It was created by an eccentric folk artist named Eddie Owens Martin (1908–1986), who called himself St.

[4] Eddie Owens Martin was born on July 4, 1908, in the village of Glen Alta in Marion County, Georgia to a sharecropper family of nine.

[5] He suffered abuse from his father that caused him to leave home for New York City at 14 years old and become a sex worker.

"[10] He inherited the house and four acres of land from his mother after she died in 1950; Martin moved his fortune-telling business to the site in 1957 after a dispute with his brother Julius.

[12] Martin collected local natural materials to construct his first wall and hired D. W. Milner to assist him.

[15] After 10 years of construction, Martin began painting his structures with images inspired by his own personal acquaintances.

[30] In 2017, James Ogburn and Scott Wilkerson created an opera called "Eddie’s Stone Song: Odyssey of the First Pasaquoyan" that celebrated Martin's life.

[31][32] In 2022, the Tedeschi Trucks Band released a track titled "Pasaquan", in homage of the site, on their album "I am the Moon".