Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites

Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites
nhl=yes


caption =
nearest_city= Winterhaven, California and Yuma, Arizona
locmapin = California
lat_degrees = 32 | lat_minutes = 43 | lat_seconds = 43 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 114 | long_minutes = 36 | long_seconds = 56 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1852
architect=
architecture=
designated_nhl= November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=105&ResourceType=District
title=Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites
accessdate=2007-09-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000197

Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites is a site in Arizona and California that is significant for its association with transportation and communication across the Colorado River. It connected New Spain and Alta California in the Spanish Colonial period and also during the Western expansion of the United States. Features of the Arizona side include the Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison. Features on the California Side include Fort Yuma [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/66000197.red.pdf NPS Redbook] ] which protected the area from 1850 to 1885 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000197.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.citation|title=PDFlink|http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000197.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites] |403 KB|author=Patricia Heintzelman, Charles Snell, and Robert Utley|date=Undated post1963|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink|http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000197.pdf Accompanying 45 photos: 43 from 1975, 1 from 1868, and 1 early rendering photographed in 1966.] |2.13 MB]

References

External links

* [http://azstateparks.com/Parks/parkhtml/yumacross.html Yuma Quartermaster Depot]
* [http://azstateparks.com/Parks/parkhtml/yuma.html Yume Territorial Prison]
* [http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtYuma.html Fort Yuma history]


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