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... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />r <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(\ ne ul the must prominent <br />U building aWUCS usrJ il, tltc <br />Prunt ILange is :I luvcl}• light Lw <br />auJ gray w piuklsh s'uk;mic <br />rtxk fuunJ un mesa »qs iu Duugl.ls <br />Cuwuy. Cuuuuuul}• callcJ "l:asllc <br />Ruck rhyulitc;' it graics the cxlc- <br />riors u(m;u1y Dctrvcl :ura builJiugs. <br />especially churches, Irwin Jrpws nnJ <br />residutccs built iu 111: Talc ISIKh. <br />Allhuugh it wutctintcs is mislakcu <br />fur limcslurn htt:msr ul its hghl <br />color and linc•graiucJ Icxturc, the <br />Casllc Kuck rh}•ulilc has its ua•» dis- <br />linitive ehararlcrislics. Like glanitc, <br />rhyulile is nt:uulp yuarv., mica :mJ <br />fclJsp:o. Unlike gr:wilc, Ihyulilc Is <br />"cxh usive,•'tncaniug that it I'unnrJ <br />uu the surl:lce ul li.udl talber Ih.m <br />uuJrlgltnuul. A vcly Jwa6k hil;lr <br />silica malel ial, Il blraks with :1 <br />couihoulal (run•al ul xallup- <br />shapnl) ftd+lur:. which Bien <br />building swdaccs au wmsual, ruu~h <br />aplx:ar:utic. 7~hcrc is a cwtstaw play <br />of shatlu+es aurlss the jagcrd walls <br />of l6cxc builJiugs,:m clle.'I highly <br />desircJ by :udliltds ul the da}•. <br />L:IA}' geological repu»s uulyd drc <br />sc:Utercd Icumuttls of ILis igneous <br />(vulianic:dl}' (unucd) uxk u» nu•sa <br />laps W the +ccst ul Casdc Kai k :uIJ <br />strulh lu Larlspur. The vuk;wic <br />Ouw's ubeiuusl}• haJ Ixcu Jepmilyd <br />wl a» :uuicnl erasion surface. but <br />theft was nu clear explanation at Ihr <br />th»e fur the vulc,wic suuuc. <br />TuJ,q•'s geological name ful the rh}•- <br />ulilictuck is "Wall hluuutaiu "full." <br />h pru6abl}' urigiu:llcJ in a I'urulrr <br />cnq,tive center in Utc S, walih <br />Range, Chaffee Cuunly. The m;no <br />rlal N'aS CfllpiCd ati ai+burnr as» <br />whidt scaled ut•cr:1 vast arcl <br />cneompaming parts of 1'ark,'fcllcr <br />a nJ Douglas cuumics abuw .l$ mil- <br />lion }•cars agn. This was Jm ing the <br />Olig+xenc Gptrcll, a time u(cunsidu'- <br />Castle Rocic <br />BU11C~1-1'i,' <br />~IOI7t' <br />Cil'ilCl:ti <br />Itisioric <br />I)CIl1'CI' <br />ISllf~(~Illbti <br /> <br />ah(e vule:mie activity in the ltucAirs. <br />Olhcr Id:ucJ arueily limn dlis vul- <br />c:mir complex JcpusilcJ the :eat :IUJ <br />lava Iluws in which lussih;uc p1c- <br />scrrttl ul the flurisanl fossil Ilcds <br />Naliuual hluuuuu'nl. also in'fcllcl <br />County, <br />file C:1adc Kuck Ihyulile ryas tecug- <br />uir.cJ as a wpel iul Jiwt'n:,iun stone <br />(Ihal is. unc that is cal lu a spit illctl <br />auJ cunslaul xicc) as c:uly as 1872. <br />sinudtauruuslp +vilb a huilJing <br />boom iu Dcnvcl. Sil:u AiaJFr dcecL <br />aped the (irsl qu:uly un his ranch <br />about Ihlcc miles south u(C;ntk <br />Ruck. AI fits) 16c heavy IuaJs of <br />ruck were haulm hum the mesa lap <br />yu:ury Ly houc :uul +cawu lu the <br />rlihuad sitting u' lluuglas in 16c <br />vallt•y of Cast 19um C'+cck. 11'itbin a <br />few yrus the Ucuvel .\ Rio Genxle <br />rlxxlY UnJr•J MnlhuJ•a Chuglr. <br />ILooJu at~ rortl 6tlr <br />packs tvcn• cslrudcJ lu t6r yu.u ly. <br />Dusiucss huuulcd :ulJ IhuutauJ+u: <br />lure of n,ck wtve sluppa( ht~ I87.1. <br />A wuunnllilP of sl.illcd +vulkrl s. <br />m:uty ul Ihcm Se•cJtsh, glrw up iu <br />the virinil}•, ++'hrn• suulr ul lhcil <br />JcsceuJ:nus still In t•. <br />'1hc C;ndr Kuck ~lunc yu:nlir~ Imr- <br />vidrJ an important rcuunulit Da•.n <br />lul Ihr undo erhgn•J Icj~iuu ul I hm <br />Idac l hunt Y. 7 hr Slant +c:n u.rll w <br />hudthnc cul~.Inn lion w 1'urLlo. <br />(14olaJu Splun•+:md lA'm cl !1 <br />:11\11 \\'a:• ll11111 rr'11 111 { 1111.111.1. <br />l'hc+ounr .nut I•..nr.a+ l lr;. <br />l~ht' unupu, tu):,•rd fn~l t ~ou:;irl•a <br />^uual C~hwch m l~olu+aJu ..\In we. <br />was huih iu IS1.1 lium C;nllc Roik <br />t6yulilc. lu I881 811as h1aJge <br />scaued cuutracls I'ul the Anllcu <br />I lulcl iu C'ulula.lo tiplinFv and lul <br />builJin~s ar Ihr ('1lbn,nln (, allege <br />campus. lu l881-18:^ nthn <br />do pusi u. +ve l c upcucd :u al I he <br />Drnva C Kin G1auJc r.IdnraJ Ian! a <br />(uw-milc~luug spw lu atccs~ thi <br />(J~111irn tluauy wwh ul (-:c.dc <br />Rork. Sauq/ln wcle wbuli»rd w <br />the llu;uJ ul l':gli»d nl,wafxl•, w <br />ISSl Ii,ranuiJrtaliun w for Cul~ <br />wadu c:glilul huilJmg. The urlpnul <br />Dcnerl cowl house, u:;n1} down <br />Iuo•u builJin~s as well :Ix u1.u r.n nc. <br />:unl lawn huult•s rn C':q,ilul I IIII wrlr <br />maJc of C'a•.Ur lArtk Ihpulia• dw ulj~ <br />ihi> lime hlaup Id Ihrm slJl :nr in <br />good couJitiun. <br />In 1889111s S:u lla 14' qu:ul)' upcnrJ <br />ml 161: sm:dl mc:.a pIN tvcsl ul <br />Catlh' Rui k. Nu+e pall ul the <br />h1c:IJu\cs sublh+~isiun, thl•. xnc can <br /> <br />