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Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado. Hovenweep Castle. Ruined town on the Hovenweep, a tributary of the San Juan. Colorado. 1874.

Dates

Date Taken
1874

Summary

Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado. Hovenweep Castle. Ruined town on the Hovenweep, a tributary of the San Juan lying just within Colorado, occupying a prominent rocky bluff overlooking the usually dry bed of the creek. It consisted of a solid mass of small houses not more than 6 by 8 feet in diameter, arranged in a semicircle. The convex side was flush with the edge of the rocky bluff and inaccessible. The concave side, which was depressed like a amphitheater, was occupied by much lower and less important buildings, now almost unrecognizable. The most prominent of the buildings are solidly constructed of well-dressed stone, and not withstanding their exposed situations, are well preserved. 1874. U.S. Geological and Geographical [...]

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Jackson, William Henry

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name photoLibrary jwh01629
number photoLibrary 19788
batch photoLibrary btch122
number_in_book photoLibrary 1629

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