In honor of the debut of Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan’s The National Parks, America’s Best Idea on PBS, a couple images of one of the many places we still have thanks to such a system of preservation being in place.
Montezuma Castle National Monument, near Camp Verde, Arizona; one of the four sites that on December 8, 1906 then president Theodore Roosevelt declared to be “of historic and cultural significance” in celebration of the passage of the Antiquities Act.
May the castle, the Act, the park system, and the memory of all those who made these things possible long remain.
September 29, 2009 @ 12:27
Oh, oh, oh!!! I am watching the Ken Burns’ series as well and am enjoying it tremendously! I’ve been to Montezuma’s Castle and – what an experience. The air was so sweet I couldn’t stop myself from taking deep gulps of it, savoring the aroma. “What is that sweet scent?” I asked my husband. “Clean air,” he said. What a sight this is. After watching last night I’m ready to trek westward again. There’s something about the light…the light.
September 29, 2009 @ 14:45
I think the National Forests and all of Nature should be preserved, especially in areas where the building has gone out of control. We need some trees and “green” stuff around…or we will go totally mad.
September 29, 2009 @ 19:33
Never been to Montezuma Castle, but have been to Mesa Verde. Awesome place, and even got a life bird there (Dusky Flycatcher)!
I’ve really enjoyed the Burns series so far.