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A fun and easy craft, the balero has been a toy in Latin American and other cultures for hundreds of years and could easily have kept the kids of the Anza Expedition entertained.

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The arrival of the Anza expedition in 1776 represented the end of a way of life for the Native Americans of Alta California.

En 1775, un equipo multiétnico, compuesto de 240 colonizadores, vaqueros, guías inígenas y mulas empacadoras, se embarcó en una excursión peligrosa. La pequeña expedición, encabezada por el teniente Juan Bautista de Anza, aventuró unas 2000 kilometros para fundar un presidio y una misión cerca del Puerto de San Francisco. Anza y los colonizadores llegaron a Alta California con el apollo de comu...

In 1776, a multi-ethnic group of families completed an epic, 1900-mile journey at the mouth of San Francisco Bay. These 240 men, women, and children the first Spanish settlers to come overland into California forged a path through history and laid a cultural foundation for the American West. Juan Bautista de Anza led the expedition from present-day Sonora, Mexico, through Arizona, and north alo...