Phil Coffins
69 Cal.
An unusual thing in the high country, eleven rings still visible.
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Tee pee rings
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Where is this “independence mtn”. Cuz I am the curious sort!!
Phil Coffins
69 Cal.
North west of Walden Colorado about 8 or 10 miles.
40.88959* N
106.42997* W
This should get you with in feet of them.
40.88959* N
106.42997* W
This should get you with in feet of them.
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Normally Phil one can look at how the rocks set in the soil. If they look like someone just set the stones there recently, then someone probably did. If the stone is sunken into the earth then they could be ancient. I seen what's in the picture near Laramie Wyoming. The rancher told me they were there at least 80 years. This probably doesn't help much.
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This is a historically protected site, hence the fence you see in the picture. Those rings have been there since before I was 7yrs old, Almost 57yr now. It is a really great place to visit.
Phil Coffins
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I haven’t seen any near Laramie, these have been studied and the last time they were used would have been around 1880 when the Indians were removed from this area. North Park was called the Bull Pin by the mountain men due to the abundance of Buffalo that wintered there. The fellow that told me about them first saw them in 1967.
Thanks Phil
I might drive that way this summer
I might drive that way this summer
A really scenic and easy to reach ring is at the Wagonhound rest area on I-80 between Rawlins and Laramie. It's on a rise looking down on a pretty valley.
I bet they are real. To clarify, the ones I seen were on Big Sheep mountain ranch west of Laramie. The ones I seen looked just like what is in your picture. Great find you made. Imagine the stories it could tell. Thanks for posting
I'm Tepee ignorant, what is the purpose of the stones? Pretty cool to stand among something like that.
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Phil Coffins
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To hold the bottom edge of the cover down. Wood stakes could be used in soil but this ground is mostly rock and gravel.
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I know where that is!!
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This is not the only type of 'ring'. The early people wouldn't necessarily go outside to "pee". Archeologists know to detect saltpeter and mineral deposits in a round area to also know where teepees were set up.An unusual thing in the high country, eleven rings still visible.
Malamute
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Ive seen dozens of them in my neighborhood, it was a popular wintering ground. Good water and grass, buffalo, not much snow for the most part.
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Used to be fairly common. Some have been archaeologically excavated - usually not much in the way of artifacts because often short term use by nomadic people. Hearths inside some.
As Phil Coffin said, rocks held down edges, even when there were stakes, and some, espec prehistoric ones, seem to have used rocks in preference to stakes.
Scholarly article with lots of historic tipi photos to consider the tipi ring question:
Banks, K.M. and J.S. Snortland 1995 Every Picture Tells a Story: Historic Images, Tipi Camps, and Archaeology. Plains Anthropologist 40(152):125-144.
As Phil Coffin said, rocks held down edges, even when there were stakes, and some, espec prehistoric ones, seem to have used rocks in preference to stakes.
Scholarly article with lots of historic tipi photos to consider the tipi ring question:
Banks, K.M. and J.S. Snortland 1995 Every Picture Tells a Story: Historic Images, Tipi Camps, and Archaeology. Plains Anthropologist 40(152):125-144.
Easier to find a rock than make a stake.
