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	Yuma, Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yuma, AZ is close to the border with California in the West and Mexico in the South.
		Yuma served as the gateway to the new western territory of California, as it was one of the few natural spots to cross the (at that point in time) very wide Colorado River.
		Yuma is the hottest city of its size in the United States, with average July high temperatures of 107 degrees Fahrenheit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yuma,_Arizona (859 words)

	Chamber of Commerce: Yuma County, Arizona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Utilizing 1,300 square miles of of desert area in Yuma, and with arctic region testing capabilities in Alaska and tropic region testing capabilities in Hawaii and Guam, YPG is capable of performing tests on munitions and weapons, aircraft armament, air delivery systems, combat systems, automotive, and natural environmental testing in every conceivable environment.
		Yuma Proving Ground is actively involved in numerous community events and activities.
		With a population of 83,000, Yuma (the county's largest community) has grown by nearly 50% since 1980 to join Phoenix and Tucson as one of the three metropolitan communities in Arizona.
	www.yumachamber.org /web/yuma.html (604 words)

	Welcome to the City of Yuma
		The City of Yuma is a full service council-manager government with a combined capital improvement and operating budget of $284.89 million proposed for fiscal year 2004-2005.
		Yuma is rich in the history of the old West; mountain men, Fort Yuma Soldiers, river men, railroaders, and the inmates of the infamous Yuma Territorial Prison made Yuma's history unforgettable.
		Yuma is the third fastest growing area in the country for the period 1990 - 2000, behind Las Vegas, Nevada and Naples, Florida with a growth rate of 49.7% and is also Arizona's third largest metropolitan area, behind Phoenix and Tucson.
	www.ci.yuma.az.us /welcome.htm (562 words)

	Yuma Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yuma is presently an Arizona Main Street community, providing business assistance in organization, design, promotion, and economic restructuring of the historic downtown area.
		USAYPG is Yuma county's largest single employer of civilians and is one the largest consumers of local goods and services of all the government organizations in the county.
		Yuma Proving Ground is proud to be an integral part of the economic structure of Yuma county and the state of Arizona.
	www.yuma.army.mil /yuma_facts.htm (701 words)

	Yuma, Arizona - DesertUSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yuma, is located in the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona along Interstate 8 and the eastern banks of the Colorado River.
		Yuma is Arizona's warmest winter city and the sunniest year round place in the US, with an annual average of 4,133 hours of sunshine.
		A century later, Father Francisco Garces used the Yuma Crossing in his quest for a land route to California, leading Juan Bautista de Anza and his pioneering expedition across in 1774, on their way to the first successful land route to the California coast.
	www.desertusa.com /Cities/az/az_yuma.html (655 words)

	Yuma, Arizona Metro City Guide
		From 1540 to 1854, Yuma was under the flags of Spain and Mexico, but in 1854 became a territorial possession of the United States through the Gadsden Purchase.
		The Yumas were a combination of Indian tribes of the lower Colorado Region, which consisted of the Quechans, Cocopahs, and the Mohaves; these tribes were bound by being members of one linguistic group.
		Yuma is rich in the history of the old West; mountain men, Fort Yuma Soldiers, river men, railroaders, and the inmates of the infamous Territorial Prison made Yuma's history unforgettable.
	www.azmetro.com /yumametrocityguide.html (387 words)

	Yuma
		Where Fort Yuma is today is thought to be where the Yuma Indians, today called the Quechan Indians, lived and made their home.
		The Yuma Indians were grouped into loose bands of an average of 135 people, but during most of the year they broke into small extended families of 25 people.
		The Yuma Indians were a very small and almost unheard of group of Indians.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/yuma.html (702 words)

	Yuma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Quechan or Yuma tribe of Native Americans in the United States
		Yuma county, Arizona (in which the city of Yuma is located)
		Yuma, Colorado in the USA (a city within Yuma county)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yuma (98 words)

	Community Guide :: Welcome to Yuma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yuma's charm and appeal is well-known among those who call Yuma "home," and this quality of life is evident by the ever-increasing number of people who are coming to Yuma to live, work and vacation year-round.
		Yuma is also renowned as "the winter lettuce capital of the world" since over 90 percent of our country's winter vegetable crops are grown in this area.
		Yuma's shopping venues are better than ever, with a broad array of locally owned specialty shops and restaurants, as well as nationally known retailers.
	www.yumasun.com /communityguide (319 words)

	Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, AZ (DesertUSA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yuma Territorial Prison is a living museum of the Old West.
		Yuma Prison State Historic Park is situated on 7 acres on a bluff above the Colorado River in Yuma, Arizona.
		Yuma is one of the warmest and the sunniest cities in the US.
	www.desertusa.com /yuma/du_yumatp.html (942 words)

	Yuma.com.:.Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yuma is located in the Southwest of Arizona, close to the border with California in the West and Mexico in the South.
		Yuma became a hub for the railroad and was selected as the county seat in 1864.
		Major rivers in Yuma County are the Gila and the Colorado, the two most historic rivers in the Southwest.
	www.yuma.com (295 words)

	AllRefer.com - Yuma, city, United States, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		54,923), seat of Yuma co., extreme SW Ariz., on the eastern bank of the Colorado River near the confluence of the Gila River; founded 1854, inc. as a city 1914.
		After 1858, Yuma was a river port and the center of a gold-mining boom.
		Points of interest in the area include Fort Yuma (on the west bank of the river), the territorial prison (built 1875; now a museum), St. Thomas Mission (16th cent.), three dams on the Colorado River, and the California sand dunes.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/YumaUS.html (305 words)

	kitsapsun.com: R&R
		Yuma is either a three-day drive from our area of the Northwest, a flight to Phoenix with a two and a half hour drive to Yuma, or a commuter flight into Yuma.
		Yuma is located in the desert Southwest, a few miles north of Mexico, tucked in the corner of Arizona that borders California.
		It is touted by the Chamber of Commerce as the "third fastest growing metropolitan area in the country." The area grew 36 percent in the 10 years between 1990 and 2000 to a population of 160,000.
	www.thesunlink.com /bsun/fe_rr/article/0,2403,BSUN_19076_3524056,00.html (1418 words)

	Welcome to the City of Yuma, Arizona
		Yuma's wonderful winters have not gone unnoticed by our friends from the North - our population doubles with the arrival of winter visitors, providing a boon for area businesses.
		Yuma's access to the Colorado River is a great asset to this desert community.
		You can also directly access the Yuma Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce for tourism and relocation information, as well as view the most recent demographic information on the Yuma community.
	www.ci.yuma.az.us (879 words)

	Yuma Marine Corps Air Station
		MCAS Yuma is the busiest air station in the Marine Corps and the third busiest in the Naval service.
		Yuma International Airport (YUM) is a commercial service airport at a shared-use airfield with Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma.
		As the scheduling authority for the Yuma Training Range Complex, MCAS Yuma provides fleet squadrons access to 10,000 square miles of special-use airspace designated for military aviation training and almost 2,000 square miles of underlying land reserved as aerial bombing and gunnery ranges.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/yuma.htm (1198 words)

	Yuma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park and the Yuma Crossing State Historic Park are both spots that are filled with history.
		The Yuma Unified High School District 70 is at 3150 Avenue A or you may call 520-726-1731.
		Yuma is pleased to have a Junior College in town.
	www.arizonan.com /Yuma (1518 words)

	Yuma
		Upon his graduation from ATC school in Pensacola, Ben was assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona.
		Yuma is located where Arizona, California, and Mexico meet.
		This is on the northern outskirts, as we were heading for the desert to see some of the places Ben had gone to during his year in Yuma.
	www.dobermanrescue.org /marine/15Yuma.htm (523 words)

	YUMA COUNTY, AZ
		Profile: Yuma County, Arizona (PDF 392KB) Population,Labor Force, Medical, Education, Transportation, Industrial Facilities, Financial Authorities,Taxes and etc..
		(Yuma County Offices are closed for a legal holiday)
		Yuma County Bio-Terrorism Preparedness: Contact information: 24/7 at 928-317-4624
	www.co.yuma.az.us (86 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Yuma, Arizona at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In many ways, Yuma, Arizona is just another sprawling small (78,000-population) Southwestern US city with a population swelled by RVs and mobile homes occupied part of the year with refugees from winter.
		(Fort Yuma, on the north side of the river in California, was founded in 1849 and became the dropping-off place for supplies for military posts throughout the Southwest United States.
		This is where the prisoner is being taken in Elmore Leonard's story "3:10 to Yuma," and the movie of the same name (though both end with the prisoner on board and don't continue with the characters to their desolate destination).
	www.epinions.com /content_126633283204 (925 words)

