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[*] posted on 9-5-2004 at 08:32 PM
Ruins by the sea from around 1769





On what bayshore will one see this large ruin?

Hint#1: It's on the gulf coast

Hint#2: This bay is frequently misnamed.

Hint#3: This was built to support the chain of missions leading to Alta California.




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[*] posted on 9-6-2004 at 08:12 AM


The ruins are of a warehouse for San Francisco de Borja mission.
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[*] posted on 9-6-2004 at 08:45 AM


Nope, sorry...

Supplies for Mision San Francisco Borja were off loaded at Bahia de los Angeles. This is another bay, another mission.




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[*] posted on 9-6-2004 at 08:49 AM
Then it is


Then it is Santa Maria. If I rmemeber correctly, it is Bahia de San Luis Gonzaga. Supplies to San Francisco de Borja came in from several locations.

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[*] posted on 9-6-2004 at 09:39 AM


Yes Robert, the ruins are of the warehouse built on the shore of Bahia San Luis Gonzaga (often misnamed Bahia Willard from U.S. navy charts, or in the topo as Ensenada de San Francisquito).

Since Mision Santa Maria de los Angeles was soon closed by the Franciscans, this warehouse probably served more for the development of their new mission, San Fernando Velicata. A mission-era cargo trail going west from Gonzaga bypasses Santa Maria completely.

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[*] posted on 9-6-2004 at 09:46 AM
It probably served both


David. ALthough the Franciscans abandoned Santa Maria as a cabecera, it continued to exist as a visita into the 1770s, until the population dropped rapidly in epidemics.
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[*] posted on 9-6-2004 at 07:54 PM
Mision Santa Maria de los Angeles





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