The scenic 7-mile "Ruins Road" from Park Headquarters leads to numerous view points from which large and small cliff dwellings can be seen in the canyons below. Here, in Fewkes Canyon, is Fire Temple, a unique structure which seems to have been..."
A postcard of the Square Tower Ruins that can be found at Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. It is a set of ruins that used to be cliff dwellings that sit up against the bottom of a cliff with a slight overhang.
Photograph of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Postmarked Mancos, Colorado. To Mrs. Fanny Dahim Denver, Colorado. Dated July 18, 23. Message is not legible.
Photograph of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. On front of postcard: Cliff Palace, contains 200 dwelling rooms and 22 sacred rooms, called Kivas.
Postmarked Mesa Verde, Colorado, 6/21/1939, to Miss Clara Louise Mather. "Dear C.L., These don't show it so well without the characteristic brick-red color. It hasn't rained here since April 15. A drought 1276-1299 was what carved out the cliff..."
Far View Ruin is one of the many surface pueblos that once occupied the top of Mesa Verde. Reached by a short spur road adjacent to the main park highway some 4 miles north of Park Headquarters, this is the first large ruin seen by most visitors...."
The Cliff Palace is one of the largest, the best known and one of the best preserved of the many pre-historic ruins in the park." Printed in Italy by KINA ITALIA Milan, Italy.