What's in a name: Yuma
Yuma Crossing
Gila Trail map
Spanish explorers Hernando de Alarcon and Melchior Diaz
Steam paddle wheel boat

What's in a name: Yuma

Native Indians were the earliest known inhabitants. They were there in 1540 when the first Spanish expeditions, led by the Hernando de Alarcon and Melchior Diaz, sailed up the Colorado River from the Sea of Cortez.

What's in a Name


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