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Castillo De San Marcos
This National Monument, run by the National Park Service is where the Garrison of San Agustin does its cannon work, as well as hanging out there for special events.
El Real Presidio de Santa Barbara
This California State Historic Park is run by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. This particular site is part of the larger SBTHP site, which is a nicely framed site containing an online searchable research catalog and upcoming events at the Presidio, the Casa de la Guerra and the Santa Inez mills (two additional historical locations maintained by the Trust).
Exploring Mission San Luis de Apalachee
This section of Exploring Florida contains photographs related to Florida's Mission San Luis de Apalachee, sorted into convenient categories. These collections show the richness of the environment for Living History. The Florida Legislature may approve reconstruction of the Presidio in 2005-2006.
Fort Mose Historic Site
Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, or Fort Mose, was the first legally sanctioned community of freed slaves in what is now the United States. This site contains articles on the history of the Fort during the F&I and Revolutionary War.
La Hacienda de los Martinez - Taos, New Mexico
One of the few northern New Mexico style, late Spanish Colonial period "Great Houses" remaining in the American Southwest. Built 1804 by Severino Martin this was an important trade center and final terminus for the Camino Real. Part of The Museum Association of Taos website, which maintains seven museums in the area.
La Purisima Mission
La Purisima Mission State Historic Park contains the eleventh of twenty-one Spanish Missions established in Alta California. This site shows off through some extensive picture tours (Java) the location and events of interest to Spanish Colonial reenactors, along with schedules of events.
La Purisima Mission section of Lompoc-CA.Com
This site has some historical information and photos of the reconstructed mission. It also has pictures of the mission vieja, the original site of the mission, which are unique and difficult to find. A calendar of events for the mission is also present.
Los Adaes State Historic Site
This website for the Louisiana State Park for Los Adaes, one time capital of Tejas, is just in the early stages of development. There are links to nearby sites, especially Fort St. Jean Baptiste. These two forts, Spanish and French, were at the very end of the world for their respective mother countries.
Los Angeles Haciendas
This text site contains a list of all haciendas and adobes in Los Angeles, along with some in other counties. There is a brief history of each adobe, along with a web link to the site for each, if available.
Mission San Luis Apalachee
The Florida Department of State maintains this site for the developing Living History museum for this early settlement and capital of La Florida from 1656 to 1704. It includes photos of building reconstructions and directions to the museum.
Presidio de San Francisco
This page is part of the larger NPS site for the Golden Gate National Recreation area, and is about the only information on the Spanish years of Presidio of San Francisco that can be found within the Presidio of San Francisco pages. This subsite also contains a link to a downloadable book with a brief history of the Presidio.
Rancho de Las Golondrinas
The Ranch of the Swallows, a Spanish Colonial living history museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Soldados (1820 or so) and Colonial civilians can be seen in the pictures.
San Bernardino Asistencia
This estancia of the San Gabriel Mission's rancho is a San Bernardino County Museum. Near Redlands, CA, the current location dates back to 1830, but the estancia itself was established in 1819.
San Diego Presidio Park & the Serra Museum
The Serra Museum sits on Presidio Hill in San Diego, just slightly above the original location of the Presidio de San Diego. The park has some walls showing outlines of some of the Presidio buildings, while the museum showcases San Diego history from the Native American, Spanish, and Mexican periods through 1848. This site contains information on exhibits, location, admission, and hours, along with some articles and educational materials.
San Juan de Tumacácori National Historical Park
This website is the in-depth site for the Mission NHP, and contains information about costuming, events and access to the Mission 2000 online database of inhabitants of the area during the period the mission was in existence. The website has a picture tour of the park, as well as information on Father Kino and related missions in the area.
San Juan, Puerto Rico - National Historic Site
The National Park Service maintains this historic site in Puerto Rico, which dates back to the Spanish Colonial era. The area looks as interesting as the Castillo San Marcos in San Augustin, FL.
Spanish Quarter - St Augustine
Interactive guide to the living history museum behind the tourista exterior of San Augustin, with text and photos of the buildings and people of the Village, the Government House museum, and the military hospital.