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An elaborate brick and mortar city was constructed in the desert by the Ancestral Pueblo people of northern New Mexico, only to be abandoned within the same century. What lessons did they leave behind for us to find?
At every turn, the state of Colorado shares evidence of its storied new frontier history—steeped in adventure, optimism, romanticism, hard survival, and often tragedy. Ghost towns tell these tales the best.
