This photo is of Mission San José de Tumacácori, now part of Tumacácori National Historical Park. It is about 45 miles south of Tucson and 15-20 miles north of the Mexican border. Its sits just off of Interstate 19.
On this visit late in the afternoon, I got lucky with the light and shadows. The trees all over the park cast some great shadows on the various nearby structures. Happily, there were trees right by the old mission and I was able to capture this image.
The mission itself was founded by Father Eusebio Kino in 1691, with the mission itself being completed in the 18th century. It was the first mission in Southern Arizona and was built to convert the local Native American tribes to Christianity.
Around 1860, it was repeatedly attacked by the Apache Tribe and was finally abandoned. Restoration and stabilization efforts began in 1908 when the site was declared Tumacácori National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1990 it became part of the new Tumacácori National Historical Park.
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