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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period (Morrison Formation), 150 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Colorado dinosaurs are a camptosaurs, diplodocus and stegosaurus. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, President of the United States, in Colorado on one of his expeditions, photograph, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period (Morrison Formation), 150 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Colorado dinosaurs are a camptosaur and stegosaurus. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Dakota Group), 100 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many dinosaurs lived in this area, including the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurs and the herbivorous Iguanodon Theiophytalia Kerri. Gradually, central Colorado became a coastal region as the vast Cretaceous Seaway formed, eventually covering the middle of what is now North America. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Dakota Group), 100 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many dinosaurs lived in this area, including the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurs and the herbivorous Iguanodon Theiophytalia Kerri. Gradually, central Colorado became a coastal region as the vast Cretaceous Seaway formed, eventually covering the middle of what is now North America. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Niobrara Formation), 80 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Ancient marine animal known as Plesiosaurs, along with sharks and relatives of the modern nautilus called ammonites, prowled the deep ocean waters of the Cretaceous Seaway, which then covered central Colorado. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings, 1100-1300 AD, reconstructed early 20th century, Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Anasazi Native American cliff houses were originally in the Four Corners area of South West Colorado, where the Anasazi lived 1300 BC - 1200 AD, and were relocated here in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1907 to educate the public about the lives of the Anasazi people. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Hopi woman in Shungopavi, Arizona, weaving a plaited-style basket, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, from the William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi woman making pottery, possibly for sale, at Moki Pueblo, photograph probably by William Henry Jackson, c. 1875, or Adam Clark Vroman, c. 1900, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Hopi pottery declined with the arrival of metal cookware in the 19th century, but was reborn c. 1890 when the potter Nampeyo or Harmless Snake adopted ancestral styles from nearby archaeological sites. This photo might show Nampeyo as a teenager. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clay jar with painted decoration, 1400-1625, by a Kawaikuh artist, on loan from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clay bowl with painted decoration inside, 1400-1625, by a Kawaikuh artist, on loan from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Palace Arms restaurant, in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA. The restaurant retains its historical ambience with leather seating and antique memorabilia and is one of the best fine-dining establishments in the city. The hotel itself was designed by Frank Edbrooke and built in 1892, and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Original panoramic wallpaper painted by Jean Zuber et Cie in Rixheim, Alsace, France, in 1834, entitled The Wars of Independence, in the Independence Room (used as a private dining room) of the Palace Arms restaurant, in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA. This is 1 of only 2 existing original painted wallpapers in America (the other in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington DC). The restaurant retains its historical ambience with leather seating and antique memorabilia and is one of the best fine-dining establishments in the city. The hotel itself was designed by Frank Edbrooke and built in 1892, and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gray Rock (left) and South Gateway Rock (right), with the Manitou Springs incline behind and Pikes Peak above, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of  sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gray Rock (left) and South Gateway Rock (right), with the Manitou Springs incline behind and Pikes Peak above, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gray Rock (left) and South Gateway Rock (right), with the Manitou Springs incline behind and Pikes Peak above, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow vertical fin formations with rock climbers, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fin formations in Cathedral Valley, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fin formations at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pinnacles of the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gray Rock (left) and South Gateway Rock (right), with the Manitou Springs incline behind and Pikes Peak above, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garden of The Gods, with the Three Graces formation (left), an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Pierre Sahle), 70 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Pteranodons flew in the skies above the Cretaceous Seaway and the ferocious pliosaurs lurked in the depth below. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Permian Period (Lyons Sandstone), 280 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Eroded sand from the Rocky Mountains formed towering dunes. A reptilian ancestor to mammals called Lycaenops is known to have prowled these dunes which became the Lyons Sandstone. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting past geological volcanic activity, with hot springs, mud pools, lava flows and volcanic eruptions, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drones Are Not Permitted sign at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The use of drones or unmanned aircraft is banned in national, state, and city parks. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Great Kiva, built c. 1084, a large round ceremonial room with central fire pit, diverting stone and ventilation shaft, rebuilt in 1972, at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left) in the evening, at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Great House Pueblo and kiva at the Chaco Pueblo site at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA, and smoke from a wildfire. