La Paloma Blanca (Mission San Xavier del Bac near Tuscon) by western artist George Hallmark

La Paloma Blanca  by western artist George Hallmark available from Prickly Pear Galleries

 

Founded in 1692, Mission San Xavier del Bac is situated in the center of a Papago Indian settlement, along the banks of the Santa Cruz River, approximately seven miles south of present day Tucson, AZ.  Construction required fourteen years of labor from 1783-1797.  The mission has been restored many times and has kept the beautiful white stucco exterior, thus the name: The White Dove of the Desert, “La Paloma Blanca”.

 

Released May 2010.