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Fort Duchesne, Utah: Big Seated Indian Chief

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Ute Tribal Plaza

Address:
7750 US-40, Fort Duchesne, UT
Directions:
Ute Tribal Plaza. East of Roosevelt, SE corner of Hwy 7500 E and 200 N, US Hwy 191.
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Moqui Indian.

Big Seated Indian Chief

Built of cement in the 1970s, a large seated Indian with a peace pipe has outlasted the trading post that used to operate behind him.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [07/29/2017]

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Seated chief at the Ute Travel Plaza, 2020.

Big Seated Indian

He has moved! Now seated outside the Ute Travel plaza at the eastern part of town. Still on Main St/US 191.

[Lynn Ruskin, 08/08/2020]

Indian chief.

Seated Native American Statue

A giant statue of a Native American with a headdress sits at the northwest corner of Main Street and 800 E. in Roosevelt. He is seated in front of a nail salon, but the building previously housed the Moqui Indian Trading Post.

[Alan Culley, 02/02/2016]

The Indian (Chief Moqui?) was built out of cement by Darrell Gardner in the early 1970s. The Trading Post went out of business in 2008, but a local group rallied to save the statue.


Nearby Offbeat Places

Ute Indians Veterans ParkUte Indians Veterans Park, Fort Duchesne, UT - 1 mi.
Sidney the Saloon DogSidney the Saloon Dog, Myton, UT - 13 mi.
Seasonally Decorated DinosaurSeasonally Decorated Dinosaur, Vernal, UT - 20 mi.
In the region:
Bricks by Mail, Vernal, UT - 20 mi.

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