The national parks portfolio . cattle on the Mesa Verde near their home at Mancos,Colorado, pushed through dense growths on the edge of a deepcanyon and shouted aloud in astonishment. Across the canyon,tucked into a shelf under the overhanging edge of the opposite brink, were thewalls and towers of what seemed to them a palace. They named it Cliff the cattle in their excitement, they searched the edge of themesa in all directions. Near by, under the overhanging edge of another canyon,they found a similar group, no less majestic, which they named Spruce TreeHouse because a lar
The national parks portfolio . cattle on the Mesa Verde near their home at Mancos,Colorado, pushed through dense growths on the edge of a deepcanyon and shouted aloud in astonishment. Across the canyon,tucked into a shelf under the overhanging edge of the opposite brink, were thewalls and towers of what seemed to them a palace. They named it Cliff the cattle in their excitement, they searched the edge of themesa in all directions. Near by, under the overhanging edge of another canyon,they found a similar group, no less majestic, which they named Spruce TreeHouse because a large spruce grew out of the ruins. Thus was discovered the most elaborate and best-preserved prehistoricruins in America, if not in the world. A careful search of the entire Mesa Verde in the years following has resultedin many other finds of interest and importance. In 1906 Congress set asidethe region as a national park. Even yet its treasures of antiquity are not allknown. A remarkable temple to the sun was unearthed in
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