The Friends of Carhenge Board of Directors have voted to place the 24-year-old automobile replica of England's Stonehenge on the market. Right now it carries a price tag of $300,000.
Friends of Carhenge President Marcia Buck says the decision came down to the fact that the quirky tourist attraction lacked volunteers and limited capital.
Carhenge was built in 1987 by the Jim Reinders family on land that Reinders' father once farmed two miles north of Alliance on Highway 87.
Reinders donated Carhenge and the ten acres of land around it to the Friends of Carhenge organization a few years later. Several improvements have been made over the years, including the building of a visitors center that employed college students during the summer months. Buck says the decision to sell Carhenge was a difficult one.
"We've met so many people from across the country and around the world, thanks to Carhenge," she said. "What memories. Plus, we've been able to provide summer jobs for college students at the visitors center that have also met people from all walks fo life."
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