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==History== ===Original mission=== [[File:Ruins of Mission La Purisima Concepcion, ca.1885-1904 (CHS-1803).jpg|thumb|right|Ruins of Mission La Purisima Concepcion, ca.1885-1904]] Mission La Purísima was originally established at a site known to the [[Chumash people]] as Algsacpi and to the Spanish as the plain of Río Santa Rosa, one mile south of Lompoc. (During the mission period, the Chumash spoke the [[Purisimeño language]].)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Purisimeño| access-date = July 22, 2012 | url = http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages/purisimeno.php| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120602011758/http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages/purisimeno.php| archive-date = June 2, 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref> The [[Viceroyalty of New Spain]] made an exception to the rule that no [[Spanish missions in California|California mission]] was to be established within seven miles of any pueblo in [[Las Californias]], as Lompoc was so small. The site was the location of the mission from its founding on December 8, 1787, by [[Fermín Lasuén]] till it was destroyed by the [[1812 Ventura earthquake]] on December 12, 1812. The original mission was associated with the [[Presidio of Santa Barbara]]. Fermín Lasuén (1736–1803) was a [[Spaniards|Spanish]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Douglass|first1=William A.|last2=Douglass|first2=Bilbao, J.|date=2005|title=Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KzfK1QwxDIC|location=Reno, NV|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=0-87417-625-5|access-date=February 16, 2014|page=192}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Franciscan]] [[missionary]] to [[Alta California]] and the president of the Franciscan missions. He was the founder of nine of the twenty-one [[Spanish missions in California]] including original Mission La Purísima, the 11th mission.<ref>Yenne, p. 104</ref> By 1803, the Mission Indian population had increased, by [[Indian Reductions]], to 1,436 Chumash people. At the mission there were also 3,230 cattle, 5,400 sheep, 306 horses, and 39 mules. In the same year, there was a harvest of 690 fanegas of wheat, corn and beans (a fanega equaling about 220 pounds). The mission grew from its founding to be 330 feet square [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] made of [[adobe]] bricks. The original mission had many rooms for the two priests, the evangelized [[Chumash (tribe)|Chumash]] and for a chapel, six soldiers, married Indians and unmarried females. At its peak about 1,520 Chumash Indian lived at the mission. The original mission was south of the [[Santa Ynez River]] and included vast [[crop]] and [[Grazing|grazing land]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://missionscalifornia.com/la-purisima-concepcion-mission/historic-images |title=missionscalifornia.com, La Purísima Concepción Historic Images |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506214546/https://missionscalifornia.com/la-purisima-concepcion-mission/historic-images |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>[https://californiamissionsfoundation.org/mission-la-purisima/ californiamissionsfoundation.org, Mission La Purisima]</ref> An earthquake on [[1812 Ventura earthquake|December 21, 1812]], severely damaged the mission buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Significant Earthquakes and Faults Chronological Earthquake Index: The December 21, 1812 Earthquake|url=https://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/wrightwood1812.html#sbar|access-date=November 16, 2020|website=Southern California Earthquake Data Center}}</ref> The site became a California State Historical Landmark No. 928 on June 29, 1979. Ruins of the original mission are at 508 South F Street, near East Locust Avenue in [[Lompoc, California]]. The California State Historical Landmark reads: :''NO. 928 SITE OF ORIGINAL MISSION AND REMAINING RUINS OF BUILDINGS OF MISSION DE LA PURÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN DE MARÍA SANTISIMA - The ruins at this site are part of the original Mission La Purísima, founded by Padre Fermín de Lasuén on December 8, 1787, as the 11th in the chain of Spanish Missions in California. The mission was destroyed by earthquake on December 12, 1812, the present Mision (mission) La Purisima was then established several miles away. '' <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-928 |title=californiahistoricallandmarks.com # 928 |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926140332/https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-928 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Second mission=== [[Mariano Payeras]] received permission to relocate the mission community {{convert|4|mi|km}} to the northeast in La Cañada de los Berros, next to [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]]. La Purísima Mission was officially established in its new location on April 23, 1813. Materials salvaged from the buildings destroyed by the earthquake were used to construct the new buildings four miles northeast of the pueblo at their present location, which was known to the Chumash as Amúu, and to the Spanish as La Cañada de los Berros.<ref>"[http://www.lapurisimamission.org/1813-1834/ History: 1813–1834] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113200533/http://www.lapurisimamission.org/1813-1834 |date=2012-01-13 }}". La Purisima Mission.</ref> The buildings were completed within ten years.<ref name="Website" /> ===Chumash revolt of 1824=== After [[Mexico]] won the [[Mexican War of Independence]] in 1823, Spanish funding ceased to the [[Presidio of Santa Barbara|Santa Barbara Presidio]]. Many soldiers at the mission who were no longer being paid by the new Mexican government took out their frustrations on the local Chumash Indians. After a soldier apparently beat an Indian at nearby [[Mission Santa Inés]], the [[Chumash revolt of 1824]] began at that mission. It spread to La Purísima Mission, where the Chumash people took over the mission for one month until more soldiers arrived from [[Presidio of Monterey, California|Monterey Presidio]]. The Chumash lost their hold on the mission with many leaving the mission soon thereafter. Many of the Indians who had sought refuge in the neighboring mountains during the revolt returned to the mission. [[File:La purisima altar.jpg|thumb|The altar inside La Purísima Mission.]] Following independent Mexico's [[Mexican secularization act of 1833|secularization]] of the [[Alta California]] missions from 1834 to 1843, the buildings of La Purísima Mission were abandoned. The Mexican government, which had gained independence from Spain, transferred control of the missions from the [[Catholic Church]] to civil authorities. The property passed into private ownership and the mission buildings fell into ruin; the lands were granted to the [[Rancho Ex-Mission la Purisima]]. ===20th century=== In 1933 the [[Unocal Corporation|Union Oil Company]] deeded several parcels to the State of California. By 1934, only nine of the buildings remained intact. In the 20th century, under direction of the [[National Park Service]], the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) pledged to restore the mission if enough land could be provided to convert it into a historic landmark.<ref name="Website" /> The [[Catholic Church]] and the [[Union Oil]] Company donated sufficient land for the CCC to proceed with the restoration. The nine buildings as well as many small structures and the original water system were fully restored with the mission's dedication occurring on December 7, 1941, the same day the United States entered World War II. Today, La Purísima Mission is the only example in California of a complete mission complex. As of 2011 it was considered to be the most completely restored [[Spanish mission in California]].<ref name="Fodor's2010">{{cite book |author=Fodor's |title=Fodor's Northern California 2011: With Napa, Sonoma, Yosemite, San Francisco & Lake Tahoe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORayPYO-TvcC&pg=PA95 |access-date=December 25, 2011 |date=December 21, 2010 |publisher=Random House Digital, Inc. |isbn=978-1-4000-0503-1 |page=71}}</ref> Ten of the original buildings are fully restored and furnished, including the church, shops, quarters, and blacksmith shop. The mission gardens and livestock represent what would have been found at the mission during the 1820s. Special [[living history]] events are scheduled throughout the year. A visitor center features information, displays and artifacts, and a self-guided tour gives visitors the opportunity to step back in time for a glimpse of a brief, turbulent period in California's history.<ref name="Website">{{cite web |title=La Purísima Mission SHP |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=598 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>
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