 The ruins of Mission La Purísima Concepción, circa 1900. Mission La Purísima Concepción Maria Santísima (typically referred to as Mission La Purísima Concepción for short) was founded on December 8, 1787 by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén), the eleventh in the California mission chain and the second mission site to bear the name. It was named for "The Immaculate Immaculate Conception of Most Holy Mary" and is located east of the City of Lompoc, California, between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. The City of Lompoc was so small that the Church made an exception to the rule that no mission is to be established within seven miles from any city (the original site of La Purísima was only one mile from the tiny town). It was moved four miles east of the town in 1812 when a large earthquake hit most of Alta California and severely damaged the mission buildings. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
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Father Fermín Francisco Lasuén (June 7, 1736 - June 26, 1803) was a Spanish missionary to America. ...
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Lompoc (pronounced Lom poke) is a city located in Santa Barbara County, California. ...
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The city of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (also SLO) is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. Luis is pronounced locally as the more anglophone Lewis. ...
1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Alta California (Upper California) was formed in 1804 when the province of California, then a part of the Spanish colony of Dominican missions in the south. ...
Mission La Purísima Concepción was originally established in what today is the town of Winterhaven in October 1780 by Father Francisco Garcés. The mission/pueblo site was inadequately supported, and Spanish colonists seized the best lands, destroyed the Indians' crops, and generally igonored the rights of the local natives. In retaliation the Quechan (Yuma) Indians and their allies attacked and destroyed the installation on between July 17 and July 19, 1781. Winterhaven is a census-designated place located in Imperial County, California. ...
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The Quechan are a Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona just north of the border with Mexico. ...
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In 1824, there was a major revolt at the mission. Spain had stopped funding the missions after Mexico won its independence. There were many soldiers at the mission, who were no longer being paid and took out their frustrations on the local Chumash Indians. A soldier beat an Indian at the Mission Santa Ines and a revolt spread to Mission La Purísima Concepción. The Indians took over the mission for one month until more soldiers arrived from Monterey. After a three hour battle the Indians lost. Many of the Indians left the mission after that battle. The Indians who did not fight and were hiding in the mountains during the revolt came back to the mission, but there were not enough of them to keep the mission going as it once had. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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Rafael, a Chumash in the 1800s The Chumash Indians, a Native American tribe, mainly inhabited the southern coastal regions of California, in the vicinity of what is now Santa Barbara and Ventura, extending as far south as Malibu. ...
Mission Santa Inés was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estevan Tapis, who had succeeded Father Fermin Lasuen as President of the California mission chain. ...
The Customs House at Monterey View of Monterey Bay and its kelp A sea lion rookery at the marina Museum interior with ship models and equipment Kelp Forest display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey is a city near the Pacific coast in northern California. ...
Following secularization in 1843 the grounds were abandoned. In 1934 only nine of the buildings remained. The Civilian Conservation Corps pledged to restore the Mission if enough land could given back to make the Mission into a historical monument. The Church and the Union Oil Company donated enough land for the restoration. The buildings were all reinforced and reconstructed (including many small structures and the original water system) to such an extent that La Purísima is considred to be the only example in California of a complete mission complex. The Dedication Day for the newly-restored Mission La Purísima Concepción was December 7, 1941, ironically the same day the United States entered World War II. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Civilian Conservation Corps workers restoring the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created in President Franklin Delano Roosevelts first month in office (on March 31, 1933). ...
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Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The grounds are part of a historic park and are well cared for by the State of California Department of Parks. The Mission is no longer used as a parish church. It has a visitors' center and a museum on the grounds in the old infirmary buildings.
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The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
See also Postcard of the reconstructed Mission Santa Bárbara The California missions are a series of settlements established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to Christianize the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land. ...
External links - Official mission website (http://www.lapurisimamission.org/)
- Elevation & Site Layout sketches of the Mission proper (http://www.mymission.org/images/lapurisima.gif)
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