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Glimpses of our National Monuments

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  • gg OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS finally settled at the Hopi Mesa where their descendants live to-day. The monument is on the Tuba City road from Flagstaff, which also connects with the road to the Grand Canyon National Park. Flagstaff, which is the nearest railroad station, is on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Jesse C. Clarke, of Flagstaff, is the custodian. The total area of this monument, which was established December 9,1924, is 2.234.10 acres. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT This monument, established December 19, 1919, preserves the ruins of a prehistoric village in southwestern Colorado a few miles Mounds Covering Yucca House ruins west of Mesa Verde National Park. The site chosen by its builders is on the gently sloping base of Sleeping Ute, a mountain so named because from one point of view, when silhouetted against the horizon, it resembles the outline of a sleeping Indian. The village is now a cluster of mounds with no sign of a wall rising above their surfaces, but on account of their large size and extent there is every reason to believe that when excavated they will prove of great archeological interest and educational value. The land upon which the ruins are situated, approximately 10 acres, is the gift of Mr. Henry Van Kleek, of Denver, Colo.
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