Leonard Knight is the builder and chief architect of Salvation Mountain. He was born on November 1, 1931, in Vermont. He lives at the mountain near Slab City, a few miles from Niland, California, and approximately 150 miles (240 km) from San Diego.
Knight grew up on a 32-acre (130,000 m) farm about seven or eight miles (13 km) from Burlington, Vermont. As a youth, Knight was not very interested in school. He was the youngest of six children and s...
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Leonard Knight is the builder and chief architect of Salvation Mountain. He was born on November 1, 1931, in Vermont. He lives at the mountain near Slab City, a few miles from Niland, California, and approximately 150 miles (240 km) from San Diego.
Knight grew up on a 32-acre (130,000 m) farm about seven or eight miles (13 km) from Burlington, Vermont. As a youth, Knight was not very interested in school. He was the youngest of six children and spent much of his time working on the family farm. Of his childhood, he recalls, "I shoulda had a happier childhood than I did have. . . Everybody treated me good and everything, but it seemed like back then I just didn't want to learn and didn't want to do anything. It seemed like school was reading, writing, and arithmetic, and I didn't like any three of 'em. So I was kinda rebellious like. I just wouldn't go to school. I'd skip all the time. I'm not proud of that." He also stated being bullied was a big part of why he would skip school....
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