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Last Sunday, we stopped to see what was new at the Guadalupe mission site (we heard about a new museum) and we had a better than expected experience there!

To find the mission, go approx. 1 mile in through Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe) from Hwy. 3 (at the Pemex) on the paved road and come to a 4 way stop where the street ahead becomes a divided street with a planter in the center (a school is on the southeast corner.. Turn left, and the entrance to the mission museum is ahead on the left, on the edge of the wide arroyo.


Entrance to mission museum.


INAH is Mexico's institute of anthropology and history.


Being a mission, the trail (road) to it was an EL CAMINO REAL (there were many 'Royal Roads')



Info signs were in English and Spanish


From the 1920's to 1970, a military base was on this property and this wall and other foundations some have believed to be of the mission were actually from the base here.




The above two photos are base ruins, not the mission.

HERE's THE MISSION:












Co-author Max Kurillo at the last California mission (1834-1840), #48 in our book... and the next printing will include these photos, the first published of the excavated foundation of the mission (that we know of)!


This part of the museum is not yet finished, but it is built in the same style as the mission was... adobe on a rock foundation.








A young lady with a baby was our guide and she was running the museum that day as well... While it was all in Spanish, fortunately it was all understandable to me. She did a great job, and while not requested, we left her a tip for taking time to point out the many things inside and out at the mission museum.





































That was all in the little museum. I look forward to when the bigger building opens with much more to show on the history of Guadalupe Valley... Native people, Mission-era, Mexican rancho era, Russian era, modern era.

Interested ion the California missions (Baja and Alta)? : http://oldmissions.com

I wasn't even aware of a mission in that area (showing my ignorance...)

Originally Posted by BajaGringo

I wasn't even aware of a mission in that area (showing my ignorance...)

One of the great reasons to have our new book in your glove box or bookshelf!







Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe was the 48th and final California mission, founded in 1834, and only one of two founded AFTER Mexico won its independence from Spain (1821)... That's how remote California (Baja & Alta) was from the rest of Mexico... the padres were allowed to continue with mission activities due to the remoteness and that the native Indians have still not completely been converted to the 'European way of life'.

Other (Spanish) missions located between the U.S. border and San Quintin: El Descanso, San Miguel, Santa Catalina, Santo Tomas, San Vicente, San Pedro Martir, and Santo Domingo.

I haven't gotten that far yet...

Originally Posted by BajaGringo

I haven't gotten that far yet...

You're allowed to skip pages! ;)

Would you like to see the site from space, I have several Google Earth shots saved?

I would - why not create a separate thread with those links???

Where did my reply go?