Bookstore
These bookstores are operated by Western National Parks Association, a non-profit organization authorized by Congress to assist the National Park Service in the support of educational and scientific research projects. Click here for the home page of Western National Parks Association. For the reading recommendations of the Park Rangers on Spanish Colonial and mission history, please follow the links below. |
Did You Know?
that Spanish missions were not churches? They were Indian towns, with the church as the focus, where, in the 1700s, the native people were learning to become Spanish citizens. In order to become a citizen, they had to be Catholic; that is why the King of Spain sent missionaries to acculturate them.
Book selections for adult readers
Books for Children