[HN Gopher] Cadillac Ranch
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Cadillac Ranch
Author : prismatic
Score : 19 points
Date : 2023-03-24 03:40 UTC (19 hours ago)
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| toddm wrote:
| Required watching for context is The Plutonium Circus:
| https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114147/
| cjtrowbridge wrote:
| It's so cute. One of my favorite parts of driving the 40.
| sargun wrote:
| This kind of reminds me of "The Lightning Field":
| https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/walte...
| CWuestefeld wrote:
| I visited a few years back. Knowing that this is on private land,
| that the owner graciously allows people to visit, I was saddened.
| So many people come to look at the exhibit, and then throw their
| paint cans and other trash all around.
| solomonb wrote:
| That is a bummer. I love that people actively repaint it but I
| wish they wouldn't dump their trash on site.
| mortenjorck wrote:
| I'm glad it has fared better than Chicagoland's Spindle
| (1989-2008).
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_%28sculpture%29
|
| The desert is probably a better place for automobile-sculpture
| than the temperate Midwest, but it's still a shame the Spindle
| was never able to find a new home.
| dylan604 wrote:
| When visiting, I highly advise doing so when it is dry. As the
| pictures show, it is solid dirt, so after it rains it is a mud
| pit.
| macinjosh wrote:
| Reminds me of CarHenge https://carhenge.com/
| asciimov wrote:
| If you're near it, go see it, just to say you did. Then do
| yourself a favor, go have lunch at The Big Texan Steakhouse, to
| admire the 72oz steaks.
|
| That said, not sure why you were out there to begin with. Maybe
| you were out admiring the sights in Bushland?
| ojbyrne wrote:
| It's right next to I-40, so if you happen to be driving from
| the east coast to the west coast on that highway (as I once
| did), it's hard to miss.
| dylan604 wrote:
| You only told part of the story of the 72oz steak. Yes, it's
| 72oz (4.5 lbs) of beef, but if you eat it in the time limit,
| you get it for free. Your average burger is 1/3lb, so that's
| 13.5 burgers in one sitting.
|
| Some people aren't so elitist that thinking they are in some
| part of the country not left or right coast would think this is
| just something that happens in their part of the world.
| toddm wrote:
| You have to eat the whole meal (inclusive of the shrimp
| cocktail, salad, baked potato, and dinner roll) without
| getting up and without throwing up in the allotted hour.
|
| The no-throwing up rule was instituted some time ago because
| passers-by (mostly long-haul truckers at the time) would
| essentially dine for free irrespective of whether or not they
| completed the challenge. You are also on the hook for the
| $72, which was not the case back in the day.
|
| See https://www.bigtexan.com/72-oz-steak/ for current rules
| and regulations.
| toddm wrote:
| You could be visiting beautiful Palo Duro Canyon State Park, or
| passing through as others have mentioned.
|
| You could, like I was many years ago, be doing field work at
| Pantex as part of your Master's thesis.
|
| The people in the Texas Panhandle and Amarillo in particular
| are, in my experience, just as nice and welcoming as anyone
| else - present OP excluded, of course.
| tomthorns wrote:
| Any ex Accenture people here click this expecting something
| different?
| spydum wrote:
| There was (maybe still is) a smaller similar setup of Airstream
| RVs (those shiny metal exterior RVs) on the south side of
| Interstate 4 just outside of Tampa. Some people thought it was
| trashy, I thought it was cool looking
| asdflkjvalkj wrote:
| Airstream ranch was torn down in 2017.
| starkparker wrote:
| Marsh died two years after allegations of sexually abusing
| teenagers. Police arrested him, raided his offices, and
| publicized evidence. He settled lawsuits with the accusers out of
| court in 2013 but was still indicted on 14 counts of sexual
| performance, assault, or indecency with children.[1][2][3][4][5]
| The charges were dropped only with Marsh's death prior to a trial
| date.[6] The accusations followed other publicly known sexual
| misconduct accusations and charges in 2001, 1998, and 1996.[4]
| Following his death, his survivors were also accused of sex
| trafficking.[7] Several businesses associated with Marsh's office
| settled suits with accusers in 2015.[8]
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| 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/us/stanley-marsh-
| cadillac...
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| 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/us/millionaire-stanley-
| ma...
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| 3: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/arts/design/stanley-
| marsh...
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| 4:
| https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/crime/2013/04/11/million...
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| 5: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/darkness-on-the-
| plains...
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| 6: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2014/06/19/stanley-
| mars...
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| 7:
| https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2015/10/09/la...
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| 8:
| https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/07/chase-t...
|
| cf. Marsh 3's feud over the Ranch with the Whittenbergs, another
| eccentric oil-rich family: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-
| crime/big-feud-at-cadillac...
|
| Marsh left the Ranch land to a trust unaffected by the lawsuits:
| https://www.petersen.org/blog/cadillac-ranch
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