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[*] posted on 2-12-2024 at 02:33 PM
Trivia: The shortest-lived missions on the peninsula


Missions that failed early or were the first to be abandoned. Most that were in a bad location simply moved to a better one. Nearly half of the missions moved one or more times, up to 50 miles away! These had the shortest lives:

San Juan Bautista de Ligüí (1705-1721) was replaced by Mission Dolores Apaté, much further south.

San José del Cabo (1730-1748) was made a visita of Mission Santiago for the next 20 years, then returned to being a mission again.

Santa Rosa de las Palmas (1733-1748) was replaced by Mission Pilar de la Paz when it relocated to Todos Santos from La Paz Bay.

Santa María de los Angeles (1766-1775) relocated after just 7 months at the first site, called Calamajué, and was closed after about 8 years at the new site, which lacked farmland.

San Pedro Mártir (1794-1811) also moved after less than 3 months at its first site which was nearly 7,000 feet above sea level and too cold for crops. The second site had issues with hostile Natives.

El Descanso (1830-1834) & Guadalupe del Norte (1834-1840) both these missions were established after Mexico's Independence from Spain by a rogue Dominican padre without authorization. These two are not missions to many historians but more likely new locations for Mission San Miguel, which was near to both.

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