Keywords: Balanced Rock in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado LCCN2015633853.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago the area was first called Red Rock Corral Then in August 1859 two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City the original name for what is now Colorado Springs explored the site One of the surveyors M S Beach suggested that it would be a capital place for a beer garden His companion the young Rufus Cable awestruck by the impressive rock formations exclaimed Beer Garden Why it is a fit place for the gods to assemble We will call it the Garden of the Gods ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633853 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33800/33837a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33837 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33837 38 52 8333 0 N 104 52 8 0 W alt 1964 041_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Balanced Rock Garden of the Gods Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |