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Area History
The Supersition Mountain area
has played a major role in the film making industry since Jon
Dored, a camera operator for the Southern Pacific Railroad, filmed
the first commercial motion picture of Roosevelt Dam, the Apache
Trail and Tonto National Monument on November 18, 1910. Dored
shot 850 feet of film during his stay in the area. Several film
shorts were shot in the area between 1910-1920. Actors and actresses
from around the world have worked on sets beneath the facade of
Superstition Mountain. Movie greats such as Glenn
Ford, Ida Lupino, James
Stewart, Audie
Murphy, Jack Holt and Tom
Mix have starred in films shot on location in the area. Singers
such as Marty Robbins, Elvis
Presley, Kenny Rogers and Waylon Jennings have done films
at Apacheland. The past was great and the future will be greater.
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Locations
The Sonoran Desert, Superstition Mountain and the
Salt River
Lakes all offer film producers a variety of natural landscapes.
They are filled with caves, cliffs, deep arroyos, canyons,
precipitous mountain peaks, deep pot holes, waterfalls,
Saguaro cactus, Ponderosa pine forest and desert landscapes.
A wide range of
wildlife can be found in the Sonoran Desert.
Cultural features include paved and unpaved mountain roads,
rugged mountain
trails,
stone buildings, old mining camps, mine tunnels,
shafts, man-made lakes, steel (stone and wooden) bridges,
tramways, railroads, timbered railroad bridges, small airports
to large ex-military bases, paved roads of all descriptions,
private homes of all income levels, cattle ranches, dairies,
orchards, orange groves, farms multi-story buildings, heliopads,
guest resort, secluded guest ranch, and variety of structures old
and new.
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