The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail follows the path of the Santa Cruz River. Together they protect valuable habitat and provide outdoor recreational opportunities for park visitors.
Santa Cruz River Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Earth, observed from the Orbiter Endeavour during STS-68. The images were taken with Color Infrared (CIR) film. Subject Terms: STS-68 EARTH OBSERVA More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Earth, viewed from the Orbiter Endeavour during STS-89. Subject Terms: STS-89, ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), EARTH LIMB Da More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-86 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Photos were taken with color infrared film. View 115 is a partial vi More
Santa Cruz River Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Santa Cruz River Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Santa Cruz River with autumn light
Santa Cruz River after monsoon storm
The Arizona Army National Guard's 253rd Engineer Battalion conducting training to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' construction efforts in the Santa Cruz river area to control flooding caused by seaso More
Probably the single most important commodity in the desert was, and is, water. Water for drinking, washing, bathing, and irrigating crops was taken out of the Santa Cruz River nearly a mile upstream to the sout More
At the entrance to the museum is a mural of the Santa Cruz river at sunset. This beautiful photograph introduces the theme of the entire museum – “Always changing, forever the same.” The introductory text here More
Archeology reveals human settlement at the Guevavi site going back 4,000 years, likely due to its advantageous position along the Santa Cruz River. The underlying geology combined with rock outcrops on both sid More
Surface flow on the Santa Cruz gave rise to productive agricultural communities going back thousands of years before the Spanish arrived. These successful settlements, many of which transformed into mission com More
The name Calabazas first appears in a baptismal record of June 2, 1756. It was evidently established as a mission earlier that year when Father Francisco Xavier Pauer relocated at least seventy-eight Pimas to t More
Santa Cruz County officials pose with members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 253rd Engineer Battalion who were in Nogales, Ariz. conducting training to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' constructi More
The Arizona Army National Guard's 253rd Engineer Battalion conducting training to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' construction efforts in the Santa Cruz river area to control flooding caused by season More
George Silva, Santa Cruz County attorney, coins members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 253rd Engineer Battalion for conducting training to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' construction efforts in More
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS AZ-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction Natio More