Casitas Springs is an unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, located 1.2 miles east of Lake Casitas. It is an old community which was recorded as Arroyo de Las Casitas ("creek of the little houses") in 1864. It has a population of 1,038 as of 1999, down from 1,090 in 1990 Census. Casitas Springs is located along California State Route 33 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Oak View.
Known for its groves of eucalyptus trees, Casitas Springs may mostly be known as the former home of Johnny Cash. Cash bought a 5,000 sq. ft. home on a fifteen acre property at Nye Road in 1961, and lived here until 1967. Cash would often go picnicking at the local Casitas Lake and Foster Park. After moving away in 1967, Cash came on several trips back to Casitas Springs to visit his children and parents.
The community was first recorded in 1864 under the name Arroyo de Las Casitas ("creek of the little houses").
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Johnny Cash
Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash moved with his family to a hillside home at 8736 Nye Road in the late summer of 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 other 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 he said was ignited by his truck's exhaust system. 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.
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 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.
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See also
Roadshow Revival
References
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