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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 429: Prayerbook Cross & Rainbow Falls

There is another large outdoor cross in San Francisco, and this one is in Golden Gate Park. As a bonus, this one comes with its own water feature. Today's Pod covers the origins and construction of Prayerbook Cross and Rainbow Falls.
- May 8, 2021

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 429: Prayerbook Cross & Rainbow Falls Outside Lands Podcast Episode 429: Prayerbook Cross & Rainbow Falls

(above) Prayerbook Cross, Jan 1894

Golden Gate Park, Dedication of Prayerbook Cross with quarry in the foreground. (now the site of Rainbow Falls)[Unveiling of the Drake Cross at Golden Gate Park]
Isaiah West Taber

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