When a new mission to the north was planned, it was given
the name 'Dolores del Norte' and it appears on the Jesuit mision list of 1745
and the map of 1757 (drawn from 10 year old information). When the funds for the
new mission were donated by the Marques de Villapuente, he requested it be named
Santa Gertrudis. GPS: 28°03'04.0" 113°05'07.2"
Ironically, some maps and
books show a seperate mission of Dolores del Norte between San Ignacio and Santa
Gertrudis.
In 1964, the people of San Francisco de la Sierra informed
their first outside visitors (Choral Pepper and others) the old walls in their
village were the remains of 'Dolores'. San Francisco may have been an early
site? Visita ruins in San Pablo canyon, below San Francisco, have also been
named Dolores del Norte.
The mission bells are detached from the church at Santa
Gertrudis. One of the bells is cast with the name 'Santa Maria Magdalena 1739',
another proposed mission shown on the Jesuit map to the north of here. Ruins
found in 1966 may be the Magdalena abandoned misson project (see www.vivabaja.com/109). Photo by Kevin
Clough
Founded by the Jesuits just six years before they were
removed from New Spain, San Borja has extensive adobe ruins behind the Dominican
built stone church . A metal awning protects some of adobe walls, believed to be
of Franciscan origin (1768-1773).
The stone church at San Borja was built by the Dominicans
until the construction stopped in 1801. The planned bell tower is the only
missing part. GPS: 28°44'40.4" 113°45'14.4"
San Borja photo by Howard Gulick taken in 1952
San Borja adobe mission ruins in 1954 photograph by Howard
Gulick.
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