DOBULK - Did you know? The earliest known shoes are sagebrush bark sandals dating from approximately 7000 or 8000 BC, found in the Fort Rock Cave in the US state of Oregon
![Tule fiber sandal from the Great Basin, Fort Rock type, ca. 500 C.E. Photo by Jannelle Weakly, from the permanent collection… | Indian baskets, Nativity, Collection Tule fiber sandal from the Great Basin, Fort Rock type, ca. 500 C.E. Photo by Jannelle Weakly, from the permanent collection… | Indian baskets, Nativity, Collection](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/dd/9d/35/dd9d35bb7efa6191e9adcaedfa948f8f--great-basin-sandal.jpg)
Tule fiber sandal from the Great Basin, Fort Rock type, ca. 500 C.E. Photo by Jannelle Weakly, from the permanent collection… | Indian baskets, Nativity, Collection
![Museum of Natural and Cultural History on Twitter: "The @YorkshireMuseum issued a mighty #curatorbattle challenge this morning😮🔥The theme? #FabulousFootwear. Challenge accepted: The 10,000 year-old sagebrush bark sandals in @uoregon's collections ... Museum of Natural and Cultural History on Twitter: "The @YorkshireMuseum issued a mighty #curatorbattle challenge this morning😮🔥The theme? #FabulousFootwear. Challenge accepted: The 10,000 year-old sagebrush bark sandals in @uoregon's collections ...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYpVVXMUEAAd-3_.jpg)
Museum of Natural and Cultural History on Twitter: "The @YorkshireMuseum issued a mighty #curatorbattle challenge this morning😮🔥The theme? #FabulousFootwear. Challenge accepted: The 10,000 year-old sagebrush bark sandals in @uoregon's collections ...
![Travel Salem on Twitter: "and its current exhibit, "Time in Place" which features a 9,000-year-old Fort Rock sandal and other pieces - some of which are being shown for first time at Travel Salem on Twitter: "and its current exhibit, "Time in Place" which features a 9,000-year-old Fort Rock sandal and other pieces - some of which are being shown for first time at](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDSxEIhVgAgIbIi.jpg:large)
Travel Salem on Twitter: "and its current exhibit, "Time in Place" which features a 9,000-year-old Fort Rock sandal and other pieces - some of which are being shown for first time at
Fort Rock Cave, site of oldest sandals, open for visits during UO archeological dig - oregonlive.com
![The Fort Rock sandals, the oldest dated footwear ever discovered. Over 9000 years old and woven out of sage brush bark, these sandals were discovered in a cave in Oregon in 1938. [ The Fort Rock sandals, the oldest dated footwear ever discovered. Over 9000 years old and woven out of sage brush bark, these sandals were discovered in a cave in Oregon in 1938. [](https://preview.redd.it/55z5cek8pzl81.jpg?auto=webp&s=67629953500748c692d4dca0b8f9117fdaf1af0d)