Show famous landmark on highway 0 it is interesting to learn that a group of explorers have been successful in reaching the top of the famous landmark known to all san as Church rock and thought to be impossible to climb Church rock is located on highway about a quarter mile to the east and fur fourteen teen miles north of monticello it marks the entrance to the home of truth and has been considered a landmark to direct persons who make their first trip to this valley settlement Church rcck reck is a huge rock formation with a base of red sandstone extending upward some 60 feet or more the upper section is brown sandstone which tapers off to a double crown like top seen from a distance especially in going north at the sunset hour it presents a most beautiful picture travelling Tra velling from monticello Monticell ci toward moab one sees it first from the top of peters spring hill and it is indeed a formidable form forin dable sight as it looms before bea ore one whether wh et her seen at a distance or close by standing there alone on a great desert waste and bearing such an unusual name one can but wonder how it was formed and why it was given such a name by the early cow punchers who spent much of their time on the range surrounding surround ng this great rock the land on which Church rock stands is owned by claude young he recently drilled for water and erected a large windmill not far from it to supply water for the cattle that roam on his land which extends some distance south and west this windmill looks like a toy as compared to the huge rock in height claudia and harold formation which is some feet young walked around the base of Church rock one day and counted steps to cover that distance we are in deed happy to know that the explorers were e successful I 1 in their atempa to reach the top and we condrat congratulate them on I 1 their achievement |