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The Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Misiones jesuíticas en el desierto de Sonora) are a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by the Spanish Catholic Jesuits and other orders for religious conversions of the Pima and Tohono O'odham indigenous peoples residing in the Sonoran Desert.
The Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, ... Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert
Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert. The Pimería Alta (translated to 'Upper Pima Land'/'Land of the Upper Pima' in English) was an area of the 18th century Sonora y Sinaloa Province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, that encompassed parts of what are today southern Arizona in the United States and northern Sonora in Mexico.
On Spanish Missions in neighboring regions: Spanish missions in California; Spanish missions in New Mexico; Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert (including Sonora and southern Arizona) On general missionary history: Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery; List of the oldest churches in Mexico; On colonial Spanish American history:
Map of Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail routes in Arizona and California California road signage for the Anza Trail. The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210-mile (1,950 km) trail extending from Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, through the California desert and coastal areas in Southern California and the Central Coast region to San Francisco. [1]
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro; Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert; Franciscan missions to the Maya; Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl; Mendicant monasteries in Mexico; Spanish missions in Trinidad; United States Ajacán Mission; Spanish missions in Arizona; Spanish missions in California; Spanish missions in ...
In 1844, Mission Calabasas and its lands were sold at auction to the brother-in-law of Sonoran governor Manuel María Gándara. Gandara established a rancho at the old mission stocked with 6,000 cattle. The 1854 Gadsden Purchase, of land by the U.S. from México, included this area in New Mexico Territory.
The Guevavi and Calabazas mission units were added to the Tumacácori missions complex unit, within the new Tumacácori National Historical Park. The site was on the route of the 1775–1776 Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition from New Spain to Alta California , the first Spanish overland expedition to claimed but un-colonized upper Las ...