most of their
major Productions there so you can
stroll along Main Street and you'll find
a saloon you'll find jails you'll find a
hotel you'll find all sorts of things
that you needed in a wild West Town the
buildings were actually built three
quter size and are largely facades but
of course the magic of movies made them
look like they were a complete and
full-sized Town one of the most famous
buildings is the bowling alley which was
actually opened in the late 1940s when
it was opened it had six Lanes but it
had no automation so they used to hire
school kids who would actually reset all
the pins until automation came in the
1950s unfortunately the buring alley is
currently closed today many of the
properties have been turned into craft
shops and the artists sell things like
leather goods or Pottery much of which
is actually made right here depending on
when you're visiting there's different
animals also that you can pet stroke or
simply just feed like these chickens
they used to host events like uh Mock
gunfights and things like that these
days it tends to be focused much more
around one event which takes place on
Independence Day weekend which is called
pioneer Town Sho and chili Throwdown
it's a really big event very popular you
can also stay in Pine town in the
original motel that was built to house
the actors and crew it's the pineer Town
Motel it's a little bit rustic but
certainly if you really want to immerse
yourself into the wild west atmosphere
and a wild West Town Pioneer Town Motel
is certainly worth something doing if
you're looking for something a little
bit different to do and you're in the
Los Angeles or Palm Springs area I
really recommend heading to Pioneer town
it's very handy if you're going on to
the Joshua Tree National Park a couple
of things I'd like you to do it' be
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