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gray Rock (left) and South Gateway Rock (right), with the Manitou Springs incline behind and Pikes Peak above, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clay jar with painted decoration, 1000-1300, by a Tusayan artist, on loan from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Original panoramic wallpaper painted by Jean Zuber et Cie in Rixheim, Alsace, France, in 1834, entitled The Wars of Independence, in the Independence Room (used as a private dining room) of the Palace Arms restaurant, in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA. This is 1 of only 2 existing original painted wallpapers in America (the other in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington DC). The restaurant retains its historical ambience with leather seating and antique memorabilia and is one of the best fine-dining establishments in the city. The hotel itself was designed by Frank Edbrooke and built in 1892, and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Original panoramic wallpaper painted by Jean Zuber et Cie in Rixheim, Alsace, France, in 1834, entitled The Wars of Independence, in the Independence Room (used as a private dining room) of the Palace Arms restaurant, in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA. This is 1 of only 2 existing original painted wallpapers in America (the other in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington DC). The restaurant retains its historical ambience with leather seating and antique memorabilia and is one of the best fine-dining establishments in the city. The hotel itself was designed by Frank Edbrooke and built in 1892, and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cruise Room Bar of the historic Oxford Hotel, the first bar in America to open after the end of prohibition, Denver, Colorado, USA. The bar opened in 1891 and operated as an illicit speakeasy during prohibition, with secret panels and underground tunnels behind the art deco walls, reopening the day after the end of prohibition. The hotel itself was designed by Frank Edbrooke and built in 1891, and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gray Rock (left) and South Gateway Rock (right), with the Manitou Springs incline behind and Pikes Peak above, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral Valley with hogback formations and sentinels, Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pinnacles of the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The formations are the result of vertical tilting due to the uplift forces of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif, of the horizontal layers of sandstones, conglomerates and limestones, resulting after erosion in the formation of fins and pinnacles. Native Americans have visited the area since 1330 BC and camped here since 250 BC, sheltering under the cliffs and producing rock art. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting the large mammals of the Quarterly Period (Mesa Gravels), 25,000 years ago,  including long-horned bison, short-faced bears and mammoths, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. At higher elevations glaciers covered the modern Rocky Mountains. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Permian Period (Lyons Sandstone), 280 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Eroded sand from the Rocky Mountains formed towering dunes. A reptilian ancestor to mammals called Lycaenops is known to have prowled these dunes which became the Lyons Sandstone. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Great Kiva, built c. 1084, a large round ceremonial room with central fire pit, diverting stone and ventilation shaft, rebuilt in 1972, at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Great House Pueblo at the Chaco Pueblo site at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man taking a photograph on the ridge with Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Great House Pueblo and kiva at the Chaco Pueblo site at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Great House Pueblo and kiva at the Chaco Pueblo site at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (left) and Companion Rock (right), with a full moon rising, at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. Every 18.6 years, the moon pauses and rises in the same place for 3 years, between Chimney Rock and Companion Rock as viewed from the Great House Pueblo, in a Major Lunar Standstill. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Howard Rowe / Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (left) and Companion Rock (right), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Howard Rowe / Manuel Cohen
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  • Castle Rock Pueblo, inhabited 1250-1275, reconstruction (no structures are visible today), watercolour drawing by Paul Ermigiotti, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Castle Rock Pueblo was the site of an Anasazi settlement built 1250–1275, with Great Houses, 16 kivas, 40 rooms, 9 towers, and a D-shaped enclosure, at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zuni pottery canteen, 1885-1900, with design representing a rain bird and double-winged dragonflies, part of the Wetherill Family archive at the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The Wetherill family were ranchers who also discovered many of the Puebloan Ancestral ruins in Colorado, including at Mesa Verde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chaco canteen with black on white geometric pattern, 875-1000 AD, Pueblo I - Pueblo II periods, made near Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and found at Chimney Rock near Pagoda Springs, Colorado, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Wetherill brothers, (left-right) Al, Win, Richard and John, a family of Colorado ranchers who also helped rediscover many of the State's ancient Puebloan sites, photograph, c. 1893, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bluff pottery bowl with black on red design,  made in Utah 780-1000 AD by the local Navajo tribe and traded throughout Southwest Colorado, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural depicting Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States, on horseback in front of the American flag, and the American boxer Jack Dempsey, 'the Manassa Mauler', in downtown Denver near the Denver Convention Center, Colorado, USA. Dempsey was World Heavyweight Champion 1919-26 and was born in Manassa, Colorado. This street art was sponsored in 2008 by the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pottery jar with narrow neck and loop handles, with black on white geometric design, made 1200-76 AD, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The jar was found full of corn in February 1955 by Robert and Eugene Ismay of McElmo Canyon Colorado, in a cave. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 13th century, a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The Cliff Palace is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 13th century, a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The Cliff Palace is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West wall of Hovenweep Castle, Square Tower group, built 1150-1350, Little Ruin Canyon, Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado, USA. The Square Tower group housed up to 500 people and includes towers, residential areas, kivas and storage rooms. This area has been settled by Native Americans from 6000 BC until the 14th century AD and currently houses the ruins of 6 Anasazi Puebloan villages from the 13th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wupamo katsina doll, made c. 1910 by a Hopi artist from wood, paint, feathers and string, anonymous gift in the name of Julia Johnson, in the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. Wupamo katsina are guards, one of the Mongwi or Chief Katsinam. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tootsa katsina by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi, Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina (seen here with the bird on his head) who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sakwa Hu katsina, made by Tom Callateta, Hopi artist, in the 1980s, from wood, paint, fur, shells, cloth and feather, from the Elizabeth P Landry Collection, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. Sakwa Hu is a guard, often seen carrying whips. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tootsa katsina, by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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