The Colorado » Delta County » Delta » Colorado » Dry Fork Petroglyphs Dry Fork Petroglyphs Details 3 miles south of Escalante, west bank of Dry Fork of Escalante Creek In soft, light-colored sandstone cliffs the Utes ground, pecked, and painted in mud human figures and horses, which the tribe acquired from the Spanish in the 1600s. Writing Credits Author: Thomas J. Noel