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Stanley Marsh 3 (January 31, 1938 – June 17, 2014) was an American artist, businessman, philanthropist, and prankster from Amarillo, Texas.He is perhaps best known for having been the sponsor of the Cadillac Ranch, an unusual public art installation off historic Route 66, now Interstate 40, west of Amarillo.
The forest covers most of Grand Mesa and the south part of Battlement Mesa. It has a total area of 346,555 acres (541.49 sq mi, or 1,402.46 km 2 ). [ 1 ] It is managed by the United States Forest Service together with Gunnison National Forest and Uncompahgre National Forest from offices in Delta, Colorado .
CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum, 780 Heritage Way, Grand Junction Regional Airport 39°07′04″N 108°31′31″W / 39.117778°N 108.525278°W / 39.117778; -108.525278 ( TBM Avenger Aircraft
A view north across Grand Mesa National Forest. The Grand Mesa is a large mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. [1] It has an area of about 500 square miles (1,300 km 2) and stretches for about 40 miles (60 km) east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison River ...
Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and largest city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [1] Grand Junction's population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States Census , making it the most populous city in western Colorado and the 17th most populous Colorado municipality overall.
Both sites belonged to Stanley Marsh 3. [7] Marsh was well known in the city for his longtime patronage of artistic endeavors including the Cadillac Ranch ; Floating Mesa ; Amarillo Ramp , a work by land artist Robert Smithson ; and a series of fake traffic signs throughout the city known collectively as the Dynamite Museum . [ 8 ]
White River National Forest (2 C, 70 P) Pages in category "Protected areas of Mesa County, Colorado" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
You have reached Land's End Observatory on Colorado's highest mesa, the Grand Mesa, 10,500 feet above sea level. Built in 1936-37 by the United States Forest Service and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the observatory reflects the rustic style of architecture found in public buildings throughout the national parks and forests.