IN June of 1979, a man going by the pseudonym of RC Christian approached the Elberton Granite Finishing Co. in the state of Georgia in the United States with the task of building a monument. He said no one was to ever know his true identity or that of the group he was representing. When arranging payment, Christian explained that he represented a group, which had been planning the guidestones for 20 years and intended to remain anonymous. He seemed to have an endless supply of money to fund the project and by the terms of the legal contract, all plans had to be destroyed after completion and all information about him withheld from the public.

Christian delivered a scale model of the guidestones and 10 pages of specifications. The 5-acre land was apparently purchased by Christian on Oct. 1, 1979 from farm owner Wayne Mullinex. Mullinex and his children were given lifetime cattle grazing rights on the guidestones site.

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