Learn about the rich history of Mission La Purísima Concepción: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

Composite photographs of buildings, people, and places in Lompoc Valley, in which Kam Jacoby has merged a photograph from the early twentieth century and an photograph from the early twenty-first century into one new image.

"In two centuries, La Pur?sima Concepci?n went from a fledgling frontier mission to a renowned California State Historic Park. Once home to many Spanish soldiers, settlers and hundreds of Chumash Indians, La Pur?sima held the seat of the California Mission government under Father Mariano Payeras. It withstood catastrophic events, including widespread disease in early years and a great Southern California earthquake in 1812. Emerging from ruins for...

"It is the purpose of this book to research and identify the facilities and warehouse developed during the first period of the La Purisima Mission before the 1812 earthquake and beyond."--Page 4.