Obverse:

15708. Indian Profile Rock on Fall River Road, Rocky Mountain National Park

Reverse:

INDIAN PROFILE ROCK
LUCK SHRINE -- Legends of the Utes tell of good fortune showered upon tribesmen who worshipped at this nature-carved likeness of their famous war chief, Arrowhead. Many modern tourists crossing Fall River Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park, pause to experiment with the efficacy of legendary Indian magic.

Publisher:

Curt Teich / American Art Post Card Co.

MNM#01-01137

Profile of a face with "feathers" standing upright above, accidentally created around 1918-1920 by workers dynamiting an outcrop for the one-lane Fall River Road from Milner Pass down to Grand Lake. About a decade later, the current Trail Ridge Road was built higher above the outcrop.

Apparently the profile still exists overlooking the old roadbed a mile south of Poudre Lake, or about halfway between Fairview Curve and Milner Pass.

N 40° 24.603', W 105° 49.188' (Approximate location)

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