Montezuma's Well
Isolated limestone mesa around 100 feet above Beaver Creek. In this mesa is a huge open depression or crater about 600 feet across. Of great depth in which clear fresh water stands at all times about 75 feet above stream. There is a small opening through wall at one side from which a constant stream flows into Beaver Creek. Lake always stands at same level. Water is used to irrigate adjacent fields. In the walls are a number of cliff dwellings. About 1884 a crazy man took up his abode in these caves. Was finally captured and placed in an asylum.

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997 p. 286

Websites

Desert USA-- Montezuma's Well a Living Desert Oasis by Howard Sheldon
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/aug/stories/montzwell.html

Montezuma's Castle

Books/Manuscripts

Montezuma Castle [videorecording] : home of the prehistoric Sinagua / presentation of Southwest Parks and Monuments Association ; producer, Sandra Scott ; writer/director, Lynda Bernal Reed.  Tucson, Ariz. : Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, c1994.
F817.M57 M66x 1994 VIDEO

Ruins along the river : Montezuma Castle, Tuzigoot and Montezuma Well National Monuments / written by Carle Hodge ; photography by George H. H. Huey. [Globe, Ariz.] : Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, c1986.
F817 .M7 H5x 1986

Hydrogeology and water chemistry of Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument and surrounding area, Arizona / by A.D. Konieczki and S.A. Leake ; prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service. Tucson, Ariz. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO : Branch of Information Services [distributor], 1997.
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