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| no partners | | A ranch caretaker who has lived in the Cherry Creek area for 40 years told Brian of an Indian pictograph panel which he said was the best in the area. We set out for it Sat morning early from Globe; we had a general area but not a pin point. So we called it a reconnaissance to lower expectations. I was very interested because he mentioned feet in the panel. I am no expert but in all the picto/petro's I have seen in Utah, Cali, New Mexico and Az never have I seen feet. Hands of course. I've seen the supposed bear prints on the rock pillar in the Upper Paria several times.
The fun began when we forgot our map. I have a sort of photographic memory when I really concentrate on something. Brian knows the area well. Between us we drove finally on a windy, brushy woodcutters' road to the end, where we parked. We started out in pinon juniper with no views but a direction. When the views opened up we scanned the cliffs and started the approach, manzanita bashing but we made it to the rock aprons.Up we go, a little hand foot scrambling but not bad. Darkness beckoned. We checked out a few places as we went but soon I saw a red, ochre design and yelled " YEAH!"
The panel is pretty nice for this area. Some of the designs look like they belong up on the Az strip, I've seen some of this type in Snake Gulch. The one foot print is very good, the size of a small child. The two other probable foot prints are set in an intriguing scene and I'll let the pictures tell the story.
I couldn't believe we found it with the vague directions. We went around a corner to a disassembled grainery, the corners intact and some interesting dots either fingerprints or made with the end of some rock or object, in an oval shape.
We contoured around and found no ruins, through a break in the cliffs we summited and walked some on top to see if any mesa top ruins but we did not find any. We went off the top on the other side and walked around, some climbing down some trees involved and some thick brush. It was quite warm and we walked some on the bench below which would have been ideal for farming. Found some chert flakes and the old trunk lid of a Ford Fairlane about 1970's vintage I guess.
Came away pretty impressed with it and the little footprints. A unique and special spot for sure. |
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