Mission Purísima Concepción (Site of)
Mission Purísima Concepción and Mission San Pedro y San Pablo once stood 12 miles apart in the southeastern corner of Imperial County. The two were established in 1780 by four Franciscan padres from Mexico. The purpose of these missions was twofold—to convert the Yuma Indians living along the Colorado River and to make a way station on the overland emigrant trail from Mexico to the California missions. On July 17, 1781, the Yuma Indians massacred a party of settlers, a troop of soldiers, and the priests at the two missions. The missions were not established again on the Colorado.
1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.
Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)
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