- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
- Creator:
- Art Souvenir Syndicate (Denver, Co.)
- Publisher:
- Denver, Co.: Art Souvenir Syndicate
- Date of Original:
- 1901/1907
- Subject:
- Balanced Rock (El Paso County, Colo.)
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs
Postcards--Colorado--Colorado Springs - Location:
- United States, Colorado, El Paso County, 38.83209, -104.52558
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled – Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods. Balanced Rock is a combination of coarse sand, gravel, silica and hematite. It is hematite that gives the large Balanced Rock its red hue. Balanced Rock was formed as erosive processes removed softer layers near its base, eventually leaving the precarious-looking formation seen today. The Garden of the Gods' red rock formations were created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago. Archaeological evidence shows that prehistoric people visited Garden of the Gods about 1330 BC. The area now known as Garden of the Gods was first called Red Rock Corral by the Europeans. Then, in August 1859, two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City explored the site. One of the surveyors, M. S. Beach, suggested that it would be a "capital place for a beer garden". His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, "Beer Garden! Why, it is a fit place for the Gods to assemble. We will call it the Garden of the Gods." In 1879 Charles Elliott Perkins purchased 480 acres of land that included a portion of the present Garden of the Gods. Upon Perkins' death, his family gave the land to the City of Colorado Springs in 1909, with the provision that it would be a free public park. Palmer had owned the Rock Ledge Ranch and upon his death it was donated to the city. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage required: Domestic, one cent
Foreign, two cents. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-523
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-523#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-523/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
