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Historic Loreto:  first of a chain of missions

Historic Loreto: first of a chain of missions

In the year 1684, a Jesuit missionary named Padre Eusebio Kino tried to establish a settlement at San Bruno, a few miles north of present day  Loreto,  but it failed due to lack of fresh water.  Then in 1697 his friend Padre Juan Maria Salvatierra was successful at Loreto, founding Nuestra Señora de Loreto, and ...