Heinrich Nordhoff (1899-1968), German automotive engineer, managing director of Volkswagen
Pratt had a winter home (also known as Charles Millard Pratt House) designed by architects Greene and Greene in Nordhoff (Ojai), California from 1908–11.
They went to Tahiti in the Society Islands for research and inspiration, and ended up staying, Nordhoff for twenty years, Hall for life.
In 1874, the valley's first settlement was named Nordhoff in honor of an east coast journalist Charles Nordhoff who had publicized this special area.
The Rincon Sea Level Road connected Ventura and Santa Barbara California as an alternative route to traveling up the Ventura River Valley towards Nordoff to the road over Casitas Pass for motorists driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles, California.