NO. 6 



SMITHSOXIAX EXPLORATIONS. IC)20 



The opening of Sun Point Road along the >outh 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 imder Sun 

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

 same condition as when the clilt dweller> left the mesa: the other, 



Fi'i. 93. — Ladders into Fcwkei 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 notaljlc for its tine masonry. < )n 

 the pcjint across Fewkes Canyon, rise in full new the walls of ."^un 

 Temple, and beyond it. ne>^tling in the cliff, is the magnificent Cliff 

 I'alace. The fine cliff dwelling Sunset House ("Community 

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

 The road along Fewkes Canyon from which these prehistoric build- 

 ings are visible has already become a very popular <lrive. being only 

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



