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[*] posted on 12-30-2005 at 12:06 AM
name that mission


here's an easy one for some of you: where is this mission located? :?:



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[*] posted on 12-30-2005 at 12:10 AM
hint


another view



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[*] posted on 12-30-2005 at 12:02 PM


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[*] posted on 12-30-2005 at 12:08 PM


The Spanish caption engraved above the doorway says (in English): Head and Mother of the Missions of Lower and Upper California.

I have an issue with authors who call the mission of San Diego the 'first' mission in California!:fire::no:

'California' was the name of the peninsula long before the land north of the peninsula also was included... as 'Alta California'... Funny how things got reversed!

Great photos!! Do you have more mission pictures? Maybe some can be added to those taken by Jack Swords and others at http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions ?

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[*] posted on 1-2-2006 at 07:09 PM


I have a few more but those were the best of the bunch. Feel free to add them to your site. :D

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The Spanish caption engraved above the doorway says (in English): Head and Mother of the Missions of Lower and Upper California.

I have an issue with authors who call the mission of San Diego the 'first' mission in California!:fire::no:

'California' was the name of the peninsula long before the land north of the peninsula also was included... as 'Alta California'... Funny how things got reversed!

Great photos!! Do you have more mission pictures? Maybe some can be added to those taken by Jack Swords and others at http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions ?

Leaving in an hour for San Felipe!




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[*] posted on 1-17-2006 at 03:33 PM
That was easy


That was too easy. Try this one.
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[*] posted on 1-17-2006 at 03:52 PM


AA, is that the road back to El Rosario from La Bocana?
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[*] posted on 1-17-2006 at 07:00 PM


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That was too easy. Try this one.


Mission San Fernando Velicata?
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[*] posted on 1-17-2006 at 07:39 PM


Man, that is an old photo Robert! I was stumped until I recognized the far left wall end. Today, there is no road as shown... just foot paths.

Bob, you are closer than Joe with your guess...




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[*] posted on 1-17-2006 at 10:02 PM


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Bob, you are closer than Joe with your guess...


Mission Viejo?:lol:
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[*] posted on 1-17-2006 at 11:32 PM


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Bob, you are closer than Joe with your guess...


Mission Viejo?:lol:


Funny... :lol:

Look at Dr. Jackson's (academicanarchist) photo at the far left end...

Here it is now... from the other side...




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[*] posted on 1-18-2006 at 11:13 AM
Mission El Rosario?


The one you're showing David appears to be Mission El Rosario. I am using the following link to match up your photo. These are photos of Marquis McDonald (no relationship to DeSade).

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/mcdofrm.htm
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[*] posted on 1-21-2006 at 04:37 AM
First Rosrario Site


Yep, it is a shot I took 30 years ago of the ruins at the first Rosario mission site.
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