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Blog: American Southwest Day 9: The Verde Valley
Date: May 26th 2008

Montezuma's Well

Probably the least known of the Sinagua locations we visited today, it is part of the Montezuma's Castle National Monument but located in a separate district of the park some 10 miles away from the main section. The Verde River cuts through what used to be a seabed and has received millions of years of calcium carbonate deposits. Softer layers below were eroded away b ... read more


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