A recent addition to our Geology Time Trail is a huge black and white boulder which sits comfortably at the 523-million-year time period. This striking rock is called syenite (SIGH-en-night), and is abundant in the McClure Mountain Complex southwest of Cañon City.
The Stegosaurus sculpture was the original inspiration of Donna Engard, Jay Hanson and Bob Hubbell. This sculpture is a remarkable achievement completed by inmates at the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC).
The Stegosaurs required a more realistic appearance, and during the summers of 2015-2016, she underwent a major re-fabrication under the direction of local metal artist Vaughn Chamberlain
The Crossroads Through Time – Geology Time Trail has three new boulders representing one of the most iconic geologic features in the United States – Pikes Peak, America’s Mountain
The Crossroads Through Time Geology Time Trail has several new boulders pinpointing various geologic time periods in south central Colorado. The most recent arrivals are two Lykins Formation stromatolites placed at the 265 million year mark
The Pennsylvanian Fountain Formation in Cañon City has long been prized for quarrying, as it contains an unusual highly-cemented conglomerate that has been used in the building stone of at least two buildings
In an effort to raise awareness of the remarkable beauty and ancient fossil creatures preserved in the locally-quarried walls of our County building, several fossils have been framed with explanatory information.
It’s one thing to walk among rocks on the Geology Time Trail, and it’s another thing to walk among rocks on the Geology Time Trail with Harold Taylor.
Loretta Bailey and her daughter Kimberly developed a delightful exhibit focusing on the Mica Lode Quarry at the Royal Gorge and the Cowan Brothers Quarry
The Crossroads Through Time Heritage Park – Geology Time Trail project, which showcases rocks from local Fremont County formations and beyond, strives to help people understand and appreciate the beauty of our Fremont County landscape.
Students in Jerry Davis’ Colorado History class designed signage for the People & Places Trail at Pueblo Community College – Fremont Campus (PCC).
Both the People & Places Trail and the Geology Time Trail are closed after a catastrophic storm on July 23, 2018, severely eroded the trails. On that afternoon, PCC received about 2.5″ of rain in an hour and a half
Morton Gneiss is a rock with a long story to tell. Some very old rocks can tell us how much oxygen there was (or wasn’t) in the atmosphere or oceans at a particular time in Earth’s history
A piece of the historic 1973 Cañon City meteorite is on display at PCC in the Learning Resource Room. Only the second meteorite in Colorado known to have hit a building at the time
Several pieces from the historic Cañon City High School rock collection are now on display in the Learning Resource Center at Pueblo Community College – Fremont Campus.
Colorado History students Chris Kleinschmidt and Jacob Lewis. Each designed a poster and, as Work Studies students, they also placed all the posters along the People & Places Trail.
With its fascinating geologic history, this rock can only be found in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Crestone (south of Poncha Springs). It’s uniqueness is due to two unusual characteristics: color and size of inclusions.
Mountain Masonry LLC generously donated pallets of beautiful thick Dakota Sandstone slabs to the Geology Time Trail for the future amphitheater, which will provide seating for students and community members during ‘trail talks’
20 community members joined author Harold Taylor on a hike in the southern part of Ecology Park where Harold noted fossils, dinosaur tracks, and especially interesting geologic outcrops.
The entire length of the trail has now been completed, and on April 28, 2017 ten trail markers were finished, providing information at ten points along the trail.
Now half completed, this 2,300′ trail will feature interpretive signs explaining major local and global geology and paleontology events. The Geology Trail includes large rocks as examples from local geologic formations and is an extension of the Riverwalk Trail System on the PCC campus