Forgotten OC, The Original Swiss Family Robinson Tree house

KOCE's Maria Hall-Brown and local historian Chris Epting look at forgotten Orange County landmarks, in this episode The Original Swiss Family Robinson Tree house in Anaheim

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[deadlanguage]

Hello, I owned the house and the tree for 20 years. It is an Australian Banyan Fig and does drop small figs (inedible) There is one directly west of this one on Dwyer Street. There were 7 in Anaheim - about 4 remain, one in front of Fairmont School on Mable Street off of Broadway. It is 250 years old. Kept the house cool in the summer too. Wonderful tree and house! Andrea Manes, Anaheim.

[Kraig Word]

The executives at Disneyland, the current ones, must be insane.

The Tarzan treehouse has none of the imagination or magic (or even music) of the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. What's worse, they put giant fiberglass animation stills in the Tree, making it look like a frozen cartoon, instead of a living fantasy. 

[TheTruethSeeker]

OMG I Want One!!!!

[BigEdDunkel]

Go Tarzan's Treehouse.

[cumofo]

there is also two in Ventura, at the park off main street, and up the hill by the old asylum.

[JUKIO01]

dude, im seriosly going to build a tree house. not sure where though, i have to find a big ass tree like this. if i ever live in the mountain/forrest or an island, id like to live on a treehouse like that. like in the new show crusoe

[finagler]

man, what a large tree. It's big, but not General Sherman big.