Hidden Valley Ranch Was A Real Place, And It Was A Serious Hot Spot - Chowhound

In a letter to the Los Angeles Times from 1987, a man named Alan Barker shared his recollections of Steve and of life at Hidden Valley Ranch. "He charmed most who came to the ranch," Barker said. Kenneth Henson "opened Hidden Valley as a sort of country club, nightclub, dude ranch in the mountains ... The ranch was not received well and promptly went broke." Barker also said the ranch was often used by UCSB…