Sappa Creek and the Stone House

Sappa Peak has an elevation of 2,231 feet and is located in Harlan County. In 1869 the 5th Calvary Lt. Jeff Volkmar discovered a stone man approximately 25 feet long that depicted a man holding a spear and a shield and wearing a medal around his neck. It is believed that a native American tribe of the Blackfeet constructed the stone man. However, this sacred monument was destroyed in 1879-80 an early American settler who took stones from this site on Sappa Peak and loaded them in a wagon to be hauled four miles north to build his house on what is now half way between Stamford and Orleans on highway 89. There is some interest in restoring the stone house.