Photos Reveal the History of Montezuma Castle in Arizona
The Verde Valley is an area found in Arizona, USA, just north of the vast Sonoran Desert and just south of the magnificent Mogollon Rim. Once it was home to an indigenous group of Native Americans known to historians as the Sinagua.
Across the Verde Valley, pueblo ruins of the Sinagua People can be found. One of the best preserved and well known Sinagua ruins is known today as Montezuma Castle National Monument. Montezuma Castle is an impressive 20 room, 5 story pueblo built into a white limestone cliff some 90 feet above the ground. Construction of the pueblo began around 1100 C.E. and the five story structure contains some 4,100 square feet of floor space.
The earliest picture of Montezuma Well was taken in 1887, as shown here.
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When my grandmother spent the winter in Arizona one year, my Dad and I went to visit her during my Spring vacation. We traveled all over and saw some fascinating sites and this was one of the high points. It boggles the mind how they were able to construct such an incredible dwelling right in the rock wall - and so long ago! 