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| Ute women |
Courtesy, Denver
Public Library,
Western History Department, H-447
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San Juan Skyway
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Program
Summary
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| At 236 miles,
San Juan Skyway is the longest of these five America’s Scenic
and Historic Byways, and perhaps its most spectacular. |
| Its awe-inspiring landscapes also hold engineering
wonders such as Otto Mears' “million dollar highway” and
Mesa Verde's ancient cliff dwellings. Traveling the Skyway offers
lessons in man’s relation to nature, to one another, and in
the power of one person to exploit or protect natural and cultural
riches. |
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Balcony
House
Mesa Verde National Park |
Courtesy, Library
of Congress
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Funding
Major funding for this program was provided by a State Historical
Fund grant from the Colorado Historical Society, which reminds Byway
travelers to preserve and protect these natural and cultural wonders.
Additional support was provided by Bonfils Stanton Foundation /
La Plata County Historical Society. |
| America's Byways was produced
by Rocky Mountain PBS and Great Divide Pictures in association with
the Scenic and
Historic Byways Program, Colorado Department of Transportation. |
