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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OR_room-functions_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Most rooms in this community did not house people. Archeologists think many rooms, like the one to your left, were used to store tools, food, and water. Residents could have stored a 100-day water supply without much difficulty, given large potter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OO_from-ocean-to-alcove_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Limestone forms the massive overhang above you and the ledge you are standing on. In between, softer layers of silty limestone have retreated, eroded away. All of the cliff dwelling rooms in Walnut Canyon — more than 300 — were built i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ON_problem-solving_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Time has worn away details that once made these rooms complete. Still, bits of evidence tell us people devised ways to make their homes comfortable, durable, and suitable for changing circumstances. Rooms were added as families grew or storage …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OM_the-perfect-shelter_Flagstaff-AZ.html
For each room tucked into this rock alcove, nature provided the back wall, floor, and leak-proof ceiling; no excavation was needed. Builders simply laid up unshaped blocks of limestone for side walls, enclosed the front, and opened their doorway t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OB_migration-is-not-abandonment_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Walnut Canyon was once filled with the sounds of a busy community as families hunted, planted, and harvested with the seasons. Children were born, grew up, and raised children of their own. They were neither the first nor the last to use and value…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15O9_tension-and-harmony_Flagstaff-AZ.html
With its steep and sheer walls, Walnut Canyon provided homebuilding advantages along with controlled access. Living here, people were situated to monitor their world. This was not uncommon; most villages of the time had some form of passive defens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15O8_a-time-of-change_Flagstaff-AZ.html
When a volcanic eruption occurred near what is now Flagstaff, Arizona, people lost homes and lands they had cultivated for at least 400 years. A major life events for locals, the eruption was also visible to large population centers across the Sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15NQ_a-ribbon-of-life_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Perhaps people living here 800 years ago called this place Wupatupqa ("long canyon"), as it is known to some of their descendants, the Hopi. It was no doubt known as a place of abundance, given its wealth of plant and animal life and the presence …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15NP_a-complex-community_Flagstaff-AZ.html
The Island Trail, visible below you, follows the sharp meander of Walnut Creek. Many cliff dwelling rooms, unique in this area, were built throughout the canyon at the level of this trail. On both rims are numerous pithouses and pueblos. On the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15NN_cliff-homes-and-canyon-life_Flagstaff-AZ.html
As recently as the mid-1200s, families lived, worked, and played in Walnut Canyon. Tending crops on the rim, traveling to gather food, and collecting water from the canyon bottom were part of a daily routine. It may be difficult to imagine livi…
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