Boys' Life, December 1st, 1999
Nothing could have prepared Richard Wetherill for that wintry day in 1888 when he and his brother-in-law left home in search of some lost cattle. Clambering to the top of a large flat rock, he hoped to see the missing cows.
Instead, an amazing sight greeted him at the top of the mesa: Ancient buildings built into sandstone cliffs. Each held hundreds of windows and doorways, like primitive apartments.
Wetherill watched, expecting to see people-maybe the nearby Utes, or even the Hopi who normally lived farther south. But the only sounds came from him. His breathing sounded like th roar of a to...
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