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El Morro National Monument

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With its oasis-like source of water, El Morro served as a natural resting place for numerous travelers through the otherwise arid and desolate region, many of whom left their signatures, names, dates, poems, and stories of their treks in the walls of the sandstone cliff. While some of the
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culture lived in the 355+-room mesa-top pueblo. The village was situated on the old Zuni-Acoma Trail, an important ancient trade route. Spanish explorers visiting the area in the 16th century referred to the notable promontory as
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inscriptions are now faded through age, there are still many that can be seen today and remain legible, with some dating back to the 17th century. The oldest legible inscription at El Morro, left by
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promontory with a pool of water at its base, which subsequently became a landmark where over the centuries explorers and travelers have left personal inscriptions that survive today.
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and carvings made by the Ancestral Puebloans were inscribed centuries before Europeans arrived. In 1906, U.S. federal law prohibited further carving on the cliffs.
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certified El Morro as an International Dark Sky Park, recognizing its preservation of not only the historic inscriptions but also its natural night sky.
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources
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in 1605. This is the oldest historical inscription at El Morro.
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New Mexico Tourism Department. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
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El Morro was designated a national monument by President
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Between about 1275 to 1350 AD, up to 600 people of the
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IUCN category
natural monument or feature

Map showing the location of El Morro National Monument
Map showing the location of El Morro National Monument
Cibola County, New Mexico
USA
El Morro, New Mexico
35°2â€Č18″N 108°21â€Č12″W / 35.03833°N 108.35333°W / 35.03833; -108.35333
National Park Service
El Morro National Monument
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
66000043
59
national monument
Cibola County
New Mexico
United States
pueblo
sandstone
Ancestral Puebloan
Zuni people
Juan de Oñate
Santa Fe de Nuevo MĂ©xico
Rose-Baley Party
Leonard Rose
John Udell
petroglyphs

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