Corral Drive-In
Saugus, California1957-1966
Shop Corral Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. For nine years it was the only drive-in in the Santa Clarita Valley, tucked into Seco Canyon in Saugus, California. Its sign was an aqua board with the name in script, a big arrow and a band reading Kids Free. Choose a style below, and the full Corral history is further down. Down Home Apparel is an American small business remembering the best places and teams of yesteryear, and every shirt is printed to order in the USA.
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Corral Drive-In History
The Corral Drive-In in Saugus, California, now part of Santa Clarita, opened on April 16, 1957. Hank and Peggy Ostrom built and owned it with Louis Wutke, on San Francisquito Canyon Road in Seco Canyon. The Ostroms also ran the American Theatre in Newhall. Aerial photos show a narrow lot tucked into the hills.
For nine years it was the only drive-in in the Santa Clarita Valley. Its sign was a hard thing to miss: an aqua board with the Corral in script, a rust red star-like point reading Drive In Theatre, a big arrow, and a band under the marquee reading Kids Free.
In 1966 two things happened at once. The Ostroms sold to Leon and Avis McGarrah, who lived in the canyon and reopened on April 22 under a new name, the Valencia Drive-In. A month later, on May 25, the Mustang Drive-In opened on Soledad Canyon Road, in a more central spot. The 1966 season was the old theater's last. In 1998 Grace Baptist Church moved onto the land.