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Bonanza (town) Saguache County (W3)
Der Ort erhielt seinen Namen von einem Goldsucher, der eine große Goldader gefunden hatte.
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The Longmont Memorial Rose Garden was started in 1945 by the Longmont Lions Club and is dedicated to veterans of all wars. In 1952 the garden was placed on the National Recognition Listing and became an All-American Rose Selection Public Garden. There are now about 1,400 rose bushes in this garden.
If you wish to visit this garden, it is located at the 700 Block of Bross Street, Longmont, Colorado.
The community was named for the legendary country abounding in gold.
Name: For the "Magnolia district", Colorado, USA, in which the species was first noted.
Maisons troglodytes des Anasazis : Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, carved into the cliffs of majestic mesas
Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins
01 Feb 2010
Cliff Dwelling, vernacular, at Mesa Verde, Colorado, multifamily housing.
Mug House, vernacular, at Mesa Verde, Colorado, housing complex.
Anderson, Sydney, 1927-: Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (English) (as Author)
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
"Mesa Verde", Spanish for "green table", offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to 1300. Today the park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
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Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA
An einem Dezembermorgen des Jahres 1888 ritten Richard Wetherill und Charlie Mason, auf der Suche nach verirrten Rindern, durch die wilde Landschaft des "Mesa Verde" im Südwesten von Colorado. Die "grüne Tafel", so nannten die Spanier das Bergmassiv, erhebt sich abrupt 600 m aus dem Flachland und bildet ein 32 km x 24 km großes zerklüftetes Felsplateau. Die Farmer rasteten gegenüber einem steilen Canyon und erblickten in einem riesigen ovalen Hohlraum eine Ruinenstadt die zu schweben schien. Sie hatten "Cliff Palace", den Felsenpalast, entdeckt.
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Nordamerika: USA
Mesa Verde
Der Geist der Anasazi
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Relevant gallery pages: Mesa Verde National Park Mesa Verde National Park - Far View Mesa Verde National Park - Cliff Palace Mesa Verde National Park - Entrance to North Rim Mesa Verde National Park - Spruce Tree House and Mesa Top
Relevant special subjects pages: Mesa Verde Fall Colors Cliff Palace Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde National Park (1978)
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park,' Colorado (Vertical Orientation) by Ansel Adams
Colorado: Cortez to Mesa Verde Soda Canyon Rim
Palmyra Peak
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One theory says the community was named for the topography at the head of a local stream, which resembled an open parachute.
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Dear Word Detective: In the late 1880s there was a town in Colorado by the name of Parachute. What is the origin of the word "parachute," since parachutes were not in use in the late 1880's? -- Scott A. Milner, via the internet.
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