Exploring the Ruins of Fort Pearce and the Warner Valley Dinosaur Tracks
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- In the 1860s, the desert southeast of St. George, Utah was an important corridor for Navajo entering the area to raid Mormon settlers livestock. During Utah's Black Hawk War, a Mormon militia built Fort Pearce in order to counter the natives movement.
Utah's Black Hawk War is little remembered today but Fort Pearce is one of the lasting reminders of it.
in this video we explore the area around Fort Pearce then head a few miles away to check out the Warner Valley Dinosaur tracks to check out the area's Jurassic prehistory.
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Thank you for picking up the trash. I carry a bag to do so on every outing. It does make a difference.
Yes I do too. Nothing makes me madder than littering beautiful landscape
Spray painting is worse.
Love being taken along on your adventures and, at 70 years old, I love your jokes.😂
What I learned from this video: Steve's jokes are timeless.
Thanks Steve for bringing us along with you yet again. Love that humor even if it's as old as the dinosaurs! Honestly though, you add that special element into your history lessons that keeps us wanting more!
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I remember when they discovered the tracks. I was living there at the time, and my bandmates and I hiked up to see them, before any development was done. They were just there, au natural.
Imagine finding them and realizing what they were.
Never stop dropping new videos on Wednesdays. It's such a nice, chill way to watch during lunch and remind me that it's Humpday and we're on our way to the weekend.
I'll second that! 🙋
Great video! Us Utahns love leaving trash everywhere. Thank you for picking it up for us.
"Some of my jokes would only be a few years old" - Steve
I died of laughing on this one!
Steve, you are the king of dad jokes.
Thanks!
You bet Jurassic he is 🤣
Agreed. I made my first dad joke the other day. My 4,6,and 9 year old granddaughters pointed this out to me. I just recently discovered your videos Steve. Have to say I love them. Keep them coming.
@@jimmypenn LOL.
Steve,
I have just found your channel by chance. It's fantastic!
Thank you for these short bursts of US history, from a Scotsman in the UK.
Howsit Steve. You have a great channel. Keep on keeping on. Excellent content
Thanks, will do!
Nowhere must be a pretty big place because wherever you go Steve, you're still in the middle of it. 😂
Gorgeous out there...the vastness is amazing. See you next week..❤️
The dry wash near Fort Pearce had significant foliage throughout the base and edges. As arid as the entire area is there must be a good amount of water flow thru the wash during rainfall and monsoonal seasons I would think. The petroglyphs showed what appeared to be a Gila Monster possibly. No surprise given that desert environment overall. Another fine video, Steve. Thanks for sharing.......🤩
I believe they are planning to dam the water up and make a reservoir in that area. I'm not sure how far along the plans are and if it will happen for certain, but I guess enough comes through that they can get a reservoir out of it.
@@SidetrackAdventures Utah is amazing with water flowing in numerous areas that are very barren and dry.
@@SidetrackAdventures If they build a dam and cut off the water, it will be a tragedy for the area.
I have to say that visually, Utah is probably my favorite state! The rock formations & scenery are just incredible! Be safe out there!
Southern Utah reminds me of my father. He grew up in Knabe on an angora goat ranch, and lovedJohn Ford movies because they were filmed in S Utah. Somewhere around there is a historic site, Jacob Hamblin House, honoring one of our direct ancestors.
Always enjoy your videos! It's quite unbelievable how vast and beautiful Southern Utah is - no wonder my father loved it!
Kanab is a great place for movie buffs...
As a fellow San Diego native, i love your videos. And i think your humor is, ageless.
Didn't expect to see a Tardis in the museum, The Doctor must have been looking for Dalek tracks.
Yeah. It was pretty fun to see.
I’ve been following you for several years now. I enjoy all your adventures. A San Diego native, I have been all over the Southwest, having lived in Phoenix, Tucson, ABQ and now Temecula. So, following your treks brings back many memories of which I thank you. I would love to join you on one.
