A fort set was originally built in 1947 for John Ford's production of Fort Apache, which starred John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Over the years, the set was used for numerous films including Streets of Laredo (1949), Escape from Fort Bravo (1953), Apache (1954), and many more. The popular TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin was also filmed here. A photograph associated with the site was taken during the filming of the 1949 film Ambush, starring Robert Taylor.