Explore the Cliff Dwellers in Marble Canyon
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Meet the Cliff Dwellers! This unique tale began with a broken down car. After one night, they decided to build their own trading post and setup a permanent residence!
The Cliff Dwellers is a unique tale that takes place the same year Prohibition began. Bill Blanche Russel were driving through Marble Canyon when their automobile broke down. After several attempts to fix it, they found themselves camping overnight.
As the sun rose the next day, they ironically found themselves drawn to the natural beauty of the desert. At this point, they built a roadside trading post out of rocks next to a fallen boulder. The original structure remains to this day.
To reach the Cliff Dwellers ruins, it is located on Highway 89A near the Cliff Dwellers Lodge. The coordinates to the structure are:
36.746499, -111.750968
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