Thanks Steve, I've been by and stayed in St. George Utah many times and didn't know about this fort site and have never been to the dinosaur museum there. Two possible destinations for future dinosaur related things. A very impressive display of many dinosaurs together is at the museum that was built over a dried raised mud bed at the green River in Colorado up past Dinosaur, Colorado. The other major dinosaur place is Fruita and Grand Junction CO. Just inside the border of western Colorado off the I-70 is a place called Rabbit Valley, there is a short walking trail called Walk or journey through time where three complete dinosaur skeletons are embedded in the rock of the walk trail and two of them your have to step on. They are complete head to tail. One at the top of the trail now is missing the skull because it was removed and placed in the museum here in town. In Fruita you can walk a trail that tells you about the shallow sea that was here and see what lived here from fossil record, we had alegators and the largest dinosaur that ever existed in this now high desert. The huge leg bone was removed the the side of the Rock along the easy trail in the early 1900's and taken to a museum in Denver, your can stand up in the space where the leg bone wad removed. Also embedded in rock just sitting on the ground no bigger than a basket ball is a vertebrae of a dinosaur that was found there. A ancient stream bed is now exposed and that is where evidence of the alegator wad found along with some palm frawns left in the fossil record. Fruita Co is well known for it's celebration of its dinosaur heritage with paintings and names of different dinosaurs and a huge T-Rex in the middle of town.
I envy you so much, being physically and financially able to travel to such places. I travel vicariously through you and your wife. Thank you.
I love watching both you and Wonderhussy, but you guys post within a minute of each other all the time!
I guess we both schedule for the same time.
@@SidetrackAdventures Have you ever crossed paths? It seems like you'd have to go through a lot of "her" places to get to "your" places.
Boy when you said out in the middle of nowhere, you weren't kidding, besides yourself and your wife, who else is out there, but the desert has it's own beauty that's for sure. THE SARGE
As we left the tracks a group of about 6 actually showed up, but those were the first people we saw since we left St. George I think.
There are lots of great historical sites in Southern Utah. One of my favorites is the site of the Meadow Mountains Massacre. Another are the gold mining camps of Marysvale, in Bullion Canyon. Have fun...
Yeah. There is so much in this area. My sister in law lives here now so we shoukd be coming through more often.
Wonderful scenery and content Steve!
Thank you.
OMG, "you bet Jurassic"
Steve, your joke game is getting pro level. Sriously. Love the content, always have!
Lololol 😆😆😆
Thanks for sharing this episode😁!
Oh My Gosh! 😂! This one is for the books for me 😁! It's all you, and you know I felt like I was walking around out here with my Dad..... Rapid fire jokes!!! Bam Bam Bam 😂 You're always on point with some subtle chuckles 😊.
I really appreciate it 😁!
I'm sharing this with my sister....She needs to go on the adventure and have some fun laughs 😀!
Thanks again for all your time out "there" for us 🙏 ❤️!
Hi Steve I just found your videos a couple of days ago. Since then I have watched 8 or 9 of them. Being that you speak the best and plainest English I have ever heard. Plus with no accent would you mind telling me where you were born and grew up at. I think if you wanted a new job you could be hired as a paid public speaker or a host on a t.v. Show. Or a speaker on the radio. In the mean time I will keep watching your videos . Thanks Robert smith from dagsboro del.
Steve needs to get on radio. A voice like his is a rare bird and would be perfect for a radio talkshow or something like that.
Thanks. I was born and raised in San Diego but was stationed in North Carolina for 4 years when I was in the Army.
@@georgespalding7640 so I’m pretty sure he’s doing that! Iol. Jk
@Robert Smith I’ve brought that up in the past also he is a great narrator. He does his research and crystal clear voice. I also am a San Diego Native. 😂
And he’s got jokes! Steve’s the best!
