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An Afternoon at President Reagan’s Western White House

by Jim Buckley

Apr 02, 2025
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President Reagan meeting with the Press after signing the Tax Reconciliation Bill, Rancho Del Cielo (1981). Photo Alamy.

RANCHO DEL CIELO

This 688-acre Ranch in the Sky (“Rancho Del Cielo”) really was Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s getaway – better known as the “Western White House” – during the eight years of Reagan’s presidency.

Kody McLain, Curator with the…

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