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Garrett Allen Prehistoric Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city	Elk Mountain, Wyoming
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74002023
Added to NRHP	August 7, 1974

The Garrett Allen Prehistoric Site is an archeological site in Carbon County, Wyoming. The site was used in the Late Middle Prehistoric Period (1500 BC to 500 AD) and into the Late Prehistoric Period (500 AD to 1700AD). The site was used as an animal butchering location. Excavations by George Frison in the late 1960s and early 1970s revealed a continuous series of layers containing tools, stone flakes and projectile points. This site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 1974.

National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Wyoming

National Historic Landmark	Ames Monument

Historic districts	Arlington Brush Creek Work Center Como Bluff Downtown Rawlins Historic District Headquarters Park Historic District Medicine Bow Airport Muddy Creek Archeological Complex Parco Historic District Powder Wash Archeological District Rawlins Residential Historic District Ryan Ranch Wyoming State Penitentiary

Historic properties	Garrett Allen Prehistoric Site Jim Baker Cabin Boston Wyoming Smelter Site Bridger Pass Carbon Cemetery DFU Elk Mountain Bridge Divide Sheep Camp DMJ Pick Bridge DML Butler Bridge Duck Lake Station Site Elk Mountain Hotel George Ferris Mansion Ferris-Haggarty Mine Site First State Bank of Baggs Fort Halleck Fort Fred Steele Fossil Cabin France Memorial United Presbyterian Church Hanna Community Hall Hotel Wolf Hugus Hardware Jack Creek Guard Station J. O. Ranch Rural Historic Landscape Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depot Midway Station Site Pine Grove Station Site Platte River Crossing Sage Creek Station Site Saratoga Masonic Hall Stockgrowers Bank Stone Wall Ranch Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Rawlins Virginian Hotel Washakie Station Site

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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