Century when Spruce Tree House ... Mesa Verde was the first national park to focus on protecting both cultural and natural resources. The area surrounding Mesa Verde has long been targeted by the oil ...

The allure of this park is not only the remarkable ruins, but also the mystery of the people who inhabited them. This is a photo of me climbing the ladder up to Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde ...

Square Tower House ... fire in 2000 and there is no shade. Cortez, Colorado may be only a short drive from the park entrance, ...

He saved items that no other archaeologist of the time would have kept: ash from fire ... national support for protecting Mesa Verde. But just when Congress seemed ready to create a new national ...