South Cheyenne Cañon

Colorado

A poet asked to be buried at the top of the trail above Seven Falls, and for a while she was.

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A mile of winding trail climbs from the top of Seven Falls to a lookout called Inspiration Point. It takes about an hour round trip, and the reward is a view out over Colorado Springs and the plains beyond. Helen Hunt Jackson favored that spot. It was where her poems came to her. She asked to be buried there, and her wish was granted. Inspiration Point was her original grave. The canyon around it does not do anything modestly. The walls near Seven Falls rise more than two hundred feet, streaked in colored granite. One wall, the Pillars of Hercules, stands more than a thousand feet tall. In 1906 a writer named Lilian Whiting called the place the most unique pleasure resort in the country, listing the bridle paths and the terraced drives cut into the mountain walls. The road in got its own title. The Grandest Mile of Scenery in Colorado.

This is the first of 2 parts. The rest runs about 2 minutes and is read to you as you drive past. Hear the whole piece.

What this was written from
This was a favored spot by Helen Hunt Jackson that inspired her poem writing. As she wished, she was originally buried at the point.

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