Have you ever wanted to take a trip back in time to the Wild West? The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area has you covered, hosting Wild West Days, the first event of its kind, on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
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Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Receives Grant to provide an all expenses paid field trip to Yuma’s two state historic parks and Yuma East Wetlands.
Yuma, AZ November 13, 2023 – Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area has received an Open OutDoors for Kids grant from the National Park Foundation to provide all-expenses paid field trips to Yuma County’s 3rd and 4th grade students.
Community members have one more week left to vote for the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park as the Best Haunted Destination in the nation.
As of Friday, the Territorial Prison ranked No. 2, behind Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, in the USA Today 10Best contest.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is once again vying for the title of Best Haunted Destination in the nation.
The historic prison has previously held the No. 1 and 2 spots in the USA Today 10Best contest. The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, which oversees the state park, is asking community members to help the prison regain the title.
To vote, go to www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-haunted-destination-2023. The Heritage Area invites supporters to vote multiple times a day from different devices to secure the top spot again.
Four Gila Ridge High School welding students – Darin Soto, Cole Lancaster, Wallace Fulford and Sergio Martinez – and their instructor, Michael Young, had very important business to attend to Thursday morning: the unveiling of their entrance sign for the Yuma Territorial Prison Cemetery.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA/KECY) - Another Treasure of the Desert Southwest was Arizona’s first state prison and now serves as a local museum.
