academicanarchist - 9-3-2004 at 05:15 AM
This is a photograph of one of the California missions.
Clue
academicanarchist - 9-3-2004 at 05:16 AM
This is a photograph of the same site taken around 100 years ago.
academicanarchist - 9-3-2004 at 05:33 AM
academicanarchist - 9-3-2004 at 05:33 AM
Clue
academicanarchist - 9-4-2004 at 06:14 AM
I will give you one clue to the identity of this California mission. There were several California missions that occupied more than one site. This
mission is one of those.
Mexitron - 9-4-2004 at 08:46 AM
Never having been there but what with some mountains in the background how about Santo Domingo?
Good guess, but not correct.
academicanarchist - 9-4-2004 at 08:49 AM
This is one of the California missions, and not a Baja California mission. Another clue. It was established in the 1780s.
Mexitron - 9-4-2004 at 09:15 AM
Oh.........California!! How about Carmel--San Bart-something.....that IS a Monterey Cypress growing there(another reason I chose Santo Domingo--had
to be coastal for those to be growing there).
Near the coast
academicanarchist - 9-4-2004 at 09:23 AM
It is located within 10 miles of the coast, but is not very close to the coast as is Carmel.
elizabeth - 9-4-2004 at 10:15 AM
Since there were only three California missions built in the 1870's, I have pretty good odds for a guess. I don't recognize the photos, but, I know
that La Purisima Concepcion, northeast of Lompoc was moved about four miles away after an 1812 earthquake and heavy rains destroyed the mission.
So that's my guess...
Also correct
academicanarchist - 9-4-2004 at 10:32 AM
The photo shows the remains of the church built at the first site of La Purisima mission, built between 1798 and 1802. These ruins are located in
Lompoc, made famous by W.C. Fields. The Franciscans relocated the mission to a new site following the 1812 earthquake, because the Indians would no
longer live there. The reconstructed buildings at the state park are from the second site.
[Edited on 9-4-2004 by academicanarchist]
academicanarchist - 9-4-2004 at 10:36 AM
Here is a panoramic photo of the ruins of the first site of La Purisima mission taken around 1880.