During the Great Depression, two Hollywood visionaries bought this land near the exclusive Malibou Lake Mountain Club and created Lake Enchanto as a countryside amusement park for working-class families. Many early visitors drove from the San Fernando Valley in their first family cars, and as the economy recovered, weekend attendance climbed to 5,000 per day. Under several owners, the park expanded to include a boating lake, sports, kiddie rides, a dance floor, a 250-seat amphitheater, and an enormous pool described at the time as the largest on the West Coast. By the late 1950s, visitors increasingly chose new amusement parks such as Disneyland, and Lake Enchanto closed in the mid-1960s. The site was also a retreat for racecar builder Harry Miller, who lived in the main house from 1926 to 1933, entertained clients and celebrities there, and used garages on the property for experimentation. Miller invented the Master Carburetor in 1911 and the front-wheel drive train in the 1920s, designed and built cars that won the Indianapolis 500 nine times, filed for bankruptcy in 1933, and died ten years later, but his engine design dominated American racing for half a century and helped lay a foundation for modern road cars. Now known as Peter Strauss Ranch, the place has long remained a center for leisure and recreation, with oak woodlands, a seasonal creek, trails, a lawn, an amphitheater, a 1939 Italian terrazzo tile concert area where Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson performed in the 1950s, and the relic of its enormous outdoor pool.