Duchesne Record | 1913-08-08 | Page 3 | Monk's Head, Coony Canyon

MONKS MONK'S HEAD COO COONY NY CANYON a a t rr i t I r r r y The human face tace Is found In many natural rock carvings In different parts f the world and almost every west- west rn state has one or more of these natural natural na na- tural ral statues carved so perfectly by bythe the he action of the elements as to be startling in their expressions Perhaps none is more striking than the Monks Head In Coony Canyon Yew Sew ew Mexico a freak of nature that Snags brings out in clear profile a mans man's I oJ face with the head appearing to be hooded The figure is of giant proportions and and at a little distance sharply outlined outlined out out- lined against the sky It se seems ms impossible impossible impossible sible that it Is not the work of some ancient people who may have wrought upon it with crude tools yet obtaining a singularly strong and virile expression expression sion of countenance Fantastic tales are told by the New Mexico Indians concerning the origin of this rock head and at one time it was believed to have been worshiped by the natives of the southwest