MexicoTed - 4-26-2005 at 10:26 AM
Hey Gang,
Today's show guest is author Dave Werschkul who has written "Saints and Demons in a Desert Wilderness" about the missions of Baja California. If you
have a question for him, please email me.
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/show.asp?sid=126
Also, I've added a button to the show page called Upcoming Shows if you would like to see in advance who will be our guest.
Thanks,
Ted
David K - 4-26-2005 at 04:44 PM
Hola Ted... I am awaiting when today's show will be archived to hear it!
As you know, I sold Dave's books in his absence last Saturday, at the Pyramid Resort event...
Dave's web site for the book is http://www.bajamission.com
Here is the book's cover:
David K - 4-28-2005 at 10:41 AM
Great show Ted... and the connection seemed much better to hear your show online.
The missions are of great interest, and you ran out of time long before the questions ran out!
Here is the show's direct link: http://www.worldtalkradio.com/archive.asp?aid=3991
All the sites Dave discussed can be viewed in my missions web site, including the original site for Comondu, the hard to reach San Pablo visita
(erronously known as Dolores del Norte) and San Pedro Martir... http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions
MexicoTed - 4-28-2005 at 12:32 PM
David, youare right, we had more questions from emailers than we could answer. Of course, they are informed to email him directly. He was a great
guest and it's one of my favorite subjects in Baja.
I believe World Talk Radio is upgrading their equipment as they add a second studio, so I think transmissions, etc. should be better.
Ted
Baja California Missions
academicanarchist - 4-29-2005 at 06:11 AM
Dave W. has written a useful general history of the missions for the casual reader, as has Ed Vernon. However, there are some points I disagree with,
and that I have discussed over the last couple of years on this forum. For example, there were 7 and not 9 Dominican missions. In his 1935 book Meigs
identified Descanso and Guadalupe del Norte as being separate missions, but they were not. There are other points as well. This gives me another
opportunity to plug my forthcoming book, that is now going into production and should be available in late May or early June. The web site below has
additional info. It is a broad comparative study, but discusses different aspects of the Baja California missions.
The Dolores del Norte site was initially chosen for the next mission north of San Ignacio, but was later abandoned in favor of the site where Sta
Gertrudis was founded. It was never staffed, and the goods for the future mission were held at San Ignacio.
http://www.pentacle-press.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?pro...
Also, not to forget David K's wonderful mission web site:http://www.davidksbaja.com/bajamissions/
[Edited on 4-29-2005 by academicanarchist]
David K - 4-29-2005 at 11:48 AM
It is all so interesting... and because NONE of us were alive then, there will always be opinions and fables to go with facts... Like the lost mission
stories, that Descanso and Guadalupe del Norte were missions, that Calamajue was only a visita, etc.!
Here is a new book produced by INAH, authored by Michael Mathes. I just got it today, thanks to Zella Ibanez who is helping me with INAH approval so
Jack Swords and other Nomads can do some emergency preventitive repairs at Santa Maria after Antonio's festival in El Rosario in July!
Missions and the past
academicanarchist - 4-30-2005 at 03:24 AM
David. You are right, we did not live back then. However, there is a wealth of documentary and other information that can be used to reconstruct the
past. I began the serious study of the missions in Baja California and the north Mexican frontier back in 1978, and I have learned a few things in
that time.