Pictographs in a Moonshiners Hideout - Backcountry Oregon Historic Site

[@brotherheed00]

Lava cast from a tree. If you looked closely enough at the walls you may have been able to make out the patterns of the bark. Wanna see more come up near soap lake.

[@johnwalker3263]

I seen some like that up by the ape caves in Washington state as well. Good job with the ID!

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Yeah we’ve got a lava cast forest not too far from there. You may be right. Just a really old one that has been worn smooth over time.

[@brotherheed00]

@@CoyoteWorks01 we have a cast called the blue rhino up here in Washington.

[@captainfragger6295]

I think you might be right

[@derekmartin75dm]

Yea. You beat me to this one. Good job man.

[@gunsmoke548]

I just want to make a correction about barrels, in a friendly way, the staves are the wooden planks and the rings are hoops.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Good call. I did not know that. I stand nicely corrected in a most friendly way. Thank you.

[@kenbaker4528]

Glad someone else brought it up. I didn't know how to say without sounding condescending. Great video Casey, I love your historical investigations and your PSA about everyone's responsibility for protecting and preserving artifacts was spot on.

[@gunsmoke548]

@@CoyoteWorks01 Glad you understand, your at top of the list of my sub.'s Just wish Mississippi wasn't so far cause I would like to see ya"lls desert for my self but at 65 yrs. old and having severe lung problems I'm happy to watch your adventures. Keep up the good work!

[@derekmartin75dm]

Yea. You are correct. I think over the years they have been misinterpreted as stays and or staves. I believe it also has to to with where you are in the country/ states. It's fine we all understood! Also in a nice way! Don't blast me! I kinda like watching Casey!

[@derekmartin75dm]

@@ThePuzzleman1990 I was kinda thinking the same thing. Someone busted those barrels up to stay warm. Good possibility.

[@aaronneumeyer5572]

Casey, those red pictographs of wavy lines and stars are actually a form of primitive warning that clearly state "Big ass snakes and spiders live here so GTFO!" Just my learned opinion.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

That’s a solid theory... Maybe one I should heed! Lol.

[@pbodymathis]

@@CoyoteWorks01 Do not heed their warning, just get a bigger gun and knife or, one for each hand!

[@tpseeker3367]

#1 thing NEEDED for stills is Fresh Water. If there's no spring or running water nearby there's no reason for a still. Besides that, that area looks like a Great place to Hide the barrels. With all the hoops only thing being found, it seems the barrels were found & destroyed then burned during prohibition. Thanks for sharing the pictographs with us as well. Hope someone will be able to use the many types of photography to record them before they are lost forever. Thanks again for sharing with us & taking us on your adventures Casey

[@Kriss_L]

I have seen similar 'holes' like that in the WA Cascades. They were formed when lava flowed around trees that later burned or rotted away.

[@davidmutschler9418]

When you crawled into that hole I was waiting for a false bottom to give way. Glad it didn't happen. Neat country!

[@halahmilksheikh]

Maybe the hole is a lava tube that got sealed up

[@CoyoteWorks01]

It’s possible. So hard to know for sure. Cheers my friend!

[@jasonperry2244]

Pretty neat country and history. I'm 100 percent certain that I wouldn't be walking around out there without my snake stick lol. Which is something my wife suggested we have when exploring that kind of country. Thanks for taking us along it feels like ages since I had the opportunity to sneak away to the back country so its nice to live vicariously through your videos. Take care casey

[@maxk5038]

Wow super cool there are so many hidden wonders everywhere we don't know about

[@ELRORRITO1]

No guns, no offroading, no camping, no cooking and yet You pulled and amazing and informative video. Thank you A LOT Casey.

[@bohemian46]

No burning JEEPS : )

[@ELRORRITO1]

@@bohemian46 right you are... Only OGs know this. 🤫 dont say anything. That way the new viewers can go through the vids bumping his views.

[@Adventure2wheels]

As Casey stomps on the ground in the hole and says "what I'm standing on doesn't really feel like it's solid though", as he suddenly falls into the abyss and now we have Coyote Works and Raiders of the lost Moonshines still bringing a whole new adventure to Coyote Works channel. Ha. Casey, always enjoy the educational aspect of your videos, they continue to get better with every video.

