Picturing the West
* The Reel West * The Real West * The Old West *
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Aztec Ruins National Monument: A Walk Through Ancestral Puebloan History
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Aztec Ruins National Monument offers an in-depth introduction to Chaco Culture. If you are visiting Chaco Culture National Historical Park,...
Friday, May 9, 2025
Visiting Salmon Ruins: Ancient Puebloan History and Heritage Park in New Mexico
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As I noted in my previous blog post, the Chaco people did not live only at Chaco Canyon. There were a multitude of outlying settlements in ...
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Chaco Culture National Historical Park: Remote and Revealing
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. First designated as Chaco Canyon Na...
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Visiting the Middle Village: A Trip to Zuni Pueblo
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Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico is less than an hour’s drive from Gallup. Heading south on State Route 602, I turned west onto State Route 53 and ...
Friday, April 25, 2025
Petrified Forest National Park: A Journey to the Triassic Period
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Over 200 million years ago, during the Triassic Period, Petrified Forest National Park in currently arid central Arizona was equatorial and ...
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