Methods
Make a Montezuma River-Rail-Flood Checklist
This field note is part of the FOBA learning stream. It is meant to orient readers and point toward better source work.
Key points
- Montezuma claims improve when river, rail, and flood evidence is tracked in a dated checklist.
- A checklist makes archive gaps and overclaim risk visible.
- This structure helps local readers contribute evidence without publishing unsafe conclusions.
Next steps
- Record one row per transport, flood, map, or institution source.
- Pair each row with claim-supported and claim-not-supported notes.
- Send origin or identity-adjacent language to Fact Check before strengthening.
Source trail
- FOBA Montezuma hub – Place anchor for this checklist workflow.
- FOBA Source Table template – Use for row-by-row ledger tracking.