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Juan Bautista de Anza
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Horcasitas - Departure
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Yuma Crossing
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Our Mission
To celebrate the life and times of Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza, Presidial Captain of La Nueva España, now Mexico, explorer, leader of the founders of San Francisco, Ca., peace maker and Governor of New Mexico.
These activities shall include 18th century Spanish Colonial history, but not limited to, as authorized by the Board of Directors.
Whereas, the Anza Society has held an "Annual World Conference" since 1996, conferences have been held in Arizpe, Sonora Mexico (the home town of the Anza Family in America); Monte Vista, Colorado; San Francisco, Ca; Pueblo, Colorado; Salida, Colorado; Yuma, Arizona; Hermosillo, Sonora; Santa Barbara, California; Tucson, Arizona; and in 2010 Magdalena de Kino, Sonora
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Anza's home in New Mexico Courtesy of NMHM
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Copyright 1996 - The Anza Society - All Rights Reserved - Phil Valdez Jr., - Director - Web Facilitator
DeAnza8g@aol.com
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!
Joe
Circa 1996 The Anza Society - La Sociedad de Anza - Elkarte Anzakoa
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On October 08, 1775 - Father
Font said " At nine thirty in
the morning, after having
said Mass, we traveled six
leagues towards the
northeast and we halted in
the pueblo de Santa Maria
Magdalena, visita de San
Ignacio, at one in the
afternoon."
Source: Father Font's field
notes that he wrote while on
the journey. Archivo General
de la Orden Franciscana
Roma, M/62 Mexici
Missiones 11, fols 177r-257
P.V.
1775 Expedition Tidbit