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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 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 ]
Pacomio Poqui was born around 1794 to Chumash parents on La Rancheria de Esniscue in Alta California. He was baptized and given the Spanish name José at Mission La Purisima in 1803. As a young boy at Mission La Purisima, he proved to be extraordinarily intelligent, earning the favor of the mission's Franciscan friars. The friars taught him how ...
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
Over half went to Mission La Purisima, while most of the others were incorporated into Mission San Luis Obispo, Mission Santa Ines, and Mission Santa Barbara—all Chumash missions. Pacomio was a Cuyama Valley man baptized into Mission La Purisima in 1803. The decade 1811 to 1822 was a period when Spain ceased to subsidize missions.
This eventually became the basis for the Sepulveda family's contested claim to the Rancho de los Palos Verdes. Dolores had trouble getting his land title cleared, so he took a trip to Monterey to get the matter definitely settled and, on his return trip, he was killed in the Chumash revolt at Mission La Purísima Concepción in 1824.
The ruins of Mission La Purísima Concepción near Lompoc, California, c. 1900. La Purisima Mission: in 1845 all land and buildings were sold. The church turned to ruins over time. The ruins were returned to the Church in 1874. [38] Mission San José was sold to private interests in 1845 for $12,000. All buildings decayed and the land was not ...
Mission La Purisima Concepción was founded along the inland route from Santa Barbara north to San Luis Obispo in 1789. The final Franciscan mission to be constructed in native Chumash territory was Santa Ynez, founded in 1804 on the Santa Ynez River with a seed population of Chumash people from Missions La Purisima and Santa Barbara.