May 7, 2009 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Tumacácori National Historical Park, Tubac, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Tumacácori National Historical Park is located off Highway 19 a just south of Tubac in Santa Cruz County, Arizona   Vi forlod Tucson til morgen og kørte sydpå til Tumacácori National Historical Park, hjem til ruinerne af den gamle mission, Mission San José de Tumacácori. We left Tucson this morning driving south to Tumacácori National Historical Park, home to the ruins of the old mission church, Mission San José de Tumacácori.       På vej ud af Tucson tog vi et hurtigt sving ind forbi Mission San Xavier de Bac, som vi besøgte for et par år siden, da det ene tårn var under restauration. Vi syntes lige, vi ville se det færdige resultat, og jeg skal love for, de er sluppet godt fra det. Nu ser det andet tårn pludselig ud som om, det godt kunne trække til et lag kalk. On our way out of Tucson we took a quick trip in past Mission San Xavier de Bac, which we visited a couple of years ago, when one tower was being restored. We thought we might stop and see the finished result, and we were impressed with how it turned out. Now it's suddenly the other tower that seems to need whitewashing.     Vi kom til Tumacácori National Historical Park cirka 35 km nord for den mexikanske grænse. Ligesom Mission San Xavier de Bac, der mangler kuplen på et af tårnene, blev Mission San José de Tumacácori aldrig bygget færdig. We got to Tumacácori National Historical Park about 20 miles north of the Mexican border. Like Mission San Xavier de Bac, which is missing the dome on one tower, Mission San José de Tumacácori was never completed.

Den første kirke i Tumacácori blev grundlagt af jesuitpræsten Eusebio Francisco Kino sidst i 1600-tallet. I dag står kun fundamentet af denne bygning tilbage. Midt i 1700-tallet udviste den spanske konge jesuitterne af politiske årsager, og fransiskanerne overtog den lille mission. De satte sig for at bygge en større kirke, og gik i gang med den nuværende bygning omkring 1800. Arbejdet blev afbrudt af Mexicos uafhængighedskrig, og af mangel på kapital. På et tidspunkt besluttede munkene at sælge 4000 stykker kvæg til en lokal rancher for at financiere færdigbygningen, men da bonden var langsom til at betale, blev det så som så med byggeriet. Den ufærdige kirke blev taget i brug i 1822, og da Tumacácori blev forladt omkring 1848 efter adskillige indianeroverfald og en meget streng vinter, var kirken stadig ikke færdigbygget. The first church in Tumacácori was established by the Jesuit priest Eusebio Francisco Kino in the late 1600s. Today only the foundation of that first building remains. In the mid-1700s the King of Spain banished the Jesuits for political reasons, and the Franciscans took over the little mission. They decided to build a larger church, and began work on the present building about 1800. The work was interrupted by the Mexican war for independence, and by lack of funding. At one point the monks decided to sell 4000 head of cattle to a local rancher in order to finance the completion of the mission, but when the rancher was slow to pay up, the building activity was halted again. They began to use the unfinished mission in 1822, and when Tumacácori was abandoned about 1848 after several Indian raids and a very harsh winter, construction on the church had still not been completed.

Inden i kirken ~ Inside the church     Kirkerummets vægge er fulde af huller, hakket af skattejægere som i tidens løb forgæves har søgt efter ikke-eksisterende rigdomme her. The walls of the mission church are full of holes, made by treasure hunters who over time have sought non-existing riches here.       I den ene ende af kirkegården ligger en stor vandcisterne. In one end of the cemetery lies a huge water cistern.

På trods af kirkegårdens beskedne størrelse menes der at være mindst 600 mennesker begravet her. Efter missionen blev forladt, fortsatte folk fra omkringliggende gårde med at begrave deres døde her, og det er deres gravsteder man kan se i dag. Den sidste begravelse var i 1916. In spite of the modest size of the mission cemetery, it is believed that at least 600 people were buried here. After the mission was abandoned, people from neighboring ranches continued to bury their dead here, and those are the graves that may be seen today. The last burial was in 1916.               O'odham indianer hus ~ O'odham Indian house         Junior-skovfoged April ~ Junior Ranger Spud

Boondocking Information We're abandoning our camping/boondocking ways for the night and staying at the Amada Territory Inn. Because it's almost mother's day, and I get what I want, and what I want RIGHT NOW is a bathtub! Click here to visit more Missions More Historical Sites Here More Arizona Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW