After 1767 the Spanish Viceroy gave the administration of the government in La Baja to the commandant of the presidio troops, who acquired the title of governor. The capital was at Loreto, commonly called Presidio de Californias. In Jane, 1767, when the Jesuits were expelled from Mexico, the charge of the California missions was offered […]
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Pronto después de la conquista de México, a Cortez le llamó la atención ciertos relatos que contaban varios de los tribus conquistados con respecto a un país misterioso pero maravilloso que se encontraba lejos, hacia el noroeste. A esta tierra le llamaban Ciguatan, o El Reino de las Mujeres; y declaraban que estaba lleno de
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Búsqueda de Familias para los Nacidos en México Pasajeros Méxicanos a Nueva York 1892-1924
Un directorio de la Iglesia Católica pone en una lista a los funcionarios del archidiócesis de la iglesia, a los diócesis, y a las parroquias. Los directorios de la iglesia: Ponen en una lista a las parroquias de cada diócesis para que usted pueda determinar si el pueblo de su antepasado ten ía una parroquia
Liberty! Liberty! For a half-century we have done nothing but repeat this word, and one would say that those mouths which pronounce it belong to the heads which are ignorant of its meaning, or rather that it has no meaning; for, if one says: ‘We are free!’ ten others cry out at once: ‘We, we
Varios de los soldados que tomaron parte en la invasión de 1847-’48 conservaron impresiones tan agradables de la península que después regresaron para establecerse como granjeros, mineros y comerciantes. Había, además, una convicción profunda que Baja California tenía que pertenecerle a los Estados Unidos y en esto, como siempre, la especulación estaba impaciente para compartir
One of the few settlements of the old mission Indians remaining in California is Pala, a little village tucked away amidst some of the most charming scenery to be found in the southern part of the state. It is twenty miles east from Mission San Luis Rey, of which mission it was an asistencia, or
The overland mail-tram from San Francisco, on the way to New Orleans, came to a stop for a minute or two at the little old town of San Gabriel, ten miles east of Los Angeles. It was a hot July afternoon, in the year 1890; the car windows were open, and the passengers were gazing
In the southern part of the Mojave Desert a low hill stands somewhat apart from the foot-hills beyond, and back of it. Although not more than two hundred feet above the surrounding plateau, on account of its peculiar location, a commanding view may be had from its top. In front, toward the south, and extending
Father Zalvidea was in despair! After having lived for twenty years at Mission San Gabriel, devoting himself all that time to bringing the mission to a condition of so great size and wealth that it took its place at the head of nearly all of the missions of Nueva California, toiling from morning until night