Driving through the salt flats of Nevada while returning from Sacramento, on a failed job search, I saw a house on the side of the freeway in rural Imlay, Nevada. I decided to stop, to Peter's chagrin, as usual. It was rather amazing:
These pictures depict the story of a guy who set out to live a simplistic life with his wife and kids. Leaving California, his car broke down in nowheresville Nevada. He did not have the money to fix it and so he squatted on this land with his family in a one room pull trailer. The owner of the land approached him and offered the land to him for next to nothing. The man, formerly Frank, took on the name Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder and built a home on the roadside for his family using the daub and bottle technique. The home is a monument to the injustices committed against the American Indian people of America and the statues depict heroic natives and different battles. In 1989, Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder killed himself in his home and the property was recognized as a state historic site.
I guess one could say that these are the remnants of a man and his vision:
To learn about this interesting place, click here:
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