The stone mission building was completed in 1796,
by the
Dominicans. Photo by Kevin Clough on 2-99. N28°03.06' W113°05.08'
Santa Gertrudis' bell tower.
One bell forged with the name
of a mission that was never completed to the north-east:
Santa Maria Magdalena.
So, it's bell was hung here.
Photo by Kevin Clough
Mision Santa Gertrudis on Dec. 31, 2001. Photo by David
Kier
The adobe San Borja mission from the Jesuits, and
Franciscans.
Replaced by the Dominican stone church, in 1801.
A large steel
awning now protects some of the ruins
from further disintegration. c Jack Swords
This stone church was completed by the Dominicans in 1801.
The older Jesuit adobe ruins are behind.
This is the northern most stone (cut
from the lava cliffs, to the west) mission in Baja.
N 28°44.68' W113°45.29' c
Jack Swords
Only melted adobe walls mark this first site for
Mision Santa Maria at N29°25.28' W114°11.72'.
This mission lasted only seven
months here (due to unusable water).
The new location was 30 miles north of
Calamajue .
Photo by Kevin Clough on 2-96.
Calamajue on Jan. 2, 2002.
Facing west towards
the arroyo.
Photo by David Kier
Calamajue, looking southeast. Photo on 1-2-02 by
David Kier
The last Jesuit mission in Baja, Santa Maria.
The adobe
chapel was built by the Franciscans in 1768 at N29°43.90' W114°32.83'.
c Jack
Swords, photo taken 11-5-01.
See the oasis along the road to Santa Maria, photo
by Bajamur, click on:
http://bajamur.homestead.com/files/frstpool.jpg
Photo by Chicago Ross, 4-03. See
http://vivabaja.com/msm
for area photos taken in 2007.
Santa Maria de los Angeles, about 1905. Photo by Arthur
North.
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