A Legend of Grand Mesa

By Terri Ragsdale

A LEGEND OF GRAND MESA is an American-Native mythical, enchanting and educational story told by the Ute Indians about a mysterious mountain who shields three Gods. Located on the Western Slope of Colorado the mountain blew its top, millions of years ago. This legend has been repeated time and time again by the Natives of the Western Slope. The legend suggests that the natives in this region created a powerful civilization after the volcano explosion making them travel south and later became the Aztec tribe in Mexico. This is a truly wonderful story for children from the ages of 10 through adults. You will enjoy the little animals that talked, and why they were left craved on the mountainside to live forever for all mankind to view. Learn about the explosion on the mountain, and why it was left to be called MESA which means table in Spanish. Grand Mesa is also called “The largest flat top mountain in the world”.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terri Ragsdale
• Release date: Sep 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301567935

Terri Ragsdale

A Legend of Grand Mesa is a children’s book that takes place on the Western Slope of Colorado. This book describes the landscape and legends of the Native Ute American Indians. It is folklore describing the mystical and enchantment history of the early years of the earth. The book works up the climax when the Grand Mesa Volcanic Mountain exploded, making it the largest flat-top mountain in the world.Terri Ragsdale has also written the “bestselling” Novel, “Roots of Indifference” which was the 2011 winner of the Pinnacle Achievement Award in literature and history; and Winner of the Hispanic- American literature group of South Texas in Culture and Traditional writing.Terri worked as a Civil Service employee with the Department of Revenue for 30 years and now retired. She has also worked as an interpreter for various languages for the State of Colorado, Mesa County, and the City of Grand Junction. She worked with the Grand Junction Court System in Mesa Co. and traveled to the counties of Delta, Montrose, and Garfield. Terri also Implemented and help set up the Head Start Program and was a Key Factor in the organization in the Diet and Wellness program for young children of Mesa County, Colorado, which is still in use today.She attended Mesa University and the University of Colorado and has had many courses in nutrition, science sports diet, and Organic Gardening.In her spare time, she now enjoys reading, writing novels, daily exercising, gardening, gambling at the local casinos and traveling to places of interest in Colorado and other locations.

Book preview

A LEGEND OF GRAND MESA

Many millions of years ago, when the world was young and restless, happy natives and many animals lived contentedly at the foot of a great grandiose mountain.

The extreme loftiness of that mountain cast a feeling of awe and fear over all of those who lived below its great majestic height. It was believed that the Gods lived in its caves and controlled all the land and living creatures beneath it, for the towering greatness of the mountain stretched far and wide.

Along the base of the grand mountain was a large body of water. Its natives would paddle in small, straw, craft canoes for many days to be able to reach the shores on the other side.

The temperature was always warm and tropical. Vegetation grew rapidly to gigantic proportions, as did ferns and many varieties of botanical greenery. Huge trees covered with dangling, vibrant, flowery vines in bloom and foliage stood skyward against its slopes. Fruit trees were in great abundance, producing fruits so large that it took two natives to carry their baskets, and two to carry the clusters of grapes in their hands.

Because of the warm temperature year round, and the rich black soil, the fruit trees would produce blooms twice a year. The natives would harvest vegetables and their crops year round.

In the great forest were colorful birds of different sizes that nestled in all of the tree branches. The jungle would automatically come alive with sounds from their gay commotions.

From the massive rock formation flowed streams of clear, pure water into its graceful inlets. In the enormous bay were various species of fish, which provided an abundance of food for the contented natives.

In those early