Nancy and I below this amazing structure

Built deep into an alcove with masonry rooms added in phases, the castle had 19 rooms that could have housed from 35 to 50 people, relatives and friends from similar structures less than 200 yards away. Accessed through a hole in the floor by a series of ladders brought up at night, the roof of each room became the floor for the one above. The elevation provided some relief from mosquitos, also.

Montezuma Never Slept Here

November 6th 2009
Geo: 34.5636, -111.854Where do you go when the only safe place is UP? And there are 35 of you. If you're in prehistoric Arizona you build what we flatlanders call a cliff dwelling. Montezuma Castle (definitely not what they called it, as Montezuma died a century AFTER this had been abandoned) hugs the cliffs 100 feet above Beaver Creek.Bob's sister Nancy is visiting from Florida so we ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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