GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT, N.M. — As part of the National Park Service Centennial Celebration, all entrance fees at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument will be waived during National ...
Dwellings were taken from their original site in Southwest Colorado Just outside of Colorado Springs, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings have been welcoming tourists for over 100 years. In some ways, they ...
MIMBRES, N.M. (AP) — With the threat of a wildfire lessening, the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is ready to reopen. Acting Park Superintendent Jerome Flood announced Wednesday that Gila Cliff ...
The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument lies deep in the mountains of the Gila National Forest. Just 45 miles north of Silver City, the cliff dwellings date back to the 1280s.The dwellings were ...
An inconspicuous free-standing arch that spans the famous Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park is secured by 60-year-old bolts and is threatening to collapse. Plans are being ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER — Researchers say they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde area of Colorado more ...
“I studied these peoples, the ancestral Puebloans,” the former Fairfax resident said of her decision to work in southwest Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park. Besides this $3-per-person tour, the park ...
Reporting from Puye Cliffs, N.M — We silenced our phones as we stood among remnants of an ancient Native American village, trying to imagine the daily activity 1,000 years ago on this remote mesa. As ...
Reporting from Durango, Colo. — It’s a 90-minute drive from Durango, Colo., to Mesa Verde National Park. Do it — especially if it’s summer, when you’ll have a chance to climb among the park’s cliff ...
The structures were built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 700 years ago. The park also has plentiful opportunities to hike, embark on scenic drives, and watch the night sky. In southwest Colorado, ...
Dec. 26—SANTA CLARA PUEBLO — After every few steps, Joseph Mark Chavarria points out more pottery shards, pieces of obsidian and other artifacts that are laying on the ground while walking around the ...