A collection of stories and articles by David Kier from the past to present.
Location specific stories are arranged from north to south.
My Personal stories (10)
A Passion for Baja Maps (1967-Today)
1967 Baja Trip to Bahía de los Ángeles
Beyond San Felipe – Half a Century Ago
Returning to Mission Santa María (2022)
The Books That Brought Us to Baja, Part 1
The Books That Brought Us to Baja, Part 2
People stories (10)
The Pearl King’s Buried Treasure
Valladares, a Person and a Place
Remembering Luis of Nuevo Mazatlán
Jesus Flores and His Gold Mine
Fernando Consag, the Jesuit Explorer
The Controversial Padre: Félix Caballero
Event stories (7)
World War II in Baja California
California: Island or Peninsula
The 1684 Atondo-Kino Expedition Route
The U.S. Occupation of Baja California – 1846-1848
State of Baja California locations (56 stories)
The Mystery At El Descanso (Mission #26)
The Mission at La Misión: San Miguel Arcángel (Mission #22)
The Rich History Of Guadalupe Valley (Mission #27)
The Sulfur Mines of Baja California
Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Geoglyphs
Laguna Hanson: A Baja Pine Forest
Mission Santa Catalina (Mission #25)
The Disappearing Missions at Santo Tomás (Mission #23)
San Vicente Beginnings (Mission #21)
The Sky Ranches of Baja California (Mike’s, Meling, Hamilton, Santa María)
The Albertino Barite Mine, Near Camalu
San Felipe’s Valle Chico and Canyons
Mission San Pedro Mártir: The Highest California Mission (Mission #24)
El Berrendo Canyon: Baja’s Blue Palm Canyon
The Petrified Forest Of El Rosario
El Rosario: The First Dominican Mission in Baja California (Mission #19)
A Surprise Desert Campground Near El Rosario
The Lost Mission Of Santa Isabel (2011)
El Volcán, Baja’s Cold-Water Geyser
Mission San Fernando de Velicatá (Mission #18)
TV’s ‘America Unearthed’ Goes to Baja (2019)
El Rosario Petroglyphs (Las Pintas)
Mission Santa María (Mission #17-B)
Las Arrastras de Arriola (New Coco’s Corner)
Exploring Calamajué (Mission #17-A)
Exploring La Gringa And El Toro
The Case for a Lost Jesuit Mission
Mission San Borja (Mission #16)
Backcountry Baja: The San Borja Loop
Santa Gertrudis Beginnings (Mission #15)
Baja’s Pronghorn Reserve Visitor Center
Baja California Sur