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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
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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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Return to Sonora
On April 14, 1776, from el
Real Presidio de San Carlos
de Monterey, Anza sets out
on his return to Sonora after
having said goodbye to eve-
ry one except Lt. Moraga,
who wished to accompany
them to the first camp. The
directions they took were
the opposite of those travel-
ed in going because they
returned by the same route.
Here Father Font says "The
number of persons in our
party were 29, not counting
the lieutenant who accomp-
anied us to this place nor,
Father Prieras, who remain-
ed at San Gabriel. They were
those contained in the
following list:
Juan Bautista de Anza 1
Fray Pedro Font 1
Don Mariano Vidal 1
Carlos Gallegos/wife 2
Ten Soldiers 10
Muleteers/servants 11
Three Cowboys 3
Total 29
The pack train consisted of
nineteen loads, three of
which were for the mission
of San Antonio. And in a cage
we carried from the mission
of Carmelo four cats, two for
San Gabriel and two for San
Diego, at the request of the
fathers, who urgently asked
us for them, since they are
very welcome there on
account of the great abun-
dance of mice in that region
and its missions."
Source:
Anza's California Expeditions
Font's Complete Diary
Volume 4
H.E. Bolton, Berkeley, Ca
On April 14, 1776, from el
Real Presidio de San Carlos
de Monterey, Anza sets out
on his return to Sonora after
having said goodbye to eve-
ry one except Lt. Moraga,
who wished to accompany
them to the first camp. The
directions they took were
the opposite of those travel-
ed in going because they
returned by the same route.
Here Father Font says "The
number of persons in our
party were 29, not counting
the lieutenant who accomp-
anied us to this place nor,
Father Prieras, who remain-
ed at San Gabriel. They were
those contained in the
following list:
Juan Bautista de Anza 1
Fray Pedro Font 1
Don Mariano Vidal 1
Carlos Gallegos/wife 2
Ten Soldiers 10
Muleteers/servants 11
Three Cowboys 3
Total 29
The pack train consisted of
nineteen loads, three of
which were for the mission
of San Antonio. And in a cage
we carried from the mission
of Carmelo four cats, two for
San Gabriel and two for San
Diego, at the request of the
fathers, who urgently asked
us for them, since they are
very welcome there on
account of the great abun-
dance of mice in that region
and its missions."
Source:
Anza's California Expeditions
Font's Complete Diary
Volume 4
H.E. Bolton, Berkeley, Ca
1775/6 Expedition Tidbit
The plaza of Horcasitas, Sonora, formally el Real Presidio
de San Miguel de Horcasitas, from where the 1775/76
colonizing expedition departed on September 29, 1775.
de San Miguel de Horcasitas, from where the 1775/76
colonizing expedition departed on September 29, 1775.
Save the Dates
The Anza Society
March 6 - 9, 2014
The Anza Society will hold their 19th International Conference in Banámichi, Sonora, Mexico
Please click on the conference bar.
Other Events
June 27, 2013
Thursday - Anza Expedition Celebration – Founding of the San Francisco Presidio. Los
Californianos will again celebrate the arrival of the Second Anza Expedition on June 27,
1776 to found the San Francisco Presidio. Paul Trujillo, 88, rode in the 1976 reenactment ride
from Mexico and comes again this year to portray Anza. The Amigos de Anza Equestrian Drill
team with horses from Castle Rock Arabians will participate. Soldados de cuera and SAR
reenactors have been invited. The ceremony begins at 11:00 am at Pershing Square in front
of the Officer’s Club (50 Moraga Avenue) in the Main Post of the San Francisco Presidio.
Lunch follows at 12:00 pm. Further details will be available in next month’s Anuncios.
The Anza Society
March 6 - 9, 2014
The Anza Society will hold their 19th International Conference in Banámichi, Sonora, Mexico
Please click on the conference bar.
Other Events
June 27, 2013
Thursday - Anza Expedition Celebration – Founding of the San Francisco Presidio. Los
Californianos will again celebrate the arrival of the Second Anza Expedition on June 27,
1776 to found the San Francisco Presidio. Paul Trujillo, 88, rode in the 1976 reenactment ride
from Mexico and comes again this year to portray Anza. The Amigos de Anza Equestrian Drill
team with horses from Castle Rock Arabians will participate. Soldados de cuera and SAR
reenactors have been invited. The ceremony begins at 11:00 am at Pershing Square in front
of the Officer’s Club (50 Moraga Avenue) in the Main Post of the San Francisco Presidio.
Lunch follows at 12:00 pm. Further details will be available in next month’s Anuncios.
Image by Phil Valdez, Jr
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