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| | Juan Bautista de Anza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Anza's life and exploits were of heroic proportions-he traveled hundreds of miles, opened up unknown regions, established claims for country and church, subdued native populations and kept records that are still studied for the information they provide to historians. |
 | | Anza's father, who had once served as temporary governor of Sonora, as well as being Captain at Fronteras, had established a reputation for his fierce battles against the Apaches, and it was during one of the raids that he was killed. |
 | | Anza and his 34 men carried with them thirty-five loads of provisions, munitions of war, tobacco, equipage, and other things necessary for an unknown country, along with 65 head of cattle and 140 horses.[2] Their trip was successful and they were back in Tubac in May of the same year. |
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