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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3C_bears-ears_Lake-Powell-UT.html
The two prominent buttes in the distance are called the Bears Ears. Several native American groups, including the Navajos, Utes, and Pueblos, consider this area sacred and include it in their oral traditions.
One of the more popular Navajo stor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3B_owachomo-bridge_Lake-Powell-UT.html
Owachomo (O-wá-cho-mo) is a Hopi Indian word for rock mound. On the upper left side of the bridge is a rock outcrop which suggested the name for the bridge.
Owachomo Bridge looks different from either Sipapu or Kachina Bridge. Because Owachomo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3A_sipapu-bridge_Lake-Powell-UT.html
Several names have been given to the bridges over the years. Sipapu (Seé-pa-pu) has had at least two other names—President and Augusta—but these were later changed. Cliff dwellings and rock art in the area reminded William Dougl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R13_kachina-bridge_Lake-Powell-UT.html
Kachina (Ka-cheé-na) Bridge was named for the Hopi kachina spirits which frequently displayed lightning snake symbols on their bodies. Similar snake patterns were carved by prehistoric people on the base of Kachina Bridge.
Kachina Bridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM167N_utahs-first-national-monument_Lake-Powell-UT.html
In 1883, Cass Hite wandered up White Canyon from his mining claim on the Colorado River and "discovered" three stone bridges. He brought them to the attention of area residents and the scientific community. Nowhere else had three such monolithic s…