Outside wall displaying archaeological artifacts retrieved from digs o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1,200-acre development is comprised of 32 parcels atop more than 210 archaeological sites from the Anasazi period more than 2,000 ... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, students, part of a cadre in ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Some of the artifacts extracted, cleaned and catalogued, and protected...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
![Montezuma County from "Here and There in our own Country. Embracing sketches of travel and descriptions of places, etc., etc. By popular writers (Edmund Kirke, Louise Seymour Houghton [and others]). With 127 illustrations"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn8/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODUvMTIvMzEvbW9udGV6dW1hLWNvdW50eS1mcm9tLWhlcmUtYW5kLXRoZXJlLWluLW91ci1vd24tY291bnRyeS1lbWJyYWNpbmctc2tldGNoZXMtOWFhNGYxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/34/webp "Montezuma County from \"Here and There in our own Country. Embracing sketches of travel and descriptions of places, etc., etc. By popular writers (Edmund Kirke, Louise Seymour Houghton [and others]). With 127 illustrations\"")
Montezuma County from "Here and There in our own Country. Embracing sk...
This image has been taken from scan 000146 from "Here and There in our own Country. Embracing sketches of travel and descriptions of places, etc., etc. By popular writers (Edmund Kirke, Louise Seymour Houghton ... More
Harvest Time, artist Brad Godell's 2011 mural in Cortez, Colorado, sug...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mural depicts the gathering of peaches, a delicacy so renowned in the Montezuma County area that they won a gold medal at the 1904... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mancos, Montezuma County, Colorado
Nov 1910. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado
Nov 1910. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More
Topographic map of Mesa Verde National Park : Montezuma County, Colora...
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Surveyed in 1910-1911." Oriented with north toward the upper right. LC copy: Stamped on 508B for copy 1; 437B for copy 2 in lower left margin. Includes inset showing ... More
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NPS employee talking to a group of visitors at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park.
Spruce Tree House during Luminaria Holiday Open House
View of Spruce Tree House lit with lanterns during Luminaria Holiday Open House in December.
Mesa Verde National Park Virtual Visitor Passport Stamp
Mesa Verde National Park Virtual Visitor Passport Stamp
Spruce Tree House brightly illuminated
Spruce Tree House brightly illuminated during a Luminaria Holiday Open House.
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NPS employee talking to a group of visitors at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado
Sep 1919. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mancos, Montezuma County, Colorado
Sep 1919. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado
Sep 1919. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More
Spruce Tree Point, Post Office, Mesa Verde Administrative District, Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N395 Survey number: HABS CO-132-D Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87001410
Topographic map of Mesa Verde National Park : Montezuma County, Colora...
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Surveyed in 1910-1911." "Partial revision in 1926 by Max J. Gleissner." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes inset showing "Railroad lines leading to ... More
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Colorado - Montezuma County - ...
Enumeration District Maps for Montezuma County, Colorado Public domain scan of architectural plan, map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Colorado - Montezuma County - ...
Enumeration District Maps for Montezuma County, Colorado
Ritter Ranch, Privy, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CO-38-G
Cliff Palace, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO
Survey number: HABS CO-130 Building/structure dates: ca. 1400 Initial Construction
Ritter Ranch, Bunk House, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CO-38-J
Ritter Ranch, Storage Shed, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CO-38-I
Ritter Ranch, Smokehouse, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CO-38-F
Kuhlman-Periman Ranch, Stock Loading Chute, County Route 28, Dolores, ...
Survey number: HABS CO-39-F Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado
Apr 1939. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Earthen Diversion Dam, Dol...
Survey number: HAER CO-4-F Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Tunnel Diversion Site, Dol...
Survey number: HAER CO-4-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction
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Fires and Firefighting. Two park employees at Mesa Verde talking about the 1972 fire.
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Fires and Firefighting. Park employee in Mesa Verde National Park near the site of the 1972 fire.
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Fires and Firefighting. NPS firefighter flys a helicopter over Mesa Verde National Park to manage the 1972 fire.
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Fires and Firefighting. NPS firefighters and volunteers prepare to manage the 1972 fire.
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Fires and Firefighting. Park employee in Mesa Verde National Park rolling up a map of the 1972 fire.
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Fires and Firefighting. NPS employee at Mesa Verde National Park drives a Colorado State Forest Service vehicle during the 1972 fire.
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Gauging Station, Dolores, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ritter Ranch, Implement Shed, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spruce Tree Point, Mesa Verde Administrative District, Cortez, Montezu...
Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The 1907, rough-faced sandstone Montezuma Valley National in Cortez, C...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Ironically, Aztec chief Montezuma, for whom the county is named, and Hernando Cortez, for whom the county seat is the namesake, were m... More
The 1896 Exon Mercantile building, now (as of 2015) an antique store, ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
An adobe-style home, built in 1936 on Montezuma Avenue in Cortez, Colo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
The 1893 Rio Grande Southern Hotel, a true "railroad hotel" and the fi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Future president Theodore Roosevelt and western writer Zane Grey slept there, as did other travelers and officials of the railroad. Th... More
The "Galloping Goose" rail car outside the Rio Grande Southern Railroa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Inside is a railroad museum, whose most notable and curious artifact sits on the tracks outside. It's the Galloping Goose No. 5, the f... More
The 1931 Del Rio Hotel in Dolores, an old railroad town served by the ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The big hotel included a ballroom and large restaurant that served famous guests such as silent film star Clara Bow, passing through t... More
A rock house, often referred to by locals as one of several "Mormon ho...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mormon settlers and cattlemen built such homes on what had been Ute Indian land along what was called the "Mormon Road" between the to... More
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad depot, built in 1923 in Dolores, a tr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Inside is a railroad museum, whose most notable and curious artifact sits on the tracks outside. It's the Galloping Goose No. 5, the f... More
View across Pipe Shrine House toward Far View House.
