Ancient History

To a lot of people, Colorado means the Old West. But in the grand scheme of things, the Old West isn’t really that old at all. Archeologists speculate that hunters from Siberia crossed into Colorado 11,000 years ago – even before that dinosaurs roamed the state. In relatively recent history, the Ancestral Puebloans inhabited the southwest region of Colorado. Today, you can walk in dinosaur tracks in the Picketwire Canyon in Southeast Colorado or see the petrified remains in Dinosaur National Monument in Northwest Colorado. The rock art on canyon walls and cliff dwellings, such as Mesa Verde National Park is remaining pieces of the ancient people who called this state home.