News release; apologies for cross-posting
For you mission history and archaeology buffs out there, Tucson's
nonprofit Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC) is offering its
Missions of the River tour of Spanish Missions along the Rio Grande in
the Las Cruces-El Paso area in April 2013. This coach-transportation tour
to the area's missions, a presidio chapel, and other sites departs from
Tucson Friday April 5 and returns Monday April 8. In addition to the
missions and the Tigua Indian Cultural Center (where there will be native
dances), the trip also features visits to the historic adobe Taylor House
in Mesilla, New Mexico; the Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces; the El
Paso Museum of History (where there will be an exhibit on the Spanish
Colonial missions, among other things); a drive on the Oņate Trail from El
Paso to Las Cruces; and, time permitting, a visit to the Amerind
Foundation Museum in Dragoon, Arizona.
The missions of Ysleta and Socorro were established by Tiwa and Piro
peoples who fled north-central New Mexico after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. El
Presidio San Elizario, established in 1789, was where the first Spanish
Reconquest Thanksgiving took place in 1598. Its rebuilt chapel still
stands. Guides will include Gayle and Bill Hartmann, experts on the
Coronado Entrada. The $600 fee includes transportation, motel rooms
(double occupancy), dinners, entrance fees, drinks and snacks; single
occupancy option available for an additional $100; $50 registration fee
required to hold your place will be refunded if cancellation is received
before March 1; final payment is due March 1.
For more information or to register contact Gail Bornfield in Tucson at
[log in to unmask] or 520-797-8825.
Allen Dart, RPA
SMRC Board member
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