Last week, my eldest and I walked Red Rocks Park, best known for its world-renowned music venue. We found the already mystical sand stones to have another level of awe covered in a blanket of snow. As we walked near a place I alluded to last week with guest, Phill Webster, a place where the middle of a massive forty foot wall of red rocks tapers into a cave-like opening, I turned on the ghost app on my phone.
I've never seen that amount of activity on the app, and for a such a steady stream of time.
The voices we recorded? Some felt ancient, while one in particular was modern.
This exploration led to a deep-dive into a special place, not just for the bands that headline the gigs in its stone belly, but for the millions of years that created the grains.
Let's get into it!
Red Rocks - geolocation and geology
Located in Jefferson County, Colorado, a mere twenty minutes from downtown Denver, Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater is best known for its otherworldly outcroppings of massive red boulders.
Want to go down the ancient Colorado rabbit hole? Here's a great first stop!
The Archivist - Anomalous America, Episode #7, Colorado
Show Materials and Links:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geographical-and-geological-setting-of-the-Red-Rocks-Amphitheatre-and-the-Dinosaur-Ridge_fig2_257780826
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lodaiska-archaeological-site
Historical Marker Data Base : https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=57641
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/6113/red-rocks-and-dinosaur-ridge#:~:text=These%20rocks%20were%20buried%20deep,throughout%20the%20Rocky%20Mountain%20Foothills.
https://www.amli.com/blog/ancient-history-of-red-rocks-park-amphitheatre
https://www.9news.com/article/news/history/heres-what-red-rocks-used-to-look-like-before-it-was-the-worlds-best-concert-venue/73-db6de397-1380-43bc-b1e1-18557ba8a0ad
https://www.westword.com/music/red-rocks-fun-facts-concerts-14496898
Morrison, too, and the rest of the Lariat Loop: https://www.lariatloop.org/morrison/
https://www.pbs.org/video/red-rocks-barry-fey-dyu3ys/
An epic promoter - the Rock Father - cannot be buried at his beloved Red Rocks:
https://www.denverpost.com/2013/05/02/managers-barry-fey-cannot-be-buried-in-morrison-cemetery-near-red-rocks/
https://coloradosredrocks.wordpress.com/author/jessemaclaine/
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