[@davidcolinstillman5585]

BEAUTIFUL COLORS SCENERY BEAUTY & HISTORY ! SOMETIMES YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WENT ON UNLESS YOU HEAR OLD STORIES & HOPEFULLY THEY ARE TRUE ! WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT THROUGH HISTORY THAT SOME WERE SAID WITH FORK TONGUES! THANK YOU ! BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE YEAR ! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR JOURNEYS ! ENJOYED ! GLAD YOU ARE DOING GOOD TOO !

[@gregmiller9437]

What amazing finds!! This adventure must have made you smile all the way home. Such history, and so few have seen it in person.

[@JohnDoe-xm9ql]

Thank you Casey for the great history lesson. Respecting the history of those who came before us... 🙏👍👏

[@justinkovar201]

Although, I miss the longer AND more frequent videos. You most definitely, have the best knowledge of the land, routes, and history! Proud jeep owner for over 10 years! Congrats Sir!

[@douglansburg4545]

Generations of history, very cool

[@TheWozWizard]

Did you report the location of those petrograms (the technically correct term for those pictograph) to the proper authorities. Back in the early 1970's while exploring the Mojave we found some rock art. When we got back we told a professor in the Archaeology department of the university what we found , show him some picture of them and gave an approximate location (no GPS back then). Later he contact us and told us it was never before know location. Had a letter thanking us for the reporting the find but in the almost 50 year that have pasted I lost the letter (darn). Maybe is some long forgotten archaeology paper we are mentioned as reporting the location.

[@mickeykreg]

I've never heard the term "petrogram" as a substitute for petroglyph or pictograph, but sounds interesting. By chance, have you got any further elaboration or evidence to share on this as a standard? Especially in the context of the professional recording, recognized by SHPO of an archaeological site?

[@CoyoteWorks01]

I have a good and trusted friend that is an Archaeologist for one of the Federal Land Management agencies. I told him about the site and he will check and verify whether or not it’s in their inventory. That’s awesome that you located a site that hadn’t been found before! Cheers!

[@TheWozWizard]

@@mickeykreg My source was this website: www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/pictographs.htm#:~:text=1100%2D200%20BCE)-,What%20is%20a%20Pictograph%3F%20(,express%20some%20idea%20or%20information.

[@johnganshow5536]

And the terminology war continues, the professors are constantly coming up with new & improved names for anything ancient, just to make a name for themselves. Like Anasazi, It turned out to be an offensive term to some of the enlightened types so they changed it. I'm still going to use Pictographs & Anasazi, if the enlightened, superior types don't like it, they can F++k off...

[@mickeykreg]

@@johnganshow5536 keep in mind those professors and everyone else that isn't native to this continent has been here for a pittance of the time these sites have been here. Who are we to say what nomenclature should be? Or better yet, interpret rock art where the interpretive record, oral or written, has a gap of at least 800 years? Do you know anyone, that knows anyone, that created this art who may have a suggestion on what we should call it? BTW, "Anasazi" was deemed offensive to the local tribe not some professor.

[@mickeykreg]

I'm very impressed you included an important educational part of visiting these sites. Most people would never guess that touching the pictographs would be destructive. Strong work my friend, looking forward to the next one!

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you. I”m working on the next one now! Cheers!

[@dezertraider]

THANK YOU CADEY,,YOU ROCK,,STAY WELL

[@CoyoteWorks01]

For sure my friend. You stay safe and healthy out there as well!

[@badmoon7549]

Just to sit there and think of all the visitors and the activity that has went on there is a reward money can't purchase. Awesome video Casey, Thanks.

[@fiercebone825]

This is just awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@sandygap1]

Love your work. In my opinion, this is your best video yet. Good job!

[@DanitaReynolds]

What an amazing place. Thank you for sharing and also letting people know about how delicate these native images are and not to touch them. Most people are unaware that it's the oil and whatever other stuff on our hands that are harmful to these images. I cringed when you jumped into the hole, something my husband would do too, because who knows how solid the bottom was. Glad you didn't fall through some lava tube. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you. Yes I felt obligated to put that in the video. I hope everyone appreciates those places and does everything they can to preserve them.

[@kenbaker4528]

Yeah when he was stomping on it and saying it didn't sound very stable I just about lost it.🤣

[@faytheorsini7879]

Casey; Great video, I have never seen anything like the rock art in your area. Thanks for taking me along. Orlando

[@rmork9136]

Thank You for your time.

[@gringo3009]

Very interest site! Thanks for sharing.

[@roseapple8786]

I like the pictographs. We have some near us but the ones I have found are known and they are in the Grapevine Canyon. I still can't find the ones off the Mojave Road Trail. I know they exist because I have seen them on other you tubers channel. Just have to go and explore some more. Keep on exploring and I'll be watching.

