NO. 6 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS. I92O "]"] 



The opening of Sun Point Road along the south rim of Fewkes 

 Canyon (fig. 92) is a most important addition to the park from the 

 tourist's point of view. For about a quarter of a mile along this road 

 one can look down into Fire Temple (fig. 94) and Fire Temple 

 House, Oak Tree House (fig. 103), and the two ruins under Sun 

 Temple, the walls' of one of which, Willow Tree House, are in the 

 same condition as when the clifif dwellers left the mesa ; the other, 



Fin. 93. — Ladders into Fewkes Canyon from Sun Point Road, opposite Fire 

 Temple. Photograph by G. L. Beam. Courtesy of the Denver and Rio Grande 

 Railroad. 



Mummy House, on a lower level, is notable for its fine masonry. On 

 the point across Fewkes Canyon, rise in full view the walls of Sun 

 Temple, and beyond it, nestling in the clifif, is the magnificent Clifif 

 Palace. The fine cliff dwelling Sunset House (" Community 

 House "), a prominent ruin in Cliff Canyon, is likewise conspicuous. 

 The road along Fewkes Canyon from which these prehistoric build- 

 ings are visible has already become a very popular drive, being only 

 about two and a half miles from Spruce Tree Camp. The accom- 

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