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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.
National forests listed in this column in small text are constituent national forests managed by, but not included in the name of, the named national forest in normal text. To reach the figure of 154 national forests, count hyphenated names as two forests, with the exception of Manti–La Sal, which is the official name of one forest.
Battlement National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado on July 1, 1908, from part of the Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve with 753,720 acres (3,050.2 km 2). March 11, 1924 it was renamed Grand Mesa National Forest , and the original name was discontinued.
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Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office in Colorado on December 24, 1892, with 858,240 acres (3,473.2 km 2). In 1905 all federal forests were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service .
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 ]
Uncompahgre National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 955,229 acres (1,492.55 sq mi, or 3,865.68 km 2) [1] in (in descending order of land area) parts of Montrose, Mesa, San Miguel, Ouray, Gunnison, Hinsdale, San Juan, and Delta Counties in western Colorado. Its headquarters are in Delta County, in the city of Delta.
The mesa rises about 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above the surrounding river valleys, including the Grand Valley to the west, reaching an elevation of about 11,000 feet (3,400 m). Much of the mesa is within Grand Mesa National Forest. Over 300 lakes, including many reservoirs created and used for drinking and irrigation water, are scattered along the ...