Volume 3: Mesa Verde/ Aztec Ruins
According to the U.S. National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park features 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 spectacular cliff dwellings. The name is Spanish for “Green Table,” and the area was inhabited by the Ancestral Pueblo people from AD 600 to 1300, over 700 years. (source) Mesa Verde, as well as nearby Aztec Ruins National Monument located in Aztec, New Mexico, are an important link to the Native American past of the region and provide significant economic stimulus, with well over half a million people visiting each year. (source)
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Balcony House Ruin occupies a deep cave in the west wall of Soda Canyon which is here seen in the distance. The balcony at the left, perfectly preserved from prehistoric times gives this spectacular ruin its name. Color note: For best autumn..."
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Photograph of Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Black and white image of ancient ruins
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Visitors inspect the most spectacularly located of the major cliff dwellings in the park.
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Visitors inspect the most spectacularly located of the major cliff dwellings in the Park. Here some of the Pueblo Indians were in an apparently impregnable military position.
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Black and white drawing of cliffs
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Situated in a deep cave high on the west wall of Soda Canyon, Balcony House is reached via a scenic trail and a 40-foot ladder."
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Balcony House. Note on the back (Sept. 19, 1915).
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Photograph of Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Colored print of ancient cliff ruins
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Mesa Verde National Park, so long inaccessible and little known, now invites discovery by motorists. Fine new highways, most of them completely paved, have shortened the driving time to only one day from Denver, Salt Lake City, Grand Canyon, or Santa Fe.
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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.