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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R13_kachina-bridge_Lake-Powell-UT.html
Kachina (Ka-cheé-na) Bridge was named for the Hopi kachina spirits which frequently displayed lightning snake symbols on their bodies. Similar snake patterns were carved by prehistoric people on the base of Kachina Bridge.
Kachina Bridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QUH_the-neck_Moab-UT.html
In front of you the park road crosses a strip of land only 40 feet wide called the Neck. Beyond this point lies an isolated, 43-square mile mesa known as the Island in the Sky. On all sides the Island is bounded by yawning canyons, and cliffs that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSH_the-legend-of-dead-horse-point_Moab-UT.html
You are standing at "the neck," about to cross out onto the high promontory called "Dead Horse Point." Before you do though, take a few moments to ponder the horses. What happened here? How did such a beautiful place get such a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSE_hole-n-the-rock-utah_Moab-UT.html
This location has been a travelers' resting place for two centuries. Beginning in 1829, horse teams on the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe and California stopped here for the abundant spring water and shade. After the settlement of Mormon Pione…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CT5_the-square-tower-group_Montezuma-Creek-UT.html
Over 700 years ago, Little Ruin Canyon was the scene of a sizable ancestral Pueblo community. Sustained by a small spring at the head of the canyon and rainwater held behind check dams on the mesa top, they flourished in what we would consider a h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CT1_hovenweep-national-mounument_Montezuma-Creek-UT.html
Welcome to "Hovenweep." It is a Paiute and Ute word meaning "deserted valley." It was the name given this extraordinary place by pioneer photographer William H. Jackson, who visited here in 1874. It's an apt description. As you scan the vast and l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0W_wooden-shoe-arch_Monticello-UT.html
Wooden Shoe Arch, visible on the horizon, has been here for thousands of years. But the rock it's made of is much older.
During the Pennsylvanian age (300 million years ago) this area was inundated by an inland sea. As the water evaporated, it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM167N_utahs-first-national-monument_Lake-Powell-UT.html
In 1883, Cass Hite wandered up White Canyon from his mining claim on the Colorado River and "discovered" three stone bridges. He brought them to the attention of area residents and the scientific community. Nowhere else had three such monolithic s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ93_wilson-arch_Moab-UT.html
Wilson Arch was named after Joe Wilson, a local pioneer who had a cabin nearby in Dry Valley. This formation is known as Entrada Sandstone. Over time superficial cracks, joints, and folds of these layers were saturated with water. Ice formed in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2I1_newspaper-rock_Monticello-UT.html
Newspaper Rock is a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone that records approximately 2,000 years of early man's activities. Prehistoric peoples, probably from the Archoic, Basketmaker, Fremont and Pueblo cultures, etched on the rock from B.C. to A.…