Montezuma's Castle, Arizona

While at Camp Verde we drove down the road to Montezuma's Castle.  We had gone to see Montezuma's Well a few days earlier.

http://www.nps.gov/moca/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/moca/montezuma-well.htm

Montezuma's Castle was settled by the Sinagua Indians around 900 years ago.  Montezuma was never in the area.  The National Park Service does such a good job with these special places.  10% of the walls needed to be restored. They used the same materials the Indians used.  They dug the clay and dirt from the nearby river.  You can see the color change on the Castle.  The white color is the unrestored walls and the coffee color is the restored area.  The Indians used ladders to get up to the castle.  You should be able to click on the picture below to enlarge it to see the color change. 

We lucked out when we arrived just as one of the Park Rangers started a talk about the Castle and the Sinagua Indians. Very informative and inspiring.

To see more, click the link below, select slide show and then hit F-11 on your computer to enlarge.

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