Cibola national wildlife refuges, many historical national parks, and geographic anomalies. Accommodations abound for every budget and preference, from 23,000 RV spots to nearly 4,000 hotel rooms in the area.
Golf Digest magazine rated Yuma the 7th best city in the United States for golf excursions. The area offers 13 beautiful and challenging courses including the renowned Cocopah Bend RV and Golf Resort, the Mesa Del Sol, and Desert Hills courses.
Day trips include the Cocopah Indian Museum, Adair Park, Quartermaster Depot State Park, St. Thomas Mission, Sanguinetti House Museum, numerous prehistoric sites, river tours, rock-hounding, and birding. Hiking and exploring the many historic routes is also highly recommended. Although Kerouac does not spend a great deal of time talking about Route 66 in his infamous book, On the Road, it nevertheless managed to acquire some of the mystique of Beatnik cross-country exploration. Owing to its location on the central route, Yuma was also a main stopping point for the Butterfield Overland Mail Route, aka the Oxbow Stage Route. This was one of the first postal routes in the west running from 1857 to 1861 and linking eastern routes from Memphis and St. Louis. The route ran through the heart of hostile Indian territory.
Yuma Territorial Prison is a living museum preserving the lifestyle of the old west. More than 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women, were incarcerated within its walls during its 33 years of operation from 1876 and 1909. Prisoners were convicted of crimes ranging from polygamy to murder, to grand larceny – the later being the most
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