At one end of the sinuous Pillar to Pond Trail lies a giant polished column by an old railroad bed. Flat on one side, this one, of green granite pilaster, was made to stand against a structure and not on its own.
Alas, it was rejected for what it was designed for because of its irregularities and today remains as a reminder to what was on Rattlesnake Mountain in Redstone.
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