Petroglyphs restored after spending decades at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse

LDS Church returns sacred petroglyphs to Native tribe

How a small boulder bearing 1,200-year-old petroglyphs landed on the lawn of a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in northern Utah remains a mystery.

Church returns petroglyphs removed from Utah-Idaho border 80 years ago to Shoshone Nation

A 2,500-pound stone containing prehistoric petroglyphs has returned to wildland near the Utah-Idaho border, 80 years after it was removed and taken to a Tremonton church.

What happens when a church discovers it has a sacred Native American relic?

A 1,200-year-old petroglyph rock sat outside a Latter-day Saint church meetinghouse for decades. Now it’s been returned to the Shoshone Nation.

Petroglyphs restored after spending decades at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse

TREMONTON, Utah (ABC4) — A sacred rock with petroglyphs important to the Northwestern Band (NWB) of the Shoshone Nation has been restored and returned to its original location after it spent decades at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse. The petroglyphs are around 1,200 years old, and they were created by the Fremont people, who were ancestors of the NWB of the Shoshone Nation. The effort to restore the petroglyphs and re…