Letter from Ruth Weeks Sparling
Roadside Attraction – March 1997 – Colorado Central Magazine
How `Calf Rock’ appeared on Red Hill Ranch in 1947 and once fooled the owner
To the Editor:
Re: Your January 1997 edition, Page 4, “Calf Rock Remains a Mystery.”
Our family has been amused for years that the public seems to have taken our “cow rock” to their hearts! Yes, we think of it as ours, because at the time it was first painted, the ranch on which it is located, “Red Hill Ranch,” lying partly in that beautiful valley between Red Hill and Ranniker Ridge, belonged to our family. Here is how it all started.