[@rogerhector8323]

is that someones shadow on your left on the rock at 9.33

[@chuckzechman1497]

Very cool. Safe Travels and God Bless!

[@brushbum7508]

SUPER COOL !!! TAKE CARE..

[@Bovineguy1]

Casey, the next time you venture back to this spot, take a UV flashlight with you, it could enhance the pictographs if they were painted with a biologic. Very cool site though. I've stumbled upon some petroglyphs here in my home state. The local university is always excited to receive those locations.

[@David-bt1fp]

Great content !!! I appreciate all your work, but especially like the historical/informative ones. Thanks for all your effort and hard work.

[@04JALD]

Really good video again Casey. I cant wait to see areas like this. Keep up the great work. Be safe.

[@orrick541]

Great find, can't wait for elk season to explore the high desert again.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

For sure. Best of luck on your hunt!

[@bryanh_yjg]

That place looks extremely familiar but it has been quite a while. As always, thanks for the adventure Casey!

[@jason_advntr_6755]

Another great video, thanks for this look back at history and the advice to persevere it. Stay safe.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you. You too!

[@sarahburke8955]

Amazing finds! I get super excited just finding pioneer "trash" out there, can't imagine coming across actual pictographs from who knows when. Hope to see you again soon!

[@TroutWest]

Tree stump was surrounded by lava you're standing on... lava cooled log burned away leaving the hole.

[@captainfragger6295]

I doubt those barrels rings were on barrows that rotted out.. mainly because so many of them are bent up. My guess is they were rotting or damaged and they got broke up for other uses such as firewood. Have they just brought it out the Rings would have still been perfect those bent ones would not have held any kind of wood. As far as the hole, maybe there was a spring there and enough water would seep out that they dug a hole that would fill up. But with all the other stuff dried up it dried up too. The only other guess I can think of is perhaps the bottom is full of rubble and maybe it went to something else that was filled in. I have never seen or heard of grinding holes being that deep. Sure you could grind stuff in it. But it would be a pain to get out

[@FatMatAdventures]

Love the history lessons and adventures! Keep up the great work!

[@swidahooverlanding2867]

WoW! Made comment number 5! Think that is the first for your channel. Great area! Love little nooks out in the desert like this. Hope to find a few more next year. Thanks for bringing us along. George.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Ha! Nice work. Must have already been sitting at your computer when the video went live? Yeah so many places we need to see out there!

[@swidahooverlanding2867]

@@CoyoteWorks01 Why yes I was. I was doing some work on my channel when I saw the green light go on.

[@jasonaffeldt7838]

That was awesome find you shared. I enjoyed the video. Keep up good work my friend.🇺🇸🔪🌲😘

[@jasonaffeldt7838]

I fat figured the one OMG. Woops. I ment to hit 🔥

[@EvergreenOG]

Great stuff. Thk u

[@offroad9543]

you are the best

[@georgebrill3072]

Thanks, another great video.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@chuckrf1502]

I look forward to your videos, always interesting content. Thanks.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@parsonrick8030]

So cool!

[@texasprepper5]

Very cool, thanks bud

[@gilbertarnold8666]

Great video thank you!

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@davem3362]

Casey that hole you called in May have been a gas bubble that popped open then cooled. Just a thought.

[@derekmartin75dm]

That was actually my guess. I know I'm WAY late on this but better late than never.

[@davewhite2524]

Been there a few times very cool area !!

[@RevN3]

HAHAH!!! The groundhog pop-up opening is hilarious! Great video!

[@rogerhector8323]

rock formations love em

[@fatandfurious5940]

A very interesting vidéo, no collapsed barn or antic settlement, this time you've made big jump in the scale of time...

[@mungabrown6543]

My favorite channel. Thanks for another great video!!

[@Jax4umalta]

Wow what an Amazing place Casey. You are blessed to have so many cool places to explore. There is a lot of Indian history in the upper Peninsula of Michigan where I like to go camping. Next summer I’m going to try to do a little more exploring. Even where I live there’s a lot of native Indian history. I try to learn as much as I can about the area I live in. We seem to have a lot of the same interests. Thanks for sharing this cool spot. Cheers my friend. ❤️

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you. I’ve never been up to that part of the country. I would love to visit there at some point and do some exploring! Cheers!

[@Jax4umalta]

@@CoyoteWorks01 you have an open invitation anytime you want.

