Sculpted formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- July 1982
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- License
- This photograph copyright ©1982. All Rights Reserved
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Sculpted formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is covered in monoliths of sandstone and gypsum. Charles Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, originally purchased 240 acres near the base of Pike’s Peak for a summer home in 1879, but never built on it, and instead left it open to the public for their enjoyment. He later added to the property. He died in 1907, and his children donated the land to the City of Colorado Springs in 1909 so that it could become a public park. That land is now the Garden of the Gods. It is a Registered National Natural Landmark in Colorado Springs.
