The Denis Julien Inscription was left on a rock face in along the
Green River Green River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
*Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River
*Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte
*Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...
in
Moffat County, Colorado
Moffat County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,292. The county seat is Craig. With an area of 4,751 square miles, it is the 2nd largest county by area in Colorado, behind Las An ...
by
Denis Julien Denis Julien (born 1772) was an American fur trapper of French-Canadian Huguenot origin best known for his activity in the southwestern United States in the 1830s and 1840s, at a time when he was one of the few people of European descent in the area ...
, a French-American trapper who was one of the few Europeans in the area in the 1830s. Julien made a practice of leaving his mark on locations along the Green and
Colorado rivers, leaving at least eight such marks.
Four, including the Colorado mark, are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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The inscription reads:
DJ 1838
It is about above normal water level, but below flood level. The inscription is located in Whirlpool Canyon in what is now
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers. Although most of the monument area is in ...
. The inscription was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 1986.
See also
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Denis Julien Inscription (Grand County, Utah)
The Denis Julien Inscription is an incised carving on a rock face in a side canyon of the Green River north of Canyonlands National Park in southwestern Grand County, Utah, United States. The site is about to the east of the Green River in Hell ...
, Canyonlands National Park
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Denis Julien Inscription (San Juan County, Utah)
The Denis Julien Inscription is a rock-carved graffito purportedly left by French- American trapper Denis Julien in southern Utah when he was traveling in the area in the late 1830s or early 1840s, one of the first Europeans to enter the area. T ...
, Canyonlands National Park
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Julien Inscription Panel
The Julien Inscription Panel is a rock face in Arches National Park that has been marked by passers-by who have incised their names into the desert varnish on the sandstone rock of the vertical rock face. Most of the signatures have been added sin ...
, Arches National Park
References
National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
Moffat County, Colorado
National Register of Historic Places in Dinosaur National Monument
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