Beware of Falling Rocks - WTH
I've traveled quite a bit through the mountains the past few years and often pause to consider exactly what the "Beware of Falling Rocks" actually means. I assume that rocks occasionally break away...
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You all don't know what you are talking about, I learned as a Boy Scout the reason for the falling rocks signs.
Cliff notes version;
A tribe of native Americans sent out a messenger to gather all the bands for a great war with the white man. The chosen messenger was the son of Rising Sun.
In the spring none of the other bands arrived as requested because the messenger had disappeared in the mountains. A deal was struck between Rising Son and the white soldiers.
Rising Sun and his people would surrender and go peacefully to the reservation if the white man would agree to help find his son. That is why, now you see signs "Watch for Falling Rocks" as that was the name of the son of Rising Sun.
Cliff notes version;
A tribe of native Americans sent out a messenger to gather all the bands for a great war with the white man. The chosen messenger was the son of Rising Sun.
In the spring none of the other bands arrived as requested because the messenger had disappeared in the mountains. A deal was struck between Rising Son and the white soldiers.
Rising Sun and his people would surrender and go peacefully to the reservation if the white man would agree to help find his son. That is why, now you see signs "Watch for Falling Rocks" as that was the name of the son of Rising Sun.
