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The hunting ground soundtrack7/14/2023 ![]() The hot springs at Wagon Wheel Gap also were a favored site. ![]() Native people gave special significance to the formations in the Wheeler Geologic Area. However, the cold mountain winters were not favorable to permanent native settlements. A later hunting-gathering group, known today as the Utes, also migrated through the San Juan Mountains according to the seasons-pushing into the high country in the summer and returning to lower, protected valleys in the winter. Archeological evidence reveals that Paleo-hunters camped in the high country. ![]() About Creede From Ute Hunting Ground.To Silver Mining Boom TownĪ variety of Native American peoples frequented the Upper Rio Grande Valley long before western Europeans knew of its existence.
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