2019 four corners – part 13, Colorado: McElmo Creek Flume
When we drove out of Cortez toward Mesa Verde National Park the first time, we saw an historical marker and this bridge-like structure that we just had to came back...
2019 four corners – part 14, Colorado: Mesa Verde’s Cliff Palace up close and personal, what’s a pithouse?
Since this national park protects what was here around 2000 years ago, most of what we can show you is signs, views, and wild flowers. So today we decided to...
2019 four corners – part 15, Colorado: Mesa Verde’s other cliff dwellings
On a drive around the rim the afternoon after hiking to Cliff Palace, we ran across these views of other cliff dwellings. So before going back into a museum to...
2019 four corners – part 16, Colorado: Mesa Verde’s 1930s dioramas
The museum on Mesa Top was a real highlight of our visit to Mesa Verde National Park since it gave us such an in-depth look at those who had lived...
2019 four corners – part 17, Colorado: Mesa Verde jewelry, pottery, and the yucca plant
We’ve already looked at the transition from pithouses to kivas and the dioramas at the Archeological Museum on Mesa Top, but today we’re going to look at the Pueblo people’s...