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David K
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Mission Churches in use today, and what remains at other sites:
Of the 27 missions and even more locations, as there were multiple sites, only 8 have been preserved or restored from original construction, north to
south:
San Borja
Santa Gertrudis
San Ignacio
Mulege
Loreto
San Javier
San Jose Comondu
San Luis Gonzaga
In the cape region, little to nothing remains of the original mission period buildings. Churches built on mission sites are all post mission period:
Santiago, Todos Santos, San Jose del Cabo.
The La Paz church, identified by some as the mission, is about 4 blocks from where the mission probably was located.
To the north of San Borja, only adobe was used for walls and once the roof was removed, the walls began to melt from rain, and damaged by treasure
hunters.
Santa Maria has the most remaining (as it is in the desert and difficult to reach). San Fernando, El Rosario (2 sites), Santo Domingo, San Vicente,
and San Miguel (at La Mision) all have some walls, now with a protective coating.
Santo Tomas (3 sites) has very little standing walls and mostly clumps of melted adobe remaining... none have been preserved or marked by INAH.
Guadalupe del Norte (the final California mission) has a fence around it and preservation work is underway. Santa Catalina has just some foundation
stones and a small lump of adobe remaining. San Pedro Martir has some low stone walls and foundation stones.
In the south, very little remains at Guadalupe del Sur and La Purisima. Some walls remain at Los Dolores (Apate) and the last site (La Pasion) has
just rubble with a pig farm on top.
Ligui (Malibat) has nothing at all remaining since a 2001 flash flood undermined the final bit of foundation next to the arroyo, and what rubble was
seen in the arroyo is now gone. Locals made an area or park next to the orignal site as a monument to the third Spanish mission. It is along the road
to Playa Ligui from Hwy. 1.
[Edited on 6-20-2012 by David K]
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Ken Cooke
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I want a signed copy of this book when it is available! Keep up the good work, David K!!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
I want a signed copy of this book when it is available! Keep up the good work, David K!! |
You all will be the first to know when the new book is published and for sale, hopefully soon!
Until then, there are plenty of books on the missions, and some of them are even correct!  
I will show you some of my library collection in another thread in this forum, stand by!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
I want a signed copy of this book when it is available! Keep up the good work, David K!! |
You all will be the first to know when the new book is published and for sale, hopefully soon!
Until then, there are plenty of books on the missions, and some of them are even correct!
I will show you some of my library collection in another thread in this forum, stand by! |
Your library is almost as extensive as Neal Johns'.
When did you acquire so many Baja books?? I still have my 'Got Baja' magnet and 'VIVA BAJA' bumper stickers. I'll need these when you are famous and
go on Oprah.
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David K
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Oprah? Is that still on the air?
I started collecting Baja books when I was 10 (1967), my first books were the Lower California Guidebook (Gerhard & Gulick), Off the Beaten Track
in Baja (Erle Stanley Gardner), The Sea of Cortez (Ray Cannon), The Call to California (Harry Crosby was the photographer in this book about Fr. Serra
walking to San Diego from Loreto in 1769). The collecting ramped up when I was a teen in the 70's with so many new Baja books coming out. I wrote my
first two Baja travel guides when I was a teenager in '73 and '74.
Most of my history and other Baja books were added in the past 12 years, as a hobby (and friendly competition with Neal Johns).
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