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Yuma Territorial Prison Visitor's Center
2 Reviews The Yuma Territorial Prison started when seven inmates were sent to the prison in July 1876. They were housed in cells they built thenselves. In the 33 years the prison operated 3069 prisoners,...
spartan Says: Yuma Territorial Prison State Park - Between 1876 and 1909, this penitentiary housed many of Arizona's most dangerous and notorious criminals. Famed in movies,...
Basaic Says: After the post was established, and as it continued to grow, the availability of water grew increasingly important. To solve this problem and esnure there was...
Basaic Says: Once the tracks were laid to Yuma, the train became more and more important to both the distribution of supplies to and from Yuma and for people to come and go....
Yuma Crossing: Storehouse Displays
Basaic Says: Here are some of the displays inside the storehouse: An old delivery truck (trucks eventually replaced the wagons for deliveries); some wagons; a steamship...
Yuma Crossing: Reclamation Service
Basaic Says: The US Reclamation Service was instrumental in preserving the unique terrain, plants and animals in the area and reclaiming the land for use. This is a...
Basaic Says: The granary building is also original. It was later used by the US Weather Service and the US Reclamation Office. Sometimes the park has volunteers in the...
Yuma Crossing: Commander's Quarters
Basaic Says: Yuma Crossing was a very important base for the expansion into the west so the Commander's Quarters were pretty nice for the time. They even had a separate...
Basaic Says: Yuma Crossing started in the late 1800s as the Yuma Quartermaster Depot. It stored at least six months worth of supplies for military posts throughout Arizona,...
Yuma Crossing: Visitor's Center
Basaic Says: Your first stop at the park will be the visitor's center. Here you will pay the entrance fee, and collect brochures or other information to help you enjoy your...
Visit the Sanguinetti House Museum
Basaic Says: One of the reasons I went to Yuma on the last trip was to see the Sanguinetti House Museum. Unfortunately, it was closed. The Sanguinetti House Museum is in an...
Go to the Yuma Visitor's Center
Basaic Says: The Yuma Visitor's Center can provide you with brochures and information about Yuma, the area near the town and the rest of Arizona. The people here are very...
daveduckjohnson Says: I've always loved floating the river and we found a new place that rents tubes in Yuma. Yuma Tubing at West Wetlands Park had super deluxe tubes and even a tube...
Yuma Crossing State Historic Park
Basaic Says: The second state historic park in Yuma is Yuma Crossing, which is also known as Yuma Quartermaster Depot. Yuma Crossing was established in the 1870s and...
gubbi1 Says: On the site of the Mission La Purísima Concepción you can visit a beautiful church. I did not get in, but I think the style of the church is really beautiful....
gubbi1 Says: Just beside the Yuma Prison State Historic Park you will find the Ocean-To-Ocean Bridge. This bridge was an important step to get a better connection between...
The Prison - Stories about inmates
gubbi1 Says: During my visit to Yumas Prison Museum I found the many stories and CVs of the inmates very interesting. You start to get an idea what kind of personalitythe...
Cells at Yuma Territorial Prison HSP
Basaic Says: Here you see the entrance to the cell area and some of the cells from the prison. These were all built by the prisoners that would later occupy them. The...
Basaic Says: One of the first thimgs you will notice as you approach the Yuma Territorial Prison Historic State Park is the guardtower. The guardtower was built on top of...
bilgeez Says: Not open to the public except for special occasions, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, is the hub of the area. Most of the local economy is dependent on this base,...
bilgeez Says: The Territorial Prison is on the north side of Yuma, just east of Fourth Avenue. There are easy to read signs everywhere in the city directing you to the...
bilgeez Says: The Imperial Dunes are in California, just a few minutes west of Yuma on I-8.There are areas one can drive their dune buggy or other all-terrain vehicle. There...
From the Atlantic to the Pacific
mht_in_la Says: The completion of Yuma's Ocean-to-Ocean Highway Bridge in 1915 was a big deal to Yuma and its people for this is the final link in U.S. coast-to-coast highway...
The shortest path is around Baja California
mht_in_la Says: Even as quartermaster depot, transporting the military supply in and out of Yuma Crossing was never an easy task. Freighting from California needs to cross the...
mht_in_la Says: The statue in the photo is the original site of Mission La Purisima Concepcion (1780 - 1781). It's established by father Francisco Garces whom the city of San...
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1 Review and 108 Opinions Im speach less.... The only thing i have to say is wow im amaized by the staff... They really follow...
1 Review and 38 Opinions Reliably Nice Lodging - I've stayed here 5 times in the past two years while on work travel. Next to...
1 Review and 75 Opinions The accomodation including a good American Breakfest. The room is big with comfortable King or two...
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This prison cell is kept the way it was as a century ago. Each cell housed 6 inmates, and they were all chained together through the ring on the floor, as seen...
49 members live in Yuma
Q: We are headed south for the first time in early January and are looking for advice on the best route to take from Alberta to Yuma....
A: I would suggest taking Interstate 15 south all the way to Las Vegas and then taking US Highway 95 from just south of Las Vegas directly to Yuma. The interstate is...
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The Yuma Territorial Prison started when seven inmates were sent to the prison in July 1876. They were housed in cells they built themselves. In the 33 years the prison operated 3069 prisoners,...
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History, desert, heat and Indians!
I found Yuma quite interesting destination altough I visited it only because it was on my itinery and I slept there. To be honest, Yuma was less interesting than most other places I visited before......
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Yuma, Arizona is in the southwest corner of Arizona, it is actually SOUTH of California! Yuma was first setteled in the late 18th Century and two missions were established there in 1779, however the...
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Yuma, city, seat of Yuma County, extreme southwestern Arizona, on the Colorado River; incorporated as a city 1914. It is an agricultural center in an irrigated region, where cotton, citrus fruit, and...
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Yuma is in the corner of Arizona that borders SE California and Mexico. We stopped over on a drive from Phoenix to LA - a slight diversion but worth the scenery and to us we wanted a reasonable centre...
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