·suoptUaua8 aimnJ JOJ .\ofua no.\ saJJnosai aqJ 3AB31 sn d1aq asB LSZL -OSZ £OS )96Z-80ZL6 ~0 'ptrn\µOd !>96Z XOH "O"d anuaAy qltt ·g-N 00£1 UO~ The Bureau of Land Management Manages 270 million acres of public lands in the \\"est and what we learn about past people and how they adapted to their Alaska. These lands contain the federal gm·emmem' largest, world provides vital information to us today-information most varied, and scientifically important body of cultural that helps us learn strategies to cope with such things as global resources. climate changes. The variety of cultural r~ources on BLM lands is unparalleled, Cultural sites have given America artistic and architectural in including thousands of historic and prehistoric ites, some spiration, the results of which can be seen in many buildings of more than 10,000 years old. modem cities. Cultural resources, anything that shows evidence of having Unravelling the mysteries of our country's unique heritage been made, used, or altered by humans, range from ancient helps us understand the present and wisely plan for the future. Indian ruins to historic ghost towns, and from small scatters of From arid deserts to lush forests, to wind swept tundra, the arrowheads or stone tools to abandoned cross-country wagon diversity of BLM's lands provide countless opportunities to trails and World War II remains. learn about and enjoy our nation's past! From the cultural resources discovered, protected and studied, Historic gold and silver camps of the West and Alaska, where echoes of the past still linger. • Coldfoot Gold Camp, Alaska • Rochester Gold Camp, Nevada • South Pass City Historic Mining District including Miner's Delight, Wyoming • Spanish Gulch Mining District, Oregon • Alpine Loop National Back Country • Byway, Colorado • Garnet Ghost Town, Montana Spectacular Indian pueblos of the 4-Corners Southwest, where prehistoric in farmers pushed back the hostile desert. • Anasazi Heritage Center Escalante On the vast expanse of the public lands in the pioneers. Evidence of their stuggles preserved Ruins Complex, Colorado American West and Alaska lie clues to our today teach us of their triumphs, tragedies • Grand Gulch Archaeological District, Utah country's past, like pages in a book of human and day-to-day life. In turn, we gain insight • Chama Gateway Pueblos, New Mexico history that spans more than 10,000 years. into solving the problems of today. • Perry Mesa Pueblo Sites, Arizona • Lowry Ruins National Historic The cultural resources found on public lands The cultural legacies that blanket the nation's Landmark, Colorado embody the dreams and lives of countless public lands are time markers from another generations of Americans, such as ancient and age. Some are buried by centuries of sand and recent hunters and gatherers, settlers and dirt, while others stand in silent testimony to Military sites from the "Old West" to farmers, miners and hopeful immigrant another time. World War II, where purpose and resolve Mysterious rock carvings and giant ground helped forge the nation. figures crafted by prehistoric artists in the • Fort Egbert National Historic sun-baked deserts of the West. Landmark, Alaska • Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, • Patton's Camps, California New Mexico •Boots and Saddles Forts, New Mexico • Santa Cruz de Terrenate Spanish • Rochester Muddy Creek Petroglyph Presidio, San Pedro Riparian National Site, Utah Conservation Area, Arizona • Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site, • Cantonment Reno, Wyoming Arizona • Hickison Summit Petroglyph Site, Nevada • Wees Bar Petroglyph Site, Birds of Prey Conservation Area, Idaho • Whoopup Canyon Petroglyph Site, Wyoming Weather-worn cabins and homesteads, • Blythe Intaglios, California where pioneer farmers and settlers sunk • Carrizo Plain Pictograph Site, new roots. California Frontier trails and ndlroad_traces _winding • ard Ran h ite, ew \ 1e ico • Canon Pintado Historic District, into history and legend. • Bia k Pine \ al ley Hom rea aho Colorado • Flagstaff Hill and Keeney Pass Trail • Rogue River Ranch and Whiskey Creek Sites, Oregon Cabin, Oregon • Fort Benton to James Kipp Recreation ....- -- • Iditarod National Historic Trail, Alaska • Pony Express Trail, Utah and Nevada Area Float Trip, Montana • Spanish Trail-Old Mormon Road, • Riddle Brothers Historic Ranch District, Nevada Oregon • John Jarvie of Brown's Park, Utah Prehistoric campsites, where remains left • Honeymoon Trail and Beale Wagon by early Americans proclaim the skills of Road, Arizona • Central Pacific Railroad Grade, Utah ancient cultures. • Emigrant Trails of Southern Idaho • Red Rocks Recreation Site, Nevada • Oregon National Historic Trail, • Mack Canyon Archaeological District, Wyoming Oregon • Bizz Johnson Logging Railroad Trail, • Murray Springs Clovis Site, San Pedro California Riparian National Conservation Area, • Gold Belt Tour National Back Country Arizona Byway, Colorado • Baker Fremont Site, Nevada • Lewis and Clark Trail, Montana • Fossil Falls Area of Critical Environmental Concern, California • Lower Salmon River Sites, Idaho •Hanson Folsom Site, Wyoming • Shelter Cove, King Range National Ethnic heritage sites, where the rich fabric Conservation Area, California of America's multi-cultural heritage was • Henry Smith Buffalo Jump Site, wo ven. Montana • Chief Tendoy Cemetery ire, Idaho • Warner Wetlands Area, Oregon • Chine e Mining Si te , Idaho • Lake Fork Italian Railroad Consrruc tion Camp, Colorado avaj o Puebli tos, ew 1exico Ancient caves and campsites on Ice Age shorelines where time-forgotten hunters lived in a far-different world. • Hidden Cave and Grimes Point Sites, Nevada • Tangle Lakes Archaeological District, Alaska • Hogup Cave, Utah • Catlow Cave, Oregon
Bureau of Land Management Manages 270 Million Acres of Public Lands in the \\"Est and What We Learn About Past People and How They Adapted to Their Alaska
