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Camp at Government Well, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. 1911.

U.S. Geological Survey · 1911 · Berry, R.W.

A row of five white canvas tents pitched on a grassy bench below a wooded hillside, with a lattice windmill tower standing to the left of them.
From the archive · U.S. Geological Survey · 1911 Camp at Government Well, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. 1911. Berry, R.W.

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The Geological Survey's camp at the Government Well, School Section Canyon, Mesa Verde, in 1911 -- the well and the party the well kept in the field. R.W. Berry, topographer, made the exposure.

Shows: Why a well mattered to a survey: the camp is pitched at it.

What this does not let you conclude: The well itself, or its water. The windmill marks the spot and the working parts are out of frame.

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