Juan Bautista de Anza
Horcasitas - Departure
Yuma Crossing
Anza Ridge

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,
California; Pueblo, Colorado; Salida,
Colorado; Yuma, Arizona; Hermosillo,
Sonora, Mexico; Santa Barbara,
California; and Tucson Arizona.

The 2010 Anza World Conference will
be held at Magdalena de Kino, Sonora,
Mexico. Please visit the World
Conference section of the website for
future information.
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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!

Joe
Founded 1996
Joseph P. Myers, Ph.D
1775 Expedition Tidbit
On October 26, 1775  after   
having asked  the
commander for a servant ,  
numerous times, the
meticulous  Father Font  
finally got his wish. His
name, José Miguel Silva.

Source: the borrador eg.,       
field notes, which Father        
Font wrote while on the          
epic journey.
                              PV     
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