Castles of "United States" COLLINS CASTLE vs COPENHAVER CASTLE

There is a Look out spot on top of the mountain that you can view the castle and the falls from. I found out that Ellsworth Collings was the Dean of the college in Oklahoma. He also wrote a few books on Western Cowboy history. In fact he wrote a number one book that's still in print called "The 101 Ranch". I am working on a web page about it with lots of pics on it. I'm still working on the history of Ellsworth. He was a very short man. I am 6 ft. 1 in. and in the bedroom of the castle and the door ways, I had to duck just to get in. The living areas however, had plenty of head room. There are 3 living areas with fire places in the main castle. It has a sitting area that looks like a place of worship outside to the left of the main building, ( just to the left of the stairs). The tower is cool but very narrow, I had to turn sideways just to walk up the stairs to go to the top. I am a slender tall man so this guy must have been about the size of my 13 year old. There are stairs and doors to every roof top. The building on the left on top of the stairs must have been the out house bath. You can't see it in the photos but on top of the stairs is another building that looks like the others that must have been a horse and buggy stable (remember 1930s). To the right of the castle there is another castle a little smaller than the one you see in the photo ( castle on the right not shown in photos). It would be my guess that this was a guest house for company or another family member. I am going to go to the book store soon and look at the book 101 ranch in hopes it has some more info about the author on the back cover. I have taken pics of both inside and out and will return soon for more pics. I live about 3 hours from it. I hope this e-mail was not more info than you wanted, I was just really into this castle. It was all done by hand in 1930's.

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5050 E. Red Rock Road. It took Dr. Copenhaver three years to blast the driveway into the hillside and another 12 years to finish building the castle. He had help from locals who bartered dental care in exchange for working alongside him. He also donated money to missionaries who helped with the building. Copenhaver moved into the maid quarters in 1978 with building not quite completed. Completed in 1979 he had an opulent completion party that began a series of yearly bachelor parties. Weddings and parties! Press parties with open bar and spreads of food became a common occurrence at the castle. A radio personality, Preston Westmoreland, states “It was like something out of the Playboy Mansion.” “Celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Stevie Nicks, and Reba McEntier visited”

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