La Purisima Mission State Historic Park contains the eleventh of twenty-one Spanish Missions established in Alta California. This site shows off through some extensive picture tours (Java) the location and events of interest to Spanish Colonial reenactors, along with schedules of events.
The Ranch of the Swallows, a Spanish Colonial living history museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Soldados (1820 or so) and Colonial civilians can be seen in the pictures.
Offers a description of the park, information on archaeology, research, educational program and news.
Features information on accessibility, events, educational programs, management, news, history and culture.
This website for the Louisiana State Park for Los Adaes, one time capital of Tejas, is just in the early stages of development. There are links to nearby sites, especially Fort St. Jean Baptiste. These two forts, Spanish and French, were at the very end of the world for their respective mother countries.
This website is the in-depth site for the Mission NHP, and contains information about costuming, events and access to the Mission 2000 online database of inhabitants of the area during the period the mission was in existence. The website has a picture tour of the park, as well as information on Father Kino and related missions in the area.
This site has some historical information and photos of the reconstructed mission. It also has pictures of the mission vieja, the original site of the mission, which are unique and difficult to find. A calendar of events for the mission is also present.
Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, or Fort Mose, was the first legally sanctioned community of freed slaves in what is now the United States. This site contains articles on the history of the Fort during the F&I and Revolutionary War.
The Serra Museum sits on Presidio Hill in San Diego, just slightly above the original location of the Presidio de San Diego. The park has some walls showing outlines of some of the Presidio buildings, while the museum showcases San Diego history from the Native American, Spanish, and Mexican periods through 1848. This site contains information on exhibits, location, admission, and hours, along with some articles and educational materials.
This text site contains a list of all haciendas and adobes in Los Angeles, along with some in other counties. There is a brief history of each adobe, along with a web link to the site for each, if available.
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