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blessing and the Southwestern Foundation’s financial support in the form of two generous grants, this book would have been impossible to complete. Thanks to Joe Wilder at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center for additional financial aid and for placing the book in the Southwest Center Book Series. I salute Allyson Carter, my acquiring editor at the University of Arizona Press, for committing to the long journey of seeing the book through to publication. Finally, I tip my hat to the gracious, hardy folk of Baja California, whose task it will be to continue cherishing and protecting the Spanish colonial mission churches, architectural treasures that embody their own illustrious heritage. David Burckhalter, Tucson, Arizona November 2011 I wish to thank Mina Sedgwick for being the perfect Baja California traveling companion, for her ideas, and for contributing twelve terrific photographs to this book. I am grateful to Jeff Banister, who read the manuscript at different stages, offering enthusiasm and thoughtful input. I thank Bunny Fontana and three anonymous scholars, who gave much of themselves to offer valuable suggestions for improving the text. Their positive criticism and corrections provided needed guidance. Paul Mirocha created a great map of Baja California, one that highlights topography, major highways, and important towns and locates the Spanish mission sites. Jim Sauer drew the excellent church floor plans. To Dianne Bret Harte and the Southwestern Foundation, I say ¡mil gracias! Without Dianne’s Acknowledgments ...

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