El Morro National Monument
El Morro National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Located on an ancient east–west trail in the western part of the state, the monument preserves the remains of a large prehistoric pueblo atop a great sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base, which subsequently became a landmark where over the centuries explorers and travelers have left personal inscriptions that survive today.
El Morro National Monument
Inscription by Juan de Oñate in 1605. This is the oldest historical inscription at El Morro.
El Morro in 1868, photographed by Alexander Gardner
Native American petroglyph
Cibola County, New Mexico
Cibola County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,172. Its county seat is Grants. It is New Mexico's youngest county, and the third youngest county in the United States, created on June 19, 1981, from the westernmost four-fifths of the formerly much larger Valencia County.
Cibola County Courthouse in Grants
Ventana Arch in El Malpais National Monument
The Mining Museum in Grants
Acoma Pueblo, "Sky City", 2008