Historic Resources

National Park Service archeologists, architects, curators, historians, and other cultural resource professionals work to preserve, protect, and share the history of this land and its people. This includes significant structures, archeological sites, and objects in park museum collections.

Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers

CCC Chow Line at Mesa Verde National Park
The CCC

Coronado Sets Out to the North, by Frederic Remington, 1861-1909
Early Explorers

Sand Creek Massacre
Historic Battles

Faraway Ranch at Chiricahua N.M.
Historic Buildings

Fort Larned NHS
Forts

Mission San José de Tumacácori
Missions

Ruts of the Santa Fe Trail near Fort Union NM
Sante Fe Trail



National Park Service
Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Sonoran Institute
Montana State University