Juan Bautista de Anza
Horcasitas - Departure
Yuma Crossing
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
     San Francisco - Arrival      

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;
Magdalena de Kino, Sonora; and in 2011
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
                                                Copyright 1996 - The Anza Society -  All Rights Reserved - Phil Valdez Jr.,  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!

Sharon
      Circa 1996                                    The Anza Society - La Sociedad de Anza - Elkarte Anzakoa
Sharon Myers
Historians, have wondered
about the name of Fray
Pedro Font's servant, for
centuries. Who was he?
Now through some
meticulous research it has
been found. It came about in
my interest of the borrador
or field notes that the feisty
Font wrote while on the
journey. Here in his precious
notes which only a few have
seen, on Oct. 26, 1775 and
again on April 11, 1776 he
gives his servant's name as
Jose Miguel Silva. At San
Xavier del Bac he names
him as his notary. Now one
more person will be added
to the roster of the settlers
who remained in California.  
Joseph Barnes, one of our
members, descends from
don Jose.

Source:
El borrador or field notes. It
can be found at the Archivo
General de la Orden
Franciscana (Roma) M/62
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1775 Expedition Tidbit
                    Mission San Xavier del Bac
                   Expedition Campsite on Oct. 25, 1775
  A tribute to a man who has done much for Southwestern and Californio History   
                                                        Don Garate