Hartstene Island Petroglyph

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blackball This Petroglyph was originaly located at The Maples on the west shore of Hartsine Island 12 Miles North of Olympia. The Carvings are Definitely Pre-White Man. The Central figures Depect the Mountains the sun a Bow and Arrow and Lesser Animals All Tying in with the Legends of the Lower Puget Sound Indians TUMWATER, Wash. -- A 10-ton granite rock with ancient tribal petroglyphs on it will be moved this week from a park in Tumwater where it has sat for 45 years. The Squaxin tribe is taking possession of the artifact for its museum. The rock has carved symbols of a bear, a mountain, the sun and a bow and arrow. It was initially at Harstine Island, 12 miles north of Olympia, but has been on display in front of the Olympia Tumwater Foundation's office in Tumwater Falls Park since 1963. Tribal members performed a ceremony at the site last week, and plan to move the rock Wednesday morning. A historical marker at the Tumwater site says the markings are similar to petroglyphs discovered in The Dalles, Ore., and in British Columbia. Hartstene Island Petroglyph
Hartstene Island Petroglyph Picture © David Rencher
Photo Taken April 21 2008:
This Petroglyph was originaly located at "The Maples" on the west shore of Hartsine Island 12 Miles North of Olympia. The Carvings are Definitely Pre-White Man. The Central figures Depect the Mountains the sun a Bow and Arrow and Lesser Animals All Tying in with the Legends of the Lower Puget Sound Indians


TUMWATER, Wash. -- A 10-ton granite rock with ancient tribal petroglyphs on it will be moved this week from a park in Tumwater where it has sat for 45 years.

The Squaxin tribe is taking possession of the artifact for its museum.

The rock has carved symbols of a bear, a mountain, the sun and a bow and arrow. It was initially at Harstine Island, 12 miles north of Olympia, but has been on display in front of the Olympia Tumwater Foundation's office in Tumwater Falls Park since 1963.

Tribal members performed a ceremony at the site last week, and plan to move the rock Wednesday morning.

A historical marker at the Tumwater site says the markings are similar to petroglyphs discovered in The Dalles, Ore., and in British Columbia.
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