academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 03:40 AM
I am attaching two c. 1880 photos of one of the 21 Franciscan missions in California. Which mission is shown in the two photos?
second photo
academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 03:41 AM
hint
academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 03:42 AM
This one is difficult.
two more shots
academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 03:46 AM
OK. I will attach two more photos from the 1880s
4th photo
academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 03:47 AM
Another clue
academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 10:54 AM
Here is a shot of the site today. It is located in a city made famous by W.C. Fields.
Santiago - 10-16-2005 at 10:58 AM
"Atascadero"
Nope
academicanarchist - 10-16-2005 at 11:02 AM
Not Atascadero, which was the site of a state mental hospital. W.C. Fields mentioned the name of this town in many of his movies, probably because he
liked the way it sounds.
[Edited on 10-16-2005 by academicanarchist]
Jack Swords - 10-16-2005 at 11:28 AM
Hola Robert, sucked me back into this forum...couldn't resist!
LOMPOC (La Purisima)
[Edited on 16-10-2005 by Jack Swords]
Skeet/Loreto - 10-16-2005 at 02:08 PM
AA
Thanks for,all the Good Photos !
I am not much into the Hidden Missions but do appreciate your good Work!!! Skeet/Loreto
Guess
Spyderman - 10-17-2005 at 08:39 AM
Gilroy?
bajaden - 10-17-2005 at 12:30 PM
Looks a little like the mission at Carmel. Hard to tell with no town there. Its got a similar shape though.
David K - 10-17-2005 at 04:07 PM
Did you not read Jack Swords' post?
Response to Jack
academicanarchist - 10-17-2005 at 04:11 PM
Jack needs to be more specific. And it is not San Carlos-Carmel.
[Edited on 10-17-2005 by academicanarchist]
Jack Swords - 10-17-2005 at 04:57 PM
C'mon Robert...La Pur?sima Concepcion de Maria Santisima, original site. Destroyed by earthquake and rebuilt at another site. Both nearby Lompoc, CA.
Good photos...
Is there a valuable prize?
David K - 10-17-2005 at 05:11 PM
How about your new mission book Robert?
Is it out yet, how can we get an autographed copy???
If it has Baja missions in it, I will add ordering info. to my Baja Notebook, where other new Baja books are listed!
Jack and David
academicanarchist - 10-18-2005 at 01:09 PM
Jack. Not everybody is familiar with the first site or the history of the mission. The book is out. If you want to send me a copy, I will sign it and
return it. I was not given anywhere enough copies to give to people I would like to. One of the photos of the first site of La Purisima, occupied
1788-1812, appears in my new book. The gully in the side of the hill behind the mission was most likely caused by the 1812 earthquake.
more shots
academicanarchist - 10-18-2005 at 01:14 PM
I will post a couple more photos that show the gash in the side of the hill.
another photo
academicanarchist - 10-18-2005 at 01:21 PM
Santiago Mission, Paraguay
academicanarchist - 10-18-2005 at 01:23 PM
I will post a shot of mission buildings on the main square at Santiago in Paraguay.
David K - 10-18-2005 at 03:43 PM
Robert, email me ordering details and a web link (if there is one) for your new book... I will add it to my Baja Notebook web site right away!
Post here on Nomad in the classified Miscl. section if it is an ad... Otherwise a story about it in the Baja Literature Forum on Nomad would be nice!
web site
academicanarchist - 10-19-2005 at 12:45 PM
Ok. I sent you an e-mail with the url of the web site.
another in Paraguay
academicanarchist - 10-19-2005 at 01:00 PM