I never did finish putting up all the photo’s of Animas Fork the old mining town that we saw earlier in the week. I wrote this post several days ago knowing that we would not have internet service while we are at Mesa Verde and scheduled it to be posted today.
I'm not sure what this building was but it was a long one for sure and falling apart now!
some of the road going in to the town and a culvert of water going under the road from the river
Mike taking a break from his photographic duties - these pictures today are ones I took with the small camera as he doesn't have all of his edited
the river and dirt road
one more building - I do think that because of a combination of so many of these buildings having metal roofs and the extreme cold temperatures up in this area is why so many of these buildings are still standing. If this was Arkansas with the heat and humidity that we have they would have rotted by now.
Mike again by one of the buildings
That’s it from the mining town. I will have photo’s to post from Mesa Verde on the way home if we have internet which we most likely well as when we are driving home we mainly stop at KOA’s along the interstate as they are easy to find and can get back on the road quickly the next day.
September 13th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I love old “towns” and buildings. There are many old farm buildings around here. It makes me think that some woman was so excited to get a real “house” and out of the soddy.
Crispy
September 14th, 2009 at 3:23 am
There’s something magical about this old places… So many things left behind, so many hiding secrets… It’s funny the name Mesa Verde. Can you trace this place history? Maybe some spanish or even portuguese presence over there? Mesa Verde means Green Table in portuguese. Did you know? Hope you had a great time!
September 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Mariana, Spanish settlers came to this area that Mesa Verde is in, in the 1500 – 1600’s and named the area so I’m sure you are right in it being a “Green Table” it is a flat top mesa in places so that translation is very appropriate.