Nitt Witt Ridge

NITT WITT RIDGE, ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S REMARKABLE

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOLK ART ENVIRONMENTS, IS THE

CREATION OF ARTHUR HAROLD BEAL (DER TINKERPAW OR

CAPT. NITT WITT) A CAMBRIA PINES PIONEER, WHO SCULP-

TED THE LAND USING HAND TOOLS AND INDIGENOUS MATE-

RIALS, REMARKABLE INVENTIVENESS, AND SELF-TAUGHT

SKILLS. A BLEND OF NATIVE MATERIALS AND CONTEM-

PORARY ELEMENTS, IMPRESSIVE IN ITS SHEER MASS AND

METICULOUS PLACEMENT, IT IS A REVEALING MEMORIAL

TO ART'S UNIQUE COSMIC HUMOR AND ZEST FOR LIFE.

CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 939

PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS

AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH SAVING AND

PRESERVING ARTS AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND

THE ART BEAL FOUNDATION, NON-PROFIT AND EDUCAT-

IONAL CORPORATIONS, JUNE 26, 1986

Submitted by: Eric Goodill