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Tells the story of Virginia Donaghe McClurg, Lucy Peabody and their women colleagues who led the fight to preserve the ruins that became Mesa Verde National Park.

Following in the wake of what one noted scientist called 'transients who neither revered nor cared for the ruins as symbols of the past, ' the Wetherill family became the earliest students of Mesa Verde. Their careful excavations and record-keeping helped preserve key information, leading to a deeper understanding of the people who built and occupied the cliff dwellings. As devout Quakers, they felt they were predestined to protect the historic sites...