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there is still magma, hot, molten magma. as a result, the groundwater and river water that come in contact when it puts -- pushes backup creates hot springs. in addition to being sure of the year -- geothermal and hot in the riverbed, they contain an element known as radium, which has a radioactive half-life. there are a lot of of people believe it has there. healing properties, medicinal properties, but this is what has attracted people for thousands of years to this area, this water in the desert and these hot springs. >> when you say thousands of years, you mean early to the area. alex: early to the settlers. this area we are looking at is a mountain range. the mountains you see are the highest you see in the area. they are just shy of 9000 feet above sea level. between here and those two mountain ranges are prehistoric villages and artifacts from , 10le from the last ice age to 12,000 years ago, two people from the archaic. ago, to the00 years ancestors of today's modern pueblo people. we still have modern pueblo people

there is magma. the river water comes into contact and he gets pushed up. so these springs, in additional to being hot and being geothermal, they also contain radium which has a radioactive half-life. it is reputed to have healing and medicinal properties. this is what has attracted people for thousands of years to this area. watch her in the desert and -- the water in the desert and hot springs. area as we are mountainst, there are in the right hand mountains in the distance. they are the highest in the area. between here and those two mountain ranges are villages and artifacts of people from the last ice age 10,000 or 12,000 years ago up to people from the archaic. -- 4000 6000 years ago or 6000 years ago. then of course, we have the spanish history. familiese old hispanic you find in northern new mexico, all of them, their ancestors came through this path of this area. this is the immigration route. what year are we talking about? 1500s, 1530, 15 40, the first spanish explorers and conquistadors came through this area. , it predates. it predates most of

so there still magma. as a result of groundwater and the river water that, to contact with that when it gets pushed back up, hot springs. these springs in addition to being geothermal and hot in the riverbed mixing with cold water they also contain element known as radiant which has a radioactive half-life and there's a lot of people that believe it has therapeutic, healing properties, medicinal properties. but this is what has attracted people for thousands of years to this area, this water in the desert and these hot springs. >> when you say thousands of years, you really mean early early settlers to the area. >> early early settlers. this area here where look out to come the mountain on the right inside is the range. the mounds off in the distance are the highest mountain area, just shy of 9000 feet above sea level. so between here and those two mountain ranges are prehistoric villages and artifacts of people from the last ice age, ten or 12,000 years ago, to people from the archaic period 4000-6000 yea

so still magma and so as a result, the ground water and the river water that come into contact with that, when it gets pushed back up, it's hot springs. so these springs in addition to being geothermal and being hot in the riverbed, mixing with cold water, they contain an element known as raidum, which has a radio active half life and there's a lot of people that believe it has therapeutic, healing properties, medicinal properties. but this is what is attracted people for thousands of years to this area. >> , this water in the desert, and these hot springs. >> when you say thousands of years, you really mean early, early settlers to the area. >> early, early settles. this area we're looking out to the mountain on the right-hand side is the -- mountains on n the distance to the left or the highest mountains in yeah, just shy of 9,000 feet above sea level. the oregon mountains so between her and those two mountain range are prehistoric villages and artifacts from people from the last ice age, 10 or 12 town years to people from the archaic period, 4,000 to 6,000 years ago to the people that