Yuma Crossing 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 Las Californias in the Spanish Colonial period in[2] and also during the Western expansion of the United States. Features of the Arizona side include the Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Yuma Territorial Prison. Features on the California Side include Fort Yuma, which protected the area from 1850 to 1885.[3][4]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ab"Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
^Snell, Charles; Robert Utley; William Brown (1966). "Yuma Crossing" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
^"Yuma Crossing" (pdf). Photographs. National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
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coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) One site, YumaCrossing and Associated Sites, is shared with Arizona and is listed by the National...
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