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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TW_a-legacy-of-the-past_Cameron-AZ.html
Box Canyon and Lomaki ruins are a short 15-minute walk from here, along the edges of ancient earthcracks. The 1/4-mile trail will take you back in time over 800 years to the remnants of this once-thriving community. You will see the few native pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TS_daily-life_Cameron-AZ.html
PlazaAn open area in the pueblo near the rim of the earthcrack is known as the plaza. In pueblos, the plaza was the center for many daily activities including grinding corn, making pottery, working obsidian into arrowheads, processing other plants…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TQ_sunset-crater-volcano_Cameron-AZ.html
The distant San Francisco Peaks would have looked much like they do today. To the east, however, Sunset Crater Volcano would still have been belching black smoke and cinders when the Sinagua and Anaszi lived here. The thick layer of cinders over t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TP_ancient-landscapes_Cameron-AZ.html
Eight hundred years ago, a savannah-like grassland covered much of this high desert with abundant grasses. The residents would have collected and burned much of the nearby fuel, necessitating long walks to adjacent areas to gather wood. Sparse ann…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TK_dry-land-farming_Cameron-AZ.html
Volcanic activity to the south produced giant fissures or earth cracks throughout the Wupatki area in the Kaibab Limestone. This formation covers most of the western half of Wupatki National Monument. The Sinagua and Anasazi Indians who inhabited …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TH_box-canyon-ruins_Cameron-AZ.html
The Box Canyon ruins are typical of many pueblos found in this region. Early inhabitants constructed walls of nearby sandstone and limestone, and used local soils to cement the stones together. The flat roofs were built of timbers laid side-by-sid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1475_cameron_Cameron-AZ.html
Named for one of Arizona's first U.S. Senators. A pioneer in development of trails and copper mines in Grand Canyon. Near here was the site of Tanner's Crossing of the Little Colorado River on the Mormon Trail from Utah via Lee Ferry to settlement…