Touted as the last best small town in California, Fillmore is a lively suburb of just 3.3 square miles in Ventura County. Nestled at the foot of the Topatopa Mountains in the Santa Clara River Valley, there are many beautiful views to be seen here. Fillmore was first found by camping Spanish explorers in 1769. While the area officially became a city in 1887 with the creation of the South Pacific Rail Line, it was incorporated in 1914 after a strong campaign by the Fillmore Herald along with local business owners.
The western part of the city is mostly residential, while the businesses on the east side are located on Ventura Street, also known as Highway 126. With right around 15,000 people and a neighborly feel, Fillmore is a nice place to raise a family, slow enough to stop and smell the roses, but enough things to do to keep you smiling.
With its rustic architecture, quaint feel, and proximity to Hollywood, many television shows and movies have been filmed in Fillmore. The city has a film website where filmmakers of all levels of the industry can apply for a permit to film within its borders. While it may be a popular filming location, it is one of an ever-decreasing number of Southern California cities that still have a mostly agriculture-based economy, refraining from exchanging the bright greens and citrus-colored rows of crops for the concrete and chrome of strip malls and shopping centers.
While it may be small, there is plenty to do packed within its borders. Both locals and tourists get their delicious honey fix at Bennett's Honey Farm or learn about the city's economic history at the Ventura Agriculture Museum. The nearby High Street Arts Center is a gorgeous small antique movie theater that shows a variety of old movies on their silver screens. The nearby Sespe Condor Sanctuary has allowed a critically endangered species to thrive, with two captive-born California Condors and two Andean condors freely reproducing since their introduction to the reserve in 1992. This project was headed up by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
If you've got nerves of steel and want to tempt fate by looking for a ghost, the White Lady of Sycamore Road is known to appear along Highway 126. Legend has it that she may have been hanged from a sycamore tree just off the highway. One believer reported seeing her in the backseat of her car.
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