David K - 3-8-2015 at 03:36 PM
Located almost 4 miles towards the Pacific from Hwy. 1 (where the final location of the mission was moved to in 1799).
Site 1:
1967
1975
2003
2005
2011
The third and final site ruins are in town, near Hwy. 1, north of El Palomar campground... see the tall palm trees on your left as you are southbound
on Hwy. 1 as you come into town. They too are almost gone!
[Edited on 7-2-2018 by David K]
BooJumMan - 3-8-2015 at 04:10 PM
Thanks for sharing. Very cool
Last Mission of Santo Tomas photos from 1926 to 2005
David K - 3-9-2015 at 08:34 AM
1926
1949
1975
2003
2005
2005
March 2017
David K - 7-2-2018 at 12:00 PM
[Edited on 7-2-2018 by David K]
David K - 7-2-2018 at 12:11 PM
The campground by the first mission site (1791) was closed and a fence blocked the entrance so I could not get near the site for new photos.
The second site (1794) has been plowed over.
That leaves just these few, unprotected stubs at the third (1799) site of California's final mission to remain in service to the native people,
abandoned in 1849.
