Nine Mile Canyon

When we moved to Price one of the fun things I had heard to do was visit 9 Mile Canyon.  It is really close to Price and full of ancient pictographs (paintings) and petroglyphs (carved or pecked figures).  Most of the major markings are marked with a sign but not all of them.  We found these first few on our own. We think they aren't as old as the major ones.  The Utes were the most recent to live in this canyon.  But most of the rock art is from the Fremont tribe who lived in the canyon from 200 AD to 1200 AD. Many modern native people consider these rock art sites sacred. In the Prehistoric Museum in Price there is a lot of ancient artifacts found from this area. 

 We tried to make up our own story from the pictures.  The girls liked that :)

Here are a few from the Daddy Canyon Complex

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The Great Hunt panel is the most famous.  It has appeared in National Geographic magazine and has been used numerous times as an example of Fremont rock art. 

 Big Buffalo site

This desert canyon is gorgeous and we had such a great day learning about it's history,  It was perfect weather. I had a great Memorial Day with my cute family.