Category: Travel Writing

A Pictorial Guide to Mesa Verde National Park

Hall, Ansel F. (Ansel Franklin), 1894-1962; Hoss, Della Taylor [Illustrator]; Winkler, Merrie [Illustrator]· 15 chapters· 999 words

willful, young lady tourist, Virginia Donahoe, who was given protection by the officers of the Indian fighting cavalry and advised to “go home”; but, instead, stayed at the Wetherill ranch and went hunting arrowheads and prehistoric pottery with the five Wetherill boys—and ret...

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1. Scene 1. Father Escalante and his cavalcade of Spanish explorers camped

2. Scene 2. Antonio Armijo, with his caballeros at nearby Mancos Creek, on

3. Scene 3. Secret inroads of the Mountain Men—beaver trappers who may have

4. Scene 5. Arrival of the pioneer photographer, William Henry Jackson, at

5. Scene 6. The government survey party led by H. H. Holmes, surveying the

6. Scene 7. Pioneer ranchers settling in the Mancos Valley in the 1870’s

7. Scene 8. In 1885, the coming of the first, and possibly the most

willful, young lady tourist, Virginia Donahoe, who was given protection by the officers of the Indian fighting cavalry and advised to “go home”; but, instead, stayed at the Weth...

8. Scene 9. The friendly old Ute chief, Acowitz, enjoying the Wetherills

9. Scene 10. Richard Wetherill and his cousin, Charley Mason, searching for

10. Scene 11. The local cowboys “treasure hunting” in cliff dwellings during

11. Scene 12. Systematic field investigations by Dr. F. H. Chapin, W. R.

12. Scene 13. The women of Colorado rallying to the standard of their Cliff

13. Scene 15. Subsequent palaver and a treaty with the Utes to rectify the

14. Scene 16. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution and a

digging crew repairing Spruce Tree Ruin and stabilizing its walls in 1908, and Cliff Palace during the following year, and most of the other big ruins during the next thirteen y...

15. Scene 18. Announcement: “On May 23, 1921, Mr. Jesse Nusbaum of Colorado,

The new Superintendent’s wide and practical experience enabled him to lead the way in coordinating and directing many important activities: overall plans for the general functio...