Misión Santo Domingo de la Frontera
  Location in Baja California  Location in Mexico | |
| Location | Near Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 30°46′15″N 115°56′14″W / 30.77083°N 115.93722°W |
| Name as founded | Misión Santo Domingo de la Frontera |
| Patron | Saint Dominic |
| Founding date | 1775 |
| Founding Order | Dominican |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Kiliwa |
Misión Santo Domingo was founded among the Kiliwa Indians of Baja California, Mexico, by the Dominicans Miguel Hidalgo and Manuel García in 1775.[1] It is located near Colonia Vicente Guerrero and northeast of San Quintín Bay.
History
[edit]The first site of the mission was about 13 kilometers east of the coast, but the water supply proved to be inadequate. The mission was moved about 4 kilometers farther east in 1793. The native population dwindled under the impacts of Old World diseases, and after about 1821 the site ceased to be served by a resident priest. Ruined adobe walls survive to attest the mission's former presence.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Magaña, Mario Alberto. 1998. Población y misiones de Baja California: estudio histórico demográfico de la misión de Santo Domingo de la Frontero, 1775–1850. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.
- Meigs, Peveril, III. 1935. The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California. University of California Publications in Geography No. 7. Berkeley.
- Vernon, Edward W. 2002. Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683–1855. Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California.
- ^ Beebe, Rose Marie; Senkewicz, Robert M. (2001). Lands of promise and despair : chronicles of early California, 1535-1846. Santa Clara, CA : Santa Clara University ; Berkeley, CA : Heyday Books. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-890771-48-5. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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