The ancestral Pueblo people used stone tools to widen the small natural openings in the face of the canyon walls.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Descendants of the Ancestral Pueblo People return to Chimney Rock to visit their ancestors and for other spiritual and traditional purposes.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Today, Chimney Rock is one of the best recognized and most unique archaeological resources in North America, home to hundreds of ruins built by the Ancestral Pueblo People about 1, 000 years ago, including the highest elevation ceremonial "great house" in the Southwest.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House