Review by Ed Quillen
Juan Bautista de Anza – December 2001 – Colorado Central Magazine
Anza’s 1779 Comanche Campaign
by Ron Kessler
Second Edition
Published in 2001 by Adobe Village Press
ISBN 0-9644056-3-6
Juan Bautista de Anza
13 Heroic Strategies for today’s heroic people of ambition
Article by Patricia N. Limerick
Juan Bautista de Anza – September 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editor’s Note
JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA is not a household name, but I wish he were. Why did celebrity status — and name recognition — come to some figures in Western American history, and not to others? A biography of a figure like Meriwether Lewis can become a fixture on bestseller lists. As a book trying for comparable popularity, a biography of Juan Bautista de Anza would seem defeated before it started, with no way to appeal to nationalistic pride or even to basic name recognition.
4th Annual Anza World Conference: Aug. 27-29 in Monte Vista
Article by Central Staff
Juan Bautista de Anza – June 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
Anza World is coming to Monte Vista
We may not be arranging an Anza Day this August in Poncha Springs, since there’s going to be a lot of Anza activity then just over Poncha Pass with the Fourth Annual Anza World Conference. Juan Bautista de Anza was the Spanish provincial governor of New Mexico in 1779. On a military campaign against the Jupe Comanche, he ventured into the northern San Luis Valley, then over Poncha Pass and into South Park.
