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Leland Foerster
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Leland Foerster: "San Javier"


"San Javier"

Founded in 1699, San Javier was the second mission on the peninsula. After 11 years of making do with sufficient water, the site was moved down the canyon to its present location. Padre Miguel del Barco wrote of... "various interruptions because of the difficulty of finding a satisfactory master builder who would go to such a remote location." Skilled craftsmen were essential for developing mission society. They were usually people of European ancestry and were called "gente de razon" or people of reason.

 
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