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Guevavi Mission Ruins

Santa Cruz County, AZ

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Adobe and stone foundations mark Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, an O'odham settlement first visited by Jesuit Fathers Kino and Salvatierra in 1691. A 15-by-50-foot church built under Father Garrucho in the 1750s still stands in ruin. Disease, the 1751 Pima revolt, and Apache raids emptied the mission; it was abandoned by 1775. The ruins were donated through the Archaeological Conservancy and added to Tumacácori National Historical Park in 1990.

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RegionSanta Cruz County, AZ
Coordinates (approx.)31.4100, -110.9033
ARPACultural sites and artifacts are protected by federal law (ARPA/NHPA) — stay on established routes, touch and remove nothing, and follow the managing agency's and the affiliated tribe's guidance on access.

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