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Alley Oop Fantasy Land, a park beside the Pecos River in Iraan, Texas honoring cartoonist V.T. Hamlin, whose long-running "Alley Oop" comic strip (debuted 1932) was inspired by his work in the local Yates oil field. Anchored by "Dinny," an 80,000-lb permanent concrete dinosaur statue (the strip's pet dinosaur character), alongside a companion statue of the cigar-toting Alley Oop character; the museum/park officially opened in May 1965, with Hamlin attending.
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Alley Oop Fantasy Land (Dinny the Dinosaur)
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Site-level location · 30.9098° N, 101.8993° W
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Alley Oop Fantasy Land, Pecos River, Iraan, TX.
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