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Coming Home: Creator Leonard Knight to Visit His Salvation Mountain

by Christina Lange May 18th, 2013December 16th, 2020

The Salton Sea area’s Salvation Mountain was handmade by folk artist Leonard Knight. That is right—handmade. By himself. Every single line of paint, every tree limb, every handmade flower on the walls, every “Jesus” written on the side of the 50-foot-tall mountain—all of it. Originally from the East Coast, Knight came out here to fly […]

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