On June 29, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park to "preserve the works of man," the first national park of its kind. Today, the continued preservation of both cultural and natural resources is the focus of the park's research and resource management staff. For information on the Mesa Verde Research Center, including curation, archives, archeology, and historical architecture, please click on the following link: For cultural information on Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings and mesa top sites, please click on the following links:
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