Yuma Crossing Historic Site

Yuma Crossing is a natural river crossing first used by Native Americans served significant transportation gateway on the Colorado River during the Spanish Colonial and United States westward expansion periods. The surviving buildings of the Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison are the key features on the Arizona side of the border; across the river, in California, stand the surviving buildings of Fort Yuma, an Army outpost that guarded the crossing from 1850 to 1885. This historic area is located on the banks of the Colorado River between Yuma's Madison Avenue and the Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge.

About the Yuma Crossing Historic Site

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area was established to conserve, enhance, and interpret the natural and cultural resources of the Yuma Crossing community through collaboration and partnerships.

National Parks Service: Yuma Crossing
Official United States National Parks Service Web site for the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Arizona.

Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites
National Historic Landmarks Program Web site for the historic sites at Yuma Crossing.

Yuma Crossing State Historic Park
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

Arizona Side of Yuma Crossing

Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
The Yuma Quartermaster Depot, was used by the United States Army to store and distribute supplies for all the military posts in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. Five structures from the depot's active period are still standing.

Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
Visitors to Yuma Territorial Prison can tour a prison that was used between 1876 and 1909

California Side of Yuma Crossing

California Parks Department: Fort Yuma

Military Museum: Fort Yuma

Wikipedia: Fort Yuma

Yuma Crossing Resources - NPS: Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
- NPS: Yuma Crossing National Historic Landmark
- Wikipedia "Yuma Crossing" Article

See also:
Other Yuma Attractions
Yuma Travel Guide
Arizona Travel Guide