Anza250 Lecture Series to be held in Yuma
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YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – The Anza Trail Foundation will be hosting an expert for a free presentation.
The presentation will be on Saturday, November 29 at the Foothills Library starting at 10 a.m.
Arizona trails expert Dr. Aaron Wright is presenting Following Their Footsteps: Indigenous Geography and the Anza Expedition of 1775-1776.
He’ll talk about the Spanish colonial expedition as part of the Anza250 Lecture Series.
“The existing Indigenous infrastructure and the wisdom of Indigenous guides were critical to the success of the Anza Expedition and the exploits of similar ventures before and after, enabling colonizing parties to navigate such foreign and trying terrain as the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts,” said Dr. Wright.
Tickets can be found here.