by Monica Young | May 10, 2021 | News
UPDATE: After an eight-month investigation, authorities recently announced that an arrest has been made following the July 11, 2020 fire at Mission San Gabriel in California. The suspect has been charged with four felony counts including two arson related. Shock waves...
by Monica Young | Feb 1, 2021 | General, News
El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Living History Museum in New Mexico is currently offering virtual lessons and demonstrations until they can welcome the public back. Learn about the history of the Camino Real, turquoise mining, Spanish Colonial traditions, technologies,...
by Monica Young | Sep 14, 2020 | News
Early Santa Barbara Virtual History Lessons produced by Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) staff and volunteers are now available on their website at https://www.sbthp.org/digitallessons. These fun and educational five-minute digital lessons provide...
by Monica Young | Jul 31, 2020 | News
Two particular Spanish colonial period bells from the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel have traveled many miles – about 11,000 miles, before they were finally returned to the chapel and installed in the newly rebuilt chapel bell tower in 2001. Where have these...
by Monica Young | Jul 29, 2020 | News
Father Eusebio Francisco Kino is moving closer to sainthood. On July 13, 2020, Pope Francis approved the 17th-century Jesuit priest as Venerable – two steps away from sainthood, recognizing in the process Kino’s life of “heroic virtue.” In the...
by Monica Young | Jul 21, 2020 | News
The University of New Mexico (UNM) Repository is a free digital showcase that will appeal to the scholar and enthusiast alike. Administered by University Libraries, this repository serves as a permanent and ever-growing archive of untapped resources. It is maintained...
by Monica Young | Jul 15, 2020 | News
The Anza Society’s accessible park trail project in Tucson has a new name – “La Expedición de Anza, 1775 (LEA).” This outdoor cultural history park depicts the life of a group of 240 people who passed through Tucson in 1775 on their way to California, where they...
by Monica Young | Feb 25, 2020 | Tours
POSTPONED UNTIL 2023: Join us for a 4-day tour of seven missions and one presidio established during the 1700s and early 1800s in Northern California. We will visit the beautiful missions of Santa Clara de Asís, San Juan Bautista, San Carlos Borromeo de...
by Monica Young | Aug 26, 2019 | News
In July 2019, the Arizona History Museum welcomed Dr. Russell Skowronek from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and his colleague Richard Johnson to research items in the Arizona Historical Society collections made of copper from the Spanish colonial frontier....
by Monica Young | Aug 24, 2018 | News
Congratulations to SMRC board member Dr. Nicole Mathwich as lead author in her recent article in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology titled “Bureaucratic reforms on the frontier: Zooarchaeological and historical perspectives on the 1767 Jesuit Expulsion...
