(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 15, 2010 ) SWEETWATER COUNTY, Wyo.—If they’re lucky Travelers racing across Interstate 80 as it cuts across Wyoming’s Sweetwater County can get a distant glimpse of the colorful buttes and magnificent spires of the Red Desert. But for adventurous families willing to take the back roads of “The Cowboy State,” the rewards are many. One is the chance to see ancient drawings left behind by the area’s earliest known inhabitants. North of the city of Rock Springs, on U.S. 191, signs point the way to the White Mountain Petroglyphs. Etched into sandstone cliffs long ago by a people far preceding European explorers are the artful drawings of elk, buffalo, horses and other inhabitants of the artists’ world. About five miles from the White Mountain petroglyphs, Boars Tusk comes into view. The core of a once active volcano, Boars Tusk is one of many striking rock formations named by early pioneers of this high desert region, mostly American trappers and mountain men. The early explorers found them comforting landmarks. The spire rising straight out of the ground appears to stand sentinel over the Killpecker Sand Dunes. The dunes are largely unknown by many outside of Wyoming, yet this is the largest active dune field in North America, providing habitat for rare desert elk and bands of wild horses. Today, explorers willing to venture a bit off the beaten path still find huge tracts of some of the country’s most unspoiled and unusual wilderness in Sweetwater County.
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