My third great grandfather, Jens Larsen, a young Danish immigrant, was one of the first people killed in the Blackhawk War in 1865 in Fairview, UT. The graves of Jens and his disabled younger sister, who died just a few months later, purportedly of a broken heart, are in the pioneer cemetery there. Jens was the town shepherd. One day he took the sheep out to graze north of town, and the sheep came home without him. Those were brutal times.
Steve , you did it again awesome video my friend ! THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA........
Thanks again!
Welcome to my neck of the woods Sidetrack, I have been to these exact places you showed us, but you have more knowledge about the history than I do and I love your videos, welcome to Utah Sir.
That ending HAHA! Love it. Thanks for sharing, Steve!
I was so excited to see you come to my town. It’s really not that desolate here. Come back again. I love your channel.
......"some of my jokes would only be a few years old. "
Ya got me with that one!
Good one Steve! Great blend of humor and history!
Thank you for another out of the way trip Steve. Those little lizards certainly do like you Steve. Just about every where you go, you're being escorted by a lizard or two.
In January, I was four wheeling in the St. George, UT area. I went on a run to the old Babylon Mill. On the way, the trip leader stopped and we hiked a short way to a rock hillside. It was once flat, muddy ground and there were dinosaur footprints in the rock. I signed up to go to Babylon Mill, so the dinosaur tracks were a great, surprise bonus. And as always, I enjoyed your video.
I just love your videos.
The photography, historical information and down home narration without drama and hyperbole make these videos so relaxing.
Keep up the good work!
Steve your videos, and the music that accompanies them, are really relaxing. It is really great to see this part of the U.S. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for covering the Utah Black Hawk war; both my paternal great grandfathers were in the Utah Militia and fought in that war. Also, Utah has a lot of other dinosaur tracks, and of course, the big dinosaur finds in the Vernal area.
It does not matter if you agree or disagree with the philosophies of Brigham Young, he was an amazing nation builder. I am not LDS but I am glad you are investigating some Mormon history, especially in near the Arizona-Utah border where there is very little development of civilisation. Keep up the great work.
Those two small rooms are where they would keep their horse stored. One on each side so they could ride out as you explained.
I love when my wife groans at Steve's dad jokes!
I was raised in St. George and have never seen this. So cool.
Thanks! Steve Love the Dinosaur Tracks!🦣
They were cool to see, but I have to say the ones in St. George were more impressive.
Glad to see a new Sidetrack Adventures! I've actually been studying the Mormon Battalion, as of late.
Thanks Steve, dinosaur fossils always make me speculate about what was.
Once again thank you for a great trip Steve! I've been on vacation for a few weeks and missed a few of your videos. I'm going to enjoy today watching them all at once! Keep up the great work my friend, I love your jokes!
Good job from the middle of nowhere, as always. We enjoyed the petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks. Thanks for braving the heat.
I always like your choice of background music, which enhances the mood and doesn't compete with your great narratives. As you say, the Mormons and the Federal Government were at odds through most of that period in history. The stones used to construct the fort are really interesting. Appears to be sedimentary rock (which makes sense if there were prehistoric lakes in the area), but it almost looks like fossilized wood. I like that there are protected dinosaur footprints in the museum, and others where you can see them surrounded by open country. I think I'd freak out if I saw a 50 lb. lizard running on two feet. Perhaps an ancestor of the ostrich? Happy 4th to you and all of the other Side-trackers here.
Can’t wait to double back and watch this tonight!
I love your adventures into really interesting SW histories. I find you choice of music backgrounds realxing and comforting which helps to bring your adventures to life. Nicely done!
Steve you and your jokes are priceless.
Around the middle of the state off highway 89, around 5 to 7 miles or so of a hike. Are the big dinosaur tracks. Its not as easy to get into, but worth it. Bring lots of water.
Thank you for showing me these historical places in my back yard and I have no idea. Great channel. Keep up the awesome work.
Thanks again, Steve. Keep up the good work!
I love your humor 😂!! Keep it up!
