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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 Torrey Lake Petroglyph District extends for about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) along Torrey Creek in Fremont County, Wyoming. The site includes about 175 petroglyphs, as well as eleven lithic scatters and a sheep trap. The petroglyphs are in the Interior Line Style, or Dinwoody style, consistent with other rock art in central Wyoming. [2]
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.
Location City or town Description 1: Arch Creek Petroglyphs (48CK41) Arch Creek Petroglyphs (48CK41) December 4, 1986 : Address restricted [4] Moorcroft vicinity: Well-preserved Native American petroglyphs of an atypical style featuring elongated stick figures. [5] 2: DXN Bridge over Missouri River: DXN Bridge over Missouri River: February 22, 1985
The Dinwoody petroglyph style is indigenous to central Wyoming including the Wind River Basin and Bighorn Basin. Scholars believe that the Dinwoody petroglyphs most likely represent the work of ancestral Tukudika or Mountain Shoshone Sheepeaters, because some of the figures at Torrey Lake Petroglyph District and Legend Rock correspond to ...
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve; Honanki; Huerfano Butte (Arizona) ... Wyoming. Arch Creek Petroglyphs; Calpet Rockshelter (48SU354) Castle Gardens; Gateway (48LN348)
Dinwoody Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. [2] Completely within the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, Dinwoody Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains, and as of 1989 was ranked fourth in area. [3]
It is administered by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites. The site is at the base of a steep limestone outcropping near the point where the dry and running portions of Medicine Lodge Creek join for a protected location with ready access to water. The site includes petroglyphs and pictographs on the rock face. An eight-year ...