Another unplanned stop took us in the opposite direction from Cave of the Winds.  We traveled a short distance south of Montrose and went to the Ute Indian Museum.  The Museum highlights the Ute Indians and early explorers including the Franciscan missionaries who mapped and named many of the rivers, valleys and mountains in western Colorado in their quest for a route from Sante Fe to California.  A monument on the property honors Chief Ouray who was a peacemaker between the Utes and settlers.  Chief Ouray spent most of his life negotiating with the federal government in an attempt to assure a peaceful existence for his people.  History tells us how shamefully our federal government treated not just the Utah Utes but all of the Indian tribes.

There were exhibits of beautiful Indian beadwork.  It seems like they beaded almost everything.

Sorry, no pictures.  This wonderful photos software on this machine will not import all the pictures on my memory card.