All posts in CO History & Heritage

  • Manitou Cliff Dwellings
    Manitou Cliff Dwellings
    February 26, 2010, Comments Off

    Nestled under a protective overhang of red sandstone, Manitou Cliff Dwellings near Manitou Springs, Colorado, is a fun and historical place to visit. This Anasazi pueblo dwelling was built by ...

  • La Caverna del Oro - Gold
    La Caverna del Oro
    January 26, 2010, Comments Off

    La Caverna del Oro or The Cavern of Gold is the story of a legendary lost gold mine somewhere above 13,000 feet, perhaps located on Marble Mountain in Colorado just ...

  • Columbine - The Colorado State Flower
    State Flower of Colorado
    January 20, 2010, 1 Comment

    The white and lavender Columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, more commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Columbine, was voted the state flower by the school children of Colorado in 1881. Of the ...

  • Hovenweep National Monument
    Hovenweep National Monument
    January 4, 2010, Comments Off

    At Hovenweep National Monument, around 800 years ago, ancestors of today’s Native American people built some of the most enigmatic structures in the Southwest. Although human habitation at Hovenweep dates ...

  • Far View House
    Mesa Verde National Park
    July 30, 2009, Comments Off

    Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 ...

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