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A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. VI: The End of the Mission System and the Birth of Cabo San Lucas

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. VI: The End of the Mission System and the Birth of Cabo San Lucas Learn more about the history of Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos area of Baja California Sur, Mexico. As the 19th century dawned in Baja California, the peninsular population was suffering on a number […]

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A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. V: The Arrival of Franciscan and Dominican Missionaries in California

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. V: The Arrival of Franciscan and Dominican Missionaries in California Learn more about the history of Cabo San Lucas 
and the Los Cabos area of Baja California Sur, Mexico. On the final day of November in the year 1767, a ship carrying the first appointed governor of California, Don […]

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A Brief History of Los Cabos, Part IV: Rebellion of the Pericúes and the Pioneer Families of Los Cabos

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Part IV: Rebellion of the Pericúes and the Pioneer Families of Los Cabos 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 missions of Baja California were in ruins. Not only had two […]

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