• Overlooking Chetro Ketl

    Chaco Culture

    National Historical Park New Mexico

Insects


Did You Know?

Photo of Threatening Rock

The park considered a number of ideas for mitigating the damage that would be done if Threatening Rock fell.  Proposed solutions included using dynamite to destroy it, anchoring it to the canyon wall with cables, or clearing out the rock debris behind it.  It fell on January 22, 1941.