Mesa Verdes National Park was established by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 29, 1906. It is the only national park in the United States created to preserve Ancestral Pueblo culture and prehistoric architecture. The park preserves an extraordinary record of these Pueblo people who made Mesa Verdes their home for over 750 years from A. D. 550 to A. D. 1300. Inside the Visitor Center are various displays featuring how life was at those times.
Pueblo Women Grinds Corn
Pueblo Man Shaping Stone
Stone Used To Shape Building Stones
Stones Such As This One Were Held Together With Mortar made from Soil And Water. Smaller Stones Known As Chinking Stone Were Placed In The Mortar Perhaps To Help Minimize Shrinkage Of The Mortar And Create A Stronger Wall.
Mesa Verdes--Green Table
Pueblo People Farmed On The Mesa Top And Surrounding Slopes
Pueblo Man Tending His Crop
We Are Farmers
Pueblo Women Grinding Corn
Story Of Corn Continued
Corn Was Important
Pueblo People Depended On Corn
When you leave the Visitor Center you head up the mountain on what is a beautiful drive. I think in an earlier posting I mentioned the drive up the mountain and the beautiful scenery to be seen.
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| As you Drive up The Mountain |
Up The Mountain
Mountain As Seen From Visitor Center
One Of Many Views Of Valleys Below As You
Proceed Up The Mountain
Getting Higher
Tunnel As You Climb The Mountain
Highest Point On Mesas Verdes
Some Of The Scene Down Below
Example Of How You Have To Go Down To Go Up.
Look At The Curvy Road Below Where I Am Standing.
The problem with uploading photographs has not been solved:however; Corey. Nicku's Future spouse showed me a " work around " the problem. It is still a little time consuming but at least I am back in action. Well it is close to midnight here in California so I will close for now with more on Mesa Verdes to come tomorrow.
Remember that God loves you and so do I
Grandpa Bill
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