Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción

Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción

Location	near Yuma, Arizona
Name as founded	La Misión Puerto de Purísima Concepción
English translation	The Mission Port of Purest Conception
Patron	The Immaculate Conception
Founding date	October 1780
Founding priest(s)	Fathers Juan Barreneche and Francisco Garcés
Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s)	Quechan Yuma
Current use	Nonextant
California Historical Landmark	#350

Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción was founded in October, 1780, by Father Francisco Garcés. The settlement was not part of the California mission chain, but was administered as a part of the Arizona missions. The Mission site and nearby pueblo was inadequately supported, and Spanish colonists seized the best lands, destroyed the Indians' crops, and generally igonored the rights of the local natives. In retaliation the Quechan (Yuma) Indians and their allies attacked and destroyed the installation and the neighboring Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer over a three-day period, from July 17–19 1781.

Today, only a historical marker identifies the site. The marker is located on Picacho Road in Fort Yuma, 1 mi S of Winterhaven Road.

See also

• Spanish missions in California

External links

• Missions of the Colorado River
• Discovery of California
• Virtual Tour of California Missions