El Paso area East 2009 Hueco Tanks |
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Take a look at the drawing below to see what is really here. This pictograph tells the story of a fierce battle and the aftermath. Artist Forrest Kirkland and Lula Kirkland copied many of these pictographs to canvas during the summer of 1939. many of the paintings they copied are now gone or defaced. Their paintings are the only thing we have left. These are the drawings he did. http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/hueco/gallery.html | ||||||||||||||||
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This rock and cement dam was probably built in the early 1900s to help hold water for the ranchers in the area. We had to climb about a 50 foot boulder to get to the next set of pictographs. We are on a rock ledge. One person decided it would be too strenuous and stayed below. She is the white spec on the right near the bottom of the picture. It was well worth the climb because there were wonderful pictographs in the cave above. | ||||||||||||||||
This cave was filled with pictographs! | ||||||||||||||||
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These are just natural hollows created by erosion. | ||||||||||||||||
View from the back side of the dam. | ||||||||||||||||
Why is this Tlaloc upside down? No one knows. | ||||||||||||||||
Front side of the dam. We climed up the left side. | ||||||||||||||||
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