David K
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NEW PHOTOS from Jack Swords of historic Rancho La Presa
Jack sent me these pictures and GPS waypoints from La Paz of his return visit to old Rancho La Presa, very near Mision Dolores Chilla (La Pasion).
La Presa by Jack Swords
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Rancho now abandoned???
Great photos, David and Jack------
the rancho looks abandoned now----is this so? And if so, why? do you know?
Who owns the lands now?
What a wonderful, enchanting old building, and location. Barry
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Rancho La Presa
Hola Barry,
The ranch is currently owned by a young man from La Paz. It has had a series of owners over its history (including possibly being an estancia of the
nearby missions). Fascinating area including year round water, ancient rock walls, the old aquaduct, and a reported fumerole(sp?). The current owner
wants to increase the plantings (watered from the rio with a pump) from those existing ones. He has a great respect for the place and has made some
repairs. The caretaker has seen a lot over the years and has some interesting stories. One of which was the young family who purchased it in the
late 90's to do "treasure hunting." Their 11 yr old daughted died and they moved back to the US. The girl's grave is just behind Fernando de la
Toba's in a very ancient graveyard some distance from the hacienda. Still researching the exact history. David sure does a good job on putting these
together.
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Barry A.
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Thanks for the info, Jack.
That is one part of Baja (there are many) that I have never been into, but looks like it would be fasinating to prowl around. Lots of roads, none of
which I have been on.
Many thanks for the La Presa mini-history.
Barry
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For those who have yet to open the link to the web page, here's a tease...
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How many ranchos have their own elevated aquaduct? See the other photos at the link in the first post of this thread...
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