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[MARTIAL MONK]

There are thousands of lesser sites scattered throughout the southwest. Anywhere there was water there were Indians at one time or another. The wildfires, particularly the Kendrick Mountain fire, are exposing an incredible number of small sites.

Once, while elk hunting in a driving snowstorm I topped a ridge and noticed several rock circles highlighted by the blowing snow. I rode up the canyon and there were dozens of the circles plus some larger rectangular outlines. Had I not been horseback or if the snow had not accented them I would never have seen them. There were still piles of flint and botched arrowheads where they had sat and chipped them out hundreds of years ago.

[glock rocks]

The area up around Wellington and Myton is just thick with Fremont rock drawings. I've visited ranches in the area where you could just sit and ponder hundreds of petroglyphs all day. Here's a pic from Nine Mile Canyon in the area...

Here's an excellent picture tour of Nine Mile and driving instructions... pretty inhospitable desert country, but an amazing cruise.