- Denis Julien Inscription (Grand County, Utah)
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Julien, Denis, Inscription
Nearest city: Moab, Utah Coordinates: 38°33′49″N 109°59′2″W / 38.56361°N 109.98389°WCoordinates: 38°33′49″N 109°59′2″W / 38.56361°N 109.98389°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1836 Governing body: Federal NRHP Reference#: 91000617[1] Added to NRHP: May 23, 1991 The Denis Julien Inscription is an incised carving on a rock face in a side canyon of the Green River in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The site is about 750 feet (230 m) to the east of the Green River in Hellroaring Canyon, at the top of a talus slope. The inscription was left by trapper Denis Julien in 1836, when he was one of the few Europeans in southern Utah. The panel reads:
D. Julien
1836
3 mai[2]A boat with a mast is depicted to the right of the lettering, with a bird-like object below. Later travelers have left their own markings nearby. The Julien is one of at least eight that he left in Utah between 1831 and 1844. The inscription is significant in depicting an apparent sailboat, supporting the theory that he sailed upstream against the current as the date progression of his inscriptions would imply. Nearby inscriptions left by Bureau of Reclamation employees in 1914 on a damsite survey expedition are also considered significant.[2]
See also
- Julien Inscription Panel, a similar inscription in Arches National Park dated June 9, 1844
- Denis Julien Inscription (San Juan County, Utah), a similar inscription in Canyonlands National Park on the Colorado River that may not have been left by Julien, dated May 1836
- Denis Julien Inscription (Moffat County, Colorado) in Dinosaur National Monument
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Pierson, Lloyd (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Julien, Denis, Inscription". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/91000617.pdf. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
External links
- Julien Inscription Panel at Canyonlands National Park
National Register of Historic Places in Canyonlands National Park Historic districts Kirk's Cabin Complex | Murphy Trail and Bridge | Neck and Cabin Springs Grazing Area | Salt Creek Archeological District
Properties Cave Springs Cowboy Camp | D.C.C. & P. Inscription "B" | Harvest Scene Pictograph | Horseshoe (Barrier) Canyon Pictograph Panels | Denis Julien Inscription (Grand County, Utah) | Denis Julien Inscription (San Juan County, Utah) | Kolb Brothers "Cat Camp" Inscription | Lost Canyon Cowboy Camp
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