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Writing-On-Stone Pictograph

Petroglyph image

For hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years, people drawn to Writing-On-Stone's ethereal beauty have left signs of their passing, sometimes carving or painting on the soft sandstone figures such as this, commemorating a successful hunt or battle. Most of this precious rock art can now be seen only by guided tour.

Photo courtesy of Heartland Associates, Inc.
Photo by Peter St. John and Dennis Pankiw.

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