… was proclaimed a national monument 100 years ago today. It was redisignated a national historical park in 1990.
Tumacácori NHP protects three Spanish colonial mission ruins in southern Arizona: Tumacácori, Guevavi, and Calabazas. The adobe structures are on three sites, with a visitor center at Tumacácori. These missions are among more than twenty established in the Pimería Alta by Father Kino and other Jesuits, and later expanded upon by Franciscan missionaries.
Debby, Offical younger sister to NewMexiKen here….
I moved SO far out in the country (see earlier post) that this national monument is practically my new neighbor–it’s less than 10 miles away.