[@keithcopeland8245]

This may seem a little far fetched. But that hole would appear to me was formed by a falling object. Asteroid maybe into the ground. Look around the hole it seems that there is a splash of rock. Could that area been molten at some point in the past? What a rare and neat find

[@derekmartin75dm]

Other people beat me to it a long time ago. But yea. Definitely volcanic. Especially in that area. Cool find nevertheless. I was hoping you weren't standing on the top of a lava tube! Unlikely but possible. Careful out there Casey!

[@pytheus]

Thank you Casey!! Much more fun there then here in Houston, TX.

[@wardperozuk2782]

Your storytelling is getting pretty good Casey. Nice video!

[@MattCookOregon]

Bad ass find. Love the explanations.

[@gundog4314]

That spot with the pictographs was possibly a base camp/meat smoking site to preserve meat from animal kills. Makes a easy to make a smoker and easy for one guy to defend the meat from animal predators while the others go back out hunting. Hope that site is a well hidden secret, could be great for stashes.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Sounds like a solid theory to me. Yeah I agree. I was thinking it could be a very useful stash site. I think the moonshiners stashed their whisky in jars in that hole because I found some old broken glass from canning jars in the bottom of it.

[@pinenutpatriot1931]

love it

[@sewallm60]

To run a still you'd need a water source the barrels more likely were used to haul provisions

[@CoyoteWorks01]

That’s a good point. I know they did haul water in to some of them. There were quite a few of them across the desert.

[@sewallm60]

@@CoyoteWorks01 Yeah after watching the guys in the south with handy water, hauling water out there was not easy I'd bet

[@kerryjacobson5465]

Unfortunately, civilization is encroaching on these sites, at a rapid pace. There are far too many people going, and vandalizing ancient rock art! I have seen a few places here in Utah, where that's the case. Thanks for sharing these with us, Casey!

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Yeah it’s extremely unfortunate. I think in this day and age of gps coordinates it’s too easy for people to locate and share these sites. And the people that get the gps coordinates to sites like this don’t have to struggle and work to find them which I believe contributes to them not respecting them as much.

[@ricksandfort8836]

@@CoyoteWorks01 As a youngster in the deserts of Arizona, we used to enjoy the journey to places like Casa Grande National Monument. the trip through the barren desert felt like a trip back in time... now, if you look at Google Earth, there are houses built across the street... so sad

[@edwardmorgan9411]

Awesome!

[@English.Andy1]

Have these rock paintings been studied at all? Super piece of history. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Sussex England.

[@showaltermicro]

That hole could be used to break up the corn for mash for white lightning- but could have started as a grinder for corn with the Indians

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Yeah I agree. A lot of things were repurposed and used by many different people throughout history like that. That’s a good theory. Cheers!

[@senshieB13]

The hole might be use as underground oven. It's an old fashion for making flat bread. The dough gets place around the smooth wall while the heat from the bottom rise to cook. I can't pin point where exactly I have had seen it. It maybe in Africa or Turkey while I was wondering the around world. Great finding and Thank you for sharing.

[@davem3362]

Very cool, love the history!

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thanks my friend. Me too!

[@rogerhector8323]

wow that was great stuff

[@marktaniguchi7901]

Great video Casey. Was the petroglyphs done by the Paiute Indians in southern Oregon? Too bad you didn't have a portable uv light. It might luminate the drawings. The petroglyphs may have been destroyed by the bootleggers. Hope you have another video on this place. It is very interesting. Take care and be safe.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

I believe so. In doing some research I believe they are so what newer. Like in the last several hundred years. Yeah that would be awesome to have a UV light and to be able to pick up more of them. There were a lot of places on the rocks where you could just seen faint red left over. I bet at one time those rocks were literally covered in rock art. Cheers man!

[@3smoke]

Speaking of hunting and pictographs, Here in AZ I hunt archery and have a favorite hunting spot with pictographs. I have long since thought the natives also used the spot and doodled on the walls. Archery can have hours of boredom.

[@d.b.cooper4966]

Take it from me, that looks like some good hiding spots.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Ha! Will do. I agree 100%. Cheers!

[@4Score747]

You should know D.B. 🤣 do you have any money left?

[@bruceforster3709]

@@CoyoteWorks01 If you were to find a nearby water source, that would be a fabulous Bugout spot!

[@Tristan_Judkins]

Awesome location!

