Mining and Ranching / Early Settlement / Westcliffe and Silver Cliff / Westcliffe Country

Historical marker location:

64159 CO-69, Westcliffe, Colorado

( Marker is on Colorado Route 69, 0.7 miles south of Verdemont Road (County Road 182), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2002

Mesa Verde National Park, located in southwest Colorado, is home to some of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in the world. These ancient structures were built by the Ancestral Puebloans over 700 years ago and provide a glimpse into the lives of these ancient people.