Sunday, June 17, 2007

What is that illuminated cross on the mountains west of Denver?

Its been almost 2 months since I have been in Denver and each week in the evenings you can see a faint cross on the mountains west of Denver. And ever since I have been wondering what it is and where it is?



The cross is on Mount Lindo in Morrison county. Its part of the Mount Lindo Cemetery. The cross has an interesting history: it was built by a husband as a sign to his wife of the location where he wished to be buried. (Read more at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/co/jefferson/cemeteries/mountlindo2.txt)

It is also the largest electrically lite cross in America.

It is somewhere close to this map location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=EN&q=19423+N+Turkey+Creek+Rd,+Morrison,+CO&sll=39.59256,-105.220442&sspn=0.021727,0.039911&ie=UTF8&ll=39.593387,-105.22572&spn=0.021727,0.039911&t=h&z=15&om=1

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