At Rancho del Cielo, Ronald Reagan's treasured California ranch, the president forbade any discussion of politics, and his wife, Nancy, rankled ranch-hands by being 'stingy' with dinner portions ...

The Reagans bought the property in 1974 for $527,000 near the end of his second term as governor of California. ... When ...

They first saw the land in 1974, when Reagan was Governor of California. However, the climb to the ranch's hilltop was almost too much for Nancy. “She said: ‘It's time to turn back now.’ ...

Reagan called the sprawling, 688-acre ranch just outside of Santa Barbara his “open cathedral.” “The ranch is more part of him than any other California home,” says Kengor, author of ...