GC8V1H5 Cowboy Rock
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: momcheers @ | Hide Date: 06/14/2020 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 53.711 W107° 57.458 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
   

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I've traveled this road my entire life but never noticed Cowboy Rock until about 10 years ago when it was pointed out to me.   Now I look for it everytime we pass by and make up a story just about everytime!

We'd love you hear your story of how you think Cowboy Rock came to look like this!   We would have made this an earth cache if we'd known a bit more about the hows and whys!   We assume the normal erosion explanation, but what a cool erosion this has turned out to be!
 

So what's your story.... ours usually has something to do with any of the nearby cowboys that were in the area during the Fall of 1879 when the Ute Indians had enough with Nathan Meeker and killed him.   When they were retreating out of the area - maybe they ran into this cowboy who ran from them and ran right through this rock!  ha!

This should be an easy one.  It's a normal guardrail cache - Park at the end of the guardrail and then stay on the rock side (non-highway side) of the guardrail for your own safety.  This is often a very busy road!

07/10/2020 By bradleycontato
Cool

06/29/2020 By Grand Junction Dad
I can't remember how long ago or who told me about this rock, but it was a while ago. And they told me it was "Indian through the rock", and the story went something like this.

A group of Indians was resting at the end of a long day of hunting, and as they sat around the campfire, a mountain lion surprised them, and one Indian was so started that he ran right through that rock.

It works best if you can time it just right so that the last word is spoken just as you pass the rock and can point right to it.

I did that with my kids and they thought it was pretty hilarious.

Thanks for the cache!

Didn't sign the log because my pen died! Second one today.

06/16/2020 By WiggleandBean
FTF! Not sure how this was formed but if it's anything like the rocks and Utah such as the arch, "The arches formed as the result of erosion through weak parts of sandstone fins composed of Jurassic-age Dewey Bridge Member of the Carmel Formation and Slick Rock Member of the Entrada Sandstone. Utah is also unique in its abundance of entrenched river systems, which often form spectacular natural bridges." Quoted from Google.

06/14/2020 By IgnotusPeverell
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