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Historical Facts & Information About Mesa |
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Ancestral Puebloans made Mesa Verde their home from about A.D. 550 to 1300. For more than 700 years they and their descendants lived and flourished here. Today, Mesa Verde National Park preserves a spectacular reminder of this ancient culture. The Hohokam were peaceful famers who carved Mesa’s agricultural destiny, more than 2,000 years ago.
Nestled between the La Plata Mountains, Sleeping Ute Mountain, and Mesa Verde National Park, the ranching and farming center, Cortez, has held its place as a merging point and trade center for many cultures for more than 2,000 years, and still serves as a major center for Native American art, pottery, and textiles.
President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park on June 29, 1906, to "preserve the works of man," the first national park of its kind. Today, the continued preservation of both cultural and natural resources is the focus of the park's research and resource management staff.
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