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Baja California is home to 27 missions, includingthe first 18 California Missions.
Missions in Baja California were administered in: 1697 to 1768 by the Jesuits, 1768 to 1773 by the Franciscans,1773 to 1854 by the Dominicans.
Map from Edward Vernon
The California Peninsula is theLAND OF MISSIONS
On March 5, 1766 the future mission location of Velicatáwas discovered by the Jesuit Padre Wenceslao Linck on his expedition from Mission San Borja to find sites towards the Colorado River.
Calamajué/ Santa Maríawas California’s 17th mission.
Velicatá (San Fernando) was too far from San Borja, so the Jesuits established a mission midway.
The mission at Calamajué was founded Oct. 16, 17662012 Photo by David Kier
Chris Kier on El Camino Real, 5.6 miles west of Hwy. 5, in 2003
David Kier on El Camino Real
EL CAMINO REAL TO SANTA MARIA
Only the most rugged vehicles and drivers can reach Santa María today!
The ‘Widowmaker’ grade stops most drivers, 1.2 miles from the mission.
The bog can be dry or up to 3 feet deep. 2010 was a wet year!
Rock are not the only road hazard going to the mission…
Mission Santa Maríade los Ángeles
#17 of the California Spanish Missions, 1766-1774
Mission Santa María de los Ángeles Oct. 16, 1766 at CalamajuéMay, 1767 at Cabujakaamang
1769 Mission Santa María as visualized by Charles Larson
1906 photo of Mission Santa María by Arthur North
1961 photo by Howard Gulick
1966 photo by J.W. Black
1999 photo by David Kier
West side of mission ruins. 2007 Photo by David Kier
Close look at side rooms in 2007 photo by David Kier
Doorway in 2007 photo by David Kier
Santa María’s only residents: Bighorns passing above our camp in 2007.
Mission Santa María2010 photo by David Kier
2010 photo by David Kier
Warehouse ruins, 10 miles northeast of Santa María onBahía San Luis Gonzaga?: Franciscan origin 1769+ Photo from 2002 by David Kier
2011 photo by Dr. Eric RitterAt Gonzaga Bay warehouse
San Fernando de Velicatá, first mission founded by JuníperoSerra, May 14, 1769. Photo of east side by G.W. Hendry in 1926.
San Fernando in 1974 photo of west side by David Kier
San Fernando in 1975 photo of east side by David Kier
2002 Photo of San Fernando by Jack Swords, east side.
2005 Photo of San Fernando by David Kier
Petroglyphs one mile west of mission in 2005 photograph by David Kier.
2012 Photo by Dr. Hans Berstch
Mission San Fernando as seen from helicopter in 2014 photo by David Kier during CBS Sports ‘Trail of Missions’ tour.
