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Identifier: aroundcircle00denv (find matches)
Title: "Around the circle."
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Denver and Rio Grande railroad company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Chicago, Knight, Leonard & co., printers)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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th of Durango, in the valley ofthe Animas, are some extensive ruins of the Aztecs, and fifty miles furthersouth are the wonderful ruins in the Cacho Canon. These ancient Pueblosare, without doubt, the most extensive and the best preserved of any in theUnited States. Of these Prof. Hayden, in his report of the Geological Surveyof the United States for the year 1S66, says: The great ruins in the CachoCanon are pre-eminently the finest examples of the works of the unknownbuilders to be found north of the seat of ancient Aztec Empire in Mexico.There are eleven extensive Pueblos in this canon, nearly all in a good stateof preservation, and their appearance indicates that they were once the homeof fifteen hundred to three thousand people each. They are the most ac-cessible from Mancos of any point on the line of railroads. From the thousandsof ruins of cities, towns and families found throughout this great San JuanValley, it is evident that once this great valley was the home of hundreds of
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Around the Circle. 21 thousands of this extinct race. That they were a peaceful and agriculturalrace of people is evidenced by the large number of their implements of hus-bandry and specimens of corn and beans found in these ruins, besides irrigat-ing ditches and reservoirs for the storage of water. Leaving Mancos, the road winds up the sloping sides ot a flat-toppedmountain, and there on its summit, among huge pines centuries old, bubblesup a clear, cold spring of sparkling water, forming the stream that flows downthrough the beautiful Lost Canon, and is called by the unpoetic name of Lost Canon Creek. Lost Canon is a novelty in itself, as its sides are densely wooded and softlycarpeted with a thick bed of moss and leaves, beautifully colored by millions of Colorado wild flowers whose delicate beauty is unrivaled. Emerging from Lost Canon the traveler is whirled up to the beautiful val-ley of the Dolores River, with its many ranches and farms, past the town of thesame name. Off to the

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  • bookyear:1892
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Denver_and_Rio_Grande_railroad_company___from_old_catalog_
  • bookpublisher:_Chicago__Knight__Leonard___co___printers_
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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  • bookleafnumber:25
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
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