Historic Red Rocks
Colorado, USA
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Above: Photo of Titanic Rock by S.L. White, 2004. Copyright S.L. White, used by permission. |
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Welcome to online history access for Red Rocks Park, Morrison, Colorado, USA. This location directs you to internet resources for the history, natural history, geology, and scenery of Red Rocks Park, wherever they are located. Use the menu at left to access sections of interest. Please respect any copyrights and other restrictions posted by the linked sites.
Red Rocks is located near the historic town of Morrison, Colorado. For information on and links to the history of Jefferson County, Colorado, see www.historicjeffco.org.
More on Red Rocks? See Historic Then/Now Scenes at the Mountain Parks history pages! |
Visiting Red Rocks? Horton House Bed and Breakfast the closest place to stay! |
Coming October 2009: Civilian Conservation Corps Gathering and Reunion
Whether you're interested in the CCC or were once connected with this New Deal program, check out plans for this fall gathering. Details will be updated periodically.New: John Brisben Walker and Cosmopolitan Magazine
Stories from the Garden of the Titans
Visit Red Rocks in the period from 1906 to 1928, when it was known as the Garden of the Titans, a mythological wonderland of strange rock formations with names borrowed from ancient Greek legends. (Stories in pdf form open in a new window; close to return here.)John Brisben Walker: The Man and Mt. Morrison
5-page article, pdf format, 1,428k
The Railway to the Peak
Construction of the Mt. Morrison Funicular
A Ride to the top of Mt. Morrison
More News and Views
Visit MountainParksHistory.org The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation is working with Mountain Parks staff to develop and maintain a website featuring documents, images, brochures, and articles from 98 years of Mountain Parks history.
Tour Red Rocks Park in Winter with this gallery of photos taken February 15, 2007.
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