{"product_id":"mesa-verde-national-park-colorado-gb-35936","title":"Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesa Verde [Colorado] National Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutomobiles.Secure automobile permit, fee $1 per car. Speed limit 35 miles per\r\nhour on entrance highway, 20 miles per hour in headquarters area and on ruin roads.\r\nDrive carefully; free wheeling is prohibited within the park.\nGrounds.Burn all combustible rubbish before leaving your camp. Do not throw\r\npapers, cans, or other refuse on the ground or over the canyon rim. Use the incinerators\r\nwhich are placed for this purpose.\nTrees, Flowers, and Animals.Do not carve initials upon or pull the bark from any\r\nlogs or trees. Flowers may not be picked unless written permission is obtained from the\r\nsuperintendent or park naturalist. Do not harm or frighten any of the wild animals or\r\nbirds within the park. We wish to protect them for your enjoyment.\nThe mesa verde, or green mesa, so-called because its juniper and\r\npion trees give it a verdant tone, is 15 miles long by 8 miles wide.\r\nRising abruptly from the valley on the north side, its top slopes\r\ngradually southward to the high cliffs bordering the canyon of the Mancos\r\nRiver on the south. Into this valley open a number of large high-walled\r\ncanyons through which occasionally, in times of heavy rain, raging torrents\r\nof water flow into the Mancos. In the shelter of the caves that have been\r\neroded in the sides of these canyons are some of the best-preserved cliff\r\ndwellings in America, built many centuries ago by a tribe of peace-loving\r\nIndians who prized the security offered by the almost inaccessible caves.\r\nIn order to preserve these cliff dwellings Mesa Verde National Park was\r\ncreated, but they are not the only attractions in the area. In the winter\r\nthe park is closed to travel by deep snow, but in the early spring the blanket\r\nof snow is replaced by a mantle of flowers that change with the seasons,\r\nand to the story of the prehistoric inhabitants is added an absorbing story\r\nof nature that is peculiar to this mesa and canyon country.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 35936 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: United States. Department of the Interior \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Apr 22, 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"United States. Department of the Interior \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43220276019357,"sku":"gb-35936-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/35936.jpg?v=1671548249","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mesa-verde-national-park-colorado-gb-35936","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}