I have always been fascinated by the highly detailed little town of Rainbow Ridge, located at Disneyland’s Nature’s Wonderland attraction. A good clear shot of this particular structure has been missing from my collection. Mainly visible from the Pack Mule attraction located adjacent to Nature’s Wonderland, The Pack Mules & Miner’s Outfitters now resides at Daveland, thanks to the newly acquired image above. Previously I just had fragments of it, as seen in these August 1960 images:
This October 1962 shot shows the view you would see of it from outside the queue, partially blocked by trees and the queue structure itself.
From July 1962, a side-teaser!
This January 1965 image gives a nice overall view of Rainbow Ridge:
My brothers are blocking the corner of my view, circa November 1965:
A few detailed views from my recently acquired image:
The art at the top of the building shows a bear scratching his back on a tree with Cascade Peak in the background:
While the image is undated, I know it is from some time post Spring 1960, when this section of buildings were added. Unfortunately, they did not get incorporated into the Big Thunder Mountain attraction.
See more Disneyland Pack Mule photos at my main website.
1 comment:
Impressive and congratulations. It's such a clear shot of it, too. Did you have to do any color correction on it? I love how it's got kind of a rust/burnt umber thing going on. All other shots give you the impression it's a faded "barn red" or even shrimp color. Fortunately this one shows it's color so well, not to mention those details. I love the exterior design of those buildings, they always make you think there's so much more to them, and inside of them, but they just wrap around enough to create the illusion and no more. The artwork of the bears looks like a familiar style but I'm not sure who. I'm assuming the same person that painted the scenery on the door of the stagecoach?
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