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Burro
The word burro is derived from the Spanish word borrico meaning donkey. Burro refers to a small donkey, often used as a pack animal.
Burros were first seen in the Arizona territory in 1679, when a Jesuit Priest, Padre Eusebion Kino, brought them to the Spanish Mission at San Xavier de Bac in southern Arizona.
The presence of burros as free-roaming animals in the hills and mountains of the lower Colorado River Valley came after the discovery of gold at Gila City in 1858. With the discovery of gold, prospectors poured into the area from California and Sonora, Mexico, and brought with them little sturdy pack burros.
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