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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1200 mile trail through Arizona and California.
National Park Service sites along the Anza Trail Visit the park websites to find directions. Links are provided in the titles below.
Arizona
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(NPS) | Entrance sign at Saguaro National Park |
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Saguaro National Park - Enjoy spectacular views of the desert landscape as the Anza expedition members saw it in October 1775.
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(NPS) | Channel Islands National Park |
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Channel Islands National Park - The Anza expedition members saw the islands when they camped on the mainland near Santa Clara River on February 23, 1776.
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NPS | Volcanic peaks of Pinnacles National Monument |
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Pinnacles National Monument - Some of the expedition members may have seen these volcanic peaks rising above California's Salinas Valley as they traveled north to San Francisco.
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(NPS) | Historic pilots' quarters |
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Presidio of San Francisco - On March 28, 1776, Captain Anza selected the site for the Presidio and Mission of San Francisco
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![Vincent Martinez adobe at John Muir National Historic Site Vincent Martinez adobe at John Muir National Historic Site](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012031031im_/http://www.nps.gov/juba/planyourvisit/images/NPS_JOMU_3.jpg) |
(NPS) | Vincent Martinez Adobe |
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John Muir National Historic Site - On the grounds is the Vincent Martinez Adobe, revealing the rich Spanish and Mexican history of the area.
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Did You Know?
Ever worry you'll be forgotten by history? Spaniard Juan Bautista de Anza almost was. In 1775 he led 300 colonists to California to found San Francisco. Spain lost California to Mexico, which lost it to the United States. Luckily, in the 1930s historian Herbert Bolton saved Anza from obscurity.
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Last Updated: July 29, 2008 at 12:59 EST |