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| Book cover | Autor | Title | Description |
| Bild | Autor | Leer | Beschreibung |
| Date | Event | Tribe | Chief |
8 January 1774  | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza started his first expedition to 'Alta California' from Tubac with 20 soldiers, 3 clergymen and 140 horses. Among the clergy was the Franciscan Juan Crespi. Alta California' was understood to mean the entire area north of Mexico that was claimed by Spain. The aim of the expedition was to explore an overland route from Arizona to California.   | - | - |
| Begin of February 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition reached the 'Yuma Crossing' near the present-day town of Yuma. Here the expedition crossed the Colorado River and marched about 50 miles south along the Colorado River. | - | - |
| Begin of February 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition encountered the Quechan Indians, who lived at the mouth of the Gila River in the Colorado River. The Quechan were farmers and used irrigation systems. Pottery, horses, wheat and other crops from Mexico were already being used by the Quechan. | Quechan | - |
| Middle of February 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition reached the area of the present-day village of San Luis Rio Colorado. | - | - |
| Middle of February 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - From Mexicali (Mexico), Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition marched further north towards the Imperial Valley. | - | - |
| End of February 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition reached the Imperial Valley (California) and continued northwest. | - | - |
| 21 March 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition reached the San Gabriel Arcangel mission in the Los Angeles area. It took Anza 74 days to find a land route to California. The return journey to Tubac would only take another 23 days. | - | - |
| May 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition marched back to the Yuma Crossing, from there along the Gila River to the mouth of the Santa Cruz River and back to Tubac. | - | - |
| May 1774 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - On the way back from his first expedition, Juan Bautista de Anza met the Pima Indians who lived along the Gila River. Like the Quechan, the Pima also practiced agriculture and used irrigation systems. | Pima (O'Odham) | - |
| 1804 | Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1774-1776 - José Bartolomé Tapia was the first European (Spaniard) to settle in the area of Malibu, California. In 1800, as a reward for his military service, José Bartolomé Tapia applied for a grant of the land he had seen as a young man as a member of de Anza's 1775 expedition. Tapia settled on the land in 1804 to graze his cattle and raise his children. The Malibu area was inhabited by Chumash Indians who had had little or no contact with Europeans until then. | Chumash | - |