The Tumacacori Mission, Arizona, USA
The Tumacacori Mission, Arizona, USA - reputedly the oldest in the country. Mission San Jose de Tumacacori is a historic Spanish mission preserved in its present form by Franciscans in 1828. Mission San Cayetano del Tumacacori was established by Jesuits in 1691 in a different location. After the O'odham rebellion of 1751, the Mission was relocated to the present site on the west side of the Santa Cruz River and renamed it is here that the first actual church structure was erected
Picture No
10294511
Media ID
45527539
Size
4702px x 2917px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
