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A history of the missions in the region included in the present states of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California.
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Excerpt from Our Hispanic Southwest For years I have known the country described in this book. Upon my various journeys across the continent I have traversed it many times. But it was not until very recently that I explored it systematically with a distinct object in view. This object was to look up the old Spanish Missions and settlements still scattered through Arizona and New Mexico and along the Texan border - picturesque material that has been sadly neglected by our writers and artists heretofore. Truthfully I was amazed at the result and at the interest of what I found both from an historic as well as a pictorial standpoint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
"In this book it is my purpose to direct the traveler to every location where Kino erected a church."--Prospectus.
Excerpt from The Spanish Borderlands: A Chronicle of Old Florida and the Southwest There are still other marks of Spanish days on the southern border. We see them in social, religious, economic, and even in legal customs. California has her Portola festival, her rodeos, and her Mission Play. Everywhere in the Southwest there are quaint church customs brought from Spain or Mexico by the early pioneers. From the Spaniard the American cowboy inherited his trade, his horse, his outfit, his vocabulary, and his methods. Spain is stamped on the land surveys. Horn Sacramento to St. Augustine nearly every body holds his land by a title going back to Mexico or Madrid. Most of the farms along the border are divisions of famous grants which are still known by their original Spanish names. In the realm of law, principles regarding mines, water rights on streams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.