Historic Hood River
Balanced Rock
10-24-2022
Notes
This W.F. Laraway image shows the “Balanced Rock” at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. I wish we had more information on how they happened to visit this corner of the worlds. We’ve previously seen W.F. Laraway photos of a visit to Yellowstone and others of a visit to Salt Lake City, Utah. We don’t know if these were all from a single grand trip, or if they were able to take several excursions throughout the West.
While this site is now in public ownership, In Laraway’s day this was a private attraction which they would have paid a fee to visit.
L.E.
At first glance, I thought it was a glacial rock deposited, but no, it is quite natural, just like all the red rock in that corner of the U.S.
The map on the posted link featured "Manitou Cliff Dwellings". I looked it up. They are more or less man made as a tourist attraction. Built 1904-1907. I don’t know what year the Laraways made this trip. Perhaps they were before the Manitou Dwellings.