Cortez in Montezuma County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Yucca House National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
1. Yucca House National Monument Marker
Erected by National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Natural Resources. A significant historical date for this entry is December 19, 1853.
Location. 37° 15.096′ N, 108° 41.136′ W. Marker is in Cortez, Colorado, in Montezuma County. It is on County Route 20.5. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cortez CO 81321, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in the American Mountain West, in Colorado Plateau, and at the Four Corners. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Notah Dineh Trading Company & Museum (approx. 8½ miles
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More about this marker. This is an ancestral puebloan archaeological site located at the foot of the Sleeping Ute Mountain.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on October 15, 1966.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
2. Yucca House National Monument Marker
Distant photo of the marker
Photographed by Marina Leichsenring, June 22, 2022
3. "Lower House" ruins
The "Lower House" has some of the only visible standing masonry, at the site.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
4. Yucca House National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
5. Yucca House National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
6. Yucca House National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
7. Yucca House National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 5, 2008
8. Yucca House National Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 795 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 27, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. submitted on December 18, 2022, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on January 27, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
