Moving monument…
The King World rock, once located on the hillside above the former King World Water Park, was moved this week from its original location to the Grand Center on 500 West. The cost for relocating the 26-ton rock was paid by Jennifer Spears, who now owns the former water park property, according to Moab Community Development Director David Olsen. The image on the rock was created in the early 20th century by Aharron Andeew, an outgoing character who lived in a rock shelter on the property at that time. Andeew’s artwork – a bas-relief sculpture of a man’s face in profile next to a horse’s head carved into the rock – has long been called The King of the World by local residents. An eccentric man, Andeew was cared for by residents of the Moab community until the 1930s, when he was committed to the Utah State Hospital, according to Olsen. Photo by Craig Bigler