In his autobiography, Brando wrote, "The country road we lived on was named for old man Bradley, who presided over a pretty fortyacrre farm about a mile down the road...he had blackheads on his nose so big that you could have scooped them out with a soupspoon. I could never remember anything he said because I couldn't keep my eyes off the wondrousness of those blackheads. He was missing most of his front teeth, and he must have been eighty years old, but almost every day he walked down the gravel road past our farm, paused and, if she was around, said hello to my cow, Violet.

The listing on the left is from the january 1949 Libertyville Directory. The image on the right is speculated to be the Brando's farm house located on St. Marys Rd. In 1951, Art Shay photographed Marlon for Life Magazine at his St. Marys Rd. residence.

On the right is a 1954 plat map of Fremont, an area just west of Libertyville. Highlighted is Marlon's 40 acre plot, Penny Poke Farm. It is located between 83 & Gilmer Rd. on Hawley St. In 1996, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Brandos purchased the farm in the lat 40s. Marlon's sister, Fran, lived on the farm from 1953 until her death in 1994. In 1974, she and Marlon had a conflict over the land's use. In his real estate holdings, Marlon deeded the land to be used by Native Americans. Though she acquiesed with his wishes, Fran remained on the land. Occasionally, Marlon would visit her, bunking in an apartment above the barn. In 1994, the property was purchased by developer Thomas Towne. Though plans for a sewer treatment plant and subdivision were mentioned, the house and land remain intact.