The exhibit will be on display from March 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. This traveling exhibit includes seven interpretive panels, (each approximately 42 inches wide and 8 feet tall) presenting, in English and Spanish, the story of the Anza expedition and the challenges the members faced. It makes connections to timeless themes such as emigration, opportunity, diversity, hope, and faith.
Join the exhibit opening at the Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum in King City, California on March 16, 2019 from 11 am – 3 pm. There will be hands on activities and presentations throughout the day. For more information please visit the Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum website.
The Anza Expedition traveled near King City and camped just north near present day Greenfield on the banks of the Salinas River on March 8, 1776. Father Pedro Font, who was on the Expedition described the Salinas River and its surrounding landscape in his diary.
“It carries a great deal of water and has a deep channel. Its banks on one side and the other for some distance are very thickly grown with cottonwoods and other small trees….. All the country is good and well grown with pasturage.” –Father Pedro Font, Anza Expedition Diaries, March 8, 1776.
If your organization would like to host the traveling exhibit at your site, please contact Miguel Marquez for more information at 415-623-2344 or e-mail us