. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . oad. The monument is approximately40 miles by stage from Thoreau, N. Mex., and 55 miles by like con-veyance from Gallup, N. Mex. 19 The country traversed in a visit from Gallup or Thoreau is a high,rolling plateau of fair scenic beauty. Plenty of water holes arepresent along the road, and firewood can be had in abundance at mostany place. Some forest is encountered on the road from monument can be visited at all seasons of the year, the summer,of course, being the most delightful time. The winters in the sectionare not cold or
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . oad. The monument is approximately40 miles by stage from Thoreau, N. Mex., and 55 miles by like con-veyance from Gallup, N. Mex. 19 The country traversed in a visit from Gallup or Thoreau is a high,rolling plateau of fair scenic beauty. Plenty of water holes arepresent along the road, and firewood can be had in abundance at mostany place. Some forest is encountered on the road from monument can be visited at all seasons of the year, the summer,of course, being the most delightful time. The winters in the sectionare not cold or severe, and visits could be made at that time com-fortably. A visit to this monument can be enlivened by incorporat-ing with it a trip to the Pueblo of the Zuni Indians, there visitingthe United States Indian school and village. This visit can be madewithout detouring any extent while going to the monument. Thevillage mentioned is spoken of in the records of the visits of the firstSpanish explorers to the region in the latter part of the fifteenth and. El Morro National Monument, N. Mcx.; embracing the S. § NE. \ and N. \ SE. \ sec. 6, T. 9 N., K. 14 W.,New Mexico meridian; created December 8, 1906. first part of the sixteenth centuries, and is the oldest continuouslyoccupied Pueblo Indian village in existence so far as is known. During January of 1917 the National Park Service caused to beconstructed a substantial fence If miles in length at the base ofInscription Rock for the protection of the inscriptions against depre-dations of cattle, and as an inclosure for visitors stock; and in orderto secure an ample supply of water has caused the ancient spring tobe thoroughly cleaned out. GRAN QTJIVIRA NATIONAL MONUMENT. The Gran Quivira has long been recognized as one of the mostimportant of the earliest Spanish church or mission ruins in the South-west. Near by are numerous Indian pueblo ruins of communitybuildings occupying an area of probably 80 acres in extent, which,with suf
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