{"id":3145,"date":"2017-10-28T19:38:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T19:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/?page_id=3145"},"modified":"2017-10-29T03:35:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T03:35:09","slug":"rock-art-ranch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/our-rv-adventures-2017\/six-month-western-vacation\/rock-art-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Art Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 14, 2017<\/p>\n

We had been told by other volunteers at the Palatki Heritage Site near Sedona that a “must see” for petroglyphs was the Rock Art Ranch near Winslow, AZ.\u00a0 We had several days available to make our trip from Albuquerque to Phoenix, so this seemed to be the perfect time to visit there.<\/p>\n

This is a private cattle ranch, and they give tours by appointment as a side activity.\u00a0 I called to make arrangements & left my name and number.\u00a0 The owner,\u00a0Brantley Baird, called back the next day with arrangements and directions to the ranch, about 18 miles outside of Holbrook — with half of that on dirt roads!\u00a0 But it was worth it!<\/p>\n

The entrance area had dozens, maybe hundreds, of pieces of beautiful petrified wood, plus other artifacts from the ranch’s history.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Rock Art Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The\u00a0ranch buildings housed a “museum” of old west and native american artifacts!<\/p>\n

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Nearly all of the native american artifacts had been found on the ranch property, most by Mr.\u00a0 Baird himself!\u00a0 Here are just a few pictures from the many cases of artifacts on display.<\/p>\n

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Brantley Baird 1948 – First pot found on Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After viewing the artifacts at the main ranch, we each climbed into our vehicles and followed Brantley & his dog in his pick-up truck out across the ranch.<\/p>\n

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First we visited the ruins of a dwelling and a Kiva, built by the pre-puebloan (Anasazi) people about 1200 AD.\u00a0 There were ceramic sherds around the area.\u00a0 Mr. Baird had built a protective structure over these ruins to protect them from the elements.<\/p>\n

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Dwelling Ruins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kiva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Then we visited a small abandoned Navajo village with men’s and women’s hogans and a sweat lodge.<\/p>\n

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Men’s Hogan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s Hogan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Interior – Women’s Hogan – Sun Square provides clock & calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sweat Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then we drove to the Petroglyph Canyon.\u00a0\u00a0Archaeological records indicate that people have been passing through the area for 13,000 years. Hunting and gathering groups, semi nomadic farmers, and later sedentary farmers have left their mark on the land.\u00a0\u00a0Over 3,000 petroglyphs have been found throughout the property, most of which are dated from between 5000 BC to 1400 AD.\u00a0 (No, I didn’t take pictures of “every” one of the petroglyphs, but I tried!)\u00a0 Here are a few:<\/p>\n

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Flute Player (?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Turtle (?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The canyon itself was beautiful!\u00a0 It did require a fair climb into & out of the canyon!<\/p>\n

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October 14, 2017 We had been told by other volunteers at the Palatki Heritage Site near Sedona that a “must see” for petroglyphs was the Rock Art Ranch near Winslow, AZ.\u00a0 We had several days available to make our trip from Albuquerque to Phoenix, so this seemed to be the perfect time to visit there. … Continue reading Rock Art Ranch<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2739,"menu_order":86,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3145"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3145\/revisions\/3183"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}