 With its putting green , skeet range , and view of South Mountain and the Gettysburg Battlefield , it offered President Eisenhower a much @-@ needed respite from the pressures of Washington . It was also a successful cattle operation , with a show herd of black Angus cattle . Some of the more notable of Eisenhower 's guests were Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union , President Charles de Gaulle of France , Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain , and Governor Ronald Reagan of California . 
