Paul Nevin traces a thunderbird carving with a wet sponge to make it show up better in the midday sunlight. He told the York Daily Record/Sunday News that the best time to see the Native American-carved prehistoric rock art is in the fall and in the early morning or evening, when the sun is lower in the sky.
We'll let Bil Bowden's photographs wet your interest in the petroglyphs carved centuries ago in rocks in the Susquehanna River.
And read Jennifer Vogelsong's story about the efforts by Paul Nevin, a Hellam Township man to tell others about the carvings and their connection to Native American cultures.
Here are some bullet points about the carvings, unsung York County-area landmarks (for additional such little-known landmarks, search this blog for "unsung."):
