Trapper Creek Pictographs
Posted by: 
muddawber
N 42° 08.542 W 114° 03.967
11T E 742445 N 4669750
Quick Description: A rock cliff retaining a historical time line a few yards off the road.
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 9/27/2009 9:21:13 PM
Waymark Code: WM7APC
Views: 4
Long Description:
I have been by this rock cliff several times in my life and had
always marveled at the hundreds of mud nests built along the face
of it. Until today, I had never even paid attention to the base of
it in which I found the names of early pioneers and settlers who
had scratched out their names in the soft stone. There are dates I
noticed dating back to 1887 and 1907 along with several newer names
added through the years. Looking throughout the names for other
dates, I came across several petroglyphs. One of a hunter, some
eagles, a horse and what looks like a ghostly spirit. Many more are
lost among the etched names and dates added since.
Doing a little research I discovered that there were two main
Indian tribes that frequented the area in the early 1800's. They
were the Northwestern Shoshoni and the Bannock, not to mention
other roving bands that traveled through Southern Idaho.
You can visit this site any time of the day or year but I do
discourage visiting it with snow on the ground as there is no
immediate emergency personnel nor is there any cell phone signals
in the canyon. This is in a fairly remote area although the road to
it is in good shape.
Type of Pictograph: Petroglyph
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