Gift Shop
We invite you to visit our gift shop, The Adobe Annex, located at 248 Madison Avenue, Yuma, Arizona. The Adobe Annex is operated by the Yuma County Historical Society and maintains the same hours as its neighbor, the Sanguinetti House Museum, Tuesday through Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM (closed on holidays).

The Adobe Annex offers a 10% discount to all members of the Arizona Historical Society. Gifts reflect turn of the century items, and specialize in local Indian crafts, prints and drawings of Yuma scenes, as well as the best selection of Arizona and Yuma history books. The books available include the following titles printed by the Yuma County Historical Society:

EARLY YUMA: A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF LIFE ON THE AMERICAN NILE by Rosalie Crowe and Sidney Brinkerhoff, 1995 ($19.95)

PRISON CENTENNIAL 1876 - 1976 by Clifford Trafzer and Steve George, 1978 ($4.00)

LOST MINES AND PROSPECTOR'S LORE by Bill Keiser, adapted by Pauline Sandholt, 1978 ($8.00)

A WOODEN ROAD THROUGH THE HOLLOW OF GOD'S HAND by Johnny Rube, 1997 ($18.95)

YUMA-FRONTIER CROSSING OF THE FAR SOUTHWEST by Clifford Trafzer, 1980 ($9.95)

WHEN THE COLORADO RIVER QUIT THE OCEAN by Alton Duke, 1980 ($14.95)

THE YUMA CROSSING: A SHORT HISTORY by Clifford Trafzer, ($5.00)

SAN YSIDRO RANCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT by Janus Associates, Inc., 1983 ($20.00)(abridged copy $15.00)

RAYMOND MARSHALL PRIEST - THE YUMA PROJECT by Ramona Vorbeck, 1989 ($14.95)

GROWING UP ON THE RECLAMATION GROUNDS, by Bellany Priest Abbott & Raymond Priest Vorsedz, 1987 ($12.50)

PRISONERS IN PETTICOATS - THE WOMEN OF THE YUMA TERRITORIAL PRISON by Elizabeth Klungness, 1993 ($14.95)

YUMA CROSSING by Douglas Martin, 1995 ($9.95)

GREAT REGISTERS OF YUMA COUNTY: 1898 ($7.00), 1902 ($8.00), 1910 ($12.50)

YUMA, ARIZONA: SUNSHINE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES, by Yuma Co. Chamber of Commerce, 1927 ($20.00)

A TRANSCRIPTION OF MAJOR SAMUEL P. HUNTZELMAN'S JOURNAL: Jan 1, 1851 - Dec 31, 1853 transcribeb by Creola Blackwell, 1989 ($45.00)

YUMA DURING THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by Cliff Trafzer, 1975 ($5.00)

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Arizona Historical Society
240 Madison Ave.
Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-1841