Town of Mancos is a Statutory Town located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.
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12 Facts About Mancos Colorado
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Town of Mancos is located in southwestern Colorado, near the Four Corners, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, and holds the trademark for "Gateway to Mesa Verde".
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Mancos Colorado Valley has been settled since at least the 10th century, although various severe conditions in the mid to late 13th century saw the area and its multitude of small villages abandoned by the Ancient Pueblo People.
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The Mancos Colorado area is dotted with inventoried and uninventoried archeological sites, including both isolated houses and shelters and small village complexes.
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The name "Mancos Colorado" comes from the Dominguez–Escalante expedition of 1776, though the reason for the name remains unclear.
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Part of the original Ute Reservation in 1868, Mancos Colorado was part of the San Juan Cession of 1873, and cattle ranchers began settling the Mancos Colorado Valley in the 1870s, providing cattle to the mining camps of the San Juan and La Plata ranges.
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At the time it was founded, Mancos Colorado served as the primary commercial trading center for eastern Montezuma County, rivaling the town of Dolores to the northwest.
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Ranchers in the Mancos Colorado Valley continued to provide beef, timber, and other agricultural products to the mining camps.
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The first two are on the Mancos Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, the remaining are on the National Register of Historic Places:.
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Much of the farm and ranch land in the Mancos Colorado Valley has been subdivided into rural residential and "hobby ranch" properties in recent years, as is happening in much of Montezuma County.
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Several major subdivisions immediately adjacent to Mancos Colorado are in various stages of development and are expected to greatly increase the town's population by 2015, despite some slowdown due to economic conditions.
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Mancos Colorado is located in the Mancos Colorado River valley at an elevation of approximately 7,000 feet.
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