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FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS:  MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK: COLORADO

Friday, October 13, 2023 Posted in Backroads,National ParksNo comments

In 1906, Mesa Verde National Park, was established by Congress and President Theodore Roosevelt.  Mesa Verde covers 52,485 acres and preserves some of the best-preserved Puebloan sites in the United States.   There are more than 4,000 know archeological sites that date back to 550AD, these include cliff dwellings, mesa top sites of pit houses, pueblos, masonry […]

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FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

Sunday, November 13, 2016 Posted in Backroads,National Parks,Texas Historical SiteNo comments

The Guadalupe Mountains National Park, located in west Texas, is a center of geological wonderment.  This area preserves some of the exposed remains of the Capitan Reef, one of the worlds finest examples of ancient barrier reefs.  Seawater and decade marine organisms deposited lime along the shelf of the Delaware Basin of the Permian Sea, forming […]

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FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: BIG BEND TEXAS

Monday, May 30, 2016 Posted in Backroads,Ghost Towns of Texas,Historic Cemetery,National Parks,State Parks,Texas Historical Site,Texas TownsNo comments

In far southwest Texas a vast area known as Big Bend.  This area is named for the vast curve of the Rio Grande River.  Throughout the years people have passed trough this area, including Indian tribes, Spanish conquistadores, U.S. Soldiers, miners, ranchers, farmers, and many legendary outlaws and bandits.  In the 1500’s several Indian tribes inhabited Big […]

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FOCUS ON THE BACK ROADS: TERLINGUA, TEXAS: Best Little Ghost Town in Texas

Sunday, May 8, 2016 Posted in Backroads,Ghost Towns of Texas,Historic Cemetery,National Parks,Texas Events,Texas Historical Site,Texas Music,Texas TownsNo comments

Terlingua is located southwest Texas near Big Bend National Park.  It is the most visited ghost town in Texas.  The name Terlingua comes from two Spanish word, tres and lenguas meaning “three tongues”.  This was either because of the three languages that were spoken in the area at that time – English, Spanish, and Native American. […]

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