Community Calendar

During October, Mesa Verde National Park Rangers will give four tours of Yucca House National Monument. Meeting at The Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez, attendees will carpool to the site.

Yucca House is a large, unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan site that has remained largely untouched for the past 800 years.

The easy to moderate 2-hour, 1/2 mile walk is along a mostly level, unpaved path. The trail is rocky in places so attendees are asked wear sturdy hiking shoes or boots.

Four tours will be offered on Sunday, October 5; Sunday, October 12; Saturday, October 18; and Sunday, October 19. All are from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host a presentation in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies and on Zoom on Wednesday, October 8th, at 7:00 p.m.

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Davis will present “Early Tewa occupations and colonial-era Tewa adaptations in the Northern Rio Grande".

Further information is available from sjbas.org

Four Corners Water Center at Fort Lewis College and the FLC SkyWords initiative will host an author talk and book signing with Kevin Fedarko on Thursday, October 9th at 5:30pm.

Kevin Fedarko has spent 20 years writing about adventure, conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. His writing has appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, and Esquire magazine.

Further information is available at fourcornerswater.org

During October, Mesa Verde National Park Rangers will give four tours of Yucca House National Monument. Meeting at The Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez, attendees will carpool to the site.

Yucca House is a large, unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan site that has remained largely untouched for the past 800 years.

The easy to moderate 2-hour, 1/2 mile walk is along a mostly level, unpaved path. The trail is rocky in places so attendees are asked wear sturdy hiking shoes or boots.

Four tours will be offered on Sunday, October 5; Sunday, October 12; Saturday, October 18; and Sunday, October 19. All are from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

As part of the Everybody Eats Series, Cortez Cultural Center will host a presentation with Esmerelda of Esmerelda's Restaurant, on Wednesday, October 15th at 6:00pm.

Esmeralda will talk about the history, traditions and culture around tamale making.

Further information is available at cortezculturalcenter.org/events

The Edge of The Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding will host a presentation by Dr. Bruce Bradley on Saturday, October 18th at 2:00pm.

Titled, "Paradigm Lost: The Origin of Clovis in North America", Dr. Bradley will consider evidence that people arrived in the Americas multiple times from different directions starting at least 30,000 years ago.

During October, Mesa Verde National Park Rangers will give four tours of Yucca House National Monument. Meeting at The Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez, attendees will carpool to the site.

Yucca House is a large, unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan site that has remained largely untouched for the past 800 years.

The easy to moderate 2-hour, 1/2 mile walk is along a mostly level, unpaved path. The trail is rocky in places so attendees are asked wear sturdy hiking shoes or boots.

Four tours will be offered on Sunday, October 5; Sunday, October 12; Saturday, October 18; and Sunday, October 19. All are from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

The San Juan County Historical Society will present a talk on the importance of Turquoise among the Navajo and Pueblo people of the Southwest. The event will take place at 6:00pm on Wednesday, October 22nd at the Farmington Civic Center.