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	El Morro National Monument - DesertUSA
		This is El Morro, where history is written with permanence found on the old civilization monuments in the Near East, telling of the battles of ancient kings.
		In fact, El Morro means "the headland." From its summit, rain and melted snow drain into a natural basin at the foot of the cliff, creating a constant and dependable supply of water.
		El Morro was as much a landmark and water source for the conquistadors as for the natives.
	www.desertusa.com /mag00/jan/stories/elmorro.html (991 words)

	Fort San Felipe del Morro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort San Felipe del Morro —or El Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Spanish— is a sixteenth-century citadel that lies on the northwestern-most point of the islet of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
		The core structures of El Morro were completed in a forty year timespan in the 16th century, but new structures, embellishments, and restorations were added to the complex over the entire span of its 400 year history.
		The fort was begun in 1539 by Spanish settlers to defend the port of San Juan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_San_Felipe_del_Morro (981 words)

	El Morro in Puerto Rico
		The oldest Spanish fort in the New World, El Morro was built to protect San Juan from attacks from the sea and to control entry to the harbour.
		El Morro was made a National Historic site in 1949 finally in 1961 the military pulled out of both El Morro and San Cristóbal.
		In 1983 the United Nations declared El Morro a World Heritage Site and in 1992 the grounds, which had been converted to car parking and roads, were restored to their 18th century state.
	www.simply-puerto-rico-vacations.com /el-morro-in-puerto-rico.html (724 words)

	Independent - October 21, 2006: Nature taking a toll on El Morro
		EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT — In the next few years El Morro National Monument Superintendent Kayci Collins said she will be facing a difficult decision.
		A more formalized approach to preserving the inscriptions and Acoma and Zuni petroglyphs at El Morro, was created in the early 1990s, she said.
		Daily admission is $3 per person, an annual El Morro pass is $10 and a National Parks Pass is $50, allowing the holder admittance at any national park site in the nation.
	gallupindependent.com /2006/oct/102106jt_elmorrotoll.html (706 words)

	NMBGMR Geologic Tour: El Morro National Monument
		El Morro is approximately 15 miles west of El Malpais National Monument.
		El Morro, which means "bluff" or "headland" in Spanish, is an imposing cliff made of Middle to Late Jurassic (155 to 165 million years old) Zuni Sandstone capped by Late Cretaceous Dakota (~95 to 96 million years old) sandstone and shale.
		El Morro lies on the southern flank of the Zuni Mountains and the rocks dip gently (3°) toward the southwest (Figure 3; Anderson and Maxwell, 1991).
	geoinfo.nmt.edu /tour/federal/monuments/el_morro/home.html (698 words)

	TV character El Morro to visit TRAC for Fiesta Independencia
		El Morro is an adorable Muppet-type character with big dark eyes, an engaging grin and a mop of unruly fl hair.
		El Morro is the brainchild of Pepe Garza and Tomas Rubio, who created the character in 1993 as a funny, yet pragmatic, character children could easily relate to.
		El Morro's Grammy-nominated music is available at many record stores and on-line music outlets.
	www.tri-cityherald.com /news/2002/0914/story3.html (371 words)

	deseretnews.com \| El Morro's history is carved in stone
		In 1605, 15 years before the Pilgrims stubbed their toes on Plymouth Rock, Onate came by El Morro on his return from an expedition to the Gulf of California, which he called the South Sea and which, by the way, he did not discover despite what his inscription claims.
		Probably the biggest kick of visiting El Morro is the ability to stand in the footsteps of the makers of history — the powerful and famous and the brave but forgotten — and imagine what they were like.
		The longest inscription at El Morro is the one supposedly contributed by Gov. Eulate in 1620.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600129385,00.html (1202 words)

	El Morro Home
		El Morro Elementary School is a place where everyone is someone special.
		The El Morro staff is deeply committed to providing and maintaining a strong discipline policy for all students.
		The El Morro Climate Plan is consistent with California State Law and the Laguna Beach Unified School District policies.
	www.lagunabeachschools.org /EmEs/em.htm (889 words)

	Morro de Arica
		El Morro es un buen lugar para visitar bien sea de día como de noche cuando también muestra una vista espectacular, además que es seguro pues tiene una guardia permanente de soldados del Regimiento Rancagua.
		El Morro de Arica is one of the most distinctive icons of our city, it can be seen from almost any corner of the city.
		El Morro is a good place to visit day and night, it is a safe place because there is a permanent guard of soldiers from the Regimiento Rancagua.
	www.infoarica.cl /morro/morro.htm (457 words)

	El Morro National Monument New Mexico
		El Morro is small by national monument standards, just two square miles, but the names and drawings left behind detail the history of the Southwest in the blink of an eye.
		By 1906, El Morro was designated a national monument and the writings were an overnight historic stone document, closed to any new rock writers.
		El Morro is west of El Malpais, a tiny outpost compared with the forested El Malpais Wilderness.
	www.frontrangeliving.com /escapes/ElMorroNationalMonument.htm (744 words)

