Rita Crane Photography: Red Canyon Lookout, Wyoming
The view from this beautiful lookout in Wyoming, on a November day a few years ago. The American West is vast! Only about 1/2 million people live in this state with its dramatic mountain peaks of the Rockies and the Wind River Range, and its wide open land.
'24 miles south of Lander, Wyoming on Highway 28 is one of the most scenic vistas in Wyoming: Red Canyon.
Red Canyon was formed over 60 million years ago during the uplift of the Wind River Range. As the softer sedimentary rocks tilted, the more easily erodible rocks were removed by the action of water, creating the canyon as it is seen today.'
windriver.org/the-beauty-of-red-canyon/
"There is archeologic evidence that Native Americans migrated through the Lander Valley over the last 10,000 years. The Eastern Shoshone lived in western Wyoming and the Wind River area for at least the last 3,000 years and possibly as far back as 8,000 years ago. They camped in the Pinedale area and along the eastern slopes of the Wind River Mountains. Shoshone presence in Red Canyon is recorded by spear and arrow points, tepee rings and petroglyphs...."
More about Red Canyon: www.geowyo.com/red-canyon.html
Rita Crane Photography: Red Canyon Lookout, Wyoming
The view from this beautiful lookout in Wyoming, on a November day a few years ago. The American West is vast! Only about 1/2 million people live in this state with its dramatic mountain peaks of the Rockies and the Wind River Range, and its wide open land.
'24 miles south of Lander, Wyoming on Highway 28 is one of the most scenic vistas in Wyoming: Red Canyon.
Red Canyon was formed over 60 million years ago during the uplift of the Wind River Range. As the softer sedimentary rocks tilted, the more easily erodible rocks were removed by the action of water, creating the canyon as it is seen today.'
windriver.org/the-beauty-of-red-canyon/
"There is archeologic evidence that Native Americans migrated through the Lander Valley over the last 10,000 years. The Eastern Shoshone lived in western Wyoming and the Wind River area for at least the last 3,000 years and possibly as far back as 8,000 years ago. They camped in the Pinedale area and along the eastern slopes of the Wind River Mountains. Shoshone presence in Red Canyon is recorded by spear and arrow points, tepee rings and petroglyphs...."
More about Red Canyon: www.geowyo.com/red-canyon.html