Will Rogers House Destroyed in the Los Angeles Wildfires
Will Rogers acquired the ranch In 1922. Construction began about 1923. The Rogers family moved out to the ranch from Beverly Hills in 1925. Will Rogers made his home there until his death on August 15th, 1935. Mrs. Rogers continued to make her home on the ranch until her death, following which, in 1944, it became a State Park. Located in Pacific Palisades California, it burned to the ground during the Los Angeles January 2025 wildfires. Home of the noted American humorist and motion picture actor, Will Rogers. Starting as a cowboy, he became a trick rider, rope artist, philanthropist, columnist, movie star, philosopher, writer, humorist, Ambassador of Good Will, humanitarian, and the best-loved human being of a generation. The Will
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