National and State Register

Cañon Pintado Historic District

Rio Blanco County

Because of the arid nature of the area, the archeological sites within the district are well preserved. 

A picture of a rock wall with figures etched into it.

Cañon Pintado Historic District (1996 photograph.)

Early pictographs and accompanying cultural material represent the eastern periphery of the Fremont culture, which developed out of Utah between AD 800 and 1150.  

National Register

Address

Colo. Hwy. 139, Rangley

Site Number

5RB.984