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<br />9:ove:l"..:e"!p rla1iO:lal :'~O~lU.":":"r.'., ?t.:i.:'.ly ir: U'_ar; anC pr::.r~_",-.v L ~o_o!"8.do,
<br />con';si:1S six groups 0:' pr"!'li ',or~ ~ .0....10'1':0. r.....1'1;.;:::. a:;d. ::liff':h'e-'-J.i:lgs
<br />tuil' by Pueblo I"di&:lS. The s:,::all, 500-"J.::r.-: ~o :.:.::e:,., 1::':'::[' -::1 a lonely
<br />canyOp. coun~~ry. apprcp:'iav~;..y ..at"!:: i',.::, :,f.l2:', i'r0F ~:, !:~di!1;; '~'o!'d 1'0)'
<br />"d.e5er+~ed val:!.ey." Indi'lr-:s '..It:o .,t'>. 'led ;,-:;re abO'j- :."...... A.t. .....er': 210....1)'
<br />'ldven fro!:'. the:i:" faI7.l la:lus i;;~,o ~)--,i.s ffio!'e fcr'ifiej .i.o(:~'':'o:; 'by 1<:1"'==-
<br />;,Qr:ladic: trib.~:o. CO:1' i,Jlf'd pr,:':c;su:',>s from Q'.ner . rite'.- or p025iLly a pro-
<br />longed drouU, forced the:n ~.O c:omplt '_<:1-', atar,cii:. ',Lei:' "d,:s. r.'-oj valley"
<br />about :!..200 A.D. E'..--en toda.y. 'be area !'etJ.flir,cO-: ~onpan~t~'.",;ly U:ltouched by
<br />cont,€-nporary ci'.rili::a.tiO!l. bav:!.!'!€, fla f;aved roajf, . I~"'S, O!' '_ourist. a::,-
<br />'~0c--:..~odaLiO!1G eX'::''':'pt ;~ampg!"ou!'!d:.,.
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<br />Tl~ree Ut.a:-. St~a .~e Parks are i" '3a~1 Juan ,~, 'Jr,' y. Of :r.e three only
<br />the Dead Horse Peirl' St"a' ?ark i~ ~.,,!.,-.. ly ;i,..:. ::-cpf.:'ci,
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<br />Park seen fror.l a r:ol:l:"a:~di:1r pla.~e1.i.~ 0'/.. rlook. ~:le r:;~g:-;ifi.ce"t vie... from
<br />the poip.t shows all . !',ree lev"l::> o:~ . !'e :::anyor.--,-a:lds- -~,:--jt;:- Ri:n., the Inter-
<br />mediate Pla-:-..eau.. a:ld tri'. Calm'ado R.i'ler. T}-,,: vie'''': "x~,(~!lds to the forested
<br />Elk Ridge and the dis t.ant Abajo :-1c"J.n+ 8iH'::.
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