Posts Tagged: mission

The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #4, Santa Rosalía de Mulegé (1705-1828)

Posted August 4th, 2014 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

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 »

The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #3, San Juan Bautista de Ligüí/Malibat (1705-1721)

Posted August 3rd, 2014 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

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)

Posted August 2nd, 2014 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

  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)

Posted August 1st, 2014 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

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

Posted June 27th, 2014 by Discover Baja & filed under .

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

Posted January 22nd, 2014 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

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

Posted October 17th, 2013 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

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

Posted October 8th, 2013 by Discover Baja & filed under Missions of Baja California.

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 »