For the record… Don Juan Pablo Grijalva, soldier, settler, rancher and pioneer — came to California with the Anza expedition in 1775. At that time there were only five missions, two presidios ...

A statue in Riverside’s Newman Park depicts Juan Bautista de Anza, paying tribute to his 1774 expedition through the area on his way to Mission San Gabriel. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley ...

The text reads: “To the honor and glory of Juan Bautista D’Anza, trailmaker, and his band of intrepid followers, who on March 21, 1774 passed near this spot on their way to San Gabriel and ...

Juan Bautista de Anza arrived in Santa Fe at a time when New Mexico, like Spain?s other North American colonies, faced heightened threats from Indians and international rivals. As governor of New ...

On the shortest few days and the very longest nights of the year at the winter solstice in the year 1775, on Dec. 20-22, Juan Bautista de Anza camped his expedition next to a freshwater spring in ...

The long walk to restoring a monument in Riverside to explorer Juan Bautista de Anza was limping along, with only $15,000 raised toward a project expected to cost several times that.

Aquel español era Juan Bautista de Anza y esta es su historia. Juan nacía en el Presidio de Fronteras, Sonora, en México, el 7 de julio de 1736. Los presidios eran fortalezas, ...

Columnist David Allen explores Mexican expeditionary leader Juan Bautista de Anza's March 20-21, 1774 travel through the future Inland Empire. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.