Yuma has set the standard for environmental restoration with 400 acres of beautiful wetlands and 200,000 native trees!

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CIRCA 2000

Learn the uses of the Colorado River from Hoover Dam to the Mexican border.

LIFEBLOOD OF THE SOUTHWESTOnce wild and uncontrollable, the Colorado River is now the most dammed river in the world—a river that slows to a trickle at the Mexican border, just 20 miles from Yuma. How did this happen?

The dams brought a secure water source, green hydropower, and freedom from flooding, but also altered the Colorado River’s natural ecology. Learn also about how Yuma has restored its wetlands, leading the effort for a return to balance for the Colorado River.

Experience the story of the Colorado River

Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park& Visitor Information Center

1.800.293.0071 or 928.783.0071 201 N. 4th Avenue, Yuma, AZ 85364Open Daily, 9am-5pm | $4 Park Admission

Summer Schedule (June 1-September 30) Closed Mondays

The 3:10 to Yuma Stops HereYUMA TERRITORIAL PRISON STATE HISTORIC PARK

On July 1, 1876, the first seven inmates entered the Territorial Prison at Yuma and were locked into the new cells they

had built themselves. Thus began the legend of the Yuma Territorial Prison. A total of 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women, lived within the walls during the prison’s 33 years of operation.

You don’t have to wait until 3:10; the park is open from 9-5 daily (see seasonal hours below), so you can enter the cells where the Southwest’s most hardened criminals were once locked up.

The Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is ideal for visitors who prefer to take their time and stroll around the park on a self-guided tour.

New for 2016-2017: Introductory Film on the Prison, plus many new exhibits!Have a large group? Not a problem, we can create a special tour for your large group. Give us a call—we’ll help you coordinate all of the details!

Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic ParkYumaPrison.org | 928.783.4771 220 N. Prison Hill Road, Yuma, AZ 85364Open Daily, 9am-5pm | $6 Park AdmissionSummer Schedule (June 1-September 30) Closed Tue. & Wed. Closed for park maintenance September 5-20, 2017

Sanguinetti House Museum & GardensIn the heart of historic Yuma is the charming 19th-century adobe home of E. F. Sanguinetti. This quaint home is now a museum chronicling Sanguinetti’s life story, as the Merchant Prince of Yuma.

Coming to Yuma penniless at age 15, E. F. Sanguinetti (1867-1945) quickly grew to become a civic-minded businessman whose numerous enterprises forever changed the community he loved.

NEW THIS SEASON: Secrets of Victorian Yuma Exhibit Tours: Museum Tours Every 30-Minutes, Ghost Trolley Tours, Historic Yuma Trolley Tours, Historic Yuma Walking Tours

928-782-1841 | 240 S. Madison Avenue, Yuma, AZ 85364 Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-3pm ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org/Yuma

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What’s Happening at the Yuma Crossing

Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park § Civil War Days January 28-29, 2017 § Pie Shop Open Tuesday–Sunday, November–April

Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park § Gathering of the Gunfighters January 7-8, 2017 § Yoga on the Guard Tower Mondays at 5:30pm,

November - March (to register, visit YogamourYuma.com)

VisitYuma.com 1.800.293.0071928.783.0071

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YUMA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT STATE HISTORIC PARK

Visitor information center “Where Does the Water Go?” Exhibit

Corral House  New Exhibits on the Yuma Siphon and Yuma East Wetlands restoration! Stored grain and tack for the mules and horses quartered within the adjoining 10-foot-tall adobe corral. The adobe corral has since been dismantled, and only the four rooms at the western end of the present-day Corral House are original to the depot. The remaining portion of this building was constructed for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Yuma Project in the early 1900s.

Storehouse Exhibit on dams of the Colorado River Stored six months’ worth of supplies destined for military posts both within

and outside of Arizona Territory. The majority of the supplies came from San Francisco and arrived by steamboat up the Colorado River. From the river, supplies were loaded onto carts and hauled into the storehouse. In the early 1900’s, the Bureau of Reclamation occupied this building as part of their Yuma Project headquarters.

Quartermaster’s Office Housed the Quartermaster’s personal workspace for managing the Yuma Depot and its enormous supply inventory. The U.S. Army Signal Corps also occupied one portion of the new building for the operation of Yuma’s first telegraph line. An original desk used at the Quartermaster Depot is exhibited in the office.

Water Reservoir Supplied the Depot with a reliable source of water using a gravity-fed system of underground pipes throughout the site. A pump house once located just north of the reservoir brought Colorado River water to the reservoir. This water system allowed the Quartermaster to have a lush and enviable garden.

Quartermaster’s House & Kitchen Yuma’s oldest home Constructed in 1859 by entrepreneur George Johnson, the home later became the Quartermaster’s personal residence. Two-foot-thick adobe walls, high ceilings, a central breezeway, and a detached kitchen are designed to reduce heat within the home and helped ensure a comfortable living space in the desert. The house has been restored to its 1876 appearance.

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View Deck This site provides an excellent view of the Colorado River and the granite outcroppings which form the Yuma Crossing. There are also great views of the Quechan Indian Nation, St. Thomas Mission, the railroad bridge operated by Union Pacific Railroad, and the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway bridge, opened in 1915.

Guard Tower With a commanding view of the area and situated atop the Prison’s original water supply, this tower is a reconstruction of one of the many towers which overlooked the prison and

guarded against escapes. To the east, there is the newly-restored Yuma East Wetlands restoration project.

Sally Port One of the last remaining original adobe structures of the 1876 Yuma Territorial Prison, this facility served as the check point through which prisoners entered and left the prison. This structure has been authentically and lovingly restored.

Museum Enjoy a brief video on the prison, as well as digital displays on Bad Girls of the Old West and Mormon Prisoners. Situated on the original site of the Prison Mess Hall, this New Deal-era

building was built with 60,000 adobe bricks made by “Yumans” during the Great Depression. It opened as a City museum in March 1941 until Arizona State Parks assumed management of the park. In 2010, the museum’s exhibits were completely upgraded.

Cell Block Hear haunting echoes of hard time in a hard place as you walk through the cell block South of the museum, this area provides a vivid sense of what it was like to be incarcerated at the Prison, six prisoners to a cell! Included in this area is the infamous “Dark Cell” for incorrigible prisoners.

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