The tiny mission at Santa Ysabel (pronounced Isabel) was once an auxiliary mission (or Asistencia) to the first of the California missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. It was founded in 1818 and served the California Indian tribes of the Luiseño and Diegueño peoples. It is still active today. Continue reading “Santa Ysabel Asistencia”
Today Kongo visits the Old Mission Dam in San Diego. Embarrassingly, Kongo has lived within a few miles of this interesting site for many, many years and this was his first visit. The dam was built on the San Diego river by mission padres and indians in 1813 to provide a regular water supply to Mission San Diego de Alcalá located five miles away. It was the first major irrigation project on the Pacific Coast. Continue reading “Monkey On A Dam Mission”
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