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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic TrailHighway 238 in Maricopa County, also known as the Dead Cow Highway, linking Gila Bend and the town of Maricopa.
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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There are a number of ways to support the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail by either joining a friends group, developing a volunteer group in your community, buying books about the Anza Trail from Western National Parks Association, submitting material for the quarterly "Noticias de Anza," or sharing the Anza Trail story with your community.

Read the journals of Anza by clicking the 'more' link.  

Did You Know?
In 1775, Spanish Captain Juan Bautista de Anza led three hundred people and one thousand cattle and horses on a journey over two thousand miles to San Francisco, which Anza founded. 150 of Anza's charges were children under sixteen. Eight of the women were pregnant; several gave birth along the way.
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Last Updated: May 15, 2007 at 16:30 EST