Twinville Trekker's Stamping Adventures

Twinville Trekker's Stamping Adventures

July 29, 2007

Newspaper Rock, Utah~Letterboxing

About 15 miles north of Monticello, Utah, we took a detour on Hwy 211 towards the Canyonlands National Park (Needles District). We were there to be awed by an impressive 200 foot densely etched Petroglyph Panel called Newspaper Rock. Newspaper Rock is a State Monument. The artwork is represented from Archaic, Fremont, Anasazi (Puebloan), Ute, Navajo, and even Hispanic and Ango cultures.
The Navajo call this rock "Tse 'Hane" (Rock that tells a story).

We were very impressed, of course and we spent a bit of time examining the different petroglyphs and discussing who might have etched them into the rock, and why, and what the etchings could have meant. John especially enjoyed this 'Artwork News over-the-centuries' panel.
We also located Kat's amazing letterbox here and the super hand-carved stamp. (Can you tell we love her boxes? hehe)

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