Happy December! We’re in Tucson for the holidays and have been enjoying the sunshine and family time. Our posts will be sporadic over the next few months.
BUT, I forgot to do our last post from the Camp Verde area. We hiked around a little canyon by our camp spot to see some petroglyphs we heard about. These are different from the V Bar V Ranch petroglyphs we also walked around to see in the area.
V Bar V
At the turn of the 20th century The Taylors first homesteaded the property and were followed by many families. They all ran the property as a working cattle ranch. Cattles were branded with “100” so the ranch became knows as the “100” place. In 1941 the US Forest Service acquired the land to protect the ancient rock art panels that are a short walk from the main cabin.
Over 1,032 petroglyphs have been identified on giant sandstone panels. Most of the images were pecked, ground, or scratched onto the walls over 800 years ago between AD 1150 and 1400. There are a lot of identifiable creatures on the wall such as a cougar like creature, deer, lizards, girls with whorls of hair on the sides of their heads, and some sort of heron like bird.
This isn’t a very big place but if you’re in the area to see Montezuma’s castle and lake, you might as well stop by here too. Your National Parks Pass gets you in free here.
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