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Welcome To Yuma, Arizona – On The River’s Edge

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Yuma Art Center Museum - Yuma Fina Arts Center
Located in historic downtown Yuma, the Yuma Art Center Museum exhibits art and material related to the Yuma valley, its culture and indiginous people.

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WHAT TO DO

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June 30

Annual Colorado River Regatta. A fun, relaxed float down the river with family and friends.
For info call 928-343-1715 .
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26th Annual Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony
July 4
Caballero Park
Yuma
Includes a military color guard & firing party,
patriotic music & speaker, 928-343-1715
or www.caballeros.org

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July 4

The Yuma Armed Services Park
Site of the annual Fourth of July Flag Raising ceremony. An early morning ceremony honoring the military in Yuma precedes the raising of the Stars and Stripes from the tower’s mast.
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July 6 (Historic Downtown)

Stargate to Downtown Yuma Block Party from 5pm to 11pm.
There will be a live band and food vendors on Main Street. For more info contact Perlita Wicks at 928-373-5028 .

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First incorporated as Arizona City in 1871, Yuma was renamed in 1873 and is now the largest city in Arizona outside the metro areas of Phoenix and Tucson.

Yuma is the county seat and largest city of Yuma County, one of Arizona’s original eight counties. It is the 11th largest city in the state, with an estimated population (2010 Census) of 93,064, up 16.7 percent from the 2000 count of 77,515.

Yuma’s geography shaped the Southwest. Because this was the safest spot to cross the Colorado River, all roads led to Yuma for travelers from Spanish explorers to Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl.
Today Yuma is a vibrant multicultural community that celebrates its rich heritage, surrounded by wide-open spaces and pristine desert scenery – all with a river running through it.
It’s not just snowbirds that flock to Yuma – nearly 400 species of birds make this a seasonal stop or year-round home because of our area’s diverse habitat.
There’s great birding right in the middle of town, thanks to West Wetlands and Gateway parks and the East Wetlands restoration area. Farther afield, Imperial, Kofa and Cibola national wildlife refuges and Betty’s Kitchen Interpretive Area at Mittry Lake provide thousands of acres of diverse desert, mountain and riparian habitat.

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