U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



BULLETIN- 707 PLATE XVI 



A. "ELEPHANT ROCK. " 



Just after passing Palmer Lake the guide on the train will call attention to the "Elephant," 

 one of the grotesque remnants of the Dawson arkose which has weathered into a form 

 resembling an elephant. Photograph by G. B. Richardson. 



B. PALMER LAKE. 



On a hot day in summer one of the most refreshing sights l)cl ween Denver and Colorado 

 Springs is the little sheet of water known as Palmer Lake. It lies on lh(> divide between the 

 Arkansas and the Platte- and also at the fool of the Front Range, which shows on the right. 

 Photograph furnished by the Denver &. Rio Grande Western Railroad. 



