For generations members of the Mojave, Chemehuevi and Paiute tribes hiked to the remote canyon far from their homelands along the Colorado River and the surrounding desert to seek the rain.
Some petroglyphs grace the highest rims of the canyon.
One panel, known as the calendar man, consists of an oblique rectangle divided into 24 squares. Some are clearly marked with dots in their centers. This canyon was probably passed on through oral traditions and songs over several hundreds of years. Scattered among the rock art are initials and dates left more than three decades ago by modern visitors who used hand tools to chip their marks. Besides these scars, some panels have been vandalized.