Canyon de Chelly National Monument: Quick Facts

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Ancient stone ruins known as White House Ruins are built into a sheer red sandstone cliff at Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona.

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Timothy H. O'Sullivan: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; photograph by Timothy O'Sullivan, 1873.

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