David K
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El Camino Real to Comondu after 1736
The padres had a more direct route to San Jose de Comondu made after the mission moved south in 1736.
Harry Crosby illustrates the route in his 1994 'Antigua California':
On Google Earth I could see the mission trail and many places and marked it with yellow pins... ecr for the new route and ECR for the old route:
Then I went in and copied several of the close up images (C-1 to C-8) See map below, showing where each image is looking :
C-1
C-2
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C-4
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
Here are where the above images are, on a topo map:
Green route shows the post 1736 ECR to San Jose de Comondu from Loreto/ San Javier (as well as the route north to Comondu Viejo, discussed in another
thread.)
Blue is the older Camino Real and the rest of the route north...
[Edited on 6-18-2009 by David K]
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What a neat presentation, DK. Love those yellow pins!
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Thanks.... it is fun to see the 200-300 year old trail from space as well as to hike it on the ground!
Jesuit engineering and Cochimi labor, what a team!
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David, was this all on foot? Was it in the cooler seasons?
\"The time spent off the water, I\'m thinking of ways to get back in\"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by doradodan
David, was this all on foot? Was it in the cooler seasons? |
Hi Dan... was what all on foot?
The padres and pre-auto travelers... Both on foot and on burro or mule.
Yes, all year long... In some parts there were parallel Camino Reals depending on season and water availability. The Camino Real connected the
missions and water holes between them. The Indians lived where there was water.
A mission often was first established where the Indians already lived... but when the padres wanted to convert the natives from hunting/ gathering to
agriculture the mission had to be moved to BETTER water sources (Comondu, La Purisima, San Javier are examples of this fact).
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