	El Malpais and El Morro National Monuments : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Designated a national monument in 1987, El Malpais (Spanish for "badlands") is an outstanding example of the volcanic landscapes in the United States.
		El Morro was at one time as famous as the Blarney Stone of Ireland: Everybody had to stop by and make a mark.
		But when the Santa Fe Railroad was laid 25 miles to the north, El Morro was no longer on the main route to California, and from the 1870s, the tradition began to die out.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/elmalpaisandelmorronationalmonuments/1585010001.html (582 words)

	Independent - October 20, 2006: Monumental Achievement; El Morro to mark 100th anniversary
		EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT — On Dec. 8, 2006, the El Morro National Monument celebrates its 100th anniversary.
		In it he called El Morro the "Stone Autograph Album" after all the inscriptions and petroglyphs that had been inscribed on the soft sandstone since about 1100-1220 A.D. Vandalism was already taking place at that time, his book noted.
		Instead of allowing camping anywhere on El Morro, he designated specific areas where camping was allowed, she said.
	www.gallupindependent.com /2006/oct/102006jt_elmorro.html (1126 words)

	ABQjournal's @VENUE: El Morro: Dramatic link to state's colorful past
		It was the beginning of a trend, for over the next 250 years, El Morro became a landmark and popular camping place on the old Zuni Trail, and many travelers would leave their names on the lower reaches of the mesa's soaring 200-foot cliffs.
		Today, El Morro National Monument, 43 miles southwest of Grants on the slopes of the Zuni Mountains, is perhaps the most unique historic site in western United States.
		In 1906, El Morro National Monument was set aside on 1,278 acres and came under the protection of the National Park Service, and additional carvings on the mesa were prohibited.
	www.abqjournal.com /venue/day/heritage4.htm (1805 words)

	Ah, Wilderness! » EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT — On the western slopes of the Zuni Mountains, 42 miles southwest of Grants, a golden sandstone mesa offers a unique tapestry of New Mexico’s yesterday.
		El Morro also tells of one of the first visits to New Mexico by a ranking Catholic clergyman from Durango, Mexico.
		Centuries before Oñate left his name on El Morro, the mesa was home to the Anasazi, who built two pueblos on the mesa summit and carved countless petroglyphs and symbols into the sandstone cliffs.
	www.mjhinton.com /wild/?p=89 (1702 words)

	El Morro National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After the Reconquest by Don Diego de Vargas (recorded by the general on El Morro in autumn 1692), peace and war alternated on the western marches, according to the character of the missionaries and governors.
		When the first train steamed over the Continental Divide in 1881, the old trace past El Morro was obsolete as a long-distance thoroughfare.
		But the shift of mainline transportation north of the Zuni Mountains ended the historic function of El Morro as a watering place and camp on the long trail between the Rio Grande and western deserts.
	www.rozylowicz.com /retirement/elmorro/elmorro.html (1253 words)

	Glimpses of Our National Monuments (El Morro) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They visited El Morro and copied the inscriptions in 1849, leaving a record of their own visit on the rock.
		Thus for 168 years El Morro was a regular camping place for parties engaged in maintaining Spanish rule over the Pueblo Indians of this section.
		Twenty miles farther on one enters El Morro National Monument, where there are inviting places to camp, with a shelter house in case of storm.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/glimpses2/glimpses10.htm (982 words)

	El Morro National Monument, New Mexico - American West Travelogue
		The first written record of El Morro is found in the chronicles of the Espejo Expedition, and dated March 11, 1583.
		Inscription Rock was incorporated into El Morro National Monument in 1906 to preserve the obvious historical value of the etchings.
		El Morro National Monument also features the remains of a 13th century pueblo on top of the mesa.
	www.amwest-travel.com /awt_elmorro.html (905 words)

	El Castillo de Morro \|
		El Castillo del Morro is a castle located in San Juan, Puerto Rico North of Habana Vieja, one of many cities.
		El Castillo del Morro is a castle often referred to as Castillo De San Felipe Del Morro.
		El Castillo del Morro was also an important place in housing troops, as was done on the fifth level of the castle called the Main Plaza.
	www.freewebs.com /eileen3 (698 words)

	El Morro
		Bring some walking shoes and take time to tour the El Morro National Monument and view the historic "Inscription Rock" which has hundreds of inscriptions carved on the 200 foot sandstone mesa.
		The El Malpais Monument's Acoma Trailhead is at 13 miles equipped with port-a-potties.
		The El Morro ride is fairly flat with a total elevation gain of about 2000'.
	www.swcp.com /~nmts/rides/elMorro.htm (557 words)

