Castle Rock
Description/Notes: Rooster Rock and Castle Rock are depicted in American Indian legend as two quarreling men that the gods transformed into rocks and separated by the Columbia River.
"Here is the other rock, located a little farther up the river and on the opposite side from Rooster Rock. The story runs that two Indian chiefs wooed the same maiden who kept them both in suspense. Finally the two chiefs quarreled, each blaming the maiden's delay on the other. The quarrel grew so bitter that the gods took a hand in the matter, changed each chief into a rock a separated them by permitting the waters of the Columbia between them. The maiden also was punished by being transformed into the Horsetail Waterfall, 'ever escaping up the hill with her hair trailing behind, but never getting away.'"
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 025 014
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Castle Rock
Description/Notes: Rooster Rock and Castle Rock are depicted in American Indian legend as two quarreling men that the gods transformed into rocks and separated by the Columbia River.
"Here is the other rock, located a little farther up the river and on the opposite side from Rooster Rock. The story runs that two Indian chiefs wooed the same maiden who kept them both in suspense. Finally the two chiefs quarreled, each blaming the maiden's delay on the other. The quarrel grew so bitter that the gods took a hand in the matter, changed each chief into a rock a separated them by permitting the waters of the Columbia between them. The maiden also was punished by being transformed into the Horsetail Waterfall, 'ever escaping up the hill with her hair trailing behind, but never getting away.'"
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 025 014
You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here.
Want more? You can find more digital resources online.
We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the Special Collections & Archives website, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center for details.