点评:I drove down to Coolidge to see the Great House up close and learn a little more about those who built and lived there.
Given the number of layoffs at the NPS it was nice to see so many rangers on site to provide tours and answer questions.
The museum was small but had a good mix of artifacts, explanatory boards about the people and the site. So amazing that the “mud” used to construct the site and the multi story Great House was robust to last over 700 years! Too bad it was abandoned after just 100 years but climate change impacted the peoples lives just like we are seeing today.
The house itself was only available to walk around but there were doors and windows that allowed some peeking inside. I could read the graffiti on the inside walls that started in the 1800s when people first heard about this place and the nearby stagecoach and train station brought them close. Luckily Casa Grande was designated as a historic place and repairs and excavations took place to protect it.
翻译:我开车去了库利奇,近距离观看了大宅,并进一步了解了建造和居住在那里的人。
考虑到 NPS 裁员人数,很高兴看到现场有这么多护林员提供游览和回答问题。
博物馆很小,但有各种各样的文物、关于人和遗址的说明板。令人惊奇的是,建造遗址和多层大宅所用的“泥土”坚固耐用,可以使用 700 多年!可惜它只存在了 100 年就被废弃了,但气候变化对人们的生活产生了影响,就像我们今天看到的那样。
房子本身只能走动,但有门窗可以窥视内部。我可以看到内墙上的涂鸦,这些涂鸦始于 19 世纪,当时人们第一次听说这个地方,附近的驿马车和火车站把他们带到了近处。幸运的是,卡萨格兰德被指定为历史遗迹,并进行了修缮和挖掘以保护它。