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La Purísima Mission is now part of the La Purísima Mission State Historic Park within the California State Parks System. Located outside Lompoc, California , the 1,934-acre (783 ha) park was established in 1935. [ 21 ]
Following the secularization of Mission La Purísima in 1834, the padres moved to Mission Santa Inés. [3] The abandoned mission was sold in 1845 by Pío Pico to Jonathan Temple for $1,100. In 1850, Temple sold the property to José Ramón Malo (1812-1859) for $1,500. [4] Malo was the grantee of the adjoining Rancho Santa Rita.
Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purísima was a 4,414-acre (17.86 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day northern Santa Barbara County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo. [1] The grant included the original site of Mission La Purísima Concepción, located north of present-day Lompoc. [2] [3]
Dec. 29—Area hikers are invited to join La Purisima Mission State Historic Park's docents for a hike at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, to send off 2021 and greet 2022. The docent-led 2021 Last Day ...
A paved road linked Lompoc to Buellton and the rest of California around 1920. In 1923, the Honda Point disaster, the U.S.'s largest peacetime naval accident, occurred just off the coast; nine U.S. destroyers ran aground, killing 23 people. During the Great Depression, La Purisima Mission was restored by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
The Chumash revolt of 1824 was an uprising of the Chumash against the Spanish and Mexican presence in their ancestral lands. The rebellion began in three of the California Missions in Alta California: Mission Santa Inés, Mission Santa Barbara, and Mission La Purisima, and spread to the surrounding villages. [1]
La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School, Lompoc [48] Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara [49] Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura [50] Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School, Oxnard [51] Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Montecito [52] Sacred Heart School, Ventura [53] St. Anthony School, Oxnard [54] St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village ...
Ruins of Mission La Purisima: Lompoc: 1802 Mission: The original mission was destroyed during the 1812 Ventura earthquake. Only two 7 ft (2.1 m)-high wall fragments and building foundations remains. [22] Old Mission Dam: San Diego: 1803 Dam: First major irrigation project in California. [23] Mission San Gabriel Arcángel: San Gabriel: 1805 Church