	El Morro National Monument - El Morro National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
		A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a massive sandstone bluff made El Morro (the bluff) a popular campsite.
		Today, El Morro National Monument protects over 2,000 inscriptions and petroglyphs, as well as Ancestral Puebloan ruins.
		To celebrate, special events are planned for the weekend of December 8, 9, and 10, 2006.
	www.nps.gov /elmo (267 words)

	LAPAHIE.com 3.4 \ El Morro Mesa, New Mexico - Navajo Nation
		El Morro, also known as Inscription Rock, is located within El Morro National Monument, 15 miles north-east of Ramah, New Mexico, and 43 miles south of Grants.
		As the name El Morro indicates, the great buff promontory, rises 200 feet above the lava strewn valley sweeping north-east to the pine-clad Zuñi Mountains, resembling a huge fortress or castle.
		El Morro was a strategic point on the old Zuñi - Acoma Trail.
	www.lapahie.com /El_Morro_Mesa.cfm (585 words)

	El Morro Trailer Park
		Situated between Laguna Beach and Newport Coast, El Morro, as you may know has been the subject of a great deal of attention in the press.
		On the other hand, El Morro residents signed an agreement in 1979 that if they left, in 20 years, they could stay in their trailers at below market rates until 1999.
		El Morro makes a lot of money for the state, (around $1.1 million paid in rent per year) and we're willing to pay more to stay here.
	www.surfermag.com /features/oneworld/elmorro/index.html (2307 words)

	Morro Rock State Preserve - California State Parks of the San Luis Obispo Coast
		Morro Rock State Historic Landmark was formed about 23 million years ago from the plugs of long-extinct volcanoes.
		Morro Rock, sometimes called the “Gibraltor of the Pacific,” is the last peak which extends from San Luis Obispo to Morro Bay.
		Morro Rock provided material for the break water of Morro Bay and Port San Luis Harbor.
	www.slostateparks.com /morro_rock/default.asp (240 words)

	Santa Lucia Chapter: Nine Sisters of San Luis Obispo County
		Morro Rock, at 576 feet, is the northern most visible member of the Nine Sisters.
		Morro Rock was first sighted in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who named it "El Morro".
		It was once thought that Davidson Seamount was part of the Morros Chain but in the late 1990s David Clague, a geologist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute said the Morros and the Seamount were creatred during the same period of intense volcanic activity.
	www.sierraclub.org /chapters/santalucia/ninesis.html (5202 words)

	"El Morro" - Shopping.com
		El Morro, Water, Puerto Rico, USA by Panoramic Images Photographic Print 42...
		El Morro Fort with US Flag, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico by Greg Johnston Phot...
		El Morro Castle in Havana Harbor at Sunset, Havana, Cuba by Taylor S. Kenne...
	www.shopping.com /xGS-El_Morro (903 words)

	El Morro- San Juan, Puerto Rico - VirtualTourist.com
		El Morro owes its history and architecture to the Spaniards who began building it in 1539.
		El Morro, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and San Juan Bay, is the most striking of the city’s military fortifications (and the greatest in the Caribbean).
		Next to the El Morro is the cemetary of Santa Maria Magdalena and it has a wonderful vista of the sea.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Caribbean_and_Central_America/Puerto_Rico/San_Juan_Municipio/San_Juan-1645724/Things_To_Do-San_Juan-El_Morro-BR-1.html (1329 words)

	New Mexico: El Morro National Monument
		In September 1849, an Army lieutenant and an artist made their camp at El Morro.
		An annual El Morro Park Pass can also be purchased.
		The Visitor Center is open daily 9:00 am to 7:00 pm from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm the remainder of the year.
	www.vivanewmexico.com /nm/nwelmorro.html (722 words)

	Show and pet Havanese puppies by El Morro Havanese -
		Esther's memories, as well as her years of experience breeding and showing champions dogs, has been instrumental in this rebirth.
		El Morro is the monolithic fortress that guards the entrance to Havana Harbor in Cuba.
		It was completed in 1603 and stands as a stark visual exclamation point on the Havana, Cuba skyline as well as on the memory of the new American immigrants from Havana.
	www.elmorrohavanese.com (253 words)

	Crystal Cove State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Beautiful El Moro Canyon provides a scenic escape for joggers and hikers with trails up the shady center of the canyon and along the ridge lines with stunning views of the Pacific.
		As home to some of the best mountain biking trails in Orange County, El Moro Canyon is a popular destination for both single and double track rides.
		Parking is available at the El Moro parking area near the trailhead.
	www.crystalcovestatepark.com /elmorro.htm (83 words)

	El Malpais and El Morro National Monuments : Planning a Trip \| Frommers.com
		Getting There -- El Morro is located 43 miles west of Grants on NM 53.
		Admission to El Morro is $3 per person 17 and older.
		Self-guided trail booklets are available at the visitor center (turn off NM 53 at the El Morro sign and travel approximately a half mile), open year-round from 9am to 5pm.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/elmalpaisandelmorronationalmonuments/1585010002.html (345 words)

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