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Show Southwestern Colorado This mountainous region has a fa_cinating past starting with the Anasazi These ruins of Mesa Verde (near Cortez) and Lowry Ruins (near Dolores). sites provide a tantalizing glimpse of what must have been a rich culture. Ute Mountain and Southern Ute Reservations For several hundred yearss Utes had complete control over the dense At these reservations forests and steep mountains of 'western Colorado. is still visible in annual their culture down on the New Mexico border, festivals and dances, particularly at Ignacio, the Southern Ute head quarters south of the towering Chimney Rock. In the mountain towns of-Durango, Silverton and Telluride are remnants of the wild past of mining towns where fortunes were won and lost over night. Now these towns survive as ski resorts or tourist attractions. from Durango, a popular narrow-gage railroad train climbs up the spectacular San Juan mountains to the gutsy Old mining town of Silverton. Dolores an interesting stop (near the Hovenweep-Lowry Anasazi Ruins) Dominquez and Escalante passed by on their way north. Bill's Emporium is a salty old store that is filled with memorabilia from Here is where the Old West. Escalante Ruins near Cortez Under development by the Inter-ior Departments Bureau of Land Management, these ruins were discovered on Augut 13, 1776, by Dominguez and The first'to Escalante as they moved through southwestern Colorado. be seen by white men in CIit,Q;r:ado, the Escalante Ruins; like the more famous Mesa Verde Rui ns, gi ve a rough idea of early marl' in the southwes t, Montrose The grounds Near Montrose is an excellent museum of Ute Indian culture. Ute's of the of the Museum was home of Chief Ouray, one greatest leaders. On the Gunnison River nearby, is the Black Canyon National Monument, a awesome 2,725 foot deep chasm, and the Curecanti National Recreation Area. Grand Junction An attractive modern city on the Colorado River; close by is the Colorado National Monument, where steep cliffs and ridges reveal fascinating geological formations. Canon Pintado Douglas Creek Canyon are cliffs with paintings of weapons and fight scenes created by ear-ly Anasaz t people. Dominguez and Escalante dis The covered these in early September of 1776 south of present-day Rangeley. Bureau of Land 1anagement has developed the site to help visitors experience Located in the Dominquez-Escalante Trail. H-8 |
