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Title	Cliff dwellings near the Montezuma's Well, Arizona, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of the cliff dwellings near a lake named "Montezuma's Well", Arizona, ca.1900. Caves and holes are carved into the rocky cliff, while shrubs and dry bushes cover the hillside leading up to the caves. A man is visible walking up the rocky hill at right.; Compares to CHS-2586.; "Montezuma's Castle is well known among tourists who exit Interstate 17 on their way north to the Grand Canyon. But few Montezuma Castle tourists are familiar with the park's counterpart-- Montezuma's Well. The "well" was first brought to the general public's attention by Richard J. Hinton in his Handbook to Arizona, published in 1878. It is believed that the first white visitor to the area was the Spaniard Antonio de Espejo on his 1583 expedition. In his journal he describes an abandoned pueblo with a ditch running from a nearby pond. It is thought this was Montezuma's Castle and Well. Early settlers to the area concluded that the stately cliff dwelling belonged to the Aztec emperor Montezuma. Actually, the "castle" was home to the Sinagua -- not the Aztecs -- and was deserted nearly a century before Montezuma was born. Montezuma never lived in the castle named after him nor did he drink from the well's waters." -- unknown author.
Subject (adlf)	cliffs
Subject (file heading)	Cliff Dwellers
Subject (lcsh)	Montezuma Well (Yavapai County, Ariz.) Indians of North America Cliff-dwellers Dwellings Cliffs
Geographic subject (county)	Yavapai
Geographic subject (state)	Arizona
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	5684
Call number	CHS-5684
Microfiche number	1-165-
Legacy record ID	chs-m17444; USC-1-1-1-13506
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-5684
Archival file	chs_Volume99/CHS-5684.tiff

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