On South 2nd Avenue just north of West 2nd Street (West Court Street), on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated to the memory of the Yuma County, Arizona Veterans who gave their lives for their country in the World War 1917-18 Lt. Col. H. H. Donkersley Sidney D. Carter Fermin Coz Worley Doby Joaquin Dominguez Frank Espinoza Jesse R. . . . — — Map (db m166001) WM
On South Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Construction on this adobe home on Madison Avenue began in the 1870's. Pioneer merchant E. F. Sanguinetti purchased the two-room house with its lean-to kitchen in 1890. The building, gardens, and aviaries were developed by Sanguinetti who resided . . . — — Map (db m28971) HM
Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway.
During his 1774 exploratory trip, Anza made friends with Chief Olleyquotequiebe (Anza called him Palma) of the Quechan Indians, who controlled the river crossing. The Quechans welcomed the 1775 colonizing expedition and supplied beans, . . . — — Map (db m158365) HM
On Penitentiary Avenue 0.5 miles north of East 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1913 after strong campaigning from the citizens of Yuma, Representative Carl Hayden secured funding for this bridge. When completed, it was the only highway bridge across the Colorado River for 1,200 miles. It was partially funded by the Office . . . — — Map (db m46786) HM
On West Mehring Road 0.1 miles west of Imperial Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
To protect the Anza Trail where it forded the Colorado River, the Spanish founded a pueblo and mission nearby on January 7, 1781. Threatened with the loss of their land, the Quechans (Yumas) attacked this strategic settlement on July 17, 1781. The . . . — — Map (db m264709) HM
On Prison Hill Road west of South Levee Road, on the right when traveling south.
The concrete slabs in front of you were the floors of the shop buildings constructed in 1895. The shops housed the electric generating plant, shoe/ tailor shops and the laundry/bathhouse. The 33 foot x 100 foot adobe building had a corrugated iron . . . — — Map (db m191835) HM
On U.S. 34 at County Highway J, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 34.
Yuma takes its name from a teamster who died while working on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and was buried beside the tracks. He never saw the town, which rose in 1886 as a cattle and shipping center. But homesteaders started fencing . . . — — Map (db m201050) HM
Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway.
Yuma of the 1870's had limited marketplaces. Goods were brought in by steamships or many days' journey through hostile country. Calamities along the journey claimed belongings and supplies more than once. The government compensated by stocking as . . . — — Map (db m158298) HM
Dedicated on November 11, 2002 to the servicemen & women from the State of Arizona who lost their lives in all the wars and conflicts of the twentieth century. — — Map (db m29342) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) at County Road 63, on the right when traveling west on Grand Army of the Republic Highway.
The last major Indian-white conflict on Colorados eastern plains took place on July 11, 1869, at Summit Springs Battlefield, south of Sterling. The U.S. Fifth Cavalry defeated Chief Tall Bulls Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, killing Tall Bull and . . . — — Map (db m289498) HM
On Poston Road/Mohave Drive (Arizona Route 1 at milepost 3), 6 miles north of Interstate 10, on the left when traveling north.
We honor our ancestors who died violent deaths at the hands of their captors and at this concentration camp. We greet the spirits of our ancestors and embrace their strength and above all else, their will to survive this holocaust: the Hualapai . . . — — Map (db m36012) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
