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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pilot Rock (Cherokee) - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in United States in The Plains

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 29 September 2015  Page Views: 4599

Natural PlacesSite Name: Pilot Rock (Cherokee) Alternative Name: Woven Stone
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 57.175 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
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Pilot Rock (Cherokee)
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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Pilot Rock (Cherokee)
Pilot Rock (Cherokee) submitted by Andy B : Recently identified Rock Art Photo credit: Tyler Hahn, used with permission (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pilot Rock (Cherokee)
Pilot Rock (Cherokee) submitted by Andy B (Vote or comment on this photo)

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