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Thunder Mountain Monument

Pershing County, NV

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Outsider-art complex and living memorial built from 1969 by Frank Van Zant (Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder) beside I-80 at Imlay. Concrete, bottle-glass, and scavenged-material sculptures and buildings honor Native American history and the Great Basin landscape; the site is open free for self-guided exterior viewing from sunrise to sunset.

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RegionPershing County, NV
Coordinates40.6600, -118.1330
Era1969–1989 construction
BuilderFrank Van Zant / Chief Thunder
AccessI-80 Exit 145, short dirt road
AdmissionFree (donations)

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