Feb 13, 2013 Amerind Museum, Texas Canyon, AZ

The jumbled rock  mountains in the background are very impressive.
You can see the solidified melted rocks that were thrown up during an ancient volcano.
These formations can be seen on I-10 between Willcox and Tucson, AZ

"The Amerind Foundation was founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton (1880-1964) as a private, nonprofit archaeological research institution. Throughout the 1920s Fulton regularly traveled west from his New England home, heading into the southwestern mountains, canyons, and plateau country to explore for archaeological ruins and expand his Native American collections."

Our lecturer, Dr John Ware, Executive Director of the museum, explained that the dryness of the desert has preserved many artifacts from ancient inhabitants of this area.  There is an entire village that has been unearthed in Casa Grandes.  Many artifacts are on display in this museum.  Texas Canyon was named after the families from Texas who first settled there.   The Dragoon Mountains are also part of the Cochise Stronghold.  There is a very challenging hiking path through those big lumps of stones that we will NOT be trying!!!   Oh,  to have retired in my 20s when I could handle a 5 mile increasing elevation hike in the heat.