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..
A black and white photo of the Square Tower House in the Mesa Verde National Park Ruins. It was taken in the distance and is surrounded by trees, shrub, and brush along with other ruins off to the right.
The text reads, "From the Park entrance at the north, the entrance highway climbs 1500 feet to the to of the Mesa offering many spectacular views of the surrounding "Four Corners Country."
A sepia postcard of the Sun Temple which is located at Mesa Verde National Park. It is a grouping of short walls and has a tree that is in the center of the "B" formation that they appear to be making.
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. A group of visitors inspects a part of the largest and most famous of the Indian cliff dwellings, about 700 years old, in the rim-rock of the Mesa Verde.