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Sky Cross Pictographs

Sky Cross Pictographs

Deep in the wilderness of Joshua Tree National Park is a site that I call the Sky Cross Pictographs. This is a rather large rock shelter with unusual red lines painted across a domed ceiling. The lines form arches across the ceiling, reminding me of the night sky. There is
Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018
Meadows Gold Dredge

Meadows Gold Dredge

Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018
Flour Mine

Flour Mine

Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018
Buffalo Boy Mine

Buffalo Boy Mine

The Buffalo Boy was a small gold and silver mine which started production around 1930. The mine is caved in, but the interesting thing about the site is the long and steep tramway heading up to it. The tram line is over 8,500 ft in length and rises 2,
Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018
Cutthroat Castle - Hovenweep

Cutthroat Castle - Hovenweep

The Cutthroat Castle Pueblo was built around the same time as the other Hovenweep Puebloan ruins. Although the pueblo looks small, many people would have lived around it in the area. The site is along a canyon and is unusual in that it had a kiva built on top of
Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018
Hand Painted Pueblo - Hovenweep

Hand Painted Pueblo - Hovenweep

These are the remains of a small pueblo village site inside Hovenweep National Monument and surrounded by the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018
The Juggler Petroglyphs

The Juggler Petroglyphs

Guy Starbuck Aug 12, 2018

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