La Barge Bluffs Petroglyphs

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Como Bluff
LocationAddress restricted [1] , vicinity of La Barge, Wyoming
NRHP reference No. 14000134 [2]
Added to NRHPApril 7, 2014

The La Barge Bluffs Petroglyphs is a historic site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

The site includes nine panels of petroglyphs along 215 metres (705 ft) of the Green River. The panels show "ancient anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, narrative battle and dance scenes and depictions of two locomotives." All of the panels have been affected negatively by graffiti, bullets, and/or other human-caused or natural damage. [3]

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References

  1. Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC   20706997 .
  2. "La Barge Bluffs Petroglyphs".
  3. Bureau of Land Management (May 5, 2014). "La Barge Bluffs Petroglyph Site listed in the National Register of Historic Places".