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Originally published in 1988, MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK: SHADOWS OF THE CENTURIES is an engaging and artfully illustrated history of an enigmatic assemblage of canyons and mesas tucked into the southwestern corner of Colorado. Duane A Smith recounts the dramatic 1888 'discovery' of the cliff dwellings and other Anasazi ruins and the ensuing twenty-year campaign to preserve them. Smith also details the resulting creation of a national park in 1906 and assesses the impact of more recent developments -- railroads and highways, air pollution, and the growing significance of tourism -- on the park's financial and ecological vitality. This revised and completely redesigned edition includes more than 50 illustrations and will be enjoyed by readers interested in environmental, Western, and Colorado history.
Contents
Terra Incognita; "Like an Immense Ruined Castle"; Women to the Rescue; Victory; Trials and Tribulations; "Mesa Verde Has Wonderful Possibilities"; The Nusbaum Years; "To Get Away from It All"; A Grand Tradition; 'A Solid Mass of Milling Humanity"; The Best of Times, the Worst of Times; The 1980s; The Old and the New; Index.