Post by Brian Roebuck on Dec 31, 2008 15:04:08 GMT -5
History buff hopes to shine light on Garden of Gods cave
December 29, 2008 - 8:44 AM
DAVE PHILIPPS
THE GAZETTE
In 1848, a lone trapper stumbled on something in Garden of the Gods that the teeming city now surrounding the park has almost forgotten: a hidden cave.
The trapper, Jacob Spaulding, squirmed through a tiny hole at the base of the 320-foot red sandstone monument North Gateway Rock and, according to his later account, discovered a cavern he estimated to be 15 feet wide, 200 feet long and 100 feet high, with a sandy floor littered with mountain lion prints.
www.gazette.com/articles/cave_45454___article.html/city_park.html
December 29, 2008 - 8:44 AM
DAVE PHILIPPS
THE GAZETTE
In 1848, a lone trapper stumbled on something in Garden of the Gods that the teeming city now surrounding the park has almost forgotten: a hidden cave.
The trapper, Jacob Spaulding, squirmed through a tiny hole at the base of the 320-foot red sandstone monument North Gateway Rock and, according to his later account, discovered a cavern he estimated to be 15 feet wide, 200 feet long and 100 feet high, with a sandy floor littered with mountain lion prints.
www.gazette.com/articles/cave_45454___article.html/city_park.html