By David Kier www.vivabaja.com Co-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ Traveling north from Loreto in November of 1705, the Jesuit Padre Manuel de Basaldúa founded the… Read more »
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The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #3, San Juan Bautista de Ligüí/Malibat (1705-1721)
By David Kier www.vivabaja.com Co-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ San Juan Bautista de Ligüí mission was founded by the Jesuit Padre Pedro de Ugarte in… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #2, San Francisco Javier de Biaundo (1699-1817)
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By David Kier www.vivabaja.com Co-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ Having heard of an Indian settlement called ‘La Vigge’ hidden away amid a circle of… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #1, Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó (1697-1829)
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By David Kier www.vivabaja.com Co-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ The chain of Spanish missions in California began at Loreto, on the Gulf of California (Sea… Read more »
The Spanish Missions of Baja & Alta California Lecture
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Discover Baja is pleased to announce that David Kier and Max Kurillo, co-authors of “The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California 1697-1834” will be giving a lecture about the… Read more »
Resources for Baja California Mission History
By David Kier www.vivabaja.com Co-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ Collecting books on Baja California has been a lifelong hobby. Somehow, it seemed natural to… Read more »
Chart of the California Missions
By David Kier www.vivabaja.com Co-author of “The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834” Here is a chart that shows the relationship between the founding of the 21… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula
We’re pleased to announce the beginning of a new series by David Kier about the missions of Baja California. David published his first Baja guidebook at the age of 15… Read more »