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OLDEST CHURCH IN THE U. S.,SAN MIGUEL MISSION, SANTA FE, N.
HER SIDE FOR DESCRIPTION
J. R. WILLIS
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SAN MIGUEL MISSION,
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
Authorities differ as to the date of the building
of this Mission for the worship of the Pueblo
Indians. It is certain that it was built after the
Spanish Capitol was removed to Santa Fe in 1605.
It is also certain that it was the first mission or
church built, as a priest complained that the Fran-
ciscans in zeal to convert the pagan Indians had
neglected a place of worship for the Spaniards.
During the Indian Rebellion of 1680 it was burned
with all properties and records. The walls
mained, so that on the re-conquest by De Vargas in
1692 only slight repairs were required and the
original appearance remains to this day. It is still
a place of worship and visited daily under the
• guidance of an instructive priest.
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