Travelers arriving at Mesa Verde on Wednesday morning learned that the federal shutdown had closed most of the park, leaving only the main road, overnight lodgings and a few trails accessible. As of ...

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While some other states are providing funds to keep their national parks open during the federal government shutdown, the ...

The fate of the Mancos River ecosystem in Mesa Verde National Park could lie in the hands of an unlikely source: beavers. A National Park Service project aims to restore a 5-mile stretch of the Mancos ...

Mesa Verde National Park isn't as well known as Yellowstone or Yosemite, but annually, an average of 670,000 people make the trek to southwestern Colorado to explore the ancient cliff dwellings. Just ...

This week, we embarked on an exhilarating adventure, setting off to explore the picturesque landscapes of Cortez, Colorado, and the awe-inspiring wonders of Mesa Verde National Park in the spring. But ...

Prehistoric developments in the Mesa Verde Region / by Arthur H. Rohn -- Mesa Verde : a century of research / by Alden C. Hayes -- Hovenweep through time / by Joseph C. Winter -- Craft arts of the ...

Pompeii, Machu Picchu, and Petra are alluring, ghostly places, cities that rose through mankind’s endeavor and ingenuity before being abandoned to the omnipotent hands of nature. Nestled on a ...

Long before Colorado was occupied by white settlers, Spanish emigres or the Utes, and hundreds of years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the Four Corners region was home to an Indigenous people ...