The audio consists of nearly two hours of stories and sound effects along with directions about the 24 stops. Here is a short synopsis of a few of those stories.

Legend 20 - Monument's Legend
An unusual place for pictures and an unusual legend about the rock that sticks out of the lake.

Legend 22 - Hidden Indian Trails
This is one of those legends based on fact, but covered in mystery..

Legend 24 - The Santa Fe Trail
This legend is packed with facts and tales about this portion of the Santa Fe Trail.

Legend #10 tells of a mysterious story “Inside The Earth”. It is a story Mr. Hatcher told frequently and was written down in 1847. He said that as he rode his pony up the Purgatorie River something did not feel quite right for he could not turn his horse from the path it took up a narrow canyon. As he reached the cliffs at the end of the canyon a force greater than he pulled him and his horse into the mountain which just seemed to open up as he got to it. After reluctantly entering the mountain, he experienced some very unusual happenings which he describes in great detail. Those details are described on the audio tape and C.D.

Legend #11 tells how an Indian Chief lived on the Spanish Peaks. He was called “Chief Gran-do-te”. Louis Sporleder tells about how the Chief was carrying gold south towards Mexico one day when he had a vision. He dreamed that his wife, whom he left in Mexico, was being killed and when he got there he found out it really happened. Gran-do-te went through weeks of mourning, stopped having dreams and even stopped eating. He eventually told his friends that the last time he felt any peace was at the Spanish Peaks, which he called Huajatolla. He and his friends soon traveled north to the Huajatolla and something unusual happened once he reached them. The tapes and C.D.s describe what happened.

Legend #12 is a little more humorous and it is the “Bear Lake Story”. In my research, I actually found two stories about how Bear Lake got it’s name. One tells about bears living in the valley and enjoying the wild potatoes which grew near the lake. The other story is about the game warden. That story was not recorded by the game warden for he was probably too embarrassed about what happened, but you can listen to the story on either the audio tape or C.D.

Other legends in this tape series come from Native American stories and some are pioneer and cowboy tales. Some Legends are about bandits, coal camps, Kit Carson, the dance of brave deeds and buffalo hunters. Others describe the end of the giants or the end of the dinosaurs.