The ranch is historically significant for its association with actor Joel McCrea, a major star in the movie industry.

[4] The Norwegian Colony, at the north end of the Conejo Valley, needed a safe route to transport bales of hay and sacks of wheat and barley to the Oxnard Plain.

This road allowed grain bound for San Francisco and England pass down the Santa Rosa Valley to the Hueneme Wharf.

[1] The McCreas donated several hundred acres of the ranch to the newly formed Conejo Valley YMCA for the city of Thousand Oaks, California, both of which celebrated their 40th anniversaries in 2004.

This article about a property in Ventura County, California on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.