On June 29, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park to "preserve the works of man," the first national park of its kind. Today, the continued preservation of both cultural and natural resources is the focus of the park's research and resource management staff.

For cultural information on Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings and mesa top sites, click on Places.

For information about the Ancestral Puebloans who lived at Mesa Verde, go to People.