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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail The Imperial Dunes (BLM) of southern California were too difficult to cross, so Anza skirted them to the south.
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The Quechan people live near Yuma, Arizona.

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In 1774, Spaniard Juan Bautista de Anza met Chief Palma of the Quechan (pronounced khet-chan) tribe and they became friends. When Anza returned a year later with more than 240 settlers bound for California, Palma gave Anza 6000 watermelons. The Quechan people still grow these watermelons today.
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