Love your jokes! 😄😆 Along with your great videos full of well-researched information.👏🏼
190 million years ago . Unimaginable …for sure ! Great job Steve…..Thanks 🤠👍
So glad I found this channel.
Thoroughly enjoying your videos. Thank you for taking the time to put these together!
Love your channel. Thanks for showing all the historical things around me and I have no idea. Keep up the awesome job.
These paleontologists are amazing how they can identify a species from just the tracks.
Great video Steve, amazing history. I used to live in Utah, so much history to explore.
Thank you for these wonderful, and beautiful videos. You’re a class act, through and through.
I love your videos, the history and education I get from you! And see places I would never have imagined!! And now in a few weeks, this video will be shown to my 8 yr old Great Grandson, he loves dinosaurs !! Thank you for your videos!! Love all!!
Amazing! Great video, thanks for sharing!🙂
Thanks, Steve! Happy Trails!
As usual.
I always love and enjoy your adventures. We ought you we'd never see dinosaur tracks. Without you, I would never see dinosaur tracks. Not to mention how Close, they are to my home.
Your comment about the age of your jokes made me LOL.
That was very cool. Thanks for sharing
Another great Sidetrack Adventure Steve! Looked hot out there. Looking forward to the next one.
Thrilling! Keep it up these tours are fascinating.
Really cool…. Thanks for sharing!
At 2180 Riverside Dr. in St. George is the greatest dinosaur footprint museum you’ll ever see. Mr. Johnson uncovered hundreds on his farm, and they’re preserved there in a museum. You can see clear footprints of many types, marks from tails, and impressions of skin. It’s quite amazing.
The video mentions it at the very end.
Another great trip we get to take with you. Thanks!
Loved this episode. Excellent
Hello Steve, Thank you for another great video.
Love your different explorations.
You're a hoot, Steve. I really enjoy your videos.
Keep the dad jokes coming 🤣😂💯 .. Great video … AS ALWAYS ❤️❤️🙏🙏💯💯😁😁🌴🌴🌴🌴🌵🌵🌹
Nice video as always, good entertainment! 👍🏼
Fascinating.! I lived in Circleville as a teenager. I had no idea of this history. Nice video. 👍
Thank you for items that have just become bucket list items for me.
My pleasure. Thank you for watching.
I never realized there was a second Black Hawk War. I only knew about the one in Illinois.
Yeah, the one in Utah isn't as well known and only somewhat recently has there been a lot written about it.
Steve you made me laugh, thank you very much for sharing your experience in souther Utah.
Stop it, too funny. Loving your jokes, Steve. You are definitely correct re the chance to see dinosaur tracks! Especially those in situ outdoors. I'd love to see that.
Come for the history, stay for the jokes😊. Love the beauty of the Southwest.
Thanks Steve!
Great job Steve!
Loved It!
Thanks.
Thanks for sharing.
I love your sense of humor! 😂 interesting dinosaurs that lived there-I’ve never heard of those types of dinosaurs! Cool petroglyphs too. Have a great week!
I wasn't familiar with them either. It's crazy to think about what it was like so long ago.
There is a very impressive pictograph near the fort too.
very nice easy to listen to..
music a nice complement to good visuals. all calm. and educational. thanks.
Great video, Steve! By the way, I love your 65 million year old jokes. I live in Utah and had no idea this historical site existed. I'll definitely take a road trip to explore the area. I'll have plenty of time to do it as I officially retire on August 1st. I turn 70 on July 12th. Thanks again and keep up the good work!!!
Another good video. We have a number of areas up here in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts where we have dinosaur tracks. See you next week.
You are such a good dude. Love your videos.
Thank`s For your great video.
You're welcome!
When you said The Blackhawk War my first thought was the 1832-35 war in Illinois and Wisconsin that was named after Chief Blackhawk the main Native American leader. This one you are speaking about is new to me. More history to learn.😁
Hi Steve thanks for the tour