David K - 9-2-2018 at 03:29 AM
Normally, when I do a photo series on the missions, they are done in the order the missions were founded. Loreto being #1, naturally.
This time, I will do the missions from north to south. Except for Mission San Pedro Mártir, they are all my photos. Photos not otherwise dated were
taken in 2017. Mission name followed by year founded or site developed.
Where there are ruins from multiple sites for the same mission, letters will be added to the number.
One photo per mission cannot nor does not show enough!
#26 El Descanso 1830:
#22 San Miguel 1787:
#27 Guadalupe (del Norte) 1834:
#25 Santa Catalina 1797 (2018 photo):
#23-a Santo Tomás 1st site 1791 (2011 photo):
#23-b Santo Tomás 2nd site 1794 (2009 photo):
#23-c Santo Tomás 3rd site 1799:
#21 San Vicente 1780:
#24 San Pedro Mártir 1794 (2004 photo by Jack Swords):
#20 Santo Domingo 1775:
#19-a El Rosario 1st site 1774:
#19-b El Rosario 2nd site 1802:
#18 San Fernando 1769:
#17-b Santa María final site 1767 (2010 photo):
#17-a Calamajué 1st Santa María site 1766 (2016 photo):
#16 San Borja 1762:
#15 Santa Gertrudis 1752:
#11 San Ignacio 1728:
#8 Guadalupe 1720:
#4 Mulegé 1705:
#5-a Comondú 1st site 1708:
#5-b Comondú final site 1736:
#6 La Purísima 1720:
#1 Loreto 1697:
#2 San Javier 1699:
#3 Ligüí 1705:
#14 San Luis Gonzaga 1737:
#9-a Los Dolores Apaté 1721:
#9-b La Pasión (final Dolores site) 1741:
#7-a Pilar de la Paz first site plaque 1720:
#10 Santiago 1724 (modern church on mission site):
#13 & #7-b Santa Rosa 1733/ La Paz 2nd site 1748 (modern church near Todos Santos on mission site):
#7-c Pilar de la Paz 3rd site 1825 (remodled mission church in Todos Santos):
#12 San Jose del Cabo 1730-1748, 1768-1840. (2012 photo of modern church on site):
So, that is my one shot of each mission most of them taken in 2016-2018.
[Edited on 9-4-2018 by David K]
David K - 9-3-2018 at 06:06 PM
I have just added the mission's number from 1-27 including letters (a, b, c) for some multiple sites for the same mission.
Nearly half the missions were moved during their years of operation and we can still see some remains at those previous locations.
A few missions sites are totally vanished today or have modern construction on top of the sites: Ligüí, La Paz, Santiago, San José del Cabo, and
Santa Rosa.
The second site for Santo Tomás is gone to a farmer's plowing, the first site a mile west is no longer accessible and was nearly gone when it was,
and the third site by the El Palomar campground is nearly gone.
La Pasión has only rubble and foundation stones from the final site for Mission Dolores del Sur. Rancho La Capilla is on the site.
Only room outlines remain at Santa Catalina and Calamajué. San Fernando has no preservation of the remaining walls. San Pedro Mártir only has some
stone walls and room outlines with no preservation. The foundations at the museum compound in Guadalupe Valley are probably modern and not from the
1834 mission.
