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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CME_split-level-history_Mesa-Verde-National-Park-CO.html
Mesa-top and Alcove LivingAlthough the Puebloan used the cliff alcoves throughout the entire time they lived in Mesa Verde, the cliff dwellings themselves were not built until the final 75-100 years of occupation. For over 600 years these people l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CMD_canyon-barriers_Mesa-Verde-National-Park-CO.html
Surrounded by deep canyons, villages here seem isolated, cut off from people on other mesas. Look closely at these cliffs and imagine hand and toe trails pecked into the sheer sandstone. These vertical trails were the Anasazi's highways; steep cli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CMA_pithouse-life_Mesa-Verde-National-Park-CO.html
There is an enormous gap between identifying pithouse features—the hollows and scattered stones—and visualizing the inhabitants' daily lives. Set in the four corner post holes, timbers supported a ceiling that was probably head-high. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM141K_prehistoric-mesa-verde-reservoirs_Mesa-Verde-National-Park-CO.html
National HistoricCivil Engineering Landmark[American Society of Civil Engineering1852 Logo]Prehistoric Mesa Verde ReservoirsMesa Verde's industrious Ancestral Puebloans designed, constructed, and maintained Morefield, Box Elder, Far View and Sageb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM141J_mesa-verde-administrative-district_Mesa-Verde-National-Park-CO.html
Mesa Verde Administrative Districthas been designated aNationalHistoric LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history ofthe United States of America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDM_big-bend-and-mcphee_Dolores-CO.html
In 1776 the year of our independence, a family was led by two Catholic priests, father Dominguez and Escalante. They camped in a meadow on the Dolores River which in 105 years became the town of Big Bend.Big Bend had several saloons, a saw mill, a…