• Sunlight illuminates the top of historic Mission San José de Tumacácori church.

    Tumacácori

    National Historical Park Arizona

Stories from Mission 2000

Mission 2000 is an interactive database containing mission records of the Pimería Alta.

Click on any of the stories listed to the left to see examples of information that can be gleaned from the database system, or click on the Mission 2000 link to enter the database.

 
Mass Diorama
Mass in the mission church at Tumacácori as depicted in a diorama in the museum at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
NPS Photo

Did You Know?

Soldado de Cuera

Soldiers of New Spain's frontier who protected the missions were known as soldados de cuera, or "soldiers of the leather jacket."