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The petroglyphs are in the Interior Line Style, or Dinwoody style, consistent with other rock art in central Wyoming. [2] Site investigations have uncovered a number of petroglyphs that had previously been hidden under lichen. [3] The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 1993. [1]
The nearly 300 individual petroglyphs feature some of the oldest and best examples of Dinwoody rock art in the world. [2] The origins of the petroglyphs are still subject to debate. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1973 [1] and it is preserved by the state of Wyoming as a state historic site.
The design on the rocks are clearly American Indian by design. Similar rock art sites are found in Roche Percee and Kamsack, Saskatchewan; Longview and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta; Pictograph Cave near Billings, Montana; Dinwoody, Wyoming; Ludlow Cave at Buffalo, South Dakota; and at numerous archeological sites in the upper midwestern United States.
Quarters were issued with reverse designs commemorating national parks and sites in the order of which that park or site was deemed a national site. [3] The quarters from three states depict parks or sites that were previously portrayed on the state quarters (Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite in California, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota).
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
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The Castle Gardens Petroglyph Site is a 6-mile (9.7 km) by 1-mile (1.6 km) region of vertical cliff faces in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States, with extensive petroglyph images incised in the rock faces. The glyphs include images of water turtles and circular shields, as well as human and animal figures. [2]