(Dolores CO) Anasazi Heritage Center National Monument was just north of Cortez and it serves as the gateway to the nearby Canyons of the Ancients. The canyon holds many ruins, with a few available to the public. These early pueblo natives are now called Ancestral Puebloan peoples. The museum was exceptionally good with displays, artifacts, […]
(Redstone CO) The Coke Ovens at Redstone were used to convert coal mined from the area into coke by baking it in kilns with an oxygen deprived burn. Coking makes a more efficient fuel for use in factories and smelters. The ovens were next to a rail line making for easy transport to markets. These […]
(Glenwood Springs CO) Linwood Cemetery, high atop a hill overlooking the valley, was the final resting place for two of the west’s most infamous gunslingers; Doc Holliday and Kid Curry. Realizing their graves could attract tourists, the town and historical society erected markers for them. It was a somewhat steep 1/2 mi hike up to […]