Robert Reid Archibald

Dec 4, 2024 | digitalrepository.unm.edu | Robert Reid |Robert Reid Archibald

AbstractThe years from 1769 to 1821 witnessed the beginnings, development and golden age of the Franciscan missions of Hispanic Alta California. Since that time the missions have been alternately romanticized and vilified. Particularly in the economic sphere they have been accused of depriving their military counterparts and civilians of needed sustenance and of hoarding wealth for their own advantage.