Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona / A Guide to Discovery of the Castle, Its Builders, and Neighbors.

Southwest Parks and Monuments Association

Montezuma Castle Time A.D. 1100-1400

Not So Obvious High and Dry

A Day In Their Life Castle 'A'

The Burials Reveal Trading

MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL MONUMENT
ARIZONA

A guide to discovery of

the Castle,

its Builders,

and Neighbors.

$1.00

Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott

Diary entry

April, 1894
“We rode along and finally Montezuma Castle loomed up.... I was very much excited and filled with awe. We just sat and gazed. Finally I got my little wooden camera out and took a picture of the Castle from horseback.”
F. G. Steenberg

The Settlers

Many early visitors thought this cliff dwelling was a “castle” built by Aztec refugees for their emperor, Montezuma—thus the name!

Today

Thanks to the archeologist, a more realistic story is beginning to unfold. The setting is a prehistoric one, meaning the people involved left no written history. They are believed to be the ancestors of some present-day Southwestern Indians.

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