Louis Goebel
On this site Louis Goebel opened one of Southern California's most popular tourists attractions. In 1925, Goebel purchased five lots for $50 along old Ventura Boulevard, which later became Thousand Oaks Boulevard. This land had formerly belonged to the Newbury and Crowley Families. A year later he established Goebel's Lion Farm with seven lions and a few smaller animals. He rented the animals out to the movie studios. When Goebel noticed that travelers along the highway began to stop and look at the lions, he saw an opportunity to create a tourist attraction and soon added other exotic animals to his farm. With the help of well-known animal trainers such as Mabel Stark, the world's only woman tiger trainer, Goebel began presenting shows for visitors. Leo the Lion, famous for his roar at the beginning of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movies and other productions, was a special attraction. Later, Goebel added a restaurant and his business became a popular place to go in Southern California. In 1945, Goebel soldHM Number | HM2DE1 |
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Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 at 1:02pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 11S E 329693 N 3783043 |
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Decimal Degrees | 34.17446667, -118.84785000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 34° 10.468', W 118° 50.871' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 34° 10' 28.08" N, 118° 50' 52.26" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 805, 818, 916 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks CA 91362, US |
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