	Yuma Az \| About Yuma Arizona \| Hotels \| Real Estate
		Subsequently Yuma became a major river crossing of those hustling to stake-claim on the gold riches of California.
		Today, Yuma is a thriving river city with rich historical tradition that has been carefully blended with modern living, water recreation and immense cultural and historical attractions.
		No wonder Yuma is a vacation destination, a retirement paradise and a magnet that draws families seeking a better quality of life.
	www.arizona-leisure.com /yuma-arizona.html (426 words)

	Yuma News
		A Yuma woman was arrested after her 5-year-old son's body was found floating in a lake.
		YUMA, Ariz. The town of Wellton will hire a consultant to study whether it's safe to establish a "quiet zone" at a local railroad crossing where trains wouldn't be allowed to sound their horns.
		YUMA: At the request of the United States Army, STARA Technologies, Inc. will demonstrate its patented miniature guided parachute technology at the Precision Airdrop Technology Conference and Demonstration at...
	www.topix.net /city/yuma-az (1112 words)

	Yuma Crossing State Historic Park
		Yuma Crossing State Historic Park, site of the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, was used by the US Army to store and distribute supplies for all the military posts in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas.
		The Southern Pacific Railroad reached Yuma in 1877 and heralded the end of the Quartermaster Depot and Fort Yuma.
		The Bureau of Reclamation, the Boundary Commission, the Yuma County Water Users Association, and the Assistance League of Yuma have also utilized portions of the old depot during the twentieth century.
	www.pr.state.az.us /parkhtml/yumacross.html (411 words)

	Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is located near the Arizona-California border, adjacent to the Colorado River, approximately 24 miles north of the city of Yuma, Arizona.
		Situated in the southwest portion of the state, the proving ground is in the heart of the great Sonoran desert.
		U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground proudly holds the distinction of being one of the largest military installations in the world.
	www.yuma.army.mil /ypginfo/location.html (311 words)

	* Yuma County Chamber of Commerce * Your Source Business in Yuma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For the past 100 years, the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce has been the “business voice” of Greater Yuma.
		We serve the City of Yuma, Wellton, San Luis, Somerton, and the Cocopah and Quechan Indian Nations.
		Interested in visiting Yuma for a short trip, winter visit, business trip or planning to relocate in Yuma.
	www.yumachamber.org (154 words)

	Yuma on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A reservation was created for them in 1883, but the next year they were removed to the California side of the Colorado River; they formally surrendered their lands to the United States in 1886.
		Today the remainder of the group lives on the Fort Yuma reservation in California and Arizona, numbering 1,160 in 1990.
		Yuma Chapter Is First To Join SHRM in 2004
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Yuma.asp (458 words)

	Morrissey-solo \| Yuma, AZ - Convention Hall (Aug. 11, 2002) post-show
		FK! The Yuma** set list was exactly the same as Tucson, but I didn't mind as long as he played Maudlin again.
		Remember her, she was very active on this board about a year ago, and then she somehow almost disappeared from the radar screen...
		Re:Miracle of Yuma, AZ or Moz is back in style!...
	www.morrissey-solo.com /article.pl?sid=02/08/07/164210 (2691 words)

	Yuma Community Foundation
		The Yuma Community Foundationm, a public charity, secures endowment funds for Yuma County nonprofits that are administered by the Arizona Community Foundation.
		The seeds of the Yuma Community Foundation were planted in 1993 when Yuma resident Don Soldwedel served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Community Foundation.
		Yuma was chosen as one of the five areas outside Phoenix proper, to be developed as an affiliate.
	www.snap211.com /org/224210.html (889 words)

	Amtrak's Texas Eagle \| Yuma, AZ
		Francisco Garces, who founded two missions in Yuma, was massacred along with the colonists during the last Yuma Indian uprising in 1781.
		Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is on the west bank of the Colorado River.
		Amtrak's unstaffed Yuma facility, providing a small waiting room with restrooms, is located in the former Southern Pacific station.
	www.texaseagle.com /stations/YUM.htm (449 words)

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