![]() ![]() (See exhibit at Graham County Historical Society.) The figure was certainly created before white settlement within the west, but it is uncertain how much before, and by which tribe. ![]() No such items are found, suggesting it was just a few people working together to build the Penokee man. ![]() Had a large group of people gathered top make this there would have been evidence of tools and trash left nearby. Dating of the figure is difficult as there is little evidence of people surrounding it. The creator of the Penokee figure is not known. The figure takes its name from the nearby community of Penokee. The stones would have been quarried from a nearby Ogallala formation of rock, and taken several people an hour or so to build. ![]() The stones outline the figure, which is more than 57 feet tall, and 30 feet wide, is oriented with its head and upraised arms to the west and its legs extended to the east. The "Penokee Figure," "Penokee Man" or "Penokee Indian," is made of over 100 cobble-sized stones stones 6 inches to a foot wide. A larger-than-life sized human figure is located on a prominent hilltop overlooking the Solomon River Valley in Graham County. ![]()
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