The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ON THE SCENIC ROUTE ROAD NEAR SANTA FE. CHAPTER VII. ATTRACTIONS FOR TOURISTS. no other commonwealth is as rich as New Mexico in j^ remains and historic landmarks. In the Paja-rito Cliff Dwellers Park, twenty miles west of SantaFe, are twenty thousand chff dwelhngs and ruins ofcommunal buildings, some of which had as high as 1,200 andmore rooms. They are of two kinds : 1. Cliff dw^ellings proper. These are houses built on highledges under overhanging cliffs. They are closely allied t
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ON THE SCENIC ROUTE ROAD NEAR SANTA FE. CHAPTER VII. ATTRACTIONS FOR TOURISTS. no other commonwealth is as rich as New Mexico in j^ remains and historic landmarks. In the Paja-rito Cliff Dwellers Park, twenty miles west of SantaFe, are twenty thousand chff dwelhngs and ruins ofcommunal buildings, some of which had as high as 1,200 andmore rooms. They are of two kinds : 1. Cliff dw^ellings proper. These are houses built on highledges under overhanging cliffs. They are closely allied tothe ancient style of pueblo ruins. In these the back wallsare formed by the natural cliffs, while the front and partitionwalls are of masonrj^ consisting of rudely dressed stone laidin adobe mortar and chinked with smaller stones in a manneralmost identical with that of the Pueblo ruins. 2. Cavite lodges. These dwellings are usually high and inmany cases are in almost inaccessible cliffs. In the earlieststages they consisted of natural caves, but with the develop-ment of the people occupying t
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