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View of the Far View Ruin at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park.

Photo of New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park, near Mancos, Colorado.

The Great Kiva was built in the early 1100s and may have provided a place for communitywide ceremonies and gatherings. Phtographer-George H.H. Huey.

Watch Tower, Navajo Canon.

Climbing to Balcony House. The caption notes that "This most interesting ruin is easily reached by means of a trail and ladders. The prehistoric inhabitants used a very difficult trail and a narrow cleft in the rocks, undoubtedly for protection from their enemies."

Balcony House is one of the most notable of the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde; being situated at the extreme east of the district. It was one of the communal apartment houses of a race who mysteriously vanished long before the coming of the first white..

Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. The caption reads, "From 700 to 1000 A.D. inhabitants of Mesa Verde learned to build dwellings of masonry. Corn, beans and squash were staple crops. Pottery improved and weaving of cotton cloth began." This is Card No. 21 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.

Diorama at State Museum E. 14th and Sherman Street-Denver Balcony House was a typical communal dwelling of the pre-Columbian Pueblo Indians. Nestled in a cliff of the Mesa Verde area of southwestern Colorado, it was easily defended from attacks of..." Genuine Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Color tone Post Card.

Photograph of the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

Photograph of Square Tower House- Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.