View across Pipe Shrine House toward Far View House, , a multi-roomed village at Far View Sites.
Far View Sites: Tower and Un-roofed Kivas
Un-roofed kivas and partial stone-masonry tower.
Sun Temple, National Parks gallery
A path takes you around Sun Temple, which is a stop along the Mesa Top Loop Drive.
Visitors Exploring Far View Sites
Visitors reading interpretive sign about Pipe Shrine House at Far View Sites.
Step House, National Parks gallery
Step House on Wetherill Mesa. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farming Terrace along the Farming Terrace Trail
Example of farming terrace with check dams
Public domain images of wildlife: Spotted Bat
Spotted bat in the hands of a researcher at Mesa Verde National Park.
Trail to Megalithic House at Far View Sites
Example of the Far View Sites Trail
Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center - Welcome Plaza
Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center, Welcome Plaza Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sun Setting Near the Knife Edge at Mesa Verde National Park
Sun setting near the Knife Edge at Mesa Verde National Park. View is from a pull-off along the main park road.
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Ranger Jeffery Brown leads a tour of Cliff Palace ruins. Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hummingbirds in Nest - National Parks Gallery
Two young hummingbirds in nest. The nest is made of small twigs, leaves, and held together with spiderwebs!
Black-chinned Hummingbird - National Parks Gallery
Black-chinned hummingbird hovers while feeding. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
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Tourist Attraction - Balcony House Overlook
View of Soda Canyon and Balcony House from the overlook at the end of the Soda Canyon Trail.
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View from the Upper Section of the Petroglyph Point Trail
Views of Spruce and Navajo Canyons from the uppers section of the Petroglyph Point Trail.
View from Park Point - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
View from Park Point, the highest point in Mesa Verde National Park.
Black-chinned Hummingbird - National Parks Gallery
Male black-chinned hummingbird sitting on the twig of a Gamble oak.
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Ranger Jeffery Brown leads a tour of Cliff Palace ruins. Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Collared Lizards - free images of reptiles
Two collared lizards sun themselves on a sandstone boulder. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Ranger Jeffery Brown leads a tour of Cliff Palace ruins. Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Ranger Jeffery Brown leads a tour of Cliff Palace ruins. Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff Palace Ranger Led Tour Mesa Verde National Park July 2013
Ranger Jeffery Brown leads a tour of Cliff Palace ruins. Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spiral Petroglyph at Pipe Shrine House
Spiral petroglyph etched on a block used as part of an outer wall at Pipe Shrine House.
Far View Reservoir - National Parks Gallery
Far View Reservoir at Far View Sites.
Black-and-white images of cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Rural sheds near Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in rural Mo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
A piece of the vast Great Sage Plain in Montezuma County in extreme so...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Black-and-white images of cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Lush field and distant mountains near Lowry Pueblo ruins at the Canyon...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
The Anasazi Heritage Center, a museum of the Ancestral Puebloan (or An...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The center is also the informational starting point for visits to the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, not far away. Four Co... More
A large barn, grain elevator, and warehouse in tiny Lewis settlement n...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Houses, a barn, and farm buildings north of Cortez in Montezuma County...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Woodhouse Toad - free images of reptiles
A Woodhouse’s toad, sometimes called a Rocky Mountain toad (Bufo woodhousii woodhousii).
Lush fields under threatening skies in Montezuma County, Colorado
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
A lovely barn and lovely sky between Mancos and Cortez in Montezuma Co...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Ruins of Lowry Pueblo, one of the settlements of more than 24 ancient ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 2000, more than 145,000 acres of that plain have been designated as the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Credit line: ... More
Black-and-white images of cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Navajo Canyon, National Parks gallery
View of Navajo Canyon from the Navajo Canyon Overlook along the Mesa Top Loop Drive.
Lush fields and a seemingly endless dirt road near Lowry Pueblo ruins ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
The ruins of Dominguez Pueblo, built around 1100 A.D., outside the Ana...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is also the informational starting point for visits to the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, not far away. Four Corners re... More
A large barn, grain elevator, and warehouse in tiny Lewis settlement n...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Bull Elk, National Parks gallery
Magnificently antlered bull elk. Public domain photograph of elk, wild animal, wilderness, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ruins of Lowry Pueblo, one of the settlements of more than 24 ancient ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 2000, more than 145,000 acres of that plain have been designated as the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Credit line: ... More
Ruins of Lowry Pueblo, one of the settlements of more than 24 ancient ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 2000, more than 145,000 acres of that plain have been designated as the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Credit line: ... More
Black Bear, National Parks gallery
Cinnamon colored Black Bear (Ursus americanus) seen at Wetherill Mesa. Public domain photograph of wildlife, animals, wilderness, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Desert blooms in the Montezuma County, Colorado, portion of Hovenweep ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More