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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Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
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Welcome to the Year of the Pig
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Frozen beauty
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World Rainforest Day
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Celebrating Panama s independence
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Just another day in paradise
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Harvest season begins
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Frog Month
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Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
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Happy Juneteenth!
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Quilts as high art
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The most Instagrammable bird?
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The moth wonderful time of the year
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What s cuter than nuzzling rhinos?
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World Environment Day
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Indigo bunting
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Happy Birthday, Eiffel Tower
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Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland
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Museum Night in Berlin
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A ‘city’ within Valencia
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Womens History Month
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World Octopus Day
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Happy Fourth of July!
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