White Stallion Ranch - Tucson Arizona

White Stallion Ranch is currently located at 9251 West Twin Peaks Road Tucson, Arizona. Since 2016, White Stallion Ranch has joined the membership of Historic Hotels of America. In 1900, the original pump house and ranch were opened, which started as a cattle ranch. Its original name is the CB Cattle Ranch. Mexican adobe bricks which were made of straw and mud were used to build the original property. Horseshoes and wire were identified in the walls during the renovation of the site. People today can visit a small part of the original adobe, which is displayed in the dining room.

History

In 1936, the White Stallion Ranch which has three thousand acres was originally homesteaded. David Young homesteaded this place from 1936 to 1939, who was regarded as the initial deeded owner of this ranch. In 1939, the property was purchased by Vine Bruning and Herbert, who used this property to ranch turkeys, chickens, as well as cattle. This ranch has been renamed by Herbert and Vine Bruning as CB Bar Ranch, which had become home to thirty thousand birds then.

In 1945, the property was purchased by Max Zimmerman, who was a liquor store owner from Chicago. He moved West in order to take part in the top hundred guest ranch industry in Tucson. The ranch was again renamed by Zimmerman as the MZ Bar Ranch. This time, the rooms of White Stallion Ranch were constructed. Zimmerman built six buildings which contained kitchenettes to satisfy the needs of guests. At present, these buildings still exist; however, the original guest room interiors have no longer remained due to some renovations.

In 1949, the property was bought by Cynthia and Allen True, who were from Colorado, as well as a five-year-old Russell and a baby Michael in the crib. The ranch had two hundred acres, seventeen horses, and seventeen rooms. There were only 30 Guest Ranches left in the area, and a majority of them were victimized by the Urban Sprawl in Tucson. Under such circumstances, Cynthia and Allen adopted a future thinking and took initiative to buy the adjacent, available land, thereby expanding their property to three thousand acres. Nowadays, the site consists of a five bedroom Hacienda and forty-three rooms which accommodate guests.

Michael and Russell have kept the traditions of the West with a lot of the original buildings that are still used today. Moreover, they have established a fitness center, lighted sport courts, a spa area, a serenity patio, a hot tub area, a new pool, a movie theater, sunken tennis courts, and many modern facilities. In addition to a large herd of cattle, they also possess one of the largest privately owned herds of horses in Arizona.

It is currently an all-inclusive Dude Ranch, which has combined modern creature comforts, luxury with Old West adventure. The guests coming here can have an immersive experience of what has inspired the filmmakers of Hollywood since the 1930s, such as majestic cacti, rugged mountains, and unspoiled desert.

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