Right outside of Cortez, Colorado is the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum. It is filled with tons of information, artifacts, and recreations. There’s even an art gallery. It’s a great place to find information on hikes, the people who created the ruins, and the area. Also at the Museum is the Ancestral Puebloan ruin known as Escalante Ruin. It is named after one of the leaders of the Dominguez & Escalante Expedition of 1776.

For more information on the people who lived in the area, check out my podcast series I did entitled The Ancient Ones which covers the history of the people from their first arrival, right up to the Spanish. I include quite a few gruesome tidbits of information from this area specifically.