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Cadillac
Ranch David Alexander, May, 2004
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Several myths
have been perpetuated about the origin of the
Cadillac Ranch, the most popular of which is the one I heard
growing up in the
Texas
Panhandle. As the story went, an eccentric
Amarillo,
Texas
millionaire would buy one Cadillac after another and when it was time
to buy a new one, he would have the old one buried nose first on his
land. However, the truth is, the
Cadillac Ranch was a planned artistic endeavor.
Yes,
Texas millionaire Stanley
Marsh, 3 is eccentric. He is also said to be very down to
earth, quickly disregarding the "III” as too pretentious and using "3"
instead. In 1973, Marsh invited a San Francisco artists’
collective called the Ant Farm to help him in the creation of a unique
work of art for his sprawling ranch just west of
Amarillo.
Throughout the
years, the
Cadillac Ranch has been repainted many times.
The
Cadillac
Ranch is located west of
Amarillo on old
Route 66, south of I-40 between exits 60 and
62.
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