The Hokam Tribe

Over a thousand years ago,
 they were the first people to arrive.
 They needed running water and food
 or they would not survive.
 They farmed, hunted, gathered and harvested
 and they stored extra food to save.
 A mile-long trail led to the Aqua Verda River
 Their tents were pitched near Colossal Cave.*
 The mile-long archaeological trail loops
 through an area from often-worn tracks.
 They made stone tools, pottery and baskets
 as the sun shone on their backs.
 Ritual ceremonies for good fortune,
 the tribe inhabited the valley 500 years~
 the innocent and hard-working tribe
 suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.

 As we journey down the Path of the Ancestors,
 we can make our own trek back in time.
 To all Tribes who cruelly disappeared~
 add new footprints~yours and mine.......

 *now known as