Alabama Hills
by Ben Prepelka
Title
Alabama Hills
Artist
Ben Prepelka
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Description
Seen in the distance, with a blue hue, bare granite slopes and distinct sharp ridges, California's Sierra Nevada Mountains provide a grand backdrop for the well worn Alabama Hills. Displaced from the State of Alabama by 1500 miles, these California foothills were actually named for a Confederate warship, the CSS Alabama. Sympathetic to the South, prospectors named their mining claims after the Confederate ship. Over time, the entire area here in Owens Valley took on the name Alabama Hills.
Beginning with The Roundup in 1920, Fatty Arbuckle, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Barbara Stanwyck, William Boyd, Gene Autry and hundreds of other western film stars went on to fill the pages of Alabama Hills movie history.
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March 29th, 2016
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2020 August: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (August 18, 2020)
Kay Brewer
Voted your entry in the Rocky Mountain Scenery contest. I almost didn't vote, thinking you misread the title of the contest :) But I read the description and there it is!
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" gallery at Fine Art America! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage.
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