Thousand Hills State Park in Kirksville is hosting a petroglyph tour Saturday at 10 a.m.

The tour will consist of park specialists describing what petroglyphs are and why they are important.

Following the 15-20 minute lecture on the history and importance of petroglyphs, visitors will be allowed to explore the nearby area and ask any questions.

One of the reasons park staff believe the petroglyphs hold importance is because they give us an insight into what the past might have had in store.

"They are archeologically important since they show kind of that history of the area and what it looked like before we had the lake built, before we had the park here," said Jesze Doleh, a park specialist at Thousand Hills State Park.

If you can't make the tour on Saturday, the final tour of the season will be on October 14 at 6 p.m.

The new season will start back up in April and Thousand Hills State Park will update us with next seasons schedule at a later time.

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