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David K
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Guess Where/ What Game (mission sites Ligui, Dolores, La Pasion)
I was glad to see Bernie revitalize this game, as we used to do it a lot many years ago here and on Amigos de Baja.
This is a historic site in Baja... what is it/ where is it?
In 2009:
(the spot is to the right of my truck)
In 2001:
Hint... it looked like this 35 years ago:
Near to that spot, the locals made this monument:
  
[Edited on 1-3-2011 by David K]
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Sta. Veronica?
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David K
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Nope... hint #1: It is in Baja California Sur
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I photographed that same same rock.
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The bottom picture with the cross looks like the one in the arroyo on the dirt road between Ligui and Ensenada Blanca. b1
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Some old mission ?????
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David K
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b1 and ncampion are both correct... Maybe I should still ask them to come up with a 'complete' answer?
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The bottom picture with the cross looks like the one in the arroyo on the dirt road between Ligui and Ensenada Blanca. Where there is some old mission
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Is that complete enough?
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David K
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No Marc... you must put more 'feeling' into it... 
"some old mission" doesn't quite bring the dreams of the Jesuit padres alive, or the work of the neophyte laborers into the realm of importance of
early California history.
The mission was the THIRD Califronia mission founded by the Jesuits, in 1705!
Here is my brief history clip from http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions :
San Juan Bautista de Ligui/ Malibat 1705-1721
Originally home to the Monqui Indians who called the site Ligui. The Cochimi called the site Malibat and soon replaced the Monqui at San Juan
Bautista. The site proved to be a poor location and was abandoned in favor of establishing a new mission at Apate (Los Dolores). The arroyo undermined
the mission site and only some rubble from the foundation was visible in 2001. GPS: 25°44'22.2" 111°15'51.0"
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I might add that when I returned to the spot in 2009, nothing remained in the arroyo of the mission foundation blocks. Preserved with photographs.
Here is the INAH floor plan of the Ligui mission before the arroyo swallowed it up... only the corner was lost then:
left:
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#2 Guess Where/ What... Bajatripper Wins!
These are the ruins of The Los Dolores mission site 'Apate', about 3 miles inland from the coast... between Loreto and La Paz.
Added following Bajatripper's correct guess (below):
Nuestra Seńora de los Dolores Apate 1721-1741*
Originally established close to the gulf coast, Dolores was soon moved to this spot about 3 miles west. *In 1741, a third move was made to the Dolores
visita of La Pasion in the region called Chilla (see below).
Los Dolores is often called 'Dolores del Sur' because the Jesuits planned for a future mission of 'Dolores del Norte' (see Santa Gertrudis).
This mission and San Pedro Martir are the only two not accessed by an automobile road. GPS: 25°03'19.0" 110°53'03.3"
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I think is near San Javier mission some type of Visita, not sure..
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Nope, but good guess! You are thinking of La Presentacion... see photo of it at http://vivabaja.com/missions3
This is south of Ligui, the first guess location.
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My first guess was San Bruno, but after more careful reading of what you've provided in the description, I see that it is south of Ligui, which San
Bruno certainly isn't. That said, I'd then guess Dolores mission since I know it isn't San Luis Gonzaga, which I have visited.
On the first photo, you state that the arroyo had finished off what you found there in 2001. Given that these ruins were almost three centuries old, I
wonder if they have been lost forever, or just covered up with a layer of sand. Perhaps I will go to that arroyo on my return trip this week with that
pathetic little collapsible shovel of mine and do some digging at the coordinates you provide. That mezquite should provide a good reference.
Thanks for the interesting stuff, David. Always appreciated.
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really interesting and I sure hope that sand only covers it - and I wish that we could preserve the past better - this is history at it's BEST.
Thanks David !
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De Nada amigos!
The Ligui mission site was next to the arroyo, too close! In the 1975 photo and floor plan, a corner of it was lost to the growing arroyo... and a
tree was growing from inside... The hurricane floods of summer/ fall 2001 finished it off... The photo I took in December, 2001 shows some of the
foundation mortor and blocks in the arroyo... lots of other rocks...
The photos from 2009 saw no remaining mortored stones... locals may have picked them up, or they may be under the sand or maybe washed to sea...
Steve, yes... the second set of photos is the Los Dolores mission site of 'Apate'... about 3 miles from the beach. It was in a very difficult location
at the bottom of that canyon and to this day remains one of only two Baja missions that cannot be reached by automobile and a short walk or less.
The mission was moved up, and west... closer to the San Luis Gonzaga mission at a site called 'Chilla' where there was a Dolores visita of 'La
Pasion'. The mission was still 'Los Dolores', but to differentiate this new site... often was called La Pasion by the padres and to this day often
erroneously called a seperate mission from Dolores.
Many missions were moved after their original founding location, usually for better water sources or other conditions required it.
Only a few remained in their original location through-out their operating period... these that were not moved in Baja Sur include: Loreto, Mulege,
Guadalupe, San Ignacio and San Luis Gonzaga... Ligui too, because when it was closed, the Spanish name 'San Juan Bautista' did not continue on at the
new location. It got a new name: Nuestra Seńora de los Dolores.
There are many 'gray areas' in the Baja California or Old California mission history that have been interpretted in various ways by various authors.
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David I can find Nuestra senöra de Dolores in Dave's Werschul Saints and Demons, book
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
David I can find Nuestra senöra de Dolores in Dave's Werschul Saints and Demons, book |
I am guessing you meant "I can't find..."?
On page 181, at the bottom and then details go on to page 184. It is titled 'Mision Dolores del Sur' and covers both the Apate and La Pasion (Chilla)
sites.
Los Dolores was often called Dolores del Sur because there was a planned mission of Dolores del Norte. That name was later changed when funds were
donated for the new mission to Santa Gertrudis. Some maps and books have erroneously labled San Pablo (a visita east of Vizcaino and down from San
Francisco de la Sierra) as well as a random spot in the desert as 'Mision Dolores del Norte' (in addition to Santa Gertrudis). The residents of San
Francisco de la Sierra told outsiders in the 1960's that walls in their village were the remains of 'Dolores', as well!
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tHANKS David I got it, I don't know how I miss't it. Mission history is cool... If I go back in March I want to go to Santa Gertrudis..
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De nada Jose... now what can we outdoor construction guys do to make money when it is raining???
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