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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15EQ_1730-1980_San-JosA©-del-Cabo-BCS.html
Al celebrarse el ccl aniversario de la fundacion de San Jose Del Cabo, la il legislatura del h. congreso del estado lo declaro, por este dia, capital de la entidad y en sesion publica de esta fecha aprobo la iniciativa enviada por el c. Lic. Angel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15EP_bushmaster-park_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Bushmaster Park is named in memory of Flagstaff's Company I-158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona National Guard, and their sacrifices for freedom made in New Guinea, the Phillipine Islands and Japan from 1941 to 1945. "No greater fighting team ever de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TE_a-village-abandonment_Flagstaff-AZ.html
A VillageYou are entering the "Citadel," a ruin from the late 1100s. Research has not been completed so it is important that we leave things as they are. Will there be extra storage spaces found, possible evidence for the defense theory? We do kno…
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