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At the Salmon River and Rocky Canyon along Graves Creek Road. We were surprised to learn:
About 16,000 years ago, on the banks of a river in western Idaho, people kindled fires, shaped stone blades and spearpoints, and butchered large mammals. All were routine activities in prehistory, but their legacy today is anything but. The charcoal and bone left at that ancient site, now called Cooper's Ferry, are some 16,000 years old—the OLDEST radiocarbon-dated record of human presence in North America.
The interpretive signs are new since we were here a few years ago. If you like this sort of thing, and really, it is quite fascinating, this article is a great read:
https://www.science.org/content/article ... er-suggest
About 16,000 years ago, on the banks of a river in western Idaho, people kindled fires, shaped stone blades and spearpoints, and butchered large mammals. All were routine activities in prehistory, but their legacy today is anything but. The charcoal and bone left at that ancient site, now called Cooper's Ferry, are some 16,000 years old—the OLDEST radiocarbon-dated record of human presence in North America.
The interpretive signs are new since we were here a few years ago. If you like this sort of thing, and really, it is quite fascinating, this article is a great read:
https://www.science.org/content/article ... er-suggest
Jun 06 2022