El Morro National Monument is a huge sandstone bluff that stands out in the desert and so has attracted people for centuries. The ancient decedents of the  Zuni called this area home over 1,000 years ago. The Spanish are responsible for the earliest dateable inscriptions on 'Inscription Rock', and the Americans also carved their names on the rock, as the young country expanded westward. El Morro is Spanish for 'The Headland'. Today, inscriptions are visible on the rock from the easy loop trail that circles the front of the rock. A longer two mile trail  leads to Indian Ruins on the other side of the Rock.

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Visited: May 2003 (#17)		Southwest 2003	NPS Site for this Park				#18 Petrified Forest NP
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