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Montezuma, New Mexico is located six miles northwest of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The site of a natural hot spring, Julian and Antonio Donaldson received a grant in 1841 for the land, and established a bath house in 1846. The community was also known as "Las Vegas Hot Springs." In the 1880s, the Montezuma Hotel was built and still stands today.
Julyna, Robert. The Place Names of New Mexico. 2nd ed. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press. 1998.
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Montezuma
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