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A slide show on the history and condition of the adobe mission San Fernando in Baja California. The first mission founded by Fr. Junípero Serra.
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- 1. Welcome to the presentation of Mission San Fernando de Velicatá Founded May 14, 1769 by Franciscan President Junípero Serra The First Franciscan and the 18th California mission founded since the first at Loreto in 1697… 500 miles south on El Camino Real
- 2. Baja California is a land of missions! The Jesuits founded 17, the Franciscans founded 1, and the Dominicans founded 9… 27 in total. Only in central Baja California are missions from the three Orders found within 100 miles of each other: Santa María, San Fernando, El Rosario.
- 3. San Juan de Dios San Fernando de Velicatá Santa María Calamajué El Rosario The last Jesuit, the first Franciscan, and the first Dominican California missions, plus the visita, San Juan de Dios.
- 4. Velicatá was discovered on March 5, 1766 by the Jesuit missionary Padre Wenceslao Linck while exploring for new mission locations. The Jesuits hoped to expand the California missions around the Gulf of California to the Sonora missions. Velicatá was too far from San Borja, so Calamajué was established first. Dates in March 1766
- 5. 1954 El Camino Real Map by Howard Gulick
- 6. Arthur North at Mission San Fernando on February 13, 1906
- 7. Mission plan by Peveril Meigs, III. Research in 1926.
- 8. Close-up: Peveril Meigs’ plan of church
- 9. San Fernando as photographed by G.W. Hendry in 1926
- 10. San Fernando as photographed by Marquis McDonald in 1949 from the west side.
- 11. San Fernando as photographed by Howard Gulick in 1953
- 12. San Fernando as photographed by Howard Gulick in 1959
- 13. David Kier’s first visit to San Fernando. Photo taken in April, 1974
- 14. 1949 to 1974 (after 25 years, only a minor loss of walls)
- 15. San Fernando as photographed by David Kier, in 1975
- 16. 1959 to 1975 (after 16 years, almost no change noticed)
- 17. 1975 1981 Just 6 years between these two photos
- 18. 1981 In just 6 years, major wall loss! 1987 In the six years from 1975 to 1981, huge loss. The next six years to 1987 very little change. Photos by Dr.Hans Bertsch
- 19. San Fernando as photographed by Jack Swords in 2002
- 20. Petroglyphs west of mission Photographs by David Kier in 2005 Native Indians at Velicatá for many years before the Spanish arrived
- 21. San Fernando photo by Hans Bertsch in 2012
- 22. San Fernando photographed by David Kier in 2014 from helicopter for ‘Trail of Missions’ TV special. View looking east, Mex. Hwy. 1 in distance.
- 25. San Fernando in June, 2014 by David Kier
- 26. Mission San Fernando’s Visita of San Juan de Dios, photographed in 1973 by Clyde McMorrow
- 27. San Juan de Dios as photographed by David Kier in July, 2000.
- 28. San Juan de Dios as photographed in 2003 by Jack Swords
- 29. INAH Plan of San Juan de DiosVisita ruins recognized by INAH
- 30. Visita San Juan de Dios site destroyed by farmer’s plow as seen in this 2008 photograph by David M.
- 31. The Old Missions of Baja California are vanishing. Photographs taken over the years have preserved them. Take photographs to keep the history of ALL California missions alive! Contact me if you would like to see these slides on your own computer, thank you! David Kier co-author ‘The Old Missions…’ facebook.com/oldmissions Email: oldmissions@gmail.com