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San Felipe de Gracia Real de Terrenate
San Felipe de Gracia Real de Terrenate
Couortesy of British Library
1767 map of San Felipe de Gracia Real de Terrenate by José de Urrutia
The legend says: Plan of the Presidio of Terrenate, dependent upon the government of Sonora and located at 31 degrees and 35 minutes of latitude north, and 253 degrees and 54 minutes of longitude from the Tenerife meridian. Explanation: A.Captain's house; B.Guardhouse; C.Houses of the soldiers and some citizents. Note: that this presidio does not have a church and it is built out of adobes. Scale: two hundred fathoms. Joseph de Urrutia
The map also shows the roads to Fronteras and Tubac and the little Terrenate River (the headwaters of what is today the San Pedro River)
 

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Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
That the Santa Cruz River begins in the Patagonia Mountains of southern Arizona, runs south into Mexico, makes a sweeping turn and continues north through Sonora and Arizona to join the Gila River and eventually the Colorado River which empties into the Gulf of California.

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