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Cedar Mesa: Realm of the Ancient Anasazi

In southeast Utah, huddled high up on the Colorado Plateau, there’s an elevated swath of land known as Cedar Mesa. This high desert is rife with cliffs and canyons, and contains a concentration of ancient Native American sites—the cliff dwellings of the Ancient Puebloans, the Anasazi. Cedar Mesa recently made headlines as one of two [...]

DATE: March 5, 2010 | FILED IN: UT History & Heritage | AUTHOR: Matt Beatty

Anasazi Indian State Park

Anasazi Indian State Park is an intriguing place to visit to learn the history of the early dwellers of the Canyon Country of Utah. Located near Boulder, Utah, Anasazi Indian State Park is home to a pueblo village that was probably occupied from A.D. 1050 to 1200.
No Native American tribe ever referred to itself [...]

DATE: November 16, 2009 | FILED IN: UT History & Heritage | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe

Nine Mile Canyon, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon in Southeastern Utah is actually a canyon 40 miles long stretching through the counties of Carbon and Duchesne. It has been nicknamed “the world’s longest art gallery.” The canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people. It has been [...]

DATE: November 14, 2009 | FILED IN: UT History & Heritage | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe

The Fremont at Range Creek Ranch

Once upon a time, a husband and wife bought an out-of-the-way 4,200-acre ranch deep in the Book Cliffs region of Utah. As three generations of family lived on and worked the land, they also kept an amazing secret. The ranch snaked for 12 miles along Range Creek, where rock walls towered over the creek bottoms [...]

DATE: November 10, 2009 | FILED IN: UT History & Heritage | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe

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