A huge bolder strewn rock outcropping rises from the desert floor where the overlying ancient sea bed has eroded to expose the tougher volcanic rock. Area springs and hueco (an Indian name for water holding bowl or depressions) with their promise of water year round have drawn humans to the area for thousands of years.  Monochrome red/orange stick figures 10,000 years old still grace the walls beneath protected overhangs.  More colorful mask drawings and even remains of a village tell of another wave of visitors some 2000 years ago.  The Apache and Tigua Indians left murals telling of battles and celebration.  49ers, Butterfield overland stage personnel, and Texas Rangers have overlaid their marks.  If rocks could talk.

The area is protected within Hueco Tanks State Park just outside of El Paso.