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The Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings Construction
Before Congress passed the 1906 Antiquities Act, ancient ruins had no federal protection from looters and relic hunters.
In 1904, Virginia McClurg formed the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association and hired William Crosby’s company to relocate authentic 800-year-old Ancestral Puebloan structures from McElmo Canyon…