Wolfe Ranch and Rock Art Panel
A rugged home site along a perennial stream and ancient rock art
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Wolfe Ranch and Rock Art Panel Details
In the late 1800's, John Wesley Wolfe arrived in Moab from Ohio, seeking a new life with a drier climate. He settled along Salt Wash and built his home at the site of the current Wolfe Ranch. Remodeled in 1906 by family members, the structure still stands on the edge of the Delicate Arch parking lot, next to the rock art panels where members of the Ute Tribe lived in earlier times – testimony to the attractive nature of living next to a perennial stream where animals can graze and crops have a chance of surviving the harsh desert climate. The petroglyphs depict horses, dogs and bighorn sheep that may have roamed through the area. Native people left the region in approximately 1300 AD. Talk to a friendly ranger about various theories on what may have driven the early inhabitants away from Southern Utah.
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