Jolly Ridge
(Inspiration Point / Inspiration Hill)

artist: Paul J. Friedlein (1887 - 1984) NOTE: some sources give his birth year as 1888.
built: c. mid 1950s - 1970s
where: on private property, off US Highway 52, south of Guttenberg, Iowa
status: no scheduled tours



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Fall 2007 visit
















family photo of Paul Friedlein

the Mississippi River from Inspiration Point


all photos copyright Lawrence Harris
(except for family photo of Paul Friedlein)


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