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White Mountain Petroglyphs
24 miles northeast of Rock Springs. Take Tri-Territory Road 12 miles east from U.S. 191, to turnoff, go 4 miles to sandstone cliff |
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| Before early settlers arrived in this area, the Shoshone people inhabited regions of the Red Desert. Carving their art into the soft sandstone cliffs, they recorded hunts of elk and bison. Over a dozen panels, including hundreds of figures, were etched more than 200 years ago into the sandstone bedrock of the Ecocene Bridger formation.Some of the petroglyphs may be as much as 1,000 years old. Because several of the drawings depict animals within animals, it is believed by some that the area was a birthing place for the Plains and Great Basin native American people. Handholds worn in the stone may have served for generations of women to grip the rock during labor. It is a sacred place for the Native American people, and visitors are encouraged to respect the reverence of the area. |
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