Pilar de la Paz (1720-1748)
No ruins exist, but this plaque marks the likely location in La Paz.
GPS is N24º09.60', W110º18.99'.
The next two photos were taken south of La Paz along the old mission trail.
Ruins near Rancho Novillo, south of La Paz, perhaps from the mission era?
N 23°55.81' W110°13.47'. The mission of La Paz is vanished.
c Jack Swords
A close up of the arched entrance. c Jack Swords.
Los Dolores del Sur (1721-1741)
In an isolated location, 3 miles from the gulf coast N
25°03.30' W110°53.00'.
Photo taken with a telephoto lens from a ridge,
reached
after a 2 hour hike from the nearest road! c Jack Swords
Dolores del Sur photo by Kevin Clough, taken in January,
1998.
Santiago el Apostol (1724-1795)
This photo of the mission's final site was taken in 1919.
A modern church has replaced the old adobe.
This exclusive photo was taken at the mission's first site, several miles north.
The foundation stones can be seen. c Jack Swords
San Ignacio de Kadakaman (1728-1840)
This impressive structure was completed in 1786.
Built from
cut lava rock, the walls are four feet thick.
N 27°17.03' W112°53.87' c Jack
Swords