Pilar de la Paz (1720-1748)
No ruins exist, but this plaque marks the likely location in La Paz.
GPS is N24°09.60', W110°18.99'.
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