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Red Rocks Park Not Originally Called Garden of the Titans

“4. What was the original name as the venue we all know and love today as Red Rocks? a. The Garden of the Titans”
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Confidence: High Checked on July 13, 2026

Summary

The site now known as Red Rocks was first called the Garden of the Angels. It was renamed the Garden of the Titans only after John Brisben Walker purchased it in 1906. Thus the original name was not the Garden of the Titans.

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  • Red Rocks Park - Wikipedia

    In 1906, Eicholtz sold Red Rocks ... at the Garden of the Titans. Known however by the folk name of Red Rocks since the area was settled, it was formally given that name when Denver acquired it in 1928 from Walker. Within the park boundaries is the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, a venue used ...

cmhof.org
  • Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Colorado Music Hall of Fame

    Many have signed their names on the tunnel’s walls. That’s not to mention the films Red Rocks has shown on a projector screen since 2000 or the Easter sunrise service it’s hosted since 1947. Colorado’s most highly regarded architect of the time, Burnham Hoyt, oversaw the venue’s design, after the City of Denver purchased the land in 1928 to create Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

colomusic.org
redrockshistory.org
  • 1906-1927 | Red Rocks History

    Visit Red Rocks in the period from 1906 to 1927, when it was known as the Garden of the Titans, a mythological wonderland of strange rock formations with names borrowed from ancient Greek legends. …

  • Before 1906 | Red Rocks History

    Before John Brisben Walker purchased the “Park of the Red Rocks” in 1906 and renamed it the Garden of the Titans, it had long been known to visitors as the Garden of the Angels. Tourist…

coloradoencyclopedia.org
  • Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre | Colorado Encyclopedia

    In 1872 Marion Burts became the first recorded owner of Red Rocks, which he named “Garden of the Angels.” He sold it to Leonard H. Eicholtz, a railroad construction engineer from Pennsylvania who developed Red Rocks into a park in 1878. Eicholtz added roads, trails, picnic grounds, steps, ...

coloradoinfo.com
  • Red Rocks Amphitheater: A Colorado Icon |

    Walker began inviting musicians to come and perform on the platform to take advantage of the astounding acoustics created by the surrounding rocks. During these years, Walker and his cohorts changed the name from Garden of the Angels to Garden ...

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