The Tumacacori National Historical Park
Monday, 23 November 2009 22:35
The Tumacacori mission, sometimes overshadowed by the "white dove of the desert," Mission San Javier Del Bach, still stands today with more than 300 years of history.
The San Jose de Tumacacori mission is located 50 miles south of Tucson and 18 miles north of the international border with Nogales, Mexico.
The Tumacacori National Historic Park protects three different Spanish colonial mission ruins that run along side of the Santa Cruz River including, Tumacacori, Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi and San Cayetano de Calabazas.
The Tumacacori mission, which is open to the public, is the largest and most intact mission of the three sites.
At the main missions' visitor center, people can sign up for a reservation to go on a guided tour to see the Guevavi and Calabazas privately owned sites.
These missions are among more than 20, which were established in the Pimeria Alta by Jesuit Father, Eusebio Francisco Kino.
A certain park ranger, Don Garate who is chief of interpretation, has worked for almost 20 years to uncover the true accounts from Spanish colonials who took diligent records of the happenings at the mission.
Section 1 Click to view a poem accompanied by photographs of the Tumacacori mission.
Section 2 Click to meet Don Garate and to see a video of what the mission looks like inside.
Section 3 Click to see a slideshow of photographs from Tumacacori as well as a video about Arizona's oldest Jesuit mission, Guevavi.
Section 4 Click to see a video tour of the Calabazas mission ruins with commentary from Don Garate.
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