Guardian of a Ghost World / by David Roberts, photos by Ira Block
in National Geographic 210 (2) Aug 2006
RGL call number: A N227
Excerpt and photograph via nationalgeographic.com:
For 50 years Utah cattle rancher Waldo
Wilcox protected an astounding collection of artifacts left by the
prehistoric Fremont culture—including countless panels of rock art.
"The Indian stuff? My father always said to leave it alone," he says.
Which he did—and more. By gating the road to his property near the
mouth of Range Creek Canyon, he blocked access to tens of thousands of
acres of unspoiled backcountry where the Fremont had farmed, hunted
game, and gathered wild plants from about A.D.
400 until their culture mysteriously disappeared almost a thousand
years later. Ready to retire, Wilcox sold his land in 2001. The state
of Utah, its current owner, is now responsible for managing the future
of this priceless legacy ... [read more]
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+ related online resources about Fremont culture compiled by National Geographic
+ related RGL resources via WATSONLINE:
Exploring the Fremont / David B. Madsen. [Salt Lake City, Utah] : Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, c1989. RGL call number: R9C M18
The Fremont culture : a study in culture dynamics on the northern Anasazi frontier : including the report of the Claflin-Emerson Expedition of the Peabody Museum / by James H. Gunnerson. Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum, 1969. RGL call number: A H339p v.59
The ancient culture of the Fremont River in Utah : report on the explorations under the Claflin-Emerson fund, 1928-29 / by Noel Morss
Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum, 1931. RGL call number: A H339p v.12
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