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rts551
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Good Stuff. Thanks for bringing back your memories for us.
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elgatoloco
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Thanks for the info! Cant wait to get back to La Paz and see it in a new light.
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Paula
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La Paz is a lovely place, and I always wonder about how it must have been in times past. Nice to have an expert here-- I hope you keep these good
stories coming!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
bajatripper - I loved reading this history ! please tell more ! |
Blanca, I remembered this image, from Historia de Baja California, Edición crítica y anotada, by Pablo Martinez (the edition I'd recommend).
What it shows are the positions of American and Mexican troops during the battle that took place in La Paz in November-December, 1847. Since Mexico
lost, American forces occupied our fair city for the duration of the war, and then some (the US troops in BCS were the last to leave Mexico, several
months after the end of hostilities).
The "Arroyo" in the drawing is calle 16 de Septiembre as it reaches the beachfront. While there aren't any "Houses on the Corner," one can get an
appreciation for the lands under cultivation at that time.
Hope it helps.
Here's another image from the family archives, this one titled
"U.S. Ship Dale lying at La paz--lower (sic) California No 29" from "Sketches of the War in California--Meyers," painted by an American sailor in
1848, or thereabouts.
In the original, one can appreciate what appear to be many trees on the mesas on either side of the arroyo, behind the town. These aren't shown in the
schematic above since it doesn't show that part of the town. They would likely be orchards, since cacti were the native vegetation of the region.
Also of interest in this painting is the American flag flying prominently over the town--about mid-picture, on top of the tallest building in La Paz.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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Great post Steve!
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I am sitting in Rancho Viejo as I type
We are really enjoying seeing La Paz from every corner
Thanx
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
I am sitting in Rancho Viejo as I type
We are really enjoying seeing La Paz from every corner
Thanx |
Do you see that huge tree across the street, full of citrus fruit?
I noticed that, when having dinner up on the balcony. Just wonderful to look at, and now I do know some possible history about it.
Driving in two days back to that beautiful city of yours.
Karl
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In our Cabo days, we would go to La Paz a couple of times a month to shop at CCC as there was hardly anything in CSL. I loved reading your insights as
I have always thought La Paz a very special place. It's fun when you see a familiar place with 'new eyes'!
FAITH sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible!
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Bajatripper,
Thanks for the info and anything else you may be able to find out on this place, what a great piece of real estate and must be some history there.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
Bajatripper,
Thanks for the info and anything else you may be able to find out on this place, what a great piece of real estate and must be some history there. |
I was by there today, and noticed I need to update my photo files. Don't know when, but the old house in the middle of everything is now gone (another
Paceño memory lost, as the book would say). I could catch a glimpse of the end of one of the old walls, and that was it.
Since you've shown the interest and asked, I'll go find my old buddy and ask him what he knows about the place. He drives a cab now, his station is
downtown, so he shouldn't be too hard to find.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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