Montezuma County Resources
Earliest records for Montezuma - births 1879 and deaths 1892.
Montezuma County Vital Records Office
Montezuma County Clerk
109 West Main Street
Cortez, CO 81321-3154
(970) 565-7580
Four Corners Genealogy Society
Mac & Shirley McInnis
P.O. Box 2636
Durango, CO 81302
Genealogical Research Society of Durango
2720 Delwood
Durango, CO 81301
Family History Center
CORTEZ
1800 East Empire Street
Tel. 970-564-1064
- Cortez Public Library,
- located at 801 East Montezuma Avenue
- Dolores Public Library,
- adjacent to the town hall, is located on Highway 145
- Mancos Public Library,
- is located at 121 North Main Street
two doors down fromthe Town Hall
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Established by Congress on September 29, 1906, Mesa Verde - Spanish for "GreenTable" - is the first national park set aside to preserve the work ofhumankind. The Mesa Verde National Park's Archaeological Museum is open 365 days a yearand houses the full range of artifacts uncovered in and near Mesa Verde.
Wetherill Mesa offers some of the best sightseeing and camera viewpoints in thepark. On a clear day many landmarks may be seen in all four states, includingShiprock in New Mexico, Monument Valley in Arizona and Utah, Colorado'sSleeping Ute Mountain to the west, and the rugged San Juans to the north andeast.
Wetherill Mesa's Long House is the second largest ruin in thePark and has ranger guided tours every half hour. Both Long House and theself-guided Step House tours are a half mile in length. Badger House Communityon the mesa top is a three-quarter-mile long, self guided tour.
Mesa Verde Museum Association
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