Ancient Puebloans or Anasazi migrated here from the Mesa Verde area about 1300 years ago. They hunted and farmed and are claimed to be responsible for the extensive rock art in the region. Virtually no prominent geographic feature is without some evidence of their work. The difference between the rock art is as follows:
Petroglyphs: etched or pecked into the rock with a hammer stone
Pictograph: painted on the rock with pigment from plants or minerals
In 1869, Major John Wesley Powell made the first known voyage down the nearby Green and Colorado Rivers. This opened up the area to further exploration by miners, cowboys, and sheepherders. Small amounts of oil and gas were found, but it wasn't until uranium was discovered that the area became discovered in the 1950's. The Canyonlands Territory was the last area of the continental United States to be explored. It still retains much of it's natural undiscovered state.
Source: summitpost
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