{"id":134,"date":"2004-06-07T09:05:51","date_gmt":"2004-06-07T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/index.php\/uncategorized\/fremont-indian-state-park-utah\/"},"modified":"2004-06-07T09:05:51","modified_gmt":"2004-06-07T15:05:51","slug":"fremont-indian-state-park-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Indian State Park, Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Park offers glimpse of mysterious Fremont culture<\/a> By Mark Havnes , The Salt Lake Tribune<\/p>\n

Opened in 1987, [Fremont Indian State Park and Museum] sits on 889 acres 17 miles south of Richfield, [Utah], just off Interstate 70. It boasts a museum, a visitor center and trails that wind among the ancient rock art whose meanings remain as elusive as the people who carved them. <\/p>\n

”This is the location of the largest Fremont village ever excavated,” explains park archaeologist Dee Hardy, pointing across I-70 to a hill known as Five Finger Ridge. <\/p>\n

Hardy says 106 structures — including pit houses and granaries — were documented then destroyed<\/i><\/b> in 1985 and ’86 during construction of the freeway. The project included removing a large segment of the ridge and rerouting Clear Creek, which helped sustain the settlement of about 200 people at the height of the Fremont culture between A.D. 900 and 1250. <\/p>\n

Hardy notes the Fremont were not identified as a separate culture until 1928<\/b> when a pit house and pottery were found near present-day Capitol Reef National Park. Scientists named the culture after the Fremont River, which runs near that find, although the ancient people occupied most of Utah — except the southeastern part, which was dominated by the Anasazi. <\/p>\n

About the park <\/p>\n

* Extra attractions Fremont Indian State Park and Museum offers a museum store, amphitheater, picnic areas, hiking and biking trails, fishing and overnight camping. <\/p>\n

* Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Memorial to Labor Day weekends. Winter Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. <\/p>\n

* Fees $1 per person or $5 per vehicle. <\/p>\n

* Events June 5, Annual Atlatl Competition for adults and youths ages 6-15; Aug. 21, park’s 17th anniversary featuring a variety of activities and presentations; September, pottery-making workshops (dates to
\n be announced). <\/p>\n

* Contact information 435-527-4631 <\/p>\n

* On the Web http:\/\/www.stateparks.utah.gov\/park_pages\/fremont.htm<\/a>; or e-mail at fremontindian@utah.gov<\/a> or parkcomment@utah.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Park offers glimpse of mysterious Fremont culture By Mark Havnes , The Salt Lake Tribune Opened in 1987, [Fremont Indian State Park and Museum] sits on 889 acres 17 miles south of Richfield, [Utah], just off Interstate 70. It boasts a museum, a visitor center and trails that wind among the ancient rock art whose … Continue reading Fremont Indian State Park, Utah<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}