Founded in 1771 by early Spanish missionaries on the bank of the Colorado River. The present-day Yuma area was first sighted by Father Kino in 1700. Yuma boasts a colorful history of quests for gold, Spanish exploration, missionary massacres by the Indians, and the eventual taming by early frontiersmen.
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