Garden of the Gods

2009-06-20

Updated: 2012-01-24

Perhaps more correctly called Beer Garden of the Gods [a], as the story about the name tells us:

The name of the park dates back to August 1859 when two surveyors helping to set up nearby Colorado City were exploring the nearby areas. Upon discovering 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."

— Wikipedia [b]