ASI Membership Application La Expedición de Anza, 1775 Project

Name(s):______

Address:______La Expedición de Anza, 1775 (LEA) is a public outdoor experience, depicting the life of a group of 240 people who City: ______passed through Tucson in 1775, on their way to California, where they established the City of San Francisco.

Welcoming all visitors, LEA is designed to be an accessible State:______Zip: ______cultural history park for everyone, including individuals with disabilities. Located adjacent to the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind in Tucson, LEA is an outdoor classroom for Country:______ASDB students and staff, providing an educational resource to the community of Tucson.

The total cost of this new facility is approximately $250,000. Phones - Mobile: ______Roughly half of this has been generously provided with materials and services from Pima County. This project has been made possible by generous support from National Anza Society, Inc. Home/Work: ______Park Foundation, National Park Service, Anza Society Inc., Union Pacific Foundation, Community Share and individual www.anzasociety.org donors like you. While the majority of the funding is in place, the balance depends on generous donors like you. Gifts in E-Mail:______any amount are welcome and much appreciated.

Thank you for helping make the Anza Trail accessible to everyone! The Anza Society, Inc. is a tax exempt, Annual Dues (Effective: January 1) 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation incor- Anza Legacy Project ____ $25.00 Capitán (Regular) On Sunday, August 15, 1779 the 55th Spanish governor porated under laws of the State of of New , departed Santa Arizona. ____ $40.00 Pareja (Couple) Fe along the Camino Real on an arduous 27-day cam- paign in search of Comanche Indian chief Cuerno We celebrate the life and times of Juan ____ $50.00 Coronel (Corporate) Verde, who had been raiding villages and creating ____ $12.00 Soldado (Student with ID) havoc across the northern frontier of the Spanish Em- Bautista de Anza (1736-1788), Presidial pire. . ____ $35.00 Cura (Institutional) Captain of La Nueva España, explorer,

_____ Donation To further the research and understanding of Anza and leader of the founders of San Fran- this dramatic event which would forever alter the course of history affecting much of what is now northern New cisco, California, peacemaker and Gov- Amount Paid $______Renewal  Mexico and southern Colorado, the Anza Legacy Project ernor of New Mexico. This includes desires to define the route of this expedition to include Credit Card Check  Detach here the location of campsites and battle sites. Furthermore, an annual forum to share research re- the Anza Legacy Project desires to establish an Anza / sults. National Historic Trail along this corridor. Remit payment via website: OR make check payable / send to: The historic preservation of this route is vital in a number The scope of this includes Anza’s fa- of aspects. Our Spanish heritage is seldom understood ther, Juan Bautista de Anza I, born The Anza Society, Inc. or taught in the primary educational system. Acknowl- Dave Jeffries edgment needs to be given to the Native American in , who emigrated to La Nueva 12112 N Rancho Vistoso Blvd, Suite 150, PMB 146 tribes to include the Ute and Jicarilla Apache who ac- España, as well as the study of Oro Valley, AZ 85755-1841 companied Anza on this expedition. Additionally, the [email protected] Comanche are a vital part of this story. . 18th century Spanish Colonial History.

For inquires and to help with this project, contact ASI Doc: Brochure-Application Rev:2 - 200602 Board Member, Bob DeWitt

ANZA Society Partners Juan Bautista de Anza Activities Born: Jun 7, 1736 - Fronteras, Mexico JUBA - The Juan Bautista de Anza Died: Dec 19, 1788 - , Mexico National Historic Trail (NPS) Anza was born of Basque decent in the Los Californianos Spanish province of New , - Old Spanish Trails Association alty of . The Anza Trail Foundation He was the son of Juan Bautista de Anza I. It is traditionally thought that he may have Álamos Mexico History Association been educated at the College of San Ilde- During conferences, we often collaborate fonso in Mexico City, and later at the mili- with other local historical organizations tary academy there. In 1752 he enlisted in the army at the of Fronteras. He advanced rapidly and had become a captain by 1760. Anza served as an expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in Members of the Anza Society California and New Mexico under the Span- facilitate the study, interpreta- ish Empire. "Everyone mount up!" was the tion, commemoration, and pres- rousing call from Juan Bautista de Anza. In Conferences Since 1995 1775-76, he led 240 men, women and chil- ervation of places and arti- dren on an epic journey to establish the first USA non-Native settlement at San Francisco Bay. Arizona: Green Valley/Tubac, Tucson, Yuma facts related to both the United He is credited as being one of the founding California: Calexico, Monterey, States and Mexico. fathers of Spanish California. He served as San Francisco, Santa Barbara The society holds an annual an official within New Spain, as Governor Colorado: Colorado Springs, Monte Vista, of the Province of New Mexico. Pueblo, Salida International Anza Conference Today, the 1,200-mile Juan Bautista de New Mexico: Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Taos either in Mexico or the United Anza National Historic Trail connects his-

States of America. The confer- tory, culture, and outdoor recreation from , MEXICO Nogales, Arizona, to the San Francisco Bay Álamos ence includes presentations Area. Arizpe (hometown of Anza family) of scholarly papers, field trips, Anza’s military experience was invaluable Banámichi and on occasion, re-enactments in later forays against hostile Native Ameri- Hermosillo of historic people and events. cans, such as the Apache, during the course Magdalena de Kino of which he explored much of what is now Arizona. Doc: Brochure-Application Rev:2 - 200602