MONTEZUMA

NAME: MONTEZUMA COUNTY: BERNALILLO/SAN MIGUEL/SOCORRO ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: NOT A PROBLEM. GENERALLY. BEST TIME TO VISIT: ANY TIME

COMMENTS: MONTEZUMA. Bernalillo County. Post office 1879/80MONTEZUMA. San Miguel County. Post office 1924/?? Farming communty on NM 65, 6 mi NW of Las Vegas. Site of Montezuma Seminary, which occupies the building formerly known as the Montezuma Hotel. Named by aT&SF RR people for Montezuma (Moctezuma) pre spanish Aztec ruler of Mexico, so was conquered by Cortez/MONTEZUMA. Socorro County. Post office 1896/1900. Mail to East view. REMAINS: just ask some one

Montezuma. A popular place name. Submitted by: Samuel W. McWhorter

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