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This site is owned, designed, and operated by Kenneth A. Larson who has over a quarter century of experience in design and construction of scenery for the Entertainment Industry and Theme Parks using Computer Aided and Traditional approaches to Design. Ken also has experience in other areas of Design.
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Select photographs of my many visits to The Missions of the United States South and Southwest built by Spain and Mexico between 1565 and 1823. All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2008 - 2026. |
Founded 1615
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Personal ObservationsThis was the fourth of six Missions that I visited in a single day while returning from Texas. |
 Mission Art & Photo-Art |
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The Piro Indians resided near today's Socorro. Later, El Camino Real passed the village of Teypana and Pilabó. The Don Juan de Oñate expedition of 1598 stopped at a Piro settlement and led 400 colonists north from Mexico. Later two Franciscan missionaries started Mission Nuestra Senora de Perpetuo Socorro (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) in the early 1600s. The Church formally recognized the mission at the present site in 1626. Following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the Spanish and the Piro fled south to El Paso del Norte, modern day Juarezk, where the Mission was renamed Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Los Piros, also known as Mission Socorro. The original Mission fell into ruins. Hispanic settlers returned to the areas in the early 19th century, building the current church, it is believed that they used the foundation and frame of the old mission church. The church was renamed San Miguel in honor of Saint Michael after an apparition of a winged man wielding a sword chased Apache attackers away. Eventually the church was renovated with bell towers, a pitched roof, and an aditional wing. In the 1930s, the building was renovated in the California Mission style and in the 1960s, new extensive restoration was conducted. |
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Address: 403 El Camino Real St, Socorro, NM 87801 Phone: (575) 835-2891 |
 Front facade of church. |
 Courtyard and front facade of church. |
 Front facade of church. |
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| Right exterior facade. |
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| Front left corner exterior facade. |
 Front right bell tower. |
 Front left bell tower. |
 A private house beside the parking lot. |
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| Note:This is not the official site for any of the places shown in US Mission Trail. US Mission Trail is not responsible for accuracy of the information. Hours of operations, prices, and exhibits are subject to change without notice. |
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