FEWKES ] RUINS ON THE UPPER VERDE RIVER 201 
Ruins NEAR Det Rio 
The ruins in the neighborhood of Del Rio, most of which are on the 
summits of low mounds, have the same general form. Three of these 
ruins, one on the Banghart ranch, described by Hinton,! were visited. 
Walls of ruined houses, of small size and inconspicuous, are to be 
seen to both the right and the left of the railroad, near the station. 
The ground plan of these ruins has been almost obliterated, as the 
stones from the fallen walls have been carried away for use in the 
construction of modern buildings in the neighborhood. Most. of 
these buildings seem to have consisted of small clusters of rooms. 
Few of them are situated very far from the streams, and the more 
copious the supply of running water the more extensive are the signs 
of former aboriginal life. The ruins at Del Rio belong to the Chino 
series, the characters of which they possess in all essential particulars.? 
Ruins NEAR Baker’s Rancuw House 
The Baker ranch lies on the right bank of the Verde about 7 miles 
above the mouth of Sycamore Creek. Several forts, cave habitations, 
and gravelly terraced mesa ruins (pl. 99) exist near the house now 
owned by Mr. Perkins.? 
Following up the stream about 2 miles to the Government road, 
the author observed on a malpais hill, about a mile from the river, 
obscurely outlined walls of what was formerly alarge fort. Within an 
inclosure bounded by the fallen walls are the remains of several rooms. 
Although this is not one of the best-preserved or largest forts on the 
upper Verde, its walls are still breast high. About 2 miles down the 
Verde from the Baker ranch house is a cave on the walls of which 
is a circular pictograph painted in black, probably Apache. 
A mile down the Verde from Baker’s (Perkins’) ranch house, on 
the right bank of the river, are the remains of a cliff-house of con- 
siderable size, the ground plan of which is shown in figure 62. A 
few years ago the walls were in good condition and the structure was 
then regarded as a fine example of a cliff-house. Owing to the fact 
that this ruin lies in the surveyed route of the proposed railroad 
from Cedar Grove to Jerome, most of its walls will have to be de- 
stroyed when the road is built. The cave in which the ruin is situ- 
ated is about 40 feet in depth and about 34 feet in width (from north 
to south wall) at the entrance; the height of the floor above the creek 
is 50 feet. On the plain in front of the cave, between the talus and 
the river, are fallen walls of a small pueblo from which many stones 
i Hinton, Handbook to Arizona, p. 419. 
2 Del Rio, sometimes called Chino, is not a town but consists merely of a section house on the Santa Fé, 
Prescott & Phoenix Railroad. 
3 Mrs. Baker, who formerly lived here, is reported to have made a collection of archeologic objects, among 
which is said to have been an obsidian ax. 
