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David K
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What Mission is This? Here is an ID of the mission sites
The most recent images I have of the missions to assist in IDing the building or ruins at all 27 missions (nearly half were at more than one
location).
The year of the mission founding is included. The year the structure was made, was often well after the founding date.
1) LORETO, 1697
2) SAN JAVIER, 1699
3) LIGUI/MALIBAT, 1705
No ruins, all washed away. They were about 500' east of this sign.
4) SANTA ROSALIA de MULEGE, 1705
5) SAN JOSE de COMONDU, 1708
6) LA PURISIMA, 1720
No church ruins, only two tombs from east side of mission church remain.
7) LA PAZ, 1720
No church ruins from 1720-1748, only this plaque on the side of a building in La Paz.
In 1748, the mission moved to Todos Santos. This is a 1919 photograph of the 1825 mission church (that remains today on the town plaza), by Joseph
Slevin.
8) GUADALUPE, 1720
Only wall stones and foundation stones. BajaOkie photo.
9) DOLORES, 1721
 . BajaOkie photo.
10) SANTIAGO, 1724
Modern church on mission site.
11) SAN IGNACIO, 1728
12) SAN JOSE del CABO, 1730
Modern church on the final mission site.
13) SANTA ROSA, 1733
Modern church near mission site, north side of Todos Santos, Jack Swords photo. No original ruins, now under a playground. In 1748, the La Paz mission
moved to this spot and replaced Santa Rosa as the mission in Todos Santos.
14) SAN LUIS GONZAGA, 1737
Jack Swords photo.
15) SANTA GERTRUDIS, 1752
16) SAN BORJA, 1762
17) SANTA MARIA, 1766 (founded at Calamajué, moved after 7 months)
Photo at final site, established May 1767.
TO BE CONTINUED!
[Edited on 7-12-2017 by David K]
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David K
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After the Jesuits...
Santa Maria was the final Jesuit mission before they were replaced (in 1768) bu the Franciscan Order, led by Junipero Serra.
The Franciscan founded only one mission in Baja California: San Fernando de Velicatá (a site the Jesuits planned to build their next mission at). The
Franciscans also built the adobe buildings at Santa Maria, we see the ruins of today. After 5 years of administration, the Franciscans handed off the
entire peninsula to the Dominican Order, who had campaigned to have a hand in California mission operations.
SAN FERNANDO, 1769
The Dominicans arrive to take over Baja missions in 1773. They also have 200 miles of 'virgin' territory between San Fernando and San Diego to
establish their own missions.
EL ROSARIO, 1774
SANTO DOMINGO, 1775
SAN VICENTE, 1780
SAN MIGUEL, 1787
Photo by Jack Swords
SANTO TOMAS, 1791
SAN PEDRO MARTIR, 1794
Photo by Jack Swords
SANTA CATALINA, 1797
An archeological dig in 2007 to find foundation stonework, under melted adobe walls. Photo by Lee Panich
The Spanish Period in Baja California was over in early 1822, Mexico won their war for independence the year previous. Two more missions were founded
by a lone Dominican priest who continued to operate the northernmost missions in Baja California. Some historians dispute if the following two were
missions or simply new locations for Mission San Miguel...
26) EL DESCANSO, 1830 (location established by 1810 as a new site for the flooded San Miguel)
Photo by Jack Swords
27) GUADALUPE (del Norte), 1834
The missions offer a look back to the endeavors made to colonize the peninsula and the activities of man in a most rugged and remote land.
Have all the data at you finger tips, glovebox-friendly: www.oldmissions.com
[Edited on 7-12-2017 by David K]
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