PECOS 2009, LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

Escalante Days, Dolores In August, area residents again celebrate the town's history by participating in Escalante Days, a time set aside to honor the Spanish expedition of Fathers Escalante and Dominguez.  Local artisans display their arts and crafts, and food booths operate in Flanders Park, located on the town square.  Along with the arts and crafts, there is a parade, entertainment, games for children and adults, a softball tournament, mountain bike race, rubber duck race, and lots of camaraderie.

The Anasazi Heritage Center is a museum of the Ancestral Puebloan (or Anasazi) culture and other Native cultures in the Four Corners region. 

The  mission of the Cortez Cultural Center is to provide a forum for the community's educational, cultural, artistic and scientific interests.  It is a catalyst for cultural respect, continuity and innovation.

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center located in southwestern Colorado, is dedicated to understanding, teaching, and preserving the rich history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians (also called the Anasazi) who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Mesa Verde region more than 700 years ago.

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwestern Colorado contains a huge number of archaeological sites (more than 6000 recorded, up to 100 per square mile in some places) representing the Ancestral Puebloan and other Native American cultures, as well as important historic and environmental resources.

Mesa Verde National Park, situated in the southwest corner of Colorado, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. Today, the park protects over 4,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.