Montezuma’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Montezuma. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Montezuma was laid out in about 1824. The town was named for Moctezuma II, ruler of the Aztec Empire. A post office has been in operation at Montezuma since 1825.
On June 17, 2021, Montezuma experienced an earthquake that measured 3.8 on the moment magnitude scale.
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Start Montezuma’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montezuma’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewLeatherwood Station Covered Bridg…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Montezuma
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Montezuma, decade by decade
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Nothing in Montezuma is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Montezuma has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Melcher Bridge in Reserve, 1.8 miles away.
Montezuma and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge, Spanning Leatherwood Creek (moved to Billie Creek Village) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.