 In November 1948 , John Day , a local cattle rancher and developer , built a 3 ⁄ 4 @-@ mile ( 1 @.@ 2 km ) airstrip on the surface of Lower Table Rock to impress visiting celebrities from Hollywood . Day funded residential lots near the landmark with the intent of marketing the lots to the celebrities who used the grassy runway . The runway was closed in the late 1980s , but small airplanes still occasionally attempt to land on it . 
