| Montezuma Album |
| Just south of Sedona Arizona the Sinagua people utilized the rivers of the Verde Valley and cliffs to make the area their home. They built their pueblo style homes in cliffs for protection and near dependable sources of water to grow their crops. Montezuma's Castle and Well are what made this area habitable. It was used for 700 years-- from 700 to 1400. |
| The cliff is very high and very defendable. |
| Montezuma's Castle National Monument. |
| The Visitor Center. |
| Tourists are not allowed to tour the fragile site. |
| The entrance to the Montezuma Castle National Monument. |
| Panoramic of the cliff dwelling called Montezuma's Castle. |
| Diorama cutout of the cliff dwelling. |
| One last look as we leave for Montezuma's well, the very dependable source water. |
| Montezuma's Well |
| The entrance into Montezuma's Well. The Well is part of the Montezuma Castle National Monument. |
| The Visitor Center. |
| The Well is fed by underwater drainage. It created a sinkhole which contains 15 million gallons of water. The well is 386' in diameter and 65' deep. The well has hordes of leeches living in it. |
| Joanne goes to see the Well's drainage stream. |
| The Well has a drainage through a long narrow channel to this outlet. The outlet has a consistant 1.5 million gallons a day flow rate. The water is not potable as it contains arsenic. It can be used for irrigating crops though. |
| The outlet's channel to the Verde River. |
| The outlet has a large sycamore tree growing profusely with a continuous supply of water from the water outlet. |
| The name Montezuma has nothing to do with the leader. |
