Found any Petroglyph or old Indian Camp sites in KS?

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The places my buddies and I go in one particular area of the state are fascinating to me due to the significance and history those same areas have held in the past. Some are probably the almost exact same as they were 200 years ago if not more.


Ive always read with interest that there are many petroglyph sites in the state and know there is one or two in the area we visit but havent got anyone to divulge where they are at but I get why people keep them secretive if they are worried about vandals etc. To me itd be pretty neat to just sit there and view them and reflect on it a bit.

One WIHA we deer hunt on at least one time a year is pretty fascinating to me as there are a ton of semi cave like structures in the side of some limestone cliffs. Ive heard the place has had some historical sites on it but havent found out where.


Anyways any of you found any or been to a petroglyph site? Or been digging around at an old Indian Village?


The landowner my buddy is the land manager for bought a property in SC KS due to it holding the site of an old Indian Village. He goes out and digs up pottery, grinding stones etc on occasion. I havent visited it yet but hope to soon.

Found this old map online and found it pretty interesting. Its a scan of something Im assuming is in a KS library somewhere. As myself and my buddy have studied the map, Im fairly certain it shows the old Indian village location where he owns property.

http://ksartifacts.info/level3.html

You have to scroll down to the bottom of the page -- the map is there - helps if you view it with a large monitor as well.


Im always fascinated by the odd historical markers and other things. I should probably start taking photos of some of the ones Ive found. One in particular was in Ness county on a WIHA where it marked the site of a homestead of the first Black woman or Freed slave to start a school for young Black Children....it was something along those lines -- cant remember it exactly but could probably find the marker again if I was in the area.


Heres some other random links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteford_(Price)_Archeological_Site
http://www.legendsofkansas.com/historicsites.html
https://www.kshs.org/p/archeology-collections-petroglyphs/15728
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-near-extinction-american-bison?image=0
 
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That map's cool.

I haven't seen any petroglyphs. Did find a shark's tooth in Trego county several years back.
 
Probably my neatest find. not in Kansas though.

There had been some flash flooding in this area during the Summer.
I was deer hunting, walking at the bottom going up a deep draw. I started seeing bones, LOTS of them. Bison bones, packed in the wash. Skulls perfectly preserved.
This was back in the 80's since then I've been back to this spot many times.
During the floods of 2012 the cliff caved in and the bones once again buried.

This is well off any path or trail. Maybe some cowboys other hunters and me have been there at this Pishkun. other wise it stays as is. :)
 
A pic, I have more pics, before digital.

 
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That map's cool.

I haven't seen any petroglyphs. Did find a shark's tooth in Trego county several years back.
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AWESOME!!! I met a rancher in western KS that had several shark's teeth and I was very jealous! Seeing stuff like that really gets your imagination going! I could spend all day at that museum in Hays.

I will undoubtedly never find my own shark's tooth because I walk right past deer antlers, morel mushrooms, arrowheads, and anything else cool that I would have wanted to pick up if I had seen it. :laugh:

Another friend found two buffalo skulls by a creek on his land after the '93 flood. He kept the really nice one and sold the other one for pretty decent money.
 
We've picked up a lot of cool stuff over the years. Never on a hunt though
Sharks teeth arent to hard if you know were to look
Anywhere where the limestones been cut into ...roads, quarries etc. We used to pick them up in a little pasture quarry where they pulled the stone for my dads place. We also pull quite a few from a little spot that was cut flat for a well tank. One of the bigger ones Ive seen came off of a cut hillside on the side of the road. Look after a rain, a foot or two above where the limestone wash begins to blend in with the soil. The tooth portion is a carmel colered and polished.
Some of the cooler things we've picked up. The tail section of a giant fish. Gritt stone from the craw of a dinosaur. Assorted mammel teeth.
My coolest find is a" calf creek "arrowhead. 7000 yr. old
I found it in town here.It was in a gravel bed of a creek I was using to introduce my pup to water. Fairly common in Ok, but this one was quite a bit north of what would be considered there primary range.
 
Just saw this last night -- so I figgered I'd post it. I found this opening weekend 2004. I took the picture before I touched it. It was just laying there!
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