Arda E. Lee's Hidden Hollow

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Arda E. Lee's Hidden Hollow is an {{convert|86|acre|m2|sing=on}} recreational park in Cookeville, Tennessee created by Arda E. Lee in the 1970s.

Originally the property was a tobacco, corn, and cattle farm owned by Arda's father, Eldridge, and uncle, Everett. In 1952 he purchased the property. When Arda's employer, Lockheed Martin, transferred the tool designer to Marietta, Georgia a few years later, the family began making weekend trips to Cookeville, Tennessee.{{cite web| url=http://www.ourcoop.com/news/news2.asp?CAT=17&ID=1703 | title=Our Co-op Online| website=OurCoop.com}} {{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In the late 1960s Arda had "a vision from God" telling him to build the park.{{cite web | access-date=2019-09-06 | url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/8041 | title=Cookeville, TN – Hidden Hollow | url-status=live | website=RoadsideAmerica.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518073015/http://www.roadsideamerica.com:80/tip/8041 |archive-date=2008-05-18 }} The features included a {{convert|50|ft|m|sing=on}}-tall cross illuminated by more than 40 90-watt floodlights, a fishing and swimming pond, a petting zoo, volleyball courts, playgrounds and picnic areas, and a stuffed deer named "Dee Dee". The attractions on the property were by and large self-made, and could even be considered outsider art.{{cite book|last=Cefaratt|first=Gil|title=Lockheed: The People Behind the Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xj074U6FMNQC&pg=PA135|year=2002|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-56311-847-0|page=135}}

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