Too bad his work isn’t a tribute to Obama or sodomy or any other pet leftist ideal. Only in that way could he be considered a true folk artist and permently get the earth first league and alphabet agencies off his back.
All the same, way to go, Leonard! This is a great use of private property - shame it’s not closer to LA.
I don't think this is private property. From what I have read, Knight even admits it , he is a squatter on government land.
Some think it is a toxic waste dump...
"Even the state of California, which owns the land, donated gallons of the yellow normally used for painting lines on roads. Of course local authorities had to stick in their oar by declaring Salvation Mountain a toxic dump. They were busy laying plans to bulldoze it, and they'd already put up their "DANGER: HAZARDOUS WASTE" signs when Leonard's independently analysed gravel samples came back clean. So the authorities backed off, which didn't hurt his burgeoning reputation as a folk hero. Salvation Mountain's Web site invites one and all to "The Slabs" and hundreds have heeded the call. Some settle permanently in their camper vans, others are "Snowbirds", dropping by on their way south with the sun."