April 19, 2006 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Saint Thomas Indian Mission, Winterhaven, California Site of Mission Purísima Concepción Saint Thomas Indian Mission is located on Indian Hill on Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, Imperial County, California. The address is on Picacho Road, Winterhaven, CA 92283. Phone number (760) 572-0283   Saint Thomas Indian Mission er bygget i 1922 på det sted, hvor den gamle Mission Purísima Concepción blev bygget i 1780. Kirken er en kopi af den gamle mission. Saint Thomas Indian Mission was built in 1922 where the old Mission Purísima Concepción was built in 1780. The church is a replica of the old mission church. Den gamle Mission Purísima Concepción blev brændt ned til grunden i et indianeroprør i 1781, knap et år efter den var stiftet, på grund af utilfredshed blandt Quechan Indianerne over, at de hvide ikke respekterede deres rettigheder. Stedet her blev midlertidigt opgivet af den katolske kirke og Mission Purísima Concepción blev genopbygget nær Lompoc, Californien i 1787. The old Mission Purísima Concepción was burned to the ground in an Indian uprising in 1781, less than a year after being established, due to resentment among Quechan Indians over the white man's disrespect of their rights. This location was temporarily abandoned by the Catholic Church and Mission Purísima Concepción was rebuilt near Lompoc, California in 1787.

Denne statue står til minde om Fader Hermenegildo Francisco Garcés, født i Morata del Conde, Spanien, den 13. april, 1738, som byggede og overså den gamle Mission Purísima Concepción, og som blev slået ihjel på dette sted i indianeroprøret den 19. juli, 1891. FØDT 12. APRIL, 1738 DØDE 19. JULI, 1781 FADER HERMEN'GILDO FRANCISCO GARCÉS. DRISTIG OPDAGELSESREJSENDE, NIDKÆR MISSIONÆR OG USVIGELIG VEN TIL YUMA INDIANERNE. FADER GARCÉS GRUNDLAGDE YUMA INDIANER MISSION OG LADEDE SIT LIV NÆRVED FOR DERES SJÆLE. HANS TRO VAR URYSTELIG; HANS HÅB ROLIGT; HANS GAVMILDHED GLÆDESFYLDT; HANS NIDKÆRHED SEJRSIKKER. This statue stands in memory of Fray Hermenegildo Francisco Garcés, born in Morata del Conde, Spain, on April 13, 1738, who built and supervised the old Mission Purísima Concepción, and who was killed at this site in the Indian uprising on July 19, 1891. BORN APRIL 12, 1738 DIED JULY 19, 1781 FRAY HERMEN'GILDO FRANCISCO GARCÉS. DARING EXPLORER, ZEALOUS MISSIONARY AND UNFAILING FRIEND OF THE YUMA INDIANS. PADRE GARCÉS FOUNDED THE YUMA INDIAN MISSION AND NEARBY, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THEIR SOULS. HIS FAITH WAS UNSHAKABLE; HIS HOPE TRANQUIL; HIS CHARITY JOYOUS; HIS ZEAL TRIUMPHANT.

Fort Yuma var oprindelig en militær forpost. I 1884 var området overdraget til Quechan indianerne, og stedet blev del af det nuværende Fort Yuma Indianerreservat. Fort Yuma was originally a military outpost. In 1884 the area was handed over to the Quechan Indians and it became part of present day Fort Yuma Indian Reservation.

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