In 1963, Rat Pack composer Jimmy Van Heusen bought a secluded California mountain; decades later it became a legendary celebrity hideaway
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Image(s): Left/Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn/American Songwriter/Right/Rattlesnake RanchSome places become famous because of what they look like, and then there are places whose reputation comes almost entirely from the people who once gathered there.
High above Yucca Valley in California’s high desert, Rattlesnake Ranch belongs firmly to the second category.
Composer Jimmy Van Heusen bought the secluded mountaintop in 1963, seeking the privacy that increasingly eluded Hollywood stars in nearby Palm Springs.
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Image(s): Left/Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn/American Songwriter/Right/Rattlesnake RanchSome places become famous because of what they look like, and then there are places whose reputation comes almost entirely from the people who once gathered there.
High above Yucca Valley in California’s high desert, Rattlesnake Ranch belongs firmly to the second category.
Composer Jimmy Van Heusen bought the secluded mountaintop in 1963, seeking the privacy that increasingly eluded Hollywood stars in nearby Palm Springs.