Wupatki National Monument
Wupatki Ruins

Thousands of years ago, ancient native people settled in an area just north of Flagstaff Arizona in a place we know today as Sunset Crater Volcano. These people were given the name "Sinagua Indians". They grew corn in the area under some extreme conditions of both drought and torrential rains and grazed their animals in open meadows. In about 1100AD the Sunset Volcano erupted spreading heavy layers of volcanic ash destroying agricultural lands.

Nearby is Wupatki National Monument. Groups of the ancient Sinaguans migrated relatively short distances and created new settlements in both the Walnut Canyon area and to the area we know today as the Wupatki National Monument, which is located a very short distance north of Flagstaff, Arizona. This image is the largest of the ruin formations