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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

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Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site - The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area. In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider …
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Originally an Indian village, Tubac is the oldest European settlement in Arizona. It was established as the Royal Spanish Presidio San Ignacio De Tubac in 1752, after an uprising of Pima Indians. In 1775 Captain Juan Bautista De Anza led an expedition of 24…
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Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by Decree of Carlo III of Spain led an expedition near this site — the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a…
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The Juan Bautista de Anza National HistoricTrail marks a 1,200 mile route that brought settlers to California from Tubac, in present-day Arizona, to what is now San Francisco. The Spanish planned a system of Presidios, or military forts, and missions to …
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Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site - The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area. In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider …
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Lt. Juan Bautista de Anza and party crossed this area in March 1776. en route to select sites for the Presido and the Mission of San Francisco In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider superimposed up…
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Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site - The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area. In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider …
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Hope on the HorizonWhat would make a family leave their home for an unfamiliar land on a distant frontier? For the nearly 300 men, women, and children on the Anza Expedition, it was the chance for a fresh start. In 1775, life in northern Mexico was hard and…
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Juan Bautista de AnzaNational Historic TrailWhile the American Revolution brewed on the Atlantic Coast, Spain expanded its New World empire to protect California against the British and Russians. In 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza, commander of the Royal Presid…
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Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza and party crossed this area in March 1778, in route to select sites for the Presidio and the Mission of San Francisco. In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider super…
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