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Mission La Purisima Concepcion - St Thomas Indian Church
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Mission La Purisima Concepcion - St Thomas Indian Church
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Mission La Purisima Concepcion - St Thomas Indian Church
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March 1, 2022
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St Thomas Indian Church is in a whitewashed building from the early 20th century. The original Franciscan mission from 1780 was destroyed the following year by the irate oppressed Quechan (Yuma) Indian groups
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April 5, 2025
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St Thomas Indian Catholic Church was built in 1922 near the site of the original Purissima Conception mission church, built in 1780 by Spanish missionaries but destroyed one year later in 1781 by frustrated Quetchan Indians after the missionaries usurped their best land and destroyed their crops
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