Painted Desert Inn Painted Desert Inn Painted Desert Inn is a lodge complex in Petrified Forest National Park, in Navajo County, eastern Arizona. It is located off of Interstate 40 and historic U.S. Route 66, overlooking the Painted Desert. The inn's lodge building and adobe guest cabins−"casitas" were designed in the Pueblo Revival style, by National Park Service architect Lyle E. Bennett and others from the Park Service Branch of Plans and Design. Construction was carried out by Civilian Conservation Corps builders and artisans over 1937–1940. A portion of the main lodge building was remodeled from the 1920s inn on the site, known
The Painted Desert he did not know how to ride a horse prior to this film, and learned specifically for his supporting role in "The Painted Desert". However, Gable had been a horseman since his early years, and merely took several lessons in Griffith Park prior to the commencement of filming in order to hone his skills. William Farnum was a large star during the silent era in Hollywood, starring in one of the earliest and most popular Westerns, the 1914 film "The Spoilers". When he was injured during the filming of 1924's "The Man Who Fights Alone", that effectively ended his leading