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Mesa Verde Fun Facts

Mesa Verde National Park

Did you know that Mesa Verde…

...is Spanish for “green table”?
...was established by Congress as a National Park on June 29, 1906?
...was the first and, to date, the only cultural National Park set aside in the National Park System?
...had the first museum in the National Park Service?
...held the first campfire talk in the National Park Service?
...became a World Cultural Heritage Site on September 8, 1978?
...is located in the Four Corners Area, which has one of the highest concentrations of archeological sites in the United States?
...borders the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation?