History & Prehistory

History is a way or traveling back into the past.  The first eight photos below are of places built in the last 200 years by immigrants – often called Anglos.  The second eight photos are of Prehistoric sites and show Indian ruins and Indian art.

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HISTORIC PLACES

Near Prescott (requires a hike)

Near Wagoner  (no, I haven't walked across this crazy bridge!)

Near Black Canyon City

Near Ash Fork (old railroad tunnel with a very interesting history)

Near Bitter Spring (a typical Mormon inscription from 1884)

Near Prescott (charcoal kiln) – short walk

Near Apache Lake

Near Ash Fork (one of the very few steel dams in the world that is still holding water)

ANCIENT RUINS & PREHISTORIC ART 
  (see also North Rim Photos)

Near Sedona (requires a hike)

Near Black Canyon City (one of the more interesting petroglyphs)

Near Sedona (a pictograph, not a petroglyph) – requires a hike

Near Sycamore Canyon (one of the best preserved ruins in the middle of nowhere – requires a hike)

Near Cordes Junction (metates in the native rock)

Canyon de Chelly

Near Ganado

Near Black Canyon City (an unusual "shield" petroglyph)

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