Around 1100 CE—a good 400 years before Spanish conquistadors would first glimpse the Grand Canyon—Ancestral Puebloans tended terrace farms along the banks of the Colorado River. In order to store their crops during the rainy season, when floods might destroy food stores, and to keep animals from eating the harvest, they created the Nankoweap Granaries high up in the canyon walls.
Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
Today in History
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Celebrating 200 years of statehood
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Cool water in the Quinault
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Grab onto the handlebars, kid
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Shark Awareness Day
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It s superb owl Sunday
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Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Valentines Day
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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Incense making, Vietnam
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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Bluebells in Hertfordshire, England
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The island fox’s incredible comeback
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Welcome to the Year of the Pig
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Happy Hobbit Day
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A circular celebration
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National Love a Tree Day
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Coming home to roost
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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South Padre Island, Texas
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Wild turkeys in repose
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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Bridges to the past
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Summer’s in home stretch
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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The lemurs of Madagascar
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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Memorial Day