Unfinished Bell Tower

Nearly 40' high, the unfinished bell tower sits as reminder of the difficult times the Catholic church found itself in in the 1700's. King Carlos of Spain expelled the Jesuits from his entire reign in 1767, thus priests were forced to leave this and other area missions and return to Spain.

Before Being Arizona, It Was New Spain

November 19th 2009
Geo: 31.5686, -111.052After leaving the cousins we headed south a few miles/kilometers to Tumacacori, site of Arizona's first Spanish mission.First a note about mile markers south of Tuscon. They're metric. I-19 south of Tuscon is marked in kilometers, which plays with your mind as a kilometer is only about 2/3 of a mile. It seemed like we were flying--29 kilometers takes a lot less tim ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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