A Brief History of Los Cabos, Part IV: Rebellion of the Pericúes and the Pioneer Families of Los Cabos POSTED BY CHRIS SANDS ON JAN 22, 2016 IN LATEST NEWS In the immediate aftermath of the October 1734 killing of Jesuit missionaries Lorenzo Caranco and Nicolás Tamaral—in Santiago and San José del Cabo, respectively—the southernmost […]

Cape Crusaders: 10 Key Figures in Los Cabos History POSTED BY CHRIS SANDS ON MAR 30, 2016 IN LATEST NEWS Los Cabos has a long history, and has been inhabited, loosely speaking, for more than 10,000 years. For the vast majority of that time it was the territory of hunter gatherers called the Pericú. Very few […]

Timeline of Los Cabos History, 13,000 BCE to 1900 POSTED BY CHRIS SANDS ON OCT 27, 2016 13,000 BCE – Estimated arrival date for the Pericúes in present day Baja California Sur. It is believed that Cape Region’s first inhabitants came by raft from Melanesia. 1492 – Cristóbal Colón “discovers” the Americas, coming ashore at […]

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. VI: The End of the Mission System and the Birth of Cabo San Lucas POSTED BY CHRIS SANDS ON JUN 29, 2016 IN LATEST NEWS As the 19th century dawned in Baja California, the peninsular population was suffering on a number of fronts. The settling of Alta California […]

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Part I: The Mystery of the Pericúes The first human inhabitants of what is now Los Cabos were the Pericú, a hunting and gathering tribe whose territory not only included the southernmost part of the peninsula but also the East Cape and the islands closest to La Paz: Cerralvo, […]