http://arizonaoddities.com/2010/06/the-mistruth-about-montezumas-castle/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://arizonaoddities.com/2010/06/the-mistruth-about-montezumas-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Bill Cowan Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:56:14 +0000 http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=842#comment-647 When Arizona became a territory in 1863 the new territorial delegation was much impressed with the work of noted anthropologist William Hickling Prescott who had documented the downfall of Montezuma and the Aztecs at the hands of Hernan Cortez. When they got to Central Arizona they found many ruins of a lost civilization which they deemed to be of a "Montezuma Race." Therefor they named the new Territorial Capitol established in safe proximity to Fort Whipple "Prescott" in honor of the author, the main streets Montezuma and Cortez, and the cross streets Gurley and Goodwin in honor of the first governors. When Arizona became a territory in 1863 the new territorial delegation was much impressed with the work of noted anthropologist William Hickling Prescott who had documented the downfall of Montezuma and the Aztecs at the hands of Hernan Cortez. When they got to Central Arizona they found many ruins of a lost civilization which they deemed to be of a “Montezuma Race.” Therefor they named the new Territorial Capitol established in safe proximity to Fort Whipple “Prescott” in honor of the author, the main streets Montezuma and Cortez, and the cross streets Gurley and Goodwin in honor of the first governors.

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