Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-25
N0CTEzUMA, 300 YEARS OLO, lIuEIV
 HULL
Aged Mexican Town Has Re-
 gently Become Modernized
 By Americans and Has Many Good Business Enterprises,

More than three hundred years old is the city of Moctezuma, which is the county seat of the district of Moe tezuma in the state Of Sonora. Tnis is the record, according to the church records yet preserved in the old mis- sion church which was built more than that many years ago The old build ing. recently repaired to some extent, still stands to remind visitors of the time when, according to history. the Jesuit fathers erected these mission churches throughout what is now known as the southwest. including the old churches at Juarez, Santa Fe, Tue son and points in California.
 But while the city of Moctezuma is so old in years it has recently become new in business spirit and progress and today 1t has a number of new and modern business houses which would be creditable to any city in the states of like size The city was originally built of adobe and, of course, that is the preferred building material yet, but a great many are well pIastered on the outside which makes them slightly in appearance.
 The pioneer Americans to locate in Moctezuma were George Woodward and Dr. Moore. Woodward was first to visit the country, thirty years ago, but he did not permanently locate al Moctezuma then Returning several years later he found Dr. Moore there and both have remained since and both have been prosperous. Dr. Moore con tinues to practice hTs profession and | Iar .F haIn "a l town.
 We'll Known Is Woodward.
 MT. Woodward Is perhaps the best known man in northeastern Sonora. He came to Arizona from California thirty years ago. stopping first at Tue son, but only for a few days. That was about the time of the famous raid of the Apache Indians throughout the Tucson country and up the Santa Cruz river and into Sonora. Woodward and one or two companions left ahead of this Indian raid; many runners over took the Woodward party and hurried by them to warn settlers of the ap- preaching hostiles. Arriving at Her mosillo, Woodward remained there for a time and then joined the father of John and Louis Hohstadt, who was there wit han OK team, for their cattle ranch in the vicinity of where Cana nea has recently sprung into the larg- est copper camp in Sonora. Woodward located a ranch at the spot where the Cananea pumping plant is now located and soon began to accumulate cattle; 1; he went into the southern country and bought cattle wherever he could find them for sale. It was on a cattle buy ing trip when he first visited the town of Moctezuma; on that trip he was accompanied by one of the Hohstadt boys and Avery Curry now of Doug las. Woodward has been in the cat tie business ever since. He sold to W. c. Greene the first cattle for stock ing the Greene ranch on the San Pc dro; it was Woodward who sold B. A Packard his first bunch of cattle for the Turkey Track rancn.
 Recently MT. Woodward has built new building where he conducts a hotel, store and also does consider able banking business. The Woodward building is the largest in Moctezuma, two stories high, plastered on the out side and handsomely finished through out. The portion devoted to hotel purposes is an inviting place to the tired stranger. wTo Ends every com fort and beH4r1ike enert1nN I splendid rooms and \alaUrc suppHeQ with all that could be desired, incfud. | ing fresh vegetables from the Wood ward gardens nearby, which are in charge of a Chinaman. The Wood ward hotel has for many years been the home and headquarters of mining men visiting that section. The Wood ward store carries a complete stock of general merchandise and all supplies required by either the miner or stock man. In a future issue more will be told about the history of George Wood
 ward in Sonora.
 Moctezuna Bank.
 One of the enterprises = Noctezu ma is a bank owned by the Moctezu ma Banking company of which L. c Hanks of Douglas is president; J F