San Fernando in photos 1974-2017 (with 1926 photos)

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2017

1 mile west and south, down the arroyo, and past the petroglyphs, is the mission ‘pila’ or reservoir.

Below, two photos showing the water canal that once brought water here from upstream.

INAH Plans: reservoir and canal:

Sept-2016

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My Baja Extreme 2016 tour co-pilot, Pat Malone.

July-2016

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Dec. 31, 2004

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1975 (southeast side of ruins)

1974 (west side of ruins)

My first mission photograph, 1974, age 16. Walls on the right are seen in the 1975 photo, above.
My first time seeing the petroglyph panel at San Fernando, April 1974.

1953 (photo by Howard Gulick):

1926 (photos by George Hendry):

View to southwest, downstream.
View to east.

1926 photo by Peveril Meigs:

Petroglyphs, 1 km. downstream of mission in 1926.

2017:

The ‘ship’ petroglyph in 2017.