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Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
Cathedral Canyon is a natural canyon just outside the main area of Pahrump.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
The canyon became a roadside attraction as a former Clark County district attorney spent his older years creating art and building infrastructure within the canyon near his home.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
At one point, art adorned most of the nooks and crevices in the canyon.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
Lights were strung, stairs and a suspension bridge aided in access, and statues and murals were created.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
A 20 foot tall statue of Christ today is headless following years of target practice.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
Following his death, Roland Wiley's project was unable to be maintained and suffered heavy vandalism.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
The area is relatively easy to access today, though much of the actual pieces of aren't no longer remain.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
It is possible to walk through the canyon and see much of the work that Wiley once put into the area.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
01/21/2023
The grave of Queho, an indigenous outlaw.

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