Far View Reservoir Marker (Mesa Verde NP, Colorado)

Historical marker at Far View Reservoir, c, 900 CE. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Transcription: "Far View Reservoir: A Community Project. This impressive structure was built in at least two phases beginning about AD 900. It has been a source of awe and study since it was first described as a reservoir by Swedish scientist Gustav Nordenskiöld in 1891. Several recent research projects have confirmed it did collect water, at least at times. Its construction would have required an enormous investment of time and energy: it's about 90 feet in interior diameter and has constructed embankments on the south and east sides, steps on the exterior, and a ramp on the interior. Clearly not built as a home, this set of semi-circular walls and mounds of earth was probably built as a community project for very special purposes that involved a precious resource: water." Far View Reservoir, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA.