Category Archives: National Parks

We have left Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on July 3, 2008 by joanie7

A photo gallery of Petrified Forest and Painted Desert including the Wilderness Area will be posted soon.  We are back in Texas, currently at Davis Mountains State Park in West Texas.  We will be posting on this state park as … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice and Petroglyphs Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 21, 2008 by joanie7

  There are many solstice markers in Petrified Forest National Park that scientists from all over the world gather at on the first day of summer to study and document.  One is located at Puerco Pueblo, site of the prehistoric … Continue reading →

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Puerco Pueblo Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 20, 2008 by joanie7

  Puerco Pueblo at mile marker 11 is a partially excavated Puebloan village occupied between AD 1250 and 1380.  A 1/3 mile paved trail explores this large site of 100-125 rooms built around a rectangular plaza near the Puerco River. … Continue reading →

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Route 66 Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 14, 2008 by joanie7

  Petrified Forest National Park is the only National Park that Route 66, the first interstate highway system in the United States, offering 2,200 miles of open road from Chicago to Los Angeles ending at the beach in Santa Monica … Continue reading →

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Lacey Point Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 12, 2008 by joanie7

  Lacey Point is named for Iowa Congressman John Fletcher Lacey who was an advocate for protection of public lands.  The Antiquities Act of 1906 which protected “objects of historic or scientific interest” on Federal Land is often referred to … Continue reading →

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