Border Region

Coastal Sonora

Northern Sonora

Altar

Caborca

Imuris

Magdalena

Pitiquito

Santa Ana

Trincheras

Central Sonora

Southern Sonora

Trincheras

The small Sonoran pueblo of Trincheras is located near federal highway 15, between Santa Ana and Altar.  

The town's name (Trincheras, or trenches) comes from a nearby hill that was terraced hundreds of years ago by ancient inhabitants for agricultural purposes.   It is also the birthplace of cultural icon Joaquin Murrieta, who was a colorful figure in California's 1850's gold rush era.  

A group of Murrieta family descendants from the U.S. and Mexico gather in Trincheras every fall to commemorate his legacy.  The "Joaquin Murrieta Days" celebration is held in conjunction with the town's fiesta to celebrate San Rafael.

 

Magdalena Church

Roadside altar near Atil