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
View of the Balcony House ruin at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park.
Balcony House, Mesa Verde N. Park, Colo.
Balcony House archaeological site at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park
Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, exterior view. A Real Photo postcard.
Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Balcony House is one of three or four best known of the numerous ruins contained in the Park.
Balcony House, Middle Room (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Photograph of the Middle Room of Balcony House. Vigas showing in photo. Postage was United States and Canada one cent; foreign two cents.
Balcony House, containing 25 rooms. Mesa Verde National Park
Balcony House, containing 25 rooms. Mesa Verde National Park.
Balcony House, looking northward (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Balcony House Balcony House is one of the most notable of the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde; being situated at the extreme east of the district. It was one of the communal apartment houses of a race who mysteriously vanished long before the coming..."
Balcony House, looking northward (Mesa Verde, Colo.)
Colored photograph of the Balcony House ruin at Mesa Verde National Park, looking northward
Balcony House, looking northward, Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Balcony House is one of the most notable of the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde; being situated at the extreme east of the district. It was one of the communal apartment houses of a race who mysteriously vanished long before the coming of the first white..
Balcony House, northern end
"MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK - HOME OF THE CLIFF DWELLERS, COLORADO" [Head] "71966 BALCONY HOUSE, NORTHERN END" [Foot] Noble man in a hat looking away from Mesa Verde. Dwellings and overhand occupy most of the frame, but there is vegetation visible in the distance.
Balcony House, showing Canyon 1000 feet below. Mesa Verde National Park.
Balcony House, showing Canyon 1000 feet below. Mesa Verde National Park. Pub. And Copyrighted by Pen Dike Studio, Durango, Colo. Post Cards of Quality-- The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Balcony, The - Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.
Black and white. The Balcony, Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Copyright Sawyer. Sanborn K817

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