Casitas Springs, California
| Casitas Springs, California | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Casitas Springs, California | |
| Coordinates: 34°22′17″N 119°18′23″W / 34.37139°N 119.30639°WCoordinates: 34°22′17″N 119°18′23″W / 34.37139°N 119.30639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Ventura |
| Elevation | 289 ft (88 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 805 |
| GNIS feature ID | 240315[1] |
Casitas Springs is an unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, United States. Casitas Springs is located along California State Route 33 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Oak View.
Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash moved with his family to a hillside home above Nye Road here in late summer 1961. He had been living with his wife, Vivian Liberto, and their four daughters, Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara, in Encino. Vivian hoped this move would put a stop to his growing issues with alcohol and drugs. His time here instead resulted in the most colorful and worst of the legendary Man in Black's bad-boy behavior — the pills, the booze, the binges, the arrests and the June 1965 forest fire above Fillmore that was ignited by his truck's exhaust system.[2] A local minister befriended Cash and set up the first San Quentin and Folsom Prison visits that would become a notable part of his career.[3]
His rendition of "Ring of Fire" was a crossover hit, reaching No. 1 on the country charts and the Top 20 on the pop charts during his time here. His drug and alcohol abuse as well as constant touring, affairs with other women, and his close relationship with June Carter led his wife to file for divorce in 1966 and it was granted the next year.[2]
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References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casitas Springs, California
- 1 2 Johnson, Brett (2007-11-18). "Johnny Cash's first wife tells of romance, heartbreak — They walked the line". Ventura County Star.
- ↑ Johnson, Brett (2014-06-12). "Tour to stop at Johnny Cash's old west Ventura County haunts". Ventura County Star.
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