goldhuntress
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Mission San Juan Bautista Photos
We went up to Coloma CA. last week and did a little meteorite hunting. No luck meteorite wise but had a great time in a beautiful area. I went to
Mission San Juan Bautista on my way home. If your interested in seeing photos click here Mission. San Juan Bautista is a really nice town and a beautiful place to visit.
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Skipjack Joe
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Whatever you do, don't go up into that belltower.
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Barry A.
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All the CA Missions are great, and all different. We did the complete tour last year of all the Alta CA Mission's taking 5 days to complete it. What
a great experience.
Love your pics-------thanks for posting these.
Barry
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DianaT
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Nice pictures-----thanks. The gardens at the mission are especially nice.
Sorry you didn't find any meteorites or perhaps some gold.
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David K
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There were 21 Spanish missions in Alta California and there were 27* Spanish missions in Baja California, 48 total California Spanish Missions...
The first 18 Spanish missions (1697-1769) were ALL in Baja California... which was the 'original' California.
* The final 2 missions on the peninsula were established after Mexico declared its independence from Spain (1810) and some historians consider those
two (Descanso & Guadalupe) to be only new locations for San Miguel Mission.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
There were 21 Spanish missions in Alta California and there were 27* Spanish missions in Baja California, 48 total California Spanish Missions...
The first 18 Spanish missions (1697-1769) were ALL in Baja California... which was the 'original' California.
* The final 2 missions on the peninsula were established after Mexico declared its independence from Spain (1810) and some historians consider those
two (Descanso & Guadalupe) to be only new locations for San Miguel Mission. |
DK, Are they all located? The Spanish missions in Baja?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
There were 21 Spanish missions in Alta California and there were 27* Spanish missions in Baja California, 48 total California Spanish Missions...
The first 18 Spanish missions (1697-1769) were ALL in Baja California... which was the 'original' California.
* The final 2 missions on the peninsula were established after Mexico declared its independence from Spain (1810) and some historians consider those
two (Descanso & Guadalupe) to be only new locations for San Miguel Mission. |
DK, Are they all located? The Spanish missions in Baja? |
Of course, and many had more than one location... They moved a mission usually do to water conditions or farmland available.
The locations have all been indentified, but the condition of most has suffered. See my extensive mission info. pages beginning at http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions includes photos (some from the past), dates, names, location (GPS and Google Earth image) and more.
The missions will vanish... some already have!
*La Paz exact original mission site is unknown.
*Ligui (San Juan Bautista) was washed away in 2001, but an area next to the arroyo where it was is marked to remember the mission.
*Los Dolores at La Pasion had only some rubble and last report (Jack Swords) said a pig farm is on top of the rubble.
*Santiago's first site is on a private ranch where only some foundation stones remain. The second site has a modern church built on top.
**... same is true for San Jose del Cabo and Todos Santos (Santa Rosa).
*La Purisima has foundation stones at the first site and rubble and graves at the final site.
*Guadalupe (del Sur) has some steps, floor tiles, walls but is hidden by vegetation.
The all adobe missions in the north (Franciscan and Dominican) have been only partially preserved.
*... the worst with little remaining is all three sites for Santo Tomas.
*Guadalupe (del Norte) has perhaps some foundation stones, but they are behind a fence and the site had been a Mexican army base and its walls were
built upon the mission foundation.
[Edited on 5-15-2012 by David K]
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