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Natural PlacesSite Name: Pilot Rock (Cherokee) Alternative Name: Woven Stone
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 92.83 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Plains Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Sioux City Nearest Village: Cherokee
Latitude: 42.695247N Longitude: 95.549378W
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**Pilot Rock (Cherokee)** submitted by Andy B : Photo credit: Tyler Hahn, used with permission (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pilot Rock is an enormous glacial boulder which overlooks the Little Sioux River Valley. Rock art has recently discovered on its surface. Long before white settlers used this marker to find the fertile valley where Cherokee was founded, ancient trails led Native American travelers to the massive landmark, which they called “Woven Stone.”

The rock is approximately 20’ high by 40’ wide and 61’ long. It is composed of Sioux Quartzite, and was carried to its current resting place by the most recent continental glacier, over 20,000 years ago.

According to historical records, American novelist James Fenimore Cooper of New Jersey described Pilot Rock, though not by name, in Chapter 8 of his 1827 novel The Prairie, one of the frontier tales of Natty Bumppo, or Leatherstockings. During the Civil War, the land surrounding the stone was lost to its owner due to non-payment of taxes, and Albert Riggs, a Fenimore Cooper fan from New Jersey, bought the land to protect the rock from settlers who were blasting chunks of the quartzite to build their foundations. The Riggs family owned the parcel for many years, and it remains in private ownership at the present.

As of 2014, there were 14 petroglyphs identified on it. The most common motif is that of the Thunderbird, or Turkey Track, followed by a crescent moon shape called a lunate.

With thanks to Tyler Hahn for the information and photos.

See also the Official Web site for Cherokee County Parks
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