[@Mfirefighter14]

Another great video.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@caborico0677]

Casey, fascinating video. I'm pretty certain it's an area I visted over 30 years ago and always wanted to revisit. We didn't find the artwork at that time but when we revisit I think we have a good idea where to look. I wonder if an Infra Red camera would bring out the difficult to see artwork. Thanks for the video and trip down memory lane. P.S., excellent tip not to touch the rock or pictographs so future generations can enjoy them.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed seeing it again. Yeah apparently there are a few people that know about the site. Which is a total surprise since I didn’t. There isn’t much out there in the local area that I don’t know about so this one was a really cool surprise. Cheers!

[@MeanOneMeanOne]

Great stuff, Casey!

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed!

[@johncrowley3833]

I have seen a couple of those holes in the desert the ones out there was water storage for animals on the pioneer trails, just a thought Casey

[@atlyvwire]

As you’re climbing out of that hole, what you should be asking yourself is where did the outhouse go??? 😳😳

[@kyleharris3]

Great video

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@4Score747]

Awesome! I really miss exploring! Great video! Love the content 👍🏼 maybe the barrels were stolen from the Meeker Cutoff area, then the wood burned later

[@BlindmanOutdoors]

haha your intro reminded me of whack a mole lol

[@kevinj97045]

@Odorous Smegma It is a arcade game.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Ha! Good call! Lol

[@christophermartinez5314]

Great videos

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@wvoutdoorsman5326]

Very interesting spot Casey. Enjoyed the video👍

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Thank you!

[@wvoutdoorsman5326]

You bet really enjoy your adventures👍

[@CowbellCustoms]

Coming out of the hole killed me in the video preview.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Ha Ha! Kind of crafty sometimes ;-)

[@shaneslone7077]

Awesome place 👍👍. Might be good to run a metal detector around there.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Yeah I think it would. Maybe one of those moonshiners cached some of their old silver coins up in those rocks someplace!

[@craighoeme4845]

Interesting video. I have never been to eastern Oregon . Is that near the Alvord Desert area? I bet you would get a kick out of exploring the mine sights in Colorado. They are very interesting. Pride of the West Mine, check it out on you tube.

[@williammccaslin8527]

Very cool vid Casey, would love to know what that hole was used for, I don't have a clue myself, thx for the vid.

[@SantaFe-wi1ve]

That is a SamSquanch grinding hole, no doubt about it.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

Definitely! That’s the best theory yet!!! Lol

[@geologyjohn1]

I think that the hole is most likely a gas vent that occurred at the time that the lava was flowing across the site.

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

👍👍😀🍁

[@problu9586]

That hole in the rock is curious. Hope some geologist or archeologist posts an explanation.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

I’m hoping so!

[@captainfragger6295]

It's hard for me to trust archaeologists, they have their mind set up and they ignore new evidence. They have been known to discard things they don't understand. And what you have to realize is most of what they say is just theories anyway. Probably 25% of it is stuff they researched from ancient literature and the other is guesswork. Anything they ever find they tried to say is religious or ritual related. Which is a dog whistle for they don't really know

[@SagebrushRebel]

Another great video, Casey! Keep them coming. I wonder what would happen if you and Wonderhussy (KZbinr) were to meet up.

[@peterkunka2694]

Awesome place! I'm guessing your friend wanted to remain anonymous since they weren't mentioned (thanks anyway to the friend for sharing!). Now, how old do you think that area is? You mentioned Natives and moonshiners, but, what date range could that area have been used? So interesting to find for a glimpse of history! Keep exploring, my friend! Pete - KI7LIL

[@rogue109]

Cool video, thanks for sharing that. What kind of roof rack are you using?

[@thebosscatman7]

i think the black on the rocks or from the still smoke and the drawings are from the moon shinner after he got drunk he drew on the rocks

[@nmelkhunter1]

That was really neat country. I wonder if the hole is connected to the moonshiner activity.

[@CoyoteWorks01]

I don’t think they created it but I’m pretty sure they used it to stash jars of whiskey in. They may have then covered it to keep their whiskey hidden when they weren’t at the site.

[@nmelkhunter1]

@@CoyoteWorks01 Good theory.

[@rickgreen9936]

The outro monolog was dead on, good background music also for a fantastic video, thanks.

[@rednexicanhendrix3903]

Hole seems to be perfect size for a barrel...

[@rednexicanhendrix3903]

Remember in scarface? "I don't has it with me now, but I got it close by" "you got the money?" Gotta make sure the guys not in a position to rip you off before you show him your goods!