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Message from the President
Welcome;
We hope you will find our website
interesting and enlightening. The site
will be available to share information
about the organization, its meetings,
upcoming events of other Anza
affilated organizations and of course,
our membership. We hope you will join
us so we may increase interest and
awareness in Juan Bautista de Anza
and Spanish Colonial history. Check
out the membership form and come
and join the fun. Do not hesitate to
e-mail us with your comments and/or
suggestions We look forward to
hearing from and having you join us!
Phil
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| Phil Valdez Jr. |
Dec. 11, 1775, Fray Pedro
Font says, " Muy de manana
antes de dia se empezo a
aparejar y salimos del
paraje poco despues de la
siete y caminamos rumbo al
oes-noroeste ( con variacion
hasta declinar al rumbo
oeste-sudoeste poco antes
deparar) quince leguas,
llegamos a las seis de la
tarde al pocito que la vez
pasada llamaron Santa
Rosa de las Lajas."
Translation:
by Phil Valdez Jr.
"Very early before daylight
we began to load and a little
after seven we set out from
the campsite. Going towards
the west-northwest, with
turns towards the west-
southwest, having traveled
fifteen leagues, we halted at
six at the little well that, on
the previous journey, was
named Santa Rosa de las
Lajas." This campsite is now
known as Yuha Wells.
Source:
el Borrador or field notes
that the meticulous Fray
Pedro Font wrote during the
1775/76 Juan Bautista de
Anza Colonizing Expedition
to Alta California.
This Borrador can be found
en el archivo general de la
Orden Franciscana (Roma)
M62; Mexici Missiones ll.
fols 177r-257r.
PV
Font says, " Muy de manana
antes de dia se empezo a
aparejar y salimos del
paraje poco despues de la
siete y caminamos rumbo al
oes-noroeste ( con variacion
hasta declinar al rumbo
oeste-sudoeste poco antes
deparar) quince leguas,
llegamos a las seis de la
tarde al pocito que la vez
pasada llamaron Santa
Rosa de las Lajas."
Translation:
by Phil Valdez Jr.
"Very early before daylight
we began to load and a little
after seven we set out from
the campsite. Going towards
the west-northwest, with
turns towards the west-
southwest, having traveled
fifteen leagues, we halted at
six at the little well that, on
the previous journey, was
named Santa Rosa de las
Lajas." This campsite is now
known as Yuha Wells.
Source:
el Borrador or field notes
that the meticulous Fray
Pedro Font wrote during the
1775/76 Juan Bautista de
Anza Colonizing Expedition
to Alta California.
This Borrador can be found
en el archivo general de la
Orden Franciscana (Roma)
M62; Mexici Missiones ll.
fols 177r-257r.
PV
1775 Expedition Tidbit
A blooming Ocotillo plant on the Anza Trail
in the Yuha Desert
in the Yuha Desert
Save the Dates
The Anza Society
March 7-10, 2013
The Anza Society will hold their 18th International Conference in Monterey, California. Please
click on the conference bar.
Other Events
May 31, 2012
Phil Valdez Jr. President, the Anza Society, will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club in
San Juan Bautista, Ca. Topic el Camino Real in California. Fact or fiction.
The Old Spanish Trail Association's
Annual Conference
June 14-17, 2012 The Sevier Valley Center - Richfield, Utah
June 14th - Opening reception at the historic Fish Lake Lodge.
June 15th & 16th Illuminating presentations by historians and archaeologists.
June 15th Catered Dutch Oven dinner & living history reenactments.
June 15th Merrill Osmond's Spanish Trail concert at the Sevier Valley Center.
June 16th Dine while musicians play "The Spanish Trail Suite".
June 14th &17th Field trips to the Fish Lake Cut-off and Old Spanish Trail segments.
Registation details available at: www.oldspanishtrail.org
Contact Lydia Jakovac 435-896-1062 spanishtrailconference2012@gmail.com
Dave Ogden 435-979-6423 davidogden5232@msn.com
Fort Ross Bicentenntial at the Presidio
June 28, 2012, 7 to 8 pm General Vallejo's Legacy
Meet the great-great-granddaughter of Mariano Vallejo, Mexican Commander of the Presidio
1831 - 1834. California historian Martha Vallejo-McGettigan presents Mexican California
history and family lore.
If you would like your event posted here let us know. It must be relevant to California,
Spanish Colonial, Mexican or Southwestern history.
The Anza Society
March 7-10, 2013
The Anza Society will hold their 18th International Conference in Monterey, California. Please
click on the conference bar.
Other Events
May 31, 2012
Phil Valdez Jr. President, the Anza Society, will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club in
San Juan Bautista, Ca. Topic el Camino Real in California. Fact or fiction.
The Old Spanish Trail Association's
Annual Conference
June 14-17, 2012 The Sevier Valley Center - Richfield, Utah
June 14th - Opening reception at the historic Fish Lake Lodge.
June 15th & 16th Illuminating presentations by historians and archaeologists.
June 15th Catered Dutch Oven dinner & living history reenactments.
June 15th Merrill Osmond's Spanish Trail concert at the Sevier Valley Center.
June 16th Dine while musicians play "The Spanish Trail Suite".
June 14th &17th Field trips to the Fish Lake Cut-off and Old Spanish Trail segments.
Registation details available at: www.oldspanishtrail.org
Contact Lydia Jakovac 435-896-1062 spanishtrailconference2012@gmail.com
Dave Ogden 435-979-6423 davidogden5232@msn.com
Fort Ross Bicentenntial at the Presidio
June 28, 2012, 7 to 8 pm General Vallejo's Legacy
Meet the great-great-granddaughter of Mariano Vallejo, Mexican Commander of the Presidio
1831 - 1834. California historian Martha Vallejo-McGettigan presents Mexican California
history and family lore.
If you would like your event posted here let us know. It must be relevant to California,
Spanish Colonial, Mexican or Southwestern history.
image by Vladimir Guerrero
