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Tavaputs Plateau

Tavaputs Plateau Country of eastern Utah

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Owl Panel, Nine Mile Canyon

Owl Panel, Nine Mile Canyon

Hidden away in a short side canyon of Nine Mile Canyon is this fantastic little petroglyph panel of owls. How often do you see owl petroglyphs? For me, it isn’t very often. They are pretty amazing. There is even more than one owl here! Spectacular! If you visit this

Robidoux Inscription and Pictographs

Robidoux Inscription and Pictographs

On a late autumn day in 1837, a fur trapper from Santa Fe, Antoine Robidoux, stopped along a narrow canyon in the Territorio de Alta California (what is present-day Utah). Beaver pelts were surprisingly lucrative at the time, and as hard as it is to believe today, the Uinta River

Thompson Canyon Pictographs

Thompson Canyon Pictographs

The Thompson Canyon Pictographs site (also known as the Sego Canyon Pictograph site) is an impressive place. Large panels of Ute, Fremont, Anasazi, Barrier Canyon, Archaic pictographs, and petroglyphs adorn the cliff walls of the canyon. People have been coming to this spot in the canyon and painting pictographs here