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Church Rock

Pillar on Colorado Plateau near Monticello, UT

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Church Rock is a solitary column of sandstone in southern Utah along the eastern side of U.S. Route 191, near the entrance to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. With majestic Colorado and Green River canyons, Canyonlands, this 200 foot roadside oddity near Monticello is called Church Rock. It seldom attracts more than a casual glance as visitors head toward Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument and the Needles district or drive between Moab and Monticello. One of the interesting pages of 1930's myths tells about Church Rock, and how the gumdrop shaped rock earned its name. The story is that Marie Ogden's Home of the Truth, an Utopian community, was erroneously responsible. Ogden was a spiritualist during the 20's, giving lectures across the U.S. on spiritualism, until she…

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Eolian deposits (UTQe;0)

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