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Between the years of 1539 and 1821, the Spanish Empire explored, colonized, and ruled over what is the state of Arizona in the United States. In 1539, Fray Marcos de Niza passed through what is now southeastern Arizona in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola.
17 Μαρ 2009 · The four confirmed grants were the Maria Santsima del Carmen (Buena Vista Grant), the San Ignacio del Babocomari, the San Juan de las Boquillas y Nogales, and the San Rafael del Valle grants. The Buena Vista Grant straddles the international boundary just east of Nogales and two thirds of it is in Mexico.
22 Νοε 2013 · Having proven the feasibility of the overland route, Juan de Anza organized a major expedition to lead settlers and livestock to California in 1776. This band of brave people traveled 1,600 miles from Tubac to become the founders of San Francisco.
On February 7, 1598, Juan De Onate started on a trip back to North Eastern Arizona, with the object being to set up a settlement. He took along 400 colonists, 83 cartloads of supplies, and 7,000 animals. Also along was a group of Franciscans Missionaries. Near the present city of Santa Fe, he proclaimed the territory for Spain. The colonists ...
The earliest documented Spanish activity in southern Arizona is the 1539 expedition headed by Fray Marcos de Niza, in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. Their stay in Arizona was brief and transitory, as they quickly passed into New Mexico and into the history of that region.
Juan de Oñate establishes first colonies in New Mexico. Puts Spanish "stamp" on the area. City of Santa Fe founded. Franciscans establish missions in Hopiland, the first Europeans to reside in Arizona. Father Kino establishes missions in Pimería Alta, along the Rio Santa Cruz and Rio San Pedro. Great silver discovery at Arisonac.
Santa Cruz County, created in 1899 by Arizona's 20th Territorial Assembly, is named after the Santa Cruz River which was named in the late 1600s by Father Kino. Santa Cruz means "holy cross" in Spanish. The history of the region dates back to the cultures of the Apache, Yaqui, and Hohokam peoples.
