Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico    April 2007

Fort Fredericia

LHSA Meeting October 2007

Letchworth State Park

George Eastman House

1st Digital Camera

Chairman Leica Camera

St. Marys Kingfish Classic 2007

Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi

Bandelier National Monument

Scottish Heritage Day at Fort King George

Plum Orchard February 2007

Darien GA March 2006

Darien Photos March 2006

Kissing Bridges of Frederick County

Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C. 2005

Seneca Stone Cutting Mill Index Page

Big Pool on the C&O Canal

Big Pool Photo Gallery

Fort Frederick October 23, 2004

Fort Frederick Photo Gallery

Weverton Industrial Village

Weverton Industrial Village - Revisited

Two Trails

Weverton Branch of the B&O

Brunswick Railroad Days

Martinsburg B&O Roundhouse

Martinsburg B&O Roundhouse Continued

Martinsburg B&O Roundhouse History

Train Wallpapers

Seneca Stone Cutting Mill

About 10,000 years ago, humans started wandering through the area now known as Frijoles Canyon.  It was in this canyon, with its year-round spring, trees, and fertile ground that the Pueblo people built their homes in the rocks about 1150 AD. 

 

On the way to Bandelier we stopped at the canyon carved by the Rio Grande River. This is one of the views.	Another view of the canyon cut by the Rio Grande	This is stairway leading to the Kivas; an underground, ceremonial dwelling.  Each clan would have its own Kivas. This one is on the floor of the Canyon in the circular village
Looking down on the village on the floor of the Canyon.  Note how it is almost circular.	These are the cave dwellings as well as the foundations of the structures that extended from the entrance to the cave.	This frontal shot will give you an idea of the complexity of the Pueblo people.  The large openings are for the people to enter; the small holes arranged in an order held poles that formed roofs.  Notice that there are several stories to this community.
On the face of the cliff are petroglyphs (drawings carved into stone).  This is an example.  I am not sure what it means.		Another photo of the cliff dwellings.  Notice how steep the cliff face is. Incidentally, the bottom of the canyon is about 100 yards down from the trail at about a 30 degree angle.  How they climbed up and down every day was something to consider.
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