Cabazon Dinosaurs
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The Cabazon Dinosaurs were created over a 20 year period by Claude K Bell a
portrait artist and sculptor at Knott's Berry Farm. The first, Dinny, was
started in 1964 and took 11 years to complete. It was created to draw people
into Bell's restaurant Wheel Inn Cafe. |
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Dinny's belly is a gift shop. The second dinosaur, Mr. Rex, was started in
1981 and took 7 years to complete and is near Dinny. He did have a slide in
his tail at one time that is now filled in with concrete. Both creatures
have been used in a few music videos. |
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New owner Gary Kanter, an Orange County developer, is using the dinosaurs
of Cabazon as a platform for his Creationist viewpoint. I just used them
to